Tu Ling also breathed a sigh of relief.

After knowing the reason, I stopped panicking.

Calm down and wait for the zero absorption to finish.

but……

How did this wood spirit manage to get into Zero's body on its own...?

This is what the Earth Spirit finds most puzzling.

...

At this moment, Zero's face was flushed, and her hands, which had been resting on her knees, had somehow sunk into the ground.

His body, which was sitting cross-legged, trembled slightly, and his bent fingers were buried deep in the sand, as if to alleviate the pain in his body...

And what about the wood spirits...?

After merging into Zero's body, it seemed to be attracted by something, wandering around Zero's meridians.

At each point along the path, the meridian would be tinged with green light and expand slightly.

This is the origin of zero pain.

The pain of having one's meridians forcibly expanded under pressure is extraordinary...

Zero was also a person of principle; despite the turmoil raging inside her, she remained silent.

He had no idea what was happening inside his body; he thought it was all an effect of absorbing the essence of wood.

He was even complaining in his heart that the Earth Spirit hadn't told him beforehand that absorbing the essence of wood would be so painful.

If he were informed in advance, at least he would have some time to prepare mentally.

...

Suddenly, specks of orange light appeared on Zero's body. The orange gradually changed into a light yellow, and finally turned completely yellow.

Tu Ling rubbed his eyes.

He didn't see wrong, did he...?

Was that yellow spiritual energy just now?

Zero was already at the initial stage of the Spirit Realm before, but this absorption of the essence of wood allowed Zero to break through the initial stage of the Spirit Realm and reach the Spirit King Realm!

This kid...

What a pervert!

...

The wood spirit circulated through Zero's body three times, and Zero's meridians were expanded more than three times.

The expansion of the meridians means that Zero's cultivation speed will increase threefold in the future!

This can be considered a great opportunity for Zero.

Not only did his cultivation level improve, but his subsequent training speed also greatly increased.

After a while, Zero's breathing gradually calmed down, and his body stopped trembling.

He finally opened his eyes.

Ling raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Chirp chirp."

The wood spirit emerged from Zero's body after Zero's breakthrough, jumped onto his shoulder, and nuzzled against Zero's neck.

"This little guy."

Tu Ling watched from the side and couldn't help but mutter something.

"Chirp chirp."

Seemingly trying to get Zero's attention, the wood spirit called out again.

Zero moved it from beside his neck to the palm of his hand, looked at the little green creature, and said:

"Little thing, what were you doing inside me just now?"

At first, Zero did think that the intense pain in his body was caused by absorbing the essence of wood. Later, after he broke through to the Spirit King level, he discovered that he could actually see his own meridians internally.

Therefore, Lingyi knew everything about the Wood Spirit in his meridians.

The reason I asked again was simply to see how the wood spirit would react.

He knew he was smart and could understand what he was saying.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the wood spirit, which had been hopping around, suddenly stopped jumping and stretched out its two long, thin hands, gesturing with its hands and feet.

"Chirp chirp."

"Um?"

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

Seeing the wood spirit gesturing so earnestly, Zero scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and apologized:

"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying."

"Chirp chirp!"

The little guy seemed very angry. He suddenly turned his head away and even jumped up and stomped his foot.

Zero quickly comforted her:

"Don't be angry. Even though I don't understand what you're saying, I understand what you mean. Really, you're just trying to help me, aren't you?"

"grumble."

The wood spirit finally turned around, looked at Zero with a proud expression, as if waiting for Zero's praise.

Zero reached out a finger and gently tapped the wood spirit's head.

It's soft and feels great.

"grumble!"

The touch on its head seemed to displease the wood spirit, which reached out and grabbed Zero's finger.

Zero chuckled and withdrew his finger, asking softly:

"Little one, would you like to come with me?"

Since this wood spirit is so perceptive, Zero doesn't intend to form a contract with it directly, but rather wants to see what the little guy thinks.

Upon hearing this, the wood spirit put her hands on her hips—if you could call them hips…

"grumble!"

Her little face was held high.

"You agree?"

Ling asked with delight.

"grumble."

The wood spirit finally nodded.

"Alright then..."

As he spoke, Zero bit his index finger until it bled and placed it in front of the wood spirit.

The wood spirit stretched out its hands and hugged Zero's index finger, then nuzzled its head against it. A green light flashed, the laws of heaven and earth descended, and a contract was formed.

...

"grumble."

【Owner. 】

After making the contract, Zero discovered that he could understand what the wood spirit was saying.

That's fine too. Communication is much easier now; at least we don't have to guess what the wood spirit wants to say...

Zero patted the wood spirit's little head and asked with a smile:

"How about you be called Green Sprout?"

"Chirp chirp."

Whatever the master says goes.

"Don't be so polite with me, we're partners from now on."

What is a partner...?

Seeing the slightly puzzled look on Green Sprout's face, Zero explained:

"A partner is a friend with whom you can live and fight together."

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

[Ya Ya wants to be her owner's partner!]

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