“It looks like that strange seed snatched away that woman’s soul,” Mo Lian concluded after a moment.
“Master, I sense Qiuqiu’s presence from that seed,” Little Water Dottie suddenly spoke up.
A transparent water child plopped out on Qiao Mu’s shoulder and stared fixedly at those monstrous vines. “Sure enough, I wasn’t wrong. The feeling is even more intense after coming outside.”
“This is a fragment of a sacred wood seed!”
Qiao Mu: !
“What do you mean?” Miss Qiao caught on to the two words ‘sacred wood.’ “You’re saying that Qiuqiu really isn’t an ordinary little tree? It is sacred wood, one of the five elemental spirits?”
The water child gaped at Qiao Mu and asked Qiao Mu in surprise, “You didn’t know, Master?”
Qiao Mu knocked the water child’s head and deadpanned, “What is there that your Master doesn’t know? How is it possible for me not to know!”
In reality, she was only entertaining suspicions previously. It wasn’t until today that she confirmed that Qiuqiu really was sacred wood, one of the five elemental spirits.
“Th-Then just now you…”?Looked extremely surprised!
“What did I say earlier?” Qiao Mu said gruffly, “I did not say anything at all.”
Mo Lian couldn’t help laughing at their conversation.
The little fellow’s bad habit of refusing to admit her faults had struck again.
Qiao Mu’s inner mind right now was naturally:?… Sh*t! How come Qiuqiu never told me it wasn’t an ordinary wood stump? That it was sacred wood, the most impressive in the world?
Ha ha! It was on purpose, right.
Luckily Qiuqiu was currently in closed-door cultivation. Otherwise, Qiao Mu would probably be dragging it out for a good whupping!
“Masta, you couldn’t have been calling Qiuqiu ‘Little Tree’ because you didn’t realize that it was actually sacred wood, right!”
It had to be said that the water child had hit the nail on the head, but would its master really admit her ignorance?
Impossible!
Qiao Mu glared back irritably. “You think I’m dumb! Qiuqiu is able to form a star domain, obtaining the powers of Heaven. This naturally is not something normal wood stumps can do!”
She turned to see Ding Yun, who had flung away Zhang Wudan’s corpse, walk toward her.
Qiao Mu stopped talking about the little tree, and the water child also vanished from her shoulder. They continued their conversation through her spiritual conscious.
“How should we subdue it?”
“You said just now that this is Qiuqiu’s seed fragment? What does that mean?”
“Master, you don’t know?” The water child explained bewilderedly, “Qiuqiu had once been injured heavily! It had basically split into several pieces, with the entire seed exploding. Even though its main body survived, it was probably just reduced to a broken withered tree.”
Qiao Mu’s heart jolted. She seemed to recall that scene of a broken withered tree and a petite white figure drifting about in that boundless void with only each other as company.
Her eyes could not help but moisten up.
“Masta, Masta. If we can absorb this seed fragment, Little Tree will certainly be able to wake up tomorrow!”
“What do we need to do?” Qiao Mu was invigorated.
“Masta, you jump inside!” The water child declared seriously, “You jump inside that circle surrounded by those vines! Even though that tree seed is wrecking havoc right now, it will not harm you due to a common origin.”
Qiao Mu clenched her petite fists. “Okay!”
“Qiaoqiao, what are you planning to do?” Mo Lian knew that Qiao Mu had turned silent because she was conversing with the water child through her spiritual conscious, so he didn’t bother her.
