324: Chapter 324 Yuanling Fruit Tree

As soon as Chen Lingxi entered the Spirit-Depriving Land, she could clearly feel her internal spiritual power being continuously drained.

She did not know the principle behind it, but she was unable to stop it either, and could only allow her spiritual power to be drained.

Moreover, her Divine Soul was also suppressed within a hundred zhang.

Originally, her Divine Soul was sufficient to explore around ten miles.

An exploration range of one hundred zhang was completely useless in this Spirit-Depriving Land.

Fortunately, this was a Spirit-Depriving Land, so no powerful Yao Beasts would appear.

She quickly headed toward the route provided by the Lin family, and that yuanling fruit tree was located in the eastern part of the Spirit-Depriving Land.

Although she did not know why there was a yuanling fruit tree in this Spirit-Depriving Land that could even bear yuanling fruit, it did not matter; anyway, it could not possibly be cultivated by someone else, right?

After a short while, she passed through numerous stone pillars and came to a spacious place.

"This place is truly magical, and these stone pillars do not seem simple at all," Chen Lingxi said with a look of astonishment.

As she moved forward, she observed her surroundings.

After another hour, she finally arrived at the place where the yuanling fruit tree was located.

Ahead, a large tree emitting a blue-white glow stood before her eyes.

This large tree was crystal clear, and upon closer inspection, her line of sight could even pass through to the other side.

The three yuanling fruit on the tree were likewise the same, and the only difference was that wisps of milky white Qi were circulating inside the fruits.

Chen Lingxi paused for a moment, wanting to step forward and pluck these three fruits.

Suddenly, the ground not far from her bulged and came toward her direction.

Feeling alarmed in her heart, she immediately retreated.

Bang!

A huge earthworm rushed out from the ground.

Chen Lingxi immediately executed the Supreme Yin Profound Water Art, and meanwhile patted her Storage Pouch.

A light blue Flying Sword appeared out of thin air, and this sword was named Tingchao.

It was imitated and forged by Chen Changqing based on the prototype Magic Treasure, the Tingtao Sword.

Under his research, the quality could already be refined to the Third Rank Medium Grade level, whereas this Tingchao Sword was only at the Third Rank Low Grade.

The Tingchao Sword slashed down toward this earthworm, while she pushed her palms horizontally, executing the Supreme Yin Profound Water Palm.

Both attacks were unleashed simultaneously.

Boom!

A loud roaring sound rang out, but unfortunately, the earthworm's figure only stagnated for a moment before reacting and slamming toward Chen Lingxi.

Chen Lingxi pinched a Third Rank Talisman to escape from the spot, and by the way activated a Third Rank gravity talisman to envelop this earthworm, only then seizing the time to rush toward the yuanling fruit tree.

That earthworm was at the Third Rank Low Grade level and was over a thousand zhang long, yet its entire body was within the attack range of the gravity talisman, unable to escape even if it wanted to.

Just as the gravity talisman failed, Chen Lingxi had just put away the third yuanling fruit, and then sacrificed a Third Rank Talisman to immediately escape.

Leaving behind only a dumbfounded earthworm in place.

Of course, earthworms do not have faces; it was just that after being stunned in place for a moment, upon perceiving that all the yuanling fruit on the tree had disappeared, it looked toward the direction where Chen Lingxi had fled, and then burrowed into the ground to chase.

Watching the constantly vibrating ground and stone walls around her, Chen Lingxi did not dare to linger and immediately seized the time to flee.

This earthworm had reached the third rank level, so even if she were outside, she would not be confident of slaying it on the spot, let alone now when her strength could not even unleash one-tenth, resting only at the level of the fourth or fifth layer of Foundation Establishment.

Furthermore, her internal spiritual power was rapidly decreasing, and her strength was dropping quickly.

If she could not seize the opportunity to leave, she would definitely be killed by this earthworm.

Bang!

Fragments of rock constantly splashed about, and quite a few stones were shaken off by this tremor.

