Brain bloom

She ignored the items' attributes and instead checked her character information—

Level: 17 (Experience required for the next level: 1102/312000)

The experience points increased slightly, which proves that the experience was indeed gained from crafting equipment.

"Looks like I don't need to go out to level up." She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "Poor monsters, offer your gratitude to the coffin bearer, you won't have to be slaughtered by me."

After quickly getting dressed, Sen Shi fiddled with her finger guards and hummed a little tune as she went downstairs. She planned to change her itinerary for today to Silvermoon City, buy a bunch of high-quality but inexpensive materials, and probably level up a few times in a day.

Staying at home is better than anything else, especially in such a beautiful place.

Her princess had also woken up early and was busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen. From the commotion, one could tell that her cooking skills might not be very good. But it was the thought that counted; she could be as noble as a flower on a high mountain, yet also wear an apron and fight against grease and grime—that was the virtue of dandelion.

Looking at the flowers outside the door, Mori suddenly felt a strange urge. She immediately ran outside to get close to the dew-kissed blossoms and let her vines enjoy the morning sunlight. The habits of the four seasons are truly interesting… she thought.

"Ok?"

She suddenly noticed some strange changes happening to her body, very subtle—it was as if she had become a little stronger?

"...No way."

Level: 17 (Experience required for the next level: 1202/312000)

"..."

rose again.

Not only that, but every few seconds, the experience points would jump up a little. Sometimes it was a single digit, sometimes a double digit. Sen Shi couldn't figure it out, and finally had a sudden inspiration: he put on a hat to cover the vines.

Immediately, the experience points stopped increasing.

"Sunbathing can...level you up?"

"Yes, sunlight is essential for plant growth."

When a confused Mori sneaked into the kitchen and tentatively asked Dandelion, the latter gave a dismissive reply.

"This winery has the soil of a land of flowers, and the air and environment have been modified, so we can make ourselves stronger here through the sunshine, especially the morning sun—however, it doesn't do much for people like us who have flower crowns. But it's common sense that newly sprouted seasonal plants need more sun, right?"

"Hmm... that is indeed common sense, hahaha."

Mori was incredulous. The world had accidentally destroyed itself, she had accidentally lost a gold coin, and in the blink of an eye, she had turned into a girl—that wouldn't have been so bad. But the story didn't end there; she could even photosynthesize…

Although limited to the sun, the Four Seasons Beings can actually perform photosynthesis to increase their experience points...

Mori grabbed the freshly baked bread from Dandelion, dashed outside, and ate his breakfast in the warm sunlight. After quickly finishing the bread, Mori ran to the riverbank and scooped up water to irrigate himself.

This seems to enhance the effect of photosynthesis? I'm gaining triple-digit experience points every now and then.

In an effort to upgrade as quickly as possible, Mori got stuck on a problem and grabbed a handful of soil, trying to apply it to the roots of the vines—unfortunately, it didn't work.

Could it be that I'm using it wrong? After a moment's thought, Sen Shi felt he should change his approach. Since photosynthesis is possible, the soil must also be useful... Maybe I should try eating it?

Dandelions are high-level magicians with flower crowns; they don't need to eat soil. But perhaps newly sprouted seasonal creatures do? Just like children drink milk to grow taller, seasonal creatures also need to eat soil regularly... um...

Since it's not applied externally, it must be taken internally.

Mori's sharp eyes scanned her surroundings; aside from a few small insects, no one could see what she was doing. She gritted her teeth, stuffed a tiny bit of dirt into her mouth, and swallowed it without chewing. A strange taste filled her mouth, hardly delicious... She rinsed her mouth and quietly waited for the dirt to take effect.

A few minutes passed, and Mori Toki, quite helplessly, became a negative example, proving that eating dirt was ineffective.

She was depressed for a long time about her foolish act of eating dirt before she murmured to herself, "I'm sorry, poor monsters in the wild, I still have to slaughter you."

……

After getting dressed and taking a day's worth of food specially prepared by Dandelion, some strange plant nutrients, water, and blue potions, Mori set off alone with her debt-collecting bow on her back—she hated leveling up, but it was necessary.

She walked slowly, wanting the vines to bask in the sun as much as possible, even though their growth experience was not substantial.

The map clearly shows an area marked "Monster Spotted" in the hilly region near the winery.

According to Dandelion, the monsters in that area often come to steal grapes when they ripen. Even when Tu Mi threatens them or Dandelion tries to negotiate, these creatures refuse to yield. Every year, Tu Mi has to go through a lot of trouble to escape back to her hometown.

Climbing mountains and crossing ridges was a piece of cake for a girl as agile as Morishi. Her boots treaded firmly as she nimbly climbed upwards.

The vast grapevines of the winery were no longer visible, and Sen Shi calmed himself down and entered a state of readiness.

She planned to make her first contribution to the winery—to destroy these ungrateful beasts. Although she didn't know what kind of beasts they were, Mori thought they wouldn't be very strong.

Gradually, I could smell the stench of animals.

Mori held the debt-collecting bow in his left hand, leaving his right hand free. His mental energy was also abundant, ensuring he could use intermediate-level magic at any time.

She was extremely experienced in the game and confident that she could see through her opponent's weaknesses at a glance, then simply choose the appropriate magic to unleash. If she couldn't win, she would just take out the ham and smash it—she also covered her mouth and nose to ensure that she wouldn't faint from the stench again.

A few minutes later, Mori saw his first enemy.

"……what?"

Level 72 - The Wicked Tree Spirit

Volume 1 #062 The Tree Spirit is Terrifying

Tree spirits are a type of monster that Sen Shi is very familiar with.

