This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 277, Section 276: Puji, I'll Remember You
Treehouse Market Area.

"Chii—!" Ella's shouts were like being choked each time, starting with a desperate courage, but ending with only a faint, distorted echo.

A burning shame seared her cheeks and the roots of her ears, making each breath feel scalding.

This is the third day. She forced herself to speak more clearly, tried to look straight ahead, and deliberately ignored the gazes coming from all around.

She now regretted not looking for the piece mentioned above first when she was with her brother...

But thinking of the possibility that Chii might encounter danger alone in the forest, she took a deep breath, suppressed her timidity, and mustered her courage to call out again.

Not far away, two beautiful female elves who had been watching this side frowned. One of them, a blonde elf with a brightly colored bird perched on her shoulder, turned around and looked at them with undisguised annoyance.

"Hey! Enough already, Elawen?" The blonde elf's voice was crisp yet sarcastic. "This isn't your hunting ground alone! How about you make a racket?"

She is Vilania, and is considered an "acquaintance" of Aylawen.

The elf next to her chimed in, "Yeah, what are you looking for, all pitiful? Any more of those weird 'treasures' you picked up?" She deliberately emphasized the word "treasures," adding, "Bears, pythons, fluffy little balls? Only that parrot is somewhat normal."

Lina counted on her fingers, her smile growing more sarcastic with each name she named: "Birds of a feather flock together. The owners are all strange, and the pets they keep are all equally bizarre."

Ayla turned her head away, not looking at the other person, and clenched her hands for a while before deciding to leave.

Vilania suddenly said, "Where are we going? Tell me, what's this incredible thing this time? Maybe we've actually seen it before!"

Ella hesitated for a moment, then squeezed out a few indistinct syllables: "Puff... puff... long, long wings..."

"Puji?!" Vilania imitated the sound in an exaggerated manner, then exchanged a glance with her companion and burst into an even sharper, more shrill laugh, "Puhahahaha! That kind of lowest-grade stinky mushroom that only lives in mud and dark caves?! Elaven, you really are... not picky at all! You pick up anything you can get your hands on! Hahahaha!"

They laughed so hard they were doubled over.

However, just as the clamor of laughter reached its peak—

The colorful bird, which had been resting peacefully on Vilania's shoulder and elegantly preening its magnificent feathers, vanished without warning!
Only a single, brightly colored tail feather swirled and floated lightly to her feet.

Vilania's laughter stopped abruptly, and the smile on her face was quickly replaced by astonishment and confusion: "Liuliyu? Where is my Liuliyu?"

Another elf's laughter caught in his throat: "Wha...what's going on?"

The two looked around in a panic, their eyes scanning the branches and leaves and the stalls, but they couldn't find even a trace of the colorful bird.

Just as they were in a state of panic and turned around in a hurry—

"Crack!" "Crack!"

Two extremely faint sounds, almost drowned out by the surrounding noise, rang out almost simultaneously.

Vilania and her companions suddenly felt their waists loosen!
"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

"what?!"

Amidst the astonished gazes of the surrounding crowd, the two elven ladies, disheveled and embarrassed, crouched down, pulling up their slipped trousers. They were filled with shame and indignation, yet momentarily at a loss for what to do. Not far away, Elawen watched the sudden chaos with a bewildered expression. Just then, she felt a familiar, heavy touch above her head!
"Chii!" A warm and reassuring sense of security instantly washed over her, dispelling all the pent-up grievances and panic.

The scout, who was invisible, kicked twice, signaling to Ellawen that it was time to leave.

In reality, it's not that no one can see through Puji's invisibility.

Judging from the panel alone, there were at least two elves nearby who could clearly see through the [Refractive Invisibility] trick, but neither of them stepped forward.

Of course, this is also why Puji didn't cut the two elves apart directly; it was just a minor conflict, like breaking two belts.

Even if you don't understand Elvish, you can tell at a glance from the scene that these two are bullying your Elvish mount.

There are a lot of people here...

Only after returning to the quiet forest below did Ellawen manage to lift Puji off her head.

The scout popped out of hiding, revealing his round, chubby body.

"Chii! I've finally found you!" Elaven happily rubbed Puchi's soft mushroom cap, then skillfully reached into the pocket under the cap, on Puchi's belly, and pulled out an unconscious Sparrow. "Were you helping me just now? You're so kind!"

Puji stretched out its mycelial tentacles, seemingly wanting to put the beautiful "trophy" back into the bag, but was gently stopped by Aylawen: "Little Puji, be good, let this little guy go, okay?"

The mycelial tentacles hesitated in the air for two seconds before finally retracting.

The awakened bird huddled in Elawen's palm, glancing in fear at Puji beside it. Then, Elawen gently lifted it up, and it fluttered its wings and flew into the forest in a panic.

Lin Jun was somewhat interested in its [Colorful Splendor] skill; perhaps it could be used to cultivate a seven-colored mushroom?
Anyway, it's not far away, so we can wait until the mushroom netting arrives and then go "visit" it with Aylawen on our backs.

Pushing open the door, Feifei immediately flew over excitedly, chattering away. But the moment she caught sight of the white figure above Aylawen's head, she abruptly stopped in mid-air, turned back in terror, and darted into the backyard like lightning.

The scout nimbly jumped off his "mount" and strolled to the backyard.

Feifei was shivering and hiding in the thick fur of the giant bear.

When DouDing and PaoPao saw PuJi coming, they immediately lowered their bodies and pressed themselves against the ground. Only the silly MaoQiu was still lazily sunbathing, completely unaware.

Puji patted their heads one by one with its mycelial tentacles, even the reluctant Feifei.

Seeing Chii getting along so "harmoniously" with her friends, Irawen felt a warm glow in her heart. All the hard work and grievances she had suffered on the street in the past few days vanished instantly!
In the days that followed, Scout Puji would wander between several nearby potion shops during the day and return to the hut at night to show his face, and also find out where the two elves and the rainbow sparrow lived.

Leisurely, just waiting for the fungal carpet from the underground city to spread up!
During this period, however, an uninvited guest arrived on the far northern ice sheet.

He was broad-shouldered and burly, with dark, demonic patterns all over his body.

This level 60 demon named Galen was discovered by the creep covering the ground long before he even reached the tribe.

(End of this chapter)