"Lord True Dragon, I was unaware of your existence. Please forgive me," the giant ape continued, addressing Gu Yu.
"Do you recognize it?" Gu Yu asked Long Yuan. He couldn't explain this scene, so he could only ask Long Yuan. After all, Long Yuan had lived for who knows how long and might have been to Aga Yuan Sect before!
"Are you kidding me?" Long Yuan was digesting the life essence when he heard Gu Yu's question. He rolled his eyes. "I am a powerful figure in the Zhongyuan Sect, and my fame is known far and wide. How could I know a monkey? Besides, how old is it?"
"Uh!" Gu Yu was taken aback. You can say you're awesome, but you can't say the giant ape is small. How can a body over forty meters long be small? "Then why was he so respectful when he saw you?"
“I don’t know, maybe one of its ancestors knew me!” Long Yuan replied.
"Lord True Dragon?" The giant ape, not hearing Gu Yu's reply, immediately lowered its head and kowtowed to Gu Yu. "I did not mean to offend you."
"You should get up first!" Gu Yu didn't know what to say, so he could only gesture for the giant ape to get up first.
"Thank you, Lord True Dragon." Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, the giant ape immediately kowtowed in gratitude.
"We're retreating." Seeing this, Budia gritted his teeth. Now he was certain that Gu Yu and the giant ape were in cahoots, so he had no choice but to retreat.
The next second, Budia left in one direction. Due to the battle, only fourteen sets of source armor remained intact, and eleven sets were lost. They all got up and fled instantly. As for the soldiers, they had no chance to escape and died one by one at the hands of the monkeys. As for the monkeys, half of them died. The scene was, to say the least, extremely tragic.
"They're leaving already?" Gu Yu frowned as he watched Boudia flee. Boudia was not without fighting ability, but it was good that he was gone, saving a lot of trouble.
"Lord True Dragon, this way please," the giant ape said respectfully to Gu Yu.
“I also have four friends,” Gu Yu said.
"Lord True Dragon, your friend is my honored guest," the giant ape said respectfully. Then Xu Ling'er and her companions walked over. They were also puzzled because the monkey troop made way for them and treated them with great respect.
“Gu Yu, this…” Shi Shuai was somewhat puzzled.
"It's a long story, let's go inside first!" Gu Yu couldn't explain much more.
They then ventured deeper into the forest. The further they went, the denser the source energy became, making Gu Yu feel as if they were very close to the essence of life.
"By the way, you are the guardian of this place. Are there any life fruits here?" Gu Yu asked the giant ape. The giant ape knew best whether there were any life fruits here.
"Your Excellency True Dragon, although we have a Tree of Life here, it is too young and has not yet borne fruit." The giant ape did not hide anything and told everything.
"No..." Gu Yu's eyes showed disappointment upon hearing the giant ape's reply.
"Gu Yu, I think we've at least found the Tree of Life, and we're one step closer to the Fruit of Life. I believe we'll find the Fruit of Life soon," Xu Ling'er comforted Gu Yu, who seemed somewhat disappointed.
"Yes! At least we've found the Tree of Life." Gu Yu comforted himself as well. If the tree is found, how far away can the fruit be? Of course, the answer is not necessarily.
“Lord True Dragon, I do know the location of the Fruit of Life, but I’m afraid only my master can go there.” Hearing that Gu Yu wanted to find the Fruit of Life, the giant ape added, “There is a Tree of Life at the center of the world, and that Tree of Life is also the guardian of our entire world. However, to get close to it, one must be a chosen guardian like my master.”
"Really?" Upon hearing the giant ape's words, Gu Yu's disappointed expression instantly turned into joy. So, finding the giant ape's master meant he could obtain the Fruit of Life.
"Respected True Dragon Lord, I would never dare to lie to you," the giant ape hurriedly said. He would never dare to lie to Gu Yu.
"How much longer will your master be in seclusion?" Gu Yu asked, eager to see the giant ape's master.
“Lord True Dragon, this…” The giant ape was momentarily speechless. How could he know how much longer his master would need to go into seclusion? He remembered that the last time he went into seclusion, it took a hundred years! And the time before that, it took eight hundred years.
