Chapter 163: Everyone Gathers, Saint Origin Fruit Tree

The Immortal Dao Merchant Association and the Mysterious Yin Sect weren’t the only ones who’d had such encounters. The Pure Yang Sect had met with the same treatment.

“Senior Brother, these Shadow Rabbits seem to hate us. Has something upset them?”

Cang Xing looked toward Gong Yuankui in confusion.

“I don’t know either. I’ve heard these Shadow Rabbits are relatively mild-tempered. As long as you don’t attack them first or try to steal the spiritual herbs they guard, they won’t usually strike. So why did the whole warren swarm us the moment we entered their territory?”

Gong Yuankui was baffled too. The rabbits guarded Shadow Flowers. His group had planned to sneak in, but the rabbits attacked as soon as they entered the territory.

Shadow Flowers weren’t just miraculous healing medicines-they could also dispel Inner Demons, clear the mind, and purify the spirit. They were quite precious.

The rabbits were strong. Those patrolling outside were all at Nascent Soul or above; the weaker ones stayed in the center of the Shadow Flower field.

That alone wouldn’t have been enough to force Gong Yuankui into retreat. The real problem was the Shadow Rabbit King, whose strength approached Soul Formation stage. Even with his many treasures, Gong Yuankui had barely avoided serious injury.

Though the Shadow Rabbit King was furious, it didn’t chase beyond its own territory. What if these despicable humans captured its young again?

A despicable human had lured it away and stolen ten of its young. It had only managed to get them back by handing over ten Shadow Flowers. It could not fall for that again.

“We can’t take the treasures here. Let’s check other locations. That Rabbit King is vicious. If I hadn’t had protective treasures, that kick would’ve seriously wounded me.”

Gong Yuankui was still shaken. He had not expected the Shadow Rabbit King’s kick to come so close to seriously injuring him.

“Then that’s what we’ll do. Senior Brother, wherever you say to go, we’ll follow.”

Cang Xing knew when to give up, so he asked Gong Yuankui to choose a direction.

The association tried other places afterward. Everywhere, the beasts were unusually fierce and seemed to regard them as enemies.

The Mysterious Yin Sect fared no better. Their Holy Son was injured, and they didn’t dare force the matter. Every attempt ended in retreat.

Gong Yuankui took the Pure Yang Sect to several other places with similar results. Some treasures had already been taken. Where they remained, the beasts attacked the group furiously on sight.

“Such a shame. Someone got here first.”

Gong Yuankui said helplessly.

“Which bastard was it?”

After coming up empty-handed, Ling Wujun erupted in anger.

“Bastard! Took our treasures right out from under us!”

The seriously injured Lu Feng finally realized what had happened. Someone had taken everything.

“Achoo!”

Qin Xiao, who was resting, suddenly sneezed.

Hm? Is someone thinking of me? I’ve been away for over twenty days. My master’s wife must miss me.

“Qin Xiao, we’ve been here so long already. We’ve taken everything we could from this area. What we couldn’t take, there’s no helping it. Where should we go next?”

Ling Ruoxue was quite satisfied. Over the past days, she’d received a healthy share of the spoils. Now she asked Qin Xiao where to head next.

“I don’t know. We’ve searched everywhere nearby and tried for everything, whether we could take it or not. There’s nowhere left to go.” Follow the newest chapters on novelрing.com.

Qin Xiao felt just as helpless. He’d tried every location, even nearly ran into danger along the way, but his own Fated Chance still hadn’t appeared. Instead, he’d helped his disciples and Ling Ruoxue fill their pockets.

This wasn’t right. Every television show and novel he had seen said a secret realm always had a Fated Chance. An iron rule! Why didn’t it work for him?

“How about we check the Inner Zone? Didn’t you promise Manager Wu Li you’d find him a Saint Origin Spirit Fruit? The Saint Origin Fruit Tree is in the Inner Zone, and this happens to be a ripening year.”

Seeing they truly had no new targets, Ling Ruoxue thought of the Saint Origin Fruit Tree and turned to Qin Xiao.

“I’d like to visit the Saint Origin Fruit Tree, but the Inner Zone… our strength isn’t enough.”

Qin Xiao wanted to go, but he had nearly come to grief in the Middle Zone. How could he risk the Inner Zone? At worst, he could sell Manager Wu Li one of his own Saint Origin Spirit Fruits.

“Oh, this has nothing to do with strength. The Saint Origin Fruit Tree in the Inner Zone has no Demon Beast guarding it. Besides, everyone else will go there too. That tree is wrapped in a Formation. Even Demon Beasts can’t get in, so there’s no guardian beast at all.”

