119: Dryad

With this thought, Xiao Shi immediately began using the mysterious badge to change the Spirit Tree Qi into Grand Yin Qi.

Although the mysterious badge's effect required two clusters of Spirit Tree Qi to change into one cluster of Grand Yin Qi, with the abundance of Spirit Tree Qi here, Xiao Shi didn't need to worry about the consumption of these Spirit Tree Qi.

However, as Xiao Shi mobilized these Spirit Tree Qi, he suddenly discovered that the Tree Seed within his body was actually experiencing some consumption as the Spirit Tree Qi was mobilized.

"Mobilizing Spirit Tree Qi also consumes Tree Seed energy?"

Xiao Shi was startled.

Then, after careful consideration, it seemed reasonable.

If there were no limits to mobilizing these Spirit Tree Qi, then Qi Martial Realm martial artists here would only need to continuously open Qi Vortexes through Spirit Tree Qi, and within ten to fifteen days, they could open one hundred Qi Vortexes!

Then everyone here would be at Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection.

"Although there is a lot of Spirit Tree Qi here, it's not infinite; it can't provide everyone with continuous absorption..."

Xiao Shi mused.

However, after absorbing about ten clusters of Spirit Tree Qi, the Tree Seed energy in his body was almost half depleted.

Fortunately, the five clusters of Grand Yin Qi converted from these ten clusters of Spirit Tree Qi allowed Xiao Shi to successfully break through another Qi Lock.

The Taiyin Qi Vortexes in his body reached sixty-eight!

"It seems I need to quickly sell items to exchange for more contribution points..."

Xiao Shi thought to himself.

When the sky brightened, the sealed treehouse door also opened.

After staying in the treehouse for one night, everyone clearly felt the energy consumption in their Tree Seeds.

They roughly calculated that, with the current energy level in their Tree Seeds, they could only stay in the treehouse for a maximum of ten days.

This didn't even account for other consumption.

This gave everyone a sense of urgency.

At dawn, they all went to the designated location in the city for receiving missions.

Here stood an incredibly massive ancient tree.

Its branches and leaves were lush, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

The thickness of its trunk was even more astonishing.

Under this giant ancient tree, many people were already sitting, all extending their palms to touch the tree trunk.

And with the enormous size of this giant ancient tree, even if tens of thousands of people sat around it, it wouldn't feel crowded.

After Xiao Shi and the others arrived, they also placed their palms on the tree trunk.

The Tree Seed within their bodies immediately fluctuated, causing numerous related missions to appear in their minds.

Although there were no missions released by the sect among them, there were also many other types of missions.

They had discussed it beforehand; being new here, it wasn't suitable to take on missions that were too difficult or dangerous. They would start with relatively simple missions.

Among the many missions, the most suitable for them was undoubtedly the cultivation of Spirit Tree Qi.

This mission was relatively simple; it only required injecting Qi Strength from within one's body into designated trees in Tree Shadow City.

These injected Qi Strength would then be transformed by the trees into Spirit Tree Qi.

Throughout Tree Shadow City, there were many similar missions, all aimed at increasing Spirit Tree Qi through various methods.

One reason for the abundance of Spirit Tree Qi in the city was that many people contributed to its growth daily through missions.

However, among the many ways to increase Spirit Tree Qi, using one's own Qi Strength to cultivate it was the simplest.

It was like a physical task, with no difficulty or danger.

Of course, the contribution points would be relatively less.

It was undoubtedly very suitable for newcomers like them.

Cen Qingci and the others all took on this mission.

However, Xiao Shi had a different idea.

Among these missions, he saw one that was more suitable for him.

This mission also involved cultivating Spirit Tree Qi, but the method of cultivation was not through one's own Qi Strength, but rather... through killing!

According to the mission description, Tree Shadow City would give birth to many Tree Spirits every day. As long as these Tree Spirits were killed, each Tree Spirit would transform into Spirit Tree Qi after death.

This method of cultivating Spirit Tree Qi was faster and more effective than cultivating with Qi Strength.

After all, the Spirit Tree Qi transformed from each dead Tree Spirit would be more than that from Qi Strength cultivation.

But at the same time... it also carried a certain degree of risk!

"Killing Tree Spirits can both earn contribution points and drop items through killing, killing two birds with one stone!"

Xiao Shi's eyes lit up.

