"Millenium Yin Cherry? Are you sure?" Asked Xian Zhou. He knew what the name of the plant meant. Everyone knew. It was one of the greatest treasures in the sect. Even Abbot himself wasn't able to use it on whim. All the Supreme Elders and Abbot had to agree on using it before even taking it out of the treasury.
Tian Yong did his best, bribed, and spent his fortune to allow Tian Huang to use it before breaking through, but he wasn't able to convince a few of the Supreme Elders and Abbot, thus was unable to.
Millenium Yin Cherry was one of the greatest supplementary external factors to decide the tier of the Signium. It wasn't strong enough to allow a breakthrough to the next curtain, but it was still effective enough to raise a tier or two.
For example, Tian Huang was able to awaken a Signium from the Third Curtain, low tier. If he were to consume Millennium Yin Cherry, he could raise the tier of his Signium to intermediate or advanced tier. It was a qualitative change.
Which one of them didn't need this fruit, but it was so rare, there was no market but endless demand. As soon as one was found, it would either be used or sold in auction for endless money.
All of the eyes in the cave started to look at each other. At the moment the allure of the Millenium Yin Cherry was too great, and they were starting to question their morals.
"You don't have to worry Seniors," Ezio said with an easy-going laugh. "Each Millenium Yin Cherry plant yields 6 fruits." Ezio's sentence cut the greed of three of them, but Xian Zhou was still restless. Ezio noticed it but didn't mind. The richness the fruit could bring was not something a normal mind could resist. Since the three girls were weak, they were weak-minded as well and were content with one fruit each.
But Xian Zhou was the strongest in the group, and his ambitions were also the greatest. He was thinking about the possibilities. He thought of every option, but in the end, couldn't think straight.
"Without Sister Yu's light element and method of picking the fruit only I know, there is no way you can take them by yourself," Ezio said with a smile. "Or you can let Elders in the sect know of it, and hope they will reward you with maybe one fruit." Ezio was ruthless with his words. He read all the faces in the crowd and only Xian Zhou was thinking to take all the fruits to himself.
"Little Ezio, shouldn't worry about it. I was thinking about how we should handle the sixth Cherry." Xian Zhou said with a snort. He was embarrassed to be seen through.
"Brother Xian shouldn't worry about it. I will take the extra one with me." Ezio said matter of factly. Others looked at him and were surprised by his boldness, but he didn't let them think too much. "I am the only one who can get us those fruits successfully, and I am the only one who can pluck them.
Without me or Sister Yu, you can only leave in defeat."
"Then why not Yuan Yu take it?" Xian Zhou gritted his teeth and asked.
"Because she would rather I have it."
"I would rather Ezio have it."
Ezio and Yang Yu spoke at the same moment and chuckled after.
"Brother Zhou, we are all at the peak of the Qi Force Opening Realm. When we breakthrough to Qi Solidification Realm, we can use Millenium Yin Cherry to increase our tiers, but after that the chance of our breakthrough to Qi Crystallization Realm is slim." Yang Yu started to speak softly.
"Ezio, on the other hand, is on the verge of breaking through to the Qi Force Opening Realm. If he uses it now, it will increase his tier, then he can use it once more when he advances into the Qi Solidification Realm."
"I agree with Sister Yu." Xun Bai and Lai Shi said from the side with a smile.
"So be it." Xian Zhou sighed and gave up on persuading Yang Yu.
"You cannot break through within the inner part of Royal Forest, or the barrier will let leaders notice. Then you will be forced to leave the forest on your own, or people will chase you out." Ezio spoke after a silence.
"You cannot carry the fruit either. I have a way to let you swallow it and keep it in your stomach for a few months. When you are ready to break through, you can pop the bubble and digest the fruit." The way Ezio had mentioned wasn't complicated or anything magical.
In his previous life, there were some capsules made of animal skin, resistant to stomach acid, allowing people to swallow them without consuming the medicine inside. Ezio thought of a way to imitate the effect. Luckily he had some snakeskin to make something similar.
"Let's not dally any further. We shouldn't make plans, without actually acquiring the plant." Xian Zhou stated harshly. He was the strongest in the group and was the leader. But all of a sudden Ezio started to make the calls. This made him restless.
"Sure, which way would you like to go?" Ezio wasn't a pushover either. He domineeringly asked his opinion.
"Maybe we should try them one by one." Xian Zhou couldn't figure it out, and thus offered to try them.
"It is the fourth path," Ezio said and started to walk in front.
"How do you know?"
"Because that path was where all Wuchuge ran to." Ezio didn't say any further and walked in front. He might be weaker than the rest, but he was the only one who could acquire the fruit.
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