“Squeak, squeak…” At this moment, the primitive child suddenly started jumping around.
"Hmm?" The giant ape looked at the primitive child. It recognized the natives in Aga's world, and had seen them quite often.
"You said the person you're looking for is here?" Gu Yu asked, somewhat surprised, as he looked at the caveman child gesturing.
“Squeak, squeak…” The primitive child nodded immediately, and was very happy.
"Could it be..." Gu Yu suddenly thought of something. The giant ape had an owner, and his owner was in seclusion. The powerful primitive man that the primitive man was looking for was also here. Perhaps the giant ape's owner was the powerful primitive man that the primitive man child was looking for.
“Squeak, squeak…” The primitive child suddenly cried out at the giant ape.
"What? Your tribe has been invaded?" The giant ape, who could understand the primitive child's words, was immediately shocked.
"Squeak, squeak..." the primitive child rambled on for a long time.
"Damn scum!" The giant ape was furious. Those people had invaded their territory, stolen their things, and even tried to capture their people. It was simply unforgivable.
"Is your master the powerful expert he's looking for?" Gu Yu asked the giant ape. Although he had already guessed most of it, Gu Yu still wanted to confirm.
“Yes.” The giant ape nodded. “My master is Caesar, the guardian of northern Rata.”
"Oh!" Gu Yu nodded. "Is there any way to get your master out of seclusion early?"
The situation is urgent now. Putting aside the Fruit of Life, just considering the primitive tribe and the life essence here, Budia has escaped, but the next group to come will definitely be more powerful.
When Caesar will emerge from seclusion is anyone's guess; the worst-case scenario is that by the time he does, it will be too late.
“This…” The giant ape was silent for a moment, “My master has been unable to break through to the King Realm, and breaking through to the King Realm is extremely dangerous. If we forcibly disturb him, it may cause him to suffer a qi deviation.”
"Your master is Hou Jing?" Gu Yu was surprised. He hadn't expected the giant ape's master to be so powerful.
"To be precise, it's the Quasi-King Realm," the giant ape replied after thinking for a moment.
"Does your world have gods?" Gu Yu suddenly asked.
“According to my master, there is no god,” the giant ape replied. “However, the Tree of Life in the center is of unfathomable power. My master said that even if it is not a god, it is comparable to a god as long as it exists in this world. Moreover, its existence is very ancient. My master said that it may have existed since the birth of the world.”
"The birth of the world?" Gu Yu murmured. A tree that existed since the birth of the world—that was indeed terrifying.
"Kid, don't listen to its nonsense." Longyuan spoke up at this moment. It was quite happy. The life essence had been completely absorbed by it, and it had recovered a lot.
"How did you know?" Gu Yu asked Long Yuan.
“Boy, when the world was born, there was chaos. There was indeed an ancient tree of life, but that tree died long ago. It is said that all life in the world originated from that ancient tree of life. In terms of realm and cultivation, that ancient tree of life is probably incomparable to even the gods. Do you think it is the tree of life of this world?” Long Yuan said.
“That’s true.” Gu Yu nodded after hearing Long Yuan’s words, but this was the first time he had ever heard the saying that all life in the world originated from the Tree of Life.
“If you say that the Tree of Life in this world is a branch of that ancient Tree of Life, I might believe it to some extent,” Long Yuan continued.
Suddenly, a small tree, about two meters tall, appeared before everyone. The tree emitted a holy white light, and clusters of life essence surrounded it. Below the tree, there was a pool more than ten meters in diameter, which was also filled with life essence.
Even Gu Yu, who was an emperor in his previous life, was stunned by this scene. There was so much life essence here. This place was simply a holy land for cultivation. Even if you stayed here without cultivating, your cultivation level would continue to rise.
However, there was a layer of light around the pool, which separated the sapling and the life essence from the outside world to some extent, but it still could not stop the life essence from overflowing.
"I'm about to break through," Che Tong said, and immediately sat down cross-legged. Shi Shuai also sat down calmly.
