The Witch Hunter System
chapter-861

It wasn't difficult for Vaan to guess that the Wood Spirits had noticed something special about Emerald.

However, they didn't seem to be exactly sure what was special about her.

That said, the older Wood Spirits appeared to have some insights after pondering for some time. Their sudden looks of surprise, doubt, and astonishment further aroused Vaan's curiosity.

Just what did they find out about Emerald?

"Little Fairy, where do you come from? Can you tell this Old Man about what kind of place it is?" Senior Sunflower Spirit asked nicely.

"Myu?"

Emerald tilted her head in doubt, unable to understand the intention behind Senior Sunflower Spirit's question.

"Myuu, myuu, myu, myuu," Emerald eventually answered anyway, telling the Senior Sunflower Spirit about the forest of her birth.

However, after learning about the little fairy's place of birth, Senior Sunflower Spirit could only frown and glance at his senior peers with the same doubt.

There was nothing special about the forest that she had mentioned to them.

In fact, it was so ordinary that it wasn't worth mentioning-at least according to what the little fairy told them.

"Please excuse this Old Man for a moment," Senior Sunflower Spirit informed Emerald before joining his circle of peers to discuss the subject of interest. "Something isn't right."

"Something isn't right indeed," a senior Purplelotus Spirit nodded and said, "The Little Fairy is obviously special, but her origin of birth sounds too ordinary to give a special Wood Spirit like her."

"Right, the information doesn't seem to match the description in our tribe's records. Even without the records, by logic, it shouldn't be possible for a Heaven's Chosen Wood Spirit to be born in ordinary forests," the Sunflower Spirit stated with a frown.

"Furthermore, we can't be sure this little fairy is a Heaven's Chosen," the Divine Vine Spirit continued, saying, "Although we can feel the influence of this little one's voice, it is rather weak for a Heaven's Chosen Wood Spirit."

"But there's no doubt that a Mid-rank Wood Spirit is influencing us, Divine Wood Spirits. Only Heaven's Chosen Wood Spirits, who were blessed by the heavens, could possess such an ability," the Purplelotus Spirit reminded.

"Perhaps this ability was dormant at birth and was only awakened recently? Maybe that is why the influence is quite weak?" the Sunflower Spirit guessed.

"But that still doesn't explain the supposed origin of birth; this is what I don't understand," the Divine Vine Spirit frowned as she said, "A forest of such little life potential cannot birth a Heaven's Chosen Wood Spirit."

"With the Mother Tree in slumber, even a holy place like our Garden of Thyia has a low chance of giving birth to a Heaven's Chosen Wood Spirit, let alone a small forest with little life potential," the Divine Vine Spirit stated.

While the senior Wood Spirits discussed the legitimacy of Emerald's special status, Vaan gradually understood what was going on.

The senior Wood Spirits were greatly concerned about Emerald's special status-to the point that they had to have a heated discussion among themselves because they were trying to figure out how they should treat her.

If they believed her to be this so-called Heaven's Chosen Wood Spirit, she would be akin to a sacred existence, more revered than royalty among Wood Spirits.

However, they couldn't confirm her status due to her weak influence and lowly origin of birth. When Vaan thought that the Lord of Chaos might have played another hand in the matter, he couldn't help but feel grave about the current situation in Chaos.

After all, if the Lord of Chaos was heavily interfering with his life, planting opportunities for him left and right for him to encounter, it must mean that the Lord of Chaos required him to grow swiftly.

What kind of dire situation was Chaos in that it required the Lord of Chaos to prepare such extensive preparations for his growth?

Furthermore, if such a dire situation existed, wouldn't Hecate, considering her extensive knowledge, know about it?

That said, Chaos was infinitely vast.

Vaan couldn't expect Hecate to know everything outside the Eternal Darkheaven Sector.

As Vaan pondered these matters, he gradually came to one conclusion-Chaos's situation was not looking good, but it was also at a stalemate. That was why the Lord of Chaos was still using a roundabout method to let him grow on his own.

Otherwise, the Lord of Chaos might have just taken him away and personally assisted him in returning to the peak of his first life-Varuna's life.

Vaan didn't doubt that if the situation were that dire, the Lord of Chaos wouldn't hesitate to provide him with the best cultivation resources known to Chaos. In fact, the Lord of Chaos might even have the ability to restore his first life's cultivation instantly.

However, the truth was Vaan could only guess at this point.

His past life memories were still incomplete, and Beyond True Divinity Realm was still a vague concept to him. He wasn't quite certain what they could and couldn't do at such a high level of existence.

He felt like he knew, but he couldn't be sure; a persisting sense of uncertainty existed. 'Chaos's boundary barrier shields it from the invasion of Outer Beings, but it doesn't protect new chaosverses that have yet to integrate with it fully...' Vaan mused.

It was the greatest weakness of Chaos's boundary barrier that shielded it from the erosion of nothingness. The Outer Beings could enter Chaos through the integration of new chaosverses. However, the Lord of Chaos would have, no doubt, slain every one of such Outer Beings who tried to enter Chaos through such a method-unless the invading Outer Beings were too powerful, even for him.

Did Varuna attract this disaster to Chaos from the fourth-dimensional world?

...

While Vaan was deep in thought, the Wood Spirits continued their discussion as the Sunflower Spirit suddenly proposed a possibility worth considering.

"A normal forest is indeed incapable of birthing a Heaven's Chosen Wood Spirit. However, we have been looking at this from a wrong angle. The little fairy believes she was born in such a normal forest, but is that truly the case?"

"What if what she believed is not what actually happened? What if she was placed in such an ordinary forest by means of True Divinity Intervention, like how the Goddess of Life once planted the Mother Tree in this secluded world?"

"Moreover, we haven't thought about whether a Heaven's Chosen Wood Spirit's innate ability could weaken if it were forced to live in such a low-quality forest," the Sunflower Spirit

suggested.

"Un, that's true," the Purplelotus Spirit acknowledged before saying, "I'm inclined to believe the little fairy is a Heaven's Chosen and treat her in the highest regard. But before that, we should inform the Elder Spirit about everything here."

"The Elder Spirit is the eldest and most knowledgeable Wood Spirit in the Garden of Thyia. He must know more about Heaven's Chosen Wood Spirits and how to confirm them," the

Purplelotus Spirit assumed.

"That... informing the Elder Spirit might not be a good idea," the Sunflower Spirit hesitantly opposed the suggestion after some thought.

However, his unpopular opinion was poorly received by his peers, as the Wood Spirits

frowned at him.

"Hm? And why wouldn't it be a good idea, Old Sunflower?" the Purplelotus Spirit questioned.