CHAPTER 48: 043 TWIN TREES

In the afternoon, under a tree.

"It’s done!" Du Yu’s face was filled with excitement as he murmured softly.

On his shoulder, the Little Fire Fox Cannon raised its fluffy head proudly, wearing a look of triumph: "Ying!"

"Hehe." Du Yu patted the large tail of Xiaoyan wrapped around his neck, watching the Little Flying Fish flee in panic, returning to the lake area.

If nothing unexpected happens, this will be Du Yu’s third Demon Crystal harvest!

After pulling back and forth for a full 6 or 7 hours, he had gained experience, and Little Flying Fish over 40cm in length should be at the Peak of Mortal Level.

With continuous success and failure, the cooperation between Du Yu and Xiaoyan became increasingly seamless, and their combined skills were exceptionally smooth. The most crucial part was...

There are delicious roasted fish here to eat!

It’s very satisfying~

And the prolonged battles also made Du Yu realize his own shortcomings.

The storage of Fire Demon Breath in both his and Xiaoyan’s bodies was too little. Apart from the first two consecutive blasts at the fish pond, the remaining times they had to rest for a while to replenish the Demon Breath in their bodies.

"The third Demon Crystal." Du Yu took out a Demon Crystal, and the once nauseating fishy smell became more tolerable.

Having been here for only the second day, he had already completed Teacher Qingqing’s three-month academic task...

Say no more, thanks to the Little Flying Fish for bringing this Great Demon Crystal!

Once I, Du Yu, transform into a god and become a saint, ascending to immortality, I will surely remember the first bucket of gold you brought me.

By then, I’ll grill a couple of fish skewers to commemorate you properly.

Compared to the first time he handled the fish, Du Yu’s technique was much more fluid. He picked up the tree branch he had prepared earlier and skewered the fish onto it.

In the Demon Spirit culture of Great Xia, there is a clear list of edible Demon Beasts.

Due to some Demon Beasts having extremely strong reproductive abilities and delicious meat, they have been domesticated into livestock, no different from chickens and ducks in the ordinary world.

Little Flying Fish naturally appear on the menu of the Great Xia people. They lived so long and reproduced so quickly that the lake was almost overrun.

"Hmm." By the campfire, Xiaoyan shook her fiery red tail, her golden-brown fox eyes fixed on the grilled fish on the tree branch, licking her lips continuously.

"Hold on a bit longer, let it roast a little more." Du Yu sat cross-legged on the ground, turning the grilled fish while pondering silently.

Next time entering the Demon Spirit Realm, should he bring some salt or chili powder?

Little Fen Yang: "Looks like Xiaoyan is about to level up."

"Oh?" Du Yu was delighted, "Today’s training was so effective? Is she leveling up already?"

"Xiaoyan is an exceptionally gifted Heterochromatic Demon Pet. This is the Demon Spirit Realm, and with my help..."

Listening to Little Fen Yang’s words, Du Yu nodded repeatedly, his thoughts becoming more lively. After battling for so long, this was the right time to absorb Demon Breath and nourish the body!

Near the Twin Ancient Trees was undoubtedly the place where the Demon Breath was the most concentrated. However, it emitted Pure Demon Breath without a specific attribute.

Because the Demon Breath had no attributes, it could nurture and nourish all living things, ultimately creating this piece of heaven and earth, feeling somewhat like "education without discrimination."

It’s no exaggeration to say that the Twin Ancient Trees are the "mother" of this Demon Spirit Realm.

Besides the mainstream faction of Twin Ancient Trees, there are many Demon Spirit Realms with their own attributes.

These special Demon Spirit Realms are only suitable for the growth of creatures with specific attributes. And the "mother" of this type of Demon Spirit Realm often surprises people.

For instance, a powerful Demonic Plant or a deified Demon Beast.

No one knows how many years they have been cultivating, possessing powers that reach heaven and earth, enough to claim a piece of land, nourish its soil, and create their own civilization.

In fact, Demonic Plants and Demon Beasts as creators are still quite acceptable.

Du Yu also knew some peculiar Demon Spirit Realms. When he first came to this world, he had searched for random information on his phone.

For example, at the eastern end of Wuyi Mountain, there is a hundred-meter-long sword!

It was said to have been abandoned by its owner hundreds of years ago.

And for some unknown reason, it gained intelligence, then embarked on an unusual Road to Heaven, eventually creating its own civilization—the Thunder Pool Sword Tomb.

To this day, that sword still stands on the land of Great Xia, with a history of hundreds of years...

With his mind wandering, Du Yu, traversing mountains and ridges, finally stood on a hill, gazing at the enormous tree in the distance, unable to help but exclaim:

"My goodness!"

Du Yu finally understood why it was called "Twin" Ancient Trees.

It was clearly two ancient trees, but the trunks intertwined like a twist, spiraling upwards together.

The enormous ancient tree shaded the sky and the sun, reaching nearly a hundred meters in height.

Its dense branches hung down several dozen meters, swaying gently with the wind, adorned with beautiful white blossoms like a waterfall, grand and magnificent!

"Hmm?" Du Yu squinted slightly, and with his remarkable vision, he noticed something unusual at once.

One of the trees seemed to be withering?

The bark color of the intertwined giant trees was a little different.

Du Yu raised his eyes and looked diagonally upward.

It was a scene of lush branches and leaves, with blossoming Twin Flowers everywhere among the naturally hanging branches, breathtakingly beautiful.

Yet was this prosperity just an illusion?

Among the dense branches and leaves, there were obviously withered branches mixed in, let alone Twin Flowers; they didn’t even have leaves!

"Is one of them dying?" Du Yu couldn’t help a gasp of surprise, his heart stirred with waves of emotion.

The scene was truly shocking.

The blooming flowers symbolized vibrant life.

