Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 3964 The Song of the Purple Moon (15)

Even through the crystal ball, Avril's expression changed slightly as she still couldn't find Long Xiruo. After a moment's thought, the scene displayed on the crystal ball changed once more.

This was the scene inside the purple buds atop the [Laurel] tree.

Within the flower bud, one could see [Golden] Shaq, Isa, and Boros connected together in a peculiar posture.

"Boros...how could it let Isa?!"

In an instant, an expression of disbelief... even shock appeared on Banikoli's face!

The next moment, Banikoli glared at Avril and said in a deep voice, "Avril, did you ask Boros to do this?!"

A hint of surprise flashed across Avril's face, but she chuckled lightly. "I didn't ask Boros to do anything. Banikoli, do you think I would lie to you? The fact that Boros did this shows that the child has accepted my beliefs, doesn't it? You should be happy, Banikoli."

“It’s impossible for him to do such a thing!” Banikoli roared. “Ridiculous! Boros has always been…”

"Baníkl!" Avril suddenly shouted in a deep voice.

The strongest warrior of the Laurel tribe actually showed a hint of fear... or rather, a hint of timidity when facing Avril's gaze.

“Do you know who you’re talking to? Think carefully about your attitude towards me.” Avril said coldly, “I personally developed this nearly extinct tribe into what it is today… Banikoli, my tolerance for you has its limits.”

Banić gripped the hilt of his knife tightly... and bowed his head in silence.

Avril glanced calmly at Banikoli, who was now like a silent volcano, and then changed the image on the crystal ball again—this time she wanted to see if the other humans who had entered the flower buds had also fallen into the beautiful dream woven by the light and shadow of the [Laurel] Divine Tree.

"what happened?"

In the silent and oppressive high priest's room, upon hearing this, Banikoli instinctively raised his gaze—Avril's crystal ball could not see the situation inside the flower buds where Captain [Lo] was located.

Avril, seemingly defiant, tried various methods to manipulate the crystal ball's functions—until it was all in vain.

Banikoli, no longer caring about his earlier argument with Avril, asked, "Could it be that they possess some kind of secret artifact that blocks detection?"

Avril pondered, "The spiritual network woven by the divine tree, at their current position... has been completely severed."

Before Banikoli could speak, Avril waved her hand and swiftly flew off the terrace, heading directly towards the light and shadow of the [Laurel] Divine Tree!
The direction was clearly the same flower bud where Captain Luo and his companions were!

Banikoli followed closely behind.

However, just as Banikoli stepped out of the temple, a guard's airship rushed over. "Lord Banikoli, we've found that human woman with the surname Long!"

"...Found it?" Banikoli was taken aback and subconsciously glanced in Avril's direction.

It believed that Avril must have heard the guard's report, but she clearly didn't care about it... The anomaly in the Divine Tree's mental network was what Avril cared about most at this moment.

"How did you find this human woman?" Baniko stopped and asked in a deep voice.

"Actually, we didn't find her..." the guard said nervously. "She suddenly reappeared in the square on her own... We were afraid of alerting her, so we didn't dare to go up and question her!"

"This time, we absolutely cannot lose her again! I'll handle it when I get back!" Banikoli hurriedly gave the order and quickly caught up with Avril.

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From a distance, the purple buds on the divine tree's light and shadow do not appear very large—but when you actually step onto the branches of the light and shadow, you will find that these branches are actually exceptionally thick, and each bud is as large as a small house of about ten square meters.

Having caught up with Avril, Baník stood before the purple flower bud, reaching out to flick the blade of his sword at his waist slightly.

It quickly made eye contact with Avril... and then saw Avril take two small steps back.

Banić's gaze narrowed slightly, and he slowly drew the sword from his waist, which then hummed softly.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the purple flower bud in front of me began to slowly bloom—the purple petals slowly unfolded.

Within the flower bud, Captain Luo stood in the center, with the maid and Bai Zhi standing on either side... They were all looking at what Captain Luo was holding in his hands.

This is a round, swirling, purple fluorescent... egg?

Upon seeing this, Avril abruptly walked past Banikoli, stopping abruptly in front of the flower bud before slowing her pace. Her voice held a slightly unusual tremor as she asked, "May I take a look at it?"

Upon hearing this, Captain Luo looked at Avril and Banico with a surprised expression, "Gentlemen, why are you... here?"

