Chapter 271: Destroy Their Dao Hearts
Speaking of these two, their connection with Song Jiulai could not be called shallow.
After all, Song Jiulai’s rapid progress was largely thanks to them!
Song Jiulai felt too embarrassed to take the Black Chi Seal magic treasure, as they had given it to her for free.
It was truly impossible to refuse!
Coupled with the fact that she had now opened her Spiritual Sense, Song Jiulai unscrupulously released her Spiritual Sense to probe these people.
She had already known when they entered; at most, they were Foundation Establishment Stage disciples. Without their Sea of Consciousness opened, she had nothing to fear!
However, as they were late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples, Lu Rufeng still sensitively perceived something.
Song Jiulai noticed his movement and quickly withdrew some of her Spiritual Sense, just enough to understand their whereabouts.
Lu Rufeng’s action caught Yi Tianhe’s attention beside him: “Senior Brother, what’s wrong?”
Lu Rufeng’s vigilant, somber eyes scanned their surroundings: “I don’t know, it felt like someone was watching me just now.”
The perceptions between cultivators were often not illusions. If Lu Rufeng said so, it meant someone was indeed nearby.
Yi Tianhe also became vigilant, looking around, but detected nothing: “Disciples from other sects?”
In this Tangu, anyone could enter as long as they presented a token to the Valley Master.
The reason they came to Tangu was because the Master of Tan Valley possessed a secret technique that could increase the probability of cultivating high-tier Spirit Herbs imbued with Dragon Breath Spirit.
They also cultivated many rare Spirit Herbs.
Major Sects conducted transactions with him, sending their disciples to collect various Spirit Materials and Spirit Herbs.
An agreement was also made that no one above the Foundation Establishment Stage was allowed, and whatever they could obtain depended entirely on their own strength.
This Master of Tan Valley also had a peculiar habit: Spirit Beasts he raised guarded the Spirit Herbs. If one couldn’t defeat the Spirit Beast, they couldn’t obtain the Spirit Herb.
Other sects had also agreed to this.
Lu Rufeng’s purpose for coming this time was that collecting Spirit Materials was only one of his secondary tasks.
“Perhaps,” Lu Rufeng said, his expression grim, his mood exceptionally bad.
Yi Tianhe knew why he was in a bad mood.
It was due to the news of Lang Yun and the others’ deaths, yet the sect could not find any clues.
This was not something that would normally draw attention, but yesterday, for some reason, the Tai Xuan Sect Master convened a meeting and brought up the old matter again. The whereabouts of the Black Chi Seal were unknown, and it had been taken by a Qi Refining Stage disciple, whose trail had yet to be found.
Other sects continued to mock them, although they didn’t mention Lu Rufeng’s name at all.
However, Lu Rufeng’s Master had still sent him a voice transmission yesterday, scolding him severely.
Senior Brother had already been in a volatile mood after the last incident. Now that the old matter was brought up again, his heart felt even more unsettled, and his temper became increasingly gloomy and unpredictable.
Yi Tianhe knew that with such pent-up emotions, his path to forming a Golden Core would likely be indefinitely postponed.
If only Senior Brother hadn’t compressed his cultivation for a Liu Yao Secret Realm back then. If he had entered the Golden Core Stage earlier, none of these things would have happened.
Yi Tianhe and Lu Rufeng were childhood sweethearts. If this matter in the Longshuang Great Marsh was not handled well, she didn’t know how Tai Xuan Sect would deal with Senior Brother.
And for some reason, as she thought of this, her eyelids twitched slightly. She had a feeling that this time, for no apparent reason, she felt uneasy again.
This unease was something she didn’t even dare to tell Lu Rufeng, for fear of provoking him.
She changed the subject: “The Spirit Fruit is not far ahead. Elder had already inquired with the Master of Tan Valley. No one has come to collect the Spirit Fruit in recent years. Senior Brother, as long as we get the Spirit Fruit, that’s enough.”
