Chapter 6: Birth of the Tree Spirit

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Peter was surprised by the excellent healing ability of the mermaid.

Originally, after entering the island world, although there was a 30-day rookie protection period, sooner or later, there would be a threat from the sea monster.

While Peter, the island owner, can hide, the large number of plants planted on the island would be snatched away by the sea monster, since the fruits that absorbed life energy were also tempting loot to the sea monsters.

They’re also prone to raids by other humans. After all, after the 30-day protection period, any island owner that could resist the sea monsters’ attack would be powerful.

Therefore, Peter was extremely surprised by the healing ability of the mermaid.

Most importantly, the mermaid was only so small. If the mermaid grew to adulthood, then its healing ability would be even better.

Perhaps it would be a group healing ability.

Next, Peter had to choose a new living environment for the Little Mermaid.

In view of the mermaid’s size and to save time, Peter casually dug a hole on the beach and used it as a temporary residence for the mermaid some time ago. But now it was definitely not possible.

At this time, a bold plan took shape in Peter’s mind.

It was not easy to build a safe and comfortable residence for the mermaid. The main thing was that it could not be too far from the shore, and it could not be too far from the tree of life. It was a difficult situation indeed.

But Peter thought of the plan to put the mermaid in a small lake in the center of the island.

Peter knew that the mermaid was a creature that lived in the sea. However, there was no information saying that the mermaid had to live in the sea and could not survive in freshwater. He wanted to try and move the mermaid to the freshwater lake.

Just before he came, Peter took a small bucket. Although it was not very big, it could easily hold the little mermaid.

Peter ran into the sea and filled more than half of the bucket with sea water.

Then, he ran back to the beach and put the little mermaid into the small bucket.

Just like that, Peter carried the small bucket with the mermaid in his hand and walked to the small lake.

One hour later.

Peter brought the little mermaid to the side of the lake.

Whoosh!

Peter was nervous and exhaled as he’s about to find out whether the mermaid could live in freshwater or not.

“Little Guy, this is all fresh water. I don’t know if you can live in freshwater.”

The mermaid poked her head out of the water and looked at Peter with a pair of eyes that were comparable to that of a human woman. Then, she made a popping sound from her small mouth.

It seemed like she was saying something, but unfortunately, Peter couldn’t understand it at all.

“In that case, let’s give it a try first.” Peter thought that since the small bucket of seawater was right in front of him, he would put the mermaid back into the small bucket if it didn’t work.

He stretched out his hand to test the temperature of the water in the freshwater lake. It felt similar to the temperature of the seawater in the small bucket. Then, he carefully held the mermaid from the seawater bucket with both hands and gently put it into the freshwater lake beside him.

Pop!

When the little mermaid first came into contact with the freshwater, her expression was obviously stunned.

Then, as if it had discovered a new land, it happily swam in the freshwater lake.

After all, the freshwater lake’s size was not something that a small bucket could compare to.

At this moment, after Peter saw the scene in front of him, the worry in his heart was completely put down.

The ability of the mermaids to regulate the osmotic pressure in their bodies was much stronger than that of ordinary fish, so it’s not illogical that they can survive in freshwater. Moreover, there was no data to prove that mermaids could not live in freshwater.

Peter watched as the mermaid swam and occasionally jump out to make “pop” smiles.

After a while, the mermaids finally got tired of playing. They swam to the Lakeside and gave Peter a “pop” sound.

? ? ?

What did she mean?

Peter looked at the Little Mermaid in confusion.

Then, the mermaid kept rubbing her stomach with her two small hands.

It got hungry from all the swimming.

Peter opened the tree of life interface again and saw that after nearly two hours of storage, his life energy had increased to 30 points.

Huh?

Through simple calculations, Peter found that the life energy produced by the Tree of life was much greater than before.

He immediately checked the current level of the Tree of life.

[ tree of life ]

[ level ] : 5/100. (2 levels higher than before)

[ life energy ] : 500 points per day. (Life energy can be used to nurture and level up creatures. 300 life energy can nurture a creature.)

[ tree spirit ] : 5 points per day. (The short tree spirit is very good at planting all kinds of plants.)

Peter saw that the tree of life’s level had increased by two levels, and its life energy output had also reached 500 points a day.

What made him most happy was that the tree of life had an additional function to produce tree spirits.

This should be a new function obtained after the tree of life reached level 5.

Producing five tree spirits that were good at planting plants a day was a great help to Peter.

Just a moment ago, he was still worrying about how to plant so many Class E seeds.

This time, he brought a total of 20 kg of seeds into the island world. Apart from 6 kg of Class D seeds, the remaining Class E seeds weigh at about 14 kg. If Peter were to plant the seeds by himself, not only would it take a lot of time, but it would also be a great test of his stamina and endurance.

He could not plant a few seeds every day. In this way, he would not be able to get fruits during the protection period.

The reason was that the Class E seeds were different from the Class D seeds. Not only was the growth period much slower than the Class E seeds, but the most important thing was that after the ripening period, the fruits would have a very low efficiency in absorbing life energy.

Although it had the unique ability of the tree of life, which could raise the level of the plants, it would still need time.

Peter would not put all his eggs in one basket. He had to be prepared to go further in the island world.

Immediately, Peter selected five tree spirits and began to generate them in the interface of the Tree of life.

He glanced at the time it took for the five tree spirits to generate. It was about 10 minutes.

Peter decided to feed the little mermaid with life energy first.

He used 30 life energy points to feed the Little Mermaid.

The light containing life energy flew out from the Tree of life again.

This time, because the mermaid was very close to the tree of life, it didn’t take long for the mermaid to eat life energy.

In order not to let the mermaid finish absorbing life energy and found Peter was not around and cry out aggrievedly, Peter stayed by the side of the mermaid and watched the little guy’s body emit a gentle light.

About ten minutes later, the Little Mermaid had completely absorbed her life force and its body had grown another size.

Now Peter couldn’t hold the mermaid with one hand.