Chapter 21 Tree Roots "Don't even think about running away, or I'll tie you up."...
"My God, what an extraordinary talent!"
Immortal Venerable Yujing stood in front of the giant iron tree, his jaw nearly dropping in astonishment.
Chen Wanbai stood next to him, coughed twice, and said through gritted teeth, "Master, mind your image, everyone's watching you."
"Oh, oh, oh." Quickly composing himself, Immortal Venerable Yu Jing walked to the front of the crowd, feigning seriousness. "Who is number thirty?"
Looking up at the ethereal old man, Yue Mingxi was extremely nervous.
Could this immortal be here to settle scores with her?
Single-handedly, Yue Mingxi completely ruined the practical assessment for those who came after her.
The giant iron tree grew wildly, completely bursting the testing ground.
The cycads soared into the clouds, covered in red flowers, their shade almost enveloping the entire back mountain.
The practical assessment was forced to stop, and all the candidates watched in astonishment.
Yue Mingxi swallowed hard, forced herself to shout "It's me," and stepped out from the crowd.
Upon suddenly hearing her voice, Chen Wanbai's eyes widened. "Xiaoxi, is that you?"
Immortal Venerable Changjing turned his head and asked in surprise, "Wanbai, do you know this girl?"
“Yes.” Chen Wanbai smiled.
Chen Wanbai reached out and made a hand gesture, then explained it to Immortal Venerable Changjing.
Upon seeing the words appear in Chen Wanbai's hand, Immortal Venerable Changjing staggered.
Yue Mingxi nodded shyly, "It's me, Sister Bai."
Looking up at the immortal, Yue Mingxi bowed nervously, "Immortal, I'm so sorry for causing you such great losses."
"Quickly, quickly," Immortal Venerable Changjing stammered nervously, "Wan, Wanbai, quickly help this young lady up."
The people around the deity bowed to him, which he could hardly bear.
In particular, this young lady was the person in charge of the Xuan Yun Sect who had commissioned the God to purchase clothes from them at great expense using herbs, and he certainly didn't want to lose this herbal medicine business.
As Yue Mingxi was helped up by Chen Wanbai with her head down, Immortal Venerable Changjing smiled kindly at her.
"It's alright. The new iron tree for the assessment is already being manufactured, and the new assessment site is under construction. It won't delay the assessment."
Yue Mingxi pursed her lips and said seriously, "It must have cost a lot of money. This was caused by me, so I will bear the losses."
"No need, no need," said Immortal Venerable Changjing kindly. "This is an accident during our assessment. We built the assessment venue too small. You don't need to take any responsibility."
Besides, the basket of herbs that the wealthy and powerful deity gave him was enough to build tens of thousands of testing grounds.
The crowd: "..."
Sure enough, geniuses are treated differently; they can say that a testing ground that can hold thousands of people is small without batting an eye.
Looking at Yue Mingxi with kind eyes, Immortal Venerable Changjing asked, "Would you like to become my disciple?"
"No." A sudden voice rang out.
Yue Mingxi turned her head and saw the proctor in the written examination room.
The young examiner stopped his sword on the ground and snorted, "Sect Leader, you're being incredibly dishonest, openly snatching someone away."
Chen Wanbai blinked. "Immortal Venerable Xia He, what brings you here?"
The young man sneered, "If I hadn't come, the disciple I admired would have been snatched away by your master."
Immortal Venerable Changjing stroked his beard. "Little Xia He, when did I steal anything from you?"
As the two argued, more than a dozen immortals joined the fray, all vying for the right to become Yue Mingxi's disciple.
The crowd watched this battle of geniuses with curiosity.
The disciples with a knack for making money have already started selling melon seeds and peanuts, and have even started placing bets.
The person involved, Yue Mingxi: "..."
What are they even arguing about? She just got lucky.
Shaking her head helplessly, Chen Wanbai was no longer going to try to save face for her master.
Looking down at the stunned Yue Mingxi, Chen Wanbai led her away from the noisy crowd and said with a smile, "Little Xi, are you hungry? Let me take you to have lunch."
“Okay.” Yue Mingxi looked up and said, “But Sister Bai, I need to go find Wu Shanqing first.”
"That's exactly what I was looking for."
The boy's cool voice echoed in Yue Mingxi's ears.
Yue Mingxi paused for a moment, looked around, but did not see Wu Shanqing.
Turning to look at Chen Wanbai, Yue Mingxi asked in surprise, "Sister Bai, did you hear Wu Shanqing's voice?"
Chen Wanbai listened intently for a while, then shook her head. "I didn't hear anything, Xiaoxi."
"I must have been hallucinating," Yue Mingxi chuckled.