"Not good," Chen Lingxi said in a deep voice.

Before her eyes, a stone wall completely collapsed, blocking her retreat.

Not far behind her, that earthworm was already very close to her.

Her expression sank as she glanced around before turning away to leave.

...

Several days later, Chen Xuanyi and the others had yet to wait for Chen Lingxi, feeling somewhat worried in their hearts.

They had already tried using transmission Talismans, but there was no response from the other side, and they did not know how she was doing right now.

If something happened to Chen Lingxi, he would not be able to answer to Chen Changqing and Li Qingling.

Meanwhile, the Cultivators of the Lin family were still staying at the Chen family.

Chen Xuanyi and the others only let them stay in the Chen family temporarily, waiting for Chen Lingxi to return before making further plans.

Furthermore, there was another matter: if the other party lied and caused Chen Lingxi's body and soul to perish, then those six people from the Lin family should not even think about leaving alive.

Just as they were about to go question the people of the Lin family, the transmission Talisman in Chen Lishu's hand lit up.

Chen Xuanyi hurriedly snatched it over, and after a moment, joy appeared on his face, and he explained, "Lingxi is fine, and she even obtained three yuanling fruit."

"Is that so? That is great, as expected of Thirty-Third Aunt," Chen Lishu exclaimed with emotion.

After about several more hours, Chen Lingxi finally returned to Chixia Mountain.

Looking at Chen Xuanyi and the others, she said with a smile on her lips, "Ninth Old Ancestor, living up to expectations, those three yuanling fruit have been retrieved. Originally, I also wanted to dig up that yuanling fruit tree together, but an accident occurred along the way..."

She slowly recounted what she had encountered in the Spirit-Depriving Land.

The more Chen Xuanyi and the others listened, the more shocked their hearts became.

Fortunately, the one who went this time was Chen Lingxi; otherwise, they would not even know how they died.

They did not expect that there would actually be a Third Rank Yao Beast inside a Spirit-Depriving Land.

Furthermore, according to what the Lin family said about that Spirit-Depriving Land, the higher the cultivation, the harder the suppression, and the faster the loss of spiritual power.

If it were a Purple Palace Cultivator, the spiritual power within their body might be completely lost in less than several hours.

A Golden Core Master would be even faster, likely becoming a complete Mortal within an hour.

On the other hand, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could persist for a whole day.

However, if their luck was bad and they lacked a route map, they might also be confused by the intricate paths inside and thus become trapped within.

When Chen Lingxi fled that day, she had seen piles of white bones.

The reason she was able to escape from that third-rank earthworm was precisely because of the route maps in the hands of those white bones.

With those route maps, she found a very narrow place to hide inside.

Until that earthworm left, she returned to her original path and then walked out according to the Lin family's route map.

"Since we have obtained those three yuanling fruit, the next step is to solve the trouble with the Lin family," Chen Xuanyi said.

"However, before that, we must absolutely not let the Lin family spread any news about us obtaining the Purple Mansion spiritual object; otherwise, they will have to die," he continued.

Chen Lingxi nodded.

Several of them headed to the Lin family's residence together and then reached an agreement with the Lin family.

"Thank you for the trouble, Fellow Daoists. My Lin family is endlessly grateful," Lin Yihan expressed his gratitude.

While thanking them, he also felt somewhat helpless.

When all was said and done, these three yuanling fruit were discovered by his Lin family, but now it was equivalent to handing them over on a silver platter.

It was just a pity that the descendants of his Lin family were incompetent and lacked sufficient strength to guard the treasures of their ancestors.

The Lin family handed over the intelligence of their enemy to the Chen family, and Chen Xuanyi set off to resolve it.

This time he would go by himself, while Chen Lingxi could stay within the clan to quietly await good news.

By the way, she could take advantage of this period to properly prepare for the Purple Mansion Breakthrough.

As long as she became a Purple Palace Cultivator, their Chen family's strength would grow considerably once again.