Chapter 229: Chapter 129: Unexpected Delight

In the instant that the Seven-Colored Profound Fruit was confirmed, Li Jizhou had already made up his mind: even if the substitute puppet was to be sacrificed here, he must obtain it.

For others, it might only mean ten years of longevity, but for him, it could mean at least a hundred years.

“I will force it out, Fellow Daoist Ye consider your options; if there’s no absolute certainty, lure it away, and I’ll do the picking!” Master Han immediately transmitted to Ye Jingyu.

Ye Jingyu’s eyes showed a trace of anomaly again, but he still nodded.

Master Han hesitated no longer and retrieved a Golden Sword Talisman from his storage bag, launching it fiercely into the pool.

“Boom~”

In an instant, a water spout shot up into the sky.

Within the water spout, the faint shadow of a serpent as thick as a barrel became visible.

“Gigantic serpent of the Late Stage of Tier Three!” With the giant serpent bursting out of the water, its aura exploded outwards.

Ye Jingyu and Li Jizhou both felt a tightening in their hearts.

Particularly upon seeing that its upper body already bore layers of black scales, with a small protrusion on its forehead.

This is a sign of the transformation from serpent to dragon!

“I can’t fight it!” Ye Jingyu immediately transmitted.

“Pff~” The next moment, the giant serpent opened its bloody mouth wide, and a dark sword of blood shot out instantaneously.

Ye Jingyu’s body shifted, appearing ten zhang away, his whole body exposed to the serpent’s view.

Master Han, however, retreated slightly back, avoiding the shattered rocks from a boulder smashed instantly by the serpent.

“Find a way to draw it away!”

Ye Jingyu’s gaze focused and his hands clapped together intensely, in front of him a large sword condensed from Metal Element Magical Power struck the serpent.

“Hiss~” A blackened tongue flickered out of the serpent’s mouth, yet it did not dodge, hitting Ye Jingyu’s Magical Power sword with its neck’s black scales.

“Screech~” Sparks flew from the impact, the serpent was forced back three steps by the golden sword.

It was obvious a misjudgment occurred in the serpent’s assessment of Ye Jingyu’s aura,

after all, his Magical Power honed by years in the Fire Domain’s True Flame Hundred Forgings was sharper and more solid than those of the same rank.

“Hiss~” The serpent’s vertical pupils glowed with blood, full of True Flame, and it launched another wave of dark blood swords at Ye Jingyu.

Ye Jingyu moved again, easily dodging,

at such a distance, with Ye Jingyu’s body technique, it was not a concern, but he dared not advance further.

Dodging one attack, Ye Jingyu condensed another golden sword of Magical Power.

This time, the serpent dared not take it lightly, twisting away to dodge.

Just as Ye Jingyu was guarding against its next attack, the serpent’s vertical pupils suddenly widened, and he felt as if an invisible force was freezing the air around him.

He felt his movements slowing.

“Spatial Divine Ability!” Ye Jingyu was shocked.

In the next moment, the serpent spat out another dark blood sword shooting towards him.

“Boom~” Ye Jingyu’s protective shield instantaneously flared with a gold light, then dimmed noticeably, as he was sent flying back several zhang!

Simultaneously, Ye Jingyu was shocked to find that Master Han’s aura had completely vanished in an instant.

Even with his Late Stage of Core Formation Divine Sense, he could detect nothing.

He instantly tightened his heart.

Yet, as he wished to check on Master Han’s condition, the serpent had already flown out of the pool entirely, rushing towards him with its bloody maw wide open.

He dared not hesitate, turning and flying outward at once.

Boom~

As the serpent pursued, the earth and mountains shook intensely in response.

The now puppet-like Master Han was almost buried beneath the rocks raised by the serpent.

Li Jizhou sensed Ye Jingyu and the serpent moving away, and only then did he maneuver the substitute puppet to crawl out of the rubble, slowly approaching the pool.

With the sound of battle growing ever more distant, Master Han finally arrived at the spot of the Seven-Colored Profound Fruit.

“The Snake Demon guards this fruit so well! Perhaps a part of its longevity stems from this fruit’s effect.”

Upon reaching the Seven-Colored Profound Fruit, Li Jizhou saw a one-foot tall Seven-Colored Profound Tree, its base encircled as if raised, with no weeds around, clearly well-maintained.

Upon closer inspection of the tree, besides a single Seven-Colored Profound Fruit, two other branches bore signs of past fruits that were now gone, with small buds just beginning to grow.

“The tree produced three fruits!” Li Jizhou was overjoyed.

According to ancient texts, this tree must be at least a thousand years old.

Without any hesitation, Master Han took out the jade bottle Li Jizhou specifically prepared for the Seven-Colored Profound Fruit, carefully uprooting the entire tree with its soil.

Then, he took a closer look at the pool.

Despite being so close, Li Jizhou’s Divine Sense still couldn’t penetrate the pool.

“What kind of water is this? It has such a strong ability to shield Divine Sense?” Li Jizhou had never come across this situation in any ancient text.

He gently scooped up a handful.

“No, it’s not due to the water!” Carefully sensing the water’s changes in his hands, Li Jizhou found that its shielding ability was waning.

“There must be something extraordinary at the bottom of the pool!”

Feeling Ye Jingyu and the serpent moving ever further away, Li Jizhou had the puppet jump into the water at once.

The pool was five zhang deep. Upon entering, Li Jizhou felt his Divine Sense become clear, not only was the bottom of the pool unobstructed, but even exploring outward through the pool was unhindered.

There was not a single living creature at the bottom, nor was any spiritually dense treasure detected.

“Hiss~” At this moment, the serpent’s hissing grew closer.

Li Jizhou’s Divine Sense moved, unexpectedly sensing the serpent was fleeing, while Ye Jingyu was desperately pursuing.

Notably, the serpent’s aura was severely disturbed, as if it were heavily injured.

“Could Ye Jingyu have a trump card?”

Li Jizhou rejoiced at heart, initially without certainty of success, but now a glimmer of hope arose. He immediately took out a chessboard killing formation from the storage bag, dissolved Tier Three poison into the pool, grasped a Tier Three Advanced Celestial Thunder Talisman, and again faded into the aura of a lifeless puppet.

“Splash~” The serpent instantly dove into the pool.

Ye Jingyu reached the edge of the pool but dared not advance, casting a cautious eye over the scene.

By now, he still hadn’t sensed any trace of Master Han’s aura.

Master Han was the link between Li Jizhou and Qingyin Valley; if Master Han were to fall, Ye Jingyu worried it would hinder Li Jizhou’s plans to eradicate evil.

Suddenly, seeing the scars left by the uprooted Longevity Fruit Tree by the poolside, Ye Jingyu breathed a long sigh of relief.

His admiration for Master Han’s means grew unconsciously.

A mere Early Stage of Core Formation could fool his Late Stage Divine Sense, such skill indeed.

“Could he have left amid the chaos after obtaining the Longevity Fruit?” Ye Jingyu stood quietly for a moment, feeling a retreat in his heart.

Though driven to the brink just now, unleashing his strongest trump card and heavily injuring the serpent, truly killing it was virtually impossible,

If the serpent self-destructed its Demon Pill, this small world would likely collapse.

“Boom~” suddenly, a loud noise emanated from the pool.

Followed by tremendous surging waves.

The serpent’s body rolled in the pool, appearing above the water at times.

Ye Jingyu was terrified and retreated a hundred zhang.

“Hiss hiss hiss~”

In the next moment, the serpent’s roar echoed throughout the secret realm.

A moment later, the pool began roiling.

Then, with Ye Jingyu in full alert, Master Han slowly surfaced from the water…

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