The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

Chapter 424 A Triple Celebration? Selling Blood? (Please Subscribe)

I don't know how long it has been.

A gentle breeze swept by.

The numerous spirit beasts gathered at the foot of the mountain, greedily inhaling the fragrance, were suddenly startled by the disappearance of the alluring aroma. The wild insectoid warriors cried out instinctively, "Where's the fragrance? It's gone—!"

"Oh, Ma San will just take a few puffs—"

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This immediately caused a commotion, with people shouting incessantly.

Seeing the spirit beasts and wild insect warriors return to normal, the spirit beasts like Firetail and Baldhead, as well as the spirit beasts and insect warriors like Black Soil and Hornless who came to help keep order, all breathed a sigh of relief.

They exchanged a glance, their auras surging, and he shouted, "Have you absorbed enough? Hurry up and leave—"

"If you don't leave, we'll kick you all out of Giant Peak Market!"

"roll!--"

A series of peak first-tier auras erupted, instantly startling all the spirit beasts and wild insect warriors, especially the one that threatened to drive them out of the Giant Peak Market, which was the most lethal.

Within a radius of a thousand miles, there is no better place to live than the Giant Peak Market, not to mention that the Zerg warriors who run the market are particularly friendly to spirit beasts.

"Let's go, let's go right now—"

Without the bald-headed creatures driving them away, the spirit beasts and wild insectoid warriors living in Giant Peak City scattered in a panic, and some foreign spirit beasts also left with them.

In a very short moment.

Only a handful of spirit beasts and wild insectoid warriors remained in the arena.

Among them were the striped tiger, the mountain-sized lizard, two snow-white foxes, and a ladybug warrior that Zhu Yu had seen before.

Faced with hundreds of spirit beasts and wild insect warriors, Baldy and his companions dared not act rashly. But now that only a few remained, the spirit beasts' eyes gradually turned hostile.

The white-haired family even circled around to their backs.

Just then.

One of the white foxes, with a small piece missing from one ear and a scar on its face, raised its paw and shouted, "Don't misunderstand, we're not spying on the fruit. We're here to find a spirit beast. Was there a white fox here before?"

Baldhead and Firetail naturally knew their former neighbor, the white fox. They glanced at the two white foxes and softened their imposing manner. Firetail, seeing that they were of the same kind, said, "We'll talk about the white fox later. You two go wait over there."

"it is good."

The two white foxes readily agreed and nimbly slipped to the side.

Then, Firetail looked at the giant earth lizard and the striped tiger, its eyes instantly turning a molten gold-red, its aura surging, and its fiery red fur burning like flames. It roared, "Severed Tail, Flower Demon, you dare to come back!—"

That's right, the Earth Lizard was the spirit beast that once ran the market, and the Spotted Tiger was the big traveling merchant who swindled Firetail and the others.

It reminded me.

Bald Head, Blackie, and Whiteie all recalled that these two spirit beasts were the same ones who had tricked them before, and a fierce rage ignited in their hearts.

"Slaughter them!—"

As they spoke, they began to surround them.

The spotted tiger and the earth lizard initially only felt that they looked somewhat familiar, after all, more than two years had passed. Upon hearing what Firetail said, they turned to leave, but seeing the white-haired family and the kingfisher couple blocking their way, they hurriedly called out, "Wait!"

"Don't do it."

"I'm willing to compensate for the broken tail—"

"Hua Gui has something important to discuss with Ju Feng—"

Upon hearing this...

The spirit beasts, including Firetail, who were about to take action, all paused. Compensation was a small matter; what concerned Giant Peak was a big deal.

Firetail's imposing aura subsided slightly, and he looked at Flower Demon with suspicion, shouting, "Speak quickly, what important matter do you need to discuss with Giant Peak?"

Hua Gui breathed a sigh of relief, rolled his eyes, and raised his head, saying, "Hua Gui wants to see Ju Feng and speak to him personally."

