Chapter 3587

By the Bai Yin Moon Lake, although the midsummer heat was scorching, after being in this place, the cool water vapor like moonlight made the scorching heat helpless.

Su Xiao sat on a giant rock by the lake, looking out at the lake, as if an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time lived on the island in the center of the lake in the distance.

Looking into the distance, with Su Xiao's eyesight, he could see a blue-silver stone tablet standing on the island in the center of the lake. The text on it could not be seen clearly, and several moonlight greatswords of varying widths were inserted in front of the giant tablet.

Suddenly, a shadow was cast from above. Su Xiao looked up and saw a celestial body flickering in and out of view under the cover of clouds. It was the "Lighthouse Star," one of the five secondary stars orbiting the Arcane Eternal Star as the central star track.

Among these five secondary stars, the most important ones for the Arcane Eternal Star were the "Seran Star" and the "Land of Lushness." The former had over thirty large cities and a large population; it could be said that this was a deleted version of the Arcane Eternal Star. The latter was a resource star snatched away; 90% of the plant-type transcendent resources on the Arcane Eternal Star were produced by this medium-sized planet named "Land of Lushness."

Looking up at the sky by the lake, one could see the "Land of Lushness" revealing a green shade every afternoon, which showed how close it was to the Arcane Eternal Star.

"Many years ago, a group of wolves lived on the island in the center of the lake."

Serphilia's voice came from behind.

"Oh? A group of wolves?"

Su Xiao was still sitting cross-legged on the giant rock, turning his head to look at Serphilia. The other party was wearing a gold-white magic robe. For some reason, the other party often wore a hood, leaving the upper half of her face hidden in the shadows, flickering in and out of view.

"A tribe known as the Moon Wolves. They were the strongest known Abyssal Monitors. Unfortunately, they chose extinction."

Speaking to this point, Serphilia's gaze was colder than usual. However, she changed the subject and asked as if chatting: "Saint Flame, I heard before that you know that last Law-Breaker?"

"Yes."

"Do you know his whereabouts?"

As Serphilia spoke, the pupils in her eyes had already begun to reveal a faint dawn-gold color.

"That I don't know. He is one of my old clients, but the intersection between us is limited to potion sales. Why, do you have a great private feud with him?"

"Yes."

"Then there's no need to rush. Enemies will always meet; it's just a matter of time."

After Su Xiao finished speaking, he walked down the slope behind the giant rock and headed toward the lakeside dormitory. His words "no need to rush" actually had another layer of meaning that Serphilia could never understand, which was: "Don't rush. Once my strength reaches the top tier of the ninth stage, I will be the first to come and kill you."

After returning to the room on the third floor of the lakeside dormitory, just as Serphilia entered the door, a figure rushed toward her. The space around her flickered, and the rushing figure hit the door frame.

"Mentor, save me!"

Grin Wei, with snot and tears, once again lunged at her mentor. Seeing Grin Wei crying until she had snot, Serphilia's eyes twitched significantly. That stern gaze seemed to say that if Grin Wei dared to lunge over, she would teleport her to the bottom of the lake to rinse her thoroughly.

Grin Wei didn't dare to be jumpy anymore. She said with grief and indignation and a bit of a sobbing voice: "Mentor, I really can't learn pharmacology. I don't want to learn it anymore. My brain is protesting against me."

Hearing this, Serphilia, with a slight frown, turned her gaze to Su Xiao, with a bit of inquiry.

"The introduction went very smoothly. However, Grin seems to have no interest in pharmacology. Even if she is a rare pharmacology genius, one shouldn't continue to force it."

Su Xiao sat on the single sofa, his tone somewhat regretful. Hearing this, Grin Wei almost blurted out: "Mr. Saint Flame, I shouldn't have secretly scolded you. You are really good."

One could only say that Grin Wei was still too young. Su Xiao's words reached Serphilia's ears and turned into another meaning, which was: "Grin is a peerless genius in pharmacology, very talented, and learned quickly, but this child doesn't love to study."

After understanding the meaning in Su Xiao's words, Serphilia looked at Grin Wei with a slight "smile," which made Grin Wei suddenly shiver.

