School Beauty's Personal Crazy Young Master

Chapter 407: Chapter 461 Essence Fruit Ripens

”Those three pale yellow ones should be the Essence Fruits about to ripen,”

Chen Nan pointed ahead, the brothers quickened their pace and ran shoulder to shoulder towards the Tree of Life.

The Life Essence Fruits, which gather nature’s spiritual energy to grow, are top-tier Divine Medicines in the world.

According to legend, the Life Essence Fruits can only be picked when they are ripe. If the fruits are unripe, no matter how advanced your power is, you can’t pick them because the Divine Tree will fight back.

There were twenty-three people gathered around the Divine Tree.

Most of these people were at the Qi Dao Ninth Heaven, only six were at the Ten Layers of Heaven, and there was even just one from the Eighth Layer, who seemed carefree, probably knowing he had no chance at the Essence Fruits, so he stayed far back, ready to watch the spectacle.

Clearly, it was difficult for those below the Ninth Heaven Realm to enter this valley.

Chen Nan was sure that when they first entered the Qianzhong Mountain Range, there were many people from the Eighth and Seventh Realms, but most had perished along the way.

Upon seeing Chen Nan and the Poison Wolf’s arrival, the vigilance of these people increased, each wary of the others.

The Essence Fruits were not fully ripe yet. When they did ripen, a fierce battle would erupt in the valley, as there were already twenty-five people present, yet only three Essence Fruits, not nearly enough to go around.

Everyone was standing ten meters away from the Tree of Life because around the Divine Tree, there was a transparent barrier, resembling a boundary, which no one could charge through no matter how skilled in martial arts they were.

It was said that this barrier would only disappear when the Essence Fruits ripened.

And by nightfall, if no one had picked the fruits, they would rot automatically, and the transparent barrier would reappear to protect the Divine Tree.

After Chen Nan and the Poison Wolf arrived outside the barrier, they simply found a large stone slab to sit on, lit a cigarette, and leisurely awaited the ripening of the Essence Fruits.

To the others, such behavior was somewhat surprising.

While everyone else heightened their alertness, ready to pounce at the moment the Essence Fruits ripened, these two seemed not at all tense, not appearing as if they were here to compete for the Essence Fruits but rather as if they were here to enjoy a show.

”What a lively scene!”

Suddenly, a voice came, filled with strong fluctuations of Inner Strength.

As soon as the voice ended, two young men in white clothes, each holding a folding fan and looking very much like playboys, leaped over with agility. The cultivation level of one of them was quite profound, having reached at least the Qi Dao Ten Layers, and possibly even the Ten Layers Heaven Peak.

The other was of the Ninth Layer Heaven’s strength, a familiar face to Chen Nan — Jiang Yifei.

This fellow had previously escaped from Poison Wolf’s hands, already injured, and now could smoothly enter the valley mainly because of the higher-level expert beside him.

Both Chen Nan and Poison Wolf frowned slightly.

”This man’s strength fears not even mine,” Poison Wolf said somberly, eyeing the white-clothed youth.

Chen Nan nodded, ”Indeed very strong!”

At that moment, Jiang Yifei also spotted them and immediately pointed and shouted, ”Brother, it’s them! They’re the ones who killed two fellow apprentices and injured me before!”

This white-clothed youth, the foremost disciple of the Desire Palace — Hua Yunfei.

He glanced over at Chen Nan, then shook his head at Jiang Yifei, indicating that now was not the time for revenge.

Jiang Yifei clenched his teeth in hatred for Chen Nan but was helpless and had no choice but to follow Hua Yunfei to the other side.

Although Chen Nan wanted to kill Jiang Yifei, he too would not make a move now.

After all, the Essence Fruit was about to mature, and what he needed to do was not to fight but to conserve his strength.

As the Essence Fruit slowly turned from pale yellow to white, everyone began to circulate their Inner Strength, highly vigilant and ready to snatch the Essence Fruit at the first opportunity, while Chen Nan and Poison Wolf were still sitting on the stone bench, smoking and chatting leisurely.

Of course, this ”casual chat” was purely how it appeared to others; in reality, they were discussing how to make their move.

”Buzz...”

Suddenly, a trembling sound came, and the Barrier outside the Divine Tree vibrated momentarily.

”The Essence Fruit is maturing!”

One fellow, unable to contain his excitement, shouted out loud, only to draw eye rolls from those around him—wasn’t that just attracting more attention to himself?

”Be careful, everyone. As far as I know, after the Barrier vibrates three times, it will completely shatter, and the Essence Fruit will be fully mature,” said Chen Nan with a chuckle, ”No need to thank me, my name is Lei Feng.”

Everyone furrowed their brows and gave him a puzzled look.

Wasn’t this guy here to snatch the Essence Fruit? Otherwise, why would he be reminding others?

”Thud...”

The three nearly ripe Essence Fruits, as if alive, trembled lightly, sending white ripples from the Divine Tree to spread all around, shaking the Barrier vigorously, almost causing it to shatter.

A few more minutes passed, and it was exactly noon—

”Thud...”

The three Essence Fruits trembled again, and the originally pale yellow fruits instantly turned spotlessly white and crystal clear.

Three white ripples emitted from the Essence Fruit, rippling all around, hitting the barrier and producing a ”crack” sound; the Barrier shattered instantly, and a violent energy surged out from within.

”Thump...”

Several Ninth Layer Heaven Martial Artists of lesser Cultivation directly became unstable and sat down on the ground due to the storm of energy.

Even those from the Ten Layers Heaven had to step back to regain their footing. The next moment, everyone, as if mad, rushed towards the Tree of Life to pick the Essence Fruit.

But Chen Nan and Poison Wolf still remained seated there, motionless.

Similarly immobile were two others; the top successor of Desire Palace, Hua Yunfei, who stood there with a calm expression, not rushing to act promptly; beside him, Jiang Yifei wanted to make a move but was stopped by him.

More than twenty people used Qinggong and lunged at the three fruits, colliding with each other mid-air.

To prevent others from picking the fruits, these people didn’t care if they knew each other or if they were enemies; as long as they saw someone moving ahead of them, they immediately circulated their True Qi, desperately bombarding to block others.

These were all skilled fighters; once they started, the scene turned into complete chaos.

Every time someone jumped up to pick an Essence Fruit, they were pulled back by the person behind them.

”Pfft...”

Blood stained the sky, and the body of a Ninth Layer Heaven Martial Artist fell to the ground, decapitated.

The battle was incredibly fierce, with continual injuries and even deaths!

Meanwhile, Chen Nan and Poison Wolf simply watched them fight with smiles, showing no intention of intervening, ready to reap the benefits of the fishermen’s fight.