He had been considering the issue of killing before... Although Tree Shadow City had abundant Spirit Tree Qi, eliminating worries about opening Qi Vortexes, for him, the best way to improve still required continuous killing.

Now, knowing that there were many Tree Spirits to kill in Tree Shadow City, his heart immediately burned with excitement.

However, on the surface, Xiao Shi still pretended to be like everyone else, feigning that he had taken on the mission of cultivating Spirit Tree Qi with Qi Strength.

Since cultivating Spirit Tree Qi with Qi Strength required going to various designated locations in Tree Shadow City, everyone had to act separately.

This gave Xiao Shi an opportunity to act alone.

He first returned to the treehouse.

In the treehouse, he disguised his appearance.

He had many Entering Martial Rank items on him, and among these items, there were some pills that could change one's physique.

Now, after swallowing a pill, his entire body quickly expanded as if inflated.

In an instant, he transformed into a fatty!

Then he used another pill to change his appearance, completely becoming another person.

Xiao Shi was very clear that the most important thing for him in Rapid Shadow Palace was to hide!

Especially without knowing Rapid Shadow Palace's intentions towards Red Tiger Sect, he absolutely could not expose himself.

With his current identity, Rapid Shadow Palace would never focus their attention on him, a mere attendant.

They would certainly not think that this inconspicuous attendant would be the key to Red Tiger Sect's rise.

As long as he didn't expose himself... Red Tiger Sect would have hope of breaking free from Rapid Shadow Palace's control.

In addition to changing his physique and appearance, Xiao Shi also continued to tamper with the Tree Seed in his body through the Crimson Tiger Totem.

What he was tampering with this time... was his identity!

He had briefly tried it before and found that in addition to being able to tamper with contribution points and hide them, the Crimson Tiger Totem could also tamper with the identity corresponding to the Tree Seed.

Currently, the Tree Seed in his body corresponded to the identity of Xiao Shi.

Even if he changed his physique and appearance, there would still be flaws.

Only by changing the identity corresponding to the Tree Seed as well could he be completely foolproof!

Whoosh!

Immediately, after his tampering, the identity corresponding to his Tree Seed instantly changed from Xiao Shi to a person named Nie Jie.

Thus, he had completely transformed into another person!

"This will be my second identity in Rapid Shadow Palace!"

Xiao Shi walked out of the treehouse and went directly to a large tree in Tree Shadow City.

In the center of this large tree, there was a huge tree hollow.

People continuously entered the tree hollow.

This was an entrance to the Tree Spirit region.

Many people who had taken on the mission to kill Tree Spirits were now entering through this entrance.

Xiao Shi also stepped in.

He only felt a blur before his eyes.

The next moment, he appeared out of thin air in an unfamiliar area.

"Is this... the Tree Spirit region?"

Xiao Shi looked around.

His current location seemed to be underground in Tree Shadow City.

Looking up, he could see the thick roots extending down from the trees above.

At the same time, this underground area was covered with many glowing stones, making it extremely bright.

He could see that many people who had come here were already searching for Tree Spirits to kill.

After walking for a distance, Xiao Shi also saw a lone Tree Spirit.

This was a Tree Spirit with a reddish-blue body, entirely made of wood, with sharp claws. Its lower body consisted of intertwined roots, and its upper body was wide without a head, but there was a single eye on its torso.

"Let's test the waters first."

Xiao Shi's figure flickered, and he arrived directly in front of this Tree Spirit.

The Qi Severing Blade appeared in his hand, and he fiercely slashed at the Tree Spirit's body.

Chii!

The blade light swept across the Tree Spirit's body.

Under his lightning-fast attack, the Tree Spirit was cut in half by his single slash before it could even react, instantly dying a tragic death.

Whoosh!

As the Tree Spirit died, its corpse immediately transformed into many Spirit Tree Qi, drifting from underground towards the city above.

At the same time, the contribution points in Xiao Shi's Tree Seed immediately changed from zero to ten.

Killing one Tree Spirit earned ten contribution points!

Not only that, Xiao Shi also unexpectedly saw that after the Tree Spirit died, a faint aura, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, drifted into his wristband, enhancing the Battle Soul within the wristband.

This was very similar to the situation when he killed evil spirits previously.

Xiao Shi's heart stirred, thinking that if he could kill a large number of them here... perhaps the Battle Soul in his wristband could quickly recover!

Based on the increase in the Battle Soul within the wristband and Xiao Shi's own attack, he clearly judged that this Tree Spirit's strength was only comparable to an Entering Martial Rank martial artist.

