Chapter 617: Chapter 63: Spirit Fruit
The Yama Hall is not just a hall, but rather a city akin to Fengdu City or the Ethereal Celestial Palace.
Moreover,
the area is even larger!
The city is surrounded by flames, frost, and rumbling thunder, corresponding to several kinds of the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
They bind the Yama Hall together, collectively forming a mystical place suspended in midair.
"A peculiar place."
Xiao Haisheng looked around, astonished:
"Without any support from the ground, and no fuel to burn, have these flames floated and burned in midair for thousands of years?"
"The Yama Secret Realm’s predecessor was the Ancient Divine Realm," Immortal Master Ge explained, with some understanding:
"The laws of the Divine Realm are different from the outside; the Sea of Fire Hell perhaps originates from the Fire God Divine Realm, burning without external materials."
"Look!"
The Dai Family Patriarch, Dai Hengyu, pointed:
"The entrance!"
He was also related to He Zhong, only his daughter married He Zhong’s son. They had known each other for decades.
Among the five,
Fang Zheng was actually the outsider.
Following his direction, they saw a door within the sea of fire, leading to the Yama Hall.
At this moment, some were rushing toward the entrance.
Someone had tried to fly in from high above, but there seemed to be some restriction, making it increasingly difficult to fly as they approached.
It seemed the only way to enter the Yama Hall was through the entrance.
Not entering wasn’t an option.
The surrounding flames surged, thunder roared; any instability in one’s aura would invite overwhelming attacks.
Even the Iron Flute Immortal withdrew his gaze from Fang Zheng and accompanied the others into the city.
The Nie Family and the Commandery Princess’s people appeared one after another, murmured for a moment, then entered consecutively.
Opportunities were close at hand; their personal grudges were tacitly set aside.
"Let’s go over too."
Seeing no outsiders around, He Zhong pondered:
"Be careful!"
Everyone nodded.
The special environment here, coupled with numerous indistinguishable Masters and Martial Sect experts watching, warranted extreme caution.
The entrance appeared small, but it was only upon close approach did they realize its grand scale.
Even Ancient Giants, standing a hundred meters tall, could easily walk through, and there were four similar places in total.
On each side of the walls, there was one entrance and exit.
"Hmm!"
Xiao Haisheng was the first to step into the city, immediately letting out a muffled groan, his complexion changed:
"There’s a restriction here, my power is greatly suppressed; I can only exert the strength of a Great Mage at most."
"That’s expected."
He Zhong followed closely behind, saying:
"If the core of the Yama Secret Realm had no restriction, there would be an issue; everyone being affected the same way amounts to no effect."
Fang Zheng nodded slowly.
As he stepped into the city, he felt an omnipresent pressure, even making movement somewhat difficult.
His cultivation base wasn’t affected.
However,
due to the external environment’s influence, the power unleashed was greatly reduced, at most the pinnacle of a Martial Artist.
Moreover, flight was prohibited here; even Masters and Martial Sect experts couldn’t fly and had to explore on foot.
"Boom!"
A burst of rumbling came from ahead, mixed with some cries.
"Ha..."
Dai Hengyu smirked coldly:
"So quick to start fighting?"
"Who wouldn’t want to monopolize the Yama Secret Realm?" He Zhong shook his head lightly with a smile:
"Even Baili Zhan, Li Yingxuan, facing the temptation of the Yama Hall, probably can’t restrain their followers."
This is the truth.
Figures like the Iron Flute Immortal, Ling Shan, cooperate with the Three Sages Manor and the Commandery Princess’s side purely for mutual benefit for the time being.
So, for the sake of interest, betrayal is possible.
As seen,
even the Iron Flute Immortal, after entering the Yama Hall, would be cautious not to be betrayed by those around him.
Fang Zheng’s thoughts turned as he observed the surrounding situation.
Yama Hall was larger than Fengdu City’s inner and outer city combined; even narrow roads could accommodate ten horses side by side.
The vast city was filled with countless buildings of varying sizes, shapes, and styles, significantly different and diverse.
"These palaces shouldn’t be built by disciples of the Yama Sect; they might be ancient creations," Immortal Master Ge lightly stroked the wall, deep in thought:
"It’s rumored that the Yama Sect has scavenged many Divine Realms left behind after Ancient Divine Spirits fell, which formed the Yama Secret Realm."
"The buildings within the Divine Realm were preserved."
"That must be the case."
Fang Zheng nodded, Master Jiuyuan had explored many relics and had some understanding of ancient buildings.
Many buildings here matched characteristics of the ancient times.
Gigantic, magnificent, with minimal carvings.
However...
Even after tens of thousands of years, these structures remained intact without damage, likely due to other reasons.
"Buzz..."
The stone door of the grand hall trembled as Xiao Haisheng slowly exerted force, gradually opening.
The first thing they saw was a massive tree, about ten fathoms high, its branches drooping, lushly green.
Moreover, several dozen baby-sized fruits hung on it.
The fruits were shaped like pears, entirely transparent, like glazed glass, with a distinct fragrance wafting.
"What is this..."
Fang Zheng’s eyes twitched:
"Glazed Golden Fruit!"
