Chapter 47 - The Eldest Apprentice Brother

Chapter 47: Chapter 45: The Eldest Apprentice Brother"One must always be cautious of others; when traveling outside, be extra careful." The Great Elder looked at the young disciple with reluctance in his heart, but he was helpless to change anything. To grow, one cannot always have smooth sailing, especially since, even though he was only eight years old, he had already reached the Foundation Establishment. According to the sect’s rules, it was indeed time for him to experience the outside world.

Ye Qiu took the storage bag handed to him by his Master and nodded solemnly. Clasping the long sword in his hand tightly, he bade his Master farewell.

The place he was heading to was called Little Spirit Cloud Mountain Secret Realm, a training ground exclusive to their sect. It was filled with Spirit Plants and spiritual beasts, yet it lacked large demon beasts for hunting, making it a traditional training ground for Sword Pavilion’s Foundation Establishment Disciples.

But who could have imagined that in such a secret realm, thoroughly explored by senior members of the sect, there would actually be hidden one of the Five Spirits - Mu Ling!

The purpose of Ye Qiu’s trip to Little Spirit Cloud Mountain Secret Realm was not only self-improvement but also for this newly sprouted Little Wood Spirit.

Joining Ye Qiu were over twenty other Foundation Establishment Disciples from the sect. Some, like him, had just completed their Foundation Establishment and were enjoying their first complimentary entry, while others had already been once and were returning in

The place where Qingling once found the Mu Ling was in a forest full of ordinary Spirit Fruits; many had visited there, yet it only revealed its true self to Qingling.

According to the map given by Brother Shun Hua, the forest should be in the south of the secret realm.

The secret realm was open for only half a year, and just finding this forest took Ye Qiu four months, as forests full of Spirit Fruits were all too common in the Little Spirit Cloud Mountain Secret Realm.

In the fifth month, with only one month left until the closure of the secret realm, he finally saw the forest with White Spiritual Fruits.

He didn’t realize until he arrived here that this White Spiritual Fruit forest was larger than all the others he had encountered before combined.

Generally speaking, places with a Wood Spirit would be filled with rare Spirit Plants. This Wood Spirit defied common logic; its location simply had a larger forest than other places, without other peculiarities, which is why for so many years, despite many people coming here, not a single one had discovered it.

Probably only someone with the legendary luck of Qingling could induce it to appear.

White Spiritual Fruit was a fist-sized white fruit, bland in taste and weak in spiritual energy, not much favored in the Cultivation World.

Ye Qiu picked one and found that apart from a slightly richer spiritual energy than other forests, there was nothing special about it.

The entire forest spanned about a thousand acres; the Wood Spirit hid very well, and as Ye Qiu had a Thunder Spirit Root, he could not detect the Wood Spirit’s presence at all. After wandering around for two days, he finally grew impatient.

"Will you come out on your own, or shall I force you out, Little Wood Spirit?" Ye Qiu threatened, "This White Spiritual Fruit forest must be your masterpiece, right? Don’t you believe I can destroy it all!"

The Little Wood Spirit trembled at the edge of the fruit forest, hiding—it’s this person, how frightening!

Whimper whimper... He even wanted to destroy the White Spiritual Fruits that it had managed to grow with such difficulty, how hateful!

So angry! But also so scared!

What to do!

The Little Wood Spirit hurriedly circled in distress.