Chapter 1147: Chapter 1147
The Sword Coin at this moment split open the space, emitting a sparkling treasure light, as if opening a space-time passage, taking Li Yi to an unknown new world.
On his journey forward, Li Yi passed through many worlds, but these worlds were just fleeting scenery along the way and not worth his stay, and just like Hua Qing said, what he saw were very terrible worlds.
Either the end of a dynasty or frequent disasters.
People in each world were trapped, ancient commoners enduring heavy taxes, hunger, and famine, while modern civilizations were also experiencing crises, war, even in worlds with cultivation, it was still unbearable, demons and monsters rampant.
Sometimes Li Yi couldn’t stand it, paused for a moment, leaving a part of his strength in that world, hoping to bring some hope and opportunity to the people of that world.
Though a mere drop in the ocean, it wasn’t in vain that he came once.
It seemed Hua Qing’s remnant soul also understood Li Yi’s thinking, thus he didn’t stop him.
"Stop for a while in this world, take a break. I fear that the Sword Coin, after being repaired, won’t have enough strength to support you successfully crossing worlds in one go."
At this moment, the Sword Coin halted its advance, tore through the space, and wrapped Li Yi as it came to a world of green mountains and clear waters.
Here, the Spiritual Energy was abundant, the air filled with the fragrance of grass and wood, completely different from the worlds he had experienced before.
Li Yi looked at him somewhat suspiciously, "Have you been to this world before?"
"This is a small world, accurately speaking, it’s a stopover when I traveled to other worlds. Only I know the coordinates, and I’ve left some things here for you to take."
"After all, I’m about to return home, it’s impossible not to prepare something," Hua Qing’s remnant soul said.
"You’re quite cunning, using a small world as your station," Li Yi said, "You never mentioned it before."
"If you were unwilling to cross worlds, then it would be useless for me to say. If you were willing to, you would definitely pass this world, then naturally you could acquire my possessions here," Hua Qing’s remnant soul said, "Follow me."
As he spoke, his remnant soul possessed the Sword Coin, flying in a direction.
Li Yi followed behind, then scrutinized the world around him.
This small world was indeed very special, without cultivators or humans, but there were some living creatures. Li Yi saw something similar to a spirit monster playing in the mountains and forests, emitting the fragrance of Treasure Medicine.
He also saw some strange creatures, frolicking, including golden toads, worms that grew Dragon Scales and dragon whiskers, and spirit mice emitting three-colored treasure light... Although Li Yi did not recognize them, he could distinguish that these were Heaven and Earth Treasures, rare Spiritual Beasts.
"Are these things collected from other worlds?" Li Yi asked.
"Indeed, the Ginseng Child, Three-legged Golden Toad, Dragon Loach, Treasure-seeking Rat... These are all extraordinary mutant beasts from different worlds. I couldn’t bear them suffering persecution during my travels, so I brought them to this world, hoping they could live carefree here in this small world," Hua Qing’s remnant soul said.
Li Yi said, "Sounds so noble? Do you often kill people for treasures and practice the Demon Path?"
"I’m not that kind of person. Although these mutant beasts are rare, they are of no help to me. Moreover, I rescued them from demons, which is a good deed. It’s impossible to just watch them being cooked alive, isn’t it?" Hua Qing’s remnant soul asserted.
But as they spoke, very soon, Li Yi saw another mountain range in the distance, which had been leveled by a single sword, and on that flat mountain peak stood a grand hall.
The grand hall was resplendent and magnificent, carved entirely like beautiful jade, situated on the edge of the Cloud Sea, facing the rosy dawn, exquisite beyond measure.
But what caught Li Yi’s attention the most wasn’t the grand hall but beside that mountain peak, where stood a green jade-like fruit tree, absorbing the evolution of Heaven and Earth, collecting the morning dew and rosy glow, absorbing the essence of moonlight, and spreading under All Stars.
Its planting location was also very special, the ancestor of the world’s earth veins, the eye of Spiritual Energy, it could be said to be the most favored creation of this realm.
Clearly, this fruit tree was not naturally born and growing, but was intentionally transplanted here.
"What a piece of Immortal Treasure," Li Yi said.
Hua Qing’s remnant soul said, "Naturally, this is the legendary Immortal Peach Tree... grown from a fruit core that I accidentally obtained years ago. I cannot express how much effort it took to keep it alive."
"The mythical Peach Tree?" Li Yi’s expression shifted, "What use does it have? Don’t tell me eating it grants immortality."
"Haha, immortality is nothing but an easy goal for us cultivators, nothing special." Hua Qing’s remnant soul shook his head, and then he flew straight towards the Immortal Peach Tree.
The two came to the side of this piece of Immortal Treasure.
Li Yi took a look, then his gaze rested on the topmost branch of this Immortal Peach Tree, where a fruit was hanging, resembling the yin-yang fish in Tai Chi, shaped like a curved jade, crystal clear, as if sculpted from white jade.
