The Herbs.

Xiao Wu appeared after some time and Tang San absorbed man faced spider receiving External Spirit Bone as well. Currently, he had trouble suppressing it and injured Ma Hongjun with his poison, but nothing severe happened here and all went well.

As for Aiden – he woke up in the evening with Bing'er and Xiao Wu being near. The former took care of him and the latter felt guilty because of Titan Ape's misconduct.

Aiden shakily sat up and shook his head to clear out the vision.

"Are you alright?" - asked blue-haired beauty by the side.

"I'm fine. As I said before it is not that severe with my martial spirit and physique." - Aiden stood up which made both girls went red.

"Put something on yourself first." - Bing'er sighed and walked out with Xiao Wu. - "It is good that you are alright." - she said at the door and went away.

"Xiao Wu, I have something to talk to you about. Meet me in the valley in an hour and be alone." - Aiden told her through the spirit power compression method. It was a simple technique to transmit messages to only people one wanted using control of sound waves.

Aiden went for the meeting with little Wu at the designated time. She was already standing there on her own twisting ground with a heel of her boots. She looked a bit tired and weak right now with her rabbit ears hanging low. It can be clearly seen how nervous she is.

"I say, little Wu, you could have at least told your ape bro not to go so heavy-handed! What if someone died because they just wanted to see you? Is he an idiot?" - Aiden scoffed at her with no wish to hide his knowledge about her origins. At this moment Xiao Wu was stunned and so afraid that her life will end here that she said nothing and just cried. But Aiden was utterly unimpressed. Tears. They are so useless and meaningless. - "Is crying everything you will show me? Do you realize that someone might have died out there or not? What use are your tears? Answer me, little Wu. What was that? Can I think of his attack as an attempt to kill Bing'er? Mind one thing, if you say yes, I will kill that ape one day when I'm capable enough. And you know I will be capable of doing so."

"No!" - Xiao Wu immediately denied without thinking. - "He didn't mean it that way! He was upset. He thought you kidnapped me for my ring. He didn't think before attacking."

"Are you saying it for the sake of it? The part about that donkey being incapable of thinking should be true, though." - Aiden asked in a cold tone.

"I didn't say he can't think." - said Xiao Wu meekly.

"No?" - asked Aiden with clear intent in his voice.

"Yes, he can't think." - immediately changed her answer Xiao Wu, but inwardly relaxed a bit. Since they were talking so much, it doesn't seem that he intended to kill her or anything.

"This world is not exactly a pink fairytale. We didn't kill more than necessary for our improvement! But that is irrelevant. You should thank all the saints that no one died. That damned Ape. When I say so you will take me to meet him and we will have a proper chat together, am I clear?"

"Aiden..." - she pleaded.

"Am I clear, Xiao Wu?" - he pressed her with his aura. She nodded and cried again.

"Fine, Little Wu, stop crying. Let's have some snacks to eat." - Aiden getting closure and a promise he will use to thrash that damnable thing, finally quenched his anger. - "I will make your favorite grilled carrots want some?"

Xiao Wu looked at the nonchalant expression of Aiden and couldn't believe that he still didn't change his attitude to her.

"Aren't you going to kill me?"

"Kill you? Have you done anything so wrong that I have to kill you?"

"N-No?" - she said with some uncertainty.

"Where is your usual boastful self gone to? What is with this incertitude?" - he laughed a bit and sat down on the chair. - "Come on, do you think I didn't know about Na'er being a fox and you a rabbit? I knew from the very beginning." - he said, taking out some carrots and quickly grilling them with lightning. - "Here, have some. Don't worry, I don't care who you are, to me you are always Xiao Wu, one of my friends. But that Titan Ape. I'll kick his ass on one of those bright and happy days."

"You didn't mind that I lied to you?" - she finally relaxed and felt very sorry for her brother Ape. In her books, the last person to piss off was Aiden.

'Stupid Er Ming... how can you attack without even looking around? Idiot, I'm not going to save you. Just go and receive your due proper thrashing, yep.'

"Trust is to be earned and sometimes we find it hard to open up to others not because we lack trust, but are afraid of implicating them." - Aiden sighed. - "Actually, I wanted to see you because I have something for you I can't give just like that."

With that said, he withdrew Dragon Spirit Grass. It was a unique immortal spirit herb that didn't cost a penny. That is because this herb is only beneficial to spirit beasts. To them, it is a treasure of treasures, something anyone of them craves to have but seizes it only in dreams.

If he gave that to her in the crowd, people will undoubtedly draw parallels and made their own deductions.

"This... this..."

"With that, you will have a chance to evolve your spirit further to Rabbit Queen. Take it and use it now. I know that you manifested your third ring, this time in the forest. You can do it here, I will stand guard."

"I..." - she didn't have any words to express her gratitude.

