The Second Wave of Seekers

"Why do I feel nothing after eating that great medicinal herb you dug up?"

Rare flowers and exotic herbs bloomed throughout the secret place. Following the Buddha's Disciple ever onward, Zhang Xuezhou finally stopped beneath an ancient tree.

When the Buddha's Disciple picked a fruiting stem nearby and brought it back for them to share, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help complaining.

"There really is... no effect!"

The Buddha's Disciple looked at the Earth Spirit Fruit in his hand, his heart turning ice-cold.

The Earth Spirit Fruit felt real in his hand, and he had even felt himself swallow it, but its lack of effect could prove only one thing.

They hadn't eaten a real Earth Spirit Fruit. The one before them had been transformed from something else.

After carefully avoiding the killing formation, the Buddha's Disciple hadn't expected to fall into an illusion formation.

This illusion formation left people completely unaware of it. If Zhang Xuezhou hadn't felt nothing after swallowing the great medicinal herb, they wouldn't even have been able to tell.

The Buddha's Disciple quickly threw the Earth Spirit Fruit in his hand to the ground, then looked around in every direction.

"Don't tell me you found something useless for me to chew on?"

Zhang Xuezhou's noisy question reached him, and the Buddha's Disciple raised a hand to signal him to be quiet, but Zhang Xuezhou kept chattering.

The Buddha's Disciple tugged at the belt tied around Zhang Xuezhou's wrist, then reached out and felt him. The icy sensation from the tug and touch made him think he was most likely touching a rock.

Looking at Zhang Xuezhou, who was still chattering away before him, the Buddha's Disciple took a deep breath.

"No wonder the sect leader told me not to be greedy. I gave in to greed, and