"Yes, even if it's just a tail, you have to talk to the giant mountain in person."

As if realizing something, Duanwei quickly added the missing part.

How could Huowei let them see Zhuyu so easily? He put on a slightly aggressive stance, but although the two beasts were afraid, they still insisted on seeing Zhuyu before speaking, saying that it was a great thing.

For a while, it didn't have a good solution.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate.

Heitu, who was standing nearby, had a sudden thought and called out, "You guys wait here for a while, I'll go ask Jufeng."

After saying that, he turned around and ran up the mountain in a flash.

If not now, when?

mountain top.

Five Elements Formation Space.

Upon discovering that the divinely bestowed fruit of the "White-tailed Pear" had ripened, Zhu Yu immediately raised a protective array to isolate the divine aura of the "White-tailed Pear." After doing so, his gaze fell upon the fruits, shaped like sheep tails and as red as jade, growing beneath the branches and leaves.

It took flight and circled the ground several times.

He finally stopped, satisfied.

Because this was the third time the "White Tail Pear" had borne fruit, he didn't thin out the fruit as much as before, leaving a full 1,200 fruits.

Excluding those caused by malnutrition and spoiled fruit.

In the end, 1,152 fruits were obtained.

If it were the "White-tailed Pear" before its divine gift mutated, a single divinely bestowed fruit would cost 20,000 Life Stones, and these would be worth over 20 million Life Stones.

But now the "White Tail Pear" has been transformed into a special top-grade divine gift, and it is also a special fruit that can "regenerate severed limbs".

Its value should be at least ten times higher, which is two hundred million Life Stones.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yu was overjoyed and couldn't help but sigh, "It's still so good to plant 'divine gifts'!"

He had already decided that if Hua Ling couldn't consume this batch of "divinely bestowed" fruits, he would wait for Cai Ling to return and then trade them at the Great Void Market run by the Red Fire Ants.

The white-tailed pear is said to have the miraculous effect of "limb regeneration".

It's not very useful for spiritual ruins like "Immortal Tomb Spiritual Ruins," but for spiritual ruins like "Martial World" where one cannot reshape their physical body until reaching the Immortal Realm, it's a divine medicine.

He was confident that there would be no trouble selling them.

A jumble of thoughts flashed through Zhu Yu's mind. He picked a white-tailed pear, a divinely bestowed fruit, and took a sniff. Before the fruit was ripe, its fragrance could be smelled for miles, but when it was ripe, he could not smell any aroma at all.

I opened my mouth and took a bite, breaking open the peel. Instantly, a stream of warm juice flowed into my mouth through the opening. I couldn't quite describe the taste; it seemed like a mixture of peach and pear, with a hint of milkiness. It was very delicious.

Once inside its belly, wisps of warm air circulate throughout its body, making the worm feel as if it's soaking in a hot spring, feeling warm and cozy.

A few breaths later.

When Zhu Yu came to his senses, he found that he only had one divinely bestowed fruit left in his hand, and all the fruit pulp had gone into his stomach.

He nodded in satisfaction. This fruit was truly excellent; the pulp was juice, and it also had medicinal properties.

"Not bad, not bad—"

He carefully put away the divinely bestowed fruit, took out some life stones to replenish the divinely bestowed spirit seed of the "White-tailed Pear," checked it again to make sure it was alright, and then flapped his wings and left the array space.

He turned around.

After clearing his body of his aura, Zhu Yu arrived at the space where the divinely bestowed spirit seed, "Xifu Begonia," resided.

The two divinely bestowed seedlings matured one after the other.

At this moment, the branches of the "Malus spectabilis" are laden with warm, jade-like fruits, a sight that evokes the joy of a bountiful harvest.

Sensing his presence, Xifu Haitang's voice came, sounding slightly weak.

"Jufeng, you've arrived."

"The crabapple trees have produced so many fruits for the giant beech trees."

