It seems that leaving was a wise decision.

Xu Qiaoqiao continued on the road ahead. She could now feel the distance between the trees around her getting larger and larger, and she must have reached the edge of the forest by now.

Tonight has been so long. Xu Qiaoqiao leaned against a big tree, stretching her roots into the soil to absorb nutrients.

She had tried covering her roots with soil before, which would have made things less strenuous, but that really increased her load-bearing capacity. It felt like a small blade of grass dragging a ball along, and she would occasionally fall off the soil, which wasn't a pleasant feeling.

After trying various methods, the current one is still the most effective.

Over there, the area where that cave was located had completely collapsed, raising a lot of dust, which looked particularly unusual in the quiet night.

A moment later, a round head popped out from under a pile of stones. He was still a little dazed, having been hit on the head unexpectedly and had forgotten what he was doing.

Xiaoxiao's claws carried great strength, easily overturning the broken stones. Then she sniffed around, wondering if the spiritual herbs were here, since there was still a lot of dust in the air because of the recent rock collapse.

Achoo! Achoo!

Xiao Xiao was caught off guard and sneezed several times, even spitting out saline solution. He grinned, shook off the stone residue on his head, and kept searching the ground for the scent of spiritual herbs.

However, the very faint scent indicated that the herb had only stayed here briefly, and she was not here at all.

Xiaoxiao, who had spent several years with Xu Qiaoqiao, knew that the aura of that spiritual herb was actually very faint, probably due to its racial innate ability.

So Xiaoxiao could only guess that the spirit herb, or the bear that stole it, had passed through this place. Moreover, the scent left by the black bear was not strong; it was more of a honey scent.

But this one...

Xiaoxiao stepped forward, pulled the black bear out of the rubble, and then sniffed its scent. It smelled strongly of honey, clearly indicating that it had been stealing a lot of honey.

The aura emanating from him was pitifully faint.

Perhaps the dust here interfered with Xiaoxiao's judgment. He felt nauseous as soon as he smelled the strong honey scent on the black bear. It was so sweet and cloying, and he didn't know why such an animal would like to eat honey.

But Xiaoxiao still sniffed the black bear from head to toe, except for its mouth, which was tightly closed.

Because the black bear was unconsciously woken up by Xiaoxiao's bump, but was hit by the stone and was caught off guard, it passed out again.

Xiaoxiao: ...

That's awkward. Doesn't that mean I picked the wrong bear?

He looked around and saw that because of his reckless rampage, he had destroyed the black bear's enclosure, and the bear was still unconscious.

Although it's embarrassing to have mistaken a bear for a bear, finding the medicinal herbs is the most important thing right now, but we can't just ignore this black bear, can we?

Besides, he's not the kind of person who would deny his mistakes, but right now, the spiritual herbs are indeed more important.

Xiaoxiao scratched behind her ear, paused for three seconds, then plucked a tuft of hair from her body and put it in the black bear's paw. With this, the black bear could find her.

After that, Xiaoxiao turned and left.

The night was so dark that Xu Qiaoqiao could barely see the road ahead, but thankfully she finally made it out of the forest.

Looking at the grassland and forest shrouded in night, feeling the cool night breeze, Xu Qiaoqiao felt incredibly happy despite being covered in dirt. Finally, what she saw was no longer that vast grassland.

Although there was a small grassland here, which was connected to the forest, Xu Qiaoqiao seemed to hear the chirping of insects.

So now she has a serious problem—where should she go next?

A hint of confusion appeared in Xu Qiaoqiao's eyes. Logically speaking, she should find a safe place to hide now and wait until she is able to protect herself before venturing out again.

Xu Qiaoqiao felt that there were still some aspects of the inherited memories of this little grass that had not been discovered. Perhaps it would take time to discover them. She guessed that after all, such a powerful spiritual grass couldn't possibly be without a way to protect itself.

Although she seems to have seen all these memories, Xu Qiaoqiao still firmly believes that she is not a weakling.

After looking at the moon, Xu Qiaoqiao looked away. She moved to a tree next to her, dug a small hole, put her roots in it to minimize her size, and then began to rest.

Judging from the commotion just now, Xiaoxiao and that black bear must have been fighting fiercely, and they wouldn't be coming to find her for a while. As for the other animals, Xu Qiaoqiao was convinced that as long as they weren't herbivores, they wouldn't notice her.

We can take a break for now, although we are not completely out of danger.

But at least for now, the tiger and the black bear won't catch up. And even if they did, her aura is faint, so they won't find her easily. Plus, it looks like it's going to rain tonight.

Xu Qiaoqiao watched as the moonlight gradually disappeared, dark clouds filled the sky, and the breeze grew cool.

It's definitely going to rain today; I can tell not just by looking at these dark clouds, but also by a gut feeling.

Xu Qiaoqiao leaned against the big tree behind her. As soon as the roots took hold of the soil, they kept absorbing water. She yawned slightly, lay down, and was taking a short nap when suddenly a cold raindrop fell.

This seemed to be the beginning, and then more and more raindrops fell, making a constant pattering sound, which was very clear to Xu Qiaoqiao.

The rain gradually intensified, washing away everything from the night.

Fortunately, there was no thunder, Xu Qiaoqiao thought to herself. But even if there had been thunder, she wouldn't have been afraid. She remembered that on her first day in this world, she had also experienced being struck by lightning, so she should be fine.

Xu Qiaoqiao had already closed her eyes and was about to fall asleep.

Over there, the sudden downpour made it more difficult for Xiaoxiao to find the spiritual herbs. The rain mercilessly lashed at him, and he was soon soaked. Fortunately, his hair was short; otherwise, with its long strands draped over his body, he would have been extremely uncomfortable.

Xiao Xiao's amber eyes narrowed slightly, just like a human expression. He had made this expression when he looked at the little spirit herb before, but he didn't know what it meant at the time. He just blindly imitated it. Now he understood the meaning a little.

He was interested in all the expressions that the spirit herbs made, as he had learned them all, but the one he had learned best so far was rolling his eyes.

Looking at the heavy rain, Xiaoxiao felt very irritable. The thought of never seeing that little spirit herb again made him unhappy. He didn't understand what this emotion was, so he could only attribute it to the anger of having something he wanted taken away.

After all, he had discovered that spiritual herb decades ago and had long considered it his possession.