Please be my partner.

Even if you want to practice, you should wait until you have more extraordinary knowledge and understand the pros and cons.

Xiao Honglian gathered her consciousness and focused on healing Melen's body on the throne, while her clone left the fairy tale kingdom and continued the unfinished search.

As Melen returned to the palace, he saw a group of elves gathered around him, chattering about something. After a moment, Melen asked with interest, "Have you found the secret room where the treasure is hidden?"

One of the elves immediately flew in front of Mellen and puffed out his chest proudly.

Melen smiled and reached out to lift the elf onto his shoulder, saying, "Lead the way."

Under the envious gazes of the other elves, this elf excitedly showed Mellen the way.

Soon, they came to a room at the back of the palace. In the center of the room stood a two-headed demon statue. Behind the statue, a secret door was already open.

The elf excitedly recounted how he cleverly found the mechanism behind the two-headed demon statue and opened the secret door of the secret room.

But soon, the other elves exposed it. In fact, this elf was so scared when he saw the two-headed demon statue that he accidentally opened the mechanism.

The elves have already briefly explored the secret room and there is no danger.

Surrounded by the elves, Mellen entered the secret room. The room was not very big, and there were shelves filled with all kinds of treasures.

Soul Gem, Dragon Scale Crystal, Flame Heart, Gemini Stone, Demon Blood Stone...

Melen only knew a small portion of them, and he couldn't even name most of them. Among them, there were also some items that had very weak supernatural powers but were filled with an ancient aura.

After a brief tour, Mellen frowned slightly, feeling that the treasures here... were too few.

It seems that he is totally unworthy of the identity of a demon lord who rules such a vast territory.

But on second thought, this seems normal. The Abyss World welcomed the return of the spiritual tide decades earlier than the Blue and Green World, which means that those cross-border businessmen like collectors had already arrived here.

If you think about the faces of collectors, you will understand that those cross-border businessmen must have plundered the abyss world layer by layer. Those good things that appeared in the past were probably picked up by them with their knowledge. After that, the precious resources left will naturally become less and less.

But, no matter what, this time it was a very rich harvest.

After collecting all the treasures in the secret room and confirming that nothing was left in the palace, Melen left leisurely.

Garuru, who was suppressing the legendary demons, paused, swept his cold eyes over the legendary demons one by one, and then ran away with the Corrupted Dog without looking back.

The legendary demons looked at each other, not understanding why things turned out like this. Not only did they inexplicably fight with two powerful enemies, but the enemies also suddenly ran away in the middle of the fight, just as inexplicably as when they came.

Soon, Lares seemed to think of something and suddenly looked at the dilapidated palace shield behind him. It was destroyed bit by bit in the aftermath of their previous battle.

It quickly used its own authority to close the protective shield, and then ran towards the inside of the palace like crazy. The other legendary demons looked at each other briefly and followed.

A moment later, the demon's howling was heard from the palace.

After rushing all the way, when Melen arrived at the second demon lord's lair, it was even more chaotic. The demon lord's treasure house had been opened, and even most of the treasures inside had been looted. There were also several legendary demons fighting outside the treasure house.

In this situation, the strategy of sneaking into Chencang was obviously useless, so in addition to Garuru and the Dog of Corruption, Mellen also called Spike and Golden Retriever who were practicing hard, and only then did he suppress those legendary demons that had gone crazy.

Looking at the treasure house in front of him, Melen shook his head helplessly. The harvest here was only about one-fifth of that in Segundo. Those demons who had snatched the treasures had long since run away.

After sighing slightly, Melen rushed to the third demon lord's lair without stopping. As expected, he saw a ruin. The demon lord's collection had been looted.

Melen sighed helplessly that he was a step too late, and without staying long, he turned and left.

In the next few days, he wandered through the territories of the three demon lords, taking advantage of the chaos everywhere to specifically target those giant warehouses and rare resource veins, and reaped a lot of rewards in a short period of time.

Afterwards, Melen took advantage of the situation and went into hiding. After this period of brewing, the territories of the three demon lords became more and more chaotic.

It is not only the demon warlords in the territory who are fighting for interests and hoping to become the new demon lords, but more importantly, other demon lords in the outside world are also ready to make a move. Now this situation is a good time for them to expand their territory. The only reason why they hold back and choose to wait and see for the time being is because they are still unsure of the source of the sudden outbreak of the power of the saint.

