CHAPTER 1204: CHAPTER 791: SEEKING WOOD’S ROOT_2

Six hundred zhang is equal to two thousand meters high, which is considered short in the Giant Spirit Race. Accustomed to towering bodies, becoming one meter six tall naturally makes them feel quite constrained.

"Hate it but have to endure." Feng’s body emitted a gray-brown light.

Xiang Beifei and Li Qianluo looked at each other.

"You want to go into the Ruishui River?" Luo Shanyou asked in surprise.

He well knew how terrifying the Ruishui River was; without reaching the Ancestral Dao Realm, most could barely withstand its strong corrosive nature. He didn’t expect the Giant Spirits to go in.

"Their skin’s thick! Ruishui can’t corrode them at all." Xiaohei said.

The last time they saw the old Giant Spirit, Father Pu drank a mouthful of Ruishui River to shrink his body, making it easier to communicate with Xiang Beifei. To countless races, the fearsome Ruishui River might just be mouthwash to the Giant Spirit Race.

"You have the nerve to talk about others; isn’t your skin thick?" Erha grumbled, remembering Xiaohei also diving into the Ruishui River and swimming.

Feng and Zhai Kong stretched their muscles, their skin seemed coated with a gray-brown layer of keratin, glossy as if smeared with an oil film.

"We’re going down too." Xiang Beifei said.

Feng stopped and turned, "You are not afraid of the Ruishui River?"

"Our skin’s thicker than yours!" Xiaohei replied confidently.

Luo Shanyou hesitated, whispering to Xiang Beifei, "Are we really going down?"

"No worries, the Yu Divine Stele specifically restrains fanciful features." Xiang Beifei replied.

He firmly enveloped everyone with the power of the Yu Divine Stele, then took a step forward, leaping into the Ruishui River.

A powerful corrosive aura rushed towards them, compressing their Spiritual Power, trying to drag them down, but within the Yu Divine Stele’s range, the aura emanating just got stabilized by the stele instantly.

"Wow, their skin is not thinner than mine!"

Xiaohei turned to look at the two Giant Spirits.

Feng and Zhai Kong seemed to be swimming in the Ruishui River, relaxed. The strong corrosive aura pressed against them, but it got covered by the glossy keratin layer on their skin.

Yet, they were still less at ease compared to Xiang Beifei, who moved unhindered in the Ruishui River; even its mighty force had to give way.

"They were suppressed here before, surely lived in the water, even if they couldn’t withstand it, they had to endure it, especially having lived for a hundred thousand years!" Xiang Beifei said.

They ventured deeper into the Ruishui River, where the light grew dimmer, a dark expanse everywhere, with nothing but water, devoid of life, no aquatic weeds, no floating organisms, only tough-skinned, thick-fleshed creatures could dwell here.

Xiang Beifei followed the direction sensed by the Yu Divine Stele, but didn’t go far before noticing a discrepancy between the direction of the Giant Spirits and his own.

"You are going over there?" Xiang Beifei stopped to ask.

"Yes." Feng looked at Xiang Beifei, "And you?"

While speaking, they released some bubbles, seemingly unaffected by swallowing Ruishui, their voices propagated in the water.

"I’m going this way." Xiang Beifei pointed to the right.

"So we’re splitting up?" Zhai Kong asked.

"I think it’s better not to separate. I’m sure where there are ancestral artifact fragments, there must be Dao Palace people too. Encountering Dao Palace people is not pleasant." Xiang Beifei said.

Although he had no ties with Feng, they shared a common enemy, and because of the old Giant Spirit, these two guys counted as half allies and could look out for each other.

"Rubble, hum! Dare come; I’ll eat them!" Zhai Kong said fiercely.

Li Qianluo said, "You all squeezed into these tiny bodies; how can you fight the Dao Palace?"

Feng and Zhai Kong exchanged eyes; indeed, the Edge Corner Airspace didn’t allow Giant Spirit Race, thus they couldn’t revert to original form, let alone display true power.

"Then follow us." Feng said.

