"How so?" Li Qing asked evenly.
"Look—the white jade fruits at the tips of those nine secondary branches have taken on a faint bluish tint. Each is the size of a longan, clearly different from the other white jade fruits."
"Their effects must be extraordinarily astonishing."
"That makes dividing them rather troublesome. It's hard for us to judge just how valuable they are."
"So that's the reason. Brother Wu needn't worry—I know what they are."
"They are Divine Jade Fruits, condensed only after growing for ten thousand years."
"By consuming just three, one can cultivate a golden body of white bones and extend one's lifespan by a thousand years."
"The other white jade fruits must be consumed in great quantities for there to be even a certain chance of cultivating a golden body of white bones."
Hearing this, Wu De looked at Li Qing in some surprise.
"Fellow Daoist is indeed erudite, to know something so secret."
Li Qing smiled faintly. "I merely enjoy reading."
"I have an idea!"
"Please speak, Brother Wang," Wu De said.
"I want six Divine Jade Fruits. Everything else can belong to you."
Wu De's brows twitched as he said in surprise, "You want to give them away?"
Li Qing smiled faintly. "I have other uses for them."
"Three Divine Jade Fruits and seventy-two white jade fruits should be enough to create a golden body of white bones."
"Since Fellow Daoist has such intentions, I won't refuse."
"Then let's divide them that way!"
Having settled the distribution, the two turned their gazes toward the mass grave of ten thousand people.
Wu De said, "There were so many traps laid in the passage outside. This mass grave of ten thousand people likely holds immense danger as well."
"What do you think, Brother Wang?"
"There is no