Zhou Yuanyuan's task was much more difficult than Hu Sanniang's. As a laurel seed, Zhou Yuanyuan had to first survive and then live a fulfilling life. During this time, Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't kill.
However, Zhou Yuanyuan's prohibition of killing is much stricter than Hu Sanniang's.
All things have spirits, and humans are the most important. Su Niang, the person possessed by Hu Sanniang, is a human. Therefore, as long as Hu Sanniang doesn't harm human lives, she has no restrictions on the names of chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, flowers, plants, and trees. Otherwise, why would people raise chickens, ducks, and pigs? Aren't they for food, but also for viewing?
As a tree demon, Zhou Yuanyuan's rank was the same as the animals and plants in the forest. Therefore, not only could she not harm animals, she was also prohibited from harming flowers, plants, and trees.
Zhou Yuanyuan had just realized that if she had followed her instinct and eaten the rabbit, her mission would have failed. If she failed, her fate would be either instant annihilation or she would remain in this trial world as a demon tree, until one day, she withered away due to her lack of prey.
After releasing the little rabbit, Zhou Yuanyuan stumbled upon the secret of cultivating within the osmanthus tree. Over a thousand years, Zhou Yuanyuan absorbed energy from the sun and moon, not only avoiding starvation but also cultivating a human form.
After Zhou Yuanyuan developed a human form, she broke the tree's restraint on her soul, and the trial mission was completed.
For a goblin to suppress its instinct to eat and achieve results through cultivation—this was something the Heavenly Dao of the Trial World wanted someone or a goblin to do but hadn't yet achieved. Furthermore, after Zhou Yuanyuan discovered the cultivation method, she didn't hide it, but shared it with the old osmanthus tree.
With Zhou Yuanyuan's cultivation method, the Guishu clan finally broke the fate of genocide.
Kindness, gratitude, giving back. This was the test that Heaven had set for Zhou Yuanyuan. And she accomplished it all.
After Zhou Yuanyuan and Hu Sanniang reunited, a door opened in the trial world to let Zhou Yuanyuan and Hu Sanniang pass.
This time, Director Zhou Yuan was more cautious. She didn't rush out happily right away. Instead, she asked the Chaos Pearl, "Zhuzhu, do you know what's behind this door? Are you planning to trick your master again?"
Indeed, in Zhou Yuanyuan's mind, the Chaos Orb was a rip-off, a rip-off that nearly killed her. If Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't been lucky, given that time in the Trial World flowed thousands of times faster than outside, by the time she finished her Trial, the outside world would have been in a completely different state.
Seeing Zhou Yuanyuan ask a question, Chaos Pearl trembled with excitement and said, "Master, after you leave this door, you and the little fox will return to your true forms. At that time, you only need to call out to Pearl, and Pearl will appear before you and serve you." After Zhou Yuanyuan's powerful murderous aura towards it, Chaos Pearl became spineless and cowed. As its master's spiritual treasure, it didn't want to die young, so it had to cling to its master's golden thigh.
In reality, the Chaos Pearl also wished to reside within its master's sea of consciousness, just like Xiaoyu. The benefits of nurturing spiritual treasures within their master's body were immeasurable. Whenever Zhou Yuanyuan absorbed spiritual energy, a portion would automatically flow to the nurturing spiritual treasure. However, the Chaos Pearl knew it had tricked Zhou Yuanyuan before it recognized her as its master, leaving her with a poor impression, so it hesitated to make any demands.
"Serve me? I really don't know what you have to offer me?" Zhou Yuanyuan secretly curled her lips. It wasn't that Zhou Yuanyuan looked down on the Chaos Pearl, but from the time she knew it until now, Zhou Yuanyuan really didn't think it was of any use.
"Master, the Chaos Pearl is still very useful. It can transform all the spiritual energy of the Five Elements into Chaos Spiritual Energy for your cultivation. If all else fails, you can temporarily use the Pearl as a portable space!" Xiaoyu saw this and hurriedly spoke in favor of the Chaos Pearl. Xiaoyu was afraid that Zhou Yuanyuan would not know the Chaos Pearl's usefulness and destroy it. After all, Zhou Yuanyuan had suffered greatly because of the Chaos Pearl.
Speaking of which, the Chaos Pearl's abilities are truly remarkable, but none of its other abilities are currently available to Zhou Yuanyuan. Xiaoyu mentioned these two things, choosing the ones Zhou Yuanyuan urgently needs.
Cultivators can only absorb spiritual energy that matches their spiritual roots. For example, although Zhou Yuanyuan's spiritual roots haven't been tested, Xiaoyu believes it's more likely that she has a wood-attributed spiritual root. Zhou Yuanyuan has practiced in the mountains and forests several times, absorbing spiritual energy many times faster than outside. People with wood-attributed spiritual roots have a natural affinity for plants; perhaps this is why Zhou Yuanyuan's spirit was able to enter the osmanthus tree seed.
The Chaos Pearl possesses the ability to absorb all the spiritual energy of the Five Elements, refining it into Chaos Spiritual Energy for its owner. Possessing the Chaos Pearl is like possessing an endless supply of spiritual energy. If Zhou Yuanyuan were to become the Chaos Pearl's master, she would undoubtedly be met with envy and hatred. In the world of cultivation, murder and theft are common. Even if the Chaos Pearl and Zhou Yuanyuan had signed a master-servant contract, and Zhou Yuanyuan's death would also destroy the Chaos Pearl, Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't explain the contractual relationship between them to everyone, could she? Even if she did, she would have to be believed.
After the Chaos Pearl recognized its master, its trial space had lost its function, but it still existed. The Chaos Pearl's trial space was a small world unto itself, and the Chaos Pearl could also automatically adjust the flow of time. Zhou Yuanyuan was using it to grow spiritual herbs and other things, and the effect was sure to be very good.
Hearing the words "portable space," Zhou Yuanyuan's heart burst into joy. Oh my! Xiaoyu was really smart. She had never thought the Chaos Orb could be used in this way.
When Chaos Pearl heard Xiaoyu characterize him as a "spiritual energy filter" and a "portable space," he wanted to retort that his abilities were much more than that. However, when he saw Zhou Yuanyuan's eyes light up, Chaos Pearl swallowed his words back.
The conversations between Chaos Pearl and Zhou Yuanyuan were all completed in their respective spiritual consciousness. Chaos Pearl and Zhou Yuanyuan signed a contract, and like Xiaoyu, it could communicate with Zhou Yuanyuan through spiritual consciousness.
Hu Sanniang was unaware of her master's immense fortune, possessing a congenital treasure like the Chaos Pearl. Even Xiaoyu, Zhou Yuanyuan, had never revealed her whereabouts to Hu Sanniang. This wasn't because she didn't trust Hu Sanniang, but rather because Xiaoyu had repeatedly warned her that congenital treasures were too rare to obtain, and she must never mention the Chaos Pearl or her possession to anyone. She understood the principle that possessing a treasure is a sin.
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