Chapter 48 - The Eldest Apprentice Brother

Chapter 48: Chapter 46: The Eldest Apprentice Brother"I count one, two, three—if you don’t come out, I’ll have to make a move,"

Ye Qiu stretched out his hands, with purple-blue lightning flashing between them, his expression stern and the threat in his voice was no joke.

"One..."

"Two..."

The Little Wood Spirit’s eyes filled with tears, its body shuddering, believing this person to be truly detestable, yet if it didn’t come out, what would happen to its fruit grove if it was really destroyed?

Whimper... So scared!

"Three..." Ye Qiu squinted, his palms transforming into swords, ready to strike at the nearest tree.

"Don’t! I... I’m coming out." The Little Wood Spirit transformed into a palm-sized little green snake with a disproportionately large head and small body, its big eyes filled with teardrops, looking extremely aggrieved like a cute little creature.

Ye Qiu’s heart softened, but his face remained cool, looking like a big Demon King in the eyes of the Little Wood Spirit.

"Come with me."

"What... what are you going to do?" The Little Wood Spirit took a step back, its voice tender and frightened.

"Don’t you want your fruit grove anymore?" Ye Qiu narrowed his eyes, threatening.

"I do," the Little Wood Spirit replied pitifully.

"If you do, then come with me." Ye Qiu snorted coldly; he couldn’t bear to see the little one so soft and cute, so he started to explain, "Don’t worry, I won’t kill you, just taking you away from here to another place."

"But I want to stay here." Seeing that the Demon King wasn’t as fierce as before, the Little Wood Spirit mustered enough courage to request.

"No, it’s either you come with me or this fruit grove gets destroyed, choose one," Ye Qiu said coldly.

The Little Wood Spirit looked at the vast Bailing Fruit Forest, feeling extremely reluctant. This was where it was born, and although they did not possess Spiritual Wisdom or high rank, how could it bear to part with it?

The Demon King is really hateful!

"Don’t, don’t hurt them, I’ll just go with you," the Little Wood Spirit tugged at Ye Qiu’s trouser leg, gazing up at him with desperate and aggrieved eyes, making Ye Qiu feel like he was a villain forcing someone into an ignoble act.

Pah! What an analogy!

He was doing a good deed; following that woman Qingling, there would be no good!

Ye Qiu bent down and picked up the Little Wood Spirit, sighing softly, and said gently: "Alright, I won’t harm you. If you really can’t part with these White Spirit Fruit Trees, bring some saplings or seeds with you. After we leave, I’ll find another place for you to plant them."

Hearing this, the Little Wood Spirit’s eyes lit up, and it felt less scared. It slipped down from Ye Qiu’s body and ran towards the largest White Spirit Fruit Tree in the center of the grove.

Then he saw the largest fruit tree vanish before his eyes. He hadn’t expected a Wood Spirit that had just matured to have its own space already. Indeed, the mysteries of the Cultivation World were many, and he had much to explore.

There is still more than half a month before the Little Spirit Cloud Mountain Secret Realm closes. Ye Qiu, accompanied by Little Wood Spirit, roamed about freely. In this period, they encountered several fellow sect members, but fortunately, none of them bore ill will. Instead, everyone was quite caring towards him given his young age.

Perhaps it was due to a luck bonus, Ye Qiu’s fortune was good, having gathered a fair amount of Spiritual Medicine. He kept the ones aged significantly for himself, while giving those younger or with transplant value to Little Wood Spirit to care for. This made Little Wood Spirit’s impression of Ye Qiu improve a lot, and it gradually grew closer to him.

Since it was timid by nature, Little Wood Spirit had never left the Bailing Fruit Forest before and naturally didn’t know there were so many areas rich in Spiritual Energy and Spirit Plants outside. After Ye Qiu guided it to harvest several plants, its enthusiasm for finding Spirit Plants even surpassed that of Ye Qiu’s.

Being a Wood Spirit, it naturally had an innate sensing ability towards Spirit Plants, making the efficiency of the duo, human and spirit, remarkably high.

