Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3128: Chapter 3129: Placing the Beast Blood Tree

Glaipnir evidently also recognized the Mare Stone, and instinctively looked towards Angel, wanting to inquire about Angel’s opinion.

However, before she could speak, she felt Laplace’s gaze on her. At the same time, Laplace’s voice echoed in her mind.

Laplace’s message was simple: what should be asked and what should not.

Regarding questions related to the Nightmare Realm, unless Angel brings it up voluntarily, it is best not to ask.

Glaipnir understood Laplace’s concerns and, after some thought, said nothing more, simply placing the Mare Stone with the other physical items.

"Why did the Sea of Void Mirror have a Mare Stone?" At this moment, Angel’s voice rang out.

"Two possibilities: either the Mare Stone flowed out from the Nightmare Realm; or a Nightmare Realm Portal appeared in some world." It was Laplace speaking. She would not proactively mention matters related to the Nightmare Realm in front of Angel, but if Angel himself brought it up, then it was no problem.

"The probability of the former is relatively small." Laplace said: "Although the Sea of Void Mirror connects various large worlds, the Nightmare Realm is a very unique world. It’s difficult to directly project images of the Nightmare Realm from the Sea of Void Mirror, let alone obtain physical items from the Nightmare Realm."

Angel: "If it’s the latter, does that mean that a Nightmare Realm Portal has opened in the Wild Realm?"

After all, previously the physical items Glaipnir recovered all came from the Wild Realm. According to the pattern, this Mare Stone is most likely also from the Wild Realm.

"Then, would the followers of that Wild God have encountered some accident due to the Nightmare Realm Portal?"

The Nightmare Realm is full of both risk and opportunity. For those unfamiliar with the Nightmare Realm, even if they know this fact, they often magnify the opportunity and overlook the risk.

Precisely because of this, there are those who are willing to risk themselves one after another.

Conflicts surrounding the Nightmare Realm Portal, according to Angel’s knowledge, are not few in any world.

So, seeing such a large Mare Stone, coupled with the remains of the Wild God’s followers and other physical items, Angel imagined a scenario of "the Wild Realm plunging into chaos due to the emergence of the Nightmare Realm Portal."

Of course, saying a whole world is in chaos is definitely an exaggerated statement, but if the Nightmare Realm Portal truly emerged, it would certainly cause unrest within a small area.

"It’s possible, but it’s an unverifiable matter." Laplace replied.

Moreover, even if the Wild Realm did indeed have a Nightmare Realm Portal, it wouldn’t affect them. Although the occurrence of Nightmare Realm Portals is very low, it’s not the first time it has appeared, and besides, the Wild Realm is quite far from the Southern Domain, so there’s no need to follow the developments over there.

Angel thought for a moment and agreed.

Instead of imagining what might happen in the Wild Realm, it would be better to see if more physical items are washed ashore.

Next, Glaipnir continued to sit steadily in front of the collector, but Laplace did not continue watching, instead saying to Angel: "I won’t stay here much longer—I plan to take a trip to the Wilderness of Dreams."

Laplace originally planned to go to the Wilderness of Dreams, though she didn’t plan to go directly to the Southern Domain, but to the Buffer Zone of the Indestructible Heart Mirror.

—Earlier she also entered the Wilderness of Dreams from the Buffer Zone.

The Buffer Zone is, after all, connected to the external room where Angel is, so even if she wants to go there, she needs to notify Angel.

Therefore, Laplace temporarily stayed in the Heart Space, patiently waiting for Angel to awaken, just to consult him on this matter.

Angel naturally agreed willingly to Laplace’s request, but...

"Are you going to the Wilderness of Dreams to continue fishing?" Angel asked curiously.

Angel couldn’t think of any other reason for Laplace to go to the Wilderness of Dreams except for fishing.

As soon as Angel asked, he noticed Laplace’s gaze becoming slightly uncomfortable. He quickly added: "I mean, if you’re going to other places in the Wilderness of Dreams, I can reposition you when you go online."

Laplace said calmly: "I currently don’t have the need for positioning."

The words were spoken very peacefully, but after Angel listened, he couldn’t help but feeling: Sure enough, Laplace’s obsession still hasn’t been let go.

The place where Laplace went offline was on a fishing boat, surrounded by vast waters. Without needing positioning, she would still be on that fishing boat when she went back online... So, what else would she be doing if not fishing?

