Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 224 Fruit Picking

The Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit is one of the most supreme treasures in the entire Dou Qi Continent.

If the Ancient Dragon of the Void or the Ancient Phoenix could consume it, it would evolve into a true supreme beast possessing both dragon and phoenix bloodlines. Its bloodline would be so noble that it would stand at the pinnacle of this continent!

Looking at the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit in front of him, Lin Ran took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, and prepared to put it into his possession.

The conditions for storing the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit were extremely complicated. Lin Ran originally had no idea how to store it. However, the moment he approached the fruit, a strange message was transmitted to Lin Ran's mind, allowing him to take control of everything.

In summary, it was a case of reaping the rewards with blood!

As one of the most supreme treasures in the world, only those who possess the bloodline of the Ancient Dragon of the Void or the Ancient Phoenix can obtain this fruit. Otherwise, forcibly obtaining it will only damage one's own essence, resulting in nothing but wasted effort.

"My pure Yang dragon blood should be fine, right...? Should I go and bring Qing'er over now?"

"No, if Qing'er comes, she will definitely bring along the other powerful members of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan. If those guys target her, it will be troublesome."

"Since I took the initiative to approach, and my inner feelings have been heightened, there shouldn't be any problem..."

Lin Ran muttered to himself, while simultaneously cutting his palm and dripping his own blood essence onto the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

The moment the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit touched Lin Ran's essence blood, it burst forth with a dazzling light. Then, the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit transformed into a golden-purple liquid, which gathered in Lin Ran's palm.

Then it quietly merged into Lin Ran's body.

As the liquid disappeared, a pattern appeared in Lin Ran's palm, which was none other than the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

"Phew, I finally got it."

Looking at the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit in his palm, Lin Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally successfully completed his purpose in coming to this ruin.

He did not directly absorb the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, but instead, like Zi Yan in the original story, he temporarily stored it away.

The energy in this thing is simply too enormous. If Lin Ran were to absorb it, it would probably take a huge amount of effort. Furthermore, it cannot be disturbed by external forces, otherwise he would inevitably suffer a huge energy backlash.

There are all sorts of people in this place, so it's better to play it safe.

Lin Ran clenched his fists, his gaze sweeping down from the altar.

Below, on the ground, the remains of two ancient dragons and a phoenix, each nearly a thousand feet long, were magnificent. Even though they had been dead for countless years, their power still remained.

Moreover, with his Heavenly Realm Soul, Lin Ran was able to clearly sense the soul power contained within these two skeletons.

The souls of these two skeletons still remain!

"The remnants and remains of the ancient Celestial Phoenix and the Primordial Void Dragon..."

Lin Ran licked his lips. This was a rare find, so he waved his hand and took it away.

The skeleton was too large to fit in the storage ring.

However, since Lin Ran achieved the Pure Yang Dragon Body, his special bloodline as a Taixu Ancient Dragon, combined with the spatial power that a Dou Zun expert can control, has enabled him to create a small space on his person.

Although such small spaces cannot compare to the stable spaces that a Dou Sheng powerhouse can directly create, which are like small worlds, they are perfectly adequate for storing personal items, especially since they are inanimate objects.

As long as Lin Ran's power doesn't fluctuate wildly, this small space remains quite stable.

but.

If Lin Ran were to experience the same situation as he did two or three years ago, this small space would automatically crumble, and everything within it would be completely annihilated.

There's no way around it; a Dou Zun is still a Dou Zun. To create a true spatial world, one still needs to be a Dou Sheng.

Lin Ran took away the two enormous skeletons, and the sudden emptiness of the plain and the terrifying pressure between heaven and earth quickly dissipated.

Without the oppressive aura, Mu Qingluan below felt a sense of relief, but then the roars and howls of beasts rising and falling all around her made her tremble in fright.

"Look how scared you are."

Lin Ran chuckled and patted Mu Qingluan's pert buttocks: "With me here, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Mu Qingluan revealed a bitter smile. This kind of pressure from the bloodline was not something one could simply be unafraid of.

"Hehehe, alright, alright, we can start gathering medicinal herbs now."

"Yay!"

Upon hearing that she could search for medicinal herbs, Mu Qingluan was slightly taken aback, but then revealed an excited and happy smile. Her fear of those powerful magical beasts also lessened somewhat.

