When Shushu regained consciousness, she heard a rustling sound in her ear, like the sound of wind blowing through the branches.

With difficulty, I opened my heavy eyes and saw myself lying on a soft grass, covered with a huge, unidentified leaf.

Not far away stood a towering tree, its branches entwined with vibrant vines; the rustling sound I had just heard was coming from there.

Shushu paused for a second, then slowly popped a pill into his mouth. His still confused and dizzy mind finally cleared up.

Supporting its small body with its two front paws, it sat up with a thud, recalling the scene of hugging Du Tao before it fell asleep, and instinctively wanted to find the beast.

However, even after scanning the surroundings with her divine sense and extending it to the maximum range she could reach, she still couldn't find Du Tao.

Just as I was wondering if we had gotten separated, I heard what sounded like sobbing in the wind, as if someone had their mouth covered.

Shushu listened intently for a while before finally pinpointing the source of the sound: it was located halfway up the giant tree.

Surprisingly, the millet's divine sense could not penetrate the barrier of the tree trunk and vines. All it could see were green leaves and vines; it could not see anything inside at all.

The sorghum was truly astonished, scrutinizing the giant tree and vines from head to toe.

The creature inside must have sensed the gaze that the yam was giving it, because it struggled even more violently, and the leaves trembled even more noticeably.

Curiosity arose in Shushu's heart, but he did not act rashly. Instead, he continued to examine the giant tree and vines, wanting to know what was in front of him.

Finally, his divine sense swept over the pink flowers at the very top of the tree trunk and vines.

Only then did Shushu realize that the giant tree and vines in front of him were not ordinary things, but the legendary Thunder Tree and Ruyi Vine.

The Thunder Tree possesses the property of absorbing lightning. If one carries a branch of the Thunder Tree when undergoing a lightning tribulation, it is more useful than the highest-level spiritual artifact. Even lesser divine artifacts and divine artifacts may not be as useful. It is simply the best little helper for undergoing a lightning tribulation.

As for the Ruyi Vine, it is a metal-attribute spiritual plant. If a small section of the vine or a leaf is added during the refining process, the resulting spiritual weapon will naturally possess hidden attributes.

Even if the owner of a magical artifact has perished, it can still function as long as the artifact is still nearby.

Back in the Rainy Continent, when Liu Yu and Xiong Yan were refining the identity jade tokens of the Flowing Moon Sect, they added the Ruyi Vine.

This is also the main reason why, in the previous life, when the Liuyue Sect was massacred, everyone's identities were not exposed.

Unexpectedly, she encountered it in this Wuhua Secret Realm, and it was even with the Thunder Tree.

Remembering what the inherited memory told Shushu, as long as the Thunder Tree and the Ruyi Vine grow together, both will awaken their spiritual power early on.

The gluttonous creature's eyes darted around, and it first nudged its furry paws toward the giant tree and vines before speaking: "I wonder if Senior Thunder and Senior Ruyi would be so kind as to show themselves?"

After saying that, Shushu stared intently ahead, waiting for the other side's reaction.

Sure enough, after a short while, a rustling sound came from the other side. The Ruyi Vine slowly moved to both sides, revealing the Thunder Tree trunk in the middle.

And in the exposed tree trunk, there was a strikingly youthful baby face.

The baby-faced man looked Shushu up and down several times before replying in a childish voice, pretending to be mature: "Ahem, no need to call me senior. My name is Leiting. You can just call me by my name."

After saying that, it looked at the yam with bright eyes, as if waiting for the yam to call out.

Shushu paused for a moment, then, as the other party wished, tentatively called out, "Thunder?"

The next moment, she saw that the Thunder Tree opposite her had a very happy expression on its face, which made her completely confused and unable to understand what was going on.

Thunder probably noticed Sweet Potato's confusion, cleared his throat to cover it up, and changed the subject: "Um, are you looking for those two unicorns?"

Millet hadn't expected Thunder Tree to know this, and nodded without hesitation: "Yes."

Thunder readily agreed: "Wait a moment."

Then, Shushu heard the familiar rustling sound again and looked in the direction of the sound.

The vines around the spot where Shushu first sensed the creature slowly receded, revealing Dutao and Duran, whose limbs and mouths were firmly bound and hanging there.

The moment the two beasts saw the millet, they instinctively wanted to open their mouths and howl.

Unfortunately, the vines were tied too tightly, and the yams couldn't break free. They could only look at the yams with teary eyes, as if they were about to cry.

For a moment, Shushu didn't know how to react. Looking at the two hanging upside down, he finally looked at Leiting and pleaded, "Leiting, can you put them down?"

Thunder was quite easy to talk to. When he heard that Millet was pleading for them, he began to control the vines to lower down, explaining logically as he did so.

“I didn’t tie them up. The two unicorns were too noisy, so Ruyi tied them up.”

The "ruyi" it mentioned should, without a doubt, refer to the Ruyi Vine.

Just as Shushu was wondering if the Ruyi Vine hadn't awakened its spirit yet, which was why it needed Leiting's help to speak, a streak of green light darted back from afar after Leiting finished speaking.

The light streamed into the Ruyi Vine, and instantly even the leaves of the Ruyi Vine became a few shades greener.

At the same time, a irritable little voice exploded in my ears: "Thunder, why did you let these two go?" As it spoke, it stretched out its vines and pretended to tie Du Tao and Du Ran back up.

The two beasts were so frightened that they scurried behind the sorghum plant for protection.

Shushu glanced at the two beasts behind him. Not only were they dozens of times larger than him, but their cultivation levels were also two whole major ranks higher than his. He couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Some wanted to ask how these two could so easily allow themselves to be used as shields, but then they thought of Du Han and kept quiet.

Looking back at the Ruyi Vine that had stopped in front of him, he greeted it somewhat awkwardly, "Hello." At the same time, he hesitated in his heart, wondering whether he should release the Heavenly Net.

After all, they were both vines, and she felt that vines would communicate better with each other than she would with herself!

With that in mind, Shushu did just that.

Then she realized she was wrong.

As soon as Tianluo appeared, it saw the Ruyi Vine on the other side. Its momentum surged immediately. It pushed Shushu and the two unicorns behind it and charged towards the Ruyi Vine.

Perhaps because it grew alongside the Thunder Tree, the Ruyi Vine had an exceptionally fiery temper. With a "teep," it charged straight towards the Heavenly Net.

In an instant, the two vines clashed, and the sky was filled with their clawing tendrils, twisting and intertwining with each other, neither willing to yield.

Seeing the two vines intertwined like snakes, Shushu wanted to call for a stop, but then he found that the ground beneath him suddenly gave way, and a golden stream of light rushed straight towards him.