Because this large door was constructed artificially later on, it didn't turn bright pink along with the Holy Tree.

Behind this door lies a path leading into the sanctuary inside the Holy Tree.

At this moment, Junior Sister also arrived using Sword Control. She sliced open the floral cloth wrapping Zhang Ze, grabbed his leg, and slung him over her shoulder upside-down.

"This is yours and mine! No snatching allowed!"

Junior Sister pouted, looking at Xiangxiang.

Xiangxiang stood with her hands in her pockets, saying nothing, but her expression clearly showed she dared to try again.

Zhang Ze, at the core of all the issues, dangled his legs without saying a word, not daring to speak. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Lao Di, who had been prodded in the back and jostled along the way, jumped down from the armored baby carriage, looking confused as she asked, "What exactly are you all doing?"

Zhang Ze, slung over Junior Sister's shoulder, mumbled a response that came from his knees.

"I got stuck, and I need to borrow the power of the Holy Tree."

Di Zhuomala, "Huh? But when you get stuck, isn't the whole lower body supposed to be stuck?"

Zhang Ze, "… Well, personal advice, you might want to stop watching weird stuff."

Di Zhuomala, "..."

Lao Di turned her head to the side, not engaging with Zhang Ze's comment.

Junior Sister, carrying Zhang Ze, cleared her throat lightly and started explaining the whole situation to Di Zhuomala.

"Oh, so that's... how it is..." Lao Di dryly remarked.

Understanding the whole story, she looked at Zhang Ze, who had evolved into a new form, and suddenly her yearning for the outside world began to fade.

She felt it was more practical to stay home nurturing Fuji in the rain than hanging out with these abnormal people.

"Alright then, do as you please... Anyway, the Holy Tree favors you." Lao Di glanced at Zhang Ze and pushed open the golden door.

...

Zhang Ze needed the Holy Tree, not for its miraculous brute force to pull him out.

What he needed was a pill medicine.

Regarding the Stone Pill, known summoning methods besides using the array for drawing cards include one using a pill called the Dream Origin Pill.

This pill can accelerate the process of forming a Stone Pill.

Li was summoned this way.

Unfortunately, the few Dream Origin Pills left in the world were all used up when summoning Li.

Zhang Ze initially thought the pills had been consumed by Li, but now, knowing the truth about the Stone Pill, he felt he might have unjustly blamed Li.

The Dream Origin Pill, rather than being a pill medicine, is more like a sacrificial offering to the Four Continents Will.

The reason Li consumed several at once was probably just because of its large size.

It makes sense, after all, it's not easy for the Four Continents Will to survive actively; the cost of pet transportation is naturally higher.

As for the origin of the Dream Origin Pill, Zhang Ze had no idea; there was no record in the Ancestral Temple of Mountain and Sea.

But whether this Dream Origin Pill was a secret treasure developed by the Dongqi royal family or a relic of the Primordial ancestors.

The formula for this Dream Origin Pill might indeed be lost.

Over the years, people from Medicine King Valley and the Beast Taming Sect have been searching for it, yet found no clues.

However, when he transformed into Zhang Dandan today, he suddenly smelled a familiar 'scent.'

The 'scent' of the Dream Origin Pill.

His current state, transformed into a one-legged Zhang Dandan, was very similar to Li back then.

Both trapped in the Stone Pill, both able to hear, speak, and see, except he had an extra leg.

He was unusually sensitive to that scent, able to smell it even from afar.

And he had an urge named, Junior Sister be careful, Senior Brother is coming out.

The source of this urge and 'scent' was the Holy Tree at the center of Fucheng.

The Dream Origin Pill, or something similar, is here.

Zhang Ze hopped on one leg, wandering back and forth in the sanctuary, sensing the source.

"This way."

The group followed Zhang Ze's words and walked towards the depths of the sanctuary.

The rooms inside the sanctuary were all naturally formed, with interwoven passages, going round and round, some of the deepest ones even Di Zhuomala rarely visited, but Zhang Ze navigated them as if returning to his own home.

As they walked, Lao Di and Chen Qin suddenly became tense, because they both heard an inexplicable whisper.

The sound was originally faint and indistinct, made more mysterious by the unique structure of the sanctuary.

"Do you have mice here?" Junior Sister hid behind Zhang Ze, using her senior brother as a shield, bending over to hold her sword and ask.

"It shouldn't be, this is the sanctuary..."

Di Zhuomala was at a loss too. She opened her bone umbrella and hid behind the armed transforming baby carriage, which currently acted as Xiangxiang's vehicle.

As the sound grew clearer, Zhang Ze also grew cautious, no longer hopping on one leg but walking on two toes.

As the group turned a corner, they saw a shadow projected from a tree hole deep inside.

The shadow was bulky, with its exact form obscured, resembling several people fused together.

In its hand, it held a giant wooden pestle, pounding something with a thumping rhythm while singing a hoarse tune.

"Is this an elder of your Holy Tree Division?" Junior Sister asked Lao Di through sound transmission.

"I don't know, I haven't heard of such a person." Lao Di shook her head.

"Then it must be an Outer Path demon or monster, we must fulfill our duty to slay monsters and demons." With these words, Junior Sister raised her sword to advance and confront the demon.

But before she could take more than two steps, Xiangxiang stopped her, and a row of subtitles appeared in front of Junior Sister.

[Stay calm, Little Di isn't an oracle, she can't know everything. What if it's really some elder?]