Zhou Yuanyuan strolled around the lake, admiring the scenery. She was intoxicated by the romantic feeling of pink petals falling in her hair.
"Master, something is wrong here." Xiaoyu suddenly spoke.
"Xiaoyu, have you discovered anything new?" Zhou Yuanyuan asked.
"Master, please look carefully, why are there no fish in this lake?" Xiaoyu reminded Zhou Yuanyuan.
Zhou Yuanyuan's spiritual awareness spread out. Sure enough, in the clear lake water, she could only see falling petals from the redbud tree, but no small fish swimming around. Logically, such a sparsely populated freshwater lake should be home to many fish.
"Master, the two black snakes following you stayed a hundred meters away, seemingly afraid to come near," Xiaoyu continued. The black snakes followed closely along the way, even though Zhou Yuanyuan was holding the Miasma-Breaking Pill, they remained about twenty to thirty meters behind her.
When Zhou Yuanyuan reached the lake, the two black snakes stopped dead in their tracks, as if something frightened them.
It seems to be true! As Xiaoyu said this, Zhou Yuanyuan's consciousness "observed" the black snake again. Just as Xiaoyu said, the black snake wanted to come over but didn't dare, and wanted to leave but seemed unwilling to do so.
Is this the monks' base camp? Zhou Yuanyuan's excited heartbeat quickened a bit at the thought of this possibility.
"Master, there's a barrier here!" This time, it was Chaos Pearl who cried out in surprise. With its own world of trials, Chaos Pearl was even more perceptive to barriers and the like than Xiaoyu. Back in Cumulus Mountain, Chaos Pearl had sensed the barrier. Until it was confident it could break through it, Chaos Pearl had remained in the Black Bear Demon's treasure cave, feigning death.
Zhou Yuanyuan followed the Chaos Pearl's instructions and looked toward a tall redbud tree. Just beside the tree's trunk, invisible ripples rippled outward. After reaching the tree's trunk, they rippled back, forming a seemingly chaotic yet orderly pattern.
Zhou Yuanyuan was standing just ten meters away from the tree. If it weren't for the Chaos Pearl's reminder, she might have crashed into these invisible ripples.
"Master, quickly hide in Zhuzhu's trial world. The barrier is about to open," Xiaoyu warned. Judging from the ripples, Xiaoyu could tell that this barrier was much larger than the one at Cumulus Mountain, and would require significantly more energy to open.
The Black Bear Demon had only needed a jade token to break the barrier of Jiyun Mountain. Zhou Yuanyuan was curious about what the barrier here was like.
Before Zhou Yuanyuan could even take a look, she was sucked into the trial world by the Chaos Orb.
"Xiaoshu, Xiaoshu, you're back?" A familiar and old voice sounded above Zhou Yuanyuan's head.
Zhou Yuanyuan looked closely and found herself in the laurel forest of the Trial World. The one greeting her was none other than the laurel tree's elder patriarch, Old Tree. Back when Zhou Yuanyuan was still a sapling, Old Tree had been very kind to her and even taught her how to hunt. Zhou Yuanyuan always remembered Old Tree's kindness.
"Hello, old patriarch!" Zhou Yuanyuan saw that the trunk of the old tree had become thicker and its leaves were much greener than before. The whole tree was full of vitality, which was very different from its previous "pale and skinny" appearance.
"Little tree, thank you for your "photosynthesis". Are you okay now? We in the tribe have always missed you! With the skills you taught us, our lives as a laurel tree family have become much better!" As soon as the old tree finished speaking, the laurel trees in the laurel forest echoed: "Yes, yes, little tree, we miss you so much!"
"Little Tree, Little Tree, where have you been? Don't forget to practice!"
"Little Tree, Little Tree, when I can condense my spirit body, I will go with you to see the outside world."
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When the osmanthus trees saw Zhou Yuanyuan, they excitedly leaned on their branches, making a rustling sound.
"You're welcome. It's my duty." Zhou Yuanyuan felt a little embarrassed by the old tree's gratitude. Since leaving the trial world, Zhou Yuanyuan had never thought of the old tree and the others.
"No noise allowed, shut up." Chaos Pearl's majestic voice rang out from the sky, shocking the osmanthus trees so much that they looked at each other in bewilderment and retracted their waving branches.
Is the little tree a friend of the Great God? Has she been traveling with the Great God recently? She's truly a legend of our laurel family! Old laurel sighed.
Old Osmanthus had heard the Chaos Pearl's voice several times over the past tens of thousands of years. His feeling was correct; in the world of trials, the Chaos Pearl was the god of all things.
"Master, quickly check outside! The barrier's opened." After scolding Guishu, Chaos Pearl changed to a servile voice and addressed Zhou Yuanyuan. If Chaos Pearl's true form hadn't been outside, watching everything unfold, Chaos Pearl would have wanted to run over to Zhou Yuanyuan and offer some servility. Seeing Old Guishu and the others, Chaos Pearl recalled his earlier scheme against Zhou Yuanyuan and Xiaoyu.
When Zhou Yuanyuan first entered the trial world, her soul was placed into a laurel seed by the Chaos Pearl, and the seed was carried by the Chaos Pearl.
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