AMSSO-Chapter 79: A Swarm

This Hundred-Year Spirit Tea Tree wasn’t very tall, only about three to four meters in height. Its trunk was as thick as what one person’s arms could encircle, and its branches stretched outward, with a diameter of around seven meters.

Such a tree was not particularly conspicuous in the Myriad Beast Forest, after all, there were all kinds of trees around it even taller and larger.

But this not-so-tall tea tree made Xu Chengjun and the others’ eyes shine, extremely excited.

This is a Hundred-Year Spirit Tea Tree!

And moreover, it’s the precious Qingyuan Spirit Tea!

The leaves of Qingyuan Spirit Tea contained more spiritual energy than other varieties of tea trees. If one drank tea brewed from it, it would surely be filled with spiritual energy!

—Qingyuan Spirit Tea was also quite famous among the different types of tea trees!

What delighted them was that there were no spirit beasts or demon beasts nearby.

For humans, the spirit tea tree required roasting before it could take effect.

But for spirit beasts, Spirit Tea Trees were of little use.

spirit beasts would eat fruit, but not leaves.

Therefore, around this Spirit Tea Tree, there were no fierce or terrifying spirit beasts or demon beasts.

There are too many heavenly treasures in the Myriad Beast Forest, a lot of them have a “protector” nearby.

But this Qingyuan Spirit Tea Tree didn’t have one!

Zhao Hanxue was also especially excited, as if she could already see a beautiful future!

However, after her excitement, she returned to reality and felt a bit troubled.

“Brother Chengjun, how are we going to take it back?”

Earlier, she didn’t observe the tea tree carefully, so she didn’t know it was actually this large.

With such a large tea tree, wanting to take it out was not an easy matter.

Their storage bags also didn’t have that much space!

Furthermore, their storage bags could only hold lifeless objects.

Although a tea tree wasn’t an animal, it’s still alive.

If it was kept in a storage bag too long, it would affect its vitality and growth afterward.

This was, after all, a rare Hundred-Year Qingyuan Spirit Tea Tree; they didn’t want it to suffer even the slightest damage.

Xu Chengjun’s excitement also somewhat diminished. After circling the tea tree for quite some time, he too became troubled.

“This tea tree is too big, it won’t fit in a storage bag…”

But if not placed in a storage bag, how could they take it out?

They might have the strength to carry the tree out, but carrying a whole tree around in here was courting death!

In the Myriad Beast Forest, the most important thing was to move quietly and cautiously.

They didn’t even dare release their spiritual sense too far, fearing they would provoke temperamental spirit beasts or demon beasts.

They weren’t those thick-skinned spirit beasts or demon beasts, who could charge around recklessly here without care.

“How about cutting off some branches, then putting them into the storage bag?” Zhao Hanxue cautiously suggested.

“No!” Xu Chengjun immediately shook his head in refusal. “If the branches are cut off, how long will it take for them to grow back?”

This was a Hundred-Year Qingyuan Spirit Tea Tree!

Those branches had taken over a hundred years to grow!

Cutting off even a few branches would affect the later yield of tea leaves.

In other words, whatever they cut off was all money!

Oh no, spirit stones!

“Then what do we do?”

Zhao Hanxue wasn’t keen on that either, but if not, then what?

Xu Chengjun also felt a headache.

Yes, this won’t work, that won’t work, then what?

The three Xu family men who came with them also couldn’t find a solution for the time being.

They wanted to come up with a better method, one with the least loss.

“If only I had asked my father for his storage bag earlier!” Xu Chengjun gritted his teeth in regret.

After his previous storage bag disappeared, he had taken another from home.

This storage bag had the same capacity as the previous one.

But it was far inferior to the one his father used.

After all, the space inside a storage bag determined its price.

Xu Chengjun didn’t yet have the qualification to own one with greater space.

Moreover, this time when he came to find the Spirit Tea Tree, he hadn’t told his family, so he hadn’t asked his father for a storage bag.

He had only thought to secretly find it, so as to give everyone a surprise.

Now, the tea tree was found, but he couldn’t take it out!

“How about going back to ask Uncle for a storage bag?” Zhao Hanxue said.

Before Xu Chengjun could respond, she herself rejected the idea, “No, by the time we come back in, this Spirit Tea Tree might not be here anymore.”

Xu Chengjun also nodded, “Yes, since we’ve found it, we can’t miss it!”

Next time?

By the next time they came, the Spirit Tea Tree might already be gone!

If the treasure wasn’t truly in one’s own hands, one could not feel at ease.

Although this tree had been growing here for so many years, who could guarantee it would always remain?

Thus, they continued to deliberate.

Meanwhile, not far behind them, Qin Yiwei and the others exchanged looks and felt that it was a pity.

Just now when Zhao Hanxue said “next time,” their hearts were actually quite happy.

If that was the case, they wouldn’t need to have conflict with the other side.

Once Zhao Hanxue and the others left, they could immediately seize the chance to dig up the Spirit Tea Tree.

But unfortunately, Zhao Hanxue and Xu Chengjun were still clear-headed.

This gave them a headache too.

Although they wanted to cut them off, actually carrying it out would be difficult.

Seeing that they were about to start digging, Qin Yiwei also became a little anxious.

In the end, Chu Jingzhuo was the one who came up with a solution.

Looking at the surroundings, his eyes lit up, and he transmitted his voice to them.

Zhao Hanxue had no idea that someone was secretly watching her. Looking at the tall Spirit Tea Tree, then at the sky, she couldn’t help but say, “The sky is getting dark, we need to leave quickly and find a place to camp.”

She carefully scanned the surroundings, “This area is the territory of third-rank spirit beasts. If they appear…”

The most important thing was that there wasn’t just one third-rank spirit beast here!

No one could guarantee these beasts acted alone.

If a whole group of spirit beasts came rushing out, their trouble would be enormous!

And as night fell, the danger grew greater.

Xu Chengjun also thought it wasn’t good. After hesitating a while, he finally gritted his teeth and made a decision.

“Fine, then let’s cut some branches!”

When he made the decision, Xu Chengjun’s heart bled.

But at this moment, there had to be sacrifice.

Once he decided, the others naturally didn’t object.

Everyone began to discuss which branches to cut.

While they were discussing, Zhao Hanxue suddenly sensed a small disturbance behind.

Turning back, she saw that on the ground there was now a beautiful fiery-red flower.

“Hm? Where did this flower come from?”

Xu Chengjun also turned his head and likewise saw the flower on the ground.

He was also puzzled. Just now, there hadn’t been such a flower.

Did some small animal play a trick?

The other three also turned their heads.

Suddenly, one of them changed their expression abruptly.

“Not good! This is a Smoke-Orange Flower!”

“Smoke-Orange Flower?”

Before they had even figured it out, they heard a buzzing sound. A black cloud was rapidly approaching.

“The Black-Spotted Bees are coming! Run!”

Black-Spotted Bees?!

The others had already clearly seen the shape of that black cloud.

It’s a swarm of black bees!

These Black-Spotted Bees were first-rank spirit beasts, whose tail stingers were poisonous.

But they lived in swarms!

Every time they appear, it’s always as a whole swarm!

If surrounded by them, one could die!

Everyone’s faces changed drastically.

“Run first!”

Xu Chengjun wanted to take out a defensive magic treasure to withstand them, but was grabbed by someone, “The Black-Spotted Bees are vicious by nature, relentless until death!”

If they stayed in place to resist, they might actually die!