"Gu Yu, it seems I'm about to break through as well," Xu Ling'er said, looking at Gu Yu.
"Break through with confidence," Gu Yu said.
"Roar roar roar..."
At this moment, the dragon source within Gu Yu's blood aperture gleamed with excitement. My god! So much life essence! If it weren't for the protective restriction, it would have rushed out and devoured it madly.
"Boy, if you can help me obtain all the life essence here, I will listen to you from now on. I will go through fire and water without saying a word."
Little did they know that at this moment, the Phoenix Source within Xu Ling'er's body was also restless. Both were sources, life forms existing through special means, and their thirst for life essence surpassed that of everyone else.
"Don't even think about it. This place is guarded by a Quasi-King Realm expert. If we forcibly take all the life essence here, that Quasi-King Realm expert will probably chase us to Earth after he comes out of seclusion," Gu Yu said, rolling his eyes.
"Roar roar roar... I don't care." Long Yuan was close to going mad.
"If you're so capable, go by yourself!" Gu Yu suddenly sat down. He also sensed an opportunity for breakthrough. If he didn't break through after coming here, then something would be wrong with him.
"Damn it." Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Long Yuan cursed, and the next second it burst out of its blood aperture and rushed towards the life essence.
boom…………
With a loud collision, Longyuan was thrown out. Its body swayed, and somewhat unwilling to give up, it rushed towards the life essence again, only to be thrown out once more.
"Damn it! This broken restriction can't be broken without a physical entity. It's really damning." Long Yuan was going crazy. Seeing the good stuff right in front of him but still unable to get his hands on it was an extremely frustrating feeling.
This restriction is specifically designed for it. In fact, it doesn't require much power to break, but it requires a physical form, and Dragon Source doesn't have a physical form!
"Roar roar roar..." Long Yuan roared angrily, which made the giant ape watching from the side tremble with fear.
"Lord True Dragon, do you desire the essence of life?" the giant ape asked.
“That’s right.” Hearing the giant ape’s question, Long Yuan looked at the giant ape, whose eyes were rolling around as if it had thought of something.
If you won't help me, someone else will. This giant ape respects me so much, it must obey my every command.
“Lord True Dragon, the life essence within cannot be taken out without the master’s permission,” the giant ape hurriedly explained upon hearing Long Yuan’s reply.
"What?" Long Yuan thought the giant ape had heard him and was going to extract its life essence for him! He didn't expect the ape to say that it couldn't take it without the master's permission.
“Take it out first, and we’ll explain it after your master comes out of seclusion. I’ll explain it to it personally,” Long Yuan said.
"No, Lord True Dragon, once my master emerges from seclusion, he will surely give you the essence of life when he sees you," the giant ape said after thinking for a moment. It wasn't that it refused to give the dragon source, but rather that its master had instructed it to obtain his permission first.
"Your master is coming out of seclusion?" Long Yuan rolled his eyes. That would be a long time coming. Although he wasn't a monkey, he was more anxious than a monkey right now.
"Lord True Dragon, please wait patiently," the giant ape said. It could see that Long Yuan was very angry, but there was nothing it could do.
"I'm speechless." Longyuan was both helpless and angry, but what could it do? It could only watch helplessly as the essence of life was consumed.
Despite his reluctance, he returned to Gu Yu's blood aperture.
Gu Yu has now opened eight meridians, and he only needs four more to complete the meridian opening process.
One hundred and eight blood orifices hummed continuously, and countless huge vortexes appeared around Gu Yu's body, instantly drawing in the source energy emanating from the surrounding life essence.
This has completely affected the other three. They are also breaking through, but their Origin Qi has been absorbed by Gu Yu, which means they cannot absorb enough Origin Qi to break through.
Che Tong opened his eyes and wisely moved to a different spot. After all, if he couldn't absorb it, he could at least avoid it. As long as he was outside Gu Yu's absorption range, he wouldn't be affected.
Xu Ling'er opened her eyes and also moved around a bit, while Shi Shuai remained in the same spot. The inheritance mark on his forehead seemed somewhat resentful as he sensed Gu Yu's frantic plundering of source energy.
