Yang Kai’s words were not false. The World Fruits were rare, but he had already obtained quite a few. There were thirteen Low Rank World Fruits and two Mid Rank ones, so there was no need for him to covet Meng Hong’s possessions.
Meng Hong shook his head, “This time, us three fellow disciples received Brother Yang’s grace and protection in the Great Ruins Boundary. If it weren’t for Brother Yang, I’m afraid us three fellow disciples would have died a long time ago. Brother Yang also lent us many treasures so that we could condense the power of Open Heaven. If it weren’t for Brother Yang, how could this Meng have achieved what he has today? This Meng doesn’t have anything on me but this fruit. Moreover, this fruit can only be obtained because of you. I hope Brother Yang will not refuse, otherwise this Meng will have no face to face anyone in the future.”
Seeing that Yang Kai still wanted to say something, Meng Hong pretended to be angry, “Brother Yang, if you continue to refuse, you’ll be looking down on me, I, Meng Hong. This World Fruit… I don’t want it!”
Saying so, he tossed the World Fruit towards the mountain.
Everyone around him was shocked.
Yang Kai stretched out his hand and grabbed the fruit, speechlessly saying, “Brother Meng’s kind intentions, I won’t be polite. I’ll keep this fruit for now. If Brother Meng needs it in the future, feel free to ask me for it.”
Although he said so, Yang Kai also knew that since Meng Hong had made his stance clear today, he would never take this fruit back.
Sure enough, Meng Hong smiled and said, “This Meng is confident he can rely on his own ability to advance to the Sixth Order!”
The dozens of people watching from the side saw the two of them pushing and shoving a priceless Mid Rank World Fruit around, and all of them were stunned. If this thing was placed outside, even a powerful Open Heaven Stage cultivator would struggle to obtain it, but now it was being pushed around by them and almost thrown into the fog.
Retrieving the people around him back to the Mysterious Small World, Yang Kai began to investigate his harvest.
The sixteen World Fruits could be said to be a great harvest. The thirteen Low Rank World Fruits were not worth mentioning for the time being, so even if they were valuable, they weren’t too high. After all, they could only help a Low Rank Open Heaven Stage cultivator advance one level, and their limit was still a Third Order, but the three Mid Rank World Fruits were different.
The limit of a Mid Rank World Fruit was a Sixth Order. In other words, it was a best fruit for a Fifth Order Open Heaven Stage master to take. Such a treasure was extremely rare.
What made Yang Kai feel slightly regretful was that he hadn’t been able to obtain a High Rank World Fruit this time. Thinking about it, he couldn’t help laughing, feeling that he had been too greedy. Xu Zhen had also said that although the Three Thousand World Tree produced three thousand World Fruits, most of them were Low Rank and only a few were Mid Rank. As for High-Rank, there might be some, or it might not. Obtaining three Mid Rank World Fruits this time was already a blessing.
In addition to these World Fruits, there was also an unexpected harvest.
This was the root of a World Tree. Yang Kai had previously transformed into a Dragon and shamelessly wrapped this root around his waist, bargaining with the World Tree and angering the old tree. The old tree had cut off its root and pushed him off the mountain, allowing this root to fall into Yang Kai’s hands.
Previously, he had casually thrown it into the Mysterious Small World, but now that his Divine Sense had entered the Mysterious Small World to investigate, he couldn’t help being shocked. He saw that the root had actually sunk into the ground of the Mysterious Small World, transforming into a small sapling that fluttered in the wind.
He couldn’t help but sigh. This root was indeed worthy of being the World Tree’s root. Its vitality was quite strong, and it had only taken a short time for it to sprout new leaves.
That's not all there is to it, Yang Kai could clearly feel that this little sapling was like a bottomless pit. The World Energy of the entire Mysterious Small World was madly pouring into this little sapling, and as the little sapling grew, the laws of the Mysterious Small World were rapidly perfecting and stabilizing!
Underneath the ground, which couldn’t be seen with the naked eye, the small sapling’s roots had already expanded to over a hundred acres, and the tiny roots were still spreading out at an extremely fast speed, seemingly wanting to cover the entire Mysterious Small World.
Yang Kai’s heart jumped and his throat went dry!
The World Tree’s roots could allow the laws of the Mysterious Small World to be perfected and stabilized, so what would happen if it was transplanted back to the Star Boundary?
In the past, Yang Kai had asked the Great Spiritual God A’ Da about the survival of the Star Boundary, but A’ Da had only mentioned the World Tree. Yang Kai had only been away for a short time and his foundation was unstable, so he hadn’t had time to inquire about the World Tree.
The Unaging Land had Three Thousand Worlds Three.
Was this 'World Tree' the 'World Tree' A' Da mentioned?
When he heard Xu Zhen mention the Three Thousand World Tree before, Yang Kai had already made a guess. Now that he looked at this little sapling’s situation, he could faintly confirm this point.
The World Tree that A' Da was talking about might really be the Three Thousand World Tree!
If that was the case, then the greatest harvest from this trip to the Unaging Land was not the three Holy Medicine or the sixteen World Fruits he had just obtained, but the World Tree’s roots!
Yang Kai couldn’t help but want to laugh madly at the sky. He had been searching high and low for it, but now he had found it without any effort!
However, this would have to wait until he returned to the Star Boundary to verify this point. Previously, he had purchased a Star Chart in the Star City and had also searched for the location of the Star Boundary in the Star Chart. Compared to the traces he had left behind along the way and the place where he had separated from Zhang Ruoxi, he now had some clues, but as for where the Star Boundary was, he would have to personally investigate it.