Seeing Qin Xiao didn’t understand, Ling Ruoxue explained.

“What’s the situation there?”

Qin Xiao was thoroughly confused now.

“How could Tianyuan Sect not tell you? All five major powers know about it. The formation gives off strong Pressure. Cultivators and beasts have tried, but none can get very close. Still, when the fruit ripens every ten openings, everyone tries. What if they succeed? It’s Saint Origin Spirit Fruit!”

Ling Ruoxue gave him the basic explanation.

“So you’re saying to obtain these Saint Origin Spirit Fruits, there’s no need for combat? You just have to endure the Formation’s Pressure?”

Qin Xiao finally grasped it.

“Exactly. Everyone feels different Pressure. We don’t know if it’s random or something special; years of study haven’t explained it. But wouldn’t it be a waste to miss this chance? The fruit ripens only once a hundred years. Next time we’ll all be over a hundred and won’t be able to enter.”

Seeing Qin Xiao was interested, Ling Ruoxue quickly pressed her case.

Ling Ruoxue had come for two reasons. Qin Xiao made the journey much safer, and she wanted to try the tree’s formation. What if it chose her? She had only this one chance in her life. Of course she had to try.

“You all knew about this?”

Qin Xiao turned to his disciples.

“We all knew.”

Luo Yunbing answered.

“I thought Father told you. He didn’t?”

Lin Shimeng nodded as well.

She’d assumed her father had informed Qin Xiao, which was why she hadn’t mentioned it. She hadn’t realized Qin Xiao knew nothing about it.

“Don’t tell me you knew too?”

Qin Xiao looked at Yun Man, exasperated. Was he the only one who had not known? This chapter was taken from novelping . com without permission.

“How would I know?”

Yun Man was exasperated too. She was with him every day. If he did not know, how could she?

“That’s better. Come on, let’s go try this Saint Origin Fruit Tree Formation.”

Seeing that Yun Man also didn’t know, Qin Xiao felt a bit better. He decided to head for the Saint Origin Fruit Tree.

He was eager now. The Saint Origin Fruit Tree must be his Fated Chance. No wonder he had not found it—it was in the Inner Zone.

The group set off toward the Saint Origin Fruit Tree.

By the time Qin Xiao and his companions arrived, the other powers were already there.

The Pure Yang Sect’s group was setting up a protective Formation. The powers that had arrived earlier had already established their protective Formations and were resting inside them.

It wasn’t just cultivators who came here-many Demon Beasts had arrived as well. They all wanted to claim Saint Origin Spirit Fruits.

No cultivators and beasts had fought here for hundreds of years, but they did not want to take the risk. A protective formation was better than none.

Quite a few of the arriving Demon Beasts were at Soul Formation stage. They were Inner Zone Demon Beasts who only left their territories when the Saint Origin Spirit Fruit ripened.

“Well, Brother Fang, you’re here too? Don’t tell me you also heard about this?”

Qin Xiao hadn’t expected to see Fang Xiuxian here. Wasn’t this supposed to be known only to the five major powers? How did he find out?

“I came on my Master’s orders. He only told me about this one thing. Since it’s a Fated Chance, naturally I wanted to try.”

Chen Shunyi had indeed told Fang Xiuxian about the tree, but that was his only lead. He did not know whether the information had been bought or overheard. Fang had not even been told about the realm’s suppression.

“Good. I hope you succeed.”

After speaking, Qin Xiao chose his own spot. He didn’t join any of the other powers’ protective Formations.

“Young Miss, bring out your formation. Your father must have given you plenty of good things. Stop holding back; the beasts will be here soon.”

Qin Xiao was sure she had a good formation. Her father had sent her Dharma Treasures especially for this trip. He would not believe he had neglected to give her a formation too.

“I can, but if we get Saint Origin Spirit Fruit, I want an extra ten percent.”

Ling Ruoxue didn’t deny it, but she wanted a larger cut. She couldn’t put in effort for nothing.

“Five percent extra. If you don’t agree, go to your association’s formation. I’ll think of something myself.”

Qin Xiao gave his bottom line directly.

A Saint Origin Spirit Fruit was worth a billion Spirit Stones. She wanted an extra ten percent? Five percent—take it or leave it.

“Fine. Five percent it is.”

Ling Ruoxue then took out her prepared Formation Disk and activated it.

Everyone settled in to wait. When the spirit fruit matured, there would be a sign.

Before long, many Demon Beasts arrived. The entire area around the Saint Origin Fruit Tree was already filled with them.