Mu Yuan said nothing.
Abruptly.
Mu Yuan moved in an instant, wrapped in violent Golden Spiritual Energy like a blazing sun as he shot toward the Earth Spirit Tree.
Before anyone could react, he had already plucked all ten Earth Spirit Fruits.
After all, the Earth Spirit Fruits were ripe. Wasn't it easy to pick them?
Leave some room for others so they could meet again someday?
That was all bullshit.
Young Master Du Long and Qing Fu were perfect examples.
Did they think that because he looked approachable, he would be easy to talk to?
Heh.
Mu Yuan had not forgotten the contempt and self-righteousness in those people's eyes when Nie Daoqun first swung his blade at him.
As though he deserved to die.
Mu Yuan had just witnessed the cruelty of the Great Thousand World.
It was even crueler than he had imagined.
Strength had always been supreme. The strong took everything!
Besides, he had obtained these through his own strength, openly and honestly. He had neither stolen nor robbed them, so why should he share them with others?
"You..."
Liu Tairong, Wang Kangping, Yuan Xueyang, and the others stared at Mu Yuan, their eyes practically spewing fire.
The next moment, Mu Yuan was already back at Liu Wan'er's side.
"Let's go."
Mu Yuan spoke indifferently, directly ignoring their fury.
If they were dissatisfied, they could make a move.
Yet not a single person dared to.
They were not fools. They knew their lives were more valuable.
Mu Yuan's swordsmanship was too fast, too ruthless, and too strange.
Nie Daoqun and Young Master Du Long's fates were clearly before their eyes.
They had already submitted to Young Master Du Long before. Now, the target had merely changed to Mu Yuan.
Thus, apart from their heavy breathing and bloodshot eyes, they made not the slightest movement.
They could only watch helplessly as Mu Yuan, Liu Wan'er, and Li Lang left the valley.
An hour later, in a forest somewhere on the outskirts of the Northern Spiritual Plains.
Mu Yuan gave Liu Wan'er an Earth Spirit Fruit.
Liu Wan'er was truly happy and grateful, feeling as blissful as if she were dreaming.
Other than bringing Mu Yuan to Earth Spirit Valley, she had done nothing else, yet she had received an Earth Spirit Fruit.
According to the rules of the challenge, even if she gave it everything she had, she might only have obtained half a fruit. She had already made an enormous profit.
"Young Master Mu, this is the mercenary token of our Mercenary Realm. With it, you can freely enter and leave the Mercenary Realm. You are welcome to visit us in the Mercenary Realm."
When Liu Wan'er said this, her pretty face flushed slightly.
This was the first time she had proactively invited a young man of her generation to the Mercenary Realm.
"Alright."
Mu Yuan accepted the mercenary token.
Li Lang also looked at Mu Yuan earnestly and said:
"Young Master Mu, please forgive my earlier disrespectful words. I was narrow-minded!"
"No matter."
Mu Yuan waved his hand, then quickly vanished from Liu Wan'er and Li Lang's sight.
He needed to find a place to refine and absorb the Earth Spirit Fruits.
Although Earth Spirit Fruits could be preserved for a long time if properly stored,
it was better to refine and absorb them early to avoid any accidents.
Soon, Mu Yuan found an abandoned cave.
After ensuring the surrounding area was safe, Mu Yuan entered it, swallowed the first Earth Spirit Fruit, and immediately circulated the God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force to refine it.
At the same time.
On the western side of the Northern Spiritual Plains, more than a dozen figures were searching vigilantly.
After all, the item Blood Butcher had stolen this time was extremely important to the Liu Domain.
Thus, Liu Mu Bai was among them. Given his status and strength, he was clearly qualified to lead the group himself.
This search continued for about half an hour when a buzzing sound suddenly came from ahead. It was the signal sent by the Liu Domain's men.
"Found him! Go!"
Liu Mu Bai's eyes lit up. With a wave of his hand, he was the first to shoot forward.