Killing it had no difficulty whatsoever.

At this moment, after the Tree Spirit died, its entire corpse disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only one item on the ground.

It was a pity that a Tree Spirit with strength comparable to an Entering Martial Rank martial artist couldn't drop anything valuable.

Xiao Shi thought that he now needed to kill stronger Tree Spirits.

On one hand, it concerned the quality of the dropped items.

On the other hand, the stronger the Tree Spirit, the more contribution points would be gained after killing it, and the greater the enhancement it would bring to the Battle Soul in the wristband.

After some inquiries, he learned that this Tree Spirit region had a layered division.

Currently, this was only the first layer of the Tree Spirit region, corresponding only to Tree Spirits comparable to those at the initial stage of the Qi Martial Realm... If he wanted to kill stronger Tree Spirits, he needed to go to deeper layers.

Soon, Xiao Shi found the entrance to the next layer.

The Tree Spirits on the second layer had already reached a strength comparable to the early stage of the Qi Martial Realm, but this was still not Xiao Shi's choice.

He went directly to the fourth layer!

The Tree Spirits here already possessed strength comparable to the Qi Martial Realm Late Stage.

Xiao Shi felt that Tree Spirits of this strength were currently the most suitable for him.

"It's a pity that the quality of items dropped by Tree Spirits is different from that of evil spirits... If it were the same as evil spirits, then I could continue to farm Taiyin Spirit Liquid here."

Xiao Shi felt a slight regret about this.

However, even if it was difficult to drop high-quality Taiyin Spirit Liquid, other items would still drop.

These items could also be used to expand the Qi Vortexes.

Upon arriving at the fourth layer, Xiao Shi found that there were far fewer people here than on the first three layers.

At the same time, the Tree Spirits appearing on the fourth layer were much larger in overall size than those on the first three layers.

Xiao Shi quickly locked onto a Tree Spirit.

With a movement of his body, he charged towards this Tree Spirit.

This was a giant Tree Spirit, three meters tall.

In front of it, Xiao Shi appeared extremely tiny.

Xiao Shi directly used Raging Bull Ram, transforming into a streak of light and fiercely crashing into the Tree Spirit.

Even this three-meter-tall giant Tree Spirit was continuously forced back by Xiao Shi's fierce impact.

"Roar!!"

The giant Tree Spirit let out a massive roar.

The roar formed a sound wave, creating terrifying vibrations that distorted the air, possessing extremely strong destructive power.

However, Xiao Shi had already flashed to the other side of the giant Tree Spirit.

The Qi Severing Blade in his hand whistled, and with the eruption of Taiyin Qi Strength within his body, combined with the Absolute Severing Blade Technique, continuous waves of blade light slashed one after another onto the giant Tree Spirit's body, carving out gashes.

The giant Tree Spirit raised its enormous sharp claws, roaring as it smashed down towards Xiao Shi.

Its attack was extremely fierce and violent, causing the air to continuously explode.

However, Xiao Shi, with his agile movements, caused all of the giant Tree Spirit's attacks to miss.

Swish!

Xiao Shi flashed, and his figure disappeared from in front of the giant Tree Spirit out of thin air.

He directly vanished into the Taiyin, circling behind the giant Tree Spirit.

The sudden disappearance of its target made the giant Tree Spirit stunned for a moment.

Xiao Shi, however, directly attacked.

The Qi Severing Blade transformed into a Grand Yin Qi Blade, fiercely slashing down from behind the giant Tree Spirit, directly cutting into its body.

Under his now powerful Taiyin Qi Strength, he forcibly cut its body in half!

Although Xiao Shi was still only at the middle stage of the Qi Martial Realm, he already possessed the ability to kill those at the late stage of the Qi Martial Realm.

He even had the confidence to contend with those at Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection.

Although the chances of winning were small, self-preservation was not an issue.

With the death of this giant Tree Spirit, Spirit Tree Qi dozens of times larger than that from the Tree Spirit on the first layer immediately drifted towards the city above.

The contribution points in Xiao Shi's Tree Seed also increased from ten to five hundred and ten.

The Battle Soul in his wristband, after absorbing it, directly reached the strength of a Qi Martial Realm Late Stage.

Xiao Shi thought that if he continued to kill a few more Qi Martial Realm Late Stage Spirit Trees here, he would soon be able to restore the Battle Soul in his wristband to Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection!