Jiangnan Base City was roughly three thousand kilometers from Australia. An ordinary First Order Planetary Level martialist could fly at around six to eight hundred meters per second, while Yue Ming's flying speed exceeded two thousand meters per second. He reached Australia in less than half an hour by flying through the air.
The main reason was that he occasionally encountered flying monster beasts while soaring through the sky. Dealing with those aerial monsters blocking his path had wasted quite a bit of time. Otherwise, at Yue Ming's speed, he could have reached Australia in twenty-five minutes at most.
"Looks like the Chat Group Mall doesn't accept living creatures..."
Yue Ming wanted to test whether the Chat Group Mall accepted living creatures, so he captured several monster beasts alive along the way. The Chat Group Mall rejected them, proving that it did not accept living creatures. He just did not know whether it accepted monster carcasses.
So Yue Ming killed the monster beasts instead. This time, the Chat Group Mall accepted them, but the points were pitifully few. That completely extinguished Yue Ming's thoughts of earning points by killing monster beasts.
Since the original story never mentioned Mist Island's exact location, he could only search for it slowly himself. After flying for some distance, Yue Ming discovered that Australia was crawling with monster beasts. Lord-level Monsters were everywhere, and even King-level Monsters were not particularly rare.
The number of flying monster beasts here was even more astonishing. While flying over Australia, he was frequently attacked by aerial monsters. Fortunately, most were only Beast General Level monsters, with just a small number of Lord-level flying monsters. Yue Ming dealt with them effortlessly.
"This should be Mist Island!"
After searching for a full two hours, Yue Ming finally found the lake described in the original story. It spanned a hundred li in every direction, its vast waters thick with aquatic plants. From time to time, monster roars echoed up from the lakebed.
An island stood at the center of the lake. It was not particularly large, but endless dense fog shrouded it. Without a doubt, this was Mist Island. There was only one such strange place in all of Australia, and it matched the original story's description of Mist Island.
Without any hesitation, Yue Ming descended from the sky and landed on the island. Once he touched down, he found the island lush with trees, vivid flowers, and tangled thornbushes, like a primeval forest. The entire island brimmed with vitality, yet strangely, there was not a single living creature on it.
Yue Ming moved forward step by step, searching for Spirits of Plants and Trees. But after traveling less than a thousand meters, a blur suddenly shot out from the flowers at his side.
On closer inspection, it was a pink flower. The pink blossom abruptly swelled and bloomed, like a giant beast opening its bloody maw. It descended from above and swallowed toward Yue Ming, seemingly intending to devour him whole.
Yue Ming remained composed, without the slightest panic. He raised his hand and threw a punch, Gene Source Energy erupting forth. Before the Man-eating Flower could descend, the terrifying force crushed it to pieces!
Yue Ming did not even turn around for a glance and simply continued onward. Before long, he arrived at a grassy clearing, where nine towering trees stood in the center.
"Spirits of Plants and Trees!"
Those nine towering trees were the nine Willow Trees Luo Feng had encountered in the original story. They were enormous. Even the thinnest Willow Tree had a diameter of around one meter, while the stoutest one reached three meters across.
There was no unified explanation for the origins of Spirits of Plants and Trees. Some said they were born from special mutations, while others claimed they evolved after absorbing special natural energy from the universe. In short, opinions varied, and no conclusion had ever been universally accepted.
However, one thing was certain: the Spirits of Plants and Trees on Mist Island had been cultivated by Bebeth using Wood Tooth Crystals. Furthermore, once ordinary plants evolved into Spirits of Plants and Trees, they generally would not attack first unless someone actively provoked them.
It took Yue Ming one minute to harvest the nine Spirits of Plants and Trees, after which he began searching for more. Over the course of the next day, he explored all of Mist Island and harvested every Spirit of Plants and Trees on it, for a total of one hundred and seventy-eight.
The reason it took an entire day was that Spirits of Plants and Trees only attacked people when they drew close. From a distance, they looked almost identical to ordinary trees. Without some special sensory ability, it was difficult to discover them without approaching.
"I wonder whether Bebeth noticed me?"
Yue Ming thought about it curiously. Unfortunately, he was not a Mental Master, so Bebeth certainly would not be willing to give him Meteor Star's inheritance. Unless he could comprehend even a trace of the Origin Laws, he might be able to draw Bebeth's attention.
After all, Hong had long since comprehended a Domain. If Bebeth had been willing to accept martialists, he would have recruited Hong into Meteor Star long ago. Do not say Bebeth did not know about Hong. Even the bald intelligent AI at Ruins No. 9 could monitor Earth at all times. As a higher-grade intelligent lifeform, could Bebeth possibly be inferior to an ordinary AI?
"Forget it. It's time to go!"
Although he felt somewhat regretful about being unable to obtain Meteor Star's inheritance, when all was said and done, Meteor Star's inheritance was merely that—a common immortal marquis-level inheritance.
Moreover, what Hu Yanbo had left behind was an inheritance for Mental Masters. The inheritances of Meteor Star's martialist branch had all been left behind by Hu Yanbo's Soul Slaves, and they were all the most ordinary immortal inheritances.
Those immortal inheritances might have been somewhat useful on Earth, but once he entered the universe, he would have plenty of opportunities to acquire stronger Martialist Secret Technique inheritances.
As Yue Ming left Mist Island, deep ten thousand meters beneath it, inside a pitch-black spacecraft, dazzling light shone down from high above a spacious hall and gradually gathered into a figure.
It was a virtual figure around one meter forty-five tall, with two horns on its forehead, blood-red eyes, and a black robe. It was currently watching a three-dimensional projection in the hall, which showed Yue Ming preparing to leave Mist Island after harvesting the Spirits of Plants and Trees.
"What a greedy human! He actually stole every Spirit of Plants and Trees cultivated by the great demon Bebeth. I'm furious! Still, his Brain Domain Width is very high. What a pity he isn't a Mental Master..."
In truth, Bebeth had known the moment Yue Ming arrived on Mist Island. Bebeth simply had not expected Yue Ming to be so greedy that he would harvest every Spirit of Plants and Trees on the island. This infuriated Bebeth. After all, every Spirit of Plants and Trees on Mist Island had been cultivated using Wood Tooth Crystals.
"Fifty thousand years... Master, you have been dead for fifty thousand years already. I will definitely follow your instructions and cultivate an outstanding disciple for you!"
When Bebeth spoke of Hu Yanbo, its tone turned low and sorrowful. Its eyes filled with grief as it looked toward the center of the hall, where a Crystal Coffin rested. Inside the Crystal Coffin lay a corpse—Hu Yanbo himself.
Bebeth quickly composed itself, then took out another handful of Wood Tooth Crystals and tossed them out. Yue Ming had harvested all the Spirits of Plants and Trees on the island, so it could only cultivate a new batch.
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