Suddenly, a golden vortex appeared, actually competing with Gu Yu for the source energy.
Buzzing...
His blood orifices hummed incessantly. Gu Yu was just a hair's breadth away from opening a meridian, but someone was competing with him for the source energy.
The giant ape had intended to meditate and recover, but it saw the two fighting over source energy, which gave it a headache.
The speed at which these two absorbed the source energy was terrifying, severely affecting it. However, it couldn't say anything, since neither of them had high cultivation levels, yet their speed of absorbing source energy was still higher than its own, and the amount they absorbed was enormous.
Buzzing...
As Shi Shuai and Gu Yu fought for their source energy, Gu Yu's vortex gradually fell into a disadvantageous position. However, in the next instant, a gray phantom suddenly appeared behind Gu Yu. The phantom was surrounded by gray mist, which was blurry and terrifying. Upon seeing this thing, the giant ape retreated repeatedly.
Suddenly, the Seal of Inheritance flew out from Shi Shuai's forehead, its golden light dazzling and bright, facing the illusory figure behind Gu Yu. The gray mist and the golden light collided instantly, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze at the moment of impact.
The giant ape was immediately jolted, its body and its tattered primordial spirit trembling. What kind of monsters were these two? The thing behind Gu Yu was definitely not a real dragon, and what was that golden mark?
In the next instant, the phantom behind Gu Yu suddenly opened its eyes, and the golden light around the golden mark was instantly crushed. The next second, the golden mark returned to Shi Shuai's forehead, and Shi Shuai's body disappeared into thin air and reappeared beside Xu Ling'er and Che Tong.
After the golden mark was defeated, the phantom behind Gu Yu slowly disappeared, and the surroundings returned to calm, as if nothing had happened. Only the terrified giant ape and the primitive child who was unaware of what had happened witnessed everything.
Of course, there was also Longyuan, who said unsurprisedly, "How can a mere inheritance seal compete with gods and demons?"
"What the hell?" Che Tong opened his eyes again and saw that the source energy he had absorbed had been absorbed by Shi Shuai. He glared at Shi Shuai, stood up, walked a long way, and then sat down cross-legged again.
A moment later, Xu Ling'er also opened her eyes. When she saw Shi Shuai, she frowned and then moved back to avoid the area where Shi Shuai was absorbing the source energy.
boom…………
Just then, Gu Yu's body trembled, and his ninth meridian gate broke through, allowing his cultivation to advance further.
Contribution: 980
Talent: 108
Combat strength: N
Triple boost: (5300 contribution points per use, lasts for three minutes)
Source Qi: (1 wisp for every 10 contribution points)
Source space: 3 cubic meters (1 cubic meter for every 1000 contribution points)
Source Soldiers: (1080 contribution points each, maximum 10)
Gu Yu's combat strength has already broken through two elephants. If you say he's weak, he's not weak. But if you say he's powerful, in this world of Aga, he's nothing.
"Kid, if you can get your hands on a clump of life essence, I guarantee you'll be able to open all your meridians immediately and reach the point of unity of essence, energy, and spirit." Seeing Gu Yu's breakthrough, Long Yuan started eyeing the life essence again.
"What? The giant ape won't give you the essence of life?" Gu Yu had overheard the conversation between Long Yuan and the giant ape while he was cultivating, and he knew that the giant ape had not agreed to Long Yuan's request.
“That idiot doesn’t know how to be flexible, I don’t bother communicating with him,” Long Yuan said.
"Hehe..." Gu Yu chuckled, wondering who was the fool.
"What do you mean by that?" Longyuan glared at Gu Yu's laughter, its beard bristling and eyes wide with anger. It heard sarcasm in the laughter.
"It's meaningless. If you want something, you have to find a way to get it yourself." After saying that, Gu Yu began to absorb the surrounding source energy again.
His source space can not only store items, but also source energy. Now that he has no contribution points, if he doesn't accumulate some source energy, it will be difficult to replenish it after he runs out of source energy in battle. The source energy here is extremely concentrated due to the presence of life essence, even faster than absorbing source energy directly from source stones.
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