Ye Ling and her two companions continued driving the jeep towards the main urban area.
This time, Ye Boxuan didn't drive. He immediately pulled Ye Ling to sit in the back seat, while Wen Yanchen twitched slightly, resigned himself to taking the driver's seat and becoming the driver.
Macaron popped out of Ye Ling's pocket, nestled on her lap, and started chirping incessantly.
Macaron: [Master, I know where you can find the ancient tree you need. There's one up ahead; it's over six hundred years old, but it's suffering terribly, tormented by miasma every day. If it continues like this, it might mutate.]
Macarons have a sweet, childlike voice, just like their cute, cartoonish appearance; you really can't tell their gender just by their voice.
Ye Ling was quite surprised to hear this news. [Location? We'll head over there now.]
Macaron immediately told Ye Ling the location, and Ye Ling told Wen Yanchen to drive in that direction.
Macaron was right, it really is very close, it only took seven or eight minutes to drive there.
This is a large courtyard in the old town. At this time, it is very desolate, with no people, no lights, and no residents.
Only when I got to the tree did I realize that it was an old sandalwood tree.
At this moment, the old green sandalwood tree turned into a lifeless old tree, and Ye Ling could even hear its painful howls.
Macaron jumped out of Ye Ling's pocket, ran to the roots of the sandalwood tree, chirped a few times, and then turned to look at Ye Ling eagerly.
"Master, Grandpa Tree is dying."
Wen Yanchen shone a flashlight on the old sandalwood tree and said, "I feel like there's black energy emanating from around this tree."
Ye Ling reached out and placed her hand on the trunk of the Qingtan tree, saying to Wen Yanchen, "You feel right, it has indeed been invaded by miasma. If it hadn't developed intelligence and was fighting back, it would have become a strange species long ago."
After sensing the vitality of life, the withered old sandalwood tree gradually began to recover.
"Chirp chirp..."
Grandpa Tree, wake up! I've brought my master to rescue you!
The tree branch of the green sandalwood suddenly swayed slightly, and the miasma and evil energy attached to its trunk seemed to be shaken off and disappeared from the surroundings.
Only Ye Ling herself knew that the black fish had quickly absorbed all the miasma.
After the green sandalwood tree absorbed some of its vitality and divine power, it began to sprout tender leaves.
[Little one, is this your master? Your master is amazing, is he a cultivator? Please thank your master for me, your master saved my life.]
"Yes! I'll pass on the message. Grandpa Tree, are you feeling better now?"
Okay, I feel like I'm about to break through.
The two demonic beasts were having a conversation, and Ye Ling listened to the whole thing.
She looked down at the macarons lying on the tree roots, gently sniffing them, and she found the scene magical.
She actually made a contract with a rat demon in the outside world and is also saving a tree demon. Right now, the two of them are communicating in their own way. It's too fantastical!
The green sandalwood tree quickly grew new leaves, and its trunk shook violently as its branches spread rapidly, extending out of the courtyard and gradually covering the road and the low-rise residential buildings.
Its branching did not stop there; its trunk began to thicken, and its height continued to increase.
Normal old Qingtan trees are only about 20 meters tall, but this Qingtan tree in front of us, with Ye Ling's help, is as tall as 38 meters!
Wen Yanchen and Ye Boxuan looked at the ground and found that its roots were also getting thicker and longer, wriggling and spreading rapidly under their feet.
The noise was so loud that it shook away the snow on the ground, revealing the concrete surface.
At this time, cracks appeared in the cement ground due to the movement of tree roots.
The spread only stopped after the old Qingtan tree had completely covered an area of two kilometers.
During the day, you can see that wherever its branches and dense foliage pass, the air becomes clearer.
Ye Ling withdrew her hand and spoke to the Green Sandalwood Tree Spirit with her divine sense: "The power I bestow upon you is to protect this land and its inhabitants, and to protect kind humans and animals."
Of course, if you encounter humans who harm or damage you, you can handle it yourself; such humans don't deserve sympathy.
"rustle..."
The branches swayed, and one of them gently tapped Ye Ling's face. "Thank you. I will do as you ask. As a token of my gratitude, I will give you a gift."
As they spoke, the ground shook again. Wen Yanchen and Ye Boxuan quickly dodged the cracks, and then they saw several thick tree roots being pulled out of the ground, followed by three large wooden crates being brought to the surface.
With a "snap," the wooden box lid was lifted by the tree roots, revealing the gleaming gold ingots inside.
Three large chests, all filled with gold ingots.
Ye Ling's eyes widened in surprise.
Gold ingot!
Three huge boxes! Wow!
Although it's the apocalypse now and money and gold aren't as valuable as they used to be, this is gold! Who can resist a glittering gold ingot!
The tree spirit looked at Ye Ling. "I know you humans like this. Are these three boxes enough? If not, I can look underground."
Ye Ling: "!!!"
Can we keep looking? Does that mean there are still good things underground?
That's enough!
She unceremoniously put it into her spatial storage and said to it, "In this city, I will bestow six ancient trees like you. I hope you can work together to protect this city."
Once you have purified this city of miasma and evil, you can then focus on repairing the chain.
The ancient voice of the green sandalwood tree echoed in Ye Ling's mind: "We will do as you wish. As long as humans don't attack us first, we will protect them."
Ye Ling nodded. "Thank you. Hope we meet again."
She bent down, picked up the macarons, and turned to leave.
*
Macaron's guidance saved them a lot of time.
After Ye Ling bestowed divine power upon the remaining three ancient trees, it was two in the morning.
She didn't know if it was because she had transferred too much life force, but a wave of fatigue washed over her, and her eyelids were drooping.
After taking them back to the space, she left with the words "I'm tired" and went back to her room, collapsing onto the bed and falling asleep instantly.
Unbeknownst to her, after she fell asleep, the Ye brothers and Wen Yanchen were in the study discussing who would keep Ye Ling company while she rested.
Ye Jinyan looked directly at his elder brother: "Isn't I the most suitable candidate? I'm a healer, I can heal her. Most importantly, she doesn't reject my approach."
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