Primordial Forbidden Land
With the Xiao Nannan, the group quickly arrived at a place not far from the Primordial Forbidden Land.
"By the way, Ye Fan, how are you going to bring tens of millions of jin of Source into the Primordial Forbidden Land?" Suddenly, Tu Fei realized a problem.
"Take out your Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron and put the Source inside," Zhou Tong said calmly.
Suddenly, a Profound Yellow Cauldron appeared in front of them.
With a casual wave of his hand, Zhou Tong instantly poured twelve jin of Source into Ye Fan's cauldron.
Zhou Tong said calmly, "I gave you an extra two million jin. In fact, for the breakthrough of the Primordial Sacred Body, ten million jin is probably not enough. Twelve million jin is barely enough, but with your own source, thirteen million jin should be enough."
"Thank you!" Ye Fan solemnly thanked Zhou Tong.
This is 20% more than the agreed amount, which is no small sum.
Ye Fan then threw his million- jin of Source into the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron.
A total of thirteen jin of Source, within the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron, Divine Source and alien source energy, shone brightly, the spiritual energy so dense that it almost turned into liquid and flowed.
If this pool had not been sealed long ago, its divine light would have pierced the heavens, dimming even the stars and moon.
Seeing these sources, Tu Fei couldn't help but feel a little envious. "I've never seen so many sources piled up together before. It's truly an eye-opener."
Zhou Tong glanced at Tu Fei and said indifferently, "There are many things you haven't seen before!"
As he spoke, Zhou Tong took out another item, which immediately stunned Tu Fei once again. "Holy crap, a branch of the Bodhi Tree tree!? Your Bodhi Tree tree is still a sapling, and you actually broke off a huge branch? Aren't you afraid of damaging the divine tree?"
Although the divine branch in front of us is only half a zhang long, it is "lush and verdant".
This is not just any branch, but a long section of trunk with dozens of branches on it!
Zhou Tong ignored Tu Fei and handed the divine branch to Ye Fan: "For your success in breaking through the barrier and for the success of my investment, I have shed blood once again!"
"Consider this Bodhi Tree as the cost you incur on your journey to and from the Primordial Forbidden Land. Life force will dissipate within the Primordial Forbidden Land. Although my Bodhi Tree is not yet fully grown, the life force contained in this branch is more than enough for you to enter and exit once!"
Zhou Tong felt a little guilty for taking advantage of Ye Fan's lack of information along the way and "tricking" him out of so many treasures and Fortune. He decided to consider this large section of the Bodhi Divine Branch as compensation.
Ye Fan solemnly accepted the divine branch. "Thank you! Regardless of whether you are investing or not, I accept this favor."
The Primordial Forbidden Land is far too dangerous. If one were to rely solely on their own daring to charge forward, they would likely face a near-death experience to reach the summit. However, with this branch of the Bodhi Tree, the chances of success are much higher.
What Zhou Tong is offering now far exceeds what he promised before.
This section of Bodhi branch, in particular, far exceeded Ye Fan's expectations.
Ye Fan had also seen Zhou Tong's Bodhi Tree.
The tree was only about 1.6 meters tall, or about 5 meters in height, with only seven main branches extending from its trunk. Zhou Tong actually cut off one of those seven branches and gave it to him; this gift was far too generous.
This is one-seventh of the future branch of the Immortal Divine Medicine!
"Successfully passing the test and bringing down what I need is the best reward for me!" Zhou Tong chuckled.
Zhou Tong provided Ye Fan with the resources needed to break through the barrier, and even the supplies he consumed along the way to and from the Primordial Forbidden Land. This was already a huge price to pay.
Even this single branch of the Bodhi Tree, if placed at an auction house, wouldn't even qualify for auction without hundreds of jin of Source.
Zhou Tong still remembered that in the original story, even a single sprout of the Life Divine Tree caused the deaths of several Great Sage, leading to a series of battles between Imperial Weapon, and even the emergence of the Great Emperor's Great Emperor Formation Diagram. In the end, the matter ended with the sealing of the Kirin Emperor's Imperial Weapon.
This section of the Bodhi Tree tree branch is of immense value.
"Don't worry, I will definitely succeed!" Ye Fan said confidently.
However, Zhou Tong said, "While you are confident, I am not so confident, because this method of breaking through is merely my guess. I don't know what the chances of success are. If you fail to break through in this Primordial Forbidden Land, then there's nothing I can do but seal yourself away for the next life..."
