Little Red Fruit

Little Red Fruit

The students' excitement quickly faded.

Grrr!!

No one knew whose stomach had suddenly growled, and someone immediately laughed awkwardly. But no one mocked them. Eating, drinking, relieving oneself, and sleeping were, after all, what took up the most time in life. Some people promptly moved farther away to take care of their business.

"Little Tyrant, what do we do?" Zhou Yi looked at Zhou Tong. "Even if you say our life force will drain away here, it's no use. Everyone's exhausted—we can barely even walk."

Since the class reunion, they had started climbing Mount Tai early in the morning and climbed all day. Then they had gone through the incident of the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, followed by a full eight or nine hours of walking along the Ancient Starry Road.

Everyone was exhausted and starving.

"Those with food, take it out. I'll look nearby for water and fruit!" Zhou Tong fell silent for a moment before speaking directly.

"I'll go with you!" Ye Fan and Pang Bo immediately volunteered.

Zhou Tong nodded. He had been waiting for Ye Fan to speak; if Ye Fan had not, he would have taken the initiative himself.

On the Ruthless Great Emperor's territory, as long as he stuck with Ye Fan, there probably would not be much danger.

After walking several dozen meters, Zhou Tong suddenly pointed into the distance. "Look, there's a spring pool over there!"

In an open space surrounded by vines as thick as buckets lay a spring pool about one square meter in size. Spring water bubbled forth, like sweet nectar and divine dew.

Beside the spring pool stood thirteen half-meter-tall little trees.

Their leaves were broad and lush, shaped like human palms, making the trees look like thirteen little people with many hands standing there. At the top of each tree grew a tiny crimson fruit. They looked like cherries, but were much larger, about the size of eggs.

As the three approached, they smelled an incomparably rich fruit fragrance from far away.

"What kind of fruit is this? It smells amazing. It isn't poisonous, is it?" Pang Bo stared at one of the fruits, practically drooling.

Ye Fan also instinctively looked toward Zhou Tong, as though waiting for his answer.

Zhou Tong casually plucked a fruit. "This is a supreme treasure. Eat it quickly—it can transform your body and remake your bones!"

As he spoke, he picked another fruit, gestured for Ye Fan to pick one as well, and stuffed it straight into his mouth.

At once, Zhou Tong felt a rich, fragrant aroma rush into his five viscera and six bowels, spreading throughout his entire body.

"This is... several marks on my Life Wheel have disappeared!" The moment Zhou Tong swallowed the fruit, he immediately felt its potent medicinal effect.

He could sense that five marks on his Life Wheel had vanished at once.

Of the original twenty-five marks, five had disappeared, leaving only twenty.

"As expected of a part of an Immortal Divine Medicine. What incredible medicinal power!" Zhou Tong was thrilled. The fewer marks on his Life Wheel, the greater his potential!

"Keep eating!" Zhou Tong picked a second fruit and swallowed it.

On the other side, Ye Fan and Pang Bo quickly began eating as well.

The fruit was simply too delicious. The more they ate, the more they wanted, and the more they ate, the more energetic they became. In only a short while, all the fruit on the trees had gone into the three men's stomachs.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo each ate four, while Zhou Tong ate one more than them, a total of five.

After swallowing those five fruits, Zhou Tong felt utterly clear and pure, as if he were about to ascend. Looking inward at the Life Wheel within his Wheel Sea, it was crystal-clear and flawless, without the slightest mark. At that moment, he was like a newborn infant—pure and radiant.

"Ah, I almost forgot. We should have brought some back for Yiyi, Zhang Ziling, and the others!" Only after finishing did Ye Fan suddenly realize.

"They must be starving too!" Pang Bo slapped his forehead and shook his head. "No helping it. These fruits were just too good. We forgot while eating!"

"What's done is done. There's still water here!" Zhou Tong had already crouched down. He extended his right hand into the Divine Spring, and a crystalline divine ring instantly appeared in his palm.

While Ye Fan and Pang Bo were not paying attention, Zhou Tong began using the power of his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings to absorb the Divine Spring water.

Within the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, Divine Spring water flowed continuously. Before long, a small pool half a meter wide and half a meter deep had formed inside. Surging Life Essence began filling the entire interior of the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.

The White Tiger Divine Medicine suddenly transformed into a little white tiger. With its round little head and pink nose, it kept sniffing the air. Then, as if it had discovered something, it immediately turned into a streak of white light and appeared beside the Divine Spring, taking root nearby.

The White Tiger Divine Medicine stretched out its branches and leaves. Every leaf shone with crystalline radiance and carried swirling patterns, resembling tiny white tigers. At the same time, an incomparably powerful essence of life overflowed from the leaves, making Zhou Tong feel as though he were about to ascend. The entire Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings became much brighter.

"Incredible. As expected of an Immortal Divine Medicine. This fluctuation alone is extraordinary!" Zhou Tong slowly withdrew his hand. He had already taken nearly one-fifth of the Divine Spring. If he kept taking more, the Ruthless Great Emperor might come looking for trouble.

Afterward, Zhou Tong examined his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings again and calculated in secret. "This Divine Spring water is enough for the White Tiger Divine Medicine to absorb for two thousand years. For the time being, I won't need to worry about nutrients for the White Tiger Divine Medicine."

Just then, after Ye Fan and Pang Bo had drunk their fill, they looked at Zhou Tong and asked, "Zhou Tong, what's so special about this spring water? We don't seem to feel anything."

Zhou Tong rolled his eyes at them and said blandly, "Obviously. You haven't begun cultivating yet, so naturally you can't sense the mysteries of this Divine Spring water. It contains an enormous amount of Life Essence. Didn't I say that life force would drain away here? One sip of this Divine Spring water is enough to let you hold out for another day!"

"Really?" Pang Bo's face lit up. He immediately dumped out all the bottled water beside him and began filling the bottles with Divine Spring water.

"Fill up some Divine Spring water and bring it back for them to drink too. At least it can replenish some of their drained life force!" As Zhou Tong spoke, he bent down and began drinking as well.

Previously, he had only stored the Divine Spring water within his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings. Now was when he needed it himself.

Zhou Tong drank roughly a liter of Divine Spring water, then immediately circulated his scripture and began refining it. At once, an enormous amount of Life Essence rapidly transformed into Zhou Tong's divine power.

This divine power was extremely potent, but Zhou Tong did not use it to break through into the Dao Palace Realm. Instead, he poured all of it into the Reincarnation Mirror. Then he once again turned the Reincarnation Mirror toward the White Tiger Divine Medicine.

"Your incarnation before last, the one before that... tracing back to the source, White Tiger Immortal King, appear!" Zhou Tong silently chanted.

The images on the Reincarnation Mirror flickered continuously, countless scenes emerging within it.

Like the River of Time, everything was flowing backward, spanning ten million years in an instant.

Finally, a tall and majestic figure appeared upon the Reincarnation Mirror.