"When you go, you can also ask them why they haven't replied. I'm the dean, after all, and they've been so disrespectful to me."

Although Bai Luoren is young, he possesses the pride of a top adventurer.

Linda, a mere level 20 adventurer, should at least give a positive response even if she doesn't want to join Qingkong University.

Instead of ignoring her invitation.

When a Light-Rank adventurer gets angry, someone is bound to suffer!

That evening, Bai Luo and Taige spread their battle qi wings and flew to White Dove City, located at the southern end of Azure Province.

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The World Tree Great Secret Realm, the tenth floor, Dragon Forest.

It was probably dusk.

The forest is dark for long periods, with little sunshine. Without a magic clock, it is difficult to determine the exact time.

It has been about ten days since the Greater Rifts closed.

The good news is that the acid rain, which was continuously eroding adventurers' life barriers, stopped yesterday.

Lia silently thanked the goddess and hurriedly ran out to find food.

The bad news is that Leah is so hungry she's about to faint.

That wretched fox found her dwelling and brought her some fruit.

But Leah was very wary, worried that the fruit might contain harmful toxins, and refused them all.

She planned to gather some food during the day and move away from Hur at night.

At this moment, Lia's stomach was growling, her throat was parched, and she had even finished all her self-produced beverages, so she couldn't produce any more.

His face was as dirty as a beggar's from the slums, and his legs were weak and powerless.

Hunger caused Leah's internal fighting spirit to stagnate, making her unable to defeat even a normal-state giant magic saw mushroom, let alone a level 30 berserk monster.

Walking through the dense, thorny bushes, Leah moved with faltering steps, using her beloved Firebird Feather Sword as a walking stick.

She cautiously peeked out, making sure there were no raging monsters around, and quickly ran to the foot of a moss-covered rock.

Like a hungry lamb, it gnawed at everything in sight.

Lia swallowed it all, enduring the strange taste in her mouth.

The moss is called "Shit Moss," which can replenish adventurers' stamina, but it tastes even worse than shit.

Conversely, there is also "Delicious Moss," which tastes like grilled pork skewers, but it doesn't actually replenish energy; it's essentially a type of eagle excrement.

Food that smells like poop, and poop that tastes good.

Leah chose the former.

Her eyes were red from eating, and she silently wiped away the tiny pearls inside with her sleeve.

—I really want to go home and soak in a warm, big pool of water. I can already get mud off my neck just by rubbing it with my hands.

Leah also missed Aiko and the others, reminiscing about the days when they bickered together. It was only in this lonely and dangerous environment that she realized adventure couldn't be accomplished by one person alone.

If she can return to White Dove alive, she will definitely give Ai Ke and the others a raise and treat them better in the future.

"Sigh, we can't produce any drinks today!"

After searching the forest for a long time, Leah still couldn't find a water source.

After the Greater Rifts closed, all sorts of easily found common resources disappeared. This is the World Tree Goddess punishing adventurers who didn't follow the rules.

Lia didn't dare to complain in her heart. Cursing the Holy Light was fine, but cursing the World Tree Goddess would bring bad luck. She might just step on a nest of Frost Poison Feathered Serpents.

Leah took out her juice glass and filled it for a while, but not a single drop came out.

After spending ten days in the Great Mystic Realm, her vibrant red hair had become like withered weeds, losing its luster and splitting at the ends, all indicating that her physical condition was very poor.

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach, as if someone was picking at her with fingers that hadn't had their nails cut in six months.

Leah's face turned pale, and her heart skipped a beat: Could it be because of the mushrooms she ate this morning?

Although it looked colorful and poisonous, she remembered reading in a book that this kind of mushroom was edible!

The truth is, it is indeed edible, but it must be boiled in boiling water for more than 30 minutes.

Leah, who was starving in the morning, soaked the mushrooms like she was in a hot pot before eagerly putting them into her mouth.

Now she was reaping the consequences of her actions. The pain made her body convulse, the scenery in front of her blurred, and she felt dizzy. She collapsed to the ground with a thud.

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An hour, two hours passed.

Lia was lucky; no monsters passed by during this time.

Da da, da da.

Footsteps approached.

The man noticed Leah lying on the ground, stared blankly for a while, then rested his chin on his hand, looking puzzled.

This dirty red-haired guy looks kind of familiar.

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...

Leah only vaguely remembered that when she collapsed from the poisonous mushroom attack, a tall adventurer seemed to have appeared.

The other person shoved something thick and large into her mouth.

Then a warm current flowed out from inside.

It is water.

Precious water resources!

Feeling the joy in her throat, the innocent Leah didn't associate it with anything else and immediately thought it was the mouth of a water bottle.

She didn't know how much time had passed when Leah regained consciousness. When she opened her eyes, her first feeling was a burning pain in her stomach, a lightheaded feeling, and a slight dizziness.

The symptoms of the poisonous mushrooms have not completely disappeared.

I was lying on a mat made of tree cotton, with a stone bed underneath. Above me was a rough "ceiling", and the walls were dark blue rocks.

Leah sat up and stared blankly around.

What she saw was a stone room that resembled an adventurer's inn. The entrance was concealed by vines, and through the gaps, she could see the distant forest and the pale red sky.

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