Taking the Fall (1/3)

This time, no human or demon beast stood in Zhou Heng's way as he went to pick the Fire Essence Fruits. But he was in no hurry. Since that crested snake had said the Fire Essence Fruits were on the verge of ripening, it was better to wait a little longer.

As the saying went, ninety miles counted as halfway through a hundred-mile journey. What if they were just short of that final touch, yet their effects differed by one or twofold?

At most, he only had to wait a day.

Sure enough, half a day later, the two Fire Essence Fruits immediately changed. Their stalk withered in mere seconds, and the two fruits suddenly dropped from it.

Zhou Heng hurriedly caught them and stored them in his Spatial Artifact first. This cliff face was clearly not a good place to refine and absorb spirit fruits.

He continued climbing downward. Another half day later, he finally reached the canyon floor. It was still a land scorched by flames, yet Zhou Heng actually spotted several plants growing in lush abundance!

Unfortunately, most of these plants had no medicinal value. The only one capable of bearing a spirit fruit had only just blossomed; it would be quite some time before it bore fruit, let alone ripened.

If only Mu Tongtong were here. Her Elven Queen bloodline could rapidly catalyze the growth of spirit herbs.

He had not brought the immortal residence inside either, so he could only sigh at the sight of the spirit herbs. He simply could not take them out!

Standing where he was, he extinguished the flames on the ground with the Blood River Scripture, then continuously circulated his Spiritual Power to freeze the area. At the very least, the patch beneath his feet was temporarily no longer so