The Game of Global Mining

In short, now the little account Earth Lotus is very busy. The main account also has to find something to do.

But all the vines on the main account have been withdrawn, and the slum area of the entire Divine Domain is filled with the sounds of scolding.

Alright, read a book!

Last time, Xina brought back a box of books from the Dragon Sleep Divine Hall from Old Wa at the sanatorium’s stall. I’m at least a beginner in Dragon Language now, so I can auto-pilot read them. Now that all my wisdom has returned, and I’ve recently used the "Wisdom Transformation" of the Erudite Scholar, I need new knowledge to tide over the cooldown period.

I surely can’t understand much of the basic Dragon Language, but isn’t Dragon Language teacher Prophet Izak on the scene with the little account? After he’s done meditating and if he’s free, I’ll ask him to teach a bit. It’s probably inconvenient for me to show up, so I’ll continue to have Nan ask on my behalf. In case this Dragon Sleep Divine Hall documentation contains Dragon Language magic, it would be an extra hope when I transform into a dragon.

Auto-pilot reading begins.

The next time is to look forward to more results from Earth Lotus.

And as Earth Lotus advances towards the forest, the system prompts transition from absorbing "traces" of the Essence of Earth Life to "a small amount," "some," until "abundant"!

Chun isn’t foolishly excited; such a rich environment surely has Tree Spirits, maybe there will be a fight with Earth Lotus. Fighting isn’t the issue, just afraid of making noise that alerts the gods outside the competition field.

Just then, Earth Lotus reports in surprise: "Discovered a Tree Spirit!"

Holy Shit!

Chun asked, surprised, "Is it aggressive?"

Earth Lotus said, "Very weak, looks very pitiful?"

Hmm?

Chun became interested; "Let me have a look too!"

Chun switched the view to the tip of the vine — Druid profession prompt: You have entered the Earth Spirit Perception interface of Earth Lotus, and your Master Level Spiritual Perception discovers a Tree Spirit.

Eh? Earth Lotus’s interface?!

Originally a pitch-black underground view, now became a piece of green light, within which a palm-sized dragonfly-winged Little Fairy is floating.

Ah! No mistake, this is the fabled Little Forest Fairy, actually just a Tree Spirit! Very similar to the Crop Spirits on my main account.

Earth Lotus asked: "What do you want to say?"

The Little Fairy said: "Don’t hurt me, Celestial God wants to plant apples. They want to burn me and plant more apples."

Ah~~~ Apples?

Chun immediately recalls, this place is called Void Eden, and the specialty is apples, right? So, it’s no wonder the Divine Realm is eyeing this land. But to burn the native spirit just to plant apples is too wrong.

Chun immediately got excited: "Can you follow me to escape?"

The Little Fairy said: "I am a Tree Spirit, I can’t escape."

Earth Lotus said: "Father, actually she can escape, as long as she hands over her Tree Spirit space to Father for safekeeping."

Tree Spirit space? That’s right, last time returning to the lower levels of the Southern Canyon Village tree monster forest, brought out a hundred Dancing Girls to practice a set, harvested a lot of Heart of the Wild and Heart of Desolation. Even tree monsters have spaces, so here must have them too.

Chun said: "Bring your Tree Spirit space and escape with me!"

The Little Fairy panicked: "I will die, I am afraid, I don’t want to!"

Ah?

Chun exclaimed: "But if the Celestial God burns you, you’ll die too!"

The Little Fairy cried: "I don’t want to leave, I will die if I leave!"

Chun was stunned: "This..."

Earth Lotus said: "The fear plants have of leaving the land is probably like fish leaving water, or animals losing air. Even though they know they will die soon, they do not dare leave for even a moment."

So that’s it!

Chun pondered: "But Father has the Earth Flame Body, there’s earth on Father’s body, isn’t Father just like the land?"

Earth Lotus’s tone fluctuated: "I don’t want to share Father with others!"

Uh... ah?

Chun sighed: "Earth Lotus, be good, we are saving lives!"

Earth Lotus said gravely: "Then I’ll absorb all the nutrients around this tree, and ask if it will leave! If it still refuses, we’ll just seize its Tree Spirit space."

Chun was dumbfounded! Is this still the innocent and pure Earth Lotus?

Perhaps this is growth. Perhaps this is also the instinct of competition for resources among plants. After all, even Cui mentioned, the competition among Tree Gods has reached the point of self-immolation.

But Chun still felt that letting Earth Lotus become "mature" so early would have a sense of loss.

Chun first asked: "How many Tree Spirits like you are there?"

"The forest has them, several hundred."

Holy Shit!!! Several hundred!!

Earth Lotus was also excited: "If we collect several hundred Tree Spirit spaces, Father will get a very large space!"

Isn’t that just like Aileen’s Divine Domain? As long as my little account also has a Divine Domain, then once Cui’s "Path of Nature" and "Green Passage" are opened up...

Chun got more excited: "Earth Lotus, if we take one, will the nearby Tree Spirits know?"

Earth Lotus was unsure: "They might, if they cry and call out."

Chun still wanted some dignity: "So, for such a major event, our methods shouldn’t be too rough, let’s ask one by one. Among the hundreds of Tree Spirits, there’s bound to be a brave one who dares to take the lead and follow us, right? Once one is willing to follow, the rest will be easy to handle."

Earth Lotus paused for a moment: "I think they are very timid; if we catch one, the rest of the Tree Spirits will probably be frightened and become obedient, right?"

Uh... have to say...

Chun sighed: "Well, if time is short, we’ll do it like that."

After all, with the finals approaching, if time doesn’t allow for dignity, then it will be time to reveal the dagger.

Chun asked the Tree Spirit: "Do you have a name?"

The Tree Spirit was puzzled: "What is a name?"

So pure!

"It’s what differentiates you from other Tree Spirits, can I call you Lv?"

The Tree Spirit seemed a bit excited: "Alright!"

Chun prompted: "If there’s no fertilizer here, and the other Tree Spirits are willing to escape with their Tree Spirit space, would Lv be willing to come with me?"

The Tree Spirit was startled: "Lv... Lv doesn’t want to stay here alone, if others leave, Lv will leave too!"

"Good, then I’ll go find other Tree Spirits, Lv see you later."

— Druid profession prompt: Congratulations! You’ve successfully communicated with Tree Spirit Lv, gaining favor with Tree Spirit Lv, and your "Spiritual Perception" skill has upgraded to Master Level 2...

Ah, Spiritual Perception upgraded!

Last time it was through communicating with the Dragon Soul in the horn that I upgraded to Master Level! Didn’t expect such a weak Tree Spirit to give such high experience. Moreover, the prompt included the keyword "gain favor," which makes it hard for me to be ruthless at critical moments?

The forest is dense, and the other trees are just a few steps apart.

Earth Lotus quickly drilled to the nearby tree, indeed finding a Tree Spirit, again looking weak and panicked!

Chun didn’t give her a chance to panic, directly starting: "The Celestial God wants to burn you to plant apples, Lv is willing to escape with the Tree Spirit space, are you willing?"