Chapter 29

It had been a long, long time since anyone had looked at him with such gentle and expectant eyes.

Such straightforward tenderness and undisguised doting made Yu Tu a little dazed, and what followed was envy and...disappointment.

He was so frightened by his own sprouting that he forgot for a moment that the bead with green lines melted into his heart when he was dying, and then he sprouted. Maybe the bead was a seed, or maybe the essence of plants and trees condensed on the bead, and by chance, he sprouted as a human being.

He is not a cub of the plant tribe, he is just an imposter.

Yu Tu raised his head and looked at the screen: "You may be mistaken, I am not a cub of the plant tribe..."

His voice was very low and slow, but clear and logical: "I was picked up by the director of the welfare home in the woods in winter. So far, I am 18 years old."

"You said that it takes a hundred years for the young of the Plant Clan to develop their intelligence and grow up. If I were really a young of the Plant Clan, I would not be able to grow into my current appearance within 18 years."

He denied his race calmly, politely and quietly.

Eighteen-year-old Yu Tu can control his emotions very well, but three-year-old Tu Tu cannot.

The small buds that were curled up with leaves just now are now drooping and bending to the side weakly, and the edges of the leaves are beginning to burn and turn yellow.

Emperor Xiu could tell at a glance that it was sadness, fear, and anxiety.

He sighed very softly.

He had never seen a plant cub whose growth period was the same as that of humans, but the short growth period only made people more worried about whether his body was fully developed, whether he was getting enough nutrition, and whether he was living a good and happy life.

"Perhaps it's because you grew up in the surface world with poor spiritual energy and were raised by humans, so you have such a short growth period." Di Xiu did not force him to accept his identity. "Every cub is different. If you don't believe that you are a cub of the plant tribe, why don't you come to our place first? We can check face to face and know immediately."

"Tu Tu, what are you worried about?" Di Wu, the chief of the grass tribe who disappeared on the screen after making the payment, reappeared from the side. "In the inner world, only the children of our grass tribe can sprout. If you find that other people can sprout, then you are either cursed and sprouted into grass dolls, or you have eaten poisonous mushrooms and have hallucinations."

"Patriarch!" Di Xiu pushed the man out of the screen and warned in a low voice, "Don't scare him!"

After driving away the clan leader, Di Xiu turned his gaze again: "Tu Tu, do you need us to pick you up?"

He asked, "Do you want to ride the crane, use the teleportation array, or use the escape car? Riding the crane means flying in the sky on a crane, and you can shuttle through the clouds. There is a wind shield, so you don't have to worry about altitude sickness, and the scenery is beautiful. The teleportation array is fast, but you may feel dizzy if you are not in good physical condition. The escape car shuttles underground, and you can drive it yourself, or you can set a destination and go there directly. If you want, you can use the escape car to travel in the underground magma, which is also very interesting."

"If you are not used to the means of transportation in the inner world," Di Xiu suggested considerately, "then we should send a helicopter fleet to pick you up?"

Yu Tu: “…Ah?”

The other four: “…Ah?”

Lu Yayin murmured softly: "I know the Grass Clan is rich, but this is too arrogant..."

Qin Fei: "These three expensive modes of transportation are said to be like picking cabbages. Is this how all the young of the Grass Tribe are raised?"

The two looked at each other, and for the first time they understood each other.

Let me also become a cub of the Plant Tribe!

The two of them were whispering in a very low voice, and Yu Tu didn't hear clearly, but from the reactions of the people around him he knew that the method of transportation the Grass Clan elder was talking about should be quite expensive.

"You don't have to come pick me up. Just give me an address and I'll go there myself." Yu Tu, who was used to being frugal, politely declined, "You should have known you were wrong when you saw me."

Di Xiu did not refute him, but smiled gently: "Then I will give you some travel expenses. Don't rush to refuse. We want to confirm whether you are the one for our cub. We can't let you pay for the trip yourself, right? What would that look like?"

Then, the crisp broadcast that had just stopped sounded again—

【Your payment has been credited to your account! 】

【Your payment has been credited to your account! 】

【Your payment has been credited to your account! 】

…

Just like before, no more, no less, it rang ten times.

Yu Tu: “???”

He turned to look at Meng Ziqiu: "Captain Meng, is it necessary to pay such an expensive fare to go to the inner world?"

Meng Ziqiu: "..."

After these two transfers, he almost couldn't recognize the currency unit.

Meng Ziqiu: "The Grass Tribe is a little further away, but the travel expenses plus accommodation will not exceed three thousand."

"Who asked you to travel here in such poverty?" The tribe leader who was pushed out of the screen tried hard to stick his head out again, "Give me the best food, the best accommodation, and let me have fun all the way."

Di Xiu smiled and did not refute him at all.