They immediately began searching for medicinal herbs together with Lin Ran.

This ancient forest truly lives up to its reputation as a top-tier treasure land where even the Dragon and Phoenix Origin Fruits can be born. Before long, Mu Qingluan had filled her personal storage ring to the brim, and then looked at Lin Ran expectantly.

Lin Ran didn't stand on ceremony and gave Mu Qingluan several more high-grade storage rings.

He himself put all the medicinal herbs into his personal space, only storing the top-grade herbs in his storage ring.

As they flew along, the two encountered many treasure hunters of considerable strength. When they saw Lin Ran and his companion digging up the land, their mouths twitched.

Especially when they saw that the excavation was being carried out towards the outside of the forest, rather than from the outside in, some shrewd individuals had a sudden thought in their minds.

However, due to Lin Ran's terrifying strength, they had no choice but to suppress those wicked thoughts in their hearts.

The power of annihilating five Venerables with a single palm strike is truly terrifying; no one wants to experience the power of a Heaven-Rank Battle Technique.

They searched along the way until they saw the stone gate again, at which point they stopped digging for medicinal herbs.

The only slight pity was that Lin Ran did not encounter the Soul Infant Demon Tree from the original story, which disappointed him quite a bit.

After all, he is currently extremely thirsty for soul power, and it would be even better if he could have the Soul Infant Fruit to help him.

"It must be that while I was working on the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, someone else beat me to it."

Lin Ran shook his head.

Well, it's my fortune to have it and my fate to lose it. Being able to successfully obtain the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, along with thousands of top-grade rare medicinal herbs, makes this a complete success.

Both of them walked out of the stone gate with satisfaction. But when they looked at the messy corridor and the pavilions on both sides, Mu Qingluan suddenly felt that she was not satisfied at all. On the contrary, she felt that she had lost a lot.

This ancient forest is full of rare medicinal herbs, so the pavilion in this corridor must also contain top-quality treasures!

"You little brat. Do you even know what it means to be insatiable? Like a snake trying to swallow an elephant!"

"I'm not human..."

Mu Qingluan muttered to herself, which made Lin Ran chuckle.

He really couldn't refute that.

"Where do we go next, Sect Master?"

"Let's go inside. The real treasure should be in the center of the main hall," Lin Ran said with a faint smile. He then looked up to determine the direction and walked quickly towards the other end of the corridor. Seeing this, Mu Qingluan quickly followed.

These corridors had clearly been thoroughly ransacked when Lin Ran entered the ancient forest. Not only were the surroundings in a mess, but the once tidy pavilions were also destroyed, resembling ruins, a sight that made one shake their head in disbelief.

Seeing that the road had been destroyed like this, Lin Ran and Mu Qingluan lost interest in taking a closer look and immediately quickened their pace, heading towards the center of the main hall.

The complexity of the ancient ruins far exceeded expectations; the winding corridors gave one the feeling of walking through a maze.

If Lin Ran hadn't used his soul power to lock onto it early on, who knows how much longer they would have been lost in it.

After flying in the air for several minutes, their field of vision suddenly widened, and as they rushed forward a distance, a huge ancient palace finally came into view.

The entire hall is bronze in color. Countless years have made this bronze color appear even deeper and more profound. An ancient aura emanates from beneath each stone slab, allowing people to feel the vicissitudes of countless years of silence.

The main hall was extremely vast, and people standing inside looked like ants. In the center of the hall, there were ten huge orbs of light, which floated in mid-air. In the dazzling light, one could vaguely see something like a scroll.

Lin Ran's gaze swept across the orbs of light that emanated a strange pressure, finally settling on the center of the ten orbs.

There was a stone seat, and on that stone seat sat a skeleton, its body entirely white like jade, with its hands forming a mudra, sitting cross-legged.

"The remains of a Dou Sheng powerhouse..."

Lin Ran murmured, his eyes blazing with intense heat.

If we use these bones to create a puppet, wouldn't we be able to directly create a puppet with the combat power of a Dou Sheng?!

Lin Ran's gaze burned with intensity. After a moment, he shifted his focus from the ball of light and the skeletons to the vast center of the main hall.

