Perfect World

Chapter 706: Chapter 706 Golden Bodhi Fruit
 

Yun Xi felt that this guy was too narcissistic, and he had thick skin like she had never encountered in the higher realms.

“You did save my life, but there’s no possibility between us.” She carefully worded her refusal.

“It’s truly saddening, to miss out like this. When we meet again, perhaps times and seas would have changed,” Shi Hao shook his head.

“What are you babbling about? Hurry up, the pursuers are coming.” Yun Xi said, not wanting to continue this conversation. This young powerhouse was unrestrained and unfiltered.

The ancient battlefield was vast, streaks of red mist swirling around—said to be the blood mist that spread after the death of Divine Demons in ancient times.

The ground was dry and barren, without a single blade of grass. Various bones could be seen, gold, white, black; many of them still glossy even after thousands of years.

The two kept changing their paths as they proceeded, avoiding the territories of astonishing creatures that were at least True Gods.

“Smells so good!” Shi Hao’s nose twitched, his senses sharp and Divine Sense extraordinary, sensing a fragrance resembling orchids and musk deer first.

Soon, Yun Xi also smelled it and was touched. Somewhere ahead, she sensed, a rare treasure was about to ripen.

They looked at each other then held their breaths, carefully moving forward, and soon entered a stone forest, showing surprise.

Because through the mist, at the deepest part of the stone forest, a golden brilliance blossomed like a gold flame dancing, clearing the mist around it.

There, the fragrance grew even richer, refreshing and intoxicating.

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“What is that?” Shi Hao was moved. On this desolate battlefield, such herbal scent was extraordinarily significant.

Both he and Yun Xi closed their pores, making themselves like extinguished lamps, emitting no life-force as they silently moved through the stone forest towards the spot.

A mountain lay ahead, wrapped in mist and exuding a chilling aura that made one’s hair stand on end.

“Is this… a Skull Mountain?!” Yun Xi was secretly shocked, feeling a chill down her spine.

Shi Hao narrowed his eyes, his heart skipping a beat. This place was indeed extraordinary, with a Skull Mountain lying ahead of the Stone Forest. It was thousands of feet high, wrapped in strips of black clouds, a foreboding aura pressing down on them.

Silently the mountain lay, made up of various skeletons—golden giant remains, water dragon skeletons, and human race skeletons, all densely packed together into this mountain.

This was definitely no good place. Just arriving here sent chills down their spines.

And the aromatic scent was coming from one side of the Skull Mountain, where it was golden-yellow, flames leaping around and the intense fragrance intoxicating.

The two looked at each other, even more cautious now. This place was strange, and encountering a True God would mean big trouble.

When they emerged from the side of the stone forest and circumnavigated Skull Mountain to this spot, their hearts leaped upon seeing it.

A small tree over half a meter tall, with three branches covered in golden leaves albeit slightly dim. The tree was nearly withering, its vitality exhausted.

Amongst the leaves, hung a gold-colored fruit, fist-sized, releasing a dense perfume. It burned intensely, the golden light around it like dancing flames.

A rare treasure!

This was definitely an extraordinary fruit. One look was enough to ascertain that because it was no ordinary item.

“What sort of rare medicine is this?” Shi Hao pondered.

“I think I know, this may be the legendary Golden Bodhi Fruit,” Yun Xi said.

The fruit ripened while the small tree nearly dried up, because it used up all its energy, channeling everything into that single Golden Bodhi Fruit, encapsulating all its essence.

“Golden Bodhi Fruit, is that the thing even more precious than Blood Spirit Grass by many times?” Shi Hao exclaimed in surprise.

“That’s right, it should be it,” Yun Xi nodded.

In these Scarlet Plains, there are some particularly rare herbs, precious beyond compare. Blood Spirit Grass is widely loved by explorers; just bringing a few out could sell for a high price.

As for the Golden Bodhi Fruit, it is rare and hard to obtain, and difficult to harvest, because it’s always found in the most dangerous areas, guarded by powerful beings.

It’s said that this kind of item can’t be consumed alone, or it might cause the body to explode and die from the overwhelming potency, even more dangerous than Blood Spirit Grass.

“You once said that Ape Demons could achieve supreme physical refinement majorly because of consuming Blood Spirit Grass and Golden Bodhi Fruit, is this the same thing?” Shi Hao asked.

“Ordinary Ape Demons have only consumed Blood Spirit Grass; it’s very hard for them to get Golden Bodhi Fruit, which is many times more precious than the former. Once consumed, it can evolve an Ape Demon into a Vajra Demon, turning into another creature.” Yun Xi explained.

“There’s such a thing?” Shi Hao was surprised.

Yun Xi nodded earnestly, her expression solemn.

According to her, this kind of fruit was rare across the world, a true treasure sought by countless people willing to pay a high price, yet unable to fulfill their wishes.

Mixed with other Spiritual Medicines and refined, the essence can enhance and reinforce one’s divine soul, much stronger than Blood Spirit Grass.

Of course, it was also capable of enhancing and consolidating Magic Immunity!

Equally, it was extremely dangerous; forcibly consuming it could cause the body to explode and the divine soul to turn to ashes, leaving nothing behind.

“An exceptional precious medicine!” Shi Hao licked his lips, his eyes blazing.