Pondering for a moment, he did not try to suppress the growth of the sapling.
Although the growth of the little sapling required a terrifying amount of World Energy, it was still extremely beneficial to the Mysterious Small World. As such, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages. As for the World Energy consumption, Yang Kai had countless Source Crystals in his possession, if they were to explode, they would be able to replenish the World Energy.
After busying himself for a while, Yang Kai finally settled the matter and let out a long sigh.
Now that he had angered the Three Thousand World Tree, there was no hope for him to obtain more World Fruits. The Unaging Land had been open for so many days, so whatever treasures and opportunities there were had long been found. Now, all that was left was the Seizing Spirit War!
Originally, he had wanted to find a Gold Element treasure suitable for him in the Unaging Land, but unfortunately, he had not been able to find one. Zhu Jiuyin had told him that in the entire Great Ruins Boundary, there were only two places where Yang Kai can get the Gold Element treasure. One was Golden Condor Palace, which was Jin Wu’s territory. Jin Wu is a Gold Attribute Holy Spirit, so the power of his Core was completely in line with Yang Kai’s needs. As long as Jin Wu helped him, Yang Kai would be able to condense a Seventh Grade Gold Element.
However, Jin Wu was Zhu Jiuyin’s sworn enemy, so how could he possibly help Zhu Jiuyin’s Bearer? The Bearer he chose was acting under his orders and had tried to kill Yang Kai several times, but unfortunately, Yang Kai had killed him in the World Fruit.
The second place was the Unaging Land. The Unaging Land gave birth to many opportunities, and there was a chance that Yang Kai would find a Gold Element treasure.
However, even now, Yang Kai had not seen anything.
Just as he was thinking about this, the world suddenly shook, as if a thunderbolt had struck the ground. Yang Kai’s expression became serious and he quickly released his Divine Sense to investigate.
A moment later, the same situation occurred again. This time, Yang Kai could clearly feel that the World Energy was being drawn towards a certain direction.
He turned his head and looked over.
There was a strange movement in the world, and it was obvious that something unusual was happening. Perhaps some great treasure was about to appear!
Within Yang Kai’s field of vision, rays of light flew towards the place where the World Energy was converging. Like Yang Kai, these rays of light seemed to have noticed the anomaly and wanted to investigate.
Yang Kai didn’t hesitate for long before flying off in that direction.
Along the way, the world shook several times before the phantom of a fruit tree suddenly appeared in mid-air. This fruit tree’s ice carving was crystal clear and beautiful, constantly condensing as the World Energy poured into it.
“Innate Fruit Tree!” Yang Kai’s eyes lit up.
He had been wondering where the Innate Fruit Tree was hiding. Although he had found the old tree under Pu Baixiong’s guidance, the old tree was not the Innate Fruit Tree, but a Three Thousand World Tree.
It was only at this moment that he understood that this Innate Fruit Tree had disappeared without a trace and could only be found at special times.
Was there someone who had triggered the opportunity to reveal this Innate Fruit Tree? Perhaps it wasn’t because someone had triggered it, but rather, the time had come for this Innate Fruit Tree to appear!
But no matter what, now that the Innate Fruit Tree had appeared, it was inevitable that all parties would try to seize it. All of the Bearer had to shoulder the responsibility of the Holy Spirit behind them. If they succeeded, they would be able to ascend to the heavens in a single bound, but if they failed, their lives would be in danger. Under such circumstances, who would dare not work hard?
Take Yang Kai for example, Yue He and the others were still in Zhu Jiuyin’s hands, so if he wanted Yue He and the others to escape safely, he would have to obtain the Innate Spirit Fruit.
One figure after another began to gather around the Innate Fruit Tree from all directions. At this moment, the Holy Spirit's Bearer who had been concealing themselves could no longer conceal themselves.
As time passed, as the Innate Fruit Tree absorbed the World Energy, it became more solid.
Two hours later, Yang Kai arrived.
Looking around, there were many people gathered here.
There were already more than thirty people he knew and didn’t know.
Xu Zhen, Ding Yi, and Xiang Ying were also present. These three had entered the World Fruit just like him, but he had made use of the loopholes to enter and exit the World Fruit more than a dozen times, so it was only natural for them to come out first.
To be able to come out from the World Fruit, they must have obtained a World Fruit.
It wasn’t just them, Qu Huachang and Gu Pan also rushed over. The two girls gathered together and whispered something to each other. When they saw Yang Kai, Qu Huachang’s eyes lit up and she enthusiastically waved to him, “Little Brother Yang, over here!”
Yang Kai smiled slightly and nodded towards Xu Zhen and the others before landing beside Qu Huachang.
Ding Yi watched enviously.
Qu Huachang was a disciple of Yin-Yang Cave Heaven and cultivated a special cultivation technique. She was also a disaster-level existence, so Ding Yi had long since taken a liking to her. He wanted to come over and get on intimate terms with her, but he didn’t have the courage to do so for fear of offending her. Now that he saw her treating Yang Kai so warmly, he naturally felt both admiration and envy.
“Senior Sister Qu, Junior Sister Gu!” Yang Kai called out.
Qu Huachang looked at him with a smile, the peach blossoms in her eyes overflowing as she said, “Little Brother Yang, the Innate Fruit Tree has already appeared. If we fight later, the situation will become chaotic, so Little Brother Yang must protect me.”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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