"Jufeng, come and try it! The fruit of the crabapple must be delicious!"

"Kyoho——"

"Wow, she's really dramatic—"

Hearing the weak voice of "Xifu Begonia" bestowed by the gods, Zhu Yu was speechless, but thinking that she would have to rely on it to bear fruit next year, she immediately played along with the surprise and said, "Really? Begonia, you are the best—"

A casual compliment.

Xifu Haitang couldn't hold back any longer and said excitedly, "Of course, Haitang is the best for Jufeng."

Zhu Yu flew over and circled it once, briefly counting the number of fruits. It was similar to last year, with 360 fruits hanging on the ground and 355 ripe.

However, the fruit is larger and more moist, and its quality is significantly higher.

"Not bad, not bad—"

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction, taking out the Life Stone to nourish the divinely bestowed spirit seed of the Begonia grosvenorii while agreeing with its words.

Before leaving, at its repeated request, I tasted a fruit, enduring the sourness in my mouth, and praised it repeatedly, making the entire crabapple tree's branches and leaves stand up.

Outside the array space.

Zhu Yu hurriedly scooped up a little honey and put it in his mouth. He felt the juice in his mouth change from sour and astringent to sweet, and he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh and shake his head slightly.

"That stubborn donkey—"

Just then, his mind stirred, and his gaze fell upon the array space to one side, a surge of joy welling up within him.

"Three happy events at the same time!"

It hurriedly cleansed its own aura and flapped its wings to fly in.

The space is only thirty square meters, filled with sections of bamboo that are mostly rotten, and in the center of these bamboos stand nine mushrooms that are about half a meter tall.

Their branches are as white as snow, their caps are lake blue, and a ring of light blue mushroom vines hangs down from the top, resembling a skirt.

It is called "Queen Bamboo Fungus".

One of the three "divine gifts" obtained from the "Fungus Domain", it belongs to the water element and its fruit effect is to enhance water-based spells and supernatural abilities.

The position is of medium divine bestowal.

As soon as Zhu Yu entered, a magnetic and anxious voice came through.

"Jufeng, come quick, come quick, I'm about to give birth—"

As she spoke, she cried out "Ahhh—" in a particularly shrill voice.

Zhu Yu paused, took a deep breath, and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, you are a divinely bestowed spirit, not human, and cannot bear children—"

As soon as he finished speaking, the screams stopped abruptly.

Immediately following was the indignant voice of the Empress Zhusun.

"I'm just that good at giving birth! Quickly pull me out, I'm tired, I want to give birth lying down—"

Zhu Yu ignored it, flapped its wings and flew closer, immediately crushing a hundred Life Stones and swallowing them.

Not long after.

Empress Zhusun suddenly exclaimed, "It's born! It's born—"

next moment.

The surrounding spiritual energy surged and gathered, pouring into the nine Queen Bamboo Fungus plants, causing the white jade-like fruits on their canopies to quickly turn from white to blue.

A few breaths later.

A unique, refreshing aroma of mushrooms wafted through the air.

"It's ripe—"

Zhu Yu was delighted and looked over.

The Queen's bamboo fungus is a divine gift with nine buds. After sorting the fruit, each bud bears thirty fruits, totaling two hundred and seventy fruits. When it matures, only three fruits are damaged, yielding two hundred and sixty-seven fruits.

A bountiful harvest indeed.

"I wonder how many Life Stones a single 'Queen Bamboo Fungus' divinely bestowed fruit is worth—"

As Zhu Yu was pondering this, the Empress Zhu Sun's magnetic voice came through the window.

"Jufeng, the Empress has entrusted all the children to you. Could you tell the Empress the story of Xia Yuhe's daughter, Xia Yutian?"

Zhu Yu's eyelids twitched, and he said "another day." Without waiting for a reply, he hurriedly flapped his wings and left the array space.

Returning to the central space, he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh of relief.

