“Wuwuwu…”

"I hate my second uncle!"

In the woods, Ye Shuying wiped his tears and cried as he left the village angrily, wanting to find a place to hide where no one could find him.

However, he had never left the village and soon lost his way in the dense and lush woods.

Ye Shuying came back to her senses and stood there in fear. She looked around and saw almost the same scenery. She couldn't help feeling scared.

The most terrifying thing is that he seemed to have unknowingly walked out of the barrier that protected the Ye family...!

Just at this moment, a dark figure flashed past his head!

Ye Shuying raised his head in horror, only to see a fairy beast the size of a man, shaped like an eagle, with feathers as green as leaves, staring at him with round and sharp eyes!

It’s the Emerald Eagle…!

Ye Shuying was so frightened that her expression froze, but she quickly recognized the fairy beast in front of her.

This is one of the most common fairy beasts in this valley. Its cultivation level is not high, but it is definitely not something that he can fight against at his age and cultivation level!

“Hmm~!”

The green eagle let out a scream, then flapped its wings and swooped down from the branch!

It was obvious that he had regarded Ye Shuying as his prey!

Ye Shuying turned around and ran away, while Cui Ying followed closely behind her, getting closer and closer!

This time, Ye Shuying only felt the crisis approaching, and for the first time she regretted not listening to her second uncle and practicing hard...

With his speed, there is no way he can escape the Green Eagle!

Just as the green eagle stretched out its sharp claws and was about to grab Ye Shuying, Ye Shuying leaned over in time and crawled under the dense and complex tree roots.

However, there were still two bloody wounds on his back!

The severe pain almost made Ye Shuying burst into tears, but he knew that the crisis was not over yet, so he endured the pain and hid under the tree roots.

The Green Eagle still circled in the sky without giving up, staring closely at Ye Shuying below, ready to strike at any time!

Ye Shuying originally wanted to hide under the tree roots and wait for others to rescue him, but Cui Ying did not intend to give him a chance to breathe.

The sharp claws tore through the dense and complex tree roots in pieces, trying to drive Ye Shuying out.

Ye Shuying knew that the tree roots above his head could not protect him for long, so he could only desperately run towards the direction that he thought might be the village.

Under the relentless pursuit of the Green Eagle, Ye Shuying finally found the village under the protection of tree roots.

The barrier protecting the village was not far away, but there was no longer any protection from the tree roots overhead!

This means that he must risk being caught by the Emerald Eagle and pass through the woods to reach the safe barrier!

Ye Shuying glanced at the emerald eagle circling overhead, mustered up her courage, gritted her teeth, and ran towards the barrier with all her might.

The Green Eagle immediately spotted Ye Shuying leaving the tree roots. It made another chirping sound, then turned into a green shadow and swooped down with its wings folded!

When Ye Shuying was only ten meters away from the barrier, she unfortunately tripped over a protruding stone, stumbled and fell heavily to the ground!

Her face and arms were rubbed by the rough ground, but Ye Shuying didn't care about the pain.

Turning around, the Green Eagle's sharp claws emitting cold light had already arrived in front of him!

Ye Shuying felt hopeless and her body could no longer move. She could only put her hands in front of her body in fear and closed her eyes, resigning herself to her fate.

At this moment, several green vines suddenly passed by him!

The vines went straight through the Green Eagle's body and wrapped it up!

This, this is… ?

Ye Shuying slowly opened her eyes and looked at the scene in front of her in confusion.

I saw several vines extending from the barrier not far behind me.

The vines gently wrapped around his body, and the warm and comfortable spirit wrapped around his exhausted body through the vines. The bloody wounds no longer hurt and healed quickly...

The vines healed his wounds while slowly pulling him back into the barrier...

The barrier of this valley was not set up by the Ye family, but was a naturally formed protective barrier under the protection of the ancient tree fairies.

In other words, it was the ancient fairy tree that protected him...

Ye Shuying incredibly placed his hand on the vines that were wrapped around his body, feeling the thick and gentle power of the vines, and suddenly understood what his second uncle said...

