Zhao Zhize walked over to the two of them and asked Gu Shi with concern, "Did you encounter many monsters on your way here? I heard that the monsters outside have been quite active these past two days. Did you encounter any trouble?"
Gu Shi waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Shufeng flies high and fast. Few monsters can keep up with us, so we didn't encounter much trouble."
Hearing Gu Shi's praise, Shufeng, who was squatting on his head, puffed out his chest proudly.
The three of them stood at the door of the registration office and chatted for a while, then headed towards the restaurant.
Cheng Xuqing and Zhao Zhize did not invite Gu Shi to a big restaurant, but to a small stall with particularly good food that they had found recently.
A few people had a lively meal and chatted happily for a long time, but all good things must come to an end. After gathering for a few hours, they had to separate again.
In front of the registration office, Cheng Xuqing and Zhao Zhize handed the things they were going to take home to Gu Shi, said goodbye to each other, and watched him leave the city.
Although the time they spent together was short, they had a very happy day.
With the help of Shufeng, Gu Shi rushed to two different cities and delivered the things to the two families.
On the way home, Gu Shi looked at the sky that was gradually getting darker and gently patted Shufeng on the back. "Shufeng, can you fly faster? I want to get to the city before dark."
The north wind howled loudly, and the wings flapped vigorously a few times, causing them to fly faster.
"What is that in front? An enemy?" Gu Shi looked up and saw several dark shadows vaguely appearing in the distance ahead.
Gu Shi frowned. He picked up his staff and reinforced the shields around him. Then he told Shu Feng, "Don't worry about them. Let's just charge forward."
Shufeng was moving very fast now. Within a few seconds, Gu Shi could clearly see what those black shadows were. They were a few people surrounded by a group of bird-shaped monsters.
After seeing this scene clearly, Gu Shi reached out and patted Shufeng, who was in tune with him, and Shufeng adjusted his direction very naturally.
The two of them rushed into the encirclement of monsters like a flash of white lightning, breaking up the formation and killing many monsters at the same time.
The trapped people seized this opportunity, followed Gu Shi, and successfully escaped from the encirclement. However, their mounts were not as fast as Shufeng, and in the end they could only watch Gu Shi and the others go away.
Gu Shi didn't take this matter to heart. After helping those people, he didn't stay for long. Instead, he maintained his original speed and rushed home.
Thanks to Shufeng's efforts, they finally entered the city just when the sun had completely set.
After rushing back home safely, Gu Shi filled his stomach, lay on the bed, and reported to the two that he was safe.
【Gu Shi: I’m home.
Cheng Xuqing: So fast!
Cheng Xuqing: I thought you were going to deliver it slowly over two days, but you went to three cities in one day. That’s too fast!
Gu Shi: That’s right, our Shufeng is not here to eat and do nothing.
Zhao Zhize: Thank you for your hard work. Have a good rest today.
Gu Shi: Got it.]
Gu Shi did what he said. After chatting with the two of them for a while, he turned off the lights and went to bed.
Gu Shi slept very soundly, and was completely surrounded by beautiful dreams, but reality was unwilling to let him sleep well.
In the middle of the night, a loud "boom" came from nowhere, waking up the whole city.
Gu Shi woke up from his sleep. He rubbed his eyes and sat up. After turning on the bedside lamp, he walked to the window and looked out.
The protective shield covering the entire city remained the same as before and did not seem to be breaking. Apart from the lights lighting up one after another and many people coming out to check the situation, there was nothing else unusual.
Gu Shi stood by the window for a while, and after making sure that he did not hear any warning sounds similar to those of an air raid sirens, he sat back on the bed.
It seems that the noise just now did not bring them much danger, at least the crowd did not need to be evacuated on a large scale.
Gu Shi picked up the phone on the bedside table and tried to find some clues about the loud noise on social media, but all he saw were people's random guesses and he didn't find any useful information at all.
Gu Shi sighed, "Forget it, it seems that we can't find any useful clues. Let's wait for official notification."
Gu Shi had just put down his phone and was about to continue resting when he saw the jade disk placed on the bedside flashing wildly, and for the first time, it made a very crisp sound, which sounded like the sound of two pieces of jade colliding with each other.
Seeing this scene and thinking about the loud noise just now, Gu Shi suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. He quickly picked up the jade disk and opened the chat interface with the system.
It only shows a fairly brief message.
【System: Come quickly! 】
Gu Shi stood up quickly, took out a robe and put it on, while pulling his hand away to reply to the message.
【Gu Shi: I'm here, at the portal.】
Without even having time to put on socks, Gu Shi hastily changed out of his troublesome slippers, picked up his staff, and then ran into the portal in front of him in just a few steps.
After entering the familiar room, Gu Shi immediately observed the surrounding situation. Everything seemed normal. There were no more enemies in the room, and the furniture was not damaged.
Gu Shi looked around but didn't see the familiar ball of light, so he called out loudly, "System! Where are you?"
The system didn't appear, but his voice rang out of nowhere, "Gu Shi, quickly pick up the flower pot on the table and come to this side of the valley, quickly!"
After receiving the system's instructions, Gu Shi sprang into action. He turned and walked to the table, picked up the familiar flowerpot, and quickly rushed towards the portal.
When Gu Shi arrived at the familiar valley, the sky was already full of cracks, the energy fluctuations were quite chaotic, and the entire space showed a sign of imminent collapse.
Amidst this chaos, the ancient trees growing in the center of the valley still stand tall and unmoved.
It was firmly rooted in place, completely unaffected, and even part of the area around it became a safe and pure land in this space.
Gu Shi's attention was instantly attracted by it.
As if sensing Gu Shi's entry, the system's voice rang out again, "Hurry over there! Before the enemy gets in, put the ancient wood into the flowerpot and retreat immediately!"
Gu Shi trotted over to the ancient tree, picked up the flowerpot, and asked the system, "What should I do?"
"First, use your magic power to wrap the roots of the ancient tree, then..."
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