After taking a medicinal pill, Hongjun finally said, "Your strength truly exceeded my expectations. But don't forget, you only defeated one of my Three Corpses. Against a Saint, you would have no chance of winning."
"What exactly are you trying to say?" The Vine Dao Venerable frowned slightly, growing impatient.
"You needn't feel dissatisfied." Hongjun glanced at the Vine Dao Venerable, and a plant suddenly appeared in his hand.
"The Five-Needle Pine, one of the ten great innate spiritual roots." At the sight, Vine Dao Venerable Lin Tian was moved once again.
The Five-Needle Pine was the most mysterious of the ten great innate spiritual roots.
No one knew where it was.
Yet it had appeared in Hongjun's hands.
"The Five-Needle Pine was born in Chaos and feeds on this chaos energy. Each needle can be refined into an Innate Spiritual Treasure of incomparable sharpness. Once unleashed, it can stir up Chaos itself. Its wondrous uses are endless," Hongjun explained.
Hearing Hongjun's explanation, the Vine Dao Venerable immediately began considering it:
The Five-Needle Pine is actually this heaven-defying. No wonder Daoist Hongjun has kept it hidden all this time. That also means it takes quite a long time to grow.
Not only were the Five-Needle Pine's needles incomparably sharp, but most of its defenses could also stir up chaos energy. That was where its greatest power lay.
"Would you consider this an acceptable settlement?" Daoist Hongjun asked solemnly, glancing at the Five-Needle Pine with a pained expression.
Lin Tian fell silent for a moment before saying, "Since you put it that way, Daoist Friend Hongjun, I'll reluctantly accept it."
The words had barely left his lips.
The Five-Needle Pine was already in the Vine Dao Venerable's hands.
Seeing how swiftly the Vine Dao Venerable moved, Hongjun's eye twitched.
He cursed