Stone Giants rarely moved. They spent most of their time asleep, and slept deeply; unless there was a major disturbance, they would not be awakened. This suited Zhao Fu's plan even better.
Suddenly!
Zhao Fu casually swept his gaze over the area and spotted a two-meter-tall sapling beside the Stone Giant. Its trunk, branches, and leaves were all blood-red, and nine fruits hung from it.
The fruits were the size of fists, somewhat humanoid in shape, purple in color, and gave off a mysterious sheen. At a glance, they were clearly high-grade spirit fruits.
More importantly, Zhao Fu happened to recognize them. They were the Life Fruits he had been searching for. Life Fruits were the main ingredient in refining Fate-Changing Pills—the pill formula Zhao Fu had exchanged for during the Calamity Festival. Their effects were extraordinarily powerful.
They could raise the aptitude of anyone below A-grade by one level, including those with A-grade aptitude. With these pills, combined with the Heaven and Earth Refining Array, Great Qin could cultivate vast numbers of S-grade soldiers.
At the sight of the fruits, Zhao Fu could not help feeling delighted. But he could not touch the tree yet. Clearly, it was also extremely important to the Stone Giant. The moment Zhao Fu made any move, he would certainly awaken it.
Great Qin must obtain this Life Fruit Tree. I'll leave it here for now and dig it up once the plan is put into action.
Having made his decision, Zhao Fu turned into a streak of light and departed from the deepest part of Eastern Azure.
Since the previous incident, Heavenly Stone City's defenses had remained extremely strict. Shi Jian understood that Zhao Fu would come looking for him sooner or later, so he had prepared all manner of defensive measures