Chapter Ninety-Five: The Great Yu Tree

  "Don't worry, it's less than a ten-mile journey."

  Chu Hao nodded and sped up, finally stopping above a dense forest. Looking down, Chu Hao couldn't help but reveal another bitter smile.

  Chen Honghong could only feel that the spiritual energy was scattered in this area, but she couldn't sense a specific location. With such a large range, she had to search for it herself.

  However, for a land of ultimate bliss, even one that is ranked 39th among the lower-grade lands of ultimate bliss would be worth it.

  Fell into the woods below, with high mountains standing on both sides, a cool breeze swept over his body and mind. Chu Hao didn't pay attention, his eyes scanning the surroundings. The trees here were very dense, the tallest ones were about three zhang high, and the branches were staggered, some of which slanted outwards. The road was steep, with shrubs scattered all around, very uneven and difficult to walk.

  Chu Hao looked around for a while, then walked towards the depths. He didn't let go of any mountain wall. Since the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land was a blessed land, it should be some kind of cave existence. This place was big, but there were only two mountain walls, visible to the naked eye, so it shouldn't be hard to find.

  But when people think something is very easy to achieve, it often turns out to be more difficult when they try to achieve it.

  Chu Hao is now almost in such an embarrassing situation, he has searched all around the mountain forest, even went up to the top of the two mountains to check several times, although he found a few caves, but there was no existence of spiritual energy.

  "Chen Honghong, that method of sensing the spiritual energy, won't it go wrong?" Chu Hao was a bit skeptical, sat down on the ground, plucked a fruit from the tree mountain, made sure there was no problem, and then took a bite.

  In the darkness, this dense forest has no insect chirping or beast roaring, but instead highlights a few more terrifying flavors.

  However, Chu Hao was bold and fearless, not even afraid of Jin Dan cultivators, let alone demons and monsters. Although he remained vigilant, in his heart, he was still at ease.

  Chen Honghong fell silent for a moment, then said in a condensed voice: "Look again, I may have slept for two thousand years, but my perception of spiritual energy shouldn't be wrong. It's around here."

  Chu Hao let out a mournful cry, then threw away the fruit and began searching around again. This time, under the carpet-style search, he found several small caves, but there was still no spiritual energy inside. Chu Hao was just an acquired martial artist, unless he entered a blessed land, otherwise he would never be able to feel the existence of spiritual energy.

  Essence, that is equivalent to the energy of heaven and earth. Only the pre-heavenly energy is closest to this kind of existence. No matter how strong the post-heavenly energy is, it cannot be felt or absorbed.

  At last, after two quarters of an hour, Chu Hao had almost searched every nook and cranny of this place, but still hadn't found anything. He shrugged his shoulders, and wiped the sweat from his forehead, which was due to his intense concentration: "No way, there's nothing here, it can only be said that your method is wrong."

  Affected by Chu Hao's questioning, Chen Honghong also became somewhat uncertain. He didn't speak, seemingly pondering something. Chu Hao was also tired, leaning against a tree and sitting on the ground, taking off his bamboo hat to fan himself.

  This Monkey Mountain is indeed a Monkey Mountain, I just saw an old man alone climbing up and down.

  Chu Hao shook his head, he didn't have much desire for this blessed land, and now that he hadn't found it, he only felt a little disappointed, without any other emotions. Seeing Chen Honghong not speaking anymore, he comforted her: "Now that we've obtained the demon beast's inner dan, today's harvest is also very good. Not finding the existence of the blessed land isn't a big deal. Think about it, since the Purple Cloud Sect only sent some later-generation disciples to find the demon beast, it must mean this place doesn't have anything good, don't think too much about it."

  Chen Honghong retorted, "You're doubting my ability, this is an insult to me! Those guys from the Purple Cloud Sect are at most in the Golden Elixir stage. In my heyday, I could crush one of them with just a finger."

  Chu Hao said: "I've been working hard for half a day without saying anything, and you're getting angry now."

  Chen Hong hummed, then seemed to remember something and suddenly said: "Right, didn't you just eat a fruit?" Qin Yuelou replied lazily: "Yes, it's not good at all, a bit astringent. Do you want to eat some but can't?" After a pause, she smiled and said: "But you can't eat it either."

  "You silly boy, you've traveled through these places and haven't even noticed! Chen Honghong scolded in a bad mood: "Look for yourself, which of these trees has fruit on it?"

  Chu Hao's mind stirred, and he looked around, his gaze sweeping the surroundings. He was somewhat astonished to find that the trees in this dense forest were not fruit trees at all. As far as the eye could see, there were only lush leaves and tree trunks, without a single fruit or even a flower in sight! Chu Hao's eyes widened in surprise, and he exclaimed, "You mean...!"

  "You're right, it's strange that there are no animals in this area. Logically speaking, a place with spiritual energy should be the favorite habitat of wild beasts. But this place is full of eerie atmosphere and filled with a cold and gloomy air!" Chen Honghong pondered: "Although it has spiritual energy, it doesn't necessarily mean it's a blessed land. It could also be a treacherous terrain! Think about it, how rare is it to find a place with such abundant spiritual energy?"

  Chu Hao's heart was also shocked. If what Chen Honghong said was true, then this thing emitting spiritual energy wouldn't be a portable treasure that could bring good fortune? Chu Hao wasn't unfamiliar with such portable spiritual treasures from his past life. Like the golden and silver gourds, or the Punishment Cauldron owned by his master, the leader of the Foundry Sect, which were all examples of this type of existence. Those things could be used as attack-type magic tools at any time, and when encountering an enemy that was too strong to defeat, one could shrink into it and absorb spiritual energy for cultivation!

