Innate Five-Needle Pine, Zhun Ti is Envious!

Following the aura he sensed, a faint, mysterious Innate Formation pattern emerged after a short while.

Of course, Chen Ku didn't care about this at all.

Not to mention that he had Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, two Quasi-Sage powerhouses, behind him, but with his strength alone, he could easily break this Innate Formation without any effort.

The power of a peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal surged, sweeping across the space in front of him.

Instantly, the Innate Formation shattered, revealing the scene within.

Chen Ku's eyes lit up with a mixture of surprise and joy.

"This is... an Innate Five-Needle Pine?!"

Chen Ku recognized the Spiritual Root before him at a glance.

It was none other than the Innate Five-Needle Pine, one of the top ten supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Roots.

This was a Five Elements Spiritual Root.

In comparison, although the Five-Needle Pine wasn't particularly famous, its function and preciousness were in no way inferior to the Ginseng Fruit.

This Five-Needle Pine blooms once every five thousand years, bears fruit once every five thousand years, and takes another five thousand years to mature.

In other words, it takes a full fifteen thousand years for it to mature once.

And each time, it can only produce a mere fifty fruits, ten of each kind, belonging to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Eating one of each of the five kinds of fruit can gather the Qi of the Five Elements within the body, allowing one to break through on the spot, saving billions of years of arduous cultivation.

"Haha, good, very good!"

Chen Ku couldn't help but laugh, unable to hide the joy in his heart.

Without a doubt, this Five-Needle Pine was countless times more precious than the previous Innate Banana Tree.

Obtaining this Spiritual Root would allow his improvement to be even more effective, even more astonishing than before.

Just as Chen Ku was marveling, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti had already followed behind him.

At a glance, seeing the huge Five-Needle Pine, the two of them also had expressions of utter shock.

"Innate Five-Needle Pine?!"

"Heavens, I didn't expect this Spiritual Root to be growing on this Buzhou Mountain."

Zhun Ti exclaimed, his expression of overjoyed surprise was exactly the same as Chen Ku's.

Beside him, Jie Yin's expression also changed greatly.

"No wonder there are only legends of such Spiritual Roots in the world, but they have never been seen."

"So it was hidden here."

"Hehe, if it weren't for my disciple's keen perception, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to discover it."

Jie Yin looked at Chen Ku with an admiring expression, his tone full of amazement.

It was no exaggeration to say that the Innate Five-Needle Pine grew here, protected by Pangu's might, and could be said to be extremely well hidden.

Even if other great powerhouses came, while resisting Pangu's might, they probably wouldn't have the mind to explore for more opportunities.

But Chen Ku was different.

As a supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Root himself, and having transformed on his own, his perception of Spiritual Roots was already imprinted in his instinctive divine sense.

That was why he was able to clearly sense this supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Root under the overwhelming pressure.

Hearing Jie Yin's words, Zhun Ti nodded repeatedly.

"Not bad, not bad!"

"Nephew, this time, you have made a great contribution to the Western Sect."

"Hehe, looking at the world, there are very few Daoist forces that can possess supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Roots."

"In the future, Yuanshi and the others will definitely not dare to underestimate us again."

Zhun Ti was satisfied, with a smile on his face.

Just as he said.

Each of the top ten supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Roots was a rare existence in the world.

Looking at the present world, only Yuanshi controls a Yellow Central Pear, and the Queen Mother of the West possesses the Ren Water蟠桃.

And in Longevity Mountain Wuzhuang Temple, there grows a Ginseng Fruit.

That is where Zhen Yuanzi's Daoist temple is located.

In the past, whenever Zhun Ti saw the other supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Roots emitting divine light and mysterious scenes, he was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

In fact, if he hadn't been concerned about the owners of those Spiritual Roots, who were all top-level powerhouses with extraordinary strength, he might have already couldn't help but take action and forcibly seize them.

Zhun Ti naturally believed that if he and the others harvested this Innate Five-Needle Pine and brought it back to the Western world, then even compared to Kunlun Mountain, Wuzhuang Temple, and others, no one would dare to underestimate them again.

As he spoke, his eyes revealed an undisguised covetousness.

Envy!

Pure envy!

But just then, Chen Ku's expression shifted, and he smiled strangely, saying:

"Hehe..."

"Shishu wouldn't rob his shizhi of a spiritual root, would he?!"

"I found this Five-Needle Pine first, you know."

Hearing this, both Jie Yin and Zhun Ti were stunned.

Well, well!

This kid's thick-skinned nature was showing again.

Why bother distinguishing between "yours" and "mine" among the three of them?

Zhun Ti feigned anger, his brow furrowing as he said:

"Hmph, what nonsense are you spouting, you brat?!"

"The three of us share glory and suffer loss together."

"Besides, if it weren't for the protection of me and Shixiong Jie Yin, you wouldn't have..."

Zhun Ti was originally confident, wanting to say that if it weren't for their protection, how could Chen Ku have safely reached this place? Or even ascended Buzhou Mountain?!

But he stopped abruptly mid-sentence!

Zhun Ti suddenly realized.

Ah, yes!

Along the way, Chen Ku didn't seem to have relied on their protection at all.

Moreover, when climbing Buzhou Mountain, he seemed even more relaxed than Jie Yin and Zhun Ti.

What he said was indeed a bit unreasonable.

For a moment, Zhun Ti looked embarrassed and remained silent.

This damn... having a disciple (shizhi) who is too heaven-defying is also not a good thing.

It left him without even a chance to display the dignity of a teacher.

Thinking this, Zhun Ti's eyes couldn't help but add a hint of resentment.

However, this also showed that Zhun Ti was truly moved by the Innate Five-Needle Pine before him.

After all, at their level of Quasi-Sage cultivation, ordinary spiritual roots and immortal fruits had little effect, better than nothing.

Only top-grade Innate Spiritual Roots, or even higher-grade existences, could improve him.

Unlike him, Jie Yin on the side seemed extremely open-minded.

Usually, Zhun Ti could argue unreasonably with other rogue cultivators in the world.

But today, facing Chen Ku, he was speechless and embarrassed.

This scene made Jie Yin laugh heartily.

"Haha, what my disciple said is right."

"Since we are teachers and elders, we should naturally follow the principle of first come, first served."

"Since you discovered this Five-Needle Pine, it should belong to you."

Jie Yin unhesitatingly acknowledged this.

He saw it more clearly; Chen Ku was already his disciple, so what difference did it make who the spiritual root belonged to?

In the end, wouldn't it benefit the same Western Sect?

Hearing this, Chen Ku smiled contentedly.

"Hehe, if that's the case, then thank you, Shizun and Shishu."

As soon as he finished speaking, he skillfully waved his sleeve, and the great divine power of the Buddha's Palm Paradise was unleashed again.

With a flash of divine light, the huge Innate Five-Needle Pine was directly taken into his pocket.

On the side, Zhun Ti could only look on with envy, but he couldn't say anything more.