Chapter 115

==========Author's Note:=========

See you tonight.

Thanks to Nanzhi and Ancient Spirit quirky little girl for the two landmines, and thanks to Feioubuxia for the landmine.

Chapter 115 [VIP]

The Companion Beast knew Telingewei so well that when he said that, Harper and the others all looked at his face and then at his hands, their expressions subtle.

He was holding half a handful of glittering gold coins in his hand, and hadn't finished stuffing them in yet.

Telingewei: "Enough is enough."

Harper's eyes darted around, and she whispered, "Ugh."

Telingewei and Harper locked eyes.

Harper opened his mouth wide, as if trying to spit the gold coin out and return it to Telingewei: "Chirp chirp."

Telingewei glanced at it and then stuffed another gold coin into its mouth.

The other Companion Beast immediately gaped open. "Ah!"

Telingewei then stuffed another gold coin into each of their mouths.

Nibote didn't react in time, and his mouth opened too late, causing him to bump his teeth on the gold coin.

It held two gold coins in its mouth, licked its long canine teeth, and looked very excited, opening its mouth as if to bark, "Awooo--"

Telingewei pinched Nibote's mouth shut.

"?" Nibote blinked and tried to pull his head back, his fluffy round ears twitching, but he couldn't break free from that iron-like hand.

It pursed its lips, twitched its whiskers, and tried to bare its teeth, making a threatening sound.

Unexpectedly, Telingewei withdrew his hand and tapped it on the forehead.

"Ouch!" Nibote, feeling a sharp pain in his forehead, quickly backed away and reached out a paw to touch his forehead.

"You want more gold coins?" Telingewei looked down at Nibote. "Extortion?"

Nibote didn't dare to look him in the eye, and whimpered as he backed away.

Haxi called out to Nibote, "Chirp!"

He was quite disappointed in his son's lack of progress.

Nibote didn't dare meet Haxi's gaze, shrinking back and pretending not to see anything.

After Telingewei dealt with the troublemaker, the other little ones obediently held their two gold coins in their mouths and dared not provoke him anymore.

He began tidying up the yard.

Moli quickly came over and helped him pack up.

The yard was a mess, and most of the plants were broken.

When they were cleaning up, they discovered that the vegetation hadn't been broken by the wind, but by a combination of wind and lava.

Telingewei's gaze fell on the withered Magic Wand Tree.

Clearly, the Magic Wand Tree spewed out a large amount of lava last night.

It's estimated that some of the lava was ejected quite forcefully, and the resulting wind killed some of the vegetation.

The Magic Wand Tree didn't die.

Telingewei's examination revealed that it had simply absorbed too much Magic Power and was experiencing some "indigestion," similar to an upset stomach in other creatures.

It couldn't spit out the "food," it could only spew out pools of lava.

The lava had long since cooled and settled in various parts of the garden, resembling puddles of mud.

Telingewei picked up a piece of lava cake.

The dried lava cake is mainly composed of mud and Magic Power.

The Magic Power absorbed and released by the Magic Wand Tree was purified, only vaguely combined with the rock and mud.

By grinding the mud into powder, you can obtain the Magic Power within.

Telingewei looked at the mud in his hand, never expecting that the Demonic Core, scorched by Dragon Flame, could be absorbed by the Magic Wand Tree.

I told you we were very lucky.

Xie Juanhan appeared out of nowhere and stood behind Telingewei, looking at the rock mud in his hand.

Telingewei turned and handed the mud rock to Xie Juanhan: "It's completely cooled down."

Xie Juanhan: "Then he probably vomited it in the first half of last night."

Telingewei: "It contains Magic Power, but not as much as Elemental Crystal."

Xie Juanhan wasn't surprised at all. "That's normal. It would be unbelievable if the Magic Wand Tree could produce such a unique material as Elemental Crystal."

Xie Juanhan turned to the Magic Wand Tree.

The Magic Wand Tree looks wilted, but it's still doing quite well.

This tree, as expected of one that sprouted from a magic wand, actually possesses similar properties to the wand, capable of purifying and emitting Magic Power.

Xie Juanhan walked over and used a bit of Dragon Power on the Magic Wand Tree.

After absorbing the Dragon Power, the Magic Wand Tree visibly straightened up.

Seeing that the Magic Wand Tree was unharmed and the yard was gradually returning to its tidy state, Nibote noticed that Xie Juanhan didn't seem angry.

It trotted over and Xie Juanhan's hand with its head, making a whimpering sound to complain, indicating that Xie Juanhan should look at its forehead.

"What happened to its forehead?" Xie Juanhan touched its forehead. "It's nothing, it's not swollen."

Nibote looked to the side and mumbled, "Waaah."

Xie Juanhan smiled and said, "Telingewei beat you up? Then don't mess with him next time."

Nibote's eyes widened, and the gold coins in his mouth almost fell out. "Meow?!"

Xie Juanhan glanced back at Telingewei and smiled, "Favoritism? He's my lover, of course I'll side with him."

Nibote became even more dejected. "Ugh."

Telingewei, on the other hand, had red ears and bright eyes, and cleaned the yard with even more enthusiasm.

There's nothing seriously wrong with the yard; they can just replant the dead plants later.

With so many plants in the Magic Forest, it wouldn't be difficult to dig some up and bring them back.

Most importantly, they obtained the mudstone purified by the Magic Wand Tree.

"I'm still thinking about how to get enough Magic Power to make fertilizer?"

Xie Juanhan looked at the mud rocks they had collected into the basket, his heart filled with emotion.

"I never expected we would achieve our wish under these circumstances."

Telingewei asked, "Shall we go find the Goblin now?"

"Let's go." Xie Juanhan pulled Telingewei along. "I have a feeling we'll be able to make fertilizer this time."

In the morning, they met with the Goblin.

The Goblin agreed with their assessment, concluding that such mud could be used to make excellent fertilizer.

"Squeak." The Goblin earnestly indicated that this fertilizer would definitely be enough for level two Star Berry.

"Thank you for your hard work." Xie Juanhan handed the mud to the Goblin. "Will you use Star Berry as payment, like last time?"

The Goblin exchanged glances, not immediately agreeing.

Seeing their predicament, Xie Juanhan offered, "We can offer you other rewards; you can exchange them for other rewards of equal value."

A little Goblin mustered its courage and squeaked, "Squeak?"

The other little Goblin quickly added, "Squeak, squeak squeak."

The Goblin said they had heard that his wine was delicious and would like to trade it for magic wine if possible.

"Are you sure?" Xie Juanhan said, "Magic wine is more expensive. You might be able to get a basket of Star Berry in exchange, but you can only get one bottle of magic wine."

The Goblin nodded vigorously. "Squeak!"

Xie Juanhan smiled and said, "Then let's settle the bill for the new fertilizer with an equivalent amount of magic wine. We'll bring the wine over for you to choose from once you've brewed the fertilizer."

The Goblin expressed their gratitude with a squeak.

Xie Juanhan said, "We should be the ones saying thank you."

With the fertilizer issue resolved, Xie Juanhan was in a very good mood, and he and Telingewei went back hand in hand.

On the way back, Xie Juanhan was still thinking about how to take care of the Magic Wand Tree during this time so that Magic Wand Tree could grow better and extract more Magic Power mud for them.

As he walked, Xie Juanhan suddenly stopped. "Hmm?"

He turned and exchanged a glance with Telingewei.

Telingewei was equally wary, whispering, "There's a smell of blood."

A faint smell of blood wafted on the wind.

A very faint wisp of smoke wafted from the direction of the cottage.

It's probably human blood; the smell is quite distinctive.

Telingewei suddenly transformed back into his dragon form and flew towards the hut, carrying Xie Juanhan on his back.

To their surprise, the humans did not go outside the hut, but stood on the opposite bank.

The smell of blood comes from humans.

"Orfrey?"

Xie Juanhan immediately spotted the tall man standing in the very center.

The man was Orfrey, a villager from Ailan Village across the river Xie Juanhan used to buy milk from his house often.

After making a deal with the Tata Fish, he switched their milk to Tata Fish milk and stopped interacting with Orfrey much.

"My lord!" Orfrey exclaimed excitedly upon hearing the voice.

He looked up, trying to find Xie Juanhan, but instead saw a majestic dragon.

Although Telingewei had shrunk in size, the dragon's oppressive aura was still beyond what ordinary humans could withstand.

Orfrey's body trembled violently, and the two villagers beside him couldn't help but kneel down on one knee.

The dragon glanced back at Xie Juanhan, signaling Xie Juanhan to jump down first, and then transform back into human form in the forest.

"It's alright," Xie Juanhan, hugging the dragon's neck. "We can transform here."

Xie Juanhan didn't mind at all letting the villagers on the other side of the river know about his relationship with the dragon.

Without much hesitation, Telingewei transformed back into human form in mid-air, grabbed Xie Juanhan by the waist, and landed on the ground.

Orfrey and the two villagers were still shivering.

Xie Juanhan released a bit of Dragon Power to ease their fear and asked, "What's wrong?"

Orfrey stammered, "A badly injured adventurer has come to the village—"

After finishing his first sentence, Orfrey managed to continue with barely any words, "He looks very strong; we dare not let him die in the village, nor dare we save him."

The man beside Orfrey said, "We have no other choice but to beg for your protection."

Another man, trembling, quickly added, "We are willing to offer two cows, one hundred slabs of butter, and five gold coins."

Xie Juanhan: "Why are you looking for me? Where are the priest, the knight, the estate manager, and the others?"