"Idiot, you heard me right." Wu Shanqing's cold voice rang out again.
Yue Mingxi's smile vanished, replaced by horror as she exclaimed, "Wu Shanqing, where are you?"
How come we can only hear sounds but not see anyone? It's so scary in broad daylight.
"I don't have time to show myself," Wu Shanqing said coldly. "The wind will bring you here later, so don't be surprised."
After a pause, Wu Shanqing added, "Don't worry, the wind is very gentle."
"I see." Yue Mingxi nodded and asked him, "Where did you go?"
You'll see when you get here.
After hastily uttering those words, Wu Shanqing's voice disappeared from the air.
The next second, a gentle breeze blew around Moonlit Creek.
Knowing Wu Shanqing's style of doing things, Yue Mingxi quickly said to Chen Wanbai, "Sister Bai, Wu Shanqing called me if he needs something, so I'll go now. See you next time."
"So urgent?" Chen Wanbai asked in surprise.
Just as Yue Mingxi was about to answer, the wind had already eagerly surrounded her.
Surrounded by bubbles formed by the wind, Yue Mingxi only had time to wave to Chen Wanbai.
Bubbles floated in the air, and Yue Mingxi sat comfortably inside them; her fear of heights had improved considerably.
In particular, this breeze was so gentle.
Sitting inside is like being on a Ferris wheel slowly rising into the air, but when Yue Mingxi looks up at the ground, she realizes that the wind bubble is moving as fast as a rocket.
The tall, beautiful red-flowered cycad on the ground gradually became a small dot in her eyes.
The bubble traveled westward, finally stopping and dissipating in a grove of trees.
Once she had a firm footing on the ground, Yue Mingxi looked in amazement at the vast, seemingly endless, strange forest.
The trunk and branches were all red, but the leaves on the tree were black.
Even more bizarrely, tree roots, which should have grown underground, were growing on the tree.
The colors of the tree roots were even more outrageous, they were actually multicolored.
Yue Mingxi couldn't help but rub her eyes, feeling like she was dreaming.
With his back to her, Wu Shanqing wiped the blood off his hands, turned to look at her, and asked, "You're here?"
The boy was dressed in white, and the white veil over his eyes fluttered in the wind as he spoke in a cheerful tone.
Yue Mingxi blinked nervously. What kind of horror movie opening was this?
She felt that Wu Shanqing was acting strangely again.
She stepped back, and Yue Mingxi instinctively wanted to run.
However, before she could move her feet even half a step, a force pulled Yue Mingxi in front of Wu Shanqing.
Wu Shanqing looked down at her, sensing her presence. "You want to run away?"
"No, no, no." Looking at Wu Shanqing, who was clearly acting strangely, Yue Mingxi waved her hands repeatedly. "I had a leg cramp."
Turning her head to look around, Yue Mingxi asked casually, "What are you doing here?"
"I'll be waiting for you." Wu Shanqing smiled without any awareness.
Yue Mingxi got goosebumps from his words and couldn't help but whisper, "Wu Shanqing, what's gotten into you this time?"
“Exciting.” Savoring those two words, Wu Shanqing tilted his head and earnestly corrected her.
"You're wrong, it's not exciting, it's a surprise."
"Big brother, can you be normal for once?" Yue Mingxi said nervously.
“I’m perfectly normal,” Wu Shanqing said, puzzled.
Yue Mingxi: "..."
That's a load of rubbish.
I couldn't help but pinch my palm; it hurt.
Yue Mingxi sighed; it wasn't a dream after all.
"Wait here for me," Wu Shanqing instructed her.
After taking a few steps forward, Wu Shanqing turned back and said, "Don't even think about running away, or I'll tie you up."
Yue Mingxi withdrew her foot and laughed awkwardly, "Hahaha, how could that be?"
"It's best if you don't, or you'll regret it," Wu Shanqing warned her.
Upon hearing this, Yue Mingxi froze in place, and indignantly threw a punch at Wu Shanqing's back.
Not far away, Yue Mingxi watched as Wu Shanqing pulled a basket out of thin air, lightly landed on a tree branch with a tap of his toes, and raised his beautiful hand to pluck one tree root after another.
As the tree roots fell away, flowers began to grow in the places where they had been.
Yue Mingxi watched this scene in surprise, and in the blink of an eye, Wu Shanqing flew back to her.
Taking the tree root from the basket, Wu Shanqing raised his chin at her and said, "Eat it."
"Huh?" Yue Mingxi was dumbfounded. "What did you say?"
Wu Shanqing extended his hand forward again, "Eat the tree root."
"I won't eat it," Yue Mingxi refused. "This thing is so strange, what if it's poisonous?"