Angel originally thought that after Laplace started her sea fishing trip at Silver Coral Island, she wouldn’t be interested in wild fishing in the Wilderness of Dreams anymore.

Unexpectedly, Laplace still planned to go.

Is this... the steadfast determination to stand up where you fell?

Angel felt emotional inside, but outwardly maintained a composed appearance: "Alright, if you need anything, feel free to come to me anytime."

Laplace nodded and prepared to open the Heart Channel to head to the Buffer Zone.

"Wait a moment." Angel suddenly called out to Laplace, and in her puzzled gaze, he pointed to the heap of physical items on the ground: "How should these be handled?"

Although Laplace had previously mentioned that whatever was retrieved from the Heart Space would belong to Angel, this time the haul was considerable... the value was absurdly high too.

Angel, despite being thick-skinned, could not comfortably take it all without a cost.

Laplace gave Angel a curious look: "Handle? If you don’t plan to use them yourself and want to trade them for Crystalline, you can have Luigi sell them to the Ancient Tooth Fairy."

Angel: "No, I mean, how to distribute them..."

Laplace seemed to understand what Angel meant and chuckled softly: "As agreed, these are all yours. Don’t feel embarrassed, no matter how valuable these items are, they are of no use to me."

"Oh, except for that bottle of memory fragments. Keep that bottle of memory fragments for me, the rest you handle."

"You shouldn’t need the memory fragments, right?"

Angel quickly shook his head: "I don’t need them."

"Then that’s settled." Laplace waved at Angel, then turned and walked into the Heart Channel, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Angel stared in the direction where Laplace had left, saying nothing more, and simply came over to Glaipnir’s side, sitting cross-legged in silence, watching the ebb and flow of the Sea of Void Mirror outside.

"In the Mirror Domain, the value of a physical item is not measured by human subjective judgment, but by its usefulness to us."

Suddenly, Glaipnir’s voice sounded in his ear.

"What humans regard as the most valuable, for the Mirror Domain beings, might very well be useless. If it’s useless, why care about it?"

"And the items salvaged today are, to us, indeed useless."

In terms of the value assessment of Mirror Domain creatures, the most expensive thing here is still Mare Stone; but in Laplace’s eyes, it’s no different from Fragrant Wood, ultimately handed over to the Ancient Ruins of Tooth Fairy to exchange for Crystalline.

Such things, which can be traded at any time, are not worth fretting over.

"In fact, from my perspective, the log-in device you gave is far more valuable than the items salvaged today," Glaipnir looked at Angel, "So, you needn’t worry about these concerns. Since it was agreed upon at the start that the items salvaged here are yours, naturally, I won’t go back on my word."

"If indeed we salvage items useful to us, I’m sure Laplace wouldn’t hesitate to mention it to you."

Glaipnir paused here.

Angel thought seriously for a while and finally nodded, "I understand."

Indeed, as Glaipnir mentioned, he was still accustomed to valuing Mirror Domain creatures using human standards of value.

Although most of the perspectives on value and cognition are consistent between Mirror Domain creatures and humans, they’re ultimately not entirely identical. Moreover, with Laplace’s position, these things indeed need not be given much thought.

Following this, Glaipnir sat in front of the Physical Collector for half an hour... However, perhaps the items spewed by the Sea Eye this time had already drifted far, or were shattered by the tides, afterward no other items were found.

Glaipnir stood up with her cane, "It seems today’s Sea Eye bounty has been thoroughly enjoyed."

Although Angel was a bit disappointed not to acquire anything interesting, obtaining such a large Mare Stone was already worth it.

However, on the other hand, the primary function of Mare Stone is the Nightmare Realm aura that disperses internally. And Angel can continuously generate Nightmare Realm aura using Green Patterns, rendering the Mare Stone’s utility not very crucial to him.

Yet, Mare Stone has a function that Angel’s Green Patterns cannot replace. Mare Stone can be refined with special auxiliary materials into Nightmare Light Crystal, which is the main material for casting light-shadow portals.

Therefore, having this Mare Stone allows him to be a bit more extravagant when using light-shadow portals in the future.

Next, Angel began sorting the items.

Glaipnir tapped the light dot on the Heart Wall, stored the Physical Collector, and walked into the Illusion Technique Hut.

Luigi was still reading the musical score, and from his expression, one could see he really favored the score.

Glaipnir didn’t disturb Luigi but sat on the sofa by the window and looked out at Angel organizing that pile of items, "Put what needs to be exchanged for Crystalline outside, and Luigi will handle it later."

