The old face on the fruit quickly said, "I am just the Artifact Spirit of an ordinary martial arts sword. I was the first Martial Dao Artifact of the Gu Xianqin Dynasty. Later, I couldn't keep up with its strength and my body was destroyed in a battle. The Gu Xianqin Dynasty remembered my hard work and great contributions, so he put me into this fruit to guard the Legacy Medicine Garden."
"You just said you awoke a thousand years ago?"
"Right, right, I forgot to mention that a thousand years ago, the entire Holy Land Secret Realm experienced a great upheaval. My place shook violently as well, like Earth Dragon turning over. It was truly terrifying. That's when I awoke."
Lin Yi guessed that the sudden change in the secret realm a thousand years ago was probably caused by the time when the Spirit Wood Sage entered.
"So what happened at the bottom?"
The old face on the fruit shook its head and said, "I don't know. My senses about the outside world are limited. I suppose it's related to Black Magnetic Mountain."
Lin Yi didn't ask any more questions. A lot of what the old man said was nonsense, and he couldn't get any real information out of him.
"One last thing, the Phoenix Heart Fruit you mentioned earlier, is it really gone?"
Lin Yi looked at the hundred-foot-tall red ancient tree in the center of the Medicine Garden. From a distance, this Spirit Plant was as dazzling as a flame.
That is the Phoenix Heart Fruit Tree, which only bears one fruit every tens of thousands of years.
Gu Tianxue carries Innate Meridian Severance, with Yin Qi eroding her meridians. Only rare and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with extremely yang attributes can neutralize her talent.
The old face on the fruit looked worried. "Would you believe me if I said I didn't?"
Lin Yi pinched its old face, his smile unfriendly, "Guess whether I believe you or not?"
The Old Face Fruit looked desperate, sensing that if it didn't offer something, its fate would be dire.
"Very well, since you are all descendants of the Gu Xianqin dynasty, I will part with some blood... Actually, it's quite a coincidence. When I awoke a thousand years ago, the Phoenix Heart Fruit was overripe and was about to fall to the ground and rot, but I managed to save it."
As they were speaking, a fiery red fruit was spat out of the Old Face Fruit's mouth by the old fruit face.
The Phoenix Heart Fruit floated quietly in mid-air, radiating a soft and mysterious halo, like a burning flame, with veins of Fire Phoenix faintly distributed on its peel.
Gu Tianxue was immediately drawn to the Phoenix Heart Fruit, and hope rekindled in her blue eyes.
" Lin Yi..."
"I am not a person who goes back on his word, take it."
Gu Tianxue hurriedly took the extremely rare Phoenix Heart Fruit from Lin Yi's hand.
[Phoenix Heart Fruit - Gold]: A rare Spiritual Fruit that possesses the power of the ultimate Yang Fire Vein. After consuming it, there is a high probability of obtaining the Fire Phoenix Bloodline and awakening a special physique.
After touching the Phoenix Heart Fruit, the System displayed an introduction to the fruit.
The Blazing Flame Fire within his dantian began to flicker, as if it were interested in the fruit. Lin Yi had already handed the Phoenix Heart Fruit to Gu Tianxue, and then calmed the Blazing Flame Fire down.
However, Lin Yi noticed that although the Phoenix Heart Fruit seemed to have been spat out by the Artifact Spirit on the Spirit Concealing Fruit, in fact, the fruit was taken out from Otherworldly Space.
Clearly, this old thing has hidden quite a few ripe Spiritual Fruit.
Seeing Lin Yi's gaze sweeping over its surroundings, the old face on the fruit showed a hint of unease again, and it said awkwardly, "Young friend, I've already handed over the Phoenix Heart Fruit, please don't repay kindness with enmity..."
Lin Yi wasn't in a hurry. He smiled and said, "Tell me about the medicinal Spirit Plant in this Medicine Garden first, and I'll see which ones are suitable for picking."
The Old Face Fruit fruit in his hand had no choice but to put aside his anxiety and forced himself to speak, "Actually, the Spirit Herb and plants that can be planted here are all extraordinary. They are all rare and precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Look at the Seven-Colored Vine next to the Phoenix Heart Fire Tree. It is a special plant that only produces a gourd seed every hundreds of thousands of years. I heard from the Gu Xianqin master that the gourd seed is a congenital Spiritual Treasure after it matures. With simple nurturing and forging, it can become a top-grade Level 2 Spirit Treasure. However, it's a pity that after I woke up, the gourd on this vine was picked by someone..."
"And then there's the Huaiyin Wood in the center, near the east. This is a special plant that grows for ten thousand years, only one inch tall in ten thousand years. It can be used to refine Martial Dao Spirit Treasure with Yin attributes..."
"Did you see that lump of flesh beside the Huaiyin Wood? That thing is Yin Cold Tai Sui, which needs Yin-cold energy to grow. This thing has grown for hundreds of thousands of years. If you take even a fraction of its flesh and blood, you can refine a permanent poison that can inhibit the increase of Qi-Blood, and can destroy the foundation of even the most talented people..."
Under the Old Face Fruit's introduction, the effects of dozens of special plants were slowly revealed.
Some of these fruits take tens of thousands of years to bear fruit, and their fruits have countless uses. Others have special materials that can be used for refining treasures and making medicine.
In short, the Spirit Plant that appear like weeds on the outer perimeter of the Longshan Mountain are also rare Spiritual Materials that martial artists from the outside world desperately seek but cannot obtain.
After listening, Lin Yi patted Guo Tong's old face. "Not bad, Guo Tong is a qualified guardian of the Medicine Garden. I don't need much. If you take out five more Phoenix Heart Fruit and the gourds growing on the Seven-Colored Vine, I will spare your life."