"If you really don't like pharmacology, then forget it."

"No, it's not that. I especially like pharmacology. I want to continue learning!"

As Grin Wei spoke, tears welled up in her "happy" eyes. Seeing this, the smile on Serphilia's face faded, and her gaze turned to the study.

Discovering this, Grin Wei reluctantly walked toward the study and finally closed the door herself. Suddenly, Grin Wei opened the door and poked her head out, saying: "Mentor, are you going to the Soul Forest in a while? I haven't drunk from the Spirit Spring for a long time. The Spirit Spring can improve memory..."

"You follow along."

"Mentor, you are really good."

Grin Wei, who finally had the opportunity to go out and play for a while, felt better. When reading the introductory pharmacology books, her thinking became a bit more fluent.

In the living room, Serphilia raised her hand, and magic energy sealed the study door, isolating all sound, aura, etc.

"Saint Flame, you think so highly of Grin's aptitude; presumably, you don't want her to die in a few years."

"Speak directly if you have something to say."

"Alright, actually Grin's birth... is somewhat special, different from ordinary people. The bigger problem is her cells. Her cells are very powerful, powerful to the point of constantly overdrawing her life..."

Through Serphilia's general narrative, Su Xiao understood Grin Wei's situation. Although Serphilia didn't say whose cells were used when Grin Wei was artificially cultivated, Su Xiao had long guessed that the other party used the cells of the female Law-Breaker, Grin Gillian.

When Grin Wei was a few years old, Serphilia discovered this problem. She used the connections and resources she mastered to quickly find a countermeasure. It was a rare secret medicine called 【Enlightenment】. After drinking it, it could massively replenish the upper limit of vitality, rather than simply filling up vitality.

Grin Wei's situation, if her lifespan were compared to HP, then her HP was definitely not 5/100, but as time passed, it slid to 5/5. It looked like it was still full, but this was a reduction in the upper limit of vitality, not a loss. A reduction in the upper limit was much more terrifying than a simple loss of vitality.

The 【Enlightenment】 secret medicine Serphilia found was created by alchemists of the Second Era for prophets and belonged to a high-level potion.

As everyone knows, prophets have heaven-defying abilities in the later stages and can even foresee the trends of the era. But every time they foresee, they have to pay a particularly painful price, such as significantly reducing their lifespan upper limit. This could not be replenished by using some precious life-extending medicines. If the upper limit is reduced, replenishing it is useless.

At present, this secret medicine, specially created for prophets, became Grin Wei's straw to clutch at. When she was a few years old, Serphilia helped her find the formula for the 【Enlightenment】 secret medicine and, after paying a large amount of resources, gathered the necessary materials.

The most critical problem came: who should be asked to concoct it? After Serphilia obtained the formula for the 【Enlightenment】 secret medicine, she contacted the Tree Sage many times. It wasn't until later, when the materials were gathered, that Serphilia went to the Lost Fire Forest where the Tree Sage was located.

When the two sides met, after Serphilia showed the formula to the Tree Sage, both sides looked at each other in bewilderment. The Tree Sage's meaning was: what do you want? Serphilia's meaning was: you should at least give an attitude?

Due to Serphilia's identity, the Tree Sage spoke somewhat tactfully at the time, roughly meaning: "Thank you for thinking so highly of this old man. Walk slowly, I won't see you off."

Serphilia spent less than a year finding the formula + gathering materials, and then got stuck at this step.

It was precisely because of this that Serphilia was so attentive to winning over Pharmacist Saint Flame, and the other three factions did not interfere in this regard. The Rin Wind King, Dean Guya, and Lord Soul all knew that intervening in this matter would completely enrage Serphilia.

Su Xiao took the secret medicine formula handed over by Serphilia. As soon as the formula was in his hand, the delicate and tough feel made him certain that it was made from the skin of a Dragon-Eyed Whale. Not considering the content recorded above, the formula itself was a secret treasure.

Su Xiao checked the records on the formula. The more he read, the deeper his frown became. In the end, he placed the formula on the table. Serphilia opposite appeared calm, but her heart was filled with unconcealable depression.

