Chapter: The Golden Tree Thieves
Seven plates of delicious braised bear paws were served to the seven punk kids. The bear paws were seasoned with soy sauce to a yellow color—looked very appetizing. The fragrant seasoning and fresh taste made people drool.
"Goddess of Light, these ten gold coins are worth it!"
The purple-clothed girl tasted the braised bear paw.
The tender and smooth texture combined with the perfect taste made people feel like they were in heaven.
"It tastes good."
The gray-haired youth who liked to pretend chewed slowly and savored the taste of the braised bear paw.
"It's delicious! The taste is amazing!"
A wretched-looking youth didn't care about his eating manners. He picked up a whole piece of bear paw meat with a fork and ate the braised bear paw in big mouthfuls. Fat mixed with saliva flowed down his face.
[Positive Emotion Value +12]
[Positive Emotion Value +6]
[Positive Emotion Value +4]
Cheng Yu gained positive emotion values from the seven people.
Ivennie sat under the tree, quietly reading a magic book.
Cheng Yu didn't see Mina. "Ivennie, where's Mina?"
Closing the magic book, Ivennie pointed to the woods outside the farmland. "After lunch, Sister Mina went to the woods over there. I haven't seen her come out."
What's Mina doing in the woods alone?
Cheng Yu was puzzled and went to the woods to find Mina.
The woods outside the farmland had large and small pits everywhere on the ground—large pits were five or six meters in diameter, small pits were one or two meters in diameter. There was fresh soil outside each pit.
"Wow, groundhog invasion?"
There was a hint of surprise in his tone.
"Mina! Mina!"
Cheng Yu shouted twice.
"I'm here!"
A head popped out of the pit with a pair of pointed animal ears erected.
There was clarity and stupidity in the bright eyes.
"Why did you dig so many pits?" Cheng Yu asked.
"Exercise by digging holes!"
The dirty Mina jumped out of the hole lightly, with mud all over her clothes, face, and tail.
Showing a big smile, she excitedly rushed to Cheng Yu, wanting to give him a hug.
Cheng Yu had a dog before. When the dog rolled in the mud, he must not call the dog's name—otherwise he'd definitely regret it.
"Stop, stop, stop! Don't come over!"
Cheng Yu stretched out a hand to block in front and quickly stepped back.
I just took a shower last night. If Mina sticks to me, I'll have to take a shower again tonight.
Two or three meters away from Cheng Yu, Mina stopped and looked at him happily, wanting to stick to him.
"Why do you like digging holes?"
"Digging holes is a very happy thing! The shovel digs the soft soil. The faint fragrance of the soil hits your face. Once you dig, you can't stop!"
Mina was addicted to digging holes—couldn't extricate herself.
"Stop digging. You've turned the surrounding woods into honeycomb coal."
Mina had a natural ability to destroy.
Cheng Yu didn't want to see Mina tear down the woods around the manor.
"Don't do that! I still want to dig!"
Mina walked to Cheng Yu's side, held Cheng Yu's hand with a pair of slim hands covered in mud, and acted like a spoiled child.
"Dig nothing. Come back with me."
Cheng Yu dragged Mina toward the manor.
Digging holes—what a great sport! It can not only exercise the body but also please the body and mind. But it's a pity Cheng Yu won't let me dig.
Mina was dejected and reluctantly followed Cheng Yu back to the manor.
The seven punk kids finished eating the braised bear paws—even drank the soup and licked the plates clean.
Ten gold coins were well spent.
After eating and drinking, the seven people sat in the manor to rest.
"Look! There's a golden tree by the farmland!"
At that moment, someone noticed the Golden Tree on the edge of the farmland.
"Wow, a Golden Tree! So rare!"
"Is this tree a treasure?"
"How about we steal it at night?"
"Agree!"
The Golden Tree was golden all over—obviously not ordinary. The seven people whispered and planned to steal the Golden Tree.
In the early morning, the starlight covered the earth with a layer of white gauze.
Cheng Yu and the others had already gone to bed.
This time was when people slept the most soundly.
The Golden Tree grew on the edge of the farmland—farmland on the left, woods on the right.