However, it is foreseeable that this calm will not last long. Once other demon lords from the periphery enter the scene, there will be even greater chaos.

However, this chaos may not be a bad thing for the Blue and Green Realm. At least while the demons are fighting for territory, they will have no time to invade the Blue and Green Realm.

After confirming this, Melen nodded with satisfaction, and without any more nostalgia, he left the abyss world.

In the spiritual world, this time Melen landed in a mountain forest in Tianfeng Territory. Because the surrounding scenery was too ordinary, he didn't know where exactly he was for a moment.

If Mellen planned to return directly to the Blue and Green Realm, it wouldn't matter. However, now that he has finished his work, he plans to take this opportunity to visit the Spirit Rabbit Clan and find out if there have been any major events in the Tianfeng Territory during this period.

When Vic of the Blue Crystal Clan invited him to explore the secret places of the spirit world after the last exchange meeting, Melen firmly refused.

However, the situation has changed. The original refusal was due to lack of strength, and Melen felt there was no need to take the risk.

But now it is different. Now the strength of Melen himself and his dogs has been greatly improved, especially after having the trump card of the Saint's Strike, Melen feels that it is not impossible to touch the so-called secret place of the spiritual world.

More importantly, when he was using the [Pointer of Destiny] to search for dimensional matter, the second picture pointed to the secret place in the spiritual world. According to the hint of fate, there were not only dimensional matter in it, but also key things that could slightly affect the direction of his future destiny.

In this case, Mellen felt it was necessary to go there once.

In addition to this, there is one more thing. Melen has not forgotten that he still has the spiritual contract, which allows him to contract a spiritual life as his messenger.

The foundation of this contract comes from the spiritual world itself, so it does not affect the profession. At most, it is just a skill independent of the professional system.

There are also two types of spiritual contracts: individual spiritual beings and spiritual groups. In essence, there is no difference between the two. Generally speaking, the spiritual messenger you contracted can only deliver messages for you in the world you are in.

But if the tribe you have contracted occupies a stable node in the spiritual world, you can activate the high-end VIP cross-border message delivery service.

Melen actually doesn't have much demand for it for now, but if he can directly open a higher version, that would definitely be the best.

Unfortunately, the spiritual world tribes that can occupy stable nodes must have at least multiple saint-level strongmen as their support, and there may even be hidden demigods, which is beyond the reach of Melen now.

As his thoughts wandered, Melen also understood where he was. This was a vast forest located in the southwest of Tianfeng Territory, not far from the desert where Melen first descended into the spiritual world. The Spirit Rabbit Tribe lived in the north of the forest, where forests, mountains and plains met. In addition to the Spirit Rabbit Tribe, there were also some other tribes living there.

Small spiritual tribes like the Spirit Rabbit Tribe are often not very strong, and they live side by side with each other in order to better resist the risks of the spiritual world. Of course, because the distance is too close, there is often competition between tribes, which is a rather contradictory state.

Soon Melen left the forest and found the rabbit tribe living on the plains.

This is probably a small tribe consisting of thousands of spirit rabbits. A large amount of land has been reclaimed on the outskirts, and many rabbits are working diligently on the land.

In the fields, Melen also saw the radish variety that he had traded to the Spirit Rabbit Clan. The Spirit Rabbit Clan was indeed very good at farming as the rabbit elder said. Although these radishes were not as huge as those in the fairy tale kingdom, their size was far larger than ordinary radishes.

Mellen's arrival attracted the attention and vigilance of the Spirit Rabbit Clan, and patrolling guards immediately came over.

The leader asked politely, "Sir, what brings you to our Spirit Rabbit Clan?"

Just as Melen was about to explain his purpose, he heard a surprised shout from the field: "Brother Melen? It's Brother Melen!"

Mellen looked in the direction of the voice and saw a half-grown rabbit waving at him.

Soon after, more rabbits who had participated in the previous exchange meeting recognized Mellen, which saved him a lot of trouble.

After briefly explaining the purpose of his visit, Melen entered the village of the Spirit Rabbit Tribe under the guidance of the patrol guard.

Chapter 252: Council of Beasts?

After entering the village of the Spirit Rabbits, familiar rabbits would greet Melen from time to time. Soon, a large group of little rabbits, known or unknown, gathered around him. This was all the result of him feeding them with fairy tale candies from time to time.

