258: One's own path

Renn first chose to consume the fountain of youth.

The fountain of youth, a Legendary treasure widely rumored in human history. The phrase "eternal youth" has driven countless women to madness, and the significant increase in lifespan makes it something everyone desperately craves.

After an ordinary person drinks from the fountain of youth, their lifespan increases by five hundred years, and they maintain the appearance of their youthful peak until death—the Legendary eternal youth.

If a Legendary Expert consumes it, the eternal youth effect remains the same, but the lifespan increase is greatly diminished, only adding one hundred years.

But one hundred years is still an extremely long time for a human.

Thus, the fountain of youth has always been the most coveted treasure for all adventurers and a precious item sought at great expense by the nobility. However, in Renn's knowledge, the fountain of youth has only appeared a few times in the kingdom's thousand-plus years of history, causing a massive sensation each time.

Recalling the memories of the fountain of youth in his mind, Renn looked at the portion of the fountain of youth in his hand, still feeling somewhat excited.

"I didn't expect His Highness Kavadoral to possess such a treasure."

Drinking the fountain of youth in one gulp, Renn immediately felt a peculiar power take effect within his body. Then, he felt his entire body grow warm, as if soaking in a hot spring; the comfortable sensation made him let out a long sigh.

Renn was already young, not yet thirty years old, and since he was already a Legendary Expert, his appearance had always stayed at its peak. The fountain of youth didn't change Renn's appearance significantly, but he could feel the life force within him become much more vigorous.

"Continue!"

Feeling in excellent condition, Renn struck while the iron was hot and consumed the fruit of life. This was a fruit personally nurtured to maturity by the Ancient Tree of Life, Kavadoral, and Renn had extremely high expectations for its effects.

Once the fruit of life entered his stomach, surging life energy instantly flooded Renn's entire body. The turbulent energy was much more violent than the effect of the fountain of youth; if an ordinary person dared to eat it raw like Renn, they would be instantly blown apart by the surging life energy.

Renn's physical body improved and grew stronger at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The energy of the fruit of life was too massive; unlike the fountain of youth, it wasn't as easy to digest and required Renn to spend time absorbing it bit by bit.

Time passed. It was unknown how long had gone by, but the surging life energy in the cultivation room rose and fell like the tides.

Kavadoral, who had been observing the status of Renn and Dora, looked at Renn's cultivation room with some surprise.

"I didn't expect this human's talent to be so strong. It's been less than half a month, and he has already absorbed a fruit of life. The absorption efficiency is truly high!"

Kavadoral had just sent a second fruit of life to Dora on the other side, and it was a thousand-year-old fruit of life.

The effect of the fruit of life is better the longer it is nurtured. Kavadoral can grow fruits of life up to ten thousand years old, which are powerful treasures of the Demigod Rank.

A hundred-year-old fruit of life is considered the lowest grade, but even the lowest grade is extremely powerful, being a treasure that reaches the Legendary rank.

That Dora could quickly absorb a hundred-year-old fruit of life was within Kavadoral's expectations, and he had already prepared a thousand-year-old fruit of life for her.

Kavadoral's reserves were not very abundant either. Although he had lived for over a hundred thousand years, he usually had to guard the seal, and most of his energy was spent maintaining the seal underground, so he rarely nurtured fruits of life actively.

Some of the fruits of life accumulated in the past were used up during the invasion of the Evil God Believers. The fruit of life was a good recovery method for him, used to restore injuries and strength during major battles.

In the years since then, not many fruits of life had been stored. Kavadoral used some to cultivate the Fairy Clan, and he had to keep some to deal with the battles that were likely to occur next.

There were very few fruits of life that could be given to Dora and Renn.

"As expected of a human who passed the test of the will of nature. To be Dora's partner, he indeed has some capability."

The powerful talent Renn displayed made Kavadoral decide to invest a bit more in the human before him.

At this moment, Renn, who had just finished his cultivation in the room, was studying the fruit of knowledge in his hand.

It took him nearly half a month to digest one fruit of life, which significantly improved his constitution and life force. Renn estimated that his current lifespan might very well exceed a thousand years, which is an extremely long life for a human.

So far, his gains had been immense, but the improvement to his strength wasn't quite as massive. He had taken several steps forward in the Early Legendary Rank, but there was still a distance to the Law Solidification realm of the Middle Legendary Rank.

"Renn!"

Hearing the familiar voice in his ear, Renn looked up and saw Kavadoral.

"Your Highness Kavadoral!"

"Hmm, I didn't expect your progress to be so fast. Behind this door is a special Inheritance Secret Realm that I had Doram support using his innate talent. After you consume the fruit of knowledge inside, you can make the most of the fruit's power to conduct a session of law comprehension cultivation."

"Doram possesses many inheritances regarding law cultivation. With your talent and the power of the fruit of knowledge, you should have significant gains."

Kavadoral reached out and made a stroke in the air, and a portal appeared before Renn's eyes.

Hearing Kavadoral's explanation, Renn did not hesitate and walked straight inside.

Inside the Inheritance Secret Realm was also a simple and unadorned treehouse, surrounded by the branches and leaves of ancient trees.

"Lord Renn, please consume the fruit of knowledge as soon as possible for your comprehension cultivation. The time I can maintain this is limited, and I cannot operate the secret realm for long."

Doram reminded Renn, who was observing his surroundings.

"Understood. Thank you for the reminder, Lord Doram!"

Hearing that time was limited, Renn immediately entered a cultivation state and swallowed the fruit of knowledge in a few bites.

After eating the fruit of knowledge and sitting cross-legged in the center of the wooden house, Renn instantly felt the rhythmic laws of heaven and earth become clearly visible. Countless inheritance knowledge flooded into his mind, and one powerful inheritance after another flashed through his thoughts for him to choose from.

Countless inspirations exploded in his mind, and unrestrained, imaginative ideas emerged continuously.

Renn seized the opportunity and began to continuously refine and strengthen his Heart of the Azure Wolf Breathing Technique. This was the foundation of his growth until now.

Other inheritances might be very powerful, but they all had various issues or weren't quite suitable for him. Only the Heart of the Azure Wolf Breathing Technique was perfectly adapted to Renn.

The countless powerful inheritances in the Inheritance Secret Realm now became Renn's nourishment, feeding and strengthening the fundamental path that belonged solely to him.

Renn's comprehension of the laws was also rapidly deepening and growing.

Doram, who had been maintaining the Inheritance Secret Realm, could clearly sense Renn's state.

"No wonder His Highness Kavadoral specifically had me open the secret realm once. This human truly isn't simple!"

"In the face of so many powerful inheritances, he didn't hesitate or feel tempted at all, firmly choosing to walk his own path. And to find his own path so quickly—such terrifying talent hasn't been seen in many years!"

Amidst his admiration, Doram maintained the Inheritance Secret Realm with even more focus.

Renn and Dora were becoming more powerful with every passing second.