Bang!
A swift wolf crashed into an ancient pine tree.
The thick, ancient tree swayed, its branches and leaves falling.
The ancient tree soared into the clouds, obscuring Jiang Wang.
"Hey, there's a cave here!" Suddenly, Jiang Wang's eyes lit up as he spotted a cave in a tree branch.
"This is the habitat of the Vermilion Bird." Upon seeing this, Jiang Wang grinned and said, "It seems even the heavens are on my side, allowing me to enter that nest and obtain the Vermilion Bird Fruit!"
Slightly surprised, Jiang Wang's eyes flickered, and he leaped up, rushing into the cave.
Whoosh!
He was incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the bottom of the cave.
Here, piles of dry, withered grass, covered in dust, lay.
"It seems the Vermilion Bird has left." Jiang Wang raised an eyebrow and revealed a look of delight after seeing the withered grass.
Then, he took out two storage bags from his pocket.
Whew!
Within this storage bag, light shimmered, and many magical artifacts appeared.
These were all items he had found in the forest, and each one was quite valuable.
"A longsword, a silver spear..."
"Is this a semi-spiritual weapon?" After a brief examination, Jiang Wang's eyes flashed, and he put the weapons away.
Immediately, his gaze fell upon the pile of withered grass.
"Then, it's you." With a whisper, he drew his hands together, conjuring a vortex of flames to burn the withered grass.
"Hmm? Is there something under this withered grass?" Suddenly, Jiang Wang frowned. After carefully examining the withered grass, his eyes flashed, and he squatted down to start digging through it.
Then, a skeleton appeared before him.
The skeleton was enormous, made entirely of hard metal, with runes interwoven on its bones, emitting a faint glow. Clearly, it was a puppet, specifically designed to guard the cave.
This is the cave where the Vermilion Bird once lived, and the guardian puppet left behind.
"Is there nothing special?" Jiang Wang frowned slightly.
However, since it is the habitat of a demonic bird, it must have left behind some good things.
So he didn't give up and continued searching in the cave.
"This..." Jiang Wang's eyes widened in shock shortly afterward.
He discovered a stone chamber in the rock wall of the cave.
There is a statue in this stone chamber. The statue is so lifelike that it seems to be about to take off, giving people an aura of dominance over the world.
“This should be an ancestor, but unfortunately, due to the passage of time, the ancestor has long since perished, leaving only this statue,” Jiang Wang murmured.
As he sighed, he pushed open the stone door of the chamber and went inside.
Squeak!
The stone door closed, and everything inside became dark.
In the center of this stone chamber, there is a giant recess.
"That must be where the Vermilion Bird Fruit is placed!" Jiang Wang's mind was focused on a fruit in the groove.
The fruit is reddish-brown with a crimson sheen.
The fruit of the Vermilion Bird is oval-shaped with shimmering patterns on its surface.
There are seven Vermilion Bird Fruits in total, each one different, emitting a blazing heat, like a scorching sun hanging in the void, illuminating the entire cave.
Buzz!
As these rays of light poured into the stone chamber, they merged and eventually coalesced, forming a vortex.
"This is the Vermilion Bird Pill, which can provide cultivators with the vital energy needed to break through to the fifth level of Body Tempering."
Jiang Wang stared at the Vermilion Bird Fruit, his gaze suddenly sharpening. He couldn't help but lick his lips; he knew this thing was extremely precious.
"But how do we retrieve it?" Jiang Wang took a deep breath. He knew that the restrictions here were very strong, and if he wasn't careful, he would be attacked.
"Never mind, let's give it a shot." After a moment's hesitation, Jiang Wang decided to take the risk.
Because he had heard that, generally speaking, a Vermilion Bird Fruit could enable a cultivator at the fifth level of Qi Refining to break through one level, and even have the opportunity to advance further and enter the sixth level of Qi Refining. Therefore, the temptation was too great.
"If I return to the clan with the Vermilion Bird Fruit, I will be highly regarded. Even though my father is a collateral descendant, he will rise rapidly in rank. At that time, even if I become a core member of the collateral line, I will be qualified to compete for a spot as a core member of the direct line." Jiang Wang held the Vermilion Bird Fruit in his hand and sighed inwardly. This thing was too precious, and he really couldn't bear to give it up!
However, in order to become stronger, he had no choice but to do so.
Rumble!
Just as Jiang Wang was about to risk taking the Vermilion Bird Fruit, a powerful energy surge suddenly erupted.
The fluctuations were so terrifying that Jiang Wang's soul trembled, and he quickly retreated from the cave.
call!
Jiang Wang paused for a moment, and the terrifying residual power gradually subsided. When he looked up to observe, he discovered that a ball of flame was burning in the cave where the Vermilion Bird had once perched. The place was completely shrouded in flames, and a vast energy swept out, directly shattering the restrictive formation and turning it into fragments.
"What is this?" Jiang Wang was stunned upon seeing this.
call out!
Just as he was lost in thought, a streak of light flashed by and entered his mind.
Jiang Wang scanned it with his spiritual sense and discovered that it was actually the essence contained in the Vermilion Bird Fruit.
Within these Vermilion Bird Fruits lies a rich power of the Vermilion Bird, the essence of energy they have nurtured.
"Haha, this is great stuff! It's much simpler than cultivating spiritual essence!" Jiang Wang laughed as the power within the Vermilion Bird Fruit surged into his body.
He felt his inner energy boiling, and his true energy became increasingly powerful.
"However, the energy within the Vermilion Bird Fruit is too abundant. Just a few minutes later, I felt I was about to break through." In his ecstasy, Jiang Wang's eyes showed doubt. "But how could there be such a treasure here?"
With some doubt, Jiang Wang continued his investigation.
After crossing two rocks, he arrived inside the mountain.
"This...this is the Vermilion Bird Fruit?" He was dumbfounded when he arrived here.
At this moment, there are more than thirty crystal-clear fruits on the stone platform in front of us, each of which is surrounded by the light of the Vermilion Bird.
"No wonder the Vermilion Bird Beast dared not approach this place; it turns out it was protected by the Vermilion Bird Fruit."
"As expected of a ferocious beast at the Innate Realm, it can actually produce Vermilion Bird Fruit." Jiang Wang's eyes showed surprise. He was very interested in this Vermilion Bird Fruit, but he suppressed his desire. After all, the prohibitions here were no joke.
"Never mind, these fruits will belong to me sooner or later anyway." Finally, Jiang Wang thought to himself, "The main reason I came here this time is to use these Vermilion Bird Fruits to break through my bottleneck and reach the ninth level of Body Refinement."
“Now we have the Vermilion Bird Fruit, but we still lack medicinal herbs!” Jiang Wang frowned. He remembered that the Vermilion Bird Fruit was a rare medicinal herb. It took hundreds or even thousands of years for a Vermilion Bird Fruit plant to bear fruit.
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