"Do you think my Divine Pregnant Tree Fruit is some kind of elixir that can grant you immortality?
She'll wake up after eating it! "
Being questioned by Qin Shi, the Divine Pregnant Tree glared at him in annoyance and said, "Let's not talk about the injuries your Big Sis Yu suffered in the lava cave first. Her spiritual body also has an extremely powerful hidden injury. Even with the Divine Pregnant Tree's fruit, she will need a long time to recover."
The hidden injury on Jade In The Book's spiritual body was something that Qin Shi knew from the moment they met. Over the past three years, Jade In The Book had been troubled by it quite a bit.
"Then when will my Sister Yu wake up?"
The Divine Pregnant Tree pursed its lips, "How would I know? Looking at her injuries, it'll take at least three to five years, and at most a hundred or a thousand years. No one can say for sure."
"A hundred or a thousand years?"
Qin Shi's expression changed as anger welled up in his heart.
Under the influence of his anger, wisps of fiendish qi rose up, scaring the Divine Pregnant Tree and hurriedly saying, "Hey, you brat, do you really think this old man is easy to bully?
I'm telling you the truth. Even without the heavy injuries in the lava cave, with the injuries on your Sister Yu's spiritual body, she will definitely fall into a deep sleep after absorbing the Divine Pregnant Tree Fruit. This is something that will definitely happen! "
At this point, the Divine Pregnant Tree's branches and leaves had already tightly sealed the trunk, as if afraid that Qin Shi's fiendish qi would enter. It said unhappily, "If you have the time to be angry with me, why don't you go find some herbs to heal your Sister Yu's soul? That way, it will be of some help to her awakening!"
Hearing this, Qin Shi's eyes narrowed and he took a deep breath before he calmed down. He knew that the Divine Pregnant Tree was right, so he could only helplessly retract his fiendish qi and ask, "Herbs to heal the soul can help my Sister Yu wake up?"
"Logically speaking, that should be the case," the Divine Pregnant Tree said.
Receiving confirmation, Qin Shi laughed self-mockingly, "Haha, three years ago, I didn't have the Divine Pregnant Tree Fruit, so I needed to find spiritual herbs that could heal my soul. Now that I have the Divine Pregnant Tree Fruit, I still need to find spiritual herbs that can heal my soul. Perhaps this is the bond between me and Sister Yu?"
However, he did not continue to be depressed, because he knew that if Jade In The Book were awake, she would not want to see him like this. As long as he knew that Jade In The Book was fine, that was enough for him.
Looking at Fen Shu indifferently, Qin Shi's thoughts kept turning. He murmured to himself, "Sister Yu, you have to wake up soon. You said that you would stay with me, always with me."
With that, he gently raised his head and gazed at the two resplendent pearls in the sky. A sliver of determination flashed across his eyes as he said, "Actually, this is good as well. You can finally rest properly. You don't have to worry about this insensible brother of yours."
"Next time, the next time you wake up, I will definitely find a way to let the two of us be together. Although you said that this is a heaven-defying action, you also said that I am someone who will guide the world. Could it be that I can't defy this tiny world?"
"Sister Yu, I will wait for you to wake up!"
Qin Shi clenched his fists tightly as he steeled his resolve.
What was the difference between humans and spirits? What heaven-defying act? No one could stop the love in his heart.
What he needed to do next was to find a way to turn the artifact spirit into a human before Jade In The Book woke up.
He believed that there would definitely be a way.
Looking at the confused Qin Shi, the Pregnant Tree tentatively spread its branches and leaves. Seeing that no baleful aura had invaded after a while, it sighed in relief and said, "Hey, brat, shouldn't you help me deal with the baleful aura now?"
Disrupted from his thoughts, Qin Shi returned to his senses. His eyes swiveled and he returned to his usual mischievous self. He grinned and said, "Hehe, old man, you want me to help you deal with the baleful aura?
Of course, that's not a problem. But that'll depend on your performance. "
"Hmm?" The Pregnant Tree focused and said angrily, "Brat, are you messing with me?
Didn't we agree that you would help me deal with the baleful aura if I gave you the Fruit of the Pregnant Tree? "
Qin Shi shook his head with a mischievous smile, looking like he was trying to take advantage of the situation. "That was originally the case, but my Sister Yu was heavily injured because of you, so the Pregnant Tree can only be considered as compensation to my Sister Yu. If you want me to help you deal with the baleful aura, you'd better take out something that can tempt me."
Although, according to the Pregnant Tree, Jade In The Book's coma had nothing to do with him, no matter what, it was indeed because of his mistake that Jade In The Book had been injured by the boulder golem in the lava cave. If it didn't extort him now, when would it be?
"You …!" The Divine Pregnant Tree was infuriated.
"Don't you you, I'm not joking with you. I think you've been here for over ten thousand years, so you should have quite a bit of savings, right?" Qin Shi said as he looked around.
Under Qin Shi's coercion, the Pregnant Tree was about to explode. However, it had no other choice. If Qin Shi turned around and left now, it would be infected by the baleful aura and die in less than a hundred years.
In the end, it could only grit its teeth and say, "Brat, you win!"
Boom!
With that, the Pregnant Tree twisted its vines and the space above the palace suddenly split open. A large number of top grade spirit stones, all sorts of precious herbs, profound weapons, and martial arts manuals appeared.
"Spirit Ascension Flower?"
"Exquisite Flower?"
"Dragon Phoenix Grass?"
"Scarlet Flame Dragon Wood?"
Stalk after stalk of spirit herbs fell to the ground in a messy manner. Qin Shi's eyes widened. He recognized many of these spirit herbs. They were all grade five and above, and there were even a few grade six spirit herbs.
