Chapter 35: War Giant Tree

Xu Feng couldn’t use the One-Star Insect Crystal right now, but that didn’t mean it was useless to him. He knew many people hadn’t even reached One-Star Strength yet, so the One-Star Insect Crystal could be sold for a good price.

At this time, Xu Feng had gone deep to the bottom of the lake. Along the way, he found several chests, but none contained what he wanted. The wood needed by the Spirit Tribe member wasn’t even glimpsed.

Xu Feng spent a whole day at the lake bottom. He hunted quite a few Fish Monsters, but he didn’t find the things he wanted or the mission item. Resort Lake was just too big; the area he searched today wasn’t even one-tenth of it. It seemed, just as Suyi had said, this was a very time-consuming task.

For three days in a row, Xu Feng kept diving into and emerging from Resort Lake. Wang Ying had already searched almost all the chests nearby and had nothing left to do. Every time Xu Feng saw her, he found her sitting at Suyi’s feet, chatting with Suyi.

This day, Xu Feng dove into the water heading in another direction. In the distance, a small patrol of Fish Monsters appeared. Over the past few days, Xu Feng had killed many Fish Monsters, which had alerted them.

Xu Feng hid behind a rock, quietly waiting for this group of Fish Monsters to leave.

If it was just a single, lone Fish Monster, Xu Feng could kill it instantly without any trouble. But with a group like this, although Xu Feng wasn’t afraid, quickly killing them all was clearly impossible. Fish Monsters were troublesome creatures; once outmatched, they emitted a strange sound wave to call other nearby Fish Monsters, which was very annoying.

Watching the Fish Monsters slowly swim away, Xu Feng parted the water grass and continued searching. Finally, amid the water grass, he discovered a bronze Treasure Chest glowing with a cyan light.

“It must be this one!” For no clear reason, Xu Feng suddenly felt that the thing he was looking for was definitely inside this chest.

Sure enough, when he opened the chest, there was only one item inside: a thin skill book, Gathering Art.

“Heh, the rumor from my past life was true after all. There really exists such an incredible life skill as Gathering Art,” Xu Feng thought, ecstatic.

Gathering Art was just a white-quality skill. However, this skill encompassed a series of skills like skinning, herb gathering, and mining—it was a comprehensive skill that could be used on any item. Of course, leveling it up took several times more effort than other life skills, but it was absolutely worth it. It was a god-tier skill among life skills.

Unable to contain his excitement, Xu Feng reached out and slapped the skill book. Immediately, a white light shot into his brow, and Gathering Art appeared in his skill list.

He had finally found the long-awaited Treasure Chest; these days of searching weren’t wasted effort. Just as Xu Feng prepared to turn and leave, beneath the gradually disappearing bronze Treasure Chest, a piece of fiery red wood appeared.

This piece of wood was exactly the mission item requested by that Spirit Tribe member.

“Haha, good things really do come in pairs!” Xu Feng excitedly grabbed the piece of wood and swam vigorously toward the lake surface.

…

“Mr. Suyi, take a look. Is this piece of wood the item you’re searching for?” Xu Feng asked, slightly excited.

“Xu Feng, you found Master Suyi’s Burning Wood?” Wang Ying jumped up, saying happily.

“Of course, I searched underwater for three days before finally finding this,” Xu Feng said with a broad smile.

“Heh, yes, this is the piece of wood. When I came to this beautiful planet, this wood was lost in this large lake. Now, it has finally returned to me.” Even Suyi’s wrinkled bark face showed a smile.

“This is your reward, brave young man.” Suyi took out a stack of gold coins from within her body and handed them over. This was the mission reward: ten Cosmic Gold Coins.

“Thank you, Mr. Suyi,” Xu Feng said respectfully.

“Haha, we’re so happy today; let me make dinner for everyone,” Suyi said cheerfully.

Xu Feng stared in astonishment as Suyi pulled out an iron pot from within her body, then took out a large pile of food ingredients.

“There must be some kind of space inside her body,” Xu Feng thought to himself.

“Xu Feng, Master Suyi taught me a life skill today, Planting Art. Haha, I’m a Planter now!” Wang Ying said happily.

“What, really?” Xu Feng said in surprise.

After all, Earth’s Chosen usually only encountered the concept of professions when they reached Three-Star. But if someone could teach it early, there weren’t any restrictions. However, such an opportunity was hard to come by.

“Wang Ying, your luck is really great,” Xu Feng sighed.

“Hehe, do you remember that mana seed we found a few days ago? I can start planting it now!” Wang Ying said with a grin.

“Really? What kind of seed is it?” Xu Feng asked.

“It’s a War Giant Tree seed. But Master Suyi said it will take a lot of effort to truly cultivate it into a War Giant Tree,” Wang Ying said, rubbing her nose.

“War Giant Tree?!” Xu Feng was so shocked he was speechless.

“Xu Feng, do you want to watch me plant the War Giant Tree?” Wang Ying asked full of anticipation.

“Heh, she insisted on waiting for you to plant it, saying she wanted to watch it with you,” Suyi suddenly said.

Xu Feng glanced at Wang Ying’s slightly flushed cheeks and nodded, saying, “I’ve never seen a Planter plant before. I’ll broaden my horizons today.”

Wang Ying nodded excitedly, pulled Xu Feng to a spot about ten meters away from Suyi, dug a small hole, and placed the mana seed glowing with mystical runes into the small hole.

Then, Wang Ying began chanting over the hole. A spell that sounded like an ancient ballad slowly came from her mouth. At the same time, Wang Ying raised her right hand; in her palm, little green lights started to glow. Soon, there were more and more lights; it seemed her hand couldn’t hold so many, and fine bits of light slipped from the edges of her palm, falling into the small hole and disappearing.

Soon, a sprout emerged from the small hole and grew rapidly at a visible speed. As it grew, all the light in Wang Ying’s palm merged into the sprout.

Whoosh~

Wang Ying flipped her palm, and countless lights enveloped the entire sprout. In a short while, the sprout grew to over three meters tall.

Rustle, rustle~

The sprout became a small tree. The small tree stopped growing and began shaking all over. The ground where it took root also started to tremble. Soon, the small tree actually pulled itself out of the soil; its roots tangled together and turned into two thick, strong legs.