Hearing this, Xu Chunniang raised her head and looked at the Mystic Wood Fruit atop the Mystic Wood Tree.
The palm-sized fruit looked utterly ordinary, with nothing remarkable about it.
Yet such a tiny fruit was a treasure people in the outside world fought tooth and nail over.
But in Taoyuan Village, Mystic Wood Fruits hung openly from the branches like mere decorations.
Did the villagers not know how precious these wood fruits were, or did they know and simply not care?
Xu Chunniang suddenly smiled and nodded at everyone.
"Alright, then I'll pick a Mystic Wood Fruit and take it with me."
As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves and began climbing the towering Mystic Wood Tree.
The Mystic Wood Tree was exceptionally sturdy. Its trunk was so thick that even dozens of people joining hands could not encircle it.
Its body was lush with branches and leaves, its limbs tangled and intertwined like a tiny world of their own.
Looking down through the scattered foliage, she could still see the people beneath the tree gazing up at her, some encouraging, some worried.
"Keep climbing. Be careful not to fall."
"If you're scared, don't look down."
Xu Chunniang nodded, gripping the branches tightly with both hands as she climbed upward in steady, powerful movements.
After climbing for several hours, she finally reached the crown of the Mystic Wood Tree. The Mystic Wood Fruit was within arm's reach.
The closer she came to success, the more cautious Xu Chunniang became. In Taoyuan Village, she was no different from an ordinary mortal. If she fell from such a height, she could very well be killed.
After resting for a moment, she pulled over a long, slender branch and tied it securely around herself. Holding the branch with one hand, she