Chapter 932

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These mountains were pitch black in color. However, the trees and vegetation that grew among them were lush and radiated various hues of light. Some trees stood a hundred feet tall, with copper-green trunks and dark red leaves. Others were ancient trees, no more than six to ten feet tall, yet their branches were as thick as three feet, with bare, lifeless twigs.

These mountains were peculiar, and the trees were equally strange.

Ye Wushuang stepped into the forest, the Tianya Sword in his hand flickering with light. After delving dozens of miles into the forest, figures suddenly appeared ahead. Scattered across the mountainside, there were more than a hundred people, some in groups of three or two, others alone, standing at various spots. However, all their gazes were fixed in one direction.

Ten miles ahead, there was a mountain, towering a thousand feet high. But this mountain was extremely unusual. It had only half a mountain body, as if it had been cleaved in two by a sword descending from the sky, with the other half missing. At the summit of the mountain, there grew lush trees, their branches swaying in the wind and emitting a soft, refreshing light that was pleasing to the eye. These trees, standing tens to even dozens of feet tall, had remnants of leaf stalks at the top and were densely covered with interwoven adventitious roots below. The stem ends and the bases of the leaf stalks were densely covered with scales, dark brown in color and narrowly lanceolate in shape. Upon closer inspection, beneath those scale-like leaves, there twinkled a crystalline light.

At first glance, Ye Wushuang’s expression turned serious.

“Sacred Tree Ferns!”

These trees growing on the mountain peak were indeed Sacred Tree Ferns. Sacred Tree Ferns require an extremely rich supply of spiritual energy from the heavens and earth to grow. Moreover, the Sacred Tree Ferns on the mountain peak bore oval-shaped, beautifully luminous fruits.

Sacred Tree Fern Fruits!

Generally speaking, it takes a thousand years for Sacred Tree Ferns to grow to a height of tens to even dozens of feet. To bear Sacred Tree Fern Fruits, it takes at least three thousand years. During this process, the sacred trees absorb the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth, as well as the essence of the sun and moon, nurturing fruits that possess an extremely powerful efficacy from the start. Their greatest benefit is to help cultivators transform their own power. The transition from the Yuanfu stage to the Tiangang stage, where spiritual energy becomes Tiangang energy, is a transformation of one’s power. The transition from the Tiangang stage to the Wanfa stage, where spiritual energy becomes Wanfa energy, is also a transformation of one’s power. It can be said that the Sacred Tree Fern Fruits naturally aid cultivators in breaking through to the next stage. Moreover, they are extremely beneficial even for cultivators at the Wanfa stage to break through to the Guiyuan stage. No wonder this place had attracted more than a hundred people to stop and watch in such a short time.

Ye Wushuang’s arrival caught the attention of a few people on the periphery, but they merely glanced at him before turning their gazes back to the Sacred Tree Ferns. At this moment, everyone had just entered the space of the Heavenly and Earthly Gates, mostly fighting alone and yet to find their friends or fellow disciples. This was evident from the scattered groups of two or three present.

Ye Wushuang stopped to the side, not drawing much attention. Among these people, upon careful observation, there were cultivators at both the Tiangang and Wanfa stages. Moreover, Ye Wushuang could faintly sense the aura fluctuations of Wanfa stage six and seven from some of them. With Ye Wushuang’s current peak Tiangang state, defeating a Wanfa stage three cultivator was not too difficult. However, facing those at stage six or seven would be quite challenging. Moreover, at this moment, the more one stood out, the more likely they were to be targeted by a group attack.

At this moment, the closest to the mountain wall were about three or four groups of people. These three or four groups were also the strongest individuals present. A total of seven people, the weakest of whom had the aura fluctuation of Wanfa stage five. These seven individuals did not hesitate to display their formidable auras, seemingly to intimidate the others. But the Sacred Tree Fern Fruits were just too tempting, and no one wanted to leave.

At the moment, the person on the far left of the mountain wall said with a smile, “It seems everyone is quite tempted by the Sacred Tree Fern Fruits. Who gets them will depend on luck!”

“Wu Xuran, there are probably more than ten Sacred Tree Fern Fruits on this mountain peak. Do you really think you can take them all for yourself?”

On the far right, two burly men, dressed in light armor, stood together. These two men appeared to be of similar age and had somewhat similar features; they were likely brothers. They clearly knew the middle-aged man on the far left.

“He is Wu Xuran, a notorious figure in Qingzhou, at Wanfa stage seven.”

“This guy is ruthless. It’s said that his enemies, who fell into his hands, were all tortured to death. His methods are very cruel…”

“He looks so refined. It doesn’t seem like it!”

“You fool, you can’t tell anything from appearances!”

Voices of discussion continued to rise around them.