Their Ye family has always taken protecting the ancient fairy tree as its mission and responsibility. Hasn't the ancient fairy tree also been protecting their Ye family?

At dusk, several divine rainbows flew rapidly across the sky above the valley, and more than a dozen figures quickly shuttled through the woods.

"Shuying!"

Everyone looked anxious and kept calling Ye Shuying's name.

The one-armed strong man stood in the air, looking extremely anxious. His eyes kept looking back and forth among the trees, and his spiritual sense searched the vicinity again and again.

Ye Shuying hadn't come back for such a long time, and he realized that something might have happened!

Ye Shuying is the most talented of this young generation, and he has watched her grow up.

If something really happened to him, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before the sturdy man's consciousness sensed a faint breath of cultivation, and he quickly turned into a divine rainbow and flew down.

He happened to run into Ye Shuying who came out of the woods.

"Second Uncle~"

Ye Shuying was covered in dust and tattered clothes, but she waved happily at the burly man.

"You're going to scare me to death!"

"Where have you been running to? Didn't I tell you not to go beyond the barrier?"

"Forget it... As long as he's alright..."

"If you don't want to be a tree keeper in the future, then don't be one..."

The sturdy man hugged Ye Shuying tightly in his arms and said with guilt and helplessness.

Since the child has no intention of becoming a tree keeper, there is no point in forcing him.

On the contrary, this time he almost got into danger...

However, to the strong man's surprise, Ye Shuying broke free from his embrace, stared at him solemnly, and said with joy and expectation:

"No! Uncle! I want to be a tree keeper!"

Strong man: “Hmm…?”

Four hundred years later

A figure dressed in green and holding a green fairy sword slowly stepped into the entrance of the secret realm of the ancient fairy tree.

The little boy who was full of longing and expectation finally fulfilled his childhood wish and was fortunate enough to step into the secret realm of the ancient fairy tree and succeeded as the next tree keeper...

Looking at the majestic and huge fairy ancient tree standing in the center of the ancient tree secret realm, with its branches and leaves sparkling with bright light, and magnificent and dazzling, Ye Shuying was deeply shocked. She was so fascinated that she was stunned for a moment.

"What a nice view…"

The spiritual dust condensed by the fairies in the sky floated and diffused throughout the entire secret realm of the ancient fairy tree, like falling snow with fluorescence.

Ye Shuying stretched out her palm, feeling the spiritual dust falling into her palm and sinking into her body.

A familiar and nostalgic feeling of warmth filled my whole body...

This is the ancient fairy tree that takes root in the entire fairy world and injects vitality into it...

It is also the ancient tree that their Ye family has guarded for generations...

Ye Shuying could no longer suppress her anticipation and walked slowly to the front of the ancient fairy tree.

With his thin and slender figure, he looked so insignificant standing under the ancient fairy tree.

Just as Ye Shuying was staring in a trance, the trunk of the ancient fairy tree suddenly squirmed, and a naked little girl with emerald green hair half emerged from the trunk.

Could this be the true form of the ancient tree spirit? !

Ye Shuying was stunned where she stood, looking up in disbelief at the little girl who came out of the ancient fairy tree.

Before he came, he had never heard that the Fairy Ancient Tree was able to transform into its true form...

Could it be that he just happened to learn how to condense and transform recently?

"Are you the new tree keeper?"

The ancient tree fairy blinked its eyes, and its hind half was connected to the trunk of the ancient fairy tree. It leaned forward curiously and moved in front of Ye Shuying.

Ye Shuying quickly put away her impolite gaze, knelt on one knee and bowed her head, placed the immortal sword in front of her feet, gently pressed her palm on the trunk of the huge ancient immortal tree, and solemnly swore:

"Ye family, Ye Shuying! I will spend the rest of my life as the tree keeper of Master Xianling!"

"I will never marry in this life, I will never regret it, and I will never leave!"

"Protect the Immortal Master with my own body!"

"I also wish to be buried here after my death!"