"That's how it is, meow!~!"
Once people had a goal, time flew.
That was true for Xu Le, and the same principle actually applied to everyone else.
With the Black Tide approaching, everyone was doing their utmost to improve their strength. Even the gangs with conflicts between them had fallen quiet.
Those who had ways to increase their strength were also making their greatest efforts during this time.
Growing stronger was vital to everyone.
Bai Jing, wearing smoky eye makeup she had applied herself, sat in a tavern, negotiating with someone.
The person she was negotiating with was the minor mercenary she had been working with not long ago, Chang Fengle.
Chang Fengle glanced at Bai Jing's considerably changed attire and could not help praising her:
"You've really changed a lot lately, Sister Bai Jing. It's a good thing, though. You're getting prettier and prettier."
Bai Jing did not acknowledge Chang Fengle's compliment. She did not want to waste time on this topic, either.
"Don't you investigate people's backgrounds when you recruit them?"
"What do you mean?"
Chang Fengle was asking a question he more or less already knew the answer to. To cultivate the Soul Tree, to obtain more Oddity corpses, and for the fruits as well.
The people the Tree Herder Organization had recruited lately were indeed a mixed bag.
For the sake of expansion, Chang Fengle could no longer afford to worry about so much.
With the Black Tide approaching, this was an excellent opportunity for the Tree Herders.
The Black Tide brought vast numbers of Oddities and left corpses everywhere.
If they could gather enough people and make proper use of those corpses to cultivate the Soul Tree.
Even if they could not soar to success in a single leap, rewarding everyone with one fruit