Thousand Spirit Fruit
Flying high in the sky, watching the black area on the ground gradually disappear, Lin Ming didn't look back and struggled forward.
After a day of flying, Lin Ming and Zi Yan landed. There was nothing urgent on their way back to Huizhou, so Lin Ming didn't have much time to spare. Of course, when he got tired of flying, he went down to the ground to rest.
After landing on a mountaintop, Lin Ming took out food and started cooking.
When they came to the Jia Nan Academy from their family, they traveled on Flying Magical Beast, which took more than a month. Now, although flying back with Zi Yan is faster, it still won't take them more than a few days or ten days.
Moreover, with Zi Yan, a big eater, present, and thanks to Lin Ming's excellent cooking skills, Zi Yan's appetite was quite astonishing.
Therefore, Lin Ming still prepared a lot of food in his Storage Ring. Even though he was on a long journey, he couldn't skimp on himself.
"Lin Ming, you keep roasting them. There's a medicinal scent over there. I'll go check it out and be right back." After landing, Zi Yan's nose twitched. The scent of precious medicinal herbs filled the air, making Zi Yan instinctively want to collect them. As a result, after saying that, Zi Yan disappeared without a trace.
Seeing Zi Yan disappear in an instant, Lin Ming shook his head helplessly. Zi Yan's talent for sensing treasures had already come in very handy. So much so that after seeing Zi Yan disappear from sight, Lin Ming didn't pay much attention to her and began to prepare dinner.
Zi Yan's current strength has reached the level of a peak Dou Wang, and coupled with her royal bloodline as a member of the Ancient Void Dragon, her talent is also among the top in this world.
Such Zi Yan could easily crush a weaker Dou Emperor Expert.
While in the Inner Academy, Zi Yan also collected many medicinal herbs, and Lin Ming Zi Yan couldn't compare to her in terms of processing them.
He is not as strong or experienced as Zi Yan, and since Zi Yan's location is not far away, he can arrive in time even if something happens.
Therefore, considering all these factors, Lin Ming wasn't too worried about Zi Yan's departure. He just needed to focus on preparing dinner for tonight, so they could have a proper meal when Zi Yan returned.
In this world, Storage Ring are practically in a vacuum, so the things stored inside are almost identical to when Lin Ming first put them in; they remain as fresh as they were when he took them out.
Lin Ming quickly prepared the food he would be eating that evening, then placed it on the grill to bake.
"Haha, Lin Ming, look what I picked!" Zi Yan's excited voice came over while Lin Ming was still roasting.
"Thousand Spirit Fruit!" Lin Ming exclaimed with delight as he watched Zi Yan shake the azure-colored fruit in her hand.
When Lin Ming left his family, Master Toso gave Lin Ming some pill formulas. Among them, the highest-level pill formula was the Spirit Dou Pill, which reached the Fifth Grade Peak.
Previously, Lin Ming hadn't collected the ingredients for the Spirit Dou Pill because he wasn't strong enough.
Now he is about to return to his family. After being away from his family for so many years, Lin Ming was provided with many resources when he left, so that Lin Ming hardly had to worry about resources at the Jia Nan Academy.
Now that he was going back to his family, Lin Ming thought about refining the Spirit Dou Pill for Grandpa Liu, the Clan Leader, and Master Toso.
Of course, now that his alchemy skills have reached the Fifth Grade for two years, and his cultivation has also reached the Dou Ling Peak, Lin Ming will be able to use Spirit Dou Pill after advancing to Dou Wang, allowing him to increase his cultivation by one star without any side effects when he becomes Dou Wang.
After this period of collection, all the other materials for the Spirit Dou Pill have been prepared, except for the Thousand Spirit Fruit, the main ingredient. That's why Lin Ming is so surprised and delighted now that Zi Yan is happily shaking the Thousand Spirit Fruit.
Seeing Lin Ming's equally delighted expression, Zi Yan happily skipped over.
As soon as Zi Yan landed, she sensed that the treasure was the Thousand Spirit Fruit. That's why she left so hastily earlier, wanting to bring the Thousand Spirit Fruit to Lin Ming and give Lin Ming a surprise. And now, Lin Ming's expression was indeed full of surprise, which made Zi Yan's imagination come true, and she was naturally very happy.
"By the way, Zi Yan, what kind of dangerous place did the Thousand Spirit Fruit you picked grow in?" Lin Ming asked at this moment.
Almost all natural treasures are fraught with danger. They are either trapped by natural environments or guarded by Magical Beasts. But now, Zi Yan has picked the Thousand Spirit Fruit so quickly, and Lin Ming didn't even hear a sound. This means that Zi Yan picked the Thousand Spirit Fruit without fighting.
If a treasure like the Thousand Spirit Fruit is guarded by Magical Beasts, the chances are extremely high that the guarding Magical Beasts is Tier 5 Magical Beast.
After all, the Thousand Spirit Fruit is the main ingredient for refining the Spirit Dou Pill, and the Spirit Dou Pill is used to enhance the cultivation of Dou Wang. The Magical Beasts corresponding to Dou Wang is Tier 5 Magical Beast.
Those Tier 6 Magical Beast require higher-tier treasures, and Magical Beasts below the Fifth Order simply cannot guard them. Therefore, the Thousand Spirit Fruit, which is guarded by Magical Beasts, is usually guarded by Tier 5 Magical Beast Magical Beasts.
While Tier 5 Magical Beast posed no real threat to Zi Yan, it was impossible for her to force an invader to abandon the Spiritual Fruit she was guarding without a fight.
However, Zi Yan's journey was extremely fast, and Lin Ming didn't hear any fighting sounds, which led him to ask what kind of dangerous place the Thousand Spirit Fruit grew in. With such a harsh environment protecting it, it's understandable that there were no Magical Beasts.
"A dangerous place? It's not really a dangerous place! It's on that mountain peak over there." Zi Yan looked at Lin Ming, wondering why he asked that. But she still replied.
Upon hearing Zi Yan's reply, Lin Ming fell into deep thought.
"I'm hungry, how much longer until I can eat?" Zi Yan interrupted Lin Ming was deep in thought, as she approached Lin Ming. She then tossed Lin Ming the Thousand Spirit Fruit.
"They'll be ripe soon." Lin Ming said, taking the Thousand Spirit Fruit and looking at it. He then took out a wooden box from his Storage Ring, put the Thousand Spirit Fruit inside, and put it back into his Storage Ring.
Watching the sizzling, fragrant grilled meat, Zi Yan licked her lips and her throat bobbed involuntarily.
"Alright, that's about enough." Seeing Zi Yan's greedy look, Lin Ming said with a smile.
Hearing Lin Ming say it was time to eat, Zi Yan's mouth, already Zi Yan with anticipation, grabbed the grilled meat in one swift motion. The temperature of the meat was practically the same as room temperature to Zi Yan.
Picking up the grilled meat, Zi Yan involuntarily swallowed again as she smelled the aroma. However, Zi Yan didn't eat it right away. Instead, she tore off a piece of meat from a leg and gave it to Lin Ming before diving into the grilled meat and eating it with satisfaction.
Seeing Zi Yan eating with a satisfied expression, Lin Ming was naturally quite pleased. Afterwards, Lin Ming also brought the roasted meat to his mouth to reward himself.
"No! Zi Yan, get out of the way!" Lin Ming shouted, throwing the roasted leg meat in his hand forward.