134: Fruit of life, immortality

Lin Chuan threw all the more than a thousand soul orbs into the Nether Domain Space and then ignored them.

He turned to look at Gray Snake.

According to legend, the Divine Beast Xuanwu is a Body Integration of a turtle and a snake.

At this moment, Gray Snake was coiled around Old Hei, with its head unseen and tail unseen, giving it a hint of the Xuanwu Divine Beast's charm.

Companion: Soul Distortion Body (Rank: Commander Rank)

Skills: ... Soul Pollution (Passive, constantly pollutes the host's Soul until completely assimilated and distorted. Immune.)

Soul Parasitism (Active, generates a soul seed, which can be parasitic in the Soul of a Monarch Rank creature at most. When the soul seed matures, the target completely obeys the master.)

After Gray Snake advanced, the upper limit of its other skills increased to Monarch Rank, and it gained a new skill: [Soul Parasitism].

Based on Old Hei's current strength, directly confronting a Monarch Rank Three should not be a problem.

Although Monarch Rank has a 75% suppression effect on Commander Rank, Old Hei has an 80% exemption, leaving only 15% suppression.

However, Old Hei's absolute strength still has much room for improvement; besides star advancement, there are many skills waiting to be imprinted and Fused.

Coupled with the assistance of Gray Snake and Little Ling... if they encountered the black-clothed elder from last time again, they shouldn't be in such a sorry state.

With both main combat forces advancing simultaneously, Lin Chuan was quite satisfied; his own improvement was secondary.

Advancing to Gold Rank, his physical fitness received another significant boost. Additionally, he gained another contract slot.

Unfortunately, Lin Chuan's tastes are becoming increasingly picky; among the Yao Beasts he has already explored, besides White Moon, Long Ming, and Elder Kong, none have caught his eye.

Regrettably, the possibility of contracting any of these three is extremely low.

Only Bai Yue Meow has a tiny, tiny chance of being tricked over.

But where is that Meow now? Did she abscond with the money?

As Lin Chuan was thinking of White Moon, she was sitting idly on a cloud.

Below was an endless expanse of sea.

On the surface of the sea, a giant fish tens of thousands of meters long was battling a group of sea dragons.

Among them, at least all were quasi-King Rank, and many were even King Rank sea dragons. Those who had not reached the threshold of King Rank were not qualified to participate in the battle.

"Big guy, why aren't you done fighting yet? I still need to go find Lin Chuan..."

...On the golden tree side, the tree body had once again surged, now hundreds of meters tall. Dense twigs hung down, and countless fruits awaited picking and ripening.

A thought flashed, and information about a new fruit appeared in Lin Chuan's mind:

[life fruit]: One can be obtained by consuming a hundred years of a Yao Beast's lifespan. Consumed by living beings, it extends life by ten years; consumed by Nether Spirits, it grants ten years of positive lifespan.

"Hiss~~~"

"This is a bit abnormal!"

Although Old Hei was already abnormal enough, he always managed to refresh Lin Chuan's understanding.

This life fruit was clearly tailor-made for Old Hei.

According to Old Hei's [Longevity as Heavens Equal] skill advancement pattern, he now gained a hundred days of lifespan per day. When he reached King Rank, he would gain 10,000 days of lifespan per day.

One year adds ten thousand years, meaning Lin Chuan's lifespan is extended by a thousand years?

The Xuanwu Bloodline finally revealed its ultimate power.

What peerless invincibility, what absolute defense... compared to eternal life, they all had to step aside.

As long as you live long enough, you will eventually become invincible!

However, this fruit ultimately consumed Old Hei's lifespan, so Lin Chuan would certainly have to consider Old Hei's thoughts.

"Old Hei, how much longer can you live?"

Old Hei: ???

Are you already tired of me not dying?

"Thirty thousand years..."

How about that, it'll make you furious.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it..."

Lin Chuan could naturally sense Old Hei's emotions.

But, was this thirty thousand years serious?

If that's the case, Lin Chuan wouldn't be polite.

Generate [life fruit]!

Let's start with ten.

