"Whoosh, whoosh...!"
The moment Xu Taiping reached the twelfth layer of the Jade Pool, a bitterly cold wind blew straight into his face.
Xu Taiping looked up into the cold wind.
At the center of the enormous, snow-covered jade platform stood a colossal statue of the Jade Mother, more than two thousand zhang tall.
And directly in front of the Jade Mother's statue.
There was also an enormous peach tree whose leaves had long since fallen, leaving it looking like a dead tree.
Xu Taiping said in some surprise:
"Could this peach tree be the legendary Flat Peach Mother Tree?"
According to legend, the immortal peaches borne by the Flat Peach Mother Tree could add a hundred or even a thousand years to the lifespan of cultivators, even those above the Heaven Shocking Realm.
Thinking of his own lifespan, he immediately said with great regret:
"If this flat peach tree could bear fruit, my lifespan problem could probably be solved outright."
The Mirror Spirit beside him could not resist teasing him:
"The flat peaches on this mother tree bear fruit only once every ten thousand years. Immortal officials and divine generals gain lifespan and magic power from eating them, while cultivators can ascend directly to the Immortal Realm."
"How could they be so easy to obtain?"
Already familiar with the Mirror Spirit's temperament, Xu Taiping merely smiled faintly and said:
"Yes. If the Yaochi Sacred Land really had such a powerful treasure, I fear those appearing here today would not have been just a few Blightbones, but the Demon Mother and her army from the Nine Abysses."
As he spoke, Xu Taiping's figure flashed.
Then, with a boom, he abruptly shot straight toward the statue's feet, trailing a streak of lightning.
Bang...!
But before he could approach the statue, an