“Brother, it’s dawn.” Zhang Shiyao’s voice came from behind.
Bai Qiu turned at the sound, and in her eyes he saw no trace of anything unusual—as if she hadn’t witnessed his earlier frenzy at all.
“Mm, it’s dawn,” Bai Qiu replied.
Watching the little girl trot toward him in small steps, he felt a strange emotion well up as sunlight fell upon her—dirty yet full of vitality.
“Hehe!” Zhang Shiyao ran over and hugged his leg, burying her face against his abdomen and rubbing against him happily.
Though, speaking of being dirty, he was clearly in an even worse state.
Bai Qiu smiled faintly and raised a hand to rub her head, then suddenly sensed something off.
He crouched down, looked at her, and said, “Did you grow a little taller?”
“Huh? Did I?” Zhang Shiyao asked, puzzled.
She reached out and touched his back—those ghastly claw marks had already scabbed over.
The moment she touched them, the scabs fell away, leaving no scars.
Only the newly grown skin looked a bit paler, slightly out of place.
Bai Qiu circled around her, looking her up and down.
Finally, he reached out, grabbed her under the arms, and lifted her up to examine her for a while.
Nodding, he said, “You really did grow a bit. Looks like now that your malnutrition debuff is fading, your body’s starting to develop. You’ll need to eat more lately.”
“Mmm…” Zhang Shiyao responded, feeling a little shy at being lifted up like a kitten.
Seeing Bai Qiu like this—almost like a doting father—the others couldn’t help but smile knowingly.
Now that all the monsters that could threaten them had been cleared, the tension in their hearts finally eased.
However, as the mist dispersed and sunlight bathed the entire sea of flowers, they were stunned by the wreckage of the battlefield.
They hadn’t expected the battle to be so intense.
Fortunately, they had stayed far from the center—otherwise, if they’d been caught in it, they might have ended up like the ruined Dreamy Blossoms scattered across the ground.
Aside from the Millenium-year thorned willow, they hadn’t participated in the fight against the three-tailed Phantom fox at all.
The main issue was that they couldn’t even see it clearly—only hear the thunderous sounds carried through the rain.
The intensity of the battle existed only in their imagination.
A gentle breeze blew, and a Dreamy Blossom drifted over from afar…
Bai Qiu set Zhang Shiyao down, caught the flower, and tucked it into her hair.
“Not bad—you actually look pretty good with a flower on.”
“Mmm…” she murmured.
Her cheeks felt warm, but she was happy—her brother had praised her again.
…
After the rain cleared over the sea of Dreamy Blossoms, the scenery became truly breathtaking.
No one rushed to gather flowers or search for treasure chests.
Instead, after a quick clean-up, they decided to have a picnic in the flower field.
As for washing up—it was simple.
They just stood in their clothes while Bai Qiu used the Tidal Staff to rinse them off.
After drying a bit, they changed into another set of equipment, saving a lot of trouble.
He then used the Stone Staff to raise a stone platform.
On the dry surface, everyone took out whatever supplies they had stored in their inventory cards, adding a bit of flavor to the upcoming picnic.
“Rustle, rustle…” At some point, A Yuan had woken up and quietly crawled over.
It obediently lay in a puddle, enjoying a rinse from Bai Qiu’s Tidal Staff.
Once the mud was washed off, its massive, gleaming snake head rested against the stone platform—serving as a seat for Bai Qiu.
Everyone spent a peaceful and wonderful morning together.
At the same time, Bai Qiu didn’t forget to ask A Yuan about its dietary preferences.
As it turned out, A Yuan didn’t have any particular preference between raw and cooked food.
However, according to it, cooked food tasted better and was easier to digest, while raw food contained more energy but was much slower to digest.
After that, beneath the Millennium Thorn Willow Tree, Bai Qiu and the others discovered a nest of Phantom Fox cubs.
Just as Ning Xingxue was about to draw her sword and kill them, Bai Qiu stopped her.
“Forget it.” He shook his head slightly, sparing the lives of the little Phantom Foxes.
In his view, a few cubs wouldn’t yield much experience or loot.
Moreover, after killing the Lord-level Phantom Fox, he had been deeply affected—he even began to question whether wiping out entire secret realms in the past had truly been the right thing to do…
With Bai Qiu holding them back, the group no longer attempted to kill any more Phantom Foxes or Thorn Willow Trees.
They didn’t ask for his reasons, and he didn’t explain either.
He simply directed everyone to harvest every Dreamy Blossom they could from the entire Dreamy Flower Sea.
In the end, they deliberately left behind a small portion of the Thorn Willow forest, as well as some Dreamy Blossoms near the Phantom Fox cubs’ nest.
Each of the four of them gathered over 5,000 flowers, totaling more than 20,000 Dreamy Blossoms.
Bai Qiu himself did not participate in the gathering.
Since Zhang Shiyao and he were considered a single unit, he had her collect the Dreamy Blossoms while he focused on searching for treasure chests.
With clear division of labor, they quickly gathered all the available resources.
Bai Qiu then took out the secret realm map and checked:
Dreamy Flower Sea D+
Current Exploration Progress: 100%
Kill Progress: 71%
Collection Progress: 83%
Chest Progress: 6/6
Exit conditions met.
Bai Qiu chose not to wipe out the remaining Thorn Willow Trees and Phantom Foxes.
About three hundred units of living creatures were left untouched.
Since he left them alone, the surviving Phantom Foxes didn’t dare provoke the group either.
They controlled the Thorn Willow Trees and quietly hid away.
The collection progress was already nearly maxed out.
The remaining Thorn Willow forest and the area around the Phantom Fox cubs’ nest likely contained fewer than a thousand Dreamy Blossoms combined.
The reason the uncollected percentage still seemed relatively high was largely due to the losses incurred during battle.
Finally, it was time for the exciting moment—opening the treasure chests.
This time, as before, Ning Xingxue was in charge of it.
Dreamy Flower Crown (D+)
Description: After equipping, increases spirit resistance and spirit growth, speeds up recovery after mental trauma, and enhances elemental affinity.
Quick Casting (Passive): Reduces casting time by 1 second.
Rapid Recovery (Passive): Accelerates the recovery speed of mental power.
Special Effect: Does not occupy an equipment slot.
Gale Boots (C-)
Description: Greatly increases agility after equipping, reduces stamina consumption, and improves jump height.
Wind Step (Active): Upon activation, allows the user to manipulate wind-elemental mana to form wings of wind, enabling flight for 15 seconds.
Cooldown: 1 minute.
Self Recharge Time: 1 hour.
Can be socketed with energy stones.
Skill Card (Illusion Realm) (C-)
Skill Card (Mental Shock) (D+)
Skill Card (Thorn Summon) (C-)
Item Card: Mental Power Enhancement Card (D+)
After looking at the items Ning Xingxue had obtained, Bai Qiu frowned.
No blueprint dropped?
There were six items in total—each person could pick one, and there would still be one left over.
Everyone felt a bit troubled.
Five people dividing six items— even if Zhang Shiyao wasn’t counted, it was still difficult for four people to split them fairly!
At this moment, Ning Xingxue suddenly said, “Bai Qiu, check what the two Lord-level monsters dropped. Maybe there’s something good…”
— The end of the Chapter–
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