1648 Harves (1/2)

Zhang Ruochen walked to the saint pond where he felt a piercing coldness striking him. It was Extreme Yin Pluto Ice Water that could kill saints.

Mu Lingxi was very irritated by the white girl beside her as she found her too arrogant. She said, ”I'll go harvest a Heartmoon Saint Fruit and try it.”

Mu Lingxi practiced Power of Extreme Yin Pluto Ice and had attained a certain level, so she wasn't afraid of the Extreme Yin Pluto Ice Water in the saint pond at all.

Eight-arm Spider King walked toward Mu Lingxi, trying to talk her out of it by telling her how dangerous it was. ”The saint pond is very strange, girl. No matter how strong you are, you can't fly above it, and you can't touch the Extreme Yin Pluto Ice Water. Otherwise, your saint Qi will be frozen. If you don't believe me, look at the bottom of the water.

Zhang Ruochen and Mu Lingxi then looked to the bottom, and they saw four creatures frozen in an ice crystal, lifeless.

”They all wanted to pick the Heartmoon Saint Fruit, but they all fell into the water, losing their lives.” Eight-arm Spider King sighed.

Zhang Ruochen got cautious and asked, ”Did it just happen?”

”No.”

Eight-arm Spider King shook his head and said, ”It all happened in the previous God-Naming Platform Conferences. They were powerful when they were alive, and with Extreme Yin Pluto Ice Water, their corpses didn't decompose.

”Now, everyone knows how dangerous this place is, and monks who aren't strong enough won't take risks. Even if someone's having a try, they will be well-prepared and go with lots of companions, so deaths happen less and less often.”

The girl beside wanted to watch Zhang Ruochen and Mu Lingxi embarrass themselves, so she said, ”Didn't you say you wanted to go pick up the saint fruit? Why haven't you started yet?”

”Ugh. I'll go right now.”

Mu Lingxi wasn't scared at all as she was certain that the Extreme Yin Pluto Ice Water couldn't harm her.

”Wait a minute.” Zhang Ruochen stopped Mu Lingxi.

Mu Lingxi looked to Zhang Ruochen and said, ”Don't worry. I'll be able to do it.”

Extreme Yin Pluto Ice Water had several levels just like Divine Fire Jingmie.

Although Zhang Ruochen had practiced Divine Fire Jingmie, and his flames had reached the pinnacle 'ordinary-flame' level, he would still be in grave danger if he ran into 'official flames', and the same rule applied to Mu Lingxi. Her practicing Extreme Yin Pluto Ice Power didn't mean she could ward off all the Extreme Yin Pluto Ice Water.

”Let me go have a try first,” said Zhang Ruochen.

The young woman chuckled contemptuously, which annoyed Mu Lingxi.

Zhang Ruochen held Mu Lingxi off with his right hand, and he released a trace of pure saint Qi with his left hand, which flew into the saint pond, toward the Heartmoon Saint Fruit.

All the monks in the scene held their breath, looking dazed.

Could he actually pick a Heartmoon Saint Fruit like that?

The saint Qi suddenly froze when it was ten feet away from the Heartmoon Saint Fruit, turning into an ice pillar and falling into the saint pond.

”The water indeed froze the saint Qi.” Zhang Ruochen frowned.

No monks laughed at him even though Zhang Ruochen had failed.

Instead, they were all looking at Zhang Ruochen with respect.

Zhang Ruochen wasn't the first monk who tried to use his saint Qi to get the Heartmoon Saint Fruit. However, the fact that his saint Qi survived that long meant his saint Qi was much purer than others'.

Other monks' saint Qi would be frozen after going for around ten feet.

Zhang Ruochen was refining 'Emperor Ming Nine-sky Scripture', and he had Divine Fire Jingmie in his body, which kept purifying his saint Qi, so naturally his saint Qi was much purer than others'.

Eight-arm Spider King could feel that Zhang Ruochen was incredible, so he wanted to befriend him.

Zhang Ruochen took out a long whip that was a ten thousand patterns saint weapon, trying to use it to get a Heartmoon Saint Fruit. He reckoned the coldness could in no way freeze a ten thousand patterns saint weapon.

”Wait.”

Eight-arm Spider King walked to Zhang Ruochen and warned him again. ”Brother, Heartmoon Saint Fruits are very fragile, and there are specific ways to pick them. They can't be touched by the forces of gold, fire, mud and water, otherwise, they will be liquified immediately and fall into the saint pond.”

Zhang Ruochen frowned and said, ”Are you saying that only objects made of wood characteristics can hold the Heartmoon Saint Fruits?”

Eight-arm Spider King said, ”Not just any object of wood characteristic, but objects made of divine wood.”

Mu Lingxi frowned and said, ”Why is it so tough to pick up the fruits?”

”We should be grateful that it's so demanding, otherwise all the Heartmoon Saint Fruits would've been gone already.”

Eight-arm Spider King shrugged and said, ”Actually, I've come up with a way to pick up the Heartmoon Saint Fruits, but I need an object made of divine wood to enact my plan. Hopefully I can borrow it from other monks. Do you two have this kind of object with you?”

Before Zhang Ruochen responded, the young woman said smugly, ”My senior brother has a ruler made of divine wood. When he brings me that, he'll be able to help me pick a Heartmoon Saint Fruit.”

People who received invitations were either immensely powerful themselves or came from a privileged background. That young woman was only a half-step saint king, so she definitely came from a powerful family.

Mu Lingxi sneered, ”Nothing incredible about an object made of divine wood. I have that myself as well.”

She flipped her palm, and a wooden jar showed up in her hand.

That wooden jar was made of the wood of the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree. It looked mediocre as the divine Qi had been gone already.