"Can the memories bestowed upon fungi last that long? A year has passed, and Queen Bamboo Fungus still hasn't forgotten—"

Shaking his head to clear his mind, he knew he couldn't talk about it, but he could consider making a jade slip for it in his spare time, like watching a movie, to prevent it from actually pulling itself out to sunbathe.

Then he looked at the shy "Heavenly Mushroom" and Sass to "Hyacinth".

The "Chaotian Mushroom" is of such a high grade that its fruit takes at least another year to mature.

They're clamoring that Saturn bestowed "hyacinths" upon the hot-blooded young god, and that they'll be ripe in the next few days.

Return to the central space.

Zhu Yu felt somewhat happy thinking about Hua Ling's imminent arrival, its expression upon seeing the mutated White-tailed Pear and the Queen Bamboo Fungus's divinely bestowed fruit, and its chuckles.

"With so many divinely bestowed fruits, I wonder if the price difference is enough for it to advance to the Mountain Lord realm—"

"And Cai Ling, she's been gone for a year, it's time for her to come back—"

Thinking this, he flapped his wings and left the Five Elements Formation space.

Just came out.

Then Black Earth came running up to greet him, boasting, "Giant Peak, Giant Peak, Black Earth scared away the spirit beast that wanted to eat your fruit for you."

Zhu Yu was taken aback, then came to her senses and smiled, "Thank you, Heitu. When Hua Ling arrives, Jufeng will treat you to a feast."

"Okay, thank you, Jufeng."

Black Earth had never been to a banquet before, but he had heard Baldy mention it, and he was overjoyed. He immediately agreed and then began to talk about what was happening down the mountain.

After he finished speaking.

"Great news? What great news—"

Zhu Yu was puzzled for a moment, but didn't think much of it. Rather than guessing, he decided to ask the flower ghost and the one with the broken tail directly.

We arrived at the foot of the mountain.

The bald-headed, fire-tailed, and other spirit beasts immediately gathered around, asking with concern.

"Jufeng, are you alright?"

"Kyoho, are the fruits ripe? — Do you need any help?"

"fine."

Looking at his kind neighbors, Zhu Yu felt a warmth in his heart and secretly decided to increase resources to support their breakthrough. He shook his head slightly, looked at the striped tiger and the giant lizard, and said, "I am the Giant Peak. What do you want?"

Flower Ghost and Broken Tail sized up Zhu Yu a few times. Flower Ghost took a step forward, but then retreated under the menacing gazes of Baldy and the others. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Giant Peak, Flower Ghost and Broken Tail want to make a deal with you."

As if feeling its tone wasn't strong enough, it raised its paw and said, "A big deal."

"Although the insect realm targets spirit beasts, their intelligence is truly remarkable, nurtured by special spiritual energy—"

I secretly praised him in my heart.

He wasn't interested in the big deals they were talking about. He earned hundreds of millions of life spirit stones a year, while spirit beasts were notoriously poor. What big deals could they possibly make with him?

Nine times out of ten, they just want to buy his spiritual food and resell it.

However, he was somewhat interested in the bloodline of the two beasts.

Zhu Yu asked bluntly, "Do you sell your blood?" He paused, then added, "The larger the quantity, the higher the price."

"Huh? Ah?—"

The two beasts were startled, then, as if realizing something, their pupils contracted and they instinctively retreated.

Selling blood?

Are these Zerg warriors carnivorous, vicious insects?

Zhu Yu, unaware of the two beasts' thoughts, looked them up and down, and the more he looked, the more he felt that their bloodline was extraordinary. He directly quoted a price: "Giant Peak only wants the essence blood, one drop—five hundred life stones."

"To sell or not to sell?"

"One drop costs five hundred Life Stones? —"

These words were spoken.

Not only were Flower Ghost and Broken Tail stunned, but even the bald-headed and fire-tailed spirit beasts beside him were also stunned.