Inside the vast hall, figures stood scattered about. Apart from a few lone travelers, most of the rest were powerful forces with considerable reputations in the Central Continent. Among them, in addition to the two top-tier magical beast races, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan and the Nine Netherworld Python, forces such as Ice River Valley and Burning Flame Valley were already present.

It seems their goal was quite clear; as soon as they entered the ruins, they headed straight here.

When Lin Ran entered the main hall, he immediately attracted the attention of many people inside. At that moment, a variety of gazes, some wary, some hostile, and some friendly, were cast upon him.

Lin Ran simply smiled at these gazes, glancing at the direction where Feng Qing'er and the others were. The latter winked at him playfully, making Lin Ran chuckle.

Clearly, after he took the two skeletons away, the feeling of blood connection was gone. Naturally, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan did not go to the Ancient Forest, but instead, like other forces, came to the center of this hall.

It is worth mentioning that Lin Ran also saw Iron Sword Venerable and other people from the Starfall Pavilion.

With the two Dou Zun corpse puppets left behind by Lin Ran, plus the Iron Sword Venerable, the Starfall Pavilion, a total of three Dou Zun level experts, successfully arrived here, and no one was missing.

Upon seeing Lin Ran and Mu Qingluan, the disciples in the pavilion all waved excitedly at them.

"Sect Master! Senior Sister Mu, over here!"

"Here it comes!"

Mu Qingluan responded with a smile and, together with Lin Ran, returned to the group of Xingyun Pavilion members.

Upon entering the group, Lin Ran's gaze immediately fell upon the tall stone seat.

They also noticed the dozen or so figures sitting cross-legged around the towering stone seat.

These figures were entirely limestone in color, resembling stone sculptures from afar. Their eyes were closed, and it was unknown how many years they had been preserved in this posture. However, even so, these dozen or so stone sculpture-like figures made everyone afraid to step into the area within ten feet around the stone seats.

puppet!

Moreover, it's a puppet at the Dou Zun level!

Upon seeing these puppets, a glint of light appeared in Lin Ran's eyes again. If he could, like before, take all of these dozen or so puppets into his possession...

While waiting for the seal to disappear, powerful individuals and various forces continued to arrive at the main hall. As more and more powerful figures arrived, the atmosphere inside the hall became subtle and tense. Everyone knew that perhaps in a short while, the person who had just been smiling and greeting them would not hesitate to kill them.

In this atmosphere, some related forces or familiar powerful individuals began to secretly gather. In such a chaotic place, it would be difficult for one person to truly obtain the treasure.

One after another, hurried figures rushed in from outside the main hall. However, although more and more people were coming into the hall, it was still eerily quiet. The oppressive atmosphere caused many people to break out in a cold sweat. Their fighting spirit was ready to burst forth at any moment. At the slightest disturbance, their fighting spirit would be instantly drawn out and unleash astonishing destructive power.

"Don't be nervous. From now on, our priority is self-preservation. We don't need to fight for these things."

Looking at the serious and tense Starfall Pavilion members, Lin Ran calmly said, "These orbs of light contain nothing more than cultivation techniques, combat skills, or secret arts. My Holy Sect has quite a few of these things, including even Heaven-rank combat skills."

"Yes, Sect Master!"

Upon hearing this, the restless hearts of the crowd immediately calmed down considerably.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. It's just martial arts techniques and fighting skills, which the sect already has!

After Starfall Pavilion joined the Holy Sect, its resources were merged with those of the Holy Sect. Starfall Pavilion disciples, like Holy Sect disciples, could also exchange for various resources within the Holy Sect as long as they had enough contribution points.

Lin Ran didn't try to hide anything, which immediately attracted envious glances from many people around her.

To be able to casually say something like "even Heaven-rank combat techniques exist," the Starfall Pavilion's current foundation is just too formidable!

Lin Ran smiled and didn't care at all about the stares of the crowd.

However, after a few breaths, the smile on Lin Ran's face suddenly disappeared, and his sharp gaze immediately fell on the entrance to the center of the ruins.

Immediately afterwards, a strange laugh, seemingly both near and far, transformed into a sharp sound wave that echoed throughout the hall.

"Hehe, it looks quite lively, everyone."

The Soul Palace is here!

(End of this chapter)