Completely rotten tree roots were scattered all around. Stepping on them was like stepping on lime, leaving deep footprints in the ground.
The huge orchard was devoid of life. All the trees were dead.
"Is this the Queen Mother of the West's peach garden?
Holy sh * t, how did it become like this?
Eat one and you'll live forever. Sigh, how come there's not a single one alive? "
Ye Xiaolu scurried back and forth, searching through the rotten wood.
Li Mo grabbed a piece of rotten wood and rubbed it, turning it to dust.
"There's no life here."
The rotten wood here was different from the Heavenly Dao Tea Tree Li Mo and Yang Hongying got. That Heavenly Dao Tea Tree Li Mo and Yang Hongying traded for was in a state of suspended animation. With the Verdant Tree Art's nourishment, it wouldn't take long for it to recover. But the rotten wood here didn't have a trace of life. It was no different from a rock or a handful of dust.
Du Fei stared at the trees in a daze.
"Three thousand years for a flower, three thousand for a fruit, six thousand for a flower, six thousand for a fruit. I thought it was all just a legend, but it's true …"
Li Mo said, "No one can say for sure, but one day, this is the real Heavenly Court.
The Southern Heavenly Gate, the Heavenly Cloud Palace, the Peach Garden, and many other ruins all proved that this was the legendary Heavenly Court.
"Lil 'Mo, lil' Mo!"
While everyone was sighing over the ruined orchard, Ye Xiaolu ran to Li Mo with something in her hand.
Li Mo's face darkened, "Call me lil 'Mo one more time and I'll put you in a dalmatian plushie!"
"Don't! I'm calling you that to show my affection. Take a look and see what this is."
Ye Xiaolu gave a black object to Li Mo.
"It's the pit of a peach." Li Mo recognized it at a glance.
"Pit?
Is it dead or alive? "Ye Xiaolu was excited.
"Dead, deader than dead. The insides are all rotten."
"F * ck!"
Ye Xiaolu cursed and ran off into the distance, continuing to rummage through the rotten wood around her.
"Look, what's that!"
Du Fei pointed forward.
Not far ahead, a space-time rift appeared.
"Brother Mo, space-time rift, it's a space-time rift!" Du Fei shouted.
Li Mo stepped before the time-space rupture.
Li Mo was a hundred times more excited than Du Fei. Du Fei only knew time-space ruptures connected different spaces, but he didn't know they were all formed by the Staff of Origin.
The appearance of a space-time rift here meant that there was definitely a fragment of the Staff of Origin here!
In his past life, Li Mo searched for six hundred years, up until he was ambushed and reincarnated. Even then, he couldn't find all of the Staff of Origin's fragments. As a result, he never knew the true power of the Staff of Origin.
"Brother Mo, this is the Heavenly Court, the legendary Heavenly Court. A space-time rift appeared here, I … I don't dare to think further."
Du Fei wiped his sweat.
"No matter what's inside, I'm going in."
Li Mo took out the Staff of Origin.
"Don't go in. Just wait for me here."
Du Fei shouted, "Bro Mo, I'll go with you. I have three immortal weapons that should be able to help."
"No. It doesn't take a brain to figure out how dangerous a space-time rift like this is. The difference in power between us and the enemy is too great. Your three weapons won't even be enough to protect you."
Li Mo took a deep breath and the Staff of Origin shone in white light. Then Li Mo entered the space-time rift.
Ye Xiaolu shouted, "What are you standing there for? Are you afraid Lil 'Mo will take the treasure for himself?"
"Roar ~"
The panda wasn't happy and wrote in the air, 'Say another word and I'll blast you.'
"That's not what I meant. I'm saying we can't just sit around, can we?
Come, let's search together. I refuse to believe we can't find a peach pit with life in this huge orchard. "
"Look for it yourself."
Du Fei stood before the space-time rift with a frown.
"Sister Lu, I'll go with you." Su Qingyi flew over.
Nine-tailed arctic fox raised her jade-white hand with a frown.
After entering the Southern Heavenly Gate, her demon qi weakened and was barely able to maintain her human form.
She was very worried about the jade pipa spirit and the nine-headed pheasant spirit's current situation.
'Maybe if we didn't enter the Southern Heavenly Gate, our demon qi wouldn't have weakened this fast?'
Zzzt ~
Li Mo was enveloped in white light as he arrived in a beautiful world.
Peach trees were lined up in rows, their leaves green and lush, so plentiful they bent under the weight of the peaches.
A faint immortal fragrance permeated the air, making one feel as if they were walking on clouds.
Li Mo walked before a peach tree and plucked a soccer-sized peach. It tasted so good he couldn't help but squint his eyes.
An immortal fruit indeed. It tasted completely different from a mortal fruit.
Li Mo took a deep breath, feeling his cultivation had improved a lot.
Li Mo stopped picking peaches and walked slowly. He was now enveloped in the power of origin. In this time-space rupture, he was invisible and invincible. No attack could harm him.
But this state didn't last long, five hours at most. And he would need half a year to recover.
Ten meters later, Li Mo saw a sight that made him happy.
Between the fruit trees, there were a total of seven fairies that were frozen in place. They were the red-clothed fairy, the plain-clothed fairy, the green-clothed fairy, the black-clothed fairy, the purple-clothed fairy, the yellow-clothed fairy, and the green-clothed fairy. Each of them had a flower basket on their head, maintaining various postures. Some were flying, some were waving, some were angry, and some were terrified.
The scene in front of him was too familiar.
In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, was ordered to watch over the Peach Garden. He ate the peaches and the seven fairies came to stop him, but the monkey used a Body Lock Art on them.
Li Mo touched the red fairy, pulled the plain fairy, pulled the blue fairy's face, and patted the purple fairy's butt. But none of them moved.
"I see, I see!"
Li Mo waved his hand and vanished, returning to the real world.
Ye Xiaolu and Su Qingyi were still searching. Du Fei put his palms together and prayed. Madam Ning stood behind him expressionlessly. Whitey's fox ears and tails were all revealed. It was about to reveal its true form.
Du Fei said, "Bro Mo, what's going on?"
"It's safe. Let's go in together."
Ye Xiaolu and Su Qingyi ran over.
In a blur …
The group entered the time-space rupture, Peach Garden.
"Damn!"