Chapter 926 – Strange Fruit
Chapter 926 – Strange Fruit
“What are you talking about, my lord? Without the umbrella you took out, I would have been drenched.”
Scorpioness carried Xu Chuniang on her back and walked steadily towards the hillside, “With such heavy rain, I don’t know how long it will take for it to stop, I really didn’t expect that there would be a day when I would be in such a sorry state.”
Wretched? Perhaps, but when Xu Chuniang was in the Transitional Stage, she had experienced many moments that were even more wretched than the one at hand, and she had survived them all the same.
Right now, she had only lost her strength and cultivation, and at least her five senses were still there, so she didn’t find it difficult.
“Keep an eye on your feet, there are some places where it’s easy to step in the air, walk steadily.”
“Good leh!”
The Scorpion Woman was as fit as a fiddle, carrying Xu Chuniang on her back as if she hadn’t, her steps flew, leaving the high water level behind.
“If this Spirit Demon Island is just a bit of rain, it’s not that difficult.”
Just as the words fell, Scorpion Woman’s stomach growled.
A look of surprise appeared on her face, “I suddenly feel a bit hungry, but with my cultivation level, how is this possible?”
“There’s nothing impossible, right now you’ve lost your demonic energy, it’s normal that you would feel hungry.”
Saying that, Xu Chuniang took out some of the small world’s self-generated and self-grown spirit fruits from the small world.
It was just that just as soon as these spirit fruits were taken out, they inexplicably shattered just like the spirit crystals and magic crystals from earlier.
A realization appeared in her eyes, sure enough, the grade of the spirit fruits was too low to withstand the baneful qi.
Only higher grade magic treasures, talismans, and other things could barely withstand the baneful qi.
The Crab Woman realized that it was not good, “We are like mortals in the lower realms on Spirit Demon Island, not only do we have no cultivation, but we will also feel hungry and tired, and if we don’t have any food, we might even starve to death here.”
“Don’t worry, since there are trees growing on Spirit Demon Island, there must be food.”
Xu Chuniang closed her eyes and felt the source of the Fateful Qi, pointing a direction for the Scorpion Lady, “Head this way, the Fateful Qi here is the thinnest.”
Scorpion granny walked in the direction Xu Chuniang pointed for some time, the trees along the way were getting more and more numerous, and the rain was also a bit lighter.
Scorpion granny was very excited, “I have a premonition that we’ve chosen this path correctly, if we walk for another hour or two, perhaps the rain will stop.”
“Don’t take it lightly, this is only our first day on the island, after the rain stops, there will be other troubles waiting for us.”
“Yes.”
The Scorpion Lady realized that she was too happy too soon, collected the smile on her face, and continued her journey in silence.
After scaling a tall mountain, she was about to continue her journey when Xu Chunniang signaled her to crouch down.
“Look ahead.”
The Scorpioness looked up, and her pupils contracted violently.
Not far away, on the mountainside, there was a huge tree growing, and the tree bore seven large, round fruits, three of which were black and four of which were red.
Regardless of whether the fruits were black or red, they all shimmered with a tantalizing luster, causing one to uncontrollably feel the urge to pick them off and devour them into one’s stomach without thinking twice about it.
The Scorpioness stared at the fruits for a while, licking her lips before moving her eyes away with difficulty.
On both sides of the trees, two groups of people were confronting each other with their breath drawn.
One of them was tall and big-looking, and at a glance, they were from the Demon Realm.
The other group of people, although their looks are different, but their temperament is elegant and elegant, neutral and peaceful, and their eyes are full of loathing towards the devil cultivator. Scorpion Woman lowered her voice, “Could it be that those people, are the cultivators from the Spirit World?”
Xu Chuniang jumped down from Scorpion Granny’s body and plopped down at her side, staring intently ahead, “Precisely.”
Although both spirit cultivators and devil cultivators had lost their cultivation on Spirit Demon Island, the vastly different auras of the two sides were obvious at a glance.
“What are they doing, fighting over those fruits on the tree? This tree is so big, but it actually only bears seven fruits, it’s not even enough to share!”
Xu Chuniang’s eyes showed a look of gravity, “I’m afraid that this tree isn’t as simple as you think, and the fruits on this tree can’t be eaten easily, pay careful attention to the traces underneath the tree.”
Scorpioness was stunned, and hurriedly looked towards the roots of the tree, and was creeped out when she recognized the original face of those remnants.
“Those …… are the debris of the magic weapon, could it be that the fruit on this tree is condensed after sucking the cultivator?”
Xu Chuniang smiled and didn’t answer her doubts, but instead asked in return, “Why do you think there are two colors of fruits on this same tree?”
Scorpion Lady’s face turned ugly, “I see, these black fruits look somewhat familiar to me, while the red ones are very unfamiliar.
When this strange tree sucks in demonic cultivators, it grows black fruits, and when it sucks in spiritual cultivators, it grows red fruits, these fruits, which were transformed by those dead cultivators, fused their lifelong cultivation and their comprehension of the Laws.”
“Not bad, you and I can see this, those people can naturally guess it as well, it’s just that I don’t know, after they eat these fruits, what exactly will happen?”
The Scorpion Woman’s heart stirred as she subconsciously looked towards those two groups of people, who seemed to have reached a consensus after a period of confrontation.
Each side sent out a cultivator to pick the fruits from the trees.
According to the verbal agreement between the two sides, the black fruits belonged to the demonic cultivators and the red fruits belonged to the spiritual cultivators.
Each holding a long pole, the two cultivators approached the strange tree tentatively from the east and west, to tap the fruits on the tree.
After they knocked the fruits off the tree, they used the long pole to pluck the fruits to their heels again, before carefully picking them up.
After the two of them looked at each other, they started to eat the fruit at the same time, devouring it in three or two bites.
The tantalizing aroma and fresh taste made them wish for a few more.
After quietly swallowing their saliva, the two men reported towards their respective leaders, “The fruit is edible, and after eating it, I feel like I’ve regained some of my strength, and my stomach isn’t hungry anymore.”
Upon hearing this, the two groups of people let out a sigh of relief at the same time, although the cost of eating this fruit was a bit high, it was always a way out.
Moreover, there should be other sources of food on the Spirit Demon Island, and after eating enough to save up their strength, they could continue to look for other food.
After dividing the fruit on the tree, leaving a few people to guard the strange tree, the two groups of people left successively.
The Scorpion Woman subconsciously gulped, her stomach growling again, “These fruits look quite tasty.”
Xu Chuniang’s eyes revealed a thoughtful look, after eating the fruits, they didn’t show any abnormalities, as if they had just eaten unusual food.
However, she always felt that this tree and those fruits borne on it, exuded an inexplicable evil aura.
There seems to be something not quite right ……
She closed her eyes and felt it carefully, finally noticing the subtle changes in the air.
“Something’s not right, the baneful aura seems to have become more dense.”
(End of chapter)