From the attitude of the older generation of pharmacists, one could see how much Saint Flame stood out from the crowd in terms of pharmacology. If Pharmacist Saint Flame had no confidence in concocting the 【Enlightenment】 secret medicine, then there really was no one else to be found.

"Really, is there no hope?"

Serphilia spoke in a low voice.

"What?"

Su Xiao looked at Serphilia opposite with suspicion.

"Your expression just now clearly already said..."

Before Serphilia finished speaking, Su Xiao said:

"Oh, I mean, concocting this potion is very difficult, so you have to pay more."

"?"

Serphilia looked Su Xiao up and down. After taking a deep breath in secret, she decided to pretend nothing had happened.

"And one point, the pharmacology I mastered is not of the same lineage as what is recorded on this formula. Although the core content is the same, the specific preparation steps are different. It's like running and flying can both reach the destination. Do you understand it this way?"

"Understand."

Serphilia's gaze was as usual, but her heart felt inexplicably blocked. She always felt that the other party's last sentence somewhat meant to despise her comprehension ability.

Seemingly sensing Serphilia's displeasure, Su Xiao began to describe the principles of the 【Enlightenment】 secret medicine formula to Serphilia using extremely professional pharmacology terminology—so professional that the Tree Sage would be bewildered if he were slightly distracted.

Hearing the end, Serphilia's gaze was a bit unfocused. Seeing this, Su Xiao asked: "Explaining it this way, does Ms. Serphilia understand?"

"Cough~, generally, understood."

After Serphilia finished speaking, she immediately changed the subject: "Saint Flame, using your method to concoct the potion, what changes are needed in the materials?"

"The core materials don't change much. It's mainly the compression problem of soul essence and life coagulant when concocting 【Enlightenment】. This requires a very massive intensity of energy to provide sufficient resonance pressure. Now there are two choices: Abyss or Sun. Using the energy of these two as the source of resonance pressure, the Arcane Eternal Star is your territory. Both energies are very dangerous. Choose for yourselves."

After listening to Su Xiao's words, Serphilia's gaze became a bit dangerous. She asked: "Abyss? Abyssal energy is not easy to obtain..."

"Find worlds with 'holes'. After entering that kind of world, the least lacking thing is Abyssal energy."

"Mr. Saint Flame, let's end this topic. Let's use the Sun. Use the Sun's energy as the source of pressure."

Serphilia's attitude was firm, even to the point of being unquestionable. Obviously, for the Arcane Eternal Star, Abyssal energy was a taboo.

Discovering this, Su Xiao confirmed a conjecture he had before: was the Arcane Eternal Star spying on Abyssal energy to obtain powerful strength? Now it seemed that it was almost certain. These spellcasters who devoured elemental power spying on Abyssal energy was not surprising.

"You are sure you want to borrow the Sun's energy? Although this energy is not corrosive, its intensity is too high. A slight carelessness could lead to an explosion. As far as I know, except for the Sun God Clan, other civilizations mostly use Sun energy as an explosive."

Speaking to the end, Su Xiao directly pointed out the connection between Sun energy and explosives. This was also a helpless move. At present, wanting to trick Serphilia into the trap, he could only do so.

"Although the corrosive power of Abyssal energy is terrifying, at least it won't explode. From my personal intention, I hope you bring Abyssal energy more; at least I don't have to worry about being blown up."

Speaking to the end, Su Xiao almost directly refused.

"Mr. Saint Flame, this matter is actually not negotiable. Or, shall we use other high-intensity energy other than Abyss or Sun?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, but his meaning was obvious: if it were possible, he would have said so long ago.

"Using Sun energy has risks; you have to pay more. I have a friend who often uses this energy to manufacture high-power explosives."

The "I have a friend" Su Xiao mentioned was naturally himself. He mentioned it on purpose.

When he was in the Tree-Born World before, he detonated the Sun Holy Sword. At that time, Crow Woman was present, so the Arcane Eternal Star side likely knew about the existence of the Sun Holy Sword.

But the more they knew, the more they would suspect. Su Xiao had to take the initiative to mention it to them. The reason was that the initiative to use Sun energy was not his, but Serphilia's. From just now until now, his attitude had been: wanting to decline, but the other party gave too much.

