I am a full-level celestial master, you let me enter the strange talk of rules?

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes trembled violently, her face turning deathly pale. She suddenly opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of bright red blood, which splashed into the pale golden mist in front of her and was quickly dissolved.

She felt as if her brain had been struck by an invisible hammer, and a sudden, intense pain and emptiness from the depths of her soul made her almost lose her balance.

It seems to be a backlash caused by picking the fruit.

She endured the pain that nearly made her faint and the emptiness that felt like her soul was being torn apart, and pulled hard.

The crimson heart-shaped fruit silently detached from the branch and fell into her palm.

The fruit was still throbbing slightly in her hand, warm and full of life, a stark contrast to her current miserable state.

Without pausing, a ruthless glint flashed in her eyes, and with trembling hands, she reached for the second fruit.

This time, the moment my fingers touched the stem.

"Ugh!"

An uncontrollable groan of pain escaped her throat.

Two streaks of bloody tears streamed down her pale cheeks without warning from the corners of her eyes.

It wasn't just the pain in her soul; this time, it seemed as if her body was also being torn apart by some invisible force.

She felt excruciating pain as if her skin, muscles, and bones were being peeled away and crushed inch by inch, as if countless tiny blades were moving inside her body.

She convulsed violently, the veins on her hand gripping the fruit bulged, and her knuckles turned white from the excessive force.

She bit her lower lip hard until she tasted the strong metallic taste of blood, and with all her strength and willpower, she ripped off the second fruit!

At this moment, the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes was already swaying precariously, with fine blood seeping from her seven orifices. She looked as if she had just been pulled out of a pool of blood, her breath extremely weak, and her eyes beginning to glaze over.

The chairman, who was watching from the back, frowned and a hint of reluctance flashed in his eyes when he saw this scene.

The price was far too high, and for a moment, he even wavered: should he go up and try it himself?

But then he thought about it again, and realized that Zhang Yangqing was only letting someone else try for his safety.

Wouldn't it be incredibly stupid to go up there on my own initiative?
When he gets back, Zhang Yangqing will look down on him and berate him.

At such a critical moment, why let emotions get the better of you?
So the chairman hesitated.

Just as his mind raced, the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes had already locked onto the third fruit with her blurry vision.

Her movements had become so slow and stiff that she resembled a marionette, each step feeling as if she were walking on a knife's edge.

But she didn't stop; she reached out and touched the deadly stem for the third time.

"Wow!"

This time, blood gushed from her mouth, nose, eyes, and ears simultaneously! She was truly bleeding from all seven orifices!

She felt as if her last bit of strength had been drained away, and she suddenly knelt down, her hand holding the third fruit falling limply to her side.

But she still held onto the fruit tightly and didn't let go.

The intense pain caused her to curl up, her body trembling uncontrollably, emitting weak whimpers like a dying animal.

Three blood-red fruits lay quietly in her palm and on the ground in front of her, radiating an alluring vitality that contrasted sharply with her utterly miserable appearance.

Imagine the suffering the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes endured; would her fellow Chosen Ones be willing to bear it for her sake? This was already a test. Zhang Yangqing watched all this expressionlessly until he confirmed that the woman with peach blossom eyes had finished picking the fruits and that none of the three fruits had mutated before he stepped forward.

He had already prepared a glove and container made of a special material.

He put on gloves and nimbly and steadily picked up the two scattered Immortal Tree fruits, placing them in a container and sealing it.

A faint light flashed inside the container, and the fruit's throbbing seemed to slow down, its vitality firmly locked away.

After doing all this, he handed the last Immortal Tree Fruit to the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes who was so weak that she could barely move.

Then he said, "Your condition is very bad right now. Your life force is rapidly depleting. If you can't hold on, you can eat it now. The immense vitality contained in the fruit may immediately stabilize your injuries and even replenish your lost lifespan."

He changed the subject, his tone carrying a hint of warning: "However, I must tell you that, according to the intelligence I've obtained, consuming the fruit immediately within the Undying Mountain realm, especially near the Undying Tree, is extremely dangerous."
The safest approach is to leave the Undying Mountain Realm and return to the plane where Wen resides before consuming it. This will minimize the risk and ensure smooth absorption.

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes lay on the ground, panting for a while before finally managing to lift her head.

Her face was covered in blood, and her once charming peach blossom eyes were now bloodshot and unfocused.

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes trembled as she reached out her hand, but did not take the fruit that was so close yet exuded a deadly allure.

Instead, he struggled to sit up, hastily wiping the blood and tears mixed on his face with his tattered sleeve, revealing a weak smile that looked even worse than crying.

Her voice was hoarse: "Big brother, I... I can hold on a little longer. Let's go back first. I'll listen to you."

She had no doubt that Zhang Yangqing would embezzle her share of the profits, and even showed absolute trust in Zhang Yangqing's advice regarding the timing of consumption.

After experiencing such a terrible price, she understood even more that although the man in front of her was cold and rational to the point of being cruel, what he said was often the most reliable choice.

Zhang Yangqing looked at her for two seconds, nodded, put the fruit back into the container, and said, "Alright, then let's hurry up and leave."

Despite her extreme weakness, the beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes took out several healing pills she had obtained in the Hidden Clan Land from her personal storage items, which she had prepared for any eventuality.

Although these pills could not undo the damage caused by the backlash, they were remarkably effective in stabilizing physical injuries and replenishing depleted essence and vital energy. With trembling hands, she stuffed the pills into her mouth and swallowed them with difficulty.

The pill melted upon entering the mouth, transforming into several warm yet powerful medicinal forces that flowed throughout the body.

A faint trace of color finally returned to her deathly pale face, the bleeding from her seven orifices stopped, and the aura that seemed on the verge of shattering and dissipating stabilized somewhat.

Although the pain in the depths of his soul was still faint, and his eyes were no longer as bright as before, at least he was no longer in a dying state and had regained some ability to move.

Seeing this, Zhang Yangqing and the chairman took the initiative to lead the way and began to quickly return along the route they had come from.

At the summit, the colossal tree that connected heaven and earth was gradually left behind, and the pale golden mist and eerie force field that permeated the surroundings also weakened.

The three walked silently through the blood-red mist and rugged mountain path, the atmosphere heavy.

The beautiful woman with peach blossom eyes was trying to regulate her breathing, while the chairman warily scanned his surroundings. Zhang Yangqing remained calm, as if the tragic scene just now had no effect on him.

Soon, they returned to the huge mountain pass, the starting point of the two paths.

At the entrance to the left path, the gruesome sight of the giant ape corpse BOSS embedded in the mountain wall remains shocking, with rubble and dried blood emitting a foul stench.

At the entrance to the path on the right, the tree-stone BOSS still maintains its "peaceful dozing" posture, as if it is indifferent to everything.

Just as they were about to cross the mountain pass and continue their descent, the chairman, who was on the outermost edge and responsible for guarding the area, suddenly jolted, abruptly turned his head, and stared intently at a jagged, rocky area shrouded in dense shadow on his right. A murderous aura instantly rose around him, and he hissed:
"Who?! Show yourself!" (End of Chapter)