"Oh, right." Diwu's celestial face stared at Meng Ziqiu outside the screen, "I have sent a special commission to the Alien Bureau, entrusting the special team to escort our Grass Tribe's children to the tribe's land. You, the special team 7, are given priority. If you don't take it, other teams will. In addition to the reward, you will eat the best and stay the best, just like our children, and have fun along the way. All expenses will be reimbursed."

Meng Ziqiu: "..."

Meng Ziqiu: "You transferred one million, whether it is the reimbursement of food, drink and entertainment along the way or the commission, it is already high enough."

———It’s even a bit absurdly high.

"The one million I gave you is to thank you for finding my son. The one million Di Xiu gave you is for my son's travel expenses. Remember to transfer it to him later." Di Wu said, "As for the commission from the Alien Bureau, I didn't ask for much either, just one million."

Qin Fei: "Fuck, our group became rich overnight?"

Lu Yayin: "Do we and the Plant Tribe really use the same currency system..."

Gu Hongying: "Is this the legendary public-funded tourism?..."

Yu Tu, Yu Tu was completely stunned.

Because he grew up in an orphanage, he had the awareness of making money since he was a child. He saved money until he was 18 years old and took the college entrance examination. He only had a few thousand yuan in savings. He ran from the city where he went to school to Huailin Town, bought daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea and daily necessities, and bought gifts for the baby spirits. He didn't have much money left.

Not to mention one million, he hasn't even had ten thousand.

"That's too much." Yu Tu reacted and refused subconsciously, "Thank you, but it's really not necessary."

One million seemed like an astronomical figure that was out of reach for him. The good intentions behind this figure were too heavy for him to bear.

"Tu Tu." Di Xiu saw his uneasiness. "We in the Grass and Wood Tribe are well-off financially. It's only three million, which is not much. Don't feel any psychological burden. Have fun all the way here. Just think of it as a holiday red envelope given to you by us elders."

Lu Yayin: “…”

Qin Fei: “…”

Gu Hongying: “…”

Only three million.

Only three million.

That's it...

Don’t listen to this anymore, or you’ll become anti-rich! !

Under this one-sided financial offensive, the three members of the special team plus one non-staff member happily reached an agreement and accepted the commission.

After the video was disconnected, Gu Hongying slapped Yu Tu on the shoulder and said solemnly: "Good brother! If you become rich and powerful, don't forget me!"

Yu Tu: “…”

He pulled Gu Hongying's hand off his shoulder: "...You think too much."

"Why do I feel like you just don't believe that you are a descendant of the Plant Tribe?" Gu Hongying openly glanced at the small bud on his head. "Although I don't know much about the inner world, Meng Zu and the others know a lot. If you don't believe me, why don't you ask them?"

Yu Tu looked at Gu Hongying quietly. He couldn't bring himself to talk about the beads, just like the comic book called "The Language of Mountains and Seas". When Gu Hongying wanted to leave his contact information, Yu Tu handed the tablet with the comic book open to him, but both Gu Hongying and Sanqing ignored the comic book on the tablet.

"Don't think too much. You'll know whether it's true or not once you get there." Meng Ziqiu looked at the dolls lying in Yu Tu's arms or hanging on Yu Tu's body and said, "You and the baby spirits, hurry up and say goodbye."

Yu Tu turned around and looked at him, and the chaotic thoughts in his mind were instantly cleared: "What happened to them?"

"In addition to the four runes, their shackles also include the entire old building. To put it in a simpler way, the old building is the formation that trapped them, and the runes are the core. The power of the formation was greatly reduced when the core was destroyed, but it is still indestructible." Meng Ziqiu pushed his glasses, "There were nearly four hundred baby spirits in the old building originally, but as time went by, there are only more than two hundred left."

Yu Tu recalled the three gray lines he had seen that extended to the threshold and then disappeared.

"Each doll hanging on you contains the consciousness of dozens of infant spirits. Their individual consciousness is too weak to control a single doll." Meng Ziqiu pointed to Yu Tu's left hand, "Didn't you notice that those two dolls are no longer moving? They have merged into the other dolls."

As time goes by, the consciousness of the baby spirits will become weaker and weaker. If they stay in the old building, they will be consumed by it. However, if the [shackles] are completely broken and taken out, their consciousness will continue to dissipate.

Yu Tu looked at the two dolls that had no reaction and asked solemnly, "Is there no way to save them?"

"Yes." Meng Ziqiu said, "With the help of expensive materials, we can set up a formation to temporarily stop their disintegration and send them to reincarnation."

"We are lucky." Meng Ziqiu smiled. "The reward for finding you is just enough."

*

Meng Ziqiu had already placed an order through a special channel, but it would take at least five days for the materials for setting up the formation to be prepared and delivered to them via express channels.

During these five days, Yu Tu basked in the sun diligently to drive away the remaining ghost energy on his body, and watered the small buds on his head from time to time. That night after the video, he added the elders and the chief of the Grass Tribe as his friends, and the three of them chatted from time to time. As a result, Yu Tu could see the top-secret information of the Grass Tribe cubs that others could not see from time to time.

