Why Are You Fighting

"Went to find a friend?"

"Nope." Cutie Pie shook its head again.

"Then did you sneak off to cultivate in seclusion again?"

Cutie Pie nodded.

"Hehe, you're such a diligent little snake!" Grace ruffled the fluff on its head.

Cutie Pie rolled its eyes upward, as if saying, "Is it proper to rub your husband's head like this?"

It dodged her mischievous hand and dove straight into the spatial realm.

He wanted to check on Beanie.

Beanie had grown up. Its two bean sprout petals were gone, replaced by two branches, each with five leaves swaying gracefully in the wind.

Cutie Pie's expression changed.

This isn't a bean sprout.

It's actually... the First Spirit Tree!

The First Spirit Tree is the source of all spirit power.

But before it matures, it can't produce any spirit power.

On the contrary, it needs to be drenched in spirit power to grow.

That's why the Spirit Tree saplings can only grow in the Divine Race’s domain.

Because nowhere else but the Divine Race’s domain has such thick spirit power...

Any mature Spirit Tree owned by humans is a divine gift.

So even if humans have seen a mature Spirit Tree, they definitely wouldn’t recognize its sapling...

As for Grace, she probably hasn’t even seen a Spirit Tree, let alone a sapling...

......

"It's not a bean sprout, it's a tree," Grace said to Cutie Pie. "Isn't that amazing?"

It really is amazing.

"I wonder what kind of spirit creature it is..." Grace wondered aloud. "Cutie Pie, have you ever seen a tree like this in Eastwood Forest?"

Evan Xiao shook his head.

Of course, he had seen the First Spirit Tree before.

But he had never seen a First Spirit Tree with a dragon's aura.

"It's really interesting, but it sure eats up a ton of spirit power! Why does it need so much? I got hundreds of pounds of Legacy Stone last time, and now only half is left!"

As Grace spoke, she glanced toward the Sanctum Tower, frowning and wondering where she could find more high-grade Legacy Stone...

Just thinking about it made Grace so worried she couldn't sleep.

Evan Xiao glanced at her.

The First Spirit Tree sapling usually grows up among a grove of mature Spirit Trees.

The mature Spirit Trees supply it with plenty of spirit power.

But if humans try to nurture it... it's incredibly exhausting.

Or maybe, bring it back to Drake's Sanctuary and let the wise elders take a look?

If nothing's wrong, plant it on Spirit Tree Mountain in Drake's Sanctuary, so Grace won't have to work so hard.

......

Thinking of this, Cutie Pie glanced at Grace.

She was staring at the Sanctum Tower, still worried about her Legacy Stone.

So Cutie Pie quietly opened its mouth, wanting to pull out the Spirit Tree sapling and take it away.

But before it could move, Grace turned around and caught it.

"Cutie Pie, what are you up to?"

Cutie Pie froze, then slowly closed its mouth, pretending nothing had happened.

Grace squinted at it suspiciously.

Cutie Pie immediately put on its cutest face and rolled around in her arms.

Grace couldn't help but laugh.

"Fine, I won't ask. But if you want to eat the Spirit Tree sapling, you have to ask me first!"

Cutie Pie nodded obediently.

Grace hugged it tightly.

The little snake was so soft and warm, it felt like hugging a cloud.