"Wait a moment," Hua Qing’s remnant soul immediately flew out, directly diving into that fruit.
The fruit began to rapidly change and grow, unexpectedly transforming into a doll-like creature, and then it fell to the ground, becoming a living being.
"Hmm?" Li Yi looked curiously.
"You haven’t read much, so it’s normal not to understand. Although a remnant soul like mine is nourished by the Power of Incense and has no worries about it perishing, ultimately it’s still water without roots, destined to dry up sooner or later. Only by using this Flat Peach Fruit to complete the remnant soul, and re-nurturing it, can true rebirth be achieved."
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"I see," Li Yi understood.
The other person’s remnant soul was stored within the Flat Peach Fruit, manifesting in the world using this Immortal Treasure, while continuously absorbing the power of the Flat Peach Fruit to aid their Primordial Spirit’s restoration.
"But wouldn’t you get discovered and eaten in this form?" Li Yi asked.
"Can’t worry about that now, got to take a gamble," Hua Qing replied. "It’s already quite impressive that I’ve made it this far; at least there’s hope of revival. There should be other fruits on this tree; you should eat them all, they might help your injuries."
Upon hearing this, Li Yi looked over and indeed found two fruits resembling beautiful jade.
These two fruits pieced together form a perfect Tai Chi Diagram and indeed seemed extraordinary.
He picked them off, hesitated for a moment, then cautiously took a bite.
Instantly, a burst of clear energy surged into his body, immediately enveloping his organs and limbs, and at the same time, it felt like every pore of his body was opened, cleansing him while a chaotic aura spewed out from the Xuanfu.
At this moment, Li Yi felt an indescribable lightness, and the Divine Blood within him seemed activated, rapidly nurturing.
But this sensation didn’t last long and soon disappeared.
"This Flat Peach Fruit is indeed extraordinary," Li Yi exclaimed with wonder.
"Your strength is considerable and your foundation deep; this second-generation Flat Peach Fruit doesn’t offer you significant help. If it were a first-generation Flat Peach Fruit, it would surely help you transform again, heal your injuries, and might even help you open the Three Flowers atop your head in one go," Hua Qing’s remnant soul said.
"That’s already impressive enough," Li Yi said. "You know, even consuming a Demon God wouldn’t surpass what this fruit offers."
He then devoured the fruit in one bite.
The previous sensation occurred again; his pores fully opened, clear light emerged from his seven orifices, Divine Blood activated, frantically nurturing, and atop his head, the Primordial Spirit Flower blossomed once more, opening the seventh petal.
Li Yi didn’t want the medicinal power to dissipate, so he ate the second Flat Peach Fruit.
This wondrous feeling sustained again.
Along with the Divine Blood being reborn, lightning surrounded him once more, a divine nature got activated, and the Primordial Spirit Flower grew again, blooming eight petals.
Only the final step was left to achieve Perfection.
Unfortunately, Li Yi was injured battling the Demon God; otherwise, today’s Life Flower might have bloomed.
"Remarkable, I feel my injuries are about seventy percent healed," Li Yi opened his eyes and slowly exhaled, with a sound of wind and thunder accompanying his breath.
"This thing doesn’t mature easily; old me has planted them for so long to yield just three fruits. Wait here for a while, old me will pack up things and leave," Hua Qing said, and then flew towards the grand hall.
Li Yi didn’t follow to explore further; he wasn’t a meddlesome person, and everyone has their secrets, which is entirely normal.
Taking advantage of this time, he stepped on Xiangyun to reach the Cloud Sea Peak, while the medicinal power from the Flat Peach Fruit still lingered in him, prompting him to start cultivation.
And this cultivation turned out to be remarkable; Li Yi felt as if all the acupoints within his body opened up, with just a thought he developed new acupoints with no hindrance at all.
"Unbelievable..." He was greatly astonished.
The Flat Peach Fruit actually has such wondrous abilities?
All at once, the acupoints within him were continuously opening, one hundred and eight, one hundred and nine, one hundred and ten... the opening speed was faster than the Power of Incense.
Then he took a deep breath, and nature’s spiritual energy came rushing in, penetrating every corner of his body into the acupoints.
In just a few breaths, his acupoints were filled with Mana.
Such transformation is truly unusual; his entire body seemed to resonate with this heavens and earth, no, it felt like he himself had become part of the heavens and earth, thus experiencing such a sensation.
But Li Yi could feel that this situation was temporary, once the medicinal power was exhausted, his acupoints would close, and his body would no longer harmonize with the heavens and earth.
Grasping this opportunity, Li Yi opened acupoints up to one hundred and fifty in one go, increasing his internal Mana by half compared to before.
In theory, he could still continue developing them, but the medicinal effect was fading, and the acupoints were sealing again.
This opportunity had reached its limit.