The withered branches represented aging and decay.

The two towering giant trees are entwined together, life and death thus tightly interwoven, accompanying each other.

"Du Yu, Du Yu~"

"Hmm?"

"Be careful, don’t just daydream, there are many demon beasts around."

"Mmhm." Du Yu snapped out of it and looked around.

Around the Twin Ancient Trees, he could see traces of activities by demon tamers, campfires, sleeping bags, and even tents.

It seems people’s thoughts are very much aligned with Du Yu’s; they know that the demon breath here is the most concentrated, so they came here specifically for cultivation.

Furthermore, the group of demon tamers has gathered to form a demon tamer camp. Perhaps to keep warm together, after all, there are many demon beasts gathered here.

"How can I get a Twin Flower?" Du Yu didn’t intend to have any contact with the demon tamers. He didn’t go down the slope but instead detoured sideways.

Although the branches hanging down from the Twin Ancient Trees are long, like a waterfall, they are still 20 to 30 meters away from the ground, obviously it’s unrealistic to try and pick them.

As Du Yu thought about it, he took out his phone and started scanning the beautiful flower tree.

"Twin Trees, creators of the Demon Spirit Realm.

Naturally birthing between heaven and earth, possessing the special ability to release demon breath to nourish all living things and transform the environment.

They produce a peculiar fruit known as the Twin Fruit, a high-level demon spirit material. High nutritional value, favored by all-elemental demon pets.

Power level assessment ongoing...

Spirit Level - Great Success Stage to Spirit Level - Peak Stage, the specific strength depends on the situation, the illustrated book’s detection is only for reference."

Spirit level, a height that ordinary people could never hope for in their lifetime.

If it’s a demon beast, a Fourth Level·Spirit Level Demon Beast can already condense a demon soul and have a second life!

Just like Little Fen Yang, even if it falls, as long as there is a trace of demon soul remaining, it can reshape its flesh.

"Hmm? What are they doing?" Du Yu stopped in his tracks, his gaze locked onto the demon tamer camp.

In the camp, the demon tamers seemed to have some conflict, even escalating to physical confrontation.

A middle-aged man in a white shirt and jeans was constantly pushing a young man, cursing, "You bunch of Paper Crane Disciples, truly both weak and stupid! You’re ignorant yourself and you want to drag us to our deaths?"

"What are you doing, gonna fight?" The young man looked about 17 or 18, pushing back against the aggressive middle-aged man.

"Get lost! If you want to pick Twin Flowers, go dream somewhere else, don’t drag us into this." The middle-aged man was clearly quite angry, giving the young man another fierce shove.

Behind the middle-aged man, many demon tamers were speaking up.

And the young man’s face turned livid, turning away to leave, "Let’s go."

The middle-aged man kept cursing, "Bad luck! A bunch of idiot disciples, don’t understand anything, competing to make trouble! Sooner or later, they’ll be carried away by the soldiers..."

Du Yu curiously watched, unable to hear clearly why the two sides were quarreling due to the distance. But clearly, two young demon tamers were driven out of the camp.

The departing young man and woman walked only a few hundred meters before stopping.

The girl was holding a small wooden stump full of green leaves, obviously the officially designated novice demon beast — Wooden Stump.

And a grey little bird stood on the boy’s shoulder, clearly the Wind Element Novice Demon Pet - Little Wind Eagle.

What are they going to do?

Du Yu squatted down and saw that the two were looking up at the naturally hanging branches of the Twin Tree. He couldn’t help but feel a stirring in his heart.

Could it be that these two want to pick the Twin Tree Flower?

"Whoosh~"

At the girl’s command, two vines suddenly shot out from the dense leafy hair of the Wooden Stump, extending tens of meters, reaching for the flowers on the branches.

And the young man was drawing his bow, a wind arrow gathering on the wooden bow, slightly whitish, the wind-curling shape was quite cool.

"Ah! Ah ah ah ah!" The girl suddenly cried out in surprise, her screaming continued incessantly, echoing far.

The branches of the Twin Tree seemed to have life, reacting first despite the delay.

The vines of the Wooden Stump hadn’t even touched a small white flower, but as it took this action, a branch of the Twin Tree suddenly surged.

It directly wrapped the girl and her Wooden Stump, flinging them skyward!

The young man drawing the bow froze, and the bird poised on his shoulder, ready to execute Little Wind Blade, was also motionless.

"Help... help!" the girl cried loudly, at the peak of her flight, she had already begun to fall.

"Damn it." Du Yu’s heart tightened, unsure if the soldiers would appear.

The height from which the girl was flung was near a hundred meters. Falling like that, the outcome was inevitable. The demon spirit soldiers stationed near the Twin Tree should step in to help, right?

"Whoosh~" Another branch suddenly shot out, catching the rapidly falling girl and her demon pet.

The soldiers didn’t intervene, instead, the Twin Tree did?

Conquering with virtue? The soft branch wrapped around the girl, easing the momentum of her fall, finally setting her gently on the ground.

The girl’s legs went weak, and she plopped down on the ground.

Still shaken, she looked up at the towering, majestic Twin Tree, frozen for a full 5 or 6 seconds before bursting into tears, "Wah~ wah!"

She most likely will never dare to pick a Twin Tree Flower again. And her male companion also put down his bow and arrow, backing away in panic.

"Sigh." Du Yu sighed, the ring from the Demon Spirit Bookstore is indeed not so easily obtained.

The Twin Tree showed great mercy, sparing the life of a schemer. If it hadn’t spared them? What if it had whipped them just now...

"Ying~" Xiaoyan nuzzled Du Yu’s cheek, gently comforting his heart.

"We better quit dreaming, our lives are important." Du Yu said softly, standing up, "Come, let’s find a quiet place to camp."

"Ying!"