Chen Lin walked over to the glowing leaves and plucked one.
After examining it, he asked, "These leaves can strengthen the body?"
From his questions earlier, he had learned that this tree was called a bone-corroding tree. Crushing and eating its leaves caused pain like bones being eaten away, but as long as one could endure it, they could greatly strengthen the physique.
Even without practicing a body refining technique, one could gain strength beyond that of ordinary people.
It was truly remarkable.
The older the tree, the more effective its leaves became. Once it reached a certain age, it would flower and bear fruit, which had an even stronger body-tempering effect.
The people here were so tall and burly precisely because they used these leaves to temper their bodies.
The white-browed elder sent the others back to the village to spread the news, while he followed behind Chen Lin.
Hearing his question, he replied, "Immortal Superior, they do have some effect, but our tribe's bone-corroding trees are all quite young, so their effects are limited. If you need them, I still have some leaves from a hundred-year-old tree that I can offer you."
Chen Lin grew deeply interested. Looking at the elder, he asked, "Oh? Since you have hundred-year-old leaves, there must be hundred-year-old bone-corroding trees. Where are they?"
A hundred-year-old tree would bear fruit, and those fruits might aid his Diamond Body-Refining Technique.
The elder hesitated before saying, "To tell you the truth, Immortal Superior, several thousand li southwest of here stands a great mountain that spouts fire all year round, called Flame Mountain. There are many bone-corroding trees there-not just hundred-year-old ones, but even thousand-year-old ones. However, the mountain is home to many powerful strange beasts, so no one dares venture deep inside. We only send people