852: Chapter 852 Can one achieve immortality?

Mo Yuan watched this scene, jealous enough to go crazy.

Why?

Why could that bear loot frantically, the penguin scavenge behind it, but they couldn't move?

However, before he could ask, Ye Chen looked at Saintess An Miaoyi: "Everyone gets a share, you can pick some too, of course... only you though."

"Really?" Saintess An Miaoyi was surprised.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow: "Of course, you're my future maid. I treat my own people very well."

Saintess An Miaoyi: "..."

Fine, fine, fine!

This guy, he really knew exactly what to say to annoy her...

However, she didn't act coy and immediately swept into the two beasts' looting circle.

If there was such a good thing, she'd be a fool to refuse!

But Mo Yuan on the side was stunned.

So, it wasn't that the two of them were excluded, but just him alone...

At this moment, Mo Yuan felt completely numb!

He glared at Ye Chen: "You bastard, are you deliberately targeting me?"

"Yes." Ye Chen nodded.

Mo Yuan: "???"

Damn it!

This bastard, actually so righteous about it?

But... he was helpless!

Fight, he couldn't win. Scold, he could be angered to death. It was simply maddening...

He turned his head to look at Ye Chen, his eyes red: "Ye Chen! Can't you share some with me?!?"

Ye Chen didn't even turn his head.

"No."

Mo Yuan: "???"

"Why? You can't use up all these spiritual stones yourself!"

"That's my business."

Mo Yuan was so angry his face turned green: "You!!!!"

Mo Yuan collapsed.

And just as collapsed as him was that Blue-skinned people.

He sat slumped on the ground, watching the holy stone disappearing into the stomachs of the two monsters at a speed visible to the naked eye, his expression like someone who had just had his ancestral grave dug up.

"The holy stone... the ancestors' holy stone..."

"It's over!"

"It's completely over..."

He was just on duty guarding the spiritual stones.

But who could have known that during his watch, it would actually! actually! actually! be looted?

If the tribal elders woke up and saw this scene...

Just thinking about it made one shudder!

In a dark space.

This space was buried thousands of feet underground, with no firelight around, only boundless darkness...

However, in the very center of the darkness, dozens of figures were sitting.

They had blue skin all over, were draped in ancient robes, sat cross-legged, hands forming seals on their knees, breathing evenly and long.

They didn't move, didn't speak, like dozens of sculptures forgotten by time.

But, right at this moment...

"Hum."

A vibration came from above everyone's heads.

A Blue-skinned people elder sitting at the very front frowned slightly.

Immediately after, a second vibration came.

Then a third. A fourth.

The vibrations became more frequent and clearer; even through the thousand-foot-thick rock layer, one could still feel the tremor.

The next second, the leading elder snapped his eyes open.

"Not good!"

"Someone is moving the holy stone!!!"

Almost at the same time, the other Blue-skinned People sitting cross-legged behind him all opened their eyes.

Dozens of dark golden gazes lit up in the darkness, like dozens of ghostly lamps.

"The holy stone?"

A middle-aged Blue-skinned people sitting in the second position on the left stood up first, his face livid, "Wasn't Zola guarding the perimeter? Why didn't he send any warning?"

"Zola..." The elder said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid something happened. That power eroding the holy stone is extremely rapid, not something Zola can resist."

"The holy stone is the foundation of our clan, the lifeline left by our ancestral spirits!"

A majestic-looking Blue-skinned woman on the right flicked her sleeve, "No matter who is moving the holy stone, we must not let them succeed!"

As soon as she finished speaking, another young Blue-skinned people also stood up, fists clenched: "The entire holy stone has been affected, that thing... is moving extremely fast!"

The elder stood up from his cushion, hands behind his back.

"Everyone! Follow me out of seclusion immediately!"

"No matter who the intruder is, anyone who dares to touch the holy stone..."

He paused, dark golden light surging in his eyes like two burning cold flames.

"Kill without mercy!"

"Yes!!!"

Dozens of voices responded simultaneously, shaking the dark space with a hum.

The next second, blue robes fluttered, figures streaked across.

Dozens of Blue-skinned People turned into afterimages, rushing towards the rock layer above at an astonishing speed.

Their clan had slept here for thousands of years just to guard the holy stone!

And right now, someone was touching their clan's reverse scale!

They absolutely could not let them go!!!

