Child of Nature

"What kind of perilous place is this? It's completely an earthly paradise."

Passing through layers of toxic miasma, Wang Dong saw the scene before him and could not help exclaiming in admiration.

The sky was shrouded in colorful poisonous clouds, making the valley look as brilliant and moving as if illuminated by a rainbow.

The area of the valley was not very large, yet all sorts of plants grew within it. A single glance swept across countless colors, and many plants were shrouded in a glowing radiance, clearly showing their extraordinary nature.

The most shocking thing was that these plants guarded a lake. This lake was distinctly divided into two parts-one ice-blue and the other fiery-red, embedded there like two dazzling pieces of jade.

"It truly is a treasure land. If we were to cultivate here, I'm afraid the speed would be several times faster."

Xiao Xiao covered her small mouth and said with an amazed expression.

The air here was filled with immense heaven and earth elemental energy and life aura. If she could cultivate here all the time, she feared she could reach a Titled Douluo around the age of thirty.

"Of course, this is also a treasure land for plant-type Soul Beasts."

Niu Tian silently added from the side.

"The cultivation speed of the plant-type Soul Beasts here is ten times their original rate. Growing for ten thousand years, their cultivation is enough to reach a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

Hearing these words, the group could not help clicking their tongues in astonishment. The place that previously looked breathtakingly beautiful now seemed like a death trap in their eyes.

Tang Wulin paused for a moment, suddenly thought of something, and said with some fear.

"If nothing unexpected happened, ten thousand years have passed since then. Then wouldn't that mean······"

Although Tang Wulin did not finish, everyone roughly understood his meaning, and their bodies could not help trembling.

If someone really managed to get through the heavy poisonous barriers and came to this valley, what they would soon face was an unknown number of hundred-thousand-year plant-type Soul Beasts, still leaving them dead without a burial place.

"Hahahaha, it's fine. With me here, mere hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts-not to mention your father once left orders here-nothing will go wrong."

A mighty aura burst forth from Niu Tian's body, his tall and burly frame bringing a reassuring sense of security.

Smiles bloomed on everyone's faces once again, except for Huo Yuhao, whose gaze flickered slightly as he remained silent the entire time.

Continuing forward together toward that lake, the plants around them vied for splendor. Some even reached out with vines to test the waters, but Niu Tian hit them with a streak of cyan lightning that directly blasted the vines apart, and the surrounding plant-type Soul Beasts instantly behaved themselves.

"Humans, being able to come here is already your good fortune, but if you attempt to provoke us, then we won't be polite."

A gentle female voice came from afar, ringing out clearly in everyone's ears.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"

Wang Dong widened his eyes. There really was one here.

As for Xiao Xiao, she felt emotional in her heart, realizing she had accidentally stumbled into a high-tier match. The gap in levels between people was greater than the gap between humans and dogs. Clearly she was only a Soul Grandmaster, yet next she had to face a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. How could academy training ever be this thrilling?

"An earthly treasure land, an earthly treasure land! Yuhao, you've struck it rich!"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm also woke up from its sleep, frantically twisting its body within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

"A bunch of domestic servants guarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and you actually dare to be impolite to your masters."

Niu Tian certainly didn't spoil these fellows. Although hearing the voice made him inwardly emotional about how lucky this bunch of plant-type Soul Beasts was, they were indeed just domestic servants guarding things for the Tang family. If not for Tang San's orders, he could have long since harvested their true forms to feed to Dong'er.

"Damn humans, what kind of nonsense are you babbling!"

An overbearing female voice rang out, belonging precisely to the short-tempered Infernal Delicate Apricot. Following the release of Niu Tian's aura, they had also snapped awake from their slumber, only to hear some humans call them domestic servants the moment they woke up.

"What, have you forgotten whose territory this is?"

Niu Tian did not stop walking with the others, quickly arriving at this lake blending ice and fire, and spoke in a dismissive tone.

"Jiaojiao, stop talking. They seem to be connected to that person."

The previous gentle female voice sounded panicked, hastily persuading the voice that had just spoken to stop.

That voice fell silent as well, clearly wary of the person mentioned by the gentle female voice.

The group looked toward the source of the sound and saw that it was a large pink flower. A laser beam suddenly emerged from it, forming a fiery-red flower similar to its true form, but only one-tenth the size.

"Are you descendants of that person?"

The flower trembled slightly, the gentle voice speaking somewhat cautiously. The powerful aura emanating from the middle-aged man opposite them was truly something they were completely unable to withstand.

"This senior, I am his son."

Tang Wulin stepped forward, placing his right hand over his chest and bowing slightly in salute. No matter what, they had stayed here for ten thousand years, and after gaining sentience, they could also be considered his seniors.

"And me."

Wang Dong also stepped forward, then turned his head to speak in a low voice to Huo Yuhao beside him.

"Third Brother and I only recently recognized each other. Before this, I had no idea at all that I had a brother like this."

Huo Yuhao gently nodded. He did not doubt that what Wang Dong said was false; after all, Wang Dong was so······ straightforward, and if he wanted to deceive him, he couldn't have acted out such good acting skills.

"You?"

That fiery-red flower darted directly toward the two of them, but Niu Tian intercepted it head-on.

"Something's off. You smell so good, little human."

The fiery-red flower moved a little closer in the direction of Tang Wulin, and the gentle female voice sounded once again. The original panic had completely vanished, replaced by deep emotion, as if she were no longer afraid of the other party at all.

Little human?

What kind of ridiculous title is that.

The corners of Tang Wulin's mouth twitched, and Wang Dong beside him was already laughing so hard he couldn't straighten his back. You really have to hand it to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast; as a normal person, he would never have thought of a term like "little human."

"Such rich vitality, and it feels extremely high-grade. Even the power within the water cannot compare to it."

"Why is it? Why haven't you become the Child of Nature yet?"

The fiery-red flower trembled, its tone filled with complete confusion.

"Senior, may I ask what the Child of Nature is?"

Tang Wulin asked quite curiously. Seeming to sense that the other party was somewhat innocent of worldly matters, coupled with Niu Tian's protection, Tang Wulin's tone became less restrained.

"Don't call me senior, just call me Youyou."

This female voice turned lively.

"The Child of Nature is just the Child of Nature."

Seeing the blank expressions on several of their faces, Youyou then spoke up to explain.

"The Child of Nature is a seed acknowledged by nature, also called the Seed of the Great Dao. When nature is destroyed too severely, the plants standing at the pinnacle of this world will gestate a single seed and bestow it upon a Child of Nature. This Child of Nature will then seek opportunities to help the seed of nature take root and sprout once more, thereby allowing nature to continue propagating."

This was information engraved within its genetic chain, though it didn't know much else about the rest.