"You sleep very comfortably, drug-addled little rabbit. You're a very precious treasure."
Xu Mingxi woke up from bed and touched the medicine-beating rabbit still sleeping beside him. Feeling the softness of the white fur, he couldn't help but kiss its cheek.
The medicine-beating rabbit suddenly woke up and let out a scream, as if to say that it was no longer clean and that it would be a pity to die.
The high priest gave Xu Mingxi two days of rest. After sleeping for two days, he recovered with the help of the healing light of the medicine-drinking rabbit.
The essence of moonlight appeared on her hand, making the medicine rabbit forgive her. He led her out of the room. The high priest was sitting at the tea table, awaiting her arrival.
"Challenger, congratulations on obtaining holy beast recognition in the first two levels of the second stage. As long as you successfully pass the next and final level, you will have the opportunity to meet the two great gods."
Ha, when did it get to the third level? Didn't Yangyanwu and Hanyueniao count as the first level?
Just when Xu Mingxi was confused, the medicine rabbit in his hand suddenly jumped up and kicked him in the face. The kick wasn't strong, but it made Xu Mingxi take notice of the little guy in his arms who proudly held his head high.
"Little one, that sacred beast on the second level isn't you, right? Come on, kiss daddy again."
Xu Mingxi was greeted with another flying kick. This time he didn't hold back his strength and kicked her straight off the chair, sending her crashing to the ground on her butt.
"Haha, you two stop messing around, challengers. The third level is in the deepest part of the Valley of the Sun and Moon. Let's go."
The high priest had not seen such a lively Medicine Rabbit for a long time. Although the Valley of the Sun and Moon was beautiful, it trapped these sacred beasts.
Xu Mingxi picked up the medicine rabbit and walked toward the deepest part of the Valley of the Sun and Moon. As he passed through the arena, he greeted Yang Yanwu and Han Yue Bird. They had been tormenting each other for the past two years and had developed feelings for each other.
As he walked, he felt something strange. Why were there fewer and fewer exotic flowers and plants along the way? Whereas, at the end, he saw a landscape where everything was withered and not a single blade of grass grew.
The high priest led him through an uninhabited road, the ground a little dry, and then entered a cave.
"Alright, you have to walk alone all the way. Remember, here, you can only use starlight. You cannot use sunlight or moonlight."
The high priest held a luminous soul guide in his hand. The soul guide emitted a faint orange light that slightly illuminated its surroundings. However, what he said made Xu Mingxi, who was following him behind, think hard.
He had felt strange since the first level. It was obviously a test from the Sun God and Moon God, so why was there starlight, and why was he traveling in the galaxy? If not for this, it would definitely take longer for him to pass the first level.
Now, in the third level of the second stage, only starlight can be used. Is this still the test of the Sun God and Moon God?
Perhaps the secrets hidden behind all of this could be partially answered in this cave. Xu Mingxi stared at the deep and dark cave in front of him, whose purpose was unknown. Starlight appeared in his hands to illuminate the path ahead for the team, and he walked down without hesitation.
While walking through the dark tunnel, a beam of light suddenly appeared in front of him. Xu Mingxi approached the front cautiously. He didn't know what awaited him there.
Walking towards the light, Xu Mingxi discovered that there was a different world here. The surroundings and the dome were covered in luminous vines, and luminous fruits were scattered over them like twinkling stars.
In the center of the cave was a circular lake, and the lake water reflected the glowing fruits like another sky. The only drawback was that there was a giant withered tree on the small island in the center of the lake.
When Xu Mingxi walked into the lake, he discovered that the giant tree didn't seem to be withering naturally, but was pierced by a sharp weapon at the center of its trunk, nearly snapping it in half. Perhaps this was the blow that directly took his life.
"You finally got here."
What the hell was going on? The sudden sound made Xu Mingxi look around, and finally his gaze fell on the giant tree in the center of the cave, which seemed to have withered away.
"Senior, did you speak?"
"Yes."
The withered giant tree began to show new vitality, and began to restore its original color from bottom to top, but stopped abruptly at its wound. A young and handsome face appeared on the tree trunk below the wound.
It could feel the three energies of sun, moon, and stars flowing in Xu Mingxi's body, and what's more, it could feel the unique aura of the star god in his sea of consciousness.
"Senior, are you a third-level examiner? What should I do?"
The giant tree awoke from a distant memory and looked at Xu Mingxi again. His handsome face seemed to reveal a hint of kindness, which looked strange from any point of view.
Thick roots emerged from the soil of the island in the center of the lake, extending all the way to the shore, forming a wooden bridge.
"My son, come here, come here under this tree."
Xu Mingxi didn't understand, but if the gods wanted to harm him, he needn't bother. A high priest alone could kill him secretly.
As he stepped onto the wooden bridge, the lake water actually began to glow. Tiny points of light emerged from the water and gathered around him, as if a butler was supporting his master. They didn't disappear into the air until Xu Mingxi walked over and stood under a tree.
"Senior, what should I do?"
"No, you don't need to do anything."
As soon as the giant tree finished speaking, a bright starlight suddenly appeared on his wound, and a ball of light emerged from the wound and floated right in front of Xu Mingxi.
This? Xu Mingxi picked up the ball of light, and the light disappeared. Those were exactly the fragments he had seen on the Star Seeking Plant and Star Tree.
"Senior, this..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw that the giant tree in front of him continued to wither, and the black color continued to spread downward from its wound.
Two balls of light suddenly emerged from the roots of the giant tree. One of them, carrying debris, flowed into Xu Mingxi's sea of consciousness, while the other fell into his palm.
"My son, I leave these two things to you. I hope that someday you can grow these seeds again."
The giant tree withered away entirely. Xu Mingxi stared at the seed in his palm, slightly puzzled, but still carefully placed it in his hand.
At this moment, a great change occurred in his sea of consciousness. The two shards fused together and emitted a faint glow.
The gold and silver marks continued to tremble, and the familiar guiding light reappeared. Xu Mingxi raised his head in the designated direction, and discovered there was a platform above the cave.
As he flew up, he realized that there was actually a passage here, and his guiding light extended along this passage into the depths.