"Xiao Wu, you are like a sister to me. Why care about formalities? And know that the thing about brother San you fear the most won't happen. Do you really think he is shallow? Believe me, if you reveal your identity he will not care. He loves you deeply, albeit he didn't see it now, but he will soon." - Aiden smiled at her and stood up, sitting cross-legged nearby. - "Go ahead, eat it."

"Thank you." - she smiled with relief and warmth. It could be said that right now she finally made her first genuine friend.

* * *

Next morning everyone gathered on the training field for practice.

"Xiao Wu, where were you all night?" - asked Zhu Zhuqing suddenly, making Tang San turn his head in wonder.

"You weren't in the dorm at night?" - he asked with an unknown tinge of unease in his heart.

"Speaking of it..." - Oscar continued. - "Aiden wasn't too."

"What?" - exclaimed Bing'er with a flabbergasted look. She expertly hid pain deep in her eyes so it went unnoticed.

"Aiden? You better give me a proper explanation." - Tang San immediately became very tense, to which Xiao Wu smiled feeling happy and went up to give his arm a hug.

"Can I kick your ass first and later explain?" - Aiden scoffed at his attitude but then sighed, noticing dead serious look. - "Oh, come on, San, you can't be serious." - laughed Aiden. - "It happened that we stayed in the valley I usually train in throughout the night. Who asked this sister of ours to be so impatient and directly eat immortal herb I gave her after meeting by accident!"

Tang San looked at Xiao Wu and seeing her nod finally relaxed.

"You owe me, she even forced me to guard her all night!" - Aiden smiled and shook his head at Little Wu, to which she showed her tongue feeling very accomplished and mature. - "But it was worth it, her martial spirit undergone an evolution."

"What? Is it true?"

"Yeah, big brother, I now have a Soft Bone Rabbit Queen spirit!" - Xiao Wu puffed out her chest valiantly like a Valkyrie after returning from slaughtering Gods themselves.

"I misunderstood you, sorry." - he bowed at Aiden slightly.

"Drop it already. Your formal way of talking giving me creeps." - he scoffed in return.

"True enough." - smiled Tang San. - "From now on I can curse you as I want." - he smirked.

"Whatever you like, just don't file complaints to the principal. I don't want to be a beggar." – Aiden returned the jab, and both laughed. - "I actually have herbs for each one of you. Let's start then?" - he gave Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Mubai, and Rong Rong herbs that were meant for them from the original story.

Only that he didn't take out Yearning Heartbreaking Red for Zhu Zhuqing directly giving her one of the most outstanding things in his collection: Nine Revolution Lotus. It was meant to force her Hell Civet to undergo nine revolutionary transformations, greatly enhancing it and even causing an evolution with high probability.

For Tang San, he prepared two extreme fire and ice herbs he ate in the novel, which made them later delighted. After all, if he couldn't understand the use of them and how to eat them it will be strange.

"Now you guys. Bai Feng." - at that, the guy was a bit startled. He actually never thought Aiden will care to find such a rare treasure for him and felt embarrassed for his actions earlier. - "You have a spear spirit, so I have here some Pure Sharp Aura Grass. It is a dream herb for any martial artist who has a weapon spirit. It will help you comprehend combat arts faster and enhance your potential in that field, also it can enhance your martial spirit, but to what extent will depend on you."

"Thank you." - he bowed with no underlying feelings, in pure gratitude.

"Aaron, I have here a Thousand Fragrance Flower. For your wine spirit, it is a great find as it can directly enhance its power and even cause second awakening. It will also make your sense of smell become very acute." - Aaron nodded and took it.

"Shen Ling, your staff is Monkey King weapon, thus I brought you Fire Ruby Fruit. It is the main ingredient for the legendary Monkey Wine. If my hunch is correct, you will undergo a thorough transformation after eating it."

"Shui Yue'er, for your Dolphin I have Poseidon Kiss. It is a flower with one of the purest water power. Legends say that it even has a tinge of the divine power of the water god." - the girl took a herb already feeling impatience birthed by her martial spirit.

"Bing'er..." - he turned to the girl and smiled slightly, feeling her anticipation. She was like a little kitten expecting presents. - "For you, I have Frozen Time Rose." - with that, he took out a flower of mesmerizing beauty, that made all ladies sigh. - "It is a divine herb with extreme ice power. It is said that it grows only in places where once was spilled blood of divine beasts of ice attribute. It will enhance your ice power and with high probability help your Ice Phoenix spirit to birth divinity undergoing thorough evolution."

'After that, she really will become one of the top talents of the world.'

She took it with grace and smiled at Aiden warmly with pink draping her ears. She then shyly hanged her head and ran to her room.

"Man, be my master!" - cried Ma Hongjun with thoroughly dirtied eyes. - "Just teach me how you are doing it!"

"It's easy. Just imagine that Ma Hongjun guy and be completely opposite." - scoffed Aiden in return fully understanding what that lustful chicken was implying.

Like that he distributed all the herbs except for one.