Reaping the Benefits Without Lifting a Finger!

Three Biyou Palace Disciples stood between Su Bai and the Blood Infant Fruit.

They clearly intended to snatch away Su Bai's opportunity.

This Blood Infant Fruit was a Third-tier Spirit Medicine, and one of the auxiliary ingredients for a certain Foundation Establishment Pill formula.

Even within the Blood River Secret Realm, it was not something one could easily encounter.

No wonder these three Biyou Palace Disciples were so agitated.

Once the three Biyou Palace Disciples blocked Su Bai's view of the Blood Infant Fruit, the lethal sensation in the premonition from his Clear Heart Sword Intent faded considerably.

Su Bai spread his hands. "There are more of you, so you call the shots. This Blood Infant Fruit is yours."

You have shown no mercy, so do not blame me for being ruthless.

This was the perfect chance to use these three to see exactly what kind of monster was behind the deadly feeling brought by the Blood Infant Fruit.

And by the way, see if he could wait by a tree stump for a rabbit.

The three Biyou Palace Disciples watched Su Bai warily, but since he had immediately admitted defeat, they could hardly make a move against him.

The leader among them looked toward a tall, thin Biyou Palace Disciple at his side. "Go pick the Blood Infant Fruit."

Although few disciples of the Three Sects dared approach the banks of the Blood River, there were always bold fools like them.

If several more groups arrived, the Blood Infant Fruit might spark a bloody battle. Picking it early and leaving this place was the right course.

"Senior Brother, it is only half a zhang from the Blood River. There is a high chance the Blood River Monster will attack. Keep watch for me." The tall, thin Biyou Palace Disciple did not refuse, but his expression was tense.

"Mm. We will watch for you. This is only the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Blood River; the monsters cannot be that formidable. Just move quickly." The leader took out a talisman and held it between his fingers, then cast Su Bai a covertly warning glance.

Su Bai's sharp eyes noticed that it was a costly Second-grade Talisman.

Second-grade Talismans were expensive. It seemed this leading Biyou Palace Disciple was rather highly valued within Biyou Palace.

The tall, thin Biyou Palace Disciple also saw the talisman in his Senior Brother's hand. With a Second-grade Talisman holding the line, his heart settled slightly.

He activated a movement spell and swept toward the Blood Infant Fruit, wind swirling around his body.

Just as he neared the Blood Infant Fruit and even reached out to touch it—

The deadly premonition in Su Bai's heart surged to its limit.

Whoosh!

In the blink of an eye, a massive bloody hand burst from the Blood River. Before the tall, thin Biyou Palace Disciple could react, it seized his body and dragged him into the river.

Throughout the entire process, the tall, thin Biyou Palace Disciple had not even a chance to respond. As for the leading Biyou Palace Disciple in the distance, how could he possibly have had time to activate his Second-grade Talisman?

"Now!" The leading Biyou Palace Disciple's reaction exceeded Su Bai's expectations. Rather than retreating, he advanced, activating his movement technique and rushing toward the Blood Infant Fruit.

"He wants to take advantage of his Junior Brother drawing the monster's attention and pick the Blood Infant Fruit." Su Bai was slightly startled.

Perhaps he had intended to use his fellow Junior Brother as bait from the very beginning.

Yet the lethal sensation in the Clear Heart Sword Intent premonition within Su Bai's heart had not completely faded. This man is ruthless enough, but it should not be so easy for him to pick the Blood Infant Fruit.

Sure enough, another giant hand emerged from the river and grabbed toward the leading Biyou Palace Disciple.

Exactly. Hands, being body parts, naturally come in pairs.

"Get lost!"

Although the leading Biyou Palace Disciple had been prepared, terror still flooded his heart. Gritting his teeth, he unleashed the Second-grade Talisman in his hand.

It contained a Lightning Attribute Tier 2 Spell. A streak of azure lightning roared forth and struck the Blood-Colored Giant Hand.

