Su Yang, as if discovering a new continent, immediately ran over.

Every leaf on the canopy was incredibly resilient and could support Su Yang's weight. He walked on it as if it were flat ground, unaffected in the slightest.

Running over to flip those leaves open, Su Yang finally saw the full appearance of the small gourd.

The small gourd was growing on the vine, with a small tendril extending from the vine, from which the gourd emerged.

The small gourd wasn't large, but it looked quite beautiful. Most importantly, it was full of spirit, growing on the vine, giving off a very mystical feeling.

Su Yang had no doubt that this small gourd was definitely not an ordinary item.

Such a powerful vine climbed up this Heaven-Reaching Giant Tree to such heights, surrounded by those Divine Bird rulers. Below the opening, there was even the master of the Feather Spirit Palace.

In an environment like this, how could the gourd that grew be any ordinary thing?

However, looking at the small gourd, Su Yang suddenly had a strange feeling, as if the small gourd looked particularly familiar.

Just as Su Yang was lost in thought, he didn't notice that multiple vines around him had already stretched over. These vines, like snakes, raised their heads and stared straight at Su Yang. From their stance, if Su Yang dared to touch the small gourd, the vines would immediately deal with him.

Su Yang looked up at the vines and was suddenly frightened. At that moment, he also remembered why the small gourd seemed so familiar!

Because this small gourd was exactly the same as the gourds on top of the three Crystal Skulls!

The three Crystal Skulls were still at the base of the tree, being thrashed by those vines.

At this moment, Su Yang finally understood why those vines were whipping these three fellows.

Undoubtedly, the gourds of these three guys were surely picked from this vine.

Moreover, judging by the behavior of these three, their gourds were definitely not gifts from the vine, but rather, most likely stolen by themselves.

No wonder these three said things felt off once they entered. Of course, the thieves had run back to the house of the victim, who was aware of their identity. How could they feel comfortable?

For the vines to thrash them was exactly what they deserved!

Su Yang now felt fortunate that he didn't help them below earlier. Helping in such matters would have been shameful, not to mention being treated as an accomplice, which would be incredibly frustrating!

Silently feeling grateful, Su Yang turned the gourd over, inspecting it thoroughly. However, he could only look; he had no idea what abilities the gourd might possess.

Beside him, the surrounding vines watched him intently. If Su Yang dared to pluck the gourd, he had no doubt they would immediately tie him up and hang him next to the three Crystal Skulls for a thrashing.

The Golden Phoenix and the Three-legged Colorful Crow stood in the distance, not daring to come closer. It seemed even they didn't dare provoke the vines, let alone Su Yang.

Ultimately, Su Yang sighed, deciding against picking the gourd and forming a 'Gourd Four Brothers' with the three Crystal Skulls. He didn't want to be hung up and beaten; it wasn't the pain he feared but the humiliation.

After searching the vicinity again, Su Yang discovered that within a radius of hundreds of miles, there seemed to be just this one gourd.

There was no denying that the productivity of these vines was incredibly low. Although the vine almost covered the entire canopy, it seemed that at most, the number of gourds produced wouldn't even reach double digits.

With such low productivity, those three still managed to steal three gourds. If Su Yang were in charge, thrashing them would be lenient enough; they should light a sky lantern on them.

Standing at the edge of the leaf and looking down, Su Yang saw red lights continuously flying towards the area, indicating that the person's power hadn't yet merged completely.

As Su Yang reached the edge of the leaf, several vines targeted him. Their stance suggested that if Su Yang dared to interfere with the person in the red light, the vines would immediately hang him up.

"I didn't say I was going down!" Su Yang said helplessly, waving at the vines, "Can't I just take a look?"

The vines remained unmoved, still watching him, clearly not trusting him at all.

Su Yang shrugged, choosing to ignore these guys, and ran back to the two Divine Beasts' side, lying on the leaves and chatting casually with them.

Su Yang mainly inquired how these two ended up here and why such drastic changes happened.

The two weren't adept at conversation, which surprised Su Yang greatly. Isn't it said that when Divine Beasts reach a certain level of power, they can speak human language? Could these two be the dull students among Divine Beasts, unable even to learn a foreign language? Should he arrange two black crows as companions to read with them?

Fortunately, the Golden Phoenix had quite rich body language. After some gesturing, Su Yang finally understood the situation.

The two, along with the Little Turtle, fell into the Feather Spirit Palace. The masked man discovered the three simultaneously and initially intended to target the two. However, the light in the Feather Spirit Palace protected them, making them untouchable by the masked man.

The Little Turtle wasn't as fortunate; without wings, it wasn't protected by the Palace and was captured as labor by the masked man.

The two little ones planned to help the Little Turtle, but later realized that while the Palace's power protected them, it also restricted them, preventing them from leaving. Eventually, the light dragged them into the Palace's depths.

The two little ones didn't know what happened, but they were pulled into the palace and sent to the top of this giant tree, where they settled and nested.

Regarding their key to power enhancement, the two simultaneously pointed to the small gourd, which surprised Su Yang. Could it be that these two had rapidly grown because of the small gourd?

However, Su Yang looked at the small gourd and still found nothing special about it.

Even the gourds atop the three Crystal Skulls, which Su Yang had examined many times, held nothing extraordinary.

Such a vine climbing atop a Heaven-Reaching Giant Tree, reaching the heavens alongside it, naturally wasn't simple. And on this vine, with the gourd's output so low, if there weren't anything special about it, Su Yang wouldn't believe it!

Yet, what exactly was special about this gourd?