Su Xiao looked at Serphilia opposite. His expression at this moment clearly showed he didn't really want to take this commission. In the end, he took the paper from the side and started writing the material list, totaling:

Sun Fragments (grams).

Sourceless Spring (1.2 liters).

Flame Flow Crystal Blocks (16,000 grams).

Life Aggregate Substance N (270 grams).

Fire Gold (812 kilograms).

Starlight Dust (1.82~1.85 grams).

Soul Crystal (Large) × 【number】 crystals.

Soul Essence (120 grams).

Life Coagulant · Liquid (3.5 liters).

Sunlight Amplifier (1~2 portions, quality must be excellent).

High-Pressure Purifier (kilograms)...

This list looks familiar? How could it not look familiar? The key points on it are: Sun Fragments + Flame Flow Crystal Blocks + Fire Gold + Soul Crystal (Large) = Wrath of the Scorching Sun · Apollo.

However, among these materials, there are several other materials separated, not connected together. With these materials gathering Sun energy, any master pharmacist or master craftsman who came would not be able to pick out a single flaw. Instead, they would give a thumbs up, indicating that using these materials to gather Sun power was extremely efficient.

Actually, before coming, Su Xiao had thought about manufacturing Wrath of the Scorching Sun · Apollo, but later thought better of it. The reason was that with the alert level on the Arcane Eternal Star, the moment he took out a high-power explosive like Wrath of the Scorching Sun · Apollo from his storage space, he would likely be locked onto and captured by the incoming spellcasters.

Originally, Su Xiao was prepared to give up using Wrath of the Scorching Sun · Apollo this time. Alas, Serphilia truly gave him the opportunity.

Since it was dangerous to manufacture it and bring it over, he would manufacture it on the Arcane Eternal Star in front of the spellcasters. It was Serphilia who requested three or five times for Su Xiao to use Sun energy as the resonance kinetic energy to compress "Soul Essence" and "Life Coagulant." He had refused many times, saying Sun energy was dangerous, but Serphilia herself wouldn't have it and insisted on using Sun energy.

And Su Xiao had emphasized many times that Sun energy was a high-level energy with explosion risks. When using this thing as the energy for resonance compression, it must first be pressurized, for example, gathered into a spherical shape, or soaked in a solution, etc. Well, don't worry, these are all normal operations. Pharmacist Saint Flame guarantees to all spellcasters with his reputation that this thing will not explode, and it is guaranteed by Serphilia.

Su Xiao handed the list to Serphilia and said: "The Soul Essence must be pure enough. This directly relates to the quality of the finished potion."

"Hmm, I will send people to prepare it, at the latest by tomorrow morning." Serphilia stood up from her seat and continued: "Saint Flame, let's go."

As soon as she finished speaking, she lifted the seal on the study. Grin Wei inside immediately opened the door and came out, happily saying: "Are we leaving?"

After the group left the lakeside dormitory, Su Xiao discovered that three magic energy guards were already waiting in front. The height difference among these three magic energy guards was not small. Among them, the one holding an ice-element long-handled war hammer was the tallest, nearly four meters tall, wearing tight-fitting armor all over, and the eyes under the thick head armor revealed blue-white, like an ice bear in the deep winter.

The remaining two figures were about 1.5 meters tall. They were slender and each carried a curved longsword close to their height.

These magic energy guards were transformed by the "Soul Faction" and "Magic Energy Faction" together, and their combat power was very formidable. The best among them could even reach the top-tier combat power of the ninth stage. One could imagine how powerful this legion stationed on the Arcane Eternal Star was.

However, in Su Xiao's view, although these magic energy guards were strong, their magic energy endurance must not be perfect yet. Otherwise, the Arcane Eternal Star would have sent them to assassinate him long ago. Considering this was a stationed legion, the magic energy endurance problem was not a big problem.

The tall magic energy guard known as Ice Dog stood majestically beside Serphilia. It could be said that this was one of Serphilia's "weapons." As for the magic energy guards · Bai Yin Sisters on the side, they were "weapons" tailored for Grin Wei.