Yun Xi jumped in fright slightly, earnestly warned him not to carelessly consume the fruit, as certain death was assured. Outside a few races, other races couldn’t absorb its medicinal properties.

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The two quietly observed, searching for living beings, feeling that there must be terrifying creatures guarding a treasure like this.

“It seems there’s none.” Yun Xi was surprised.

“No, look there.” Shi Hao pointed at the foot of the Skull Mountain.

“A skeleton.” A thought struck Yun Xi.

If not looked at carefully, one would not notice it, mistaking it for a part of the Skull Mountain, as it was all made of bones.

This skeleton was entirely white, without any fluctuations, silently sitting there, no signs of life could be felt, if not for the bone shears lying across its knees, it would have definitely been overlooked.

Shi Hao observed closely, then suddenly gasped, he felt that inside that silent skull, a fire was dormant, ready to burst forth and shatter the heavens and earth.

“This is a True God!” He concluded.

Yun Xi’s color changed immediately, such a powerful being was beyond their provocation, definitely not an opponent.

“What a pity, if such a fruit could be taken out, it would be enough to exchange for a very powerful Divine Skill.” Yun Xi pointed out its value again.

“It seems its value indeed exceeds my imagination.” Shi Hao said.

“If refined properly, the Blood Spirit Grass nourishes one’s soul, while the effects of this Golden Bodhi Fruit are even more extraordinary, it directly enhances one’s Divine Sense power, you can imagine!”

Shi Hao gasped, to truly strengthen the divine soul, that’s absolutely an invaluable sacred medicine. His eyes became even hotter, determined to obtain it.

“We need to find a way.” He whispered to himself.

“Fortunately, this is a Bone God, not an Ape Demon, it’s unsuitable for consumption, thus it probably doesn’t care much about this fruit.” Yun Xi said.

“That’s great!” Shi Hao was uplifted.

“Strange, just a Bone God, isn’t it enough to guard the Golden Bodhi Fruit, how has the small tree managed to grow till now?” Yun Xi was puzzled.

“A True God is not enough to guard the Golden Bodhi Fruit?” Shi Hao was startled.

“Yes, the Golden Bodhi Fruit is too precious, once leaked, it will provoke a heaven-reaching war.” Yun Xi said solemnly.

Shi Hao observed carefully and didn’t see a second creature, his doubt persisted until he looked up again, examining the entire Skull Mountain, and then he was shocked.

“No, Yun Xi look, isn’t the shape of this Skull Mountain very unique?”

“This is… a giant tomb!” Yun Xi was horrified.

Upon closer inspection, this thousand-feet tall bony mountain had a shape too similar to a tomb, sending chills down one’s spine.

And that white skeleton, much like a tomb keeper, with crossed shears on its knees, guarding there.

“A place of great peril!”

The two looked at each other, silently retreated, Shi Hao had magic immunity, but there was a limit, facing a being far surpassing his power level, danger was certain.

“Perhaps, getting the Golden Bodhi Fruit could further enhance my ability.” He anticipated eagerly.

They didn’t act rashly, instead choosing to retreat and planned to bring some people to take the fall, ideally waiting for subsequent pursuers to be lured to the Skull Mountain.

However, when they actually needed pursuers to come, they waited to no avail, they wandered around for half a day, setting up many arrays but no adversaries came.

Only after two days did the enemy tracks appear.

In the remote sky, densely packed, dozens of fierce birds flew over, quite a spectacle, many of them ignited Divine Fire, and among them, one was exceptionally blazing.

“Sitting on the back of the Red Cloud Bird is a person, he… is a True God!” Shi Hao squinted his eyes, feeling an impending disaster.

“He’s transformed from a Dragon Sparrow, the leader of the Hundred Birds Mercenary Group.” Yun Xi guessed his identity.

Not just that, on the backs of other ferocious birds behind, there was a man and a woman, with terrifying auras and flaming divine glow, both had character marks on their foreheads, the two great True Gods of the Zhan Tribe.

Shi Hao gasped, three great True Gods arriving, how to resist, if discovered by them, certain death!

Luckily, they had set up many arrays and now hidden within them, remained undetected.

“Let’s go!”

They couldn’t stay hidden here, they had to retreat immediately, otherwise, they’d find themselves in a place of no return.

Shi Hao pulled Yun Xi, used the Ground Shrinking Technique, and hid underground.

As everything was set up directing their tracks and various clues towards the Skull Mountain, leading the group of powerhouses there.

Even if those powerhouses couldn’t see them, they would surely act, because finding a Golden Bodhi Fruit, no creature could remain calm.

Despite knowing the danger, they had to attempt to seize it, such is human nature, because the value of the Golden Bodhi Fruit was too high, enhancing one’s Divine Sense’s power, a heavenly defiance.

In a certain sense, the divine soul is more mysterious than the body, having a chance to strengthen it, is akin to achieving a qualitative leap in oneself, who wouldn’t be moved?

“This… I actually saw this legendary sacred fruit!” Soon, the Hundred Birds Mercenary Group arrived and found the golden fruit, unable to remain calm.

The three True Gods were all moved, their Divine Sense meticulously swept over the land, despite sensing oddities, they still resolutely acted, each reaching out a large hand, grabbing towards the ground.