The Houtian Cave of Moon Lake is indeed an extension of the immortal realm of Ying Zhou to the human world.
Chen Yun, Wu Kejiu, Kang Yuan, Qin Ming, and dozens of cultivators had not been inside for long when they encountered numerous spiritual roots.
Particularly around the nearby cold pool, there are dozens of ripe purple fruits!
According to the rules established at the beginning, anyone who has previously reported their needs must collaborate with others to obtain them.
Of course, if the acquisition is highly difficult and requires a great deal of effort from everyone, the person who initiated the request will need to compensate the group afterwards.
Things are relatively easy for Chen Yun to obtain the purple fruits he needs.
He could take them directly without providing any compensation to the group.
"Are there so many ripe purple fruits?"
"The red fruits take a hundred years to accumulate spiritual energy to sprout roots and then bloom, and then absorb another hundred years of spiritual energy to bear fruit, and finally need another hundred years of spiritual energy for the fruit to mature. It is indeed particularly hard to obtain."
"And those immature fruits? I estimate they will mature within a year, as the fruits have already formed."
"Last time, we had to reluctantly retreat when encountering the powerful magic instructor 'Mei Lin.' This time, at least, we didn't encounter any strong opponents."
"Yes, the magic instructors are terrifying. Although their realm is equivalent to that of a high-level alchemist, their physical bodies are very weak. However, they have reached the pinnacle of understanding magic, possessing extremely terrifying magical power that can command the forces of heaven and earth with its own might, unleashing terrifying spells. It is said that their power is strong enough to easily destroy a city, even an entire country. The terrifying aspect of such individuals might be even greater than that of high-level alchemists."
Longnu Sanjiu, Gao Chen, and other intermediate and low-level cultivators were whispering among themselves.
Chen Yun knew immediately that everyone had misunderstood the severity of high-level alchemists. Although he had never encountered magic instructors, he could tell from their words that the reason why magic instructors could display wide-range destructive skills was because "the divine" energy enveloped a large area, making them specialize in a certain element, allowing them to stir up the elements of heaven and earth. If they encountered unfavorable conditions, their strength might greatly decrease.
In contrast, Daoism's high-level alchemists are not like that; they are powerful beings that have amassed great power from the universe. Apart from those cultivating "the divine," others may not have as wide-ranging powers as magic instructors, but in terms of direct combat, high-level alchemists can beat magic instructors to a pulp without even losing.
Of course, this is just Chen Yun's guess; whether it's true or not is still unknown. He needs to have some experience with "magic" to know if it's correct.
Wu Kejiu looked over with a stern expression, "Master Chen, the red fruits are right in front of you. Once you go there, we will rush to the next place to help Mr. Ding Xu in collecting gold crystal longan. There may be guarding spiritual beasts there, and we might have to put in some effort."
Chen Yun replied: "Okay."
He immediately walked towards the cold pool, preparing to pick and collect the red fruits.
The distance is not far, but as you get closer to the cold pool, the temperature gets colder and colder. Even Chen Yun had to use his true energy to resist the biting cold.
Fortunately, the distance wasn't too far. After walking about 40 steps, he arrived at the first red fruit tree.
Bending down, he reached out to pick.
As soon as Chen Yun's fingertips touched the red fruit.
Suddenly!
A sense of extreme danger surged up from his consciousness!
Without thinking, Chen Yun teleported back to the group with a burst of golden light.
As expected, right as he evaded it, a flame whirlwind similar to a tornado appeared near the red fruit!
This flame whirlwind pierced the heavens and the earth, with its scorching heat even affecting Chen Yun from several dozen meters away, making him feel as if he were in a furnace!
Fortunately, this flame whirlwind only lasted for a moment and dispersed.
Although Chen Yun is immune to both fire and water, and doesn't take this flame whirlwind seriously, he knows that if he hadn't dodged it just now, there might have been even more powerful attacks coming one after another.
"Who!" Wu Kejiu's eyes blazed with anger.
Kang Yuan, Qin Ming, and Gao Chen, as well as other cultivators, quickly pulled out their weapons and prepared for battle!
Chen Yun used his Potstial Art to retrieve the peachwood sword he had received from Yin Wumei, and looked east with a similarly alert expression.
A ripple appeared in the space, and a middle-aged man with snow-white hair and beard, wearing a red magical robe, slightly hunched over, emerged from it.
As soon as the magic teacher emerged, he gave a slight sneer at Wu Kemu, Kang Yuan, and Qin Ming, and then muttered something that sounded like English.
Chen Yun didn't understand what he was saying.
However, the three upper-grade alchemists, Wu Kemu, Kang Yuan, and Qin Ming, all tensed up immediately upon the appearance of the magic teacher, and their eyes were filled with fear.
"It's Meilin Magic Teacher again!"
"Fuck, this barbarian's ghost won't go away. Every time he enters the Moon Lake Cave, he comes to pick red fruits."
"I thought I wouldn't run into him this time, but it seems he's appeared again."
Longnu Sanjiu, Gao Chen, and others gritted their teeth and looked at him angrily.
Although they were angry, they couldn't help but take an involuntary step back, as if they didn't want to fight back.
Is he Meilin the Magic Teacher?
After hearing the quiet comments from everyone, Chen Yun also became very cautious, knowing that the other party was about equal to a high-level alchemist and was not someone to be trifled with.
"Oh, I forgot you guys don't understand the language of the Kingdom of Camelot." Meilin's whole body was filled with flames. His speech had changed from unintelligible bird language to Mandarin. He leisurely walked towards the cold pool, glancing at the crowd as he approached and smiling slightly, he softly said: "Get out!"