Tai Xuan Sect had not completely abandoned Lu Rufeng.
Lu Rufeng’s body had been damaged by restrictions that day. Although this Spirit Fruit was only Tier 4, it was extremely rare, and it was one of the Spirit Materials that even Major Sects, if they had it, would be reluctant to part with.
This Tangu contained the existing Spirit Fruit and was one of the easiest places to obtain it.
The Spirit Fruit grew in an extremely cold pool and bore fruit only once every ten years.
Its effect was to consolidate and nourish. The Tier 4 Solid Heart Pill refined from it could restore Lu Rufeng’s body to its original state.
This way, there would be no accidents in his formation of a Golden Core.
A Tier 4 Spirit Beast guarded the Spirit Fruit, raised by the Master of Tan Valley.
Although dealing with it would be troublesome, it was not impossible for the two of them, both late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, to handle it.
It would just take some effort.
From this distance, Song Jiulai’s Spiritual Sense could not clearly hear what the two were discussing, only vaguely catching a phrase about “fruit, obtain…”
Song Jiulai’s eyes suddenly lit up.
She knew these two were good people.
They brought her good news as soon as they met.
They were likely here to collect something.
“Lai Cai, follow them.”
Song Jiulai called out to Lai Cai in her mind.
Lai Cai, who had been crawling around everywhere, stopped reluctantly upon hearing this and chased after them after a moment.
As expected, it had a special way of discovering others’ whereabouts.
Even Song Jiulai had to release her Spiritual Sense to find Lu Rufeng and Yi Tianhe; Lai Cai couldn’t see in this direction.
Lai Cai, who went to track them, was full of complaints: “So annoying, so annoying.”
“Annoyed? Annoyed about what? You’re so tired just doing a little work. What’s the point if you only know how to eat and not work!”
Song Jiulai looked at the Shuitan behind her. She estimated that conflicts might arise soon, so she thought for a moment and said, “You go find the Phoenix Cry Bamboo first. I have something to do here. I’ll come find you later.”
The Shuitan paused for a moment, not knowing what Song Jiulai was going to do, but nodded.
It turned and walked in another direction.
Song Jiulai watched the Shuitan’s retreating back and stroked her chin: “This kid is quite smart.”
Song Jiulai didn’t say that it knew which direction Song Jiulai would go.
System: “He’s not blind, he saw the Scorpion crawling.”
“……”
Song Jiulai withdrew her Spiritual Sense and had Lai Cai track Lu Rufeng and Yi Tianhe.
Indeed, Lai Cai, whom even Xiao Cui hadn’t discovered back then, was even less likely to be discovered by Lu Rufeng and Yi Tianhe.
The two moved forward, and soon a place emitting an extremely cold aura appeared before their eyes.
It was a small pond with a large cluster of lotus leaves growing on its exposed surface.
And in the very center, within it, was a plant emitting a faint glow, resembling a green lotus seedpod.
On it, a fruit as intensely green as jade, with not a trace of impurity, was growing.
The pond water was calm, but before they even got close, they felt an extremely cold aura that made them shiver.
Even their Foundation Establishment cultivation could barely withstand it.
The edges of the pond showed clear signs of freezing, yet the center of the pond was completely unaffected.
This indicated that the pond water was far from as calm as it appeared.
Yi Tianhe also shivered from the cold, and seeing the Spirit Fruit, a look of joy appeared on her face: “This Spirit Fruit’s quality is truly excellent. Senior Brother, we’ve arrived at the perfect time!”
Seeing the Spirit Fruit, Lu Rufeng’s gloomy expression finally faded briefly, and a hint of relaxation appeared in his eyes.
He nodded, listening to his Junior Sister.
The System said at this moment: “This is when you should jump out and destroy their Dao heart.”
“What’s the hurry?”
Song Jiulai saw that they didn’t immediately pick the fruit and knew there was another reason behind it.
