102: Return my wife

Gu Xiaoyue was stunned. Whose wife was in whose hands?

"What?" she asked.

"I said my wife is in your hands! Can't you understand?"

The clear voice sounded somewhat angry, and the vines that had pulled Gu Xiaoyue down rustled along with it.

Gu Xiaoyue frowned, stood up, and brushed the dust off her body.

"Who are you, and who is your wife? Come out and talk!"

Hearing the coldness in Gu Xiaoyue's tone, the clear voice paused and changed its attitude. "Little girl, if you return my wife to me, all the gold and silver treasures in this vault will be yours!"

Gu Xiaoyue could still only hear the voice; she couldn't see anyone.

She didn't want to indulge it either. She looked around at the environment, trying to figure out how to leave this place.

Seeing her looking for an exit, the voice assumed Gu Xiaoyue didn't believe there was treasure here and continued, "Follow this path and go inside; there are many gold and silver treasures within!"

Who wouldn't want treasure? Gu Xiaoyue certainly did.

But a person who hides their head and shows their tail, asking you for a wife and promising you treasure—wasn't this clearly a trap?

The basement was pitch black, but Gu Xiaoyue could barely make out that there was indeed a path at her feet.

She took a flashlight out of her Yu Beast Space to illuminate the area. It seemed there was indeed a room ahead.

Gu Xiaoyue went in. It wasn't a very large room. The walls were covered in vines, and inside was a large chest about half a person's height.

There really was treasure?

She opened the chest, and her eyes lit up—

Heavens, this was a huge chest full of jewelry—

Gu Xiaoyue estimated that they were all stat-boosting jewelry, the kind that could be used by both humans and pets!

Based on current market prices, each piece was worth at least eighty million star coins, perhaps even over a hundred million!

Gu Xiaoyue gave a tactical cough; she really wanted to take the whole chest.

But that voice seemed to be the one specifically guarding this chest of treasure. It was asking her for a wife, but where was she supposed to get a wife for it?

Or should she just rob it openly?

While she was still pondering, the clear voice said, "This chest is all yours, just return my wife to me!"

Gu Xiaoyue couldn't take it anymore and got a bit angry. "You've been asking me for a wife for ages; where would I get a wife for you!"

She put all the packed stat-boosting jewelry into her Yu Beast Space and turned to leave.

The clear voice seemed to take on a sobbing tone. "You can take them, but please return my wife to me, I beg you!"

Gu Xiaoyue was really about to explode. "Come out! Show yourself! How can you just go around swindling people!"

"I've been here the whole time!"

The voice sounded even more aggrieved, and the vines around Gu Xiaoyue rustled again.

"You? Where?"

He said he was here, but Gu Xiaoyue couldn't see anything.

"Here, here!"

There was no wind, but the vines were twisting, and Gu Xiaoyue finally realized.

"A vine?"

Could this voice be coming from the very vine that had pulled her down?

Could it be a high-level ferocious beast similar to Xiao Lv? If it could talk, its level must be at least 7th or 8th rank of maturity.

If it really attacked, Gu Xiaoyue would likely be done for here.

A black vine stood up from the ground, facing Gu Xiaoyue. "I am a Hua Yu Tree. I sensed that my wife is with you!"

Gu Xiaoyue let out a sigh of relief; as long as it wasn't a ferocious beast, it was fine.

So the male Hua Yu Tree was in vine form and could even talk.

But come to think of it, that made sense. Their flowers and fruits could help pet beasts speak earlier, so it was normal for them to be able to speak.

It was just that when she first transplanted the female tree into her space, it hadn't spoken.

Although the system hadn't asked Gu Xiaoyue at the time whether she wanted to transplant the Hua Yu Tree, it probably couldn't have been transplanted if the tree hadn't agreed.

"Um, that—"

Gu Xiaoyue rubbed her nose and said, "If you are a Hua Yu Tree, I did indeed transplant one a few days ago. It's in my Yu Beast Space."

The vine opposite her twisted its body excitedly. "I knew I wasn't wrong! My wife is with you!"

"Don't get excited. I can understand your feelings of missing your wife."

Gu Xiaoyue wanted to soothe its emotions.

The male Hua Yu Tree twisted around regardless. "My wife and I haven't seen each other for nearly a hundred years. The master insisted that I help him guard the treasure."

"He said that only when someone carrying my wife arrived could the treasure be given out!"

"I've finally waited for you! —Wuwu—"

As it spoke, it started to cry. Gu Xiaoyue put her hand to her forehead. It didn't have any combat power; how could it guard the treasure?

She shifted her perspective. If anyone fell into this pitch-black basement, was threatened and intimidated by a voice, and then attacked by vines, it could indeed guard the treasure.

Gu Xiaoyue waited for it to cry for a while, then looked at the surrounding environment. "Then, if I let your wife out, you'll just have her stay here with you?"

The male Hua Yu Tree hiccuped and stopped crying. "What else?"

"To tell you the truth, if it hadn't agreed back then, I wouldn't have forcibly transplanted it."

"Right now, it's in my Yu Beast Space, neighbors with the tianling tree and the Soul Exchange Fruit tree."

"I use Xisui Spring Water for watering."

"What kind of conditions do you have here? Do you still want it to suffer with you?"

The male Hua Yu Tree didn't say anything. The conditions here were indeed a bit harsh, and while it was used to it, could its wife get used to it?

But it didn't know if this girl was telling the truth or not. Even if its wife had been forcibly transplanted, it wouldn't know!

"Why don't you come into my Yu Beast Space and see?"

Gu Xiaoyue knew its concerns, but in the beginning, wasn't it the one chasing Gu Xiaoyue demanding its wife!

The male Hua Yu Tree struggled for a while, then finally seemed to make a big decision. "Fine, take me into your Yu Beast Space to see!"

"Wait a moment, let's agree on this first: if you are satisfied, I'll take care of both of you husband and wife from now on."

"But you have to send me back. This place seems to be isolated by space."

Ever since she was pulled into this basement, Gu Xiaoyue had known that this place was isolated.

Otherwise, why hadn't she received any summons from Chu Li? The distance wasn't outside the summoning range.

"Hmm—"

The male Hua Yu Tree looked a bit lethargic. It was still somewhat wary of Gu Xiaoyue, but it had no choice but to compromise.

Seeing that it agreed, Gu Xiaoyue proceeded to take the male Hua Yu Tree into her space.

It seemed that spiritual plants were just like pet beasts; they had vitality and judgment.

Without their consent, they couldn't be taken into the Yu Beast Space.

Gu Xiaoyue placed the male Hua Yu Tree directly next to the female Hua Yu Tree.

It excitedly climbed onto the female Hua Yu Tree in one go.

"You've come."

A gentle female voice rang out.

Gu Xiaoyue swore that this was the gentlest, most charming voice she had ever heard.

In contrast, the male Hua Yu Tree was like a lovesick fool, calling out "wife, wife."

Immediately, it rooted itself into the ground, and the original vines turned into a tree, about 50 centimeters taller than the female Hua Yu Tree.

The few small flowers that had originally grown on the female Hua Yu Tree also rapidly grew larger, and then bore fruit—hua yu fruit.

However, it would take some time before they matured and fell.

Gu Xiaoyue was also a bit excited, not just because lovers had finally reunited, but also because the value of the hua yu fruit was much higher than that of the hua yu flower!

"Wait, now that you've rooted, how will you send me out? I'm still in the basement!"