Although the magic teacher is terrifying, Chen Yun had made up his mind that if Wu Kejiu and the others said to fight, he would definitely give it his all.
Who would have thought, Wu Kemu looked at Meilin complexly for a moment before taking a deep breath and saying: "Let's go."
After that, he turned around without a second glance and started walking towards the north.
Kang Yuan and Qin Ming also reluctantly clenched their fists, then released them, and turned to leave as well.
The three upper-grade alchemists had left, so there was no reason for anyone else to stay.
Longnu Sanjiu, Gao Chen, and Ding Xu, along with other cultivators, all left with grim expressions.
Chen Yun deeply looked at Meilin's face for a long time, then put away the peachwood sword and followed the group as they left.
Wu Kejiu, Kang Yuan, and Qin Ming, the three cultivators who managed to escape alive during the Law Destruction at the meeting, have a good judgment of the situation. Otherwise, they wouldn't have survived until now.
Chen Yun believes that since the three upper-grade alchemists are unwilling to provoke the Magic Teacher Meilin, there's a seventy to eighty percent chance that even if they gather everyone's strength, they wouldn't be able to defeat this old man.
Since they can't even beat him together, there's no reason for him to stay.
It's really a pity to give up the red fruits that were in our grasp.
However, when it comes to choosing between one's own life and the fruits, anyone would know how to make the choice.
A group of people walked out in silence for about two or three miles. Maybe because it was too dull, although they saw quite a few decent spiritual herbs along the way, no one went to pick them.
They finally arrived at a mound, where a seventy-year-old cultivator named Xu Yang finally swore angrily, "Fuck! It's this guy again. He stole our chance several times fifty years ago when we were here, and now it's the same when he comes in. I really want to fight him!"
Wu Kejiu looked at him coldly, "If I could defeat him, do you think I would want to kill him?"
Kang Yuan sighed heavily, "He's a magic teacher. We cannot match him."
Ding Xu sighed, "Yes, especially those who practice magic are best at group attacks. If Meilin attacks us, perhaps a spell curse would burn us to ashes."
Qin Ming said with a sense of injustice, "He specializes in fire-based magic. When we go to the Sun and Moon Gushing Spring, if we encounter him in the water, his strength will be greatly reduced. By then, we will mercilessly kill him!"
"Forget it. Although he is a fire-based magic teacher, his strength in the water will be weakened by at least half. But he is still beyond our reach." Longnu Sanjiu sighed dejectedly: "Fortunately, he didn't have any malicious intent. Otherwise, we all would have been dead earlier."
There were several young cultivators in the group who seemed to be unfamiliar with Meilin, pulling the senior cultivators to the side and asking this and that.
These young cultivators' jade beads are "family heirlooms," passed down from their parents who had once followed Wu Kejiu, Kang Yuan, and Qin Ming into the area. Since they hadn't, they naturally had to ask a few things.
Yes, the opportunity to enter the cave is usually "family inherited".
Therefore, after obtaining the jade beads, Chen Yun's attitude towards Qin Ming improved significantly.
Although he was very unhappy with Meilin, after all, the red fruits flew away and his own side's strength was not enough to match the opponent, so no matter how unhappy he was, it didn't change anything.
It's better to think about where else to obtain the red fruits instead of wasting time on him.
Just as he was thinking, Wu Kejiu said, "I remember there's another cold pool near the water, and there are also many red fruits growing beside it. We can go with Mr. Chen to pick them up later. However, there are spiritual beasts guarding it, and we need to work together to kill them to get the red fruits."
"There's no problem."
"Since we all came to the cave together, we should naturally help each other."
Everyone was willing to help Chen Yun pick the red fruits.
Chen Yun thanked everyone a few times.
Wu Kejiu pointed ahead, "There's a vast forest up ahead; it contains Golden Crystal Dragon Eyes. Let's help Ding Xu first."
The crowd echoed in agreement.
Ding Xu quickly thanked everyone.
Chen Yun flew forward with the group.
Soon, they entered a primitive forest.
It's also strange that although Lala Island is so vast and the plants are very dense, there have been very few animals seen so far.
However, as they entered the forest, Chen Yun's extended spiritual awareness gradually detected some energy fluctuations, as if emitted by some kind of creature.
There are some strong energy fluctuations, which should be powerful spiritual beasts.
They traveled about twenty-five miles.
During the journey, they gathered some low-quality spiritual herbs, fruits, and material for refining artifacts.
Most of the things he recognized, such as Lingqi, which is almost impossible to find outside, he also obtained one. However, Lingqi's current effect on him has become very weak, so he didn't pay much attention to it and directly threw it into the storage space created by Potstial Art.
Finally, they arrived at a cluster of golden trees.
There were about a dozen golden dragon eye trees, their branches heavy with golden crystal dragon eyes the size of a baby's fist.
However, at this moment, there were already more than thirty cultivators among the trees growing with golden crystal dragon eyes.
And beneath these cultivators, there lay a giant chicken the size of a large wolf dog, with colorful feathers.
Clearly, this group had arrived first.
Chen Yun looked at the group of cultivators and knew that it would be difficult to obtain the golden crystal dragon eyes for Ding Xu.
As expected, among the group of twenty to thirty cultivators, a young man wearing white robes and carrying a sword walked out.
As soon as he stepped out of the crowd, without saying a word, he released a powerful aura, warning Chen Yun and others not to get too close or else he would start a fight!
(Chapter Complete)
