Recently, Chicken Feather Gall has been living in constant fear, with his head hanging low and a look of worry on his face.

Sea Stone City is already small, and it’s a barren land.

No people, no resources.

Suddenly one day, a message from the Inspectorate arrives, telling you seriously that you are important.

In fact, every coastal city is important, since the Corpse Refining Lineage comes from overseas, these cities serve as the first line of defense and a pair of eyes looking out to sea.

But Chicken Feather Gall doesn’t want to become that important!

What is the first line of defense? It’s the first to suffer when something goes wrong.

Who knows whether an accident or the Corpse Refining Lineage will arrive first?

Or maybe they’ll arrive at the same time.

Just three days ago, the giant waves outside Sea Stone City shattered his last strand of luck.

Damn the Corpse Refining Lineage, they know he’s afraid of something happening, yet they insist on coming through his small patch of land.

No one dares to investigate the commotion at sea, just that an extremely terrifying battle is taking place above.

The sky was torn asunder, and the surging waves were merely the smallest ripples of the battle, yet even such ripples almost drowned Sea Stone City.

"How do you know it’s the Soul Split?"

Han Yu asked Ling Wuce as they walked through Sea Stone City.

Ling Wuce pointed to a towering giant tree visible in the city, his face showing a peculiar expression, "The Wood Spirit was there watching the commotion."

Han Yu’s expression turned odd; if he remembered correctly, the Five Elements Spirit Body was also involved in the Corpse Refining Lineage’s actions, barely avoiding the chaos, and yet it went up there itself?

"Yeah! I couldn’t believe that guy was so daring."

Ling Wuce shook his head in disbelief, who knows how someone so restless could endure a thousand years of solitude.

But this time it was fortunate that this guy was so audacious, otherwise they would have been completely ignorant of what happened.

"The Wood Spirit described it as a Daoist fighting against someone with a face like a dead man, expressionless, with terrifying strength."

This naturally brings to mind the two individuals from before. Daoists are common, and expressionless dead-faced people aren’t unheard of either, but for both traits to appear together and clash, perhaps there was just that one pair among the strong ones.

Han Yu was walking ahead, and Ling Wuce was following at a slow pace. He still had an unresolved question, so he turned to ask.

"Then why did you come along?"

Ling Wuce found this somewhat embarrassing, how should he put it?

Should he say that Quan Xiaotong and Gao Feng unanimously agreed that his presence with Han Yu brought unexpected benefits, often yielding rewards, so they let him come along?

Or that he was at a peak of good fortune, consistently turning bad luck into good, so he was sent to neutralize Han Yu’s misfortune?

"Quan said I’m like a Nike, told me to come over to help."

Ling Wuce decided to speak the truth, then found that honesty isn’t always a virtue.

Because Han Yu’s face immediately darkened.

This bunch of bastards. Are they determined to pin the Plague God title on me, is that it?

He knew he was destined for sixty years of bad luck, but did everyone have to know?

Even the one who stirred up this trouble was laughing uproariously within the Sea of Consciousness.

"Old Ling really doesn’t seem to fear your bad luck."

As the two just stepped into Sea Stone City, they didn’t expect the first to approach them would not be Chicken Feather Gall, but rather the aggressive Wood Spirit.

A little white deer dashed out from the city while the surrounding townsfolk seemed unfazed, instead smiling brightly.

The moment the Wood Spirit set eyes on Ling Wuce, its deer face fuming with anger already expressed its great discontent.

It lifted its head and let out a "yoo!"

The two of them were at a loss. These spirit bodies are sometimes really hard to gauge who is stronger or weaker.

Look at the Fire Spirit, its main body isn’t as large as the Wood Spirit’s, but the spirit body required the Soul Split to subdue it and communicated with people effortlessly, except its sensing ability was very poor.

The Wood Spirit’s main body was large, but its spirit body was very weak, it was almost cornered by a few in the Realm of Transcendence, communicating with it was extremely difficult, yet its sensing was extremely strong.

Now with those few calls from the Wood Spirit, the two understood nothing at all.

Fortunately, before long, Qing Wan came chasing out, having not seen her for a month or so, her growth was rapid, as evaluated by the Artifact Spirit.

"No! Her figure is still quite ordinary."

Han Yu carefully glanced a few times, oddly refuting in the Sea of Consciousness.

"Idiot, I’m talking about her Divine Techniques, she’s already perfected the third stage, just waiting for when the Wood Spirit will open the test for her."

The Artifact Spirit replied disgruntledly.

"Didn’t the Fire Spirit say the remaining four guys are each more insidious than the last, this girl won’t die in there, will she?"

Han Yu glanced suspiciously at Qing Wan a couple more times, in a different situation, if it were her dying hundreds of times by the Fire Spirit, she might not survive.

"If I were the Wood Spirit, and you were that girl, do you think you could pass easily?"

The Artifact Spirit clicked its tongue and shook its head, it had a different view.

Han Yu earnestly pondered for a moment, his expression unknowingly becoming more severe, if it were the Artifact Spirit testing him...

"I think there’s no chance I’d come out alive."

"Get lost, you egg! I’m just giving you a metaphor."

The Artifact Spirit was infuriated, lacking perceptiveness. Given their relationship, just passing a test should warrant at least some leniency.

Perhaps it was a failed metaphor, anyways, Han Yu didn’t believe the Artifact Spirit would easily let him off without a real test.

But seeing the way the Wood Spirit doted on Qing Wan, this pair might not be above bending the rules.

At least with Qing Wan, they’d finally understand what the Wood Spirit meant?

Only now Ling Wuce’s face darkened, as it turned out those calls of "yoo" weren’t anything good.

"Bastard, you even dare come to my territory!"

"Where’s the promised grand market, the big city? Where is Wood Spirit Lord’s magnificent palace?"

"Now the entire Sea Stone City eats and drinks from me, and you haven’t fulfilled a single promise."

The young girl was flushed red, not from shyness, but rather struggling to keep up with the rapid-fire words of the Wood Spirit.

Han Yu squinted at Ling Wuce beside him, good lord, had he promised so much?

Was he just painting big empty promises without any intent to deliver!

Ling Wuce felt quite aggrieved, it was really unfair, it wasn’t about not wanting to fulfill them, he genuinely couldn’t spare the manpower.

But what did Wood Spirit mean by the entire Sea Stone City relying on it?

He truly didn’t know this, nor had he heard the Inspectorate mention it before.

Finally, Qing Wan laughed and explained to the two of them.

"Wood Spirit Lord saw that this city was poverty-stricken, so it extended its roots outward for dozens of miles, now the residents of Sea Stone City and our tribe jointly plant Spirit Medicine to make a living!"

This is indeed a great business.

With the Wood Spirit’s ability, the city folks planting Spirit Medicine would be like growing chives, probably before long, Sea Stone City will be overflowing with wealth!

"In that case, I won’t call the Celestial Craft Department, I’ll invite the Mo Family over to build Sea Stone City into a major city for you."

Ling Wuce’s eyes lit up, he hadn’t expected the Wood Spirit to have such a card hidden, turns out the extension of the roots could expand its control range, good lord, this Wood Spirit’s value might just increase several fold.

Not to mention, the Hundred Herbs Bureau is likely to gain a large batch of Spirit Fields.

At this thought, he immediately and generously made a decision, preparing to invest heavily in giving it some special treatment.

But only after solving the Soul Split issue could it be done, even so, it still managed to appease the Wood Spirit.

"Yoo..."

The White Deer lifted its head proudly and called out.

Qing Wan covered her mouth, giggling, "Wood Spirit Lord says, you have regained its friendship."