For example, there is sister Gardenia who has recently fallen in love with Cha Cha, brother Clivia who is obsessed with playing the guzheng with leaves, sister Osmanthus who likes watching TV series, brother Miwu who has a room full of various flower pots... all kinds of angles, all kinds of photos.

Before Yu Tu set out, the people of the Grass and Tree Tribe were already choosing a house for him.

On the afternoon of the third day, Meng Ziqiu, who had been busy to the point of being nowhere to be seen, suddenly appeared in Yu Tu's single room. Lu Yayin, Qin Fei, Gu Hongying, and even An Jiajia were all there.

With so many people gathered together, something big must be happening. Yu Tu went over the recent events in his mind: "Is it the people who are here to pick up An Jiajia?"

Lu Yayin nodded, her eyes curved into crescents: "You guessed it right!"

Meng Ziqiu: "The people from Guixu are carrying out a mission in a nearby city. When the mission is completed today, they will come back tomorrow and take An Jiajia away with them."

Yu Tu: "Guixu? Isn't she going to Millerkel with us?"

"We've been so busy these past few days that we haven't had time to introduce you to the schools in the inner world." Qin Fei patted his head and said, "There are four schools in the inner world, namely Kunlun, Guixu, Chang'an Academy and Miller Kerr University. Except for Miller Kerr University, which is open to the inner and outer worlds and jointly operated by the East and the West, Kunlun, Guixu and Chang'an Academy are all special recruitment."

"Guixu is the home of all spirits, and it is the most suitable place for ghost cultivation to learn." Qin Fei paused, "If you are really a cub of the grass and tree clan, the most suitable place for you should be Chang'an Academy. If you have higher requirements for yourself, you can also try Kunlun."

"But now—" he smiled with a bit of schadenfreude, "Miller College may not let me go."

Yu Tu: “……?”

Looking at Yu Tu's blank and confused eyes, Qin Fei was a little surprised, "You don't know?"

Yu Tu, who was busy basking in the sun all day, taking care of the little sprouts and more than 20 dolls with baby spirits, and chatting with the chiefs and elders of the Grass Tribe to look after his younger brothers and sisters, said: "...What should I know?"

"Tu Tu." Qin Fei smiled, "Your reputation is already known to everyone among this class of freshmen~"

Yu Tu: “???”

"A perfect D-level mission is enough to make you famous." Qin Fei said meaningfully, "In the past few decades, there has never been a freshman who activated and carried out such a high-level mission during the summer vacation, and completed it so well."

"According to the newly awakened spiritual power, the tasks activated are usually G-level tasks, F-level tasks are very rare, and E-level tasks are even rarer." Qin Fei said, "The admission notice issued by Millerkel University, that is, the Spirit Page, is actually a defensive magic weapon. E-level and below tasks will automatically activate the master protection function when encountering major dangers - this is why the school requires you to carry the Spirit Page with you when performing tasks."

"Even in the face of a D-class mission, it can defend for a long time, enough to last until the nearest special forces member comes to rescue you."

If Yu Tu had not thrown Ling Ye out to protect Feng Wei and the others, he would not have been seriously injured by An Jiajia.

Whenever a D-level mission is activated in the freshman group, a notification will be made in the group in a rolling manner. This is not a public execution, but a reminder to the group owner and administrators of the freshman group that a student has activated a life-threatening mission and they need to pay close attention.

Even if Gu Hongying did not report it, Miller University would arrange people to handle it through the Special Affairs Bureau, because D-level tasks are no longer something that freshmen can solve on their own.

The reason for arranging summer tasks for students is not to exploit the labor of children who have just become adults, but to tell them through tasks that are somewhat dangerous but not major that the inner world is not as peaceful as the outer world, and it is full of dangers.

Similarly, the process of completing the mission is also to make them understand that even if they gain power that ordinary people do not have, they must still maintain their original intentions. Strong power cannot be used to bully the weak, but to maintain world stability and peace.

“So…” Yu Tu felt his eyes go dark, “I started with the lowest E-level mission just because I was so unlucky?!”

"You don't have to be so pessimistic." Lu Yayin interjected, "Tu Tu, besides the option of being extremely unlucky, there is also the possibility that you are a genius."

"Twenty years ago, there were two people like you." Meng Ziqiu pushed his glasses, "They were on summer vacation missions before entering school, starting at the lowest level of E."

Yu Tu sat up in shock from his dying illness: "And then?"

Qin Fei patted Yu Tu on the shoulder and said, "One of those two people is the current director of our Alien Bureau, and the other is number one on the inner world's wanted list."

Yu Tu: “…”

He pulled Qin Fei's hand off his shoulder, then fell back and sank into the sofa, along with the stunned little bud above his head, with a peaceful look on his face.

The case was solved, and it turned out that he was the one who was particularly unlucky!