"I got it!" The leading Biyou Palace Disciple's hand had already touched the Blood Infant Fruit, joy blooming across his face.

Yet the Blood-Colored Giant Hand pierced through the lightning at the same instant. In the next moment, it closed around him.

A Tier 2 Thunder Spell could not even slow the Blood-Colored Giant Hand in the slightest!

"No!" The leading Biyou Palace Disciple screamed as the Blood-Colored Giant Hand dragged him beneath the river.

A huge head could vaguely be seen opening its mouth on the river's surface and swallowing him. Was that the owner of those giant bloody hands? Perhaps a terrifying Blood Giant stood beneath the riverbed.

The sole remaining Biyou Palace Disciple watched as his two fellow disciples were swallowed by the Blood River Monster in the blink of an eye. He was so frightened that his courage shattered. "I told you not to get close to the Blood River! But no one would listen!! Haven't the bloody lessons left by those before us been enough?!"

Just then, he suddenly saw the Jade Mist Sect Disciple in the distance activate his movement technique and dart toward the Blood Infant Fruit.

"Madness, madness!"

"Can't you cultivate properly? You are throwing away your life for a single spirit medicine?!"

"Could this Blood Infant Fruit be a trap? Could it emit some special energy that draws cultivators near on its own?!"

With that thought, the Biyou Palace Disciple believed he had figured it out. Terror filled his heart even more fiercely, and he immediately turned and fled without looking back.

He feared that he would be next, lured by the Blood Infant Fruit and dying without ever understanding why.

Meanwhile, Su Bai's hand had already touched the Blood Infant Fruit.

But he kept his mind taut as a bowstring, staring at the river's surface. Though he had ample faith in his Clear Heart Sword Intent, the Blood-Colored Giant Hands beneath the river were no joke either.

"I picked it!" Su Bai condensed Spiritual Power and plucked the Blood Infant Fruit.

Su Bai turned and left at once, not daring to linger in the slightest. He rushed more than a hundred meters away, only stopping and breathing a sigh of relief after the Blood River behind him was obscured by blood-colored vegetation.

Just now, after the leading Biyou Palace Disciple was swallowed, the lethal sensation Su Bai had foreseen from the Blood-Colored Giant Hands receded swiftly like a falling tide.

Su Bai did not know whether the owner of those Blood-Colored Giant Hands had eaten its fill or run out of energy.

He only knew that this was a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity, so he had struck decisively.

Now, looking at the Third-tier Blood Infant Fruit in his hand, Su Bai was filled with mixed emotions. Six hundred Spirit Stones had fallen into his hands just like that.

Of course, once the Blood Infant Fruit was taken out, it had to be handed over. He could not truly receive six hundred Spirit Stones.

In truth, the disciples of the Three Sects were merely gatherers for their respective sects, at most competing with one another.

However, the Jade Mist Sect would tally the value of the spirit medicines brought out by its disciples and distribute rewards based on their value.

The reward for first place in the Jade Mist Sect was exceedingly generous as well.

Most disciples could spend three days in the Blood River Secret Realm and bring out spirit medicines worth only around a thousand Spirit Stones.

This single Blood Infant Fruit of Su Bai's accounted for more than half the value of the spirit medicines an ordinary disciple would obtain in the Secret Realm.

Su Bai took out a Jade Box and carefully placed the Blood Infant Fruit inside.

This Blood Infant Fruit was round and plump, crimson all over, with faint facial features on its front that seemed to be smiling. It truly lived up to the name Blood Infant Fruit.

After placing the Jade Box into his Storage Bag, Su Bai continued walking upstream along the banks of the Blood River.

The precognitive ability of Clear Heart Sword Intent was Su Bai's greatest support for searching for spirit medicines in this dangerous region.

As he approached the Upper Reaches of the Blood River, more and more spirit medicines appeared along the banks.

There were even several Third-tier Spirit Medicines.

But most of those spirit medicines were extremely close to the river's surface, and each gave Su Bai a deadly feeling.