In Black Ice Valley.
Although it was deep into the night, the valley was brightly lit by countless torches, which turned it as bright as during the day.
However, there was no one around.
The silence was unnerving.
Feng Wu scanned the area with her eyes, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.
"Look, there." Feng Xun raised his eyebrows and looked pleasantly surprised.
Following his finger, they saw a flickering dot of light up on the high cliff.
Without a doubt, it was —
"Immortal Spiritual Fruit!" Xuan Yi cried out. "The fruit that shines like a star at night."
"Yes! That's right!" Feng Xun was so excited that he almost jumped up. "Hahaha! That spot is where the fruit grows. If we've guessed right, that flash of light is our Immortal Spiritual Fruit!"
"But what's going on here?" Xuan Yi frowned a little. "The place looks ransacked. It must have been quite the battle."
At that very moment, Feng Wu's unblinking bright eyes were fixed on that towering cliff and the dot of light on it.
They were right. That was exactly where that Immortal Spiritual Fruit was.
Feng Wu had kept a close watch on that Immortal Spiritual Fruit for the past few years, for once she obtained it, she would be able to refine the Nine Transformation Spirit Restoration Pill, and with the pill, she would be able to resume her cultivation!
Resume her cultivation… She would be that genius teenage girl again… The temptation was so great that she could hardly stand still.
Eyes shining, she clenched her fists under her long sleeves.
The next moment, Feng Wu realized that something wasn't right.
Based on her past observations, a formidable, blood-curdling Sacred Emerald Python always hovered around the fruit.
All her attempts to get closer to the fruit were rendered futile by the bone-chilling energy the python gave off… There was nothing she could do about it.
However, she neither saw the python nor sensed its energy now, which was rather unusual.
Jun Linyuan's thin lips moved and he said quietly, "The guy isn't completely useless."
"What?" Feng Xun was bewildered at first, but soon, his eyes lit up. "Boss Jun, this is your doing, isn't it? You set Yu Mingye up again! That Sacred Emerald Python was lured away by his elders, wasn't it?"
Jun Linyuan gave another indifferent "hm."
Feng Xun couldn't help but pity Yu Mingye a little in her head.
That teenager… had fallen into Boss Jun's trap every single time, but he just kept coming back for more.
Feng Xun said, "This is strange. If Yu Mingye's people have lured that python away, why hasn't he taken the fruit already?"
The tiniest smile emerged on Jun Linyuan's charming face, but he didn't say a word.
The next second —
Jun Linyuan leapt up, stepped on the cliff wall, and swiftly dashed upward.
In a matter of seconds, he was a long way off the ground already.
Feng Xun watched enviously. He then exchanged looks with Xuan Yi and said, "Let's go!"
After that, both guys kicked the cliff wall with the tips of their feet and they were off like shooting arrows.
They were so quick!
Feng Wu kept her unblinking gaze on the three teenagers, who were getting smaller and smaller in her sight. Her eyes twinkled in excitement and she clenched her fists tight.
Immortal Spiritual Fruit… It was her Immortal Spiritual Fruit!
Since that Immortal Spiritual Fruit was within their reach, she wasn't worried at all that Jun Linyuan would fail to obtain it. However, what did worry her was how to snatch the fruit away from Jun Linyuan once he had it.
Suppressing her excitement, Feng Wu forced her brain to turn.
Meanwhile, Jun Linyuan almost reached the top of the cliff!
The cliff was a rather special one, for instead of bare rock, the cliff wall was covered in leafy vines from top to bottom.
In the dark, with the help of the rock protrusions on the cliff wall, Jun Linyuan twirled and turned, nimbly making his way up the cliff.
Just before Jun Linyuan landed, one of the protuberances he stepped on shifted under his weight and let out a cry of pain.
However, Jun Linyuan didn't seem to notice the sound at all. With a leap, he was on the top of the cliff.
Feng Xun was right behind Jun Linyuan and heard the cry. Hence, upon landing, he said to Jun Linyuan in bewilderment, "I think you stepped on someone back there."
"No, I didn't." Jun Linyuan didn't give it another thought.
Right now, all his attention was on the Immortal Spiritual Fruit in front of him.
Moonlight poured down through the clouds like water and an Immortal Spiritual Flower that was as white as a magnolia slowly blossomed under the moon. It was fruiting as they watched.
Gleaming and translucent, the Immortal Spiritual Fruit was as flawless as a piece of white jade. Its beauty was breathtaking.
All their orifices seemed to open up at the dense spiritual essence the fruit gave off.
Around the plant was a long strip of glistening snake skin.
"That's the skin the Sacred Emerald Python shed. Judging from its color, the python has completed all nine transformations already… It must be terrifyingly powerful now. If we had to fight it head-on… Boss Jun, what chance do we stand?"
Feng Xun had forgotten all about the person Jun Linyuan had stepped on, and all he could think of now was this splendid python skin.
Jun Linyuan's nice straight eyebrows creased a little. "We'd be just as severely injured as it."
Patting his chest, Feng Xun rejoiced. "Hahaha! Luckily, Boss Jun tricked Yu Mingye into luring that python away, or even if we could defeat it, it'd be at great cost. Sigh, I wonder how pissed Yu Mingye will be after he realizes that we've stolen his prize."
"Yu Ming…" Jun Linyuan frowned, looking confused.
Feng Xun said in resignation, "Yu Mingye, Yu Mingye, the guy's name is Yu Mingye… Come on, Boss Jun, Yu Mingye thinks of you as his number one enemy and he's been trying to get your attention whenever he has a chance. You don't even remember his name?"
Jun Linyuan was still frowning. "That won't be necessary."
Feng Xun couldn't help but say a silent prayer for Yu Mingye. "Poor guy. If he finds out that the person he's deemed as his archenemy can't even remember his full name — and wasn't planning to, for that matter — how mad would he be? Sigh, it's good that he's not here, or he'd explode."
Jun Linyuan forgot about the subject right away. With a flick of his fair, slender fingers, the Immortal Spiritual Fruit automatically flew toward the white jade box in his hands.
Once the fruit was inside, the lid closed on its own and the box locked with a click.
Jun Linyuan turned around swiftly, his robe flapping in the wind. His foot pushed down on the cliff wall, and with the momentum, he jumped off.
On his way down, he stepped on that round, black protuberance again, but paid no attention to it whatsoever.
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