Chapter 105: Seed

Fei Er Si Te hopped and skipped around Su Xi, just like a cute little cub playing with a favorite companion.

Su Xi stopped, her large golden-green cat eyes peering at him, "Do you like turning into a small animal?"

Fei Er Si Te replied, "Many of my brothers and sisters have beast forms, and I've always envied them. Sometimes I turn into a little cub to hang out with them. But turning into a puppy is a first."

Su Xi leaped lightly, jumped onto his back, and then hopped down again, "Then let's play for a while, shall we? A game of chase?"

"Sure! Woof!" Fei Er Si Te ran forward.

Su Xi followed behind him in pursuit.

Suddenly, a wolf cub appeared, bit Su Xi by the neck, and vanished with lightning speed the next instant.

As Fei Er Si Te ran, he looked back for Su Xi, and seeing she hadn't caught up, he called out, "Xi Xi—"

There was no echo.

He ran back and discovered the tracks left by the wolf cub, then immediately looked up to the sky and let out three barks, "Woof, woof, woof—"

Qing Kong, who was digging a hole and had just unearthed a black seed, immediately used Teleportation to arrive, "What's wrong?"

"Xi Xi is gone," Fei Er Si Te replied.

"And then?" Qing Kong asked.

"I think Xi Xi can get herself out of trouble; we just need to wait for her to return," Fei Er Si Te replied, still quite confident in Su Xi's strength.

Xiao Hao, Xiao Shi Wu, and Xiao Bei Er also arrived, and upon hearing his words, they all sighed in unison.

"What would a good partner do in this situation?" Xiao Bei Er asked Qing Kong.

Qing Kong: "Beat the enemy to a pulp immediately, and display one's powerful and shocking charm in front of one's partner."

Xiao Shi Wu nodded, "You must give your partner enough sense of security. Xiao Yi Yi, if Little Xi can come back, what would she want you to do?"

Xiao Hao nodded solemnly, "Listen to your sisters; they are absolutely the authorities on this matter."

"I'm going right now," Fei Er Si Te said, taking off at a run.

Xiao Bei Er said, "What a silly egg."

Xiao Shi Wu laughed, "What's wrong with being a silly egg? He has a partner now. You don't even have one yet, do you?"

"I know, I know," Xiao Bei Er scampered off.

Su Xi's entire body began to radiate lightning.

The wolf cub holding her in its mouth hurriedly let her go.

Su Xi immediately retreated several meters to put some distance between them, "What are you trying to do?"

"You're a novice, you must have a Resurrection Card gifted by the battlefield; hand it over and I'll spare your life!" As the wolf cub spoke, the ground began to crack.

Su Xi felt the surrounding space compressing, making it difficult for her to breathe, even causing her blood to surge and leaving her gasping for air.

"If you kill me, I'll just use the Resurrection Card. Why should I give it to you?"

"If you use the Resurrection Card, this war will be considered a loss. You'll also drop all your supplies, as well as your God Card."

"What is a God Card?" Su Xi asked.

"It's for entering the Shen Ming Zhan Chang... wait? You've already entered, why are you asking me? Trying to stall for time until someone comes to save you?"

"Not at all. You know I'm a newcomer, so I definitely don't know anything. I was brought in by someone else to see the world. Why don't you show me what a God Card looks like? I'll consider whether or not to give you the Resurrection Card."

"For real?" The wolf cub eyed Su Xi. If he could get the Resurrection Card without killing her, that would be best; otherwise, that Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox might set its sights on him.

The wolf cub took a playing card labeled 'Diamond 8' from his own space.

"Isn't this just a poker card? How is it a God Card?" Su Xi stared at the card.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed by, and the poker card vanished.

The wolf cub looked at his empty claws, immediately realizing he had been robbed, and hurriedly looked toward the shadow, "Who's there?"

"Daring to snatch my Xi Xi, I see you don't want to survive in the Shen Ming Zhan Chang anymore." Fei Er Si Te put the poker card away.

The wolf cub bared his teeth at Fei Er Si Te, "You little dog, see if I don't eat you!"

"Want to try eating me?" A massive ring of energy appeared behind Fei Er Si Te, covered in dense light-runes, each one flickering with the aura of rules.

Seeing this, the wolf cub turned and ran. He couldn't afford to mess with this! It had only just begun, how did he run into such ruthless characters... is there even a way for people to live!

Fei Er Si Te did not chase him, but he stuck a tracking code onto his back, then looked at Su Xi, "Xi Xi?"

"You, I was just trying to fish for more information, and you arrived at the worst possible time," Su Xi replied.

Fei Er Si Te: "Information? Anything you don't understand, you can just ask me."

"What's the deal with the God Card?" Su Xi asked.

