Chapter Ninety-six: Returning with a Full Load