122: An unusual Rudraksha tree

The turmoil in Wuyuan City spread in all directions, immediately attracting the attention of the Saints lurking in the shadows.

"This commotion, it is a battle between experts of the third heaven of the Saint realm."

"Haha, it is chaotic, and chaos is good. If it is not chaotic, how can we fish in troubled waters?"

"The Opportunity to attain the Dao is right before our eyes, go grab it!"

In an instant, Saint realm experts surged in from all directions, occupying the sky above Wuyuan City. The power of the Saint realm caused the Void Realm to tremble, as if a heavenly punishment had descended.

"Enemy attack, woo woo!"

The guards defending Wuyuan City noticed it immediately. The horn sounded, and armored war elephants, flying dragons, and lion-roaring beasts raised in captivity rushed out of their cages.

Among them were many Vicious Beasts at the Pseudo-Saint level, but in front of the Saint realm experts, they were like a lonely boat in the ocean. A few sweeps of Saint realm power were enough to make them burst into a sky full of blood mist.

Boom—

The city gates were breached, and Saints rushed into the city, heading straight for the Elder Hall. The defenses along the way crumbled like dry wood.

The hall was divided into three sections, and the Saints split into three groups, rushing into each one respectively.

Li Jiangchen and the Martial Saint of the Four Seas Alliance rushed into one hall.

They saw an ancient mirror hanging in the center. At this moment, the mirror surface cast a mysterious light, transforming into a medicine field overflowing with Origin Qi. Stalks of Spirit Medicine grew upon it, emitting an enticing medicinal fragrance.

"Frost-Condensing Flower! This is a supreme treasure that assists in comprehending the Profound Truth of the Ice Dao. It has long been extinct in the outside world; who would have thought there would be three stalks here."

"A thirty-thousand-year-old Purple Gold Dragon Ginseng, a supreme grade treasure for Body Refining."

"A ten-thousand-year Undying herb, rumored to be a divine medicine that can allow one to enter Reincarnation for a second life even if the original body and Divine Soul are destroyed."

In an instant, the Saints, who had previously maintained a faint tacit understanding, fell into chaos, crazily plundering the Spirit Medicine like a swarm of locusts.

Most of these Spirit Medicines had long been extinct in the outside world, and with medicinal potency of over ten thousand years, even a Martial Saint of the third heaven would covet them.

The most intense fighting occurred among Saints practicing the same attribute of Profound Truth. For the sake of a single divine medicine, they fought until their Saint bodies shattered, splashing blood across the Void Realm.

"Brother Li, let us strike together, and then divide the treasures according to our needs at the end," Qian Ping said loudly.

"Good."

Li Jiangchen agreed with a word and charged into the fray. His Immortal Sword Domain expanded, and the Ten Directions Immortal Slaying Sword Formation surrounded his body. The terrifying pressure immediately caused nearby Saints to change their expressions and retreat.

There was a large quantity of Spirit Medicine; it was not worth risking his life against such a powerhouse.

Li Jiangchen channeled his True Qi, transforming it into a green hand, and easily snatched several Spirit Plants.

Dragon Saint, on the other hand, was in a difficult situation. He was competing with a Flood Dragon Demon Saint for a treasure surrounded by dragon shadows, and both sides were deadlocked.

"Dragon Saint, This Li will assist you."

Clang! The demon slaying sword slashed out, and the surging Sword Qi transformed into a thin golden line that streaked across the horizon, landing on the body of the Flood Dragon Demon Saint like a light feather.

The next moment, the Sword Qi erupted. A crack appeared on the Flood Dragon Demon Saint's head, extending all the way to its tail. Under the sky full of golden light, its flesh and blood exploded with a bang.

Amidst the sky full of blood mist, three treasures surrounded by dragon shadows floated out.

"Haha, the Dragon Shadow Grass is mine!" Dragon Saint inhaled fiercely, and the three stalks of Dragon Shadow Grass flew out from the blood mist, easily obtained.

At this moment, the Flood Dragon Demon Saint gathered the blood mist and reformed its figure, though its aura had dropped significantly.

The Undying body of a Saint is naturally strong, but destructive Sword Qi can obliterate the True Spirit contained within every inch of flesh and blood.

Therefore, while Saints are difficult to kill, they are not truly Undying.

The Flood Dragon Demon Saint's gaze swept over Li Jiangchen, a look of wariness appearing on its face. It then flicked its dragon tail and attacked other Saints.

After all, there was plenty of Spirit Medicine; it was not worth risking his life against a powerhouse.

Gradually, most of the spirit plants in the medicine field were plundered, leaving only a mysterious ancient tree in the center. It grew golden bodhi seeds and was protected by mysterious light all around; even the power of the Saint realm could not break through.

"The vajra bodhi tree, ranked three hundredth among the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Plants. Consuming the Saint Heart Bodhi seeds it produces can enhance Body Refining and condense the Glazed Golden Body. Holding its seeds can clear the mind and enhance Comprehension Ability," Qian Ping explained the origin of this tree.

