CHAPTER 708: IMMORTAL FRUIT

Throughout the journey, the five individuals made several mo

Throughout the journey, the five individuals made several moves, each time harvesting one or two plants of Spiritual Herb.

These were Spiritual Herbs with a medicinal age of several thousand years, suitable for their current stage as Soul Transformation Cultivators.

Each person received one or two plants of Spiritual Herb, making the trip worthwhile.

After all, in the past, even if they wanted to obtain such a Spiritual Herb, they would have to go through great hardships.

Many times, they had to compete against cultivators of the same stage for a single Spiritual Herb, fighting tooth and nail.

Winning meant obtaining the Spiritual Herb, losing meant retreating to silently recover or facing death.

Therefore, besides Wang Hong, the other four were quite satisfied, and even Wang Hong had to go along with the general mood and show satisfaction.

In fact, along the way, Wang Hong discovered many rare Spiritual Herbs that he wanted to pick and transplant into his Space.

However, either these Spiritual Herbs were not old enough or they were too far away, so they all chose to give up.

Wang Hong actually thought of a feasible method to easily harvest Spiritual Herbs from afar, but being with the other four at the moment made it inconvenient for him to execute it.

He could only wait for another opportunity to act alone in the future.

"Qin Fellow Daoist, wasn't this place supposed to be an immortal realm? Why haven't we seen anything related to the immortal realm so far?"

As they slowly progressed, occasionally chatting, Bai Wushuang asked with some doubt.

Because ever since they entered this secret realm, all they had seen along the way were denser Spirit Qi and some higher-tier Spiritual Herbs.

If this was how an immortal realm looked, it was too barren.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Bai, if we were to find an immortal artifact fifty miles away right now, wouldn't we do everything possible to go get it?" Daoist Qin asked with a smile.

"Of course, even if it took a month, it would be worth giving up other treasures for it." Bai Wushuang affirmed without hesitation.

"Yes! Our predecessors also thought so. Therefore, anything truly valuable here has long been snatched away after countless years of exploration," Daoist Qin said.

"But even if there are no treasures from the immortal realm, there should still be some immortal medicines left, right? Even if there are no immortal medicines, the tier of the Spiritual Herbs here is relatively low, isn't it?"

In these past few days, the highest tier of Spiritual Herb they had seen was only tier five.

Tier five Spiritual Herbs were naturally high-tier compared to the Little Yuan Realm, but they were still rare.

However, for the immortal realm, they shouldn't be considered high-quality goods.

"In fact, there are higher-tier Spiritual Herbs in this secret realm as well. Every time the secret realm opens, someone harvests six or seven-tier Spiritual Herbs, or even higher ones.

But we've always been walking along the safe passage explored by our predecessors. Over the years, countless cultivators have passed through here, so don't expect to find higher-tier items within the range of Divine Sense."

"Some of the immortal trees and immortal medicines that originally grew in the immortal realm find it difficult to survive in environments without immortal energy or where the immortal energy is thin.

So except for a few immortal plants that can adapt to the new environment, the others have slowly died out.

Even those immortal medicines that barely survived grow extremely slowly."

At this moment, the cultivator surnamed Li, who had been silent, also interjected, "The immortal fruit tree that I found is the same."

"If you go deeper, you can still see some immortal medicines and immortal trees that have already died."

With that, the footsteps of the group couldn't help but quicken slightly. They were still on the outskirts of the secret realm.

Their journey had been arduous, and on the ninth day of entering the secret realm, they finally found the immortal fruit tree with only Divine Sense.

On a large rock, a small tree, only about five feet tall, emitted myriad rays of light, indicating the extraordinary nature of this tree to anyone who laid eyes on it.

Dozens of crystal-clear fruits hung from the small tree, with one already ripe and another in a half-ripe state.

"Li Fellow Daoist, do you think a celestial beast might suddenly emerge from beside this tree?" Bai Wushuang asked. He thought that just like some natural treasures, there might be higher-tier Demonic Beasts guarding it, similar to what one might encounter in the immortal realm.

"If cultivator surnamed Li brought us and Wang Hong here to feed us to a celestial beast and pick some fruit on the side, wouldn't that be something?" Bai Wushuang speculated maliciously.

"Fellow Daoist Bai, please rest assured on this point. The three of us have been here before, and aside from spatial rifts, there is no other danger," Daoist Qin reassured.

"Moreover, Fellow Daoist, have you seen any Demonic Beasts since entering this secret realm?" Daoist Qin asked in return.

Bai Wushuang pondered for a moment before realizing that indeed they hadn't seen any Demonic Beasts, not even ordinary wild beasts.

"That's true, we haven't seen any."

Daoist Qin smiled and said, "In this secret realm, any Demonic Beast that acts unruly won't survive for more than an hour."

Thinking about it, it made sense. How could Demonic Beasts survive in a world full of spatial rifts?

"Dear Fellow Daoists, our current top priority is to go and pick the immortal fruit. Delay could lead to unforeseen circumstances," said the Ye Yao cultivator in the group.

"Let me explore the path."

The cultivator surnamed Li said as he took out a stick and proceeded to lead the way.

The others followed closely behind, not daring to take a wrong step. By this point, there were more and more spatial rifts here.

Not only were there fixed spatial rifts, but also unpredictable ones, making it impossible to guard against.

So now everyone held a wooden stick, much like those performers in the Mortal Realm, twirling a stick around them.

At this moment, the cultivator surnamed Ye, who was walking in the third position, suddenly had his wooden stick broken in two.

His expression tightened, knowing that he had encountered a wandering spatial rift. These kinds of spatial rifts were the most difficult to deal with; one misstep could result in being cut in half.

But he was a Soul Transformation Cultivator with extensive battle experience. He took out several pieces of ordinary cloth, infused them with Spiritual Power, and pushed them outwards, smoothing them around him.

The cloth acted like several walls, spreading out from the Ye cultivator's center and quickly revealing the outline of one of the spatial rifts where the cloth had broken.

It was a vertically standing spatial rift, likely heading towards the position where the Ye cultivator was standing.

The Ye cultivator hurriedly dodged behind an intact piece of cloth, narrowly escaping the fissure.

Watching this scene from behind, Wang Hong felt that he had gained more insight.

He had seen many people buying such ordinary cloth before, so he followed suit and bought a piece with a Spirit Stone, accumulating quite a pile.

It seemed that whether something was useful or not didn't necessarily correlate with its price.

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