"It's alright... Even if we fail, it's not your fault. You've already told me enough, and you've provided enough conditions. If we still fail under these circumstances, then it's probably fate!" Ye Fan nodded, feeling a little wistful.
"Don't think too much about failure. You will definitely succeed. Believe in yourself. Zhou Tong even gave you the Immortal Divine Medicine. You'll be fine!" Tu Fei cheered Ye Fan on from the side.
Ye Fan nodded in final agreement, put away the Profound Yellow Mother Qi Tripod, and turned to walk directly towards the Primordial Forbidden Land.
Watching Ye Fan leave, Tu Fei asked, "Is the curse of the Primordial Sacred Body really that terrible?"
Zhou Tong nodded. "It's far beyond your imagination. In fact, many Primordial Sacred Body perished when they reached the fifth level of the Dao Palace. If Ye Fan hadn't eaten the two Sacred Fruit in the Primordial Forbidden Land, he would have been gone when he reached the fifth level of the Dao Palace!"
"However, if Ye Fan really breaks through in the Primordial Forbidden Land, the curse will most likely not be able to find him!" Zhou Tong then said, "But there is also a possibility that after he breaks through, nothing happens; but as soon as he leaves the Primordial Forbidden Land, the curse will come after him again."
Zhou Tong was at least 60% confident in his idea, because the forbidden land only isolated the outside world, but it couldn't eliminate certain things. For example, the forbidden land couldn't destroy things like Heavenly Tribulation.
Unless Ye Fan breaks through and provokes the supreme being inside the Forbidden Zone.
"What if the curse comes back to him?" Tu Fei was somewhat shocked.
"How would I know what to do! I'm not Great Emperor. If Ye Fan really can't break the curse, there's nothing I can do. He can only blame his bad luck..." Zhou Tong rolled his eyes at Tu Fei, somewhat speechless.
He verbally claimed he didn't know what to do, but Zhou Tong glanced at the Xiao Nannan standing to the side, and felt quite reassured. With her there, he couldn't possibly let Ye Fan die in front of him!
"Maybe we'll get to see the Ruthless Great Emperor's methods!?" Zhou Tong thought with some anticipation.
This is exactly what he wanted to see: Ye Fan would break through to the Four Extremities Realm without Jiang Taixu's help. He wanted to see what kind of backup plan the Ruthless Great Emperor had left for Ye Fan!
"So we'll just wait here?" Tu Fei asked.
"Anyway, we'll know the result in just a few days. Even if Ye Fan needs to consolidate his cultivation inside, it will only take a month or two at most. Just wait!" As Zhou Tong spoke, he sat down cross-legged and took out a drop of Dragon Marrow.
"Holy crap, top-grade Dragon Marrow? You have such a good thing? This stuff costs hundreds of jin of Source to buy just one drop. Many old cultivators spend their entire lives to prolong their lives, and you're actually using it for cultivation?" Tu Fei was shocked.
"I told you, there are many things you haven't seen before! Dragon Marrow is the best aid for cultivation in the Dragon Transformation Realm. Using it to prolong life is the stupidest thing to do!" Zhou Tong said calmly, then swallowed the top-grade Dragon Marrow and slowly refined it.
The profound laws contained within the Dragon Marrow rapidly merged into Zhou Tong's body, and gradually Zhou Tong entered a state of cultivation. His blood and qi surged, and accompanied by the fluttering of crystal petals, a Great Dragon on his back seemed to be about to fly out, with bursts of dragon roars emanating from it.
"What ancient scripture is he cultivating that produces such strange phenomena?" Tu Fei was very surprised as he watched Zhou Tong's cultivation. This phenomenon of petals fluttering around was not like an ancient scripture cultivated by someone as fierce as him!
"Could he be cultivating an ancient scripture created by a woman? But which of the Great Emperor throughout history has been a woman? Could it be the Queen Mother of the West? Did this guy really seduce the fairies of Jade Pool?" Tu Fei drifted further and further. "Speaking of which, how exactly did he obtain the scripture guide for the ' Empress West Scripture '?"
"That's right, he definitely seduced the fairies of Jade Pool, but he never admits which one it was!"
"Hmph, Princess Yan of the Demon Clan race and the fairy of Jade Pool, this guy always pretends to be serious in front of me, turns out he's one of us."
Tu Fei looked at Zhou Tong with a cunning gaze, as if to say, "I've seen through you."