"Glazed Golden Fruit?" He Zhong’s expression changed:
"Is it the same Glazed Golden Fruit that can temper muscles and bones, and when consumed, forge the Vajra Immortal Body?"
"It should be." Fang Zheng nodded slowly:
"The shell like glazed glass, exuding a faint fragrance, blooms once in a hundred years, bears fruit once in a hundred years, and if not picked, the fruit will not fall."
"There are more than a dozen spirit fruits on this tree, it has likely been planted here for over two thousand years!"
"Swish!"
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Haisheng, the East Sea Fisherman, had already swung his fishing rod fiercely, wrapping a single transparent line around one of the spirit fruits.
"Crunch..."
The spirit fruit detached from the branch, falling towards his hand.
"Careful!"
Fang Zheng instinctively blurted out, and before his voice fell, dozens of green lines detached from the branches, heading straight for Xiao Haisheng.
"The Glazed Fruit Tree is a sacred tree of the Buddhist order, the Glazed Golden Fruit is also known as the Vajra Fruit, which will attract the guardian offspring of the Outer Celestial Demon Poxun, the Offshore Wraith."
"Once anyone attempts to pick the spirit fruit, they will face the demon’s challenge."
"Humph!"
Xiao Haisheng snorted coldly, his hand trembling lightly, as the fishing line weaved into a net, the hooks flashed, meeting the incoming threat.
"Sizzle..."
Sparks flew in all directions.
That thing, rumored to be Poxun’s offspring resembling a long snake, could withstand magical treasure without dying.
"Whoosh!"
He Zhong stepped forward, raised a large hand, and abruptly a stream of water surged up, enveloping three Exotic Beasts.
The others also began to act.
Fang Zheng deployed the Separation Alloy Wheel, Divine Light erupted, and one Exotic Beast exploded with a boom.
One had to admit, the power of Separation and Union Divine Light was remarkable, but it was slow to accumulate power, with simple offensives, making it easy to evade by opponents of similar cultivation bases.
A moment later.
Dozens of Exotic Beast corpses lay on the ground, and the Glazed Golden Fruits were all picked by the group.
Although the Offshore Wraith was formidable, several people present were top-tier strongmen of the era, handling it wasn’t much trouble.
"Thirteen pieces, we are five in total."
He Zhong spoke:
"I, Fang Zheng, Fellow Daoist Xiao contributed the most just now, how about three each, and the two others getting two each?"
Dai Hengyu frowned.
Immortal Master Ge chuckled and nodded:
"No problem."
"Rumor says, the Yama Sect places all good things in the Yama Hall. Now, it seems quite reliable. There are many Grand Halls here, and over the past thousand years, no one has been here, there’s plenty of good stuff for us to divide."
"Right." He Zhong nodded, distributing the spirit fruits.
"I think we should split up for now." Dai Hengyu suddenly spoke:
"For spirit fruits like this, discussion and distribution are possible, but what about if it’s a Life-Extending Treasure Medicine?"
"I trust Brother He but am skeptical of others."
?
Silence fell among them.
"Haha..." Immortal Master Ge lightly chuckled while stroking his beard:
"That makes sense too."
"Let’s split up then." Surprisingly, He Zhong agreed to the suggestion, but added:
"We’ll regroup nearby in half a month."
"Good!"
Immortal Master Ge nodded.
Xiao Haisheng seemed rather unwilling but seeing no dissent from others, he sighed helplessly.
......
The group split.
Fang Zheng stood thoughtfully in the middle of the road, then took out a Glazed Golden Fruit and swallowed it directly.
His expression became uncertain.
"It turns out returning to Earth is impossible, the Yama Hall has sealed the ability for space traversal, this time it’s truly dangerous."
Previously.
No matter what kind of dangers he faced, he remained unafraid.
After all, there was always a means to return to Earth, but now it’s different, the Yama Hall has sealed this ability.
Once in danger,
There won’t be room for maneuver!
"Since that’s the case..."
"It’s better to first cultivate the Yama Heart Sutra to the ninth stage, then there would be considerably more ways available than now."
He mumbled a few words, turned and returned to the Grand Hall, coincidentally encountering the returning Immortal Master Ge at the entrance.
"Haha..."
Immortal Master Ge laughed heartily:
"The Offshore Wraith’s flesh and Essence are abundant, the Snake Gall is an excellent nourishing spirit medicine, it seems the colleague knows as well."
Both returned to the place, with the same goal.
"Master Ge." Fang Zheng gestured with his hand:
"Half each?"
"Good!"
Immortal Master Ge nodded.
Back in the Grand Hall, Immortal Master Ge beckoned and picked up half of the Offshore Wraith’s body, cupped his hands and left.
Fang Zheng carefully picked the Snake Gall within the Offshore Wraith’s body, combined it with the Glazed Golden Fruit and consumed them.
He found a secluded spot to cultivate through refinement.
Days later.
"Still lacking something!"
"Though the Celestial Spirit Technique exists, consuming the Glazed Golden Fruit raw still wasted quite a bit of medicinal power, otherwise, it might have been possible to break through."
"What a pity!"
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