"I haven't had a chance to tell you yet." Fei Er Si Te immediately set up a Domain array in the surroundings so that he could detect any god approaching in time.

Su Xi was somewhat tired from harvesting the seed of time earlier, so she lay down, took some food out of her space, and gave Fei Er Si Te a bottle of water, "Tell me slowly."

Fei Er Si Te took a sip of water, "A God Card is equivalent to an activator for entering the battlefield; you can think of it as a key. Only by holding a key can you participate in the war. I currently have two God Cards in my hand, plus the one from just now, that makes three."

As he spoke, he took three poker cards out of his space: Diamond 8, Club 9, and Club 2.

"Do you know how to play 'Upgrade'?" Fei Er Si Te asked Su Xi.

Su Xi nodded, "I've played with Geng Shu and the others. Besides, there is a Shen Quan Ren Wu that is specifically for 'Upgrade'."

"Yes. These cards, single cards only serve as keys. If multiple cards can form a rule, they can trigger battlefield rewards."

"Meaning, if there's a pair of 8s, three 8s, four 8s... those can earn battlefield rewards."

"Yes, Xi Xi is so smart," Fei Er Si Te praised.

Su Xi: "... If I lose, will I lose my cards?"

Fei Er Si Te: "Yes, because you also have to consume a God Card key to enter."

"Then how can one obtain God Cards?"

"Kill the gods in the battlefield, and they will automatically drop God Cards."

Su Xi swallowed the fruit in her mouth, stretched, and loosened her shoulders and neck, "Let's go hunting; I want to collect four 8s."

"Okay!" Fei Er Si Te looked at Su Xi with doting eyes.

A little black dog and a little tabby cat were sneaking around in the golden rice fields, lying in ambush for other animal cubs.

Qing Kong happened to run into them and, upon learning that Su Xi wanted to collect four 8s, became very interested. He also went hunting to help collect the cards.

"Xiao Yan, come look over by the pond; why is there a human child there?" Su Xi had assumed they were all Beast Race cubs, all sorts of little animals, and hadn't expected to see a human child.

"Humans are also one of the spirit species, so it's normal to have children..." However, after seeing clearly who that child was, Fei Er Si Te immediately said, "Let's go!"

Su Xi didn't want to kill a human child either, her heart filled with the unbearable feeling of kin killing kin, so she followed Fei Er Si Te and left.

Xiao Feng Ning was sitting on a large rock fishing when he heard the rustling sounds not far behind him, so he opened his system; at first glance, he was a bit bewildered—a little black dog and a little tabby cat.

The little black dog thought the little tabby cat was running too slowly, so he even put her on his back and carried her as he ran.

"This Xiao Yi Yi, he took a joke seriously." Xiao Feng Ning put away his fishing rod, having caught a koi.

He used Divine Power to condense a dagger, gutted the koi, and took out two pure white, gourd-shaped seeds from inside.

Then, he used Divine Power to stitch the koi's wound, and it healed as good as new in the blink of an eye.

He put the koi back into the pond and watched it swim away and dive to the bottom.

"I'll give this to Xiao Xi." Xiao Feng Ning put away the Universe Tree Seed.

A little red bird descended from the air and landed on Xiao Feng Ning's shoulder, "I just found a seed; shall we go meet up with Xiao Yi Yi?"

"He just ran off," Xiao Feng Ning laughed.

"Oh?" The little red bird flew up again and looked around.

Suddenly, a Lei Guang Jian shot toward him!

The little red bird was startled and hurriedly dodged it first.

Su Xi watched her sure-hit Lei Guang Jian miss and said regretfully, "So close."

Fei Er Si Te had just ambushed a foal and collected a God Card—Heart 3; when he turned his head and saw who the bird Su Xi had shot at was, his little black dog eyes grew anxious, "Don't, don't, don't, that's my brother!"

"Your brother?" Su Xi was stunned, then felt a bit flustered, "Then what should we do?"

The little red bird flew toward them, followed by that human child.

Once they were close, the exquisite, peerless appearance of the child left Su Xi dumbfounded, "Could it be that this human child...?"

"Mm, he's also my brother."

"My god... no, wait, since he's your brother, why did you run earlier?" Su Xi asked.

Fei Er Si Te raised his front paw to scratch his ear, "It's just that..."

Xiao Feng Ning laughed, "He was afraid of getting a beating."

Su Xi lowered her body, feeling a bit awkward, "Hello, brothers, I am Su Xi."

"We share the same surname~" Xiao Feng Ning winked at her with one eye and laughed, "I also have the surname Su, Su Yun Xiao."

"I am their brother Ming Yun Huang, eighteenth in rank." Xiaoshiba replied, then spat a red seed out of his mouth, "This is a Universe Tree Seed; I'll give it to you."

"Thank you, Brother Shiba!" Su Xi hurriedly cupped her hands to catch the red seed.

