Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Surrounded by the continent where the ancient ruins had suddenly appeared, a massive number of Monster Race powerhouses were alerted and moved towards that set of ancient ruins.

As Zhao Yu's group of five made their way through those ancient ruins, they saw many cultivator corpses and remnants of magical treasures.

Those cultivator corpses would turn to dust with a slight touch, evidently affected by the grand formation of the ancient ruins. The magical treasures had also lost their spirituality, turning into scrap metal.

"Found it, the Spiritual Medicine Garden!!"

The five reached the main peak of the ancient ruins, walked through corridor after corridor, and arrived at an extremely vast Spiritual Medicine Garden that was filled with dense spiritual energy.

In that Spiritual Medicine Garden, many Spiritual Medicines had decayed into medicinal mud. However, there were still dozens of extremely rare thousand-year-old Spiritual Medicines growing within.

"The thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus, a legendary Heaven and Earth Treasure said to grant a second life!! It's actually not a legend!!"

Black Cloud Old Demon, looking at a pure white Jade Lotus growing in the center of a Spiritual Spring with a Xuan Turtle crawling on it, flashed a hint of excitement in his eyes, saying.

Spiritual Fairy Lingxia also trembled with excitement, the thrill clearly swirling in her beautiful eyes: "A peerless treasure! That's definitely a peerless treasure of this world!"

The thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus was a legendary Heaven and Earth Treasure, which, if consumed by any cultivator in their old age, could grant them a second lifetime after a complete transformation.

Nascent Soul Cultivators generally had a lifespan of sixteen hundred years, and when they grew old and weak, consuming the thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus would allow them to be reborn and live another sixteen hundred years.

Of course, the thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus had its limits; it was only effective for cultivators up to the Divinity Transformation Stage and was ineffective for those beyond that stage.

Every hundred thousand years, the thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus would only produce one seed pod, with nine Lotus Seeds inside. Only after another hundred thousand years of growth might these seeds evolve into a new thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus.

Because of this, once the thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus appeared, it would trigger a scramble among countless cultivators and end up being consumed by the victors among them.

Black Cloud Old Demon stared intently at the thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus and finally relaxed, saying slowly, "I only want this thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus, I won't take any other treasures!"

Three Absolute Scholar, True Jun of Withered Wood, and Spiritual Fairy Lingxia all moved closer to Black Cloud Old Demon, each of them watching Zhao Yu with a hint of wariness in their eyes.

Black Cloud Old Demon had summoned Spiritual Fairy Lingxia and the other two friends to prevent Zhao Yu from turning against them and stealing the treasures through murder.

Zhao Yu thought for a moment and said, "All the Lotus Seeds are mine! I can take nine fewer thousand-year Spiritual Medicines!"

Black Cloud Old Demon then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Good!"

Most of the medicinal efficacy of the thousand-year Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus lay in its seed pod and the flower; missing the nine seeds, the effectiveness of the medicine would only be reduced by about one-tenth.

Black Cloud Old Demon did not want to make more trouble; otherwise, this Nascent Soul squad might turn on each other and start a fight to the death at any moment.

"Black Cloud Old Demon, since the main gate of the ancient ruins has been opened, Zhao Yu is of no use to us anymore! Let the four of us join forces and take him out! Together, even a mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator can be wiped out by our alliance!"

Three Absolute Scholar wore a gentle smile on his face, pulled out a folding fan and lightly waved it while casting a spell in secret to transmit his words to Black Cloud Old Demon.

Black Cloud Old Demon decisively rejected the proposal, "No, it's not right! Killing for treasure without reason violates the principles of righteousness!"

Although Black Cloud Old Demon was not one to smile or engage in frivolous talk, he was in fact a man of his word who stood by his promises. It was precisely because of this that Three Absolute Scholar, Spiritual Fairy Lingxia, and True Jun of Withered Wood befriended him and became good friends.

Seeing Black Cloud Old Demon's refusal, a flicker of regret passed through Three Absolute Scholar's eyes, and he did not press any further.

Spiritual Fairy Lingxia said, "This Spiritual Medicine Garden is protected by a barrier. I will break it! However, I want to pick one of the thousand-year Spiritual Medicines first!"

"Good!"

The other four Nascent Soul Cultivators nodded slightly.

Fairy Lingxia waved her hand, and thirty-six Formation Flags flew out, piercing into the spiritual power nodes surrounding the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

A white jade-like Array Plate flew out from Fairy Lingxia's hand, landed on the ground, and blossomed with dazzling white jade Spiritual Light.

The thirty-six Formation Flags also burst into brilliant light, beginning to erode the Barrier within the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

A door, visible only to Nascent Soul Cultivators, appeared in front of the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

Zhao Yu's group directly entered the Spiritual Medicine Garden.

The Black Cloud Fiend couldn't wait to approach the Spiritual Spring. He broke the Barrier around it, carefully picked the Millennium Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus, and then handed nine Lotus Seeds to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu swept his Divine Sense over them, and after confirming there was nothing wrong with the seeds, he satisfactorily put them away.

Zhao Yu's group continued to collect Millennium Spiritual Medicines in the garden, obtaining a total of seventy-eight. Zhao Yu himself got eleven Millennium Spiritual Medicines.

After dividing the Spiritual Medicines, Zhao Yu's group started to scrape the garden clean, collecting all kinds of medicinal soil. Even though it couldn't be used for Alchemy, this top-grade soil for cultivating Spiritual Medicines was extremely precious.

Fairy Lingxia suggested, "This treasure hunt is too inefficient! This ancient ruin's emergence has caused a huge commotion and will surely attract countless demon races. How about we split into three teams? Black Cloud Fiend and I as one, Sanjue Scholar and Dry Wood True Monarch as another, and Daoist Zhao on your own. We each search for treasures separately, how about it?"

Sanjue Scholar said, "Great idea!"

Black Cloud Fiend also nodded slightly, "This is a good plan!"

"Fine! I'll go this way!"

Zhao Yu smiled indifferently and walked towards the northwest.

The Black Cloud Fiend and the other four Nascent Soul Cultivators also split into two teams, each heading in a different direction.

"Black Cloud Fiend, look! What is that?"

Fairy Lingxia suddenly showed a glimmer of excitement in her eyes, pointing toward a dilapidated palace.

The Black Cloud Fiend's gaze sharpened as he looked at the broken palace, carefully observing the Spiritual Patterns around it, trying to deduce its origin.

At that instant, Fairy Lingxia's hand flashed, and a seven-colored radiance brushed over Black Cloud Fiend in an instant, while a vast cloud of colored mist rolled towards him.

As soon as the seven-colored light touched him, the Barrier released by his protective Robe was easily penetrated, and a large hole was blasted through his chest.

The massive cloud of colored mist flung itself onto Black Cloud Fiend's face, and he immediately smelled a sweet fragrance, followed by a sensation of his mana becoming sluggish within his body.

"Why!!"

Black Cloud Fiend roared with a mix of shock and rage; he was filled with grief and indignation. He had been friends with Fairy Lingxia for over a hundred years and had brought them here to counterbalance Zhao Yu, but also wanting to share the benefits of this ancient ruin with his old friends.

"Black Cloud Fiend, blame yourself for not giving me the Millennium Spirit Jade Xuan Turtle Lotus! I too want to live a second life! I too want to become a great cultivator, I too want to reach the Divinity Transformation Stage! So you see, it's all your fault!!"

Fairy Lingxia's pretty face twisted into a grimace as she suddenly produced a pair of Short Blade Magical Treasures in her white hands and viciously slashed down at Black Cloud Fiend.