Upon hearing this, Lu Shu nodded: "Okay, I'll get on it now."

Chen Ping: "Okay, thank you for your help."

Lu Shu stroked his beard and laughed, "What trouble is there? Hehe, then, Island Master, I'll be going now."

Chen Ping nodded, then watched Lu Shu leave.

After Lu Shu left, Chen Ping also opened the portal and returned to the villa. He had been working so hard for so long, so he gave Xianyu a break.

After returning to the villa, Chen Ping first went to the vending machine and inserted ten gold coins.

Boom boom boom!!!

"Huh! A special drink?"

Chen Ping picked up the bottle that emitted a purple glow from among the ten bottles of beverages.

Let me check it out. Hmm, not bad, it increases the energy limit, not bad.

Carrying ten bottles of drinks, Chen Ping leisurely walked to the sofa, sat down, and skillfully opened the movie and anime uploaded by Godzilla to watch. Today's golden snack box just happened to have popcorn, not bad, perfect.

"Ah~ this is life, hehe."

Chen Ping sighed with satisfaction.

Time flew by as Chen Ping became engrossed in the movie.

The sky began to darken...

After collecting his tears, Lu Shu arrived at the villa and, seeing this, silently withdrew.

The sky began to brighten again, and Chen Ping was still watching his drama...

......

As dawn broke, a notification sounded for the collection of an island compass.

"Hmm? Time flies so fast?"

Chen Ping quickly withdrew and then went straight to collect the island compass. Hmm, just an ordinary island compass. Disappointing.

Mmm~!

Chen Ping stood up, stretched, scratched his head, and walked to the bathroom to wash up.

After washing up, I felt refreshed and energized.

After sensing the location of the deer tree, Chen Ping opened a portal and went inside.

Chen Ping: "Hi! Chief Lu Shu, good morning."

Deer Tree: "Island Master, good morning to you too."

"By the way, Island Lord, these are the tears of all races."

Lu Shu took out a dozen small glass bottles, each containing some transparent liquid.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ping nodded, took the bottle, and looked at it. He noticed that each glass bottle had a race name on it. Not bad, very thoughtful. Some of the bottles were full. Looking at the names, he saw that they belonged to the Handsome Guys Clan and the Thunder Clan, those big guys.

One of their tears could fill ten glass bottles.

Chen Ping took out the jade cup and began to experiment.

As the tears were poured into the jade cup, the Fountain of Immortality within began to undergo different changes under the gaze of Chen Ping and Lu Shu, the most obvious being the light it emitted.

The light emitted by the elves is similar to that of the mermaids, both being seven-colored, though with slight differences in the colors. Other races, on the other hand, have significantly fewer colors. The race with the most colors is the Horned Clan, with five colors, as is the Deer Spirit Clan.

After examining them one by one, it was found that although the colors of the light were different, the effects seemed to be the same, with no difference.

Hmm, Chen Ping stroked his chin, then picked up the elven fountain of youth and tasted it. Hmm, it tastes good. It's different from the mermaid's water, but both are quite good.

Then I tried the Mengjiao Yizu's, and well, the taste was a bit lacking.

Chen Ping made Lu Shu drink the rest, and only drank the cup from the Lu Ling people last.

Deer Tree nodded, then began drinking from the side with the least light.

Chen Ping: "How is it? How does it taste?"

Smash it! Smash it!

Deer Tree: "Well, how should I put it? The taste of the first color is hard to describe, it's just really bad. The taste of the second color is a little better than the first, but it's still not good. The taste of the third color is okay, it's no different from ordinary spring water. The taste of the fourth color is quite good."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ping nodded. "So it seems the more colors there are, the better the taste? Hmm, it doesn't seem to be of any use."

At this moment, Lu Shu picked up a cup belonging to his clan and drank it.

Instantly, Lu Shu's face turned red, and then...

puff!

He spat out a mouthful of black blood, wiped his mouth, and felt incredibly refreshed. Moreover, his cultivation level even started to fluctuate. You see, ever since he broke through to become a superior god, his cultivation had made no progress.

Despite his deepening understanding of the laws, Lu Shu's strength remained stagnant. He had initially thought it was due to his rapid breakthroughs, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

Chen Ping: "Uh, Lu Shu, what happened to you? Do you have some kind of hidden injury or something?"

Lu Shu: "It shouldn't be. After all, I cultivate the wood element law. Even if I had any hidden injuries, they would have healed long ago. This situation doesn't look like a hidden injury, but rather like a curse?"

Chen Ping: "A curse? Do you have any clues?"

Lu Shu stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and said, "Hmm, I really don't know about that. I have absolutely no recollection of being cursed."

Chen Ping: "Is that so? Why don't we go ask Qiuqiu? Qiuqiu was born at the beginning of the World Tree, so it might know something."

Upon hearing this, Lu Shu nodded.

The two then opened the portal and went inside.

After exiting the portal, the two arrived at the World Tree Canopy and then headed towards the ball's location.

Soon, the two arrived at Qiuqiu's residence, which was located behind the school.

......

Chen Ping: "Qiuqiu, we've come to see you."

Soon, Qiuqiu hopped out, while the World Tree spirit Lingling was still sitting on its head. However, upon seeing Chen Ping, she flew into his arms.

Chen Ping hugged Lingling tightly and then walked over.

Qiuqiu: "Huh? Deer Tree, the curse on you just disappeared?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ping and Lu Shu were astonished to learn that Qiuqiu indeed knew.

Lu Shu explained the story of the Fountain of Youth, then asked curiously.

Deer Tree: "Lord Ball Ball, how could I have a curse on me? I have absolutely no recollection of it."

Qiuqiu: "It's normal that you don't remember. This curse was placed on the World Race by the four main gods after the World Tree was stolen. Otherwise, why do you think so many races would abandon their World Race identity and leave?"

"It's because the curse restricts our growth, preventing the World Race from breaking through to become lower-level gods. At most, they can only become demigods. Otherwise, given the potential of the World Race, how come no one has become a god all these years?"

"So, I understand those races that abandoned the World Race. After all, their strength is completely limited. In this world, they are destined to be slaughtered by others, and sooner or later, their entire race may be wiped out."

Chen Ping: "Huh, then why are they all able to break through and become gods now?"