Obtaining the Mora Fruit (Seeking Subscriptions and Follow-ups)

Severed limbs, hot blood, and that expressionless Daoist—together, they formed a breathtakingly brutal scene that made both Huang Ying and Zhu Yan's hearts tremble.

No matter how grievous the injuries inflicted by the magical artifacts had been, Xu Yuan tearing the demon beast apart with his bare hands had been real.

How had that kid, who had needed to hide from her everywhere just over a year ago, grown to such an extent?

Zhu Yan's pupils trembled uncontrollably, but she quickly came to her senses. Tossing aside the pair of legs in her hands, she forced a smile onto her face and started toward him.

But after taking a few steps, she realized something was wrong. She hurriedly wiped the bloodstains from beneath herself clean before daring to continue approaching.

In that brief moment, Xu Yuan had already removed a beast fang hanging from the tiger demon's neck. It was also a storage artifact. Sweeping it with his divine sense, he found little besides some odds and ends—except for a delicate, pagoda-shaped fruit, blue-yellow in color and exuding mist.

"Mora Fruit. What a pity—it isn't at its ripest yet."

This fruit naturally emitted a unique scent and aura that no storage artifact could completely suppress. Xu Yuan had caught that trace of scent earlier through the powerful sense of smell granted by the Martial Dao Sacred Embryo, which was why he had come looking.

Putting away the beast fang, Xu Yuan glanced at Zhu Yan, who was approaching, and Huang Ying beside her. Seeing that Xu Yuan's attention had turned to them, one smiled sweetly while the other stood solemn and proper. Both gave him a deep bow.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Xu, for saving our lives."

Waving a hand, Xu Yuan thought to himself that he had mainly come