Wu Shanqing frowned. "No poison."
"Even if it's not poisonous, I won't eat it." Yue Mingxi crossed her arms; she had no intention of eating such a strange thing.
"You must eat it." Wu Shanqing's patience ran out, and he said coldly.
Yue Mingxi also got angry, "Wu Shanqing, what's wrong with you? You called me all this way just so I could eat broken tree roots?"
Wu Shanqing lowered his hand and pursed his lips, saying, "It's not a broken tree root."
It is the dragon blood fruit that he painstakingly cultivated for 5,200 years.
Dragon blood fruit is extremely difficult to cultivate; a single tree can only bear a few fruits. He put in a tremendous amount of effort to successfully cultivate it.
These were the first batches of fruit grown, and he hadn't even eaten them yet.
Seeing his aggrieved look, Yue Mingxi's heart softened.
With a sigh, Yue Mingxi said softly, "I can eat it, but at least you have to tell me what it is."
Wu Shanqing paused for a moment, then slowly said, "It is a tree root."
Yue Mingxi twitched her lips. "I know it's a tree root. I'm asking for its name."
"Its name is also Tree Root," Wu Shanqing hummed softly.
Yue Mingxi: "..."
She realized that he just didn't want to tell her.
Yue Mingxi was too lazy to ask anymore. She stretched out her hand and looked at this depressed, childish guy. "Give it to me, I'll eat it."
"Okay." Wu Shanqing raised his hand again.
Looking at the colorful tree roots in her hand, Yue Mingxi looked up at him and asked, "How do you eat this?"
Wu Shanqing: "Eat it directly."
She pursed her lips and asked him again, "Is it really not poisonous?"
“No,” Wu Shanqing affirmed.
"Okay." With her eyes closed, Yue Mingxi gritted her teeth and bit down.
The moment it touched her lips, Yue Mingxi's eyebrows furrowed in pain.
She spat on the ground a few times, her expression contorted with rage: "Why is it so bitter? I'm not eating it."
Wu Shanqing was also taken aback. "Is it bitter?"
“Yeah, I’m not eating it.” Yue Mingxi waved her hand.
Upon hearing this, Wu Shanqing also took one out of the basket and ate it, refusing to believe it.
Ancient legends told him that dragon's blood fruit could not only prolong life, but also taste sweet, so much so that even people who had lost their sense of taste could enjoy its deliciousness.
The moment it entered my mouth, an overwhelming bitterness spread through my mouth.
Wu Shanqing frowned and swallowed the bitterness.
Oh no, I was so focused on the features that I forgot to study the taste.
Yue Mingxi noticed his expression and burst out laughing, "I already told you it was bitter, but you still didn't believe me."
Seeing his dejected look, Yue Mingxi comforted him, "Alright, alright, let's stop gnawing on tree roots and go have lunch together."
"No, you have to eat it." Wu Shanqing's attitude was firm.
Yue Mingxi exclaimed in shock, "You can't even eat it yourself, yet you're making me eat it."
“Yes.” Wu Shanqing nodded. “I’ll cook it for you.”
"No," Yue Mingxi shook her head in refusal.
"I have sweet grass growing in the backyard. I'll add it to your food, and it will become sweet."
Yue Mingxi looked up at him earnestly, "Wu Shanqing, why are you so insistent on whether I eat this tree root or not? What is its purpose?"
Wu Shanqing paused for a moment, then slowly said, "Aren't you going to cultivate immortality? This can help you improve your cultivation level."
She was unaware that she was destined to die young, and Wu Shanqing did not want to tell her, lest she suffer fear.
“I don’t believe it.” Yue Mingxi looked at him.
"Believe it or not, it's up to you." Wu Shanqing wasn't going to indulge her. "Anyway, you have to eat it. If you don't, I'll lock you up and make sure you can't go anywhere."
Startled by his warning, Yue Mingxi promptly surrendered: "Okay, okay, I'll eat it."
As she spoke, a wave of drowsiness suddenly swept over Yue Mingxi.
Yue Mingxi's legs buckled and she fell to the ground.
Wu Shanqing was stunned for a moment, then reached out to support her.
Looking down to sense her, Wu Shanqing softly called out, "Yue Mingxi?"
The person in his arms didn't react at all. Wu Shanqing raised his hand and touched her forehead.
The temperature was normal, and Wu Shanqing breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the unexpected happened at this moment.
Yue Mingxi, whose body temperature was originally normal, suddenly began to emit heat.
The back was burning hot.
Wu Shanqing frowned. How could the transformation happen so early?
He had only just learned her identity and was completely helpless in this situation.
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