Several days later.
Sunset Forest.
Rain had fallen the night before. Green Yaxin walked slowly across the wet grass. In the shadowy forest, all sorts of soul beasts glowed green. Some hung from trees, some lay in the grass, and some even mischievously hopped onto her shoulders. They were all relatively low-level soul beasts from the Core Area, lingering only around its entrance rather than venturing deeper inside. Near a stone stele farther in, a boundary had been drawn. Beyond that line lay the place where Green Yaxin had truly lived in the past.
Little Nine followed behind Green Yaxin, enthusiastically greeting the soul beasts around the outskirts. Given his age, he could at most exchange messages with beasts whose intelligence had yet to awaken, or had only just begun to develop. After all, mentally mature soul beasts would hardly want to play with a child.
"Xiao Lu Vine, are you sure the soul beasts inside won't attack me? If they do, you have to protect me!" Once Green Yaxin crossed the boundary, all the soul beasts around her stayed outside. When Little Nine first met her, he had already felt that this place was dangerous. Now that he was actually about to enter, he could not help feeling nervous, so he hesitated outside the boundary for a while.
Green Yaxin stopped and turned to Little Nine. "The Young Master has fully released the Master's power. No soul beast in the entire Sunset Forest will harm us. Don't worry."
"Oh, I see..." Only then did Little Nine breathe a sigh of relief.
"Yes. Let's go," Green Yaxin replied. Then the two headed deeper inside together.
The central region of Sunset Forest was a plain. Its houses were formed from entwined green vines, and the energy within was pure, making it