In the game era, these monsters were always around the Kingdom of Flowers for players to hunt. They were numerous, had high health and attack power, and often appeared in groups, making them very annoying monsters.

But this one is ridiculously strong...

"This level?! How could this be?! Such a powerful monster is right near the winery?! This is terrible... Wait, how did the dryad steal the grapes? Are grapes on the dryad's menu?"

Unfortunately, the tree spirit also discovered Sen Shi, as if it had encountered an enemy.

It suddenly rose from the ground with a roar, its branches and leaves rustling and howling. The birds in the woods were startled and flew away, and all sorts of small animals scattered in all directions.

Mori tried her best to remain calm. Unlike when facing low-level wild boars, the tree spirit had a rather tall body and a ferocious face. Mori felt as if a small mountain was walking towards her.

The tree spirit was quite hostile, so a battle seemed inevitable.

"Awooo~" it let out a strange cry, and the branch it was waving was taller than Sen Shi, and full of anger, like several huge whips.

What if I get hit... Mori shook his head, banishing these thoughts from his mind. Although his opponent was strong, it wasn't time to be pessimistic.

"No wonder this is the dwelling place of the Four Seasons, surrounded by such ferocious tree demons..."

But this was the first time she had seen someone of this caliber; they were difficult to deal with.

Sen Shi quickly retreated several steps, retreating to the edge of the hill, using scattered stones and tree trunks to hinder her opponent. At the same time, she used fire magic to condense an arrow in her hand, nocked it to her bowstring, and aimed it at the tree spirit that was rolling towards her like a tank.

"This is a poor tree spirit..."

The attack power of the Debt Collection Bow did not increase at all.

The tree spirit was truly poor—or perhaps it was completely robbed by a princess of the Wang Kingdom? And then deliberately spared its life, waiting to rob it again next year?

No wonder the tree spirits often come to steal grapes, yet they still manage to survive; that's what you call fattening them up.

It seems that Mori discovered this little secret, and given Dandelion's personality, it's quite possible.

Thinking deeper, perhaps the tree spirit didn't go to steal grapes, but rather, after being robbed, pitifully wanted to take revenge on the Four Seasons, but couldn't even beg for death and was thrown back into the mountains to fatten up...

"I shouldn't have come..."

But now is not the time to think about problems, because the tree demons are about to attack.

She immediately fired an arrow, the fiery arrow striking the tree spirit's trunk, but leaving only a few charred marks. A profound sense of powerlessness welled up from the depths of her heart; it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

The poisonous ham in her hand was of no help against a natural monster like a tree spirit, especially one of such a high level.

Sen Shi remained relatively calm, expending some mental energy to hastily cast the intermediate-level spell, Fire Ring. A ring of flames ignited around the tree spirit, barely managing to block it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sen Shi quickly found another area with more complex vegetation, hurriedly drank two bottles of strange-tasting blue potion, and began to prepare for the next attack.

"Hey! Tree spirit! How about we have a proper talk?"

Sen Shi threw out a silver coin as bait, but the tree spirit ignored it completely.

She gritted her teeth and threw out another gold coin, thinking that if the other party accepted, she would lend them all the money so that she could shoot him dead.

However, the tree spirit ignored it, as if mocking the gold coin, and trampled it underfoot.

"Alright, let's fight then."

Mori still only has magic as a fighting method.

It's very difficult to kill the opponent without any equipment, but it's not entirely hopeless.

Logically speaking, she shouldn't continue this battle—but Mori wanted to use this fight to better adapt to combat in this world, and an occasional adventure wouldn't hurt...

“Burn fire in the day.”

Her five fingers were wrapped in white flames, the strongest single-target fire magic among the spells she possessed.

The flames, like smoke, drifted in the air and slowly flew towards the tree spirit.

"Summon the Gale."

Mori immediately used the next spell, a classic combination that uses wind to enhance the flames, transforming them into a more powerful combination spell: Flame Storm.

In an instant, the flames surged wildly towards the poor tree spirit.

With a whoosh, the tree spirit was scorched black, its branches and leaves bare and carbonized, seemingly severely damaged.

But it remained frenzied, accelerating its charge towards Sen Shi. Sen Shi performed the same magical combination again, which depleted his mental energy, leaving him no time to drink medicine.

The flame storm attacked again—

"You must die..."

But she was disappointed; this time it had almost no effect. The carbonized layer on the tree spirit's body actually prevented the flames from burning, and its firepower wasn't strong enough to directly ignite the charcoal.

“…Goodbye.” After a few seconds of hesitation, Mori Toki chose to run away.

The tree spirit was relentless, and its speed was even faster than Sen Shi's. If it hadn't been constantly tripped up by rocks, it would have caught up with and crushed Sen Shi.

After much effort, the tree spirit amplified its power to an abnormal level, sweeping away all obstacles on the ground with the ferocity of a mudslide. However, after searching for over ten minutes, it still couldn't find Sen Shi.

It realized it had lost track of it.

The aura of the Four Seasons suddenly ceased along the way, vanishing into thin air… The tree spirit slammed its fist on the ground in frustration. "Damn the Four Seasons…" the tree spirit roared, venting its anger on its surroundings.

Meanwhile, in a corner, an inconspicuous, dilapidated wooden box quietly appeared.

If Dandelion saw it, she would definitely find it familiar, after all, it was this very box that Sen Shi used to enter Frozen Bear Town. If she opened it, it would look even more familiar—because Sen Shi was hiding inside.

Fortunately, she hadn't thrown away the broken box yet, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to escape so easily.