A moment later.
As the Immortal Light gradually faded, only a faint glow remained on the Xianyuan Fruit. Ning Wangshu took a deep breath, excitement rising as he reached out and carefully plucked it from the tree.
Then he immediately took a jade box made from Supreme Jade Marrow out of his Storage Ring and placed the fruit inside.
Only then did Ning Wangshu finally let out a long breath. He looked at the Xianyuan Fruit resting quietly in the box, a smile appearing on his face.
"Waiting for over a month and spending nearly eighty thousand Supreme-grade Spirit Stones wasn't for nothing! It finally ripened before the Immortal Mansion closes!"
Ning Wangshu looked delighted.
He quickly closed the jade box and put it back in his Storage Ring.
Then he looked around. The Spirit Gathering Formation was still drawing in the rich Spiritual Qi gushing from the spring.
However, now that the Xianyuan Fruit had ripened, the Spiritual Qi it gathered was clearly less intense than before, and the Xianyuan Fruit Tree was no longer absorbing Spiritual Qi at such an astonishing rate.
"It's time to leave!"
Ning Wangshu looked back at the Xianyuan Fruit Tree beside him. "As for this tree... according to the information in that Jade Slip, after it bears fruit and the fruit ripens, it'll need at least a thousand years before it bears fruit again."
"Besides, there's no Immortal Qi in the world anymore, and even Spiritual Qi is incredibly scarce. By the time it bears fruit again, who knows how many years it'll take for the fruit to ripen?"
"The master of this Immortal Mansion waited for ten thousand years and still didn't live to see the Xianyuan Fruit ripen. Countless years passed after that, and it's only now that the fruit has