Spirit Tree Seed

Jiang Lu had a powerful premonition that following Liu Qingqing would bring unexpected gains.

The desire for an opportunity and her hesitation over trouble wrestled in her mind for only a second before she swiftly chose the opportunity.

As long as she did not go poking her nose in, nothing should happen. She would merely follow from afar.

As she pondered, the group vanished into the depths of the dense forest in the blink of an eye, heading deeper into the woods.

Following behind them, Jiang Lu was startled. They had actually come to the forest?

Her Qi Refinement Middle Stage cultivation was somewhat weak. She stopped, considered it for only an instant, then gritted her teeth and continued after them.

The Beast Tide had only just ended, so demon beasts should not appear here for the time being. It ought to be safe.

In any case, she would not give up this opportunity.

Fortunately, the group did not continue farther in.

They stopped beneath an enormous tree, its trunk soaring into the heavens, all its secrets hidden beneath its branches.

Jiang Lu carefully concealed herself behind a huge leaf and extended her Divine Sense ahead.

The Divine Senses of the people opposite were not as powerful as hers, so they could not discover her presence.

Liu Qingqing circled the great tree several times, her face full of anxiety and impatience.

Liu Qingqing stopped and looked around. She could clearly sense an intense summons here, one that struck straight into the depths of her soul.

The others did not dare make a sound. When they had left, they had already sent word to Third Senior Brother. He should know what to do. For now, they only needed to wait for news.

They could only hope Senior Sister Liu would not act rashly. Otherwise, they would truly be punished.

It seemed their prayers had worked.

Liu Qingqing stopped walking, and the corners of her lips rose.

She had known it. As the female lead, how could she possibly have no opportunities? The summons from her previous opportunities must simply not have been strong enough; they had not been good opportunities. But now, was this not being delivered right to her doorstep?

A stream of blue spiritual power swept out from her wrist. Jiang Lu's pupils contracted. Liu Qingqing was actually wearing an offensive magical artifact on her wrist. It had been fashioned into the shape of an ordinary bracelet; in battle, one moment of carelessness would be enough for someone to be successfully ambushed.

Jiang Lu gained an even deeper understanding of the life-preserving methods possessed by disciples of the various factions. In the future, no matter whom she faced, caution had to come first.

The tree let out a tremendous boom. Green radiance then covered the entire area, and waves of pulsation came from within the trunk, as though a heart were beating.

As the green light spread across the area, Jiang Lu felt the wood spiritual power within her cheering. She secretly suppressed it, then heard startled cries ahead.

"A Spirit Pearl!"

"But this Spirit Pearl seems to be tainted with demonic qi..."

"Senior Sister Liu, what do we do now?"

Suppressing the shock in their eyes, everyone immediately asked.

"It is only demonic qi. Master will surely have a way to deal with it." As she spoke, she placed the Spirit Pearl into her storage pouch. After looking around and finding no sign of anything else, she prepared to leave.

Most importantly, after the Spirit Pearl appeared, her heart calmed. There was even a faint stirring in her bloodline. This must be her opportunity.

What followed was an ominous premonition. Her mouth twitched as she only wanted to leave as quickly as possible.

She truly could not understand why every good thing was accompanied by a stroke of bad luck. Was she not Heavenly Dao's own darling daughter?

No matter how she thought about it, she could not understand why this had to happen.

Spirit Pearls were rare treasures. Although this one had been contaminated by quite a bit of demonic qi, judging by its appearance, the demonic qi had not devoured the Spirit Pearl.

Everyone said Senior Sister Liu was lucky, and it seemed that was indeed true. Still, none of them would covet the Spirit Pearl. Since Senior Sister Liu had obtained it, it was her opportunity.

As disciples of one of the three upper sects, they possessed some discernment. They would not grow greedy over such things.

Yet good fortune often arrived hand in hand with misfortune. The sect disciples had all experienced it firsthand, and they had a bad feeling about this.

The moment they turned around, vines emanating black qi appeared all around them, slowly surrounding them.

Everyone: They knew it!

Liu Qingqing: Ahhh! She knew this would happen!

Jiang Lu carefully tucked herself farther into hiding. The aura of the wood element wrapped tightly around her, blending her into the surrounding environment.

A huge fireball shot toward the vines, followed by a thunderous crash.

Crack—

A massive hole was burned through the vines. They could hear the vines' cries as they sensed the pain of being scorched.

"Run!"

The disciple who had thrown the fireball shouted, swiftly grabbed Liu Qingqing, and fled.

The other disciples followed close behind.

Watching their movements flow as smoothly as drifting clouds and running water, Jiang Lu was slightly astonished.

They really were familiar with this. It seemed they had rehearsed it many times.

As they fled, the vines immediately chased after them.

It was a Tier-Two Spirit Plant. If it let those thieves leave just like that, what dignity would it have left!

It had to stop them and teach them a lesson!

Then swishing sounds rang through the forest as its huge vines rapidly stretched out and attacked them.

The group immediately circulated their cultivation techniques. Their steps suddenly quickened as they fled ahead.

Seeing this, Jiang Lu once again shed tears of envy. Look at those figures, look at those movement techniques—worthy indeed of a great sect.

If only some powerful expert would take her as a disciple too.

But...

She immediately shook her head. No, one who followed the path of lying low had to possess the awareness of one who lay low. What if her master turned out to be an arrogant madman?

Then she would become a target!

The vines chased after them, and her field of vision instantly became much wider.

Jiang Lu jumped down from the tree, lightly tapping the ground a few times with her toes before landing steadily in front of the tree hollow.

Now that the Spirit Pearl was gone, the tree hollow was pitch-black. She carefully stepped forward and entered it, staring at the dark opening where there was nothing at all.

She could not help feeling puzzled. She had clearly believed she would gain something this time, so what was going on now?

Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly spotted a green seed on the ground. It bore patterns and looked quite beautiful.

She walked over, picked it up, and examined it in her hand. There was nothing unusual about it, so she casually stored it in her space.

After confirming there were no other opportunities nearby, she finally left in another direction.

"Get the hell out of here!"

A furious roar rang out, and several streaks of sword light severed the tangled vines.

The group trapped within the vines was revealed. Their faces were pale, and their bodies were covered in wounds.

Seeing that the newcomer was powerful enough to cut through its vines in only a few moves, the vines reluctantly shrank back.

Its treasure was still there. It was unwilling to die.

Watching the vines retreat, they let out a breath of relief. Though the vines were only a Tier-Two Demon Plant, they possessed extraordinary strength. Fighting them would only mean injuring the enemy by a thousand while suffering eight hundred themselves...

"Wuwuwu~ Third Senior Brother, you finally came!"