Avril smiled subtly and said, "As first-time guests, I was a little worried that you might not feel comfortable, so... I didn't want to disturb you, did I?"

"what happened?"

Just then, a clear voice suddenly came from below—and then a figure landed directly on the tree branch of the light and shadow tree… The true dragon of Shenzhou, ah Xiruo!

At this moment, Ah Xi Ruo, who had climbed up the tree, walked over to Captain Luo's side without saying a word, looking at Avril and Banico warily.

"Please don't misunderstand," Avril said softly. "I'm just worried that you might not be used to this ceremony; I mean no harm."

“I suppose so.” Captain [Lo] said with a smile, “Thank you for your concern, High Priestess Avril, but please rest assured... we all had a very pleasant time inside the flower bud.”

Ah Xiruo's forehead twitched as she made a "cross" shape... Damn, is it already over?!
“Oh…right, Captain [Lo], what are you holding in your hands…” Avril asked cautiously, “If I’m not mistaken, this should be from the [Laurel] Divine Tree, right?”

“Actually, we are also studying it.” Captain [Lo] nodded, “but we haven’t figured it out yet.”

"What is this thing... an egg?" Ah Xiruo immediately widened her eyes, looking at the group of people with suspicion before finally looking at Bai Zhi.

Xiao Baizhi immediately shrank her neck and lowered her head, not daring to look at her... Miss Long is really something, she always wants to break through by taking her as the target—she looks so easy to bully!
"The [Laurel] Divine Beast." Just then, Banikolika's voice suddenly rang out, "This is the egg of the divine beast."

Avril frowned slightly, giving Baniko a quick, subtle look of displeasure before smiling slightly and saying, "Gentlemen...why don't we come to the temple? The ceremony is still ongoing, so let's not disturb the people of the [Laurel] tribe here. I will tell you about this egg in detail."

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Inside the temple, several young priestesses who looked like beautiful girls brought tea and then gracefully left—of course, the muscular human men dressed as rabbit-eared men with fake ears were no longer visible in the temple.

"This is [Laurel] Green Tea." Avril smiled slightly. "It's a different kind of laurel tea tree that grew under the influence of the divine tree's power. Although the cultivation time is very long, time becomes less important in the face of its taste. Please try it."

"Oh." Ah Xiruo casually picked up her teacup and took a sip. "Not bad! It tastes like Master Kong!"

“…Master Kang?” Avril was taken aback.

Ah Xi Ruo immediately said, "Master Kang is the only true god in the hearts of countless commoners in a certain small world."

"So that's how it is. There really is such a god. The void truly contains everything." Avril nodded, her gaze finally settling on the purple egg.

Everything that just happened was merely a formality—but it's clear that this high priest is quite interested in this strange purple egg—the [Laurel] divine beast?
"…Captain Luo, before we discuss this divine beast egg, could you tell me how you obtained it?" Avril asked earnestly, "If possible, could you tell me some details about what happened to you all inside the flower bud?"

“No.” Captain [Lo] was quite straightforward. “I’m sorry, High Priest, this involves some of my privacy and is not convenient to disclose.”

—So you did it after all, huh?!

—Shameless!

Ah Xiruo glared fiercely at the trio of Captain Luo—Bai Zhi instantly suffered tens of thousands of points of damage.

"but……"

Unexpectedly, Captain Luo suddenly changed the subject and smiled slightly, saying, "Although I can't tell you directly, I personally prefer exchanges... If the High Priest can exchange a very private secret with me, I can tell you."

--puff!

Ah Xiruo suddenly sprayed a mouthful of [Laurel] tea onto Baniko's face... Baniko, who was sprayed all over his face, just took out a handkerchief and calmly wiped himself with it - which was quite amazing.

“This…” Avril hesitated, “Captain [Lo], how should privacy be defined?”

“That depends on the High Priest,” Captain [Fall] said softly. “When the High Priest deems a secret equivalent to the ‘details’ you want to know.”

“That sounds fair…” Avril pondered for a moment, then lowered her head. “However, we can discuss this later. Let’s talk about the origin of this egg first.”

"I'm all ears." Captain Luo smiled slightly.

“I’m sure you are already aware of the terrible disaster that occurred in our tribe’s history.” Avril smoothed her long hair. “The disaster was averted because of the discovery of the statue of the Sea God, which is why our tribe has been worshipping the Sea God ever since… But actually, before the Sea God statue was discovered, our tribe benefited from the protection of the Laurel Beast.”