Besides these three magic energy guards, two Feather Clan siblings were also waiting here. The sister was wearing a deep purple feather garment, and her light red eyes gave her beautiful face a bit of charm. With such beauty, one could only say: worthy of being the Feather Clan.

This Feather Clan member was named Ya Yi and was one of the most promising people in the younger generation of the Feather Clan. Many people were optimistic about her in this young generation's combat skill competition.

Her younger brother was a boy with hair standing on end, wearing a white feather garment, named Yu Li. As a leader of the younger generation, Yu Li inevitably felt proud. Alas, facing the Mage Sage · Serphilia, Pharmacist Saint Flame, and Grin Wei, who had beaten him half to death, Yu Li could only restrain his usual pride.

Even so, Su Xiao could still see Yu Li's sense of pride. He discovered that the Feather Clan boy's brow and expression were very similar to Donkey Brother · Os Guin from the Painting World, that is, the God King's younger brother · Donkey Aotian, especially when the Feather Clan boy · Yu Li inadvertently raised his chin slightly. That expression was truly too similar to Donkey Aotian.

Everyone arrived, and space fluctuations surged. The next second, Su Xiao arrived at a rail train station. Looking into the distance, he could see the 【Elemental Superconducting Tower】 towering above the clouds, which was where the Supreme One was located.

Mastering high-level spatial abilities was truly too convenient. Su Xiao secretly decided that after returning, he would have Baja tilt resources more toward the "Magic Eagle Domain" ability, so as not to let the other party escape with spatial abilities when dealing with Serphilia in the future.

Arriving here, one could not use spatial abilities at will and could only take the rail train, circling out a semicircular route far away from the 【Elemental Superconducting Tower】. In most cases, one could not approach within dozens of kilometers of the 【Elemental Superconducting Tower】.

There was no one else in the carriage. Su Xiao looked at the Feather Clan siblings opposite. The sister, Ya Yi, smiled politely.

"My name is Grin, what's yours?"

Grin Wei looked at Ya Yi opposite with a grin. On the side, Ya Yi's younger brother, Yu Li, made a gesture to speak and retort to Grin Wei, but noticing Grin Wei's gradually fierce gaze, he finally turned his head away resentfully.

"Pay attention to me, if you don't pay attention to me again, I will beat your brother."

As Grin Wei spoke, she smiled very happily. Ya Yi opposite had an unnatural expression and wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

Grin Wei being like this, actually, in her subjective consciousness, didn't have any special thoughts. This was entirely caused by her "instinct."

"You are really beautiful. You haven't told me your name yet."

"Ya Yi..."

"Oh~, in the Feather Clan language, does Ya Yi mean purple light?"

Grin Wei smiled even more happily. One could only say: after all, she was cultivated with Grin Gillian's cells; having this situation was truly normal.

"Cough."

Serphilia coughed lightly, which made Grin Wei dare not speak again.

Before long, Grin Wei started making faces at Ya Yi opposite again. A few minutes later, Grin Wei was tied up and sat on the "special seat" on the roof of the train, with the magic energy guard · Ice Dog standing behind her watching her.

When the train stopped, just as Su Xiao got off, he saw a towering translucent mist wall blocking the way in front. A faint luster flowed on the surface of the mist wall.

Below this towering mist wall was an entrance over ten meters high. A large number of magic energy guards were guarding in front of the entrance and inside the porch.

Under Serphilia's leadership, and after showing various proofs, the group successfully passed through and arrived at a flat grassland.

Walking along a winding gravel road, after more than half an hour, the group arrived in front of a stone bridge.

This stone bridge was gray-white all over and had existed for who knows how many years. The width was about five meters, and there were no railings on both sides. Its span was so long that the other side of the bridge could not be seen.

After walking onto the stone bridge, a hundred meters below was the surging black river water. This was the "Dark Ring River." The width of the entire river was several kilometers, and there were no suspended objects above. Not to mention flying birds, there wasn't even a small flying insect. No flying means could cross this "Dark Ring River."

Proceeding along the "Rock Bridge" that had no end in sight, Su Xiao sensed that every few steps he took, a new sense of crisis appeared, representing that in the black river water of the "Dark Ring River" below, there was a "Magic Energy Tower" every few meters.