Upon hearing Lin Yi's words, Old Face Fruit immediately understood Lin Yi's sinister intentions.
Lin Yi asked it to introduce the Medicine Garden in order to find out which special Spirit Plant bore fruit and which did not.
"Young friend, I don't understand what you mean..."
"You don't understand? Then you don't need to understand..."
Lin Yi chuckled coldly, uprooting the Old Face Fruit and its main stem, and then shook off the soil from the roots.
The Old Face Fruit cried out in despair, "No... no, it's breaking, it's really breaking!!"
"Should we give it to them or not?"
"Here, I'll give it all to you!"
Lin Yi frowned and nitpicked, "You agreed too late, I'm not entirely satisfied."
"Waaah, I'll give you all of them, I promise I won't keep a single one."
Old Face Fruit was streaked with tears, thinking that even if bandits invaded the village, it wouldn't be this bad.
But under Lin Yi's threat, it had no choice but to spit out all the ripe fruit hidden on its body.
First came four bright red, ripe Phoenix Heart Fruit, their patterns Fire Phoenix soaring through the air.
Then there was a small, sparkling Seven-Colored Little Gourd, its surface shimmering with jade-colored iridescent light, clearly not an ordinary item.
Lin Yi reached out and touched it.
[Glazed Gourd - Gold]: A wondrous object born of heaven and earth, neither gold nor jade, made of special materials, with a wide range of uses.
Lin Yi nodded.
Not bad, this thing might be useful for refining top-tier Spiritual Treasure.
At this moment, the Old Face Fruit was still slowly spitting out its fruit.
Upon seeing this, Lin Yi immediately ordered the space to be opened, and used his large hand, formed from True Qi, to scoop out all the mature Spirit Herb Spiritual Fruit that were as big as a small mountain.
Old Face Fruit Lian felt his heart break.
Tens of thousands of years of treasures, completely gone.
"Young friend, if these mature Spiritual Object are not stored properly, their medicinal properties may quickly dissipate. It would be safer to keep them with me."
"Don't say anything, or I'll slap you."
Lin Yi categorized these mature Spirit Herb Spiritual Fruit, selecting those with high-quality Attribute Fruit, or those that could improve physical constitution and enhance talent, first.
Then comes the selection of raw materials for refining the Martial Saint Pill.
The remaining materials that could be used for alchemy and medicine were stored in the third tier by Lin Yi.
At this moment, Lin Yi discovered a special fruit hidden among the Spiritual Fruit. This fruit was red and bright red, with a color as vivid as blood, and it looked somewhat eerie.
[Demon Blood Fruit - Gold]: A special fruit grown by watering with the Demon King Blood. Consuming it has a chance to grant one the bloodline of a demon beast, resulting in a tremendous increase in physical strength.
Another Gold Grade Spiritual Fruit!
The Demon Blood Fruit contains powerful flesh and blood energy, Lin Yi felt that this item would be an excellent treasure for Martial Saint who had reached the third level of the Body Refinement Realm.
A single Demon Blood Fruit could probably save several years of time spent refining one's physical body.
If one could obtain the seeds of this thing, it would be suitable for large-scale catalytic cultivation, allowing one to cultivate a future Martial Saint master's team.
Lin Yi turned his head and questioned, "What's wrong with this Demon Blood Fruit? How dare you hide something in front of me?"
At this moment, the Old Face Fruit ashen with despair, looked up and hurriedly explained tremblingly, "Young friend, I didn't hide this fruit on purpose. The Spirit Plant that bears this fruit needs extremely high-quality Demon King Blood to maintain its vitality. Long ago, the Legacy Medicine Garden ran out of Monster Blood, and the Spirit Plant naturally withered. However, this fruit contains a seed. If it is cultivated, it might be able to survive..."
Lin Yi nodded, realizing that Old Face Fruit wasn't lying, so he didn't press the matter further.
After Lin Yi had plundered all the mature Spiritual Fruit Spirit Plant in the space, Lin Yi asked again, "Is that all?"
"That's all I have, I really have nothing left..."
"In that case, let's go calm down..."
Old Face Fruit only felt himself being flung by Lin Yi, suddenly appearing high in the sky of a small world, and then landing with a thud.
Blue sky and white clouds, a gentle breeze.
It looked around and found itself in a cultivated Spiritual Field, with rows of neat Martial Saint Pill plants planted with the raw materials for the Martial Saint Pill.
"This seems to be that kid's little world. Perhaps this person has great fortune on his side. It seems that meeting him isn't such a bad thing after all..."
The Old Face Fruit manipulated his slender roots, moving through the Spiritual Field in preparation for finding a suitable place to take root.
Just then, Yuanyuan heard the noise and came from afar, curiously observing the plant that could grow tall trees and had even borne a fruit.
" Strange Spirit? Could there be danger lurking in this small world?!"
Upon seeing the Yuanyuan floating low in the air, the Old Face Fruit was taken aback and quickly took root in place, pretending to be harmless.
Legacy Medicine Garden, Lin Yi noticed that the Old Face Fruit in the Spirit Vine Small Realm was relatively well-behaved, so he began to plunder other special ancient plants in the Medicine Garden.
First are the Huaiyin Wood and the Yin Cold Tai Sui. Although these two Spirit Plant do not bear fruit, their bodies are rare Gold Grade Spiritual Materials. Next are the other Spirit Plant...
In short, Lin Yi's goal is to plunder this place completely and transplant everything into his Spirit Vine Small World.