Just the stalks of spirit herbs that Qin Shi had mentioned were necessary to refine the Spirit Ascension Pill. There were also many that could strengthen spirit energy. Even a Heaven realm cultivator would want them.
Moreover, these were just spirit herbs. The spirit weapons and profound weapons and martial arts beside them were even more unbelievable. There were over a hundred Emperor Soul Weapons. Although they could not compare to a divine weapon like the Nether Extinguisher, they were still extremely powerful.
As for martial arts, there were thousands of rank six martial arts, and at this time, Qin Shi's gaze suddenly froze. From among the thousands of martial arts, he sensed a flickering light blue scroll, causing him to abruptly take a few steps forward and grasp it in his hand.
Staring at the words on the scroll, Qin Shi's entire body trembled. After a while, he choked out, "Art of the Desolate Desert, lower grade eight martial arts?"
Rank eight martial arts?
What kind of concept was that?
Qin Shi could not imagine it. However, he knew that in the entire Scarlet Flame Continent, there was only one.
Thinking of this, he stared dumbfoundedly at the Divine Pregnant Tree and squinted his eyes, "Old man, why do you have so many treasures?"
Seeing Qin Shi's shocked expression, the Divine Pregnant Tree said proudly, "For the past ten thousand years, there have always been people who entered the Bejewelled Lava Volcano to search for treasures. Then, they were burned to death by the flames. After they died, I used my vines to bring their spatial rings back to the palace. After a long time, they became like this."
At this point, its vines flipped through the martial arts and found two blue secret manuals, "Here, you should be very familiar with these two, right?"
Receiving the two martial arts manuals, Qin Shi was stunned, "Qing Luan's Absolute Killing Method?
Luan Feng Eight Gates? "
"Yes, when you fought with the eight elders of Qing Luan School, my vines were watching from the side. It was a waste of resources. You actually let the wild beasts eat them?
There were so many treasures, but you didn't want them, so I took them all! "The Divine Pregnant Tree explained.
Hearing this, Qin Shi couldn't help but laugh and shake his head helplessly, "Haha, no wonder I couldn't find their spatial rings after searching for so long. So you were the one who reaped the benefits?"
"It'd be a waste if I didn't take them. Otherwise, how do you think I survived for ten thousand years in this godforsaken place?"
The Divine Pregnant Tree smiled and said, "Alright, there are so many things here. Pick a few and quickly deal with the baleful aura here. I don't want to suffer this kind of pain that's worse than death."
"Pick a few?"
Hearing this, Qin Shi's brows arched, revealing a strange expression that made the Divine Pregnant Tree's hair stand on end. The latter hurriedly glared at him, "Stinking brat, what are you trying to do?"
"Hehe, you'll find out soon."
Qin Shi's black eyes lit up. With a wave of his hand, the spatial ring flashed incessantly and all the spirit herbs, profound weapons, and martial arts in the surroundings were collected by Qin Shi.
After absorbing a tenth, Qin Shi's spatial ring was full. Thankfully, he had more than one ring on him, so he took out a second ring, then a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a tenth ring. Only then did he manage to store all the treasures here.
Beside him, the Divine Pregnant Tree was shocked and scolded repeatedly, "Stinking brat, hurry up and give me your help!
This is all I have, I'm going to risk my life with you! "
"Hehe, since you have no use for them even if I leave them to you, why not just give them to me? That way, these treasures won't be sealed away, right?" Qin Shi didn't care about the consequences. There were so many treasures in front of him, and he was only going to pick a few?
What a joke!
The Divine Pregnant Tree was so angry that its teeth itched, but there was nothing it could do. It swore that Qin Shi was definitely the most shameless person it had seen in the past ten thousand years.
Helpless, it could only say, "At least, at least leave the spirit stones behind. Even if you leave, I still have to survive here!"
Hearing this, Qin Shi thought about it and realized that this was the case. Besides, he had no use for so many spirit stones anyway. What Qin Zong lacked the least was spirit stones, so he nodded with a silly smile, "Of course, I'm so generous!"
Generous?
For some reason, when these two words came out of Qin Shi's mouth, the Divine Pregnant Tree wanted to slap Qin Shi to death so badly.
Thankfully, it managed to restrain itself in the end. As it watched Qin Shi sweep away all of its ten thousand years of savings, its heart dripped with blood as it said, "You've taken the things, hurry up and help me get rid of the baleful aura here!"
"Sure, sure!"
Qin Shi hurriedly smiled and agreed. He clearly knew that it was best not to provoke this Divine Pregnant Tree right now. If he still tried to act innocent after taking advantage of it, it would not be worth it if he really forced this old fellow into a corner and risked his life against him.
Because of this, he went to the outskirts of the palace. Now that the bejeweled lava and blazing fire outside had dissipated, the baleful aura here was unusually thick.
"Huuu!"
Letting out a deep breath, Qin Shi's expression changed as he rolled up the sleeve of his left arm.
"Withdraw!"
The Demonic Totem had an innate ability to suppress baleful aura, and the two very quickly resonated. Baleful aura after baleful aura leapt out from Qin Shi's arm, filled with greed and excitement as it madly swallowed the baleful aura outside the palace.
The baleful aura outside the palace dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The baleful aura here had an abnormally strong attraction to the Demonic Totem. Even the Heaven Devouring Python from before had not reached this level.
In less than half a cup of tea's time, Qin Shi felt his arm swell as an unprecedented power surged into his body, causing his blood vessels to throb violently.
Ka-cha!