Su Xiao had long expected this level of defense. After all, on the other side of the "Rock Bridge" were secret realms such as the "Black Maple Courtyard," "Soul Forest," and "Elemental Wetland." Every place here was extremely important to the Arcane Eternal Star.

Walking all the way, until the setting sun in the sky was like blood, they finally arrived at the end of the "Rock Bridge." The naturally lush scenery came into view. Continuing forward, when they were still far away, they saw a blue-green shimmer. When they walked into it, they couldn't help but be shocked by the surrounding scenery.

The branches of each Soul Tree hung down like tentacles, revealing a blue-green shimmer. After being in this place, one could feel their own soul energy becoming more active.

"This is... the Soul Forest."

Although Yu Li had some pride, the surrounding magnificent scenery and the influence of this place on the soul made him shocked in his heart.

While the group was enjoying the magnificent scenery, they arrived at the central zone of the Soul Forest. A spring well was located here, with crystal-clear spring water overflowing from inside, spreading toward the surrounding Soul Trees along the shallow canals on the ground.

Near the Soul Well, several female spellcasters were already waiting. These were Serphilia's disciples. When the Feather Clan siblings, Ya Yi and Yu Li, cupped the Spirit Spring water with both hands and drank until they were dizzy, several of Serphilia's disciples, as well as the magic energy guard · Ice Dog and the magic energy guard · Bai Yin Sisters, sent the Feather Clan siblings away together, which was returning the same way.

Su Xiao stopped in front of the Spirit Spring Well, cupped a handful of Spirit Spring with both hands, drank slowly, and revealed "surprise." In reality, not even 1 point of soul strength was increased. 650 points of soul strength, except for hard-topping with talent abilities, was not so easy to increase.

"This spring is not bad."

Su Xiao examined the Spirit Spring Well. With his rich robbery... ahem, rich experience in resource acquisition, there must be a source in this Spirit Spring Well. If he were to go to war with the Arcane Eternal Star in the future and fight to this place, he must take it away.

Serphilia didn't know that Su Xiao praised the Spirit Spring as not bad, while thinking in his heart how to dismantle this thing and take away the spring source. If she knew Su Xiao's thoughts, Serphilia would have already unleashed all her magic energy.

"Mr. Saint Flame, something small happened at the Black Maple Courtyard. Otherwise, let Grin Wei send you back first?"

As Serphilia spoke, her gaze turned to Grin Wei.

"Mentor, I sprained my foot when I came, and now my head hurts. Walking the Rock Bridge is very dangerous."

Grin Wei was actually very understanding, but sometimes her jumpy personality made what she said somewhat annoying.

"Then let's go together. Saint Flame, I'll say the ugly words first: you cannot approach within a hundred meters of the Black Maple Tree."

"Hmm."

Getting Su Xiao's clear reply, Serphilia walked toward the depths of the Soul Forest. After leaving the Soul Forest and passing through a stone forest, a manor wall with a sense of history appeared in front. This wall was piled up with black rock, thick and sturdy.

After passing through layers of guards, Su Xiao arrived in front of the main gate of the Black Maple Manor. Seeing the scene inside, he discovered that the entire manor was very open, with no buildings. Everything was centered on the Black Maple Tree in the center. This Black Maple Tree had lush branches and leaves, and its height was at least 【number】 meters.

Unlike the Black Maple Tree Su Xiao planted, at this time, the surroundings of this Black Maple Tree appeared very lively. On the soft soil around the tree, flowers with single stems grew, and a group of bees were flying around these flowers.

"Are these all byproducts of the Black Maple Tree?"

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, Serphilia didn't hide the origin of these byproducts. Thinking about it, Black Maple Trees were too few. Even if others knew about these byproducts, they were useless.

Around the Black Maple Tree, there were three types of insect byproducts alone: one type of cocoon worm, one type of tree ant, and another type of bee with pitch-black wings and dark gold abdomens.

The relationship between these three types of byproducts, and their relationship with the Black Maple Tree, was very subtle. Among them, the cocoon worm would gnaw on the old leaves of the Black Maple Tree, the reason being that they didn't like to eat young leaves.