After a pause, Glaipnir added, "The multi-tribe routine gathering officially starts the day after tomorrow. Although the gathering is more about exchanging techniques and knowledge, trading also occurs, and the items traded are usually those each tribe takes out to boast about, generally wouldn’t be too bad. If you have items you wish to purchase, it’s best to exchange for more Crystalline during this opportunity."

"Of course, at the conference, you can barter as well. But personally, I suggest if things can be settled with Crystalline, it’s best to use Crystalline."

Angel naturally understood Glaipnir was reminding him, and he nodded gratefully.

Among this pile of items, which were mostly ordinary, including the charred wood that occupied fifty percent of the share, Angel didn’t plan to touch and would later let Luigi help exchange it for Crystalline.

And among the Extraordinary Items, the zeolite, which had no use for Angel, could also be exchanged for Crystalline.

As for the Beast Blood Tree...

This tree’s vitality was quite exuberant; to this day, its very few remaining roots were still trying to break the Heart Wall, wishing to take root in the earth.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t any nutrition it could absorb in the "earth" of the Heart Space, even if it broke through the Heart Wall, it wouldn’t make a difference.

Besides, it couldn’t break through the Heart Wall.

Angel thought for a bit, the Beast Blood Fruit produced by the Beast Blood Tree wasn’t much use to him, but it wasn’t bad for Wizards who had integrated the Wild Realm’s Magical Creature Bloodline.

Maybe trying to cultivate it for a steady production of Beast Blood Fruit?

However, this thing isn’t easy to cultivate in the outside world; the Otherworld’s aura is too thick, easily attracting the attention of the Extreme Sect. Angel’s bracelet space is too small to cultivate the Beast Blood Tree.

Therefore, the best choice is still to leave it in the Heart Space.

As for the fact, that the Heart Space lacks soil, this point is actually solvable, he has Concentrated Cultivation Soil, which can be used to plant the Beast Blood Tree.

However, Concentrated Cultivation Soil is Transcendent soil, requiring containers, that is, cultivation pots to isolate. If not isolated, once the nutrients are absorbed, it will grow madly.

Ordinary containers can’t hold much Concentrated Cultivation Soil, Angel doesn’t carry large containers either... in the end, Angel decided to handcraft a container.

He took out a white Porodense Stone with spatial extension properties and integrated a bit of Arcane Platinum, quickly refining a towering large planter.

A pure white pedestal high stand, with gold thread patterns, resembling the pure water pools pursued in certain temples.

Except this planter is not for water, but for soil in the future.

After refining the planter, it wasn’t the end; he meticulously inscribed a magic pattern for expanding space, aimed at accommodating more cultivation soil, allowing the roots of the Beast Blood Tree to grow wildly in the planter, absorbing more nutrients, thus resulting in better Beast Blood Fruit.

The expanding space magic pattern was only the first magic pattern; he then inscribed an immaculate magic pattern, life-force rune, and growth rune.

The immaculate magic pattern is for self-cleaning against dust. Cultivating the Beast Blood Tree requires various magic blood or magic blood ores, the Beast Blood Tree might cause blood stains nearby when devouring these magic bloods, the immaculate magic pattern is prepared for this.

The life-force rune and growth rune are essential runes for cultivating Demon Plants, combined to speed up their growth.

Although these magic patterns were inscribed on the planter, they weren’t forming a Magical Energy Array, instead, a separate magic pattern was inscribed in each direction of the planter, each pattern functioning independently.

Once the magic patterns were inscribed, the planter was considered completed.

Putting the Grinding Technique into the planter, Angel tossed in cultivation soil, then scattered a few Magic Crystals, the cultivation soil, originally a palm-sized amount, started to grow rapidly.

Within minutes, the planter overflowed with Concentrated Cultivation Soil.

The Beast Blood Tree twisted its trunk slightly, showing some unfamiliarity and rejection toward the cultivation soil, but compared to previously having no soil or support, the situation now was certainly better.

After settling the Beast Blood Tree, Angel added a few pieces of Low-level Magic Blood Ore as snacks for it to consume.

Finally, Angel placed the planter next to the Illusion Technique Hut, treating it as a landscape. Although the Beast Blood Tree wasn’t visually special, it was still a plant, and paired with the pure white gold-threaded planter, it was somewhat decent-looking as a display.