#1044 - Golden Tree Road

Quan Yi was slightly stunned, but then immediately reacted, accepting the Sea Emperor and the Blue Silver Seagrass Clan's allegiance with a solemn expression.

"Huo Wu and I, representing our two families and the Blue Silver Island forces, accept your allegiance.

Rise, and remember, from now on you must call us Young Master.

Your master will always be yourselves."

He raised his hand in a gesture, using an invisible force to lift the Sea Emperor's branches.

Inadvertently, Quan Yi quietly and silently subdued the Blue Silver Seagrass Clan, the most numerous race on the current island.

While the completion of the clan's evolution was part of the reason, more importantly, Quan Yi's undisguised welcoming sentiment was the decisive factor in prompting it to make the oath.

The moment he grasped the Blue Silver Tear, that unhideable goodwill, through their connection, was deeply imprinted in the souls of the entire clan.

The Sea Emperor straightened his back, his body and mind merging into the surrounding environment, completely settling down.

"Yes, Young Master!"

Quan Yi nodded and smiled in satisfaction, then shifted his gaze to the Golden Tree beside him.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, how should we address you?"

The Golden Tree shook its leaves and replied earnestly, "Young Masters, you can call me Little Tree."

After speaking, an awkward silence flowed between them.

"Um, right, thank you for your efforts in this crisis.

Speaking of which, I haven't given you any corresponding rewards yet, which is really inappropriate.

Considering that you successfully broke through the 100,000-year mark this time, tell me, what do you want? As long as it's not something excessive, I'll try my best to satisfy you."

Quan Yi proposed to give the Golden Tree a reward, but after a moment of silence, the other party immediately declined, saying:

"No, I don't need a reward, this is what I should do.

If I have any requests, it would be to ask the Young Masters to properly settle these newborn soul beasts.

Besides, Little Tree has already received too many favors, and more rewards would be a luxury for me."

The Golden Tree's answer was like that of an enlightened monk, exuding an atmosphere of detachment from worldly desires.

"Pfft hahaha...

Little Tree, you're very interesting."

Little Tree's Immovable Wisdom King Domain and the Goddess of Wrath's Aspect shared a common origin and similar characteristics.

Through the undisguised aura revealed by the domain, he could also understand that Little Tree's words were sincere and from the heart.

But precisely because of this, Quan Yi found Little Tree even more interesting.

"I understand what you mean, but I'm a person who values fairness, since Little Sea Emperor received his due reward, then you should also receive a corresponding reward.

This has nothing to do with your personal will."

Quan Yi's smiling face revealed an absolute will that could not be refused.

When this will directly confronted Little Tree's serious personality, it did not show fear, but rather, earnestly fell into thought.

After a period of thought, its leaves trembled even more, and the precocious voice of a young boy repeatedly murmured the word 'fairness'.

Finally, it seemed to have figured something out, and exclaimed loudly, "I understand.

The Young Master is deliberately maintaining the domain now in order to allow the masses of the island to also receive the baptism of fairness.

Because, if this cannot be achieved, the relationship between humans and soul beasts will become unbalanced.

In this sense, personal will must never override the greater good of fairness."

The Golden Tree's speech speed instantly increased, its mouth like a machine gun, spitting out this series of words quickly.

After finishing the analysis, it looked at Quan Yi and bowed in admiration, "Thank you for the Young Master's enlightenment.

For the sake of fairness, Little Tree is willing to accept the Young Master's reward."

The corners of Quan Yi's eyes twitched slightly, this was the first time he had encountered such a difficult guy.

What do you mean by accepting the reward for the sake of fairness?

Saying it like this, it's not like you're willingly accepting this reward.

Huo Wu chuckled aside, it had been a long time since she had seen Quan Yi stumped.

For a character like Little Tree, Quan Yi couldn't reason with force or profit, he could only persuade with reason.

But persuading with reason was the most difficult way of communicating.

Quan Yi sighed helplessly and asked, "Tell me, you should be able to say what kind of reward you want now, right?"

Little Tree glanced at the Sea Emperor and pondered earnestly in its mind for a moment before replying:

"Then please grant me the authority to lead the land-based plant-type soul beasts."

A deep light of thought flashed in Quan Yi's eyes, he was very interested in the request made by Little Tree.

"Can you tell me why you would propose such an idea?"

He didn't probe any further, but asked directly.

Little Tree did not hesitate at all, and replied very frankly, "With the excellent environment of the island, there will inevitably be more plant-type soul beasts on land in the future.

However, plant-type soul beasts usually do not have a very high ability to communicate.

At this time, I can become a bridge connecting humans and plant-type soul beasts."

Little Tree's state of mind was still as clear as a mirror, its gaze fell on the more distant future, and it was considering the harmonious coexistence between humans and the soul beast clan.

At this point, Quan Yi had to admit Little Tree's breadth of mind and wisdom.

"I underestimated you, you are a true wise man.

In order to express my admiration for you, I agree to your request and hand over the command of the plant-type soul beasts on the island road to you.

I think you should also be very clear that this is both a reward and a heavy responsibility."

The Golden Tree lowered its raised branches and said, "Little Tree understands."

Quan Yi didn't say anything more, he condensed a mass of energy with yang wood attributes in the void.

From the outside, it was a simple wooden crown with brown wood material and gold patterns.

This wooden crown turned into golden light and shot into the Golden Tree's body, merging with its world position within its body, becoming a carrier of luck.

The integration of this wooden crown did not bring any change in strength to the Golden Tree.

The only significant effect it brought was that with its help, the Golden Tree could directly communicate with all the plants on the island road by virtue of the power of the barrier.

"This is part of the authority of the barrier, I hope you can make good use of it.

At the same time, don't forget the weight of the crown."

The Golden Tree did not have the mutual connection of the Blue Silver Clan, but now, with the power of the crown, it could easily sense and listen to the voices of those newborn plant-type soul beasts.

When these complex voices flooded into its mind together, the Golden Tree felt a burden on its soul.

Bearing this wooden crown did not bring direct benefits to the Golden Tree, but rather a long and heavy trial.

But even so, the Golden Tree was happy to do so.

"Thank you for the Young Master's reward, Little Tree remembers the Young Master's teachings."

"You're asking for trouble, but perhaps this is your destined path."