In Avril's account, the [Laurel] divine beast and the [Laurel] divine tree are symbiotic beings—the ancestors of the [Laurel] tribe discovered the withered divine tree and used it as the foundation to create the entire secret realm.

In fact, the ancestors not only discovered the withered sacred tree, but also found a young laurel mythical beast inside the trunk of the withered tree.

The ancestors of the Laurel tribe carefully raised the young divine beast, which protected the tribe until those terrible enemies emerged from the depths of the earth.

The divine beast repeatedly repelled those terrifying enemies from the depths of the earth—until its power was exhausted.

A touch of sadness appeared on Avril's face: "...In the end, the ancestors' divine beasts exhausted their power and died. The souls of the divine beasts merged into the light and shadow of the divine tree. For so many years, the ancestors have been trying to awaken the souls of the divine beasts from the tree of light, but they have never succeeded."

She sighed, "It wasn't until our ancestors encountered the most severe disaster and received the protection of the Sea God that our tribe prospered as we do today."

Avril looked intently at Captain [Lo] and said, "Even so, as a descendant of the first High Priest, I have not given up hope of awakening the soul of the [Laurel] Divine Beast from the Divine Tree... Therefore, Captain [Lo], could you please return the egg that was being held to our tribe?"

She stood up abruptly, bowed deeply, and said, "Whatever you ask our tribe to do, we will do our best to fulfill it!"

"I see..." Captain Luo looked Avril up and down, lost in thought.

Ah Xiruo just squinted at Avril, who was bowing in front of her... and it felt like she was seeing two water spheres that were trembling slightly.

Is this the power of the Great-Grandma's intimidation?
—As expected of the mother who nurtured the largest family lineage of the [Laurel] clan...
Boom——! !

Suddenly, a loud bang was heard.

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The purple flower bud suddenly seemed to convulse, contracting violently a few times before spitting out something—two times in a row.

Two pale purple bubbles were exhaled, and inside the bubbles were [Gold] Shaq and Boros, respectively.

Bubbles floated slowly in the air... [Gold] Shaq looked unsatisfied, even a little dazed, "I didn't expect it to feel like this... Well, it was quite a wonderful experience."

However, the details of his experience were something that [Gold] Shaq intended to keep to himself and not tell anyone.

"Why didn't Isha come out?" [Gold] Shaq suddenly asked.

“From this moment on, Isha will conceive within the flower bud. If conception is successful, then after the ceremony, we will be able to receive our child from the sacred tree.” Boros said with anticipation, “A child for the three of us—it’s so exciting! I hope Isha will succeed this time!”

—Am I supposed to be the father or the mother?

After all, the strange connections... In the end, even [Gold] Shaq was a little confused about his output mode—but it didn't matter, he had already secretly put on the Golden Set with the ability to extinguish when he entered the flower bud.

Showing mercy is fine, but leaving offspring is out of the question. Void pirates don't need offspring!
"I wonder if my brother has had his fun yet?"

[Gold] Shaq completely ignored Boros and searched the square for his "brother".

Boros was now completely focused on his good friend Shaq, so he immediately called over a patrolling guard and began to inquire.

“Oh, your friends have been invited into the temple by the high priest…it seems they have something to say.”

"Temple?"

[Gold] Shaq frowned... Could it be that [Brother] had secretly acted behind his back?
"Boros! I want to go inside the temple too!" [Gold] Shaq grabbed Boros's rabbit head without hesitation. "We're best friends, right? You wouldn't refuse my request, would you? Boros... my dear brother!"

“Brother…” Boros seemed slightly lost in thought for a moment, then took a deep breath. “Of course!! Shaq, whatever you want to do, I will help you as much as I can!!”

"No...something's wrong!!! Something's happened!!"

Suddenly, a cry of surprise rang out.

Then, an extremely sharp sound came from afar... probably from some kind of tool. In an instant, all the long-eared tribesmen in the entire square who had not yet climbed the trees were filled with terror.

"What's going on?" [Gold] Shaq frowned.

"It's the alarm!" Boros exclaimed gravely. "Seven sirens... nine, ten... thirteen! This is bad, Shak, it's the highest level alarm! Someone has invaded our tribe!"