Rabbits Are So Cute

Lu Ye did not rush to consume the Barrier Breaking Fruit. He had no idea whether it was real or fake—how could he dare swallow it rashly?

Though his battle with Big Tiger had been brief, their clash in that instant had been perilous beyond measure. He had been injured. Earlier, he had been facing off against Big Tiger and had not had the time to inspect his wounds.

Only after removing his clothes did he discover that the flesh on his chest was a bloody mess. Several deep claw marks ran across his entire chest, and blood had long since dyed the clothing below it red.

Fortunately, he was no longer an ordinary mortal. During his standoff with Big Tiger, he had deliberately used Spiritual Power to seal the wounds, so the bleeding had not been too severe. The injuries merely looked rather gruesome.

He moved his limbs and bones, and after confirming that nothing was broken, he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they were only flesh wounds, they would be easier to handle.

He still had eight Healing Pills. Their healing effects were quite good.

Taking out the bottle containing the Healing Pills, Lu Ye poured one out and swallowed it. Then he took another, crushed it between his fingers, and evenly spread the powder over the wounds on his chest.

The pain made him bare his teeth and grimace.

After finishing all that, he put his clothes back on, sat cross-legged, and refined the medicinal power of the Healing Pill.

After a night passed, Lu Ye felt much better. The wounds had begun to heal and scab over. He would likely recover within a few days.

During that time, he finished off the Great Serpent he had not eaten earlier, replenishing his strength.

At daybreak, Lu Ye arrived at a water source several miles away. He easily caught a plump rabbit, then carried it by the ears back toward the cave.

A short while later, Lu Ye sat cross-legged in the cave, holding the Barrier Breaking Fruit in his hand. He took out his longsword and gently shaved off a piece of its flesh, then pried open the rabbit's mouth and stuffed it inside. He closed the rabbit's mouth again and shook it vigorously for a while.

Only after making sure the rabbit had eaten every last bit did Lu Ye release it. Perhaps it had been frightened too badly; it lay flat on the ground without moving at all.

Lu Ye ignored it. He blocked the cave entrance to make sure it could not escape, then began examining the several Storage Bags Yiyi had brought over. When Yiyi and Amber left yesterday, they had not taken these Storage Bags back, mainly because they had Restriction Locks and were of no use to them.

The Storage Bags were covered in dirt, as though they had been dug out of the ground.

Casually picking up one Storage Bag, Lu Ye channeled Spiritual Energy into it. However, he clearly sensed that his Spiritual Power could not enter the bag, blocked by a peculiar force.

That was a Restriction Lock. Every Storage Bag had its own Restriction Lock, and the key to unlock it was the Spiritual Power of the cultivator who owned it.

Lu Ye originally had three Storage Bags. One belonged to Steward Yang, one to Zhou Cheng, and one had been given to him by the Sect Master.

Although Steward Yang's had a Restriction Lock, before Steward Yang died, Lu Ye had opened it in order to take the sword from the Storage Bag. At the time, the situation had been urgent, and Steward Yang had neither the spare strength nor the mind to lock the Storage Bag again. Thus, everything inside had fallen into Lu Ye's hands.

The Sect Master had forcibly opened the Restriction Lock on Zhou Cheng's Storage Bag for him.

Those two Storage Bags had remained unlocked ever since.

The Storage Bag given to him by the Sect Master was brand-new. After Lu Ye received it, he nourished the Restriction Lock within the Storage Bag with his own Spiritual Power. Once his Spiritual Power seeped into the restriction, he could freely open and close the Restriction Lock.

If he carelessly lost his Storage Bag, even if someone else obtained it, they would not be able to open it easily unless they possessed some special unlocking technique.

Naturally, Lu Ye had no such special unlocking technique. He was merely trying it on a whim out of boredom.

His Spiritual Power slowly seeped into the Storage Bag. Once he sensed the Restriction Lock, Lu Ye continuously stirred up his Spiritual Power and slammed it against the lock.

Once, twice—when it came to the third time, the Restriction Lock suddenly vanished without a trace.

Just as Lu Ye stared in astonishment, a burst of fire suddenly flared from the Storage Bag in his hand, blazing fiercely. He hurriedly threw it away and watched helplessly as it burned into a patch of black ash in an extremely short time...

It could do that? Lu Ye frowned.

Only then did he understand that Restriction Locks did more than protect Storage Bags from strangers taking their contents. At a critical moment, they could even destroy the entire Storage Bag.

It carried something of the spirit of preferring to be shattered jade rather than intact tile.

It seemed that without a special unlocking technique, he truly could not act recklessly. Destroying a Storage Bag would be a minor matter; if those Restriction Locks concealed some dangerous restriction, he might end up injured because of it.

Lu Ye put away the remaining Storage Bags and went to check on the rabbit's condition.

There was no problem. It was still lively and bouncing around, looking quite adorable.

Grabbing the rabbit by the head, he gave it a vicious twist. With a crack, such an adorable rabbit was sure to be delicious.

That confirmed it. Even if the Barrier Breaking Fruit could not break through the Aperture Barrier, it was not poisonous.

Lu Ye was finally completely at ease. He went to the spot where he cultivated, took out a cushion, sat cross-legged, then took out the Barrier Breaking Fruit and bit into it.

Juice burst everywhere, leaving a lingering fragrance on his lips and teeth. It was unexpectedly sweet and delicious. Lu Ye raised his brows and swiftly devoured the Barrier Breaking Fruit clean.

The fruit had no pit. It was like a cherry tomato.

After savoring the aftertaste for a moment, Lu Ye closed his eyes and focused, quietly sensing the changes within himself.

At first, there was no change, but soon a current of heat surged from his lower abdomen. It felt similar to when he had previously consumed Spiritual Pills to cultivate. The difference was that the medicinal power of Spiritual Pills would transform into either Spiritual Power or Qi and Blood Power, whereas the heat produced by the Barrier Breaking Fruit was neither Spiritual Power nor Qi and Blood Power. It was a force Lu Ye had never felt before.

The heat gathered in his abdomen, and Lu Ye attempted to guide it into his Source Spirit Aperture.

It went very smoothly...

The heat passed through the Source Spirit Aperture and entered the second Spiritual Aperture, then flowed into the third Spiritual Aperture, the fourth Spiritual Aperture...

In less than a moment, it crossed the eighth Spiritual Aperture and continued charging toward the ninth Spiritual Aperture.

The next instant, Lu Ye felt the Aperture Barrier at his ninth Spiritual Aperture rapidly melting away, like snowflakes beneath the blazing sun!

This discovery startled him. Every time he had Opened One Aperture before, he had expended tremendous effort, guiding Spiritual Power again and again to strike the Aperture Barrier. And each strike had felt terribly unpleasant, as if someone were hammering at the location of the Spiritual Aperture with a small hammer. After too many strikes, a sore, swollen sensation was inevitable.

But now, there was no impact and no discomfort whatsoever. Wherever the medicinal effects of the Barrier Breaking Fruit reached, the Aperture Barrier rapidly melted away.

Compared side by side, the Barrier Breaking Fruit was simply a blessing from heaven for cultivators Opening Apertures.

No wonder Yiyi's expression had been somewhat strange when he asked what the Barrier Breaking Fruit was for. Now it seemed that the Barrier Breaking Fruit was certainly no obscure item. Perhaps every cultivator knew of this Spiritual Fruit.