Little Bear swept all the way, and the spiritual stone vein in the abyss "collapsed" toward the depths at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The spiritual stones that were originally densely embedded in the rock walls were frantically swept clean.

The penguin followed behind, eating happily.

Honestly...

In the past, when it was alone, it had to use its wits to fight this group of Blue-skinned People just to eat a few pieces.

But now it was great.

It was eating the good stuff directly with that human!

Too awesome!

Ye Chen smiled as he continued toward the depths.

The further they went, the denser the spiritual energy in the air became, so thick it felt like one could grab a handful and squeeze out water.

He took a breath, feeling the true energy in his meridians become a bit more lively.

"Hmm? There's something ahead."

Ye Chen paused.

At the end of the mine tunnel ahead, the ceiling rose, and a huge underground space was suddenly revealed before his eyes.

The scale of this space far exceeded what they had seen before...

It was hundreds of feet in radius, the four walls smooth as jade, the ceiling inlaid with countless tiny spiritual stones, like a starry sky hanging overhead.

But everyone's gaze was firmly pinned on the tree in the center of the space.

It was a giant, crystal-clear tree, about three zhang tall, its branches presenting a warm, milky white color, as if carved from a single piece of top-quality white jade.

And between the branches hung a dozen fist-sized fruits, each presenting a different color...

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, shimmering with light, as if they were the Devil Fruits mentioned in a certain pirate king anime.

Most surprising was that at the top of the giant tree, a ten-meter diameter holy stone was suspended there.

The holy stone was completely transparent, with a wisp of golden light slowly flowing inside, so pure there wasn't a trace of impurity; just hanging there, it made the air for dozens of feet around become viscous.

Ye Chen squinted his eyes and took a deep breath.

The quality of this holy stone was a grade higher than all the spiritual stones he had seen before combined.

If ordinary spiritual stones were copper coins, then this holy stone was a gold brick, and the 100% pure kind at that.

Mo Yuan had completely forgotten the humiliation from just a moment ago, staring straight at the holy stone on the treetop: "What... what grade of spiritual stone is that?!?"

Saintess An Miaoyi was also shocked.

She had seen records about "Flawless Spiritual Crystals" in the ancient scrolls of the Gui Ruins Library, but that was just a legend; even the ancestors of Gui Ruins had never seen one with their own eyes.

And the one in front of her was clearly a Flawless Spiritual Crystal.

Legend has it that a fingernail-sized spiritual crystal could equate to the spiritual energy provided by an entire spiritual vein.

Then, such a huge piece, wouldn't it be...

The pretty face behind her mask was moved once again.

This was definitely a fortune enough to make any force or anyone go crazy...

Zola stumbled as he followed, and the moment he saw that tree, his whole body felt like his bones had been removed, and he collapsed to the ground.

Because he saw Ye Chen's greedy gaze.

The other party was setting their sights on that holy stone!

That holy stone was no ordinary holy stone.

It was not only the energy hub of this underground world but also the necessary "core" for producing spiritual stones...

That's right.

As long as it was there, it could continuously produce spiritual stones!

Ye Chen grinned: "Little Bear, take this one too!"

"Don't!"

Before Little Bear could act, Zola was already so scared he fell to his knees, "Please show mercy. If this thing is gone, this whole underground world will be destroyed!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen stopped Little Bear.

Then, pointing at the tree, he asked: "Then tell me first, what is the origin of this tree?"

That huge holy stone was very tempting.

But that tree was also very attractive.

The fragrance of the fruits it emitted was refreshing.

Zola spoke with hollow eyes.

"That is... the Tree of Immortality."

"Legend says that if you eat the fruit of the Tree of Immortality, you can attain immortality and live as long as heaven and earth."

"Our clan has guarded the holy stone for generations, but what we are truly guarding is actually this Tree of Immortality."

"And that holy stone."

"This city was also built for them..."

He said this and suddenly looked up, "You moved the holy stone, and I could still find a way to explain it to the elders, but if you even target the Tree of Immortality, then I..."

He held his head, completely unable to continue.

Because that would mean certain death.

Mo Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up like two light bulbs.

"Can attain immortality?!?"

Why do people cultivate?

Naturally for strength, and for lifespan.

But now...

Someone actually said that eating the fruit could make one immortal. How could he not be excited?

He suddenly turned his head to look at Ye Chen, his face full of greed.

"Ye Chen! If you dare to swallow this tree alone, I guarantee I'll make you an enemy of the world!"