Chapter 5

Chapter 5: The Injured Youth

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In the early morning, specks of light appeared among the trees, then these particles flew over and circled around Lolan Hill. Slowly, they merged into her body.

In Lolan Hill’s foggy sea of consciousness, a vibrant emerald core began to form, like a transparent jade gemstone with smooth edges, where patterns were being inscribed continuously.

These patterns constructed the most basic functions of an extraordinary core, such as absorption and conversion, transforming mana into natural magic. Then, outside the core, patterns for the extraordinary ability of the Emerald Gardener were built.

The two sets of patterns were like leaves enveloping the core gem, with golden patterns like veins on the leaf surface slowly extending.

Finally, all remaining particles converged on the young lady’s forehead. A perfect emerald gem was born in the sea of consciousness. She opened her eyes, and her tranquil blue eyes, like still lake water, emitted a faint glow. She blinked, and the light dissipated.

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Nature Sequence 1 · Emerald Gardener, extraordinary core successfully condensed!

Reward received: 【Library Card】*10 (Can access books recorded in the system library; each card allows one book.)

The mechanical voice of the system echoed in her mind.

Yay~ It’s done!

Lolan Hill secretly cheered in her heart, unable to contain her excitement.

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New Task: Advance to Extraordinary Sequence 2.

Task Reward: 【Seed Improvement】function unlocked, can optimize and modify plant seeds, enhancing or weakening their various traits.

【Self-Data】

Name: Lolan Hill · Fallen Star

Race: Human (100% Ancient)

Identity: Witch of Stars and Miracles

Status: Healthy (No abnormalities)

Sequence: Nature Sequence 1 · Emerald Gardener (Rating: Perfect Bronze)

Talents:

Star’s Miracle [Mythical]: The threads of fate woven by starlight have been touched, making chance into inevitable miracles. (Unknown, not yet fully awakened, please explore on your own)

Sky’s Wind [Mythical]: A constitution as clear as the sky, you control the sky, atmosphere, and wind. Everything in your perception is as clear as hair on a bright mirror. (Great bonuses in domains related to sky, atmosphere, perception, and purification)

Abilities:

【Listen to Nature】(Perfect)

: She could easily perceive the natural environment within a radius of ten miles. (Sky Wind +12, originally just an excellent ability)

【Discern Plants】(Perfect): The ability to perceive the growth conditions of plants and the functions of their leaves, stems, roots, fruits, etc. (Sky Wind +12, originally just an excellent ability)

Items: 【Library Card】*10

Since obtaining Trinasha’s inheritance gem, Lolan Hill has been studying every day. After two days of preparation, she finally succeeded in building her Extraordinary Core. She did not choose the Necromancer Sequence or Magic Sequence because at present, the most important thing is food production. As for combat power, she can consider it later.

Before reaching Sequence 3 in the Extraordinary Sequence, one can dissolve their core at any time and rebuild it without significant impact.

However, after Sequence 3, it will slowly integrate into one’s consciousness. By Sequence 5, the soul consciousness and the Extraordinary Core will merge, greatly enhancing the protection of the soul and consciousness. It will also make the use of mana more fluid and precise, and all aspects of abilities will undergo qualitative leaps.

Occasionally, there might be cases of defeating higher-ranked opponents between Sequences 1-4, but it is almost impossible for lower-ranked individuals to defeat Sequence 5. This gap cannot even be bridged by geniuses.

At this moment, Lolan Hill closed her eyes and tried to use the ability of 【Listening to Nature】.

Endless forests, black thorns, crimson berries, unknown white flowers, urgent cicada chirps, rough tree trunks, occasional birds flying across the sky, fleeting squirrels in the forest, puddles on stones—all these vividly presented themselves in Lolan Hill’s mind.

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A few days later.

A youth was struggling through the woods. He wore rough and tattered clothes, with bloodstains and dirt on them. Sweat had soaked his forehead and back.

He carefully flipped through fallen leaves beside the tree roots, searching for edible mushrooms, but found nothing. After searching for a long time, he only managed to find a small amount, which he stuffed into his pocket.

Seeing that dusk was approaching, he licked his dry lips and returned to the stream he had passed earlier. He plunged his head into the water and took a big gulp before lifting his head, revealing a slightly youthful face, around 17 years old.

He took out flint from his pouch and started a fire by the stream. Then he placed several mushrooms on a stone slab to roast, clearly his dinner for the night.

After eating a few mushrooms, the youth prepared to rest, but soon he clutched his stomach and fell to the ground.

As he rolled up, his body arched, large beads of sweat forming on his forehead, his expression extremely painful.

In the distance, Lolan Hill stood on a tree branch, silently watching the poisoned youth, hesitating for a moment before deciding to go over and check on him.

Beside the orange-red fire, the youth clutched his stomach, breathing heavily, his face turning purple as he let out low growls.

With light-colored shoes stepping on fallen leaves, Lolan Hill approached the youth.

“Are you okay? Can you hold on?”

A gentle female voice came, and the youth struggled to open his eyes wet with sweat, lifting his head to see a pair of clear, transparent blue eyes in his vision.

How beautiful.

Is this what deathbed hallucinations are like? I once heard Uncle Muke say that the mushrooms in the forest shouldn’t be eaten randomly, or one would get poisoned, some even causing hallucinations. I didn’t believe it before, but it turns out it’s true.

Thank the gods, to be able to see such beautiful eyes before dying, he thought, his consciousness gradually fading, the eyes in the firelight becoming blurry.

Whoosh—

A cool stream of water poured down from above, clearing his consciousness.

“Open your mouth.”

Instinctively, the youth opened his lips, then several fresh pieces of fruit fell into his mouth. After hungrily chewing, a sweet juice spread through his mouth. After swallowing, the pain in his stomach greatly subsided.

At this moment, the youth slowly got up, examining the savior in front of him.

She had silver hair cascading like a waterfall, two strands hanging in front of her chest, the rest falling behind her shoulders, reaching down to her waist.

She wore a pure white tight-fitting dress, though not very luxurious, delicate white stitches outlined intricate patterns on the dress, giving the dress a graceful beauty. The long skirt covered her knees, revealing light-colored leather shoes and white silk stockings on her feet.

Her beautiful face was dreamlike, unreal. If the goddess in the church looked like this, people would surely flock to her, the youth suddenly thought.

Then he quickly lowered his head because it was impolite to stare at a woman like that. It was said that in big cities, commoners who dared to look at noble ladies like that would be beaten.

“What is your name, where do you come from, and where are you going?”

The young lady asked the three most important questions about life right away.

(The End of This Chapter)