Wang Lin held the Brilliant Golden Fruit and pressed it against his forehead. The fruit immediately entered his forehead. After a while, Wang Lin's eyes flashed with disappointment and he let go.
"I was too impatient. Completing the attributes of the heaven defying bead isn't a simple matter. After 700 years of cultivation, I've only managed to complete four attributes. Every completion is filled with indescribable danger. Now that the metal attribute has been completed, I'm sure it won't be this simple … I just don't know if the metal spirit root will be useful …"
Wang Lin sighed in his heart. His right hand reached out and about a third of the Brilliant Golden Fruits flew into the air.
The mosquito beast let out a cheer and sucked in all of the Brilliant Golden Fruits. At this moment, the mosquito beast's body emitted bursts of golden light. After flashing intensely nine times, it slowly returned to normal.
Seeing that the mosquito beast wasn't satisfied, Wang Lin didn't pick any more fruits. Instead, he formed a seal with his right hand and shot out a ray of light. This light landed on the golden flowers on the ground, causing the flowers to emit bursts of golden light that were extremely dazzling.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up, but he didn't retreat. Instead, he slapped his bag of holding and a large amount of jade slips appeared in his hand. His eyes revealed a pondering expression as he quickly carved on the jade slips and placed them next to the golden flowers.
Not far away, the girl called Qian Qin stared at Wang Lin with a confused expression. She didn't know what this person was doing. Why wasn't he picking the Brilliant Golden Fruits and instead doing this strange thing? It seemed like he was setting up a formation.
"Could it be that I need a formation to pick up the Brilliant Golden Fruits?" The confusion in Qian Qin's eyes became even stronger.
After placing the last jade slip on the ground, the pondering expression in Wang Lin's eyes disappeared and was replaced with a trace of clarity.
"According to Ancient God Tu Si's memories, the Brilliant Golden Fruit can only wither after its natural cycle is over. Only then will its root form the Metal Spirit Root.
However, I don't have the time to wait. Moreover, the time it takes for this thing to form a Metal Spirit Root can be long or short. Some even need several years. I don't have the time to wait, so I can only use the method in Tu Si's memories!
However, the Ancient God used the bones of demonic beasts to set up this formation, while I used jade slips. I'm afraid the effect will be a bit lacking … "Wang Lin was quite helpless about this. With the strength of the Ancient God, all the materials used were naturally the best.
Shaking his head slightly, Wang Lin raised his left hand and made a strange gesture. This technique was not a seal used by a cultivator, but a divine ability passed down from the memories of the Ancient God, Tu Si. It was a catalyzing divine ability of the Ancient Gods, and at this moment, it was the best divine ability to activate the spell formation.
"Die!" Wang Lin muttered.
As soon as the incantation was uttered, a ray of yellow light came from Wang Lin's left hand and landed on a piece of jade on the ground. The moment the yellow light touched the jade, a sharp, ear-piercing sound came from it.
Then, in the blink of an eye, the jade collapsed with a "bang".
This scene caused Wang Lin to frown. Even Qian Qin, who was far away, was shocked.
However, although the jade collapsed, the yellow light didn't disappear. Instead, it became even brighter. The moment the jade collapsed, the yellow light charged out and landed on another jade.
Following that, a series of popping sounds rang out. Every time the yellow glow touched a jade slip, the jade slip would instantly crumble into dust.
Wang Lin frowned even more. After a few breaths of time, when the last jade collapsed, the yellow light had turned into a golden color. It was almost the same color as the flowers.
The yellow light completely surrounded the golden flowers. The flowers began to shrink at a visible rate until they began to wither.
It wasn't just the flowers. Even the Brilliant Golden Fruits beneath them were showing signs of cracking as they slowly withered. Even their branches were doing the same. It was as if they were being roasted by a scorching sun.
This scene caused the mosquito beast in the air to let out a sorrowful cry. Its eyes were filled with reluctance. If it wasn't for the fact that it was extremely attached to Wang Lin, it would have already come down to snatch the fruits.
As for Qian Qin, who was far away, she felt a stabbing pain in her heart as she stared at the withering Brilliant Golden Fruits. Her heart was bleeding.
On the other hand, Wang Lin's expression remained the same. However, his gaze was serious as he stared at the withering Brilliant Golden Fruits without saying a word.
The atmosphere in the valley became heavy.
Not long after, all the golden flowers had withered. However, the withered flowers didn't scatter with the wind. Instead, they turned into drops of golden liquid that flowed along the branches and into the ground.
After the flowers were the Brilliant Golden Fruits. One by one, the Brilliant Golden Fruits turned into drops of golden liquid that flowed into the ground.
After them were the branches. The entire process lasted for the time it takes half an incense stick to burn. After that, everything disappeared, leaving behind an empty ground.