"First find the ancestral artifact fragment, then fetching your stuff wouldn’t be overdue." Xiang Beifei said.

But at this moment, Luo Shanyou spoke up, "Beifei, I think we should go with them."

"Go with them?"

"My Spirit Imprint, left by Daoist Qingde, guided me here, direction is precisely their side." Luo Shanyou hesitated.

"Turns out?"

Xiang Beifei was quite surprised.

"What exactly brought you here?" Xiang Beifei inquired the two Giant Spirits.

"Cannot divulge." Feng simply responded.

Xiaohei couldn’t bear anymore, discontentedly said, "Why so mysterious? We’ll see eventually when following you, besides, Grandpa Feifei saved your Giant Spirit Race back then! What you aim to take, surely relates to Grandpa Xiang!"

Feng furrowed his brows, contemplated for a moment, then said, "It’s no harm to tell you. It’s the Seeking Wood’s roots; we need to retrieve them."

"You broke Seeking Wood’s roots? Isn’t Seeking Wood an ancestral artifact?" Xiaohei questioned.

"Back then, Daoist Qingde saved our entire race, but the situation was dire, we couldn’t completely transplant Seeking Wood. Without uprooting entirely, Daoist Qingde helped us protect the roots." Feng said.

"We must retrieve Seeking Wood’s roots, for Seeking Wood is crucial to us." Zhai Kong said.

On the side, Luo Shanyou recalled something, "Yes, yes, Seeking Wood! In my memory, Daoist Qingde spoke of it, ’Soaring branches stretch for thousands, rise to the clouds, cast shadow over the four poles, cover Yu Yuan below, world ends, nowhere untouchable.’

"What does ’nowhere untouchable’ mean?" Li Qianluo wondered.

"Seeking Wood is a very special Spiritual Artifact, essentially a World Tree, covering the whole world. Legend has it that everywhere is within Seeking Wood’s shade, growing to the world’s end!" Luo Shanyou said.

World’s end!

Xiang Beifei paused.

Xiaohei also widened his eyes.

"Master Uncle, how about world’s end? Can we walk there using Seeking Wood?" Xiang Beifei urgently asked.

"Should... be? I’m not very sure."

"Master Uncle, think again, how did Grandpa say back then? Has he ever mentioned how to reach the world’s end?" Xiang Beifei pressed.

"World’s end is just a legend; why suddenly interested in it?" Luo Shanyou asked.

Xiang Beifei took a deep breath, "Because he went to the world’s end."

"Who?" Luo Shanyou asked.

"Feifei’s father!" Xiaohei said.

"Human King?"

Luo Shanyou couldn’t believe it!

Xiaohei briefly explained seeing Comrade Xiang Tianxing earlier, leaving Luo Shanyou increasingly astonished.

"He went to the world’s end? How did he go?" Luo Shanyou asked.

Xiaohei speculated, "Probably relying on Seeking Wood? But the Seeking Wood root is still here?"

"Let’s check it out first!"

Xiang Beifei temporarily put down the Yu Divine Stele’s fragments, decided to investigate first. The group immediately headed left, wandering about half an hour in the dark Ruishui River, when Feng signaled everyone to halt.

"Around here; I can feel the roots’ aura." Feng whispered.

"Over there!" Zhai Kong pointed to another side.

In the front’s darkness, a stone platform could faintly be seen, floating in the Ruishui River, appearing like a basin with hollow sides, countless roots growing from inside.

"Found it." Feng invigorated, heading towards the stone platform.

But Xiang Beifei suddenly sensed something wrong, pulled Feng, shouting, "Don’t go there, something’s off here!"

"Very keen sense!"

A hollow voice suddenly echoed around, extremely piercing, sound waves vibrated the Ruishui River.

"Who’s there?" Zhai Kong bellowed!

Yet they had no time to locate the voice’s source; suddenly, Ruishui River made creaking sounds.

Upon close inspection, the surrounding Ruishui began rapidly freezing!

In just a blink, the entire group was trapped within an ice chamber in the Ruishui River!