  Of course, this kind of thing is a treasure, and the Hunyuan Ding as a spiritual treasure, once repaired, it's even more unthinkable!

  At this thought, Chu Hao felt a thrill of excitement. Chen Honghong poured cold water on him, saying: "You really have wild ideas, that kind of treasure is not something that can be produced in the Nine Realms world. At most, it only has an auxiliary effect for refining artifacts or alchemy, heavenly materials and earthly treasures, do you understand? It's just a material!"

  Chu Hao said discontentedly: "I just want to think about it, can't I? If you don't scold me for a day, will your mouth rot?"

  "You're looking for trouble every day, and your ears are itching."

  Chu Hao stopped arguing with Chen Honghong and quickly began searching in the mountains. Since he had locked onto his target, it didn't take him two minutes to arrive at the big tree where he had eaten fruit earlier. It was only then that he discovered this tree was much taller and more robust than the others, with dense branches and leaves, adorned with bright red fruit.

  "It's here." Chu Hao followed Chen Honghong's method, slowly placing his hand on the rugged tree trunk. As soon as he touched it, a tingling sensation spread through his palm.

  Chu Hao's heart skipped a beat, and in an instant, the entire ground began to tremble. This tremor was not intense, and if one didn't feel it carefully, they wouldn't notice it at all. But Chu Hao's hand was tightly against the tree trunk, so he felt it especially strongly.

  It felt as if someone was casting a water-based spell, and wave after wave of water was washing over his body. Chu Hao's body was instantly soaked.

  The hand against the big tree, the touch is very strange and cool. But this coolness doesn't come from ice or snow, it's like water, faintly spreading in the palm of my hand.

  Just as Chu Hao was quietly pondering this feeling, Chen Honghong suddenly understood what it was through contact with the big tree, and she exclaimed in surprise: "You little scoundrel, you've made a huge profit! This is a Great Yu Wood!"

  "What's Da Yu Mu?" Chu Hao finally came back to his senses at this time, and upon hearing the words, he was taken aback for a moment before asking: "What is Da Yu Mu?"

  "This is a rare treasure, although it's not considered one of the earthly treasures, but even in the Fivefold Heaven, it's still a relatively rare material. This material can be used to make talismans and ritual instruments, and even repair the Mysterious Origin Cauldron without any problems!" Chen Honghong's tone was filled with suppressed excitement, a situation that Chu Hao had never seen before.

  He used to be a great master of alchemy, but what's this Great Yu wood? He hadn't even heard of it. But he also knew that with his more than 20 years of life and less than 15 years of experience in the cultivation world, in front of Chen Honghong, a thousand-year-old demon, he could only be considered a complete rookie, so he asked about his ignorance.

  "The repair material is still lacking, isn't it? This is a big problem." Chu Hao said foolishly.

  "Good grief!" Chen Honghong was thoroughly exasperated by Chu Hao's ignorance, and she really had no idea how he had managed to cultivate himself into a Grandmaster of Artifact Refining. He said, "You should at least know about the materials used for artifact refinement."

  "When it comes to his own profession, Chu Hao was unhesitating, saying: 'Of course I know, the four are: common, strange, earth and heaven.'"

  As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and looked up at the ordinary-looking tree in surprise, saying: "This thing is a rare treasure? I don't see anything special about it?"

  Chen Honghong burst out laughing and said, "You can't see it, that's okay, as long as I can see it, that's enough!" He continued, "Among the repair materials I mentioned earlier, three of them are actually Earth-grade repair materials. You, a mere Grandmaster Refiner, can only achieve that level. The first step in repairing the Hunyuan Cauldron is to obtain Black Crystal Ore, Three-Stage Yao Beast Inner Elixir, and Ming Water Grass. However, since Ming Water Grass is an ordinary treasure, now that we have a rare treasure with matching attributes, we can naturally replace it, and its effect will be even better than Ming Water Grass!"

  Chu Hao heard this and felt somewhat displeased, saying: "I'm the great master of equipment refinement, at least I'm the second-in-command of the Foundry Sect. You're also the spirit of my Foundry Sect's equipment, do you have to be so hurtful?"

  "Stop complaining, being able to find such a treasure in this 'Xian Tian' world is truly a stroke of luck. This giant Yu wood has been living here for no less than five hundred years, and yet it was you who found it. The spiritual energy accumulated on its body over the past five hundred years can be compared to that produced by thirty-nine lower-grade blessed lands! Moreover, although this thing cannot absorb spiritual energy like a golden gourd or other treasures, if you cultivate water-attribute magic, you can transfer the spiritual energy from the giant Yu wood to your own magic - just think of how precious this thing is!"

  Chu Hao listened to Chen Honghong's words and became excited, no longer caring about his previous words. He patted the trunk of the giant tree with satisfaction, saying: "You don't even know who I am, this thing is like a thousand-mile horse, just waiting for someone like me to discover it. Five hundred years of waiting, all for the moment when I arrive, haha..."

  Chen Honghong was speechless at Chu Hao's thick skin, pretending not to have heard, and urged: "Don't hurry up and pull out this tree with its roots, see if it's all a large piece of Yu wood. If the whole root is like that, then it's truly a blessing from the heavens."