Wood Vein Spirit Fruit

The Golden-Eyed Eagle's nest was a mess. Besides the bloodied Grass Deer, already dead, dry bones lay scattered all around. Clearly, the Golden-Eyed Eagle lived alone and had little taste for cleanliness.

The Spirit-Devouring Beast's divine sense remained firmly locked onto the Golden-Eyed Eagle. At that moment, Liu Xing noticed a particular feature of its divine sense scans.

Whether high in the sky or deep underground, nothing could hide from the Spirit-Devouring Beast's divine sense. Yet it could not see through flesh and blood. From beginning to end, it had only locked onto the Golden-Eyed Eagle's exterior, unable to penetrate its body.

Liu Xing could sense a trace of agitation in the Spirit-Devouring Beast, as though it could hardly wait to slice open the Golden-Eyed Eagle's corpse. It seemed the eagle's secret lay inside its body.

Liu Xing lifted the Golden-Eyed Eagle, gripped its feet, and tore with all his strength. With a soft ripping sound and a shower of blood, the eagle was torn in two.

A streak of green light fell from the Golden-Eyed Eagle's body to the ground. The Spirit-Devouring Beast's divine sense swiftly concentrated on it.

Although the Golden-Eyed Eagle's foul blood obscured the green light, the Spirit-Devouring Beast's divine sense scan still allowed Liu Xing to perceive clearly what it was.

The source of the green light was an object about the length and thickness of a little finger. Glowing green and brimming with vitality, it looked like some unknown fruit, though he had no idea why the Golden-Eyed Eagle had swallowed it.

Once it lost the green fruit, the Golden-Eyed Eagle's corpse returned to its normal black color. It seemed the fruit alone had been responsible for its green appearance.

Without a doubt, this green fruit was some extraordinary treasure. Otherwise, it could never have transformed an ordinary Golden-Eyed Eagle into something so formidable.

By now, Liu Xing was certain that anything the Spirit-Devouring Beast's divine sense fixed upon had to be a treasure!

Brushing aside the blood on the ground, Liu Xing picked up the green fruit. It gleamed with green light, its surface as smooth as jade, and not a trace of blood had stained it.

Once Liu Xing held it, the green fruit's glow gradually dimmed. Though it remained so lush and green it seemed ready to drip, its light was no longer dazzling. At the same time, Liu Xing felt a flowing stream of vitality pass from the fruit into his body, sweeping away the slight fatigue from his long, swift journey in an instant.

The green fruit truly seemed to be something good. Without hesitation, Liu Xing tucked it into the inner lining of his clothes, placing it together with the Fire Vein Spirit Jade.

In fact, nothing that caught the Spirit-Devouring Beast's attention could be ordinary. Although this green fruit was less precious than Fire Vein Spirit Jade, it was still a rare and wondrous treasure.

Although spiritual energy was sparse on Connors Star, a planet so vast still possessed a handful of spirit veins. Sky-Peak Volcano, where Fire Vein Spirit Jade formed, was one of them.

The mountain range Liu Xing now stood in was the most extensive on Connors Star, and the planet's highest peak lay within it as well. Liu Xing enjoyed climbing to the summit, so he had named it the Summit Range.

The Summit Range stretched over ten thousand li, with countless primeval forests and secluded valleys. Innumerable living creatures of every kind had inhabited it since ancient times. Over hundreds of millions of years, a wood-type spirit vein had gradually formed within the range, and an Iron Oak happened to grow right above it.

Iron Oak wood was as hard as metal, and the tree grew only one meter every hundred years. It had to grow for ten thousand years, becoming a towering giant, before it could bear fruit. It was truly a remarkable tree.

Nourished by the wood-type spirit vein, this Iron Oak was even more exceptional. Only after more than a hundred thousand long years had it finally matured and borne fruit.

The Iron Oak's vitality combined with the spiritual energy of the wood-type spirit vein, gathering all their essence together to produce just a single fruit-the very one Liu Xing had obtained.

This Wood Vein Spirit Fruit was not only filled with spiritual energy but also contained tremendous vitality. Because bearing fruit was so difficult, the Wood Vein Spirit Fruit lay hidden deep within the Iron Oak's heartwood. Given the Iron Oak's hardness, breaking open its heartwood and retrieving the fruit without harming it was no easy task.

By a stroke of coincidence, a rainstorm had swept through the mountains two days earlier, and a bolt of heavenly lightning had struck the Iron Oak. With the might of heaven and earth, it had forced a crack through the incomparably hard tree, exposing the Wood Vein Spirit Fruit within its heartwood.

A Golden-Eyed Eagle flying over the Iron Oak had spotted the Wood Vein Spirit Fruit with its exceptional eyesight and instinctively swallowed it.

Through the Wood Vein Spirit Fruit's powerful effects, the Golden-Eyed Eagle had gradually mutated. Not only had its color changed, but its feathers, muscles, and bones had also hardened. On Connors Star, likely no other native creature besides Liu Xing could have stood against it.

Had the Golden-Eyed Eagle never encountered Liu Xing and instead lived freely and happily for a few more years, it might have used the Wood Vein Spirit Fruit's spiritual energy to evolve into a Demon Beast, becoming the true overlord of the Summit Range.

Unfortunately for the Golden-Eyed Eagle, a craving had driven it out to hunt Grass Deer, and it had happened to encounter Liu Xing's party.

Although the Spirit-Devouring Beast possessed an unusual ability to find treasures, its divine sense could not easily penetrate flesh and blood. Had the Golden-Eyed Eagle not flown nearby, even the Spirit-Devouring Beast would have struggled to detect the supreme treasure hidden inside its body.

Thus, the unlucky Golden-Eyed Eagle had effectively served as a porter, delivering the Wood Vein Spirit Fruit formed in the deepest reaches of the Summit Range right into Liu Xing's hands.

Only after Liu Xing obtained the Wood Vein Spirit Fruit did the Spirit-Devouring Beast convey its satisfaction through its divine sense, then return to its deep sleep.

Both Fire Vein Spirit Jade and the Wood Vein Spirit Fruit were rare treasures. Although Liu Xing could not identify their origins, he knew he could never have obtained either without the Spirit-Devouring Beast's help.

By now, even though Lu Xuanqing had not told Liu Xing what the Spirit-Devouring Beast was useful for, he was gradually beginning to understand its value.

At that moment, Liu Xing had already classified his ability to fuse closely with the Spirit-Devouring Beast as his greatest secret. He could not reveal so much as a hint of it to anyone!

PS: I went to the zoo and never expected that even two-year-old Yaya would need a ticket. Looks like wherever you go, you just can't do without those "tickets." Brothers and sisters, if you have recommendation tickets, please cast them for me. I want tickets!!!