The farmland was full of low crops, which wasn't conducive to concealing whereabouts. It was even more difficult to be discovered if you approached the Golden Tree from the side of the woods.
The seven people went around the woods. With the faint starlight, they could barely see the direction and move toward the Golden Tree.
The leaves of the Golden Tree emitted a faint golden light—particularly conspicuous in the dark night.
"What kind of tree is that?"
"I guess it's a sacred tree left over from before the war of gods!"
Seeing the Golden Tree emitting a faint golden light a few hundred meters away, the seven people were very excited.
If this thing was a sacred tree left over from before the war of gods, it wasn't just valuable—it would definitely cause a sensation on the Celsis Continent.
"Let's go! Hurry up!"
The seven people groped in the dark and strode toward the Golden Tree.
"Ouch~"
After walking a short distance, the person in front felt his feet go empty and fell into a pit.
"Conaway, what happened to you?"
"Damn! Who's digging pits in the woods? I fell into the pit!"
"Is it deep?"
"Not very deep. Save me!"
Throwing down a hemp rope, everyone worked together to pull the young man named Conaway out of the pit.
"Bah! So unlucky to fall into a pit as soon as I got here."
Conaway spat at the pit and continued moving forward in the dark.
After a few steps—
"Ouch~ My butt~"
"Ah~ It hurts so much~"
Two screams rang out. Two more people fell into pits, falling all over.
However, the pits these two fell into were shallower than the previous one. They could climb out without help from companions.
The two people climbed out of the pits in a mess—one had a painful butt, the other had a bruised knee.
"Why are there so many pits in this forest?"
"So damn unlucky!"
"Be careful!"
After the experience of falling into pits twice, the seven people became much more cautious.
However, even so, they still fell into pits seven or eight times along the way.
There was no way—Mina had dug too many pits in this area.
Some people were injured. Some broke bones. Some had several teeth broken.
After a lot of trouble, the seven people were like they'd just come down from a battlefield—speechless.
How come there are pits everywhere in such a good forest?
What a bummer!
The Golden Tree was so close. The seven people ignored the pain on their bodies and quickened their pace to walk over.
There was a fence around the Golden Tree.
The seven people pulled open the fence and prepared to go in to dig up the tree.
However, they didn't notice there were three special plants around the Golden Tree—over twenty centimeters high, with broad and thick leaves like orchids and a pagoda-shaped stamen in the middle.
Those were the Poison Mist Flowers produced by second-tier magic.
The moment the fence was pulled open, the three Poison Mist Flowers were activated. The pagoda-shaped stamens released poison mist to the surrounding ten meters.
Though the poison mist of the Poison Mist Flower wasn't fatal, it was hallucinogenic and could cause hallucinations.
The poison mist entered the seven people's bodies with breathing, paralyzing their hearing, vision, smell, and other sensory nerves. The seven people's eyes became a bit blurred.
"Look! What's that?!"
One person pointed to the sky in surprise.
Everyone looked up and saw in the dark night sky, a flaming dragon with a body length of several thousand meters roared to the sky, flapping its wings and swooping toward them.
The heat wave rolled. People were sweating profusely from a distance.
"This... How can there be such a big dragon here?"
"It's too scary! Help me!"
"I don't want to die yet!"
The seven people were so scared they turned around and ran into the woods.
Ah~
Ouch~
It hurts~
Hiss~
On the way to escape, six people kept falling into pits.
Only the young man named Conaway was lucky enough to avoid all the potholes on the road.
They didn't dare turn back to rescue their companions. In front of dragons of that level, we're smaller than ants.
He ran in the direction where they'd tied the horses.
At this moment, I just want to leave here quickly.
When he came to the place where the horses were tied, Conaway was surprised to find the seven Ghost Fire Horses were gone—replaced by seven graceful and beautiful beauties, each of whom was in his aesthetic sweet spot.
"Handsome guy, come and play!"
"I'm so empty and lonely!"
"Come on, be happy!"
The seven stunning beauties were charming and kept tempting Conaway.
Affected by the poison mist, Conaway's eyes were blurred—forgetting he was just being chased by the dragon. With an evil smile on his face, he walked toward the seven stunning beauties...