Bang!
The ferocious Primordial World beasts were pathetically weak in Xie Fang's hands. With his current cultivation at the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler as his true form, there were probably no more than five beings in the Primordial World who could overpower him.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for killing the Three-Eyed Demonic Wolf. Experience Points +500."
Hearing the system notification, Xie Fang couldn't help curling his lip.
"Most of the beasts in this area can no longer meet my needs for leveling up. Going from the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm to the Quasi-Saint realm will require hundreds of billions of Experience Points, and I'll also need an Innate Treasure to sever a corpse."
After thinking it over for a moment, Xie Fang decided to leave the area.
After thousands of years of frenzied Slaughter, he had nearly wiped out every beast in the region. But as his cultivation level increased, these beasts had gradually stopped providing enough Experience Points for him to level up.
If he kept hiding here and developing in secret, there would be little point to it. He might as well explore the magnificent landscapes of the Primordial World!
Besides, the Primordial World was full of treasures!
The most famous place was Buzhou Mountain!
From what Xie Fang remembered, Buzhou Mountain was home to countless rare treasures and tremendous opportunities. It also had an Innate Gourd Vine!
The Innate Gourd Vine was one of the Ten Great Spiritual Roots. It grew on Buzhou Mountain and bore seven Innate Gourds.
Any one of those seven gourds would be enough to make people covet it. Since he now had the opportunity and the time, he naturally had to see if he could claim those treasures first!
With that thought, Xie Fang departed without a hint of reluctance. With a single thought, space tore open; one step carried him tens of millions of miles!
At the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level, one could already roam freely through the void for tens of thousands of miles. With his cultivation at the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, Xie Fang had naturally grown even more adept at traversing the void.
However, the Primordial World was vast and boundless, stretching on without end. Even with his cultivation at the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, Xie Fang would probably need a thousand years to reach Buzhou Mountain!
Xie Fang wasn't in any hurry. His reasons for entering the Primordial World were to seek treasures and improve his cultivation, but also to experience the world. This journey would serve as a chance to travel through it.
Along the way, whenever he encountered a beast that caught his eye, he would split it in two with a swing of his ruler, turning it into Experience Points.
As for those with low cultivation, they weren't even worthy of making Xie Fang lift a hand!
One day, Xie Fang sensed something and looked up. Two beasts were fighting!
One of them was covered in spines, with a horn atop its head and a mouthful of fangs. It looked hideous!
Its opponent was a burly Demonic Ape.
Both beasts had cultivation at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level. Their battle shattered mountains, broke rivers, and twisted space and time!
"Two beasts at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level. You don't come across those often. Looks like I've caught them at just the right time..."
Xie Fang smiled slightly, then raised a hand. A Golden Ruler Shadow appeared in his grasp, and as Mysterious Yellow Qi poured into it, its killing aura shook the heavens!
His actions immediately drew the attention of both beasts.
"Roar—"
With a deafening bellow, the burly Demonic Ape fixed its vicious gaze on Xie Fang. His actions had just now seriously provoked it!
Xie Fang didn't waste words. He swung the ruler shadow!
With his cultivation at the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, coupled with the supreme killing power of Primordial energy, a single strike split the earth apart and carved a deep ravine through the land.
The Demonic Ape slammed both fists into the ground and roared as it charged at Xie Fang. But before it could make a move, the ruler shadow swept across the sky and was already right above its head!
Splat—
With a muffled sound, the system's cold yet pleasant notification rang out in Xie Fang's mind.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for killing the Demonic Ape. Experience Points +380,000."
The beast that had been fighting the Demonic Ape was stunned!
What was going on? The Demonic Ape had just been fighting it evenly, all fierce and mighty. How had it been killed in the blink of an eye?
But it didn't stay stunned for long. A moment later, Xie Fang struck again, and another batch of Experience Points was added to his total!
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for killing the Unicorn Rhinoceros. Experience Points +378,000."
Along the way, Xie Fang traveled in fits and starts.
Two thousand years later, he finally caught sight of a towering mountain range rising between heaven and earth and reaching into the clouds.
Buzhou Mountain!
"Hmm?"
Just as Xie Fang was about to head for Buzhou Mountain, he suddenly detected a wave of formation energy in the distance. It vanished in an instant.
"Could there be a treasure?!"
Xie Fang immediately stopped. The cultivation system in the Primordial World was still underdeveloped, and most formations had come into being naturally.
There was a very good chance that a naturally formed formation like this concealed a great treasure!
With his current cultivation, refining such an innate formation would be much easier than before. But since he had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and could already tear through space, there was no need to go to all that trouble.
He simply tore open space and stepped into the formation!
"Hmm? Why does it smell so good in here?"
The moment Xie Fang entered the formation, a fragrant breeze wafted toward him. One breath was enough to leave him feeling refreshed.
At the same time, Xie Fang noticed that the fragrance had made his Primordial Spirit a little more solid.
"There's definitely something extraordinary in this formation!"
Xie Fang grew even more certain that the treasure within the formation had to be remarkable!
He wasted no time, following the source of the fragrance. In a quiet mountain valley, a fruit tree stood still, radiating rich Spiritual Qi and a fragrance that refreshed the spirit.
The tree stood several zhang tall, its branches hung with fruits the size of fists.
Each fruit was six or seven inches long and shaped like a baby. When Xie Fang looked at them, they actually smiled at him.
"Giggle, giggle, giggle—"
Their laughter rang like silver bells, and Xie Fang's heart stirred.
Its trunk was red and its leaves green. Little children grew on its branches, each six or seven inches long. When they saw people, they all laughed and waved their arms and legs, their heads attached to the branches. If one tried to pluck a branch, the little child would die.
These words suddenly appeared in his mind. By now, how could he possibly fail to guess the origins of the fruit tree before him?
The Ginseng Fruit Tree!
Ginseng Fruit, also known as the Grass-Reverting Elixir, bloomed once every three thousand years, bore fruit once every three thousand years, and took another three thousand years to ripen.
It took nine thousand years to produce thirty fruits. Each fruit looked like a child less than three months old, complete with all four limbs and five facial features.
Anyone with the fortune to smell one could live for three hundred and sixty years. Eating one would grant them a lifespan of forty-six thousand years!
Most importantly, this thing was one of the Ten Great Spiritual Roots!
"I haven't even set foot on Buzhou Mountain yet, and I've already found an Innate Spiritual Root. I'm way too lucky!"
Xie Fang stopped thinking and stepped forward, intending to take both the Ginseng Fruit and the Ginseng Fruit Tree. But just then, he noticed a scroll lying beside the tree.
Three large characters were carved on it.
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