"What I want to say is that although there is a way to avoid the catastrophe of heaven and earth, the cost of implementation is huge and requires things from outside the territory."
When Ye Wentian said this, he had a nostalgic look on his face: "I think back then, the Twelve God Kings and I fought fiercely with each other to compete for this opportunity. However, although I was not the final winner, I successfully used the help of the outside world.
We have escaped the catastrophe, but compared to the fact that we survived, we will undoubtedly lose a lot more."
"If my little friend is faced with such a choice in the future, my suggestion is...it's better to go with heaven and earth."
"Thank you for your teachings, senior. I will keep them in mind, junior."
Lu Zhong looked stern and cupped his hands.
He immediately raised his head because he had many questions in his mind.
But as soon as this thought came into my mind, I felt my body light up, and when I came back to my senses, I was already at the ruins.
Looking at the familiar stone wall in front of him, Lu Zhong felt helpless for a moment. He just wanted to ask whether the great catastrophe of heaven and earth was the truth of the Broken War.
"Maybe it's the truth..."
Of course, it may also be deliberately induced by the God King Ye Wentian.
Another point.
Although Ye Wentian did not say it clearly just now, there is a possibility that Tiandao must also be studying to obtain true transcendence, otherwise Guan Daozi would not have come up with the theory of "the only immortal of the true self".
It must be that the Golden Tree of Heavenly Dao has made progress to give this method of becoming an immortal.
"To become an immortal, you become not only a true immortal, but also a transcendent immortal."
"You can't transcend, you can only live as long as the heaven and the earth. If you want to avoid the catastrophe of the heaven and the earth, you need something from outside the realm. This requires cultivation above the level of a true immortal to obtain it."
According to the cycle of great tribulations of heaven and earth, it is one thousand seven hundred and fifty kalpas.
Combined with the current intensity of the Broken War, it was not difficult for him to guess a terrifying fact, that is, the day of disaster was probably very close.
Lu Zhong couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he thought of this.
...
After a few days, the fruit finally matured.
After maturing, the Baishi fruit tree is no longer the square shape it was before, but a dazzling colorful giant tree. The tree is covered with longan-sized Baishi fruits, exuding a strong fragrance.
Lu Zhong made a rough count and found that there were one hundred and two fruits in total.
"It seems like a lot, but according to the records, every time the Baishi Fruit matures, there are only three of them that are the real Baishi Fruit. The rest are just tree seeds. Taking them will not help you become a Golden Immortal."
An interesting point is that ingesting tree seeds is not a bad thing.
Once taken, it can coexist with the Eternal Tree.
Even if you are a true immortal, you will have to pay a heavy price to get rid of this state.
In the state of symbiosis, monks can use the Eternal Tree to purify their mana before they become immortals. As long as they are willing to pay a reward, which is 30% of the total mana, the Eternal Tree can do this.
"It's a pity that it is useless to true immortals..."
Putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Lu Zhong used his spiritual consciousness to scan the Baishi Tree.
Naturally, nothing was found.
Not only him, but also the other true immortals present had the same result.
Lu Zhong was not surprised by this.
The fruit of the Eternal Tree is for reproduction, and the Eternal Fruit, which is very helpful in forming a Golden Immortal, is just a bait produced specifically for the purpose of reproducing offspring. This fruit cannot germinate and grow the Eternal Tree.
The effect of Baishiguo is amazing.
It is to attract existences like true immortals, whose strength stands on top of the world.
It has to be said that the disguise of the Baishi Tree is indeed extraordinary. At this moment, even if the real immortals use all kinds of methods, they seem to have found nothing.
During this process, everyone kept a distance from the Baishi Tree.
Not everyone is aware of it, but once they get close to the Baishi Tree, they will be attacked by others, and it will be difficult to survive.
Only when it's time to pick the fruits can we take turns to approach.
This is an unwritten rule.
In many classics that Lu Zhong has read, they all mention the special rules reached by tacit understanding between true immortals in order to reduce unnecessary casualties.
It's like the birth of Baishiguo now.
Because it is difficult to identify the species of the fruit tree, and the birth of the tree is very noisy, it often attracts a large number of contenders.
Therefore, it is often distributed by taking turns.
It sounds a little ridiculous, but in order to prevent long nights and dreams, when the monks above the heavenly immortals intervened, all the immortals present acquiesced to this unwritten rule.
Not long after, someone came forward.
"Changchun Taoist Palace is inaugurated and I have met all of you fellow Taoists!"
The one who stood up was a young Taoist who deliberately vented his breath when speaking. He was already a Nine Realm Golden Immortal.
With such a level of cultivation, he undoubtedly stands out from the crowd.
"It turns out to be a fellow Taoist!"
Many monks recognized the young Taoist, and they all said hello.
"With my level of cultivation in the Nine Realms, would anyone be dissatisfied when this fruit is harvested from people?" Cheng Jianli stepped in the void, a shadow appeared behind him, and asked everyone present.
After asking three times, no one came forward.
Cheng Jianli immediately stepped forward and randomly picked a fruit from the Baishi Tree.
"Accepted!"
Immediately, he bowed his hands and returned to his original position.
However, Cheng Jianli did not leave. This time when the Baishi fruit was ripe, less than a hundred true immortals came, which meant that he might have a second chance to pick the fruit.
Lu Zhong was on the periphery, watching this scene like this.
Just like Cheng Jianli, three monks appeared on the stage and picked one fruit each.
Soon, it was the turn of the Seven Realm monks.
"Kao Leizi from Kao Lei Mountain, I have met all of you fellow Taoists."
Lu Zhong stood up at this time and saluted everyone present.
"Cao Lei Mountain?"
"I haven't heard of it."
"Where did the wild fairy come from?"
The monks below discussed for a while, but no one stood up. After all, the aura on Kao Leizi's body could not be faked, and the cultivation level of the Seventh Realm Celestial Immortal was also at the top level here.
No one objected, and Lu Zhong picked a fruit.
After receiving the fruit, he also returned it.
Standing in the distance, Lu Zhong looked at the fruit in his hand without any trace. The appearance of the fruit was consistent with the description in the classics. It was still difficult to tell whether it was a tree species or the Baishi fruit he needed.
"How to tell the difference?"
Just as he was thinking, a wave of fluctuation suddenly came from the sea of consciousness.
Invisible waves spread to the fruit in his hand, and a faint voice actually reached Lu Zhong's heart. It was the instinctive desire of living beings for life. The fruit in his hand longed to grow into a towering tree.
"It's a tree species."
Lu Zhong's expression darkened and he thought to himself.
But then, the same voice came again, a total of one hundred and two voices.
No more, no less, exactly the total number of fruits on the Baishi tree.
"What?"
Lu Zhong was shocked and immediately thought of a possibility.
Is there no Baishi fruit on the tree?
At this time, he suddenly remembered the expressions on the faces of the previous people when they were picking fruits.
Without exception, everything is very casual.
This is unreasonable!
"If my prediction is correct, these people from the Dao Palace must know this and know that there is no Baishi Fruit on the Baishi Tree, so they are so casual."
Lu Zhong thought about it long and hard, and found that this was the only way to explain it.