Ten emerald-colored fruits instantly ripened.

Old Hei didn't feel anything about his lifespan being reduced by a thousand years.

He also had no desire for these fruits, feeling they were no different from ordinary wild fruits, and not as fragrant as [energy fruit].

However, for Lin Chuan and Little Ling, these fruits had an extraordinary appeal, as if they had seen the most indispensable thing in life.

Even Gray Snake showed strong emotions.

"Alright, everyone gets a share, have a taste..."

Lin Chuan, Little Ling, and Gray Snake each took one.

"Don't feel anything."

Lin Chuan pouted, unable to feel any increase in his lifespan.

After all, he was only eighteen.

Little Ling was the same; after eating it, she found it mediocre and didn't want to eat any more.

As for Gray Snake, it was originally just a mass of gray mist without facial features, but under Lin Chuan's subtle mental influence, it truly became more and more snake-like.

Especially after eating the [life fruit], it appeared even more agile... Walking out of the room, Xia Siye was carrying a pile of food into the living room.

"You're up? Let's eat together!"

"Alright, I'm hungry."

"You... are Gold Rank?"

Xia Siye was about to ask Lin Chuan when he would advance to Gold Rank, but unexpectedly, it was fine not to sense it, but a casual probe revealed a powerful aura rushing towards his face.

This was too fast; he just advanced after saying he would?

Who would have thought that this 18-year-old boy, who had just graduated from high school, would advance to Gold Rank before university started!

Most of his peers are probably still looking forward to a wonderful university life.

As a result, this guy directly rushed to the university graduation stage.

"Yeah, I just slept a bit and advanced. It's nothing to mention!"

"Damn it..."

Xia Siye was speechless. You're practically telling 99% of all senior university students to go die.

"When are we going to the Netherworld to play again?"

Lin Chuan asked.

"You're too dedicated!"

Xia Siye didn't expect Lin Chuan to be so dedicated even after advancing to Gold Rank.

"It's not like I don't have you, I promised you. Since we're teammates, you can't be too weak."

This was one reason, and the other was naturally for the soul orbs.

In the Nether Domain Space, over a thousand Elite Rank soul orbs had already transformed into more than a hundred Commander Rank Nether Spirits.

As if by some restriction, after reaching Commander Rank, they no longer fought and devoured each other, but quietly awaited orders. Lin Chuan could order them to continue devouring, but he was not in a hurry.

Unbeknownst to him, he had gained another super powerful trump card, one that could grow infinitely.

The overall situation in Xuanwu City was not optimistic, coupled with the great change that Long Ming had mentioned earlier.

Lin Chuan had a faint premonition that the time left for him was not much.

"Damn it... Tomorrow then. My uncle is coming to school, I have something to discuss with him. Do you want to come along?"

"Forget it, I'm afraid I'll scare him."

Xia Siye: ...Aren't you afraid of scaring me?

I, with my mere SS-rank talent, who knows what I've endured!

...Lin Chuan went to the library alone, planning to look up some information.

He had almost never referred to the original development system of this world.

He didn't know how to Cultivate or anything like that.

In fact, he didn't even have his own talent.

Everything relied on the golden tree.

Now, Old Hei and Little Ling had both encountered a small Bottleneck, mainly in terms of skills.

Especially the 100% defense mentioned by the Elemental University admissions teacher, and other skills similar to body size multiplication, as well as Little Ling's sword skills, to see if there was any detailed information on Yao Beasts that could be referenced.

Lin Chuan had already 'harvested' most common Yao Beasts, so he could only hope for some unusual Yao Beasts or Yao Beasts.

Whether they were strong or not wasn't important; the key was their skills.

For example, the Slime's [Shape-Shifting] and the Ghost Jellyfish's [Elemental Field] were both super awesome skills for Old Hei.

But the strength of these two Yao Beasts themselves was incredibly weak.

Old Hei didn't get any new skills throughout the entire Elite Rank stage, which made Lin Chuan very unwilling.

What does not being able to 'harvest' wool equate to?

It equates to a huge loss!