However, a blood-covered Liu Domain man soon staggered toward them in a miserable state.
That man told Liu Mu Bai that Blood Butcher had fled north.
"North?"
Liu Mu Bai's gaze flickered slightly as he said:
"Wait a while before notifying Third Uncle."
"Big Brother? Why are we still waiting?"
Liu Yang was deeply puzzled. What if Blood Butcher escaped if they waited any longer?
"He won't escape. Blood Butcher is a trapped beast now, and he will die sooner or later. But before he dies, it would be good to let him vent on some unlucky people."
Liu Mu Bai smiled faintly.
"Big Brother means?"
Liu Yang froze.
"That Mu Yuan is very cunning. Our men lost track of him. But Mu Chen is in that direction."
"Blood Butcher is extremely lustful, and Tang Qian'er, such a little beauty, is accompanying Mu Chen, so..."
Liu Mu Bai chuckled softly, though his smile was filled with chilling coldness.
"Ha ha!"
Upon hearing this, excitement immediately flashed through Liu Yang's eyes.
"Big Brother has thought this through. If Mu Chen dies at Blood Butcher's hands, he can only blame his own bad luck!"
He knew just how cruel Blood Butcher was. If Mu Chen fell into his hands, he would certainly suffer a fate worse than death.
Liu Mu Bai merely smiled. Looking north, he muttered:
"Mu Yuan, since I can't find you, I'll have to start with your younger brother. Mu Chen simply lacks the fortune for it. Everything is your fault..."
Two hours later,
inside the silent, ink-black cave.
Mu Yuan opened his eyes. They were like twin bolts of lightning, directly tearing through the ink-black silence.
At the same time, a powerful spiritual energy aura swept out from Mu Yuan's body, surging and rising.
In merely three to five breaths,
Mu Yuan's spiritual energy cultivation rose from the middle stage of the Spiritual Movement Realm to the late stage of the Spiritual Movement Realm before finally stopping.
Yet there was no joy on Mu Yuan's face. Instead, he wore a bitter smile.
He had refined a full nine Earth Spirit Fruits, yet they had only condensed two Dragon Elephant phantoms in total, and the sixth void aperture was only two-thirds filled with spiritual energy.
For anyone else, Liu Wan'er, for example, a single Earth Spirit Fruit would have been enough to raise her cultivation from the peak of the early Spirit Wheel Realm to the peak of the middle Spirit Wheel Realm.
If all nine Earth Spirit Fruits were refined, they would be enough to raise an early Spirit Wheel Realm expert to the late Spirit Wheel Realm.
Cultivating the God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force truly consumed too many resources.
Especially since the spiritual energy required to condense the next Dragon Elephant phantom was twice that of the previous one.
This reminded Mu Yuan of the story from his previous life about placing rice grains on the sixty-four squares of a chessboard.
Assuming one kilogram of rice equaled 65,536 grains, filling all sixty-four squares would require 281.4 billion tons of rice.
It seemed even spending money like crazy would not be enough.
Fortunately, this was the Great Thousand World.
For cultivators below the Divine Spirit Realm, Earth Spirit Fruits were extremely precious Natural Treasures.
However, Natural Treasures more powerful than Earth Spirit Fruits were as numerous as the hairs on an ox in the Great Thousand World.
For example, a single drop of Supreme Spiritual Liquid, which only Supreme experts could condense, contained spiritual energy that could not be measured by any number of Earth Spirit Fruits.
Of course, with Mu Yuan's current cultivation, a single drop of Supreme Spiritual Liquid would make him explode.
"If I strike with my full strength now, my power should rival that of a late Spirit Wheel Realm expert."
Rivaling a late Spirit Wheel Realm expert did not mean Mu Yuan could kill one.
Even if Mu Yuan triggered Sword Drawing Art: Steel Sever.
It was like a young man using a wooden sword to chop at a burly man. Even if the other party did not defend himself, the young man could not possibly kill him.
If the power was insufficient, even hitting the opponent was useless.
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