After repeated bombardment by the crowd, the mysterious light guarding the perimeter finally revealed a flaw, and immediately, various auras approached at high speed.

The person closest to the flaw in the mysterious light was a three-eyed golden-bodied Buddha from the Myriad Buddhas Sect. At this moment, a smile appeared on his face.

Practicing Buddhist Dharma gave him a sensing effect on the vajra bodhi tree, so he had discovered the flaw in the perimeter's mysterious light before everyone else and arrived at the front first.

"This object is fated with my Buddha; it should belong to This Old Monk."

Just as he was about to step inside, he felt more than a dozen Divine Abilities piercing through the Void Realm from behind, following one after another, instantly tearing apart the Buddha clouds behind him and vaporizing countless Buddha disciples.

"Old bald donkey, you actually want to snatch the benefits first."

"Heh, a mere Buddha, what qualifications do you have!"

"Kill him."

The Saints were already red-eyed.

With a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Plant right in front of them, how could they maintain any Saintly demeanor?

"Dammit." The Three-Eyed Vajra Buddha suddenly pressed his palms together. The Buddhist beads on his neck shattered, gathered into a ball, and transformed into an ancient Buddhist shield to protect his back. The moment he took the dozen or so Divine Abilities, his golden body shattered, and blood splattered across the Void Realm.

However, the Three-Eyed Vajra Buddha used this force to instantly rush into the mysterious light, transforming into a ray of Buddhist light that merged into the vajra bodhi tree.

"Dammit, he still managed to get ahead."

Soon, the flaw in the mysterious light expanded, and figures rushed in one after another.

Li Jiangchen's Spiritual Sense expanded, but he could not find a trace of the Three-Eyed Vajra Buddha, feeling vaguely that the surroundings were a bit strange.

On the side, Dragon Saint transformed into a hundred-zhang giant dragon. His dragon mouth opened and closed like an abyss, exploding with infinite suction, and countless bodhi seeds fell into his mouth.

"Little Li, why are you standing still? These bodhi seeds are good things. If you wait, they will be snatched away." Dragon Saint transformed back into a black-armored man, chewing a vajra bodhi seed in his mouth, swallowing it like roasted beans.

"Dragon Saint, haven't you noticed something strange?" Li Jiangchen asked.

"What's strange?"

"This medicine garden was activated by the mysterious mirror in the hall, as if it were waiting for us. The strange thing is, almost no one feels that it is abnormal."

As soon as these words were spoken, Dragon Saint and Qian Ping, who were still grabbing vajra bodhi seeds everywhere, were struck as if by a heavy blow, as if they had suddenly awakened.

"Brother Li, if you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have realized this at all." Qian Ping's expression was grave as he gathered the others via sound transmission.

Glancing left and right, the Saints seemed to have fallen into madness, their faces full of fanaticism. In the southwest corner, one Saint's eyes were bloodshot, and tears of blood were flowing from them.

That ancient mirror had a problem!

The few of them looked at each other, this thought surfacing in their minds.

"Could it be that it was an illusion from the very beginning?"

Dragon Saint took out the three stalks of Dragon Shadow Grass he had snatched; their aura, medicinal potency, and shape were all just as rumored.

"One true, one false. The medicine field is true, but this vajra bodhi tree before us is likely false." Li Jiangchen opened his Dharma Eye between his brows and looked at the vajra bodhi tree in front of him, only to see a pink mist covering it, with hundreds of tentacles wriggling, making it impossible to see clearly.

But the vajra bodhi tree is a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Plant; it should not look like this.

Suddenly, Dragon Saint's aura became resentful and angry, his eyes gradually turning scarlet.

"It's all real, everything is real. The Bodhi Heart is mine."

The next moment, the Dragon Saint stared infatuatedly at the vajra bodhi tree, actually wanting to charge into it.

Clang! A ray of mysterious light shot from Li Jiangchen's brow into Dragon Saint's body, instantly shredding the layer of dark aura covering his Divine Soul.

Dragon Saint felt as if he had just woken from a dream, breaking out in a cold sweat all over.

"Just now, what happened to me?"

Beside him, Qian Ping looked grave. A piece of ancient cyan jade flew out from his chest, emitting the fluctuations of a supreme grade Soul-Dao Spiritual Artifact. At this moment, it was covered with black lines and showed signs of shattering.

"This vajra bodhi tree is problematic. It has been using Soul-Dao methods to invade my Divine Soul."

Gradually, more and more Saints fell into madness.

Suddenly, a figure rushed out from within, rising with a sky full of Buddha light, shouting: "It's done, the Buddha has succeeded!"

They saw the Three-Eyed Vajra Buddha with a face full of crazy laughter. His lower body had turned into hundreds of wriggling tentacles, and his upper body was withered like a dead tree, but his aura was exceptionally terrifying, actually emitting an aura comparable to a Saint of the second heaven.