Nox then wrapped his hands and his clothes flew in his hands. He covered Jin in those clothes and looked at the kids. He spoke in a gentle tone,

"Don’t you think that this is not right to look into the privacy of others."

The young girls giggled and then looked at Nox and the leader among them spoke,

"Big brother, you can’t blame us. You two were just too much of an eye candy."

Jin blushed more. But then he slowly calmed down and looked at them and asked,

"Big sister, can you tell me where we are?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard that. Before they could ask anything Jin quickly replied,

"Me and my friend were traveling on our ride and it was attacked by the robbers and here we are. The reason we were bathing right now was also this."

Realization came to them. The oldest one and the leader among all looked at the two and explained and spoke,

"You are in the Deep Apricot Forest. This place is one of the 13 mystical forests in the entire Virelia plane and all the mini planes here."

Jin was confused but Nox understood the meaning and he explained it to Jin,

"The higher galaxies have only one plane and others as mini planes. The one plane acts as ruler for the others. Unlike the mid galaxies where many planes and powerhouses exist everywhere."

Jin nodded in understanding but he felt that his understanding from the mid galaxy is not helping him at all. He simply sighed and then he looked at the kids. He asked,

"What is the nearest place close to this forest?"

The boys answered,

"It is the Syla village. It is also a village more than thousand years old."

Jin was stunned but then he looked at the little guys and he asked,

"Can you take us there? We want a place to settle."

Hearing this, everyone changed their expressions and looked at Jin with a wary expression. Jin sighed at their expressions and spoke,

"I’ll pay in return. No matter what the cost."

Then the kids looked at him less warily but then one of the little girls spoke,

"What if you came to harm us?"

Jin and Nox were stunned and looked at the little girl. Jin smiled and spoke,

"Why not take us with you and you will know for yourself. Do you think that two mortals can do anything to you all? And from my face do you really think that I would fall so low that I will harm a village."

Hearing this everyone became silent and then they nodded. The leading boy spoke,

"Okay but only on one condition. You have to swore on your love of vitality that you will not harm the village"

Jin nodded and he did what was told to him. Nox looked at them and spoke,

"I am not swearing on anything. My responsibility is to guard my friend and I will never act unless he is in danger."

Everyone was stunned when they heard that and looked at Jin. Jin smiled wryly and spoke,

"Don’t worry about him. His personality is just like that from childhood."

Everyone nodded and then they returned and Jin asked them curiously,

"What were you doing here?"

The leading boy replied,

"Looking for treasures for our Ancient Apricot Tree. He is the oldest among us and he is the one who protects us from everything."

Jin was stunned but he didn’t press any further. He looked at them and then he spoke,

"By the way, I am Jin and he is Nox. What about you all?"

The boys and girls introduced them one by one and Jin only remembered the names of the leading youth and the leading female. They were Tren and Elvy respectively. They both were just at the beginning of the cultivation phase.

As they returned in the direction, Jin asked about many things and he also learned many things from them. Although basic, it is still enough to feed him. After all, something is still better than nothing.

As night approached, they all arrived at the village entrance. Jin looked at them and saw the huge defensive walls. He asked,

"What is that for?"

Tren replied,

"This is for defines. There are strange creatures in the darkness and they attack every place which contains the plants and the living things.

This is also the reason that the vitality of all the Virelia planes is low during night."

Jin frowned when he heard that. He asked cautiously,

"But why did I never hear of such a situation from where I came?"

Elvy replied,

"Because this only happens in the 13 mystical forests. Why do you think that there are 13 mystical forests with no reason?

During the night, this vitality filled forests turn into lifelessness and they target the living and the one who contains the vitality."

Jin heard this and he became silent. The most important thing for now is to settle here and gain the information about this high galaxy. They all entered the village and went directly to the Ancient Apricot Tree.

Jin and Nox looked around them and noticed that every villager only has the cultivation of around the late stage of spiritual gathering or the early stage of foundation building. There are only one or two at the mid stage of foundation.

Soon they arrived at the centre of the village where a large tree was present with an ancient aura all over it. It is radiating a calming aura and when Jin saw this tree, his expression changed because the cultivation of this tree is the soul lord’s realm and from Jin’s observation, it must be the high stage of the beast lord.

The tree trembled slightly and then an ancient voice sounded in the minds of Jin and Nox,

"Guests from afar, why come here." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Hearing this, Jin paused and looked at the tree. He then saw that everyone around the tree was returning and soon the three and the two were the only one remaining. Jin bowed slightly and greeted the tree. He explained his reason for coming here. But he only told half details.

’Junior greets seniors. This junior is here with his partner only on the order of the elders from the family. They wanted us to train in the outside world and then they threw us in a wormhole.

We only knew that this is the galaxy where we will be coming but we know nothing besides that. The situation is vastly different from what I expected."

The tree remained silent before he spoke again,

"Who is that friend beside you? I can sense a deep pressure from him."

Jin looked at Nox and spoke,

"He is my spiritual beast companion. The reason I am here is to break in the soul lord and same as him. The elders from the family told me to choose this place because of the huge vitality but they didn’t tell us the second reason here."

The tree remained silent and Nox looked at Jin and, in his heart, he learned something new.