394: People from all sides gathered

According to the rules passed down through generations in the Yousen Domain.

The ancestral tree nurtures all things in the Yousen Domain and is the "mother" of everyone here, so everyone has the right to enjoy the "love" of their "mother."

Within the Ancestral City, private fighting is prohibited before the ancestral tree fruit matures.

All grudges must be set aside.

Once the ancestral tree fruit matures, everyone is free to act as they please.

You must have the ability to obtain the ancestral tree fruit, and you must also have the ability to leave the Ancestral City and hide to enjoy the ancestral tree fruit.

After all, a mother only has two breasts.

With so many children wanting to eat, one must certainly fight for it themselves.

The right to enjoy something and the ability to enjoy it have always been two different things.

Jiang Ning strolled around with the young girl.

Meanwhile, Xiao Bai was inside the Small World, trembling as it watched the Void Weevil sleep.

Jiang Ning would break the void every so often to let the Void Weevil have a full meal.

At first, this guy would make a fuss, but later, it realized it didn't need to find its own food and drink, so it became lazy.

It just sleeps when it has nothing to do.

Whenever there is food, that creature will wake it up.

Although the Void Weevil was sleeping, Xiao Bai knew from Jiang Ning that even Nascent Soul Cultivators and even Deity Transformation Realm Cultivators could fall victim to this "big bug."

It couldn't stay in the Small World with peace of mind anymore.

Outside.

Jiang Ning and Shen Jinhuan had almost forgotten about Xiao Bai.

Not everyone who entered the Ancestral City was interested in the ancestral tree fruit.

Some Cultivators fight for the moment, for the present, and naturally covet the ancestral tree fruit.

But some Cultivators fight for stability and the future; coming to the Ancestral City is merely to sell some items and wait for their future rise.

In the eyes of some Cultivators, the ancestral tree fruit is a hot potato!

Jiang Ning pulled Shen Jinhuan to a stall where he saw a booklet.

It contained information about the ancestral tree.

Just as Jiang Ning was about to flip through it.

The stall-owning Cultivator frowned, "Hey, do you have no manners? I am selling the content of this item; why are you looking at it directly without paying?"

Fighting is prohibited in the Ancestral City.

As long as you don't provoke people from those major Sects, no one else will make a move in the Ancestral City.

The reason for not provoking people from major Sects is that those people are now the "rulers," and they can always circumvent the rule against private fighting in the Ancestral City; after all, they can change the rules.

Outsiders are fine.

The stall owner looked at the now bustling Ancestral City and thought to himself, after the ancestral tree fruit matures, will even half the people in this city survive?

Jiang Ning asked, "How many Spirit Stones?"

The stall owner held up one finger, "One High-Grade Spirit Stone!"

"So expensive?" Shen Jinhuan frowned.

A book, and not even a Cultivation Technique or Martial Skill, selling for such a price is simply robbery!

The stall owner was not annoyed and explained, "Little girl, you say it's expensive, but think about it, can I just set up a stall in the Ancestral City for no reason? Doesn't this require payoffs?"

"And let me tell you something else, besides these costs."

"For every High-Grade Spirit Stone I earn, I have to pay half a High-Grade Spirit Stone in taxes to the affiliated Sect."

"After deducting various other costs, it's really not expensive."

Jiang Ning had not expected there to be so many twists and turns involved.

The major Sects really know how to extract resources.

He didn't say anything more and directly tossed out one High-Grade Spirit Stone.

The stall owner smiled and said, "Many thanks, Fellow Daoist. Feel free to look."

As he spoke, he took out another one from his Storage Ring.

Jiang Ning lamented that information asymmetry is still profitable; ordinary ink, ordinary paper, one High-Grade Spirit Stone... The stall owner claimed to be miserable, but he still earned much more than he would outside.

The stall owner said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, would you like to see anything else? I have plant essence here, as well as poison pills for feeding Gu. Shouldn't you stock up on some?"

"In case you run out and can't leave the Ancestral City, it will severely limit the display of your strength."

These are two types of Heaven And Earth Treasure from the Yousen Domain.

Plant essence can help Cultivators who practice plant essence energy recover, while the poison pills can increase the combat power of Gu.

Jiang Ning waved his hand and left with the young girl.

He didn't need them; he wasn't from the Yousen Domain.

On the road, Jiang Ning flipped through it as he walked.

He transmitted his voice to the young girl to explain things to her.

"The ancestral tree is a hundred zhang tall. It starts branching from the ninth zhang upwards, which is where the ancestral tree fruit grows."

"There are differences in quality among the ancestral tree fruit."

"The higher up the ancestral tree fruit, the better the effect. However, this book also says that the ancestral tree fruit passed down by word of mouth is actually based on the effects of the lowest-level ancestral tree fruit."

"Even the lowest ones are quite good."

A hundred zhang is three hundred and thirty meters.

While explaining, Jiang Ning looked toward the very center of the city.

A towering green tree rose from the ground.

Its branches were lush, its leaves were verdant and as large as cattail fans...

Hidden among these leaves were golden fruits.

The fruits emitted a golden light, attracting all species.

But outside the ancestral tree, there was a huge, powerful Spiritual Qi barrier.

This is the ancestral tree's reproductive protection mechanism, intended to prevent people from maliciously picking the fruit before it matures.

Now, this barrier is becoming thinner and thinner.

Once the fruit matures, Nascent Soul Cultivators can join forces to break this barrier.

Today is the third day.

The ancestral tree fruit is about to mature immediately.

At this moment, Cultivators were gathering outside the barrier.

The variously dressed Cultivators looked as small as flies in front of this ancestral tree...

"The information in this book is useful yet useless; no point in talking more, let's go take a look."

Jiang Ning took the young girl directly to the outer perimeter.

He looked and found that the people who were just on the city wall had already returned to their respective camps.

Saintess Qing Ling saw them.

She said something to the people in her faction and walked over.

She was wearing a green dress, her waist was slender, and her eyes were emerald green. If she had a pair of pointed ears, there would be no difference between her and an elf.

This wasn't natural; it was a physical change brought about by practicing with plant essence.

She is close to nature; once one achieves success, nature naturally draws close to her.

Arriving here, Saintess Qing Ling cupped her hands in a salute.

She transmitted her voice.

"Just now, I saw you almost slay that parasite upon entering the city. I presume you also despise Gu Cultivators? You can come to our Qing Ling Sect to be a guest Elder."

"Usually, you don't have to be in the Sect, and you can still receive resources. The only requirement is that you must come to help when the Sect has matters to attend to."

"How about it?"

"If you agree, I will take you to speak with the Elder. Once you get the guest Elder jade token, after you pick the ancestral tree fruit, no one will dare to snatch it from you."

The Qing Ling Sect is one of the major Sects in the Yousen Domain.

Saintess Qing Ling is a renowned "Fairy" in the Yousen Domain.

Seeing her personally come to recruit these two unfamiliar-looking people, everyone showed expressions of envy.

Jiang Ning waved his hand, "No need. We two are used to being free and cannot stand the restrictions of a Sect. Many thanks, Fairy."

Saintess Qing Ling did not expect this person to refuse her.

But the more this happened, the more curious she became about these two.

She decided to establish a good relationship first.

Wait until the two of them were in danger, then offer support to win them over.

Saintess Qing Ling took out a jade token.

"Since that is the case, I will gift this token to you. This is a jade token for my personal faction. Although it is not as useful as the Qing Ling Sect guest Elder jade token, some people will still give me Face."

"You don't need to do anything."

"It is just a matter of fate."