"Yes, Ancestor, you're the towering pillar of our Chu Family. You cannot die. If you die, the Chu Family will be finished.
"If the Chu Family falls, Taiyue Lake will belong to someone else sooner or later.
"We'd be better off trading it for your life. Even without Taiyue Lake, the Chu Family would still be here.
"Besides, we have five years. If we work harder and you break through your bottleneck, Ancestor, you could gain another twenty years of life."
"Ancestor, please listen to us. Make the trade."
"Ancestor, you cannot die!"
In an instant, members of the Chu Family knelt all over the ground.
"Break through? Do you know how hard it is to reach the Martial General Realm? Among the Ten Great Sects, the great clans, and the Imperial Clan, how many have reached that realm? Without a Heaven-Born Treasure rarely seen in this world, it's impossible," Chu Qian said.
"I can also give you a Heaven-Born Fruit as compensation," Tang Wen said.
"A Heaven-Born Fruit? The fruit born of heaven recorded in ancient books, which drinks sweet dew at dawn and absorbs Stellar Power at night?" Chu Qian asked, startled.
"Exactly," Tang Wen replied.
"Boy, you're lying. Heaven-Born Fruits vanished long ago. They existed ten thousand years ago, but none have been seen since. The spiritual energy in our land is insufficient to nurture such a Peerless Treasure," Chu Qian said coldly.
"See for yourself whether this is one." Tang Wen took out a crystal box and handed it over.
Chu Qian accepted it with trembling hands. The moment he peeled open the seal, a green mist fled wildly as though alive.
Chu Qian immediately opened his mouth and sucked in all the green mist, then snapped the box shut.
"Great-Grandfather, is it real?" Chu