Xiao Feng Ning also gave the pair of white gourd seeds he had fished up to Su Xi, "Once we leave the battlefield, brother will give you an even more generous gift."

"No need, no need, this is already very precious," Su Xi replied, looking at Fei Er Si Te.

Fei Er Si Te scratched his ear, "Since your brothers are giving it to you, just accept it."

Then he said to Xiao Feng Ning and Xiaoshiba, "Thanks."

Xiao Feng Ning leaned down to pick him up, looking at his appearance, "Why are you a little black dog?"

Xiaoshiba was also curious, "Uncle Yan doesn't have any canine genes either."

"..." Fei Er Si Te broke free from Xiao Feng Ning's hand, "I don't know either. Where is Sister Xiaomiqi?"

"She's here," Xiao Feng Ning looked toward the sky.

A very beautiful and cute little angel descended from the sky.

Su Xi recognized her at a glance because she looked somewhat like Xiao Mi, "An angel!"

"Hello, Xiao Xi, you can just call me Xiaomiqi; this is a Universe Tree Seed for you." Xiaomiqi handed a golden Universe Tree Seed to Su Xi.

Su Xi caught it; now she had four seeds and didn't need to expend any more effort searching, "There are too many; one is enough for me. The remaining three, you brothers and sisters should split them."

"The more you plant, the higher your ranking. When it's time for the final tally, the rewards will be greater." Xiaomiqi stroked the little tabby cat's head, "So cute; if Sister Shiliu were here, you'd be in trouble."

"What?" Su Xi looked at Fei Er Si Te.

"Sister Shiliu is the sister ranked sixteenth; she is in the Level 10 civilization of the system world. After we go back, I'll take you to find her and play."

"I'm going too," Xiaomiqi said.

"You can't go; the only reason you could come to the battlefield this time is because of Xiao Xi. Uncle Fa Er won't keep watching the house for you forever." Xiaoshiba landed on top of Xiaomiqi's head.

Xiaomiqi sighed, "Alright."

"How did you find the Universe Tree Seeds?" Fei Er Si Te asked Xiaoshiba.

"I just flew around and sensed the aura emitted by the Universe Tree Seeds," Xiaoshiba replied.

Xiaomiqi said, "You must be single-minded."

"So Brother Xiao Feng Ning was fishing just to focus?"

"Mm." Xiao Feng Ning looked at Su Xi, "You can try it too; find a place and immerse yourself."

"But I'm not a god, is it okay if I'm just a dependent?" Su Xi asked.

Xiao Feng Ning laughed, "You have four seeds now; perhaps some Universe Tree Seeds will be attracted to you and send you an invitation of goodwill."

Su Xi nodded, thanked Xiaomiqi and Xiaoshiba again, and left with the four Universe Tree Seeds.

Fei Er Si Te followed her, "Xixi, I'll gain insight with you."

Xiaomiqi's eyes lit up, and she suddenly realized, "Na~ I understand why he is a little black dog."

Xiao Feng Ning chuckled.

Xiaoshiba said, "Su Xi is quite good, I don't think there's any problem."

Xiaomiqi took him down from the top of his head, "Even if there were a problem, it wouldn't matter; we'd just solve it. Right, Xiao Feng Ning?"

"Yes." Xiao Feng Ning pointed to a rock not far away, "There is a Universe Tree seed underneath it, which one of you is going?"

The little angel threw the little red bird in his hand away and then pounced toward the rock, looking incredibly fierce.

The little red bird fluttered twice, adjusted its posture, and started competing with the little angel...

Xiao Feng Ning watched them both with a smile, his gaze shifting toward the direction of Su Xi. The family, which had been quiet for a long time, had become lively again because of her appearance.

Su Xi arrived in a field of lush green melons, where golden-green melons were hanging everywhere.

She found an empty spot, sat down on the ground, and held two Universe Tree seeds in one hand, especially the gourd-shaped pair; she wondered what kind of Universe Tree they would grow into—it wouldn't be a vine, would it?

Closing her eyes, Su Xi said to Er Miao, 【Open the System Map.】

Er Miao replied, 【Understood, Host.】

Su Xi released her consciousness, sensing her surroundings with all her might.

Fei Er Si Te stood guard to the side; he had sensed a seed the moment he arrived here. However, he did not go to retrieve it, wanting instead to see if Su Xi could sense it.

Time passed bit by bit, the sun set and the moon rose, the moon set and the sun rose...

In the blink of an eye, four days passed.

Fei Er Si Te had already driven away more than a dozen gods; he looked at Su Xi, thinking that if she still couldn't perceive it in one more day, he would have no choice but to wake her up.

In this game, finding the seeds at the beginning wasn't actually difficult. The difficulty lay in planting them, because there were certainly other gods waiting at the planting spots.