Let's Settle Down Here! Xiao Wu's Infiltration Plan!

"By the way, Xiao Wu, what are you planning to do next?" Lu Ming asked casually. "The Star Dou Great Forest is too dangerous. It isn't safe for a girl like you to travel alone."

This was exactly the question Xiao Wu had hoped to hear.

She immediately put on a pitiful expression, her eyes reddening slightly. "I... I don't know what to do either. I want to go home, but I got lost..."

"How about... you stay with us for now?" Lu Ming took the opportunity to invite her. "There are more of us, so we can look out for each other. Once we find suitable soul beasts and break through, we can figure out how to leave this place together."

"Really? Is that okay?"

Xiao Wu's eyes instantly lit up, her face filled with "surprise" and "gratitude."

"Of course!" Lu Ming patted his chest in assurance. "Our team just happens to be missing a lively, adorable girl like you to lighten the mood! Yue Xi is still too timid..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the timid Yue Xi beside him.

Yue Xi seemed to sense Lu Ming's gaze. Her little face turned even redder, and she lowered her head further.

Xiao Wu's gaze also fell on Yue Xi. She felt an instinctive fondness for the little girl transformed from a Moonlight Deer. Those pure, slightly timid eyes made her unable to help feeling protective.

"Then... then I won't stand on ceremony!" Xiao Wu readily agreed. "Please take care of me from now on, Brother Lu Ming!"

She even gave Lu Ming a playful wink.

Brother Lu Ming? This girl was getting into character pretty quickly.

Lu Ming clicked his tongue in amazement inwardly, while maintaining a dependable expression that said, "You can count on me."

And so, a transmigrator with ulterior motives, intending to turn the other party into an "undercover agent"...

And a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast overflowing with curiosity, determined to uncover the other party's secrets...

Reached a "friendly" agreement through a conversation built on lies. Thus, a brand-new temporary team with an incredibly complicated makeup was formed!

Since they had decided to act together for the time being, their most urgent task was finding a safe place to settle down.

"I think this valley is pretty good." Lu Ming looked around and suggested, "The terrain is hidden, soul power is abundant, and after those two big guys came through earlier, I doubt any blind soul beasts will dare come near for a while."

"I agree!" Xiao Wu was the first to raise her hand in support.

Da Ming and Er Ming had just been here. If anything really happened, she could call for their help immediately.

For her, there was no more suitable "infiltration location" than this.

"I don't have any objections either." Feng Qie shrugged. "Wherever Master goes, I go."

Naturally, Zhu Mao and Yue Xi had no objections either.

"Good, then it's settled!" Lu Ming clapped his hands. "We're making our home here!"

"Making our home?" Xiao Wu froze. "Aren't we just stopping here temporarily?"

"Come on, the forest is so huge that we won't be getting out anytime soon. We can't sleep out in the open every day, can we?" Lu Ming said as if it were only natural. "We need to build a few houses and set up a base. That way, we can live comfortably!"

Build houses?

Xiao Wu felt like her thoughts could not keep up with this boy's pace.

Didn't human soul masters enter the Star Dou Great Forest in a hurry, filled with vigilance?

But this guy was treating it like his own backyard. He even wanted to build houses and live here long-term?

Was he really that carefree, or did he have some other source of confidence?

Xiao Wu increasingly felt that the boy before her, Lu Ming, was covered in mysteries from head to toe.

However, she did not object.

Settling down long-term would only make it easier for her to observe and investigate.

"Then... how are we supposed to build houses? There aren't any tools here." Xiao Wu raised a very practical question.

"Tools?" Lu Ming smiled. "We have something much more useful than tools."

He turned his gaze toward Zhu Mao and Feng Qie.

"Zhu Mao, go cut down some sturdy trees nearby. We'll use them as the main beams for the houses."

"Feng Qie, go gather some tough vines and broad leaves."

"Yes, Master!"

The two accepted their orders without the slightest delay. Their figures flashed, and they disappeared into the forest.

"What about me? What can I do?" Xiao Wu asked eagerly.

This was her first time experiencing something like this, and it felt quite novel.

"As for you..." Lu Ming rubbed his chin, glanced at Yue Xi, who had been following behind him like a little tail, and said, "Help me look after Yue Xi. This girl is too shy around strangers."

"Okay, okay!" Xiao Wu immediately agreed happily. She had long wanted to get closer to this adorable little sister.

Xiao Wu walked over to Yue Xi, crouched down, and showed her the gentlest smile.

"Hello, Yue Xi. My name is Xiao Wu."

Yue Xi raised her head. Her pure violet eyes looked at Xiao Wu, as if she were confirming something.

Xiao Wu carried an aura that made her feel comfortable and close.

It was a resonance only soul beasts—especially gentle herbivorous soul beasts like them—could sense...

Yue Xi hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her little hand and gently grasped Xiao Wu's finger.

Her hand was tiny and cool, yet soft.

Xiao Wu's heart instantly melted at that tiny gesture.

So cute!

She clasped Yue Xi's little hand in return and said softly, "Don't be afraid. From now on, Big Sister Xiao Wu will protect you."

Lu Ming watched the pair, one big and one small, and nodded in satisfaction. Having Xiao Wu look after Yue Xi was an important part of his plan.

Although he did not know Xiao Wu's true purpose for infiltrating his side, it was highly likely that she had discovered Yue Xi during her transformation!

There was a very high chance Xiao Wu had come for his technique, Formless Transformation.

Since that was the case, Lu Ming simply planned to let Xiao Wu investigate on her own!

Yue Xi had been transformed by his Formless Transformation. As long as Xiao Wu became close enough to Yue Xi, she would eventually discover the secrets within Yue Xi, as well as the truth behind Formless Transformation...

When that time came, Yue Xi, as a "successful case," would be far more convincing than anything he could explain himself.

The best strategy is to win hearts!

Lu Ming silently gave himself a thumbs-up, then began planning their "new home."

He found a level patch of open ground backed against the mountain wall and drew a simple layout on the ground with a branch.

Three small wooden cabins side by side, surrounded by a small fenced yard.

Simple, but cozy...

Before long, Zhu Mao and Feng Qie returned with the materials.

Zhu Mao was incredibly efficient. The spider lances on his back were practically the most efficient logging tools imaginable—sharp enough to cut through iron like mud.

Logs of even thickness were stacked neatly in the clearing.

Feng Qie was not to be outdone. Using the wind, he rolled a huge amount of vines and leaves into an enormous grass ball and brought it back with ease.

Next came the actual construction.

Lu Ming was in charge of directing, while Zhu Mao was the main laborer. His four spider lances could serve as both cranes and welding torches.

Using the adhesive secreted from the tips of his spider lances, he precisely joined and secured each piece of wood together, making them sturdier than any mortise-and-tenon structure.

Feng Qie was responsible for assisting. He used wind blades to cut the wood and trim the edges, working who knew how many times faster than a saw.

Xiao Wu and Yue Xi joined in as well. They were responsible for weaving and tying the leaves on the roof together with vines. The two girls chattered and laughed nonstop, adding a bright touch to the bustling construction site.

A peculiar construction team began its new life in a valley deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.

Like the most ordinary villagers, they used the most primitive methods, piece by piece and blade by blade, to build a home of their own.

Sunlight filtered through gaps in the leaves, scattering mottled shadows across the ground.

The scene was so harmonious that it felt somewhat unreal.

It was as though they were not soul masters and soul beasts, but merely a group of ordinary people who had stumbled into this secluded paradise and decided to settle here.

As Xiao Wu wove the vines, she secretly observed everything around her, yet the confusion in her heart only deepened...

Who... are they really?