The mosquito beast let out a sorrowful cry and loosened its head. It floated in the air.
Wang Lin's eyes flickered as he arrived at the place where the Brilliant Golden Fruits had disappeared. After taking a closer look, his eyes suddenly lit up. He squatted down and placed his right hand into the ground. A smile appeared on his face as he raised his hand. Rays of light like the sun suddenly appeared in his hand.
In his hand was a strange object that looked like a ginseng. It had four whiskers and was about the size of a thumb. The object was emitting a dense golden light that would cause anyone who looked at it to feel warm.
"Four Golden Spirit Roots!
If it is naturally contained, it should be able to reach five whiskers or more! "Wang Lin thought to himself.
The mosquito beast in the air was dumbfounded as it stared at the Golden Spirit Root in Wang Lin's hand. Its eyes revealed an expression that had never appeared since it was born. This gaze was filled with a hint of madness.
Qian Qin, on the other hand, had her mouth wide open as she stared at the golden spiritual root. Her mind was completely blank. At this moment, she finally understood that she was ignorant and inexperienced. The true way to use the Brilliant Golden Fruit was to extract the root!
Wang Lin plucked one of the whiskers and pressed it against his forehead. After a while, his expression changed.
This object was indeed more useful than the Brilliant Golden Fruit. It could increase the metal attribute of the heaven defying bead. However, the increase was too small. Wang Lin roughly calculated that even if he merged the entire Golden Spirit Root with the heaven defying bead, it would only increase it by 10%.
He sighed inwardly, plucked a whisker, and threw it to the mosquito beast in the air, whose eyes were almost crazed, but it still resisted the urge to rush down.
The mosquito beast let out a cheer and quickly moved. It directly bit the whiskers of the metal spirit root and swallowed them.
Only two of the four whiskers remained!
After the mosquito beast swallowed the whisker, the madness in its eyes gradually disappeared. Its body shined with a golden light, but it didn't return to normal after a few flashes like before. Instead, it continued to shine.
In the end, the mosquito beast's wings slowly shrunk and its body shrunk. The golden light on its body became denser and denser, faster and faster. In the end, it seemed to form a golden cover that completely enveloped the mosquito beast.
Slowly, the golden barrier started to turn dirty. It completely covered the mosquito beasts inside, making it impossible to see what was inside.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and his divine sense rushed in. After observing for a bit, his eyes revealed a hint of joy.
"This mosquito beast has finally begun to evolve after devouring so many treasures. When it reappears, its strength will have a big breakthrough!"
Wang Lin's right hand reached out and the golden light surrounding the mosquito beast was put into his bag of holding. Then he pondered for a bit. The moment he put away the golden light, he waved his right hand and a ray of green light flew out from his bag of holding.
When the green light was in the air, it turned into a huge thunder toad that was the size of a small mountain. With a plop, it landed on the ground. There was a hint of laziness in its huge eyes.
However, this hint of laziness disappeared when he saw the Metal Spirit Root that only had two whiskers left in Wang Lin's hand. Instead, he stared at Wang Lin with a serious expression.
Wang Lin smiled, plucked off a whisker, and threw it to the Thunder Frog.
The thunder toad's abdomen suddenly swelled up and a red tongue shot out like lightning. The whisker in the air immediately disappeared without a trace. At this moment, the thunder toad's body was like thunder as violent rumbling sounds came from it. In the end, it slowly closed its eyes and a hint of exhaustion flashed through them.
Wang Lin pressed his right hand into the air and put the Thunder Frog into his bag of holding. Then he looked at Qian Qin, who had been watching from afar.
Qian Qin felt Wang Lin's gaze and her heart trembled. She quickly bowed but didn't say anything.
"I took advantage of your luck to be able to obtain this golden spirit root. You can have the last whisker!"
As Wang Lin spoke, he broke off the last stalk from the metal spirit root. He put the stalk into his bag of holding and left it for his original body. Then he took a step forward and disappeared in a cloud of green smoke.
Qian Qin was stunned. She subconsciously caught the Metal Spiritual Root's whiskers. The scene in front of her was like a dream. She couldn't believe it.
When she turned around, the man named Wang Lin had already disappeared.
Qian Qin silently stood there for a long time before putting away the whisker. She walked over to her fellow sect members and let out a sigh. Then she turned into a ray of light and quickly left this place.
Wang Lin's body moved like lightning through the Earth Northern Realm. It didn't take long for him to cross a mountain range and enter its depths.
There, the short elder from the Da Lou Sword Sect was sitting cross-legged on a giant tree with a pale face. He didn't dare to move at all. One inch from his forehead, the half-moon blade seemed to be motionless as it floated there.
The celestial sword an inch above the top of this person's head didn't move at all, but the sword glow was thick and didn't dissipate.
(To be continued)