After these cocoon worms passed their larval stage, they spun cocoons like silkworms. Don't underestimate these cocoon threads. All top-quality magic robes on the Arcane Eternal Star were woven into cloth with these cocoon threads, plus several other auxiliary materials, and then processed into magic robes after multiple steps. The magic conductivity of these cocoon threads was incomparable to other silk and cotton materials, with a gap of over a hundred times.

Although these cocoon worms were only rare insect species in the outside world, after arriving at the Black Maple Courtyard, these cocoon worms that grew up gnawing on Black Maple leaves were extremely precious.

Every time they came to the Black Maple Courtyard to pick cocoon clothes, they could only take away half at most. The rest had to be left for the cocoon worms inside to break out of their cocoons.

When these cocoon worms broke out of their cocoons and landed, they would enter their adult stage. At this stage, they would burrow into the soil.

And at this time, the second type of insect byproduct of the Black Maple Tree, the plant ant, would appear. They usually liked to eat the resin of the Black Maple Tree and were fierce by nature, not allowing any snakes, insects, rats, or ants outside the byproduct circle to approach the Black Maple Tree they relied on for survival.

Not only that, when abnormal changes occurred inside the Black Maple Tree, they would desperately dig holes to drill in, take out the abnormal tree tissue, and even if they died in the process, they would not hesitate.

These plant ants sometimes looked for insect species that burrowed into the soil to transform, and then injected a special enzyme into their bodies. The strange thing was that inside this enzyme, a tiny plant seed was mixed.

After this, the plant ants would surround this cocoon worm injected with ant enzyme and start building a nest underground. Before long, under the action of the ant enzyme in its body and the tiny plant seed, this cocoon worm would become plant-like, eventually sprout, and the young buds would break through the soil and grow into a single-stemmed flower.

The plant ants would then lay their eggs on the root system of this single-stemmed flower. As an independent egg-laying colony without a queen, they were not only fierce but also had strong reproductive power.

When these plant ant eggs were just laid, they would be stained with the tiny seeds of the single-stemmed flower. When they grew up, the ant enzyme in their bodies naturally had the seeds of the single-stemmed flower.

When the single-stemmed flower bloomed, the third type of byproduct appeared, which was the queen bee. They collected the nectar of the single-stemmed flower and then brewed it into honey, which was also known as maple honey.

This maple honey, even if drunk directly, had the effect of nourishing internal injuries and hidden illnesses, and was deeply loved by female powerhouses. The effect of this thing in nourishing yin and beautifying the face had no rival to this day. It was so exaggerated that after drinking it brewed with warm water that night, one could see visible improvement in their appearance the next morning. Plus, this thing was rare, and its price was very expensive.

From cocoon worms, to plant ants, to single-stemmed flowers, and finally to queen bees, this byproduct circle was not a complete ecological cycle, but a byproduct chain that could maximize the profit of the output.

A moment later, Serphilia walked out of the Black Maple Courtyard with a black crystal box in her hand and handed it to Su Xiao.

After opening it, Su Xiao discovered that there were over a dozen pieces of Black Maple Tree branches in the box, as well as cocoon threads bundled into a ball, and several plant ants sealed in glass bottles, etc.

From beginning to end, Su Xiao was unable to approach within a hundred meters of the Black Maple Tree, let alone have the opportunity to enter the barrier that shrouded the Black Maple Tree.

"It can be considered that I have seen the Black Maple Tree."

Su Xiao turned and walked toward the direction of the Rock Bridge. From beginning to end, he didn't make any suspicious moves, as if coming to this place was really just to make a profit from the Black Maple Tree's output and to see the rare tree that only had three in the Void with his own eyes.

As Su Xiao moved forward, he got further and further away from the Black Maple Courtyard behind him: ten meters, twenty meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters, five hundred meters.

He was already some distance away from the Black Maple Courtyard, and everything was safe and sound. Plus, Su Xiao was about to leave, which was when the defense force of this place was most likely to slack off.

While walking, the force of Su Xiao's right heel increased slightly. A black tentacle that had long been hidden in the sole of his shoe burrowed into the soil, silently, without any fluctuations, as if nothing had happened.