By the time the secret realm was closing, the Spiritual Medicines in Ye Qiu’s Storage Bracelet had piled up like a small mountain. Not to mention those transplanted in Little Wood Spirit’s space which were countless. Its tastes were somewhat peculiar too, not only coveting those Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Fruits with high Spiritual Energy but also not sparingly any spirit flowers with attractive appearances or uniquely shaped spirit trees.

Ye Qiu felt that he had already wronged it by forcing it to follow him and never compelled it to do anything. As long as it was happy, that was good.

"This is the place." After exchanging some Spiritual Medicines and Thunder Essence Stones for points with the sect Manager, Ye Qiu brought Little Wood Spirit to the Snow Mountain where he and the Great Elder lived.

"Plant whatever you want to plant."

Little Wood Spirit looked at the snowy peaks where the sharp winds cut like knives. After circling around, upon realizing that there was only snow and rock, it couldn’t help but burst into tears.

"Wuu wuu wuu... You lied to me, how can anything be planted here! The White Spirit Fruit Trees will die!" Little Wood Spirit lay on Ye Qiu’s shoulder, grabbing his hair in protest.

"I never told you to plant on the mountaintop. I simply told you I live here, you can plant anywhere on the whole mountain. It’s cold at the peak, but you can freely mess around with the mountain base and the mountainside!" Ye Qiu said helplessly. Ever since Little Wood Spirit found out that he would not harm it, it had become increasingly fond of acting spoiled.

Upon hearing this, Little Wood Spirit quickly slid off Ye Qiu’s body and happily zipped around the mountainside, thinking over Ye Qiu’s words that the whole mountain was its possession to plant on! Hahaha... there’s so much Spiritual Energy here, the White Spiritual Fruits will definitely grow very well!

The Demon King isn’t so bad after all!

Not only did it get Spirit Plants, but it also got a whole mountain to plant fruit trees. It decided then, from now on, it would treat him just a little bit better!

"Ye Qiu." The Great Elder appeared behind him at some point, his stern face filled with authority, but he couldn’t help showing a trace of tenderness towards his only disciple: "Next month, the elders of the Medicine Sect will have a celebration for advancing to the Mahayana level. You should go with the Third Elder and the rest of them."

"Yes!" Ye Qiu responded, but what he thought was that this Medicine Sect Mahayana elder must be the grandfather of Chen Qingchi, the future successor of the Medicine Sect, currently the only Alchemist in the Cultivation World capable of making Ninth-grade Elixirs and revered by everyone as Elder Yao.

Elder Yao had great popularity in the Cultivation World after all, everyone wanted to become immortal, and he was the only one who could make the Tribulation Crossing Pill. S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The path to immortality was fraught with peril, with nine out of ten facing death. If one took the Tribulation Crossing Pill, it was said the chance of Ascension would increase by thirty percent—who wouldn’t be envious?

Even their Sword Pavilion, despite having three Mahayana cultivators and one Tribulation Crossing Cultivator, was always exceedingly respectful towards the Medicine Sect which had only recently gained a Mahayana cultivator.

Even the leading elder for congratulating Elder Yao’s advancement is the Third Elder who has been a Mahayana cultivator for a long time, which amounts to quite an honor.

In a previous life, Qingling eloped with Chen Qingchi, the successor of the Medicine Sect, taking countless Elixirs and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Out of respect for Elder Yao’s reputation, they granted Qingling numerous life-saving opportunities.

Yet after Qingling ascended with Chen Qingchi, and Elder Yao fell, the Medicine Sect’s supreme inheritance disappeared, and the sect become more and more destitute. Later, when the Demons and demon beasts joined forces to attack the Human Cultivators, the entire sect was tragically defeated, and once glorious disciples of the Medicine Sect were forced to leave their sanctuary, wandering everywhere.

Who knows if Chen Qingchi would regret causing the destruction of his sect if he saw it now!

This time, Ye Qiu’s visit was also a chance to meet this legendary man who was described as elegant, handsome, and as refreshing as a spring breeze.