After distributing a lot of fairy tale candies again and sending the cute little rabbits away, Melen found the location of the rabbit elder under the guidance of the guard.

The rabbit elder had received the news in advance and was waiting outside the house to greet him. After waving his hand to let the guard continue his task, he greeted Mellen and turned to go into the house.

The room where the elder rabbit lived was not big, and the furnishings inside were very simple. He smiled and said, "It's a humble and simple place to live, so please don't be surprised."

Mellen waved his hand and sat down with the other person in front of a small coffee table, on which was brewed tea, emitting a faint aroma.

The two drank tea and chatted. After a brief greeting, Mellen stated his purpose.

Elder Rabbit nodded and said, "The Skywind Territory has actually been quite peaceful recently, with no earth-shattering events happening. However, there have been a few interesting things..."

"It's said that not long ago, someone sensed a subtle fluctuation of laws in the mountains north of Tianfeng Territory. It seemed to be a precursor to impending changes in the spiritual realm. Some speculated that Tianfeng Territory might soon have a completely new terrain."

Melen asked curiously, "Add new terrain?"

Elder Rabbit nodded and explained, "This is a unique event in the spirit world. It usually occurs when the rules of the spirit world change. The more stable the area, the less likely it is to occur. If it is a stable spirit world node, this situation can be completely avoided."

Melen asked, "What specific impact will this have on Tianfeng Territory?"

Elder Rabbit shook his head and said solemnly, "Unknown! A completely new terrain will bring completely new rules. If it's something like the Red Dust Desert, it's fine. It's like having a new specialty in the Skywind Territory, and maybe even some hidden treasures. But if it's some twisted and bizarre rules, it could put the entire Skywind Territory in danger. Then..."

Melen thought that survival in the spiritual world was difficult, but he did not expect that the semi-stable Tianfeng Territory could also be in danger at any time.

Every change in the rules is a fatal gamble for the spiritual world. If you win, it may bring excellent results, or at least it will not get worse. But if you lose, you may be doomed.

But, since it is gambling, it means that you can never always win!

Elder Rabbit sighed, "In the ordinary areas of the Spirit World, rule changes not only occur frequently, but are often extremely abrupt, not giving the Spirit World communities living within them much time to prepare. Semi-stable areas like Skywind Territory are relatively good, as the rules are more stable. Each time a new area is integrated, it takes quite a while. This gives weaker communities like us the opportunity to prepare in advance."

The elder rabbit took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Okay, let's continue with the topic we were discussing..."

"Some time ago, the Blue Crystal Clan held a competition among the younger generation, and also invited many new generation talents from other spiritual clans to participate. I heard the rewards are very generous."

Melen's mind moved, and he guessed that this might be related to the exploration of the secret places in the spiritual world.

Just as they were talking happily, a series of hurried footsteps sounded outside the house and approached quickly.

Soon, the door was pushed open, and a rabbit wearing light armor, a hooded cloak, a long scar on his face, sharp eyes, and an imposing aura walked in.

It immediately looked at Melen, its eyes full of scrutiny, and said, "Elder, I heard that there are guests in the tribe."

Mellen was somewhat confused by the rabbit's gaze. However, although he did not feel closeness from the latter, he did not feel any hostility either. It was just a simple scrutiny.

The rabbit elder stood up and introduced, "Merlen, this is Reiserg, the leader of our Spirit Rabbit Clan. Reiserg, this is Mr. Merlen Warrick, whom I mentioned to you before, whom I met at the last exchange meeting."

Reiserg nodded and said, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Mellen."

Melen was speechless because he didn't see any element of happiness in Reiseg. He said, "Nice to meet you, Chief Reiseg."

Elder Rabbit noticed the tense atmosphere and said, "Riserg, Melen and I are discussing intelligence about the Skywind Territory. You travel a lot, so you should know more than an old man like me. Why don't you explain it to Melen?"

After pausing for a moment, Reiseg shook his head slightly and said, "Elder, I just returned from the Red Dust Desert and have a lot of things to deal with, so I won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, without waiting for the two to react, he pushed the door open and left.

Melen blinked, somewhat confused.

The rabbit elder sighed, and seeing Melen's puzzled look, he said, "Reiserg has a strong prejudice against humans. This is actually my fault."

Melen smelled the scent of gossip and showed interest.

