Moonlight Spirit Heart Grass, Lightning Origin Fruit

Behind the Jianan Academy.

Zi Yan's speed suddenly slowed down.

"Old Shen, when I encountered it before, it was right up ahead." Zi Yan pointed toward a strange, massive tree.

This tree was completely different from the surrounding vegetation; its entire body was a bizarre, silvery-white, as if it had undergone some sort of mutation.

"Zi Yan, this tree seems quite different from the others, doesn't it?"

Shen Shihuang asked curiously.

I suppose I'm just too young and inexperienced.

I can't even recognize a single tree.

How shameful!

Zi Yan nodded and said, "This tree is called the Moonlight Tree. Do you know why I ended up fighting that guy? It was all because of this tree."

At the mention of this, Zi Yan began to grit her teeth again.

Shen Shihuang's gaze snapped toward the silvery-white tree. "You mean to say that this tree is some kind of rare heavenly treasure?"

Zi Yan shook her head. "Of course not. The tree itself isn't, but beneath it, there is something that is!"

Zi Yan led Shen Shihuang to the base of the silvery-white tree.

She pointed to a spot on the trunk near the ground. Shen Shihuang looked over and saw a deep pit in the bark. "This aura?"

Upon sensing the residual aura within the pit, Shen Shihuang's expression suddenly shifted. "Could it be a heavenly treasure that enhances soul power?"

Zi Yan sat on a protruding tree branch.

She dangled her legs, swinging them back and forth as she said, "You could say that. For humans, it enhances the soul, but for magical beasts, it doesn't just strengthen the soul—it also sharpens their intelligence and, furthermore, carries a chance to awaken the ancestral bloodline within them."

"For a magical beast, if an ancient ancestral bloodline can be awakened, it's equivalent to paving a path toward becoming a powerhouse."

Shen Shihuang looked at the contents of the pit. "So, you and that person discovered this place together?"

Zi Yan hopped down in a flash and stood before Shen Shihuang. "Wrong!"

"I was waiting for it to ripen, but I ended up oversleeping for a bit, and that damn guy took it away."

"It happened just yesterday!"

Zi Yan paced back and forth with her hands behind her back. "There were two stalks in total. This thing is called the Moonlight Spirit Heart Grass. If you can help me snatch them back, I'll give you one. How about it?"

"Just think about it: if you ever take a fancy to a magical beast and want to make it your mount, this thing would be perfect for it. It might even allow it to be completely reborn."

Magical beast, mount?

Awakening an ancestral bloodline?

A bewitching figure appeared in Shen Shihuang's mind. This thing has arrived at the perfect time!

Perhaps with this, Queen Medusa's strength would directly surpass his own by a wide margin.

Ancestral bloodline?

The bloodline of one's ancestors.

Having promoted to a Dou Zong, Queen Medusa was already a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python. Once the ancestral bloodline of the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python was awakened, to what level could she evolve?

Hiss!

"Can you still sense it now?" Shen Shihuang made up his mind; he had to get his hands on it this time.

Just like in the movies from his past life.

In this lifetime, have you ever risked your life for anyone?

Zi Yan nodded hurriedly. "It's not far. I don't know what he's planning, but he didn't leave immediately."

Despite her confusion, Zi Yan manifested wings of Dou Qi on her back and darted rapidly in one direction.

Shen Shihuang took to the air as well.

At that moment, the system's voice echoed in his mind.

Sign-in successful.
Sign-in reward: Lightning Origin Fruit.
Lightning Origin Fruit: Contains the ultimate power of the lightning origin. Once consumed, there is a high probability of gaining lightning affinity. Best suited for: Magical beasts.

Crackle, crackle, crackle...

Shen Shihuang looked at the fruit that had appeared in his hand. It was sparking with electricity, making his palm go slightly numb.

"System, since a magical beast can gain lightning power by eating this, what would happen if I ate it?"

If a magical beast eats it, it gains lightning power.

If a human ate it, wouldn't they be able to possess the power of lightning as well?

When the time came, he could transform into an envoy of thunder, unleashing lightning directly to plow through the earth. That terrifying energy seemed no less destructive than the bombardment of the two islands.

Nuclear annihilation!!

"The Lightning Origin Fruit is an origin fruit condensed after the death of a Thunder-Rain-Electric Mist Beast; it is not a botanical fruit. If the host wishes to court death, please consume it."

"Thunder-Rain-Electric Mist Beast?"

Shen Shihuang asked in confusion, "What kind of magical beast is that?"

System: "The Dou Qi Continent once reached the pinnacle of glory, with all sorts of powerful magical beast species emerging one after another. This system collects the energy of magical beasts that have been extinct for over five generations to serve the host exclusively."

"In other words, as long as the host is lucky enough, even the bloodlines of magical beasts that have already gone extinct on the Dou Qi Continent, or even the beasts themselves, could potentially reappear by the host's side."

"Additionally."

"The system check-in location has been reorganized."

"Please arrive at the Thunder Mist Ravine to perform the system check-in."

"There is no time limit for the check-in task; only after the host completes it will the check-in task be reorganized again."

Shen Shihuang put away the Lightning Origin Fruit in his hand. The item had little use for the time being, and he hadn't even thought of which magical beast it would be suitable for.

Magical beasts with the lightning attribute.

He hadn't encountered any yet.

After all.

Such magical beasts were generally quite formidable.

Much like geniuses among humans, they were considered the peak among those of equal strength, and occasionally leaping a level to fight was nothing out of the ordinary for them.

Terrifyingly so!

Shen Shihuang quickly caught up with Zi Yan, though he hadn't expected the journey this time to be quite so long.

"You can still sense it from this far away?"

Although Shen Shihuang knew that Zi Yan possessed the ability to sense rare treasures, wasn't this distance a bit too far?

Zi Yan said smugly, "Under normal circumstances, this distance is already the limit, but."

"I had been eyeing that thing for a long time, but just as it ripened, that guy snatched it away. So infuriating!!"

Patting Zi Yan's little head, Shen Shihuang said with a smile, "It's alright. Once we find the other party, as long as the item hasn't been wasted, we will definitely be able to take it back."

Seeing Shen Shihuang's strength, Zi Yan nodded heavily.

"I believe in you!"

Zi Yan looked up ahead: "It's right up there."

When Shen Shihuang followed her gaze.

"What the hell, why did it get dark?"

In an instant, Shen Shihuang realized it wasn't that night had fallen, but that the sky in this area was black.

"No, that's not right!"

Shen Shihuang stared at the sky, where the black mist seemed to harbor terrifying lightning energy, with azure bolts of thunder appearing from time to time, tearing gaps through the dark fog.

"You don't know what this place is?"

Seeing the look of surprise on Shen Shihuang's face, Zi Yan asked curiously.

Shen Shihuang: "What place is this?"

"Thunder Mist Ravine!"

Zi Yan said, "It's like this all year round, and on top of that, lightning strikes down from time to time. If you're unlucky, you'll get struck dead on the spot."

"Last year, I even saw a magical beast that had just appeared when a bolt of lightning happened to fall, striking it dead instantly. I picked up a free magic core and traded it for quite a few good things from the old man."

Shen Shihuang: "Thunder Mist Ravine?"

Isn't this the very place he needed to check in at?

"System, I want to check in!!"