The elder rabbit explained simply, "Back then, I was quite talented and enjoyed going on adventures with my companions. Unfortunately, during one of these adventures, a companion betrayed me, leaving me seriously injured and missing an opportunity to change my destiny."

After hearing this, Melen had roughly understood that the companion who betrayed him was most likely a human, and the reason was probably related to the so-called opportunity that could change his destiny.

The elder rabbit came back to his senses from his past memories and sighed, "Because of my experience, the group of children who once admired me have naturally developed a hostility towards humans. Reiserg is one of them."

"During that time, the entire Spirit Rabbit tribe refused any contact with humans, including those engaging in normal trade. As a result, we missed out on further opportunities for development. I knew this wasn't the right approach, so I took the initiative to make changes. Fortunately, after years of hard work, the results are quite good. The new generation of children has not inherited our legacy at all."

Mellen nodded slightly. Taking out one's anger on others is an emotion unique to intelligent life. It is certainly wrong to hate someone because you hate them, so you label all the people in a wider area who are similar to you with the same label and hate them indiscriminately.

Next, they talked a lot about Tianfeng Territory. As a tribe that settled in this spiritual area a long time ago, the Spirit Rabbit Tribe also recorded many old stories, which Melen listened to with great interest.

Finally, Melen asked the rabbit elder whether there were dogs in the spiritual world, or a powerful tribe that looked like dogs.

The elder rabbit had a strange expression on his face when he heard Mellen's question, but being knowledgeable, he still gave some information.

There is a powerful tribe called the Howling Moon Wolves in the Star-Moon Territory, and there are saint-level beings in the tribe.

There is also a tribe called Forest Wolves in the Wild Forest. This tribe is somewhat special, as it seems to have been split from a powerful individual. Although the strongest in the tribe is a legend, it is said that even saints are unwilling to provoke them easily.

It is said that there exists a Calamity Wolf in the Ash Highlands, which may be at the peak of Sainthood, or even surpass Sainthood. Under the erosion of the breath of this powerful being, many Calamity creatures were born, including wolfhounds.

……

A day later, Melen got up to say goodbye, but before leaving, he also left a gift for the Spirit Rabbit Clan. It was a kind of soil containing special spirituality that he had retrieved from the Demon Lord's treasure house. Mixing it into the fields could permanently increase the spiritual concentration and improve the growth efficiency and survival rate of spiritual plants.

This kind of spiritual soil is completely useless in the abyss world, but it is very useful to the spiritual rabbit tribe in the spiritual world.

After leaving the Spirit Rabbit Clan, Melen did not return to the Blue and Green Realm immediately, but continued to wander in the Spirit Realm. After all, the Council of Beasts would be opened in a day, so it was better to be cautious at this time.

In the Red Dust Desert, Melen randomly chose a place, eliminated the surrounding desert monsters, and then carved a fairy tale house out of the sand.

After waiting quietly for a while, Melen suddenly felt his consciousness being triggered, as if some inexplicable force was dragging his thoughts to an unknown place.

After sensing it for a moment, Melen stopped resisting and let his thoughts project towards somewhere infinitely far away.

When he came to his senses, he was standing in the Council of Beasts.

Unlike the last time when there was no one around, there were several figures communicating in front of the round table in the center.

They seemed to notice Mellen's arrival and looked over at the same time.

Mellen was not nervous and walked slowly towards the central round table.

As he got closer, Melen could clearly see the five people sitting in front of the round table. They were a tall and rough-looking strong man wearing animal skins, sitting on the bear throne; a middle-aged man with a gloomy expression and a cold aura, sitting on the snake throne; a young man with an honest face and a gentle smile, sitting on the ox throne; a girl who was petite but had a very ferocious figure, sitting on the cat throne; and a woman with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a gentle temperament, sitting on the eagle throne.

Some of them look like normal humans, while others have features of corresponding animals, such as the cat girl. Her trembling cat ears and shaking cat tail don't look fake.

When he got closer, the girl on the cat throne laughed and said, "Hey, isn't that Wolf? It's said that in the Myriad Beasts Universe back then, Wolf was the Dragon's number one lackey. I wonder if the new Wolf is a loyal dog or a crazy wolf."

Being teased to this extent right after arriving gave Melen a more intuitive impression of the so-called Council of Beasts, but he also learned some useful information from the cat's words.

At this time, a gentle voice said, "Cat, don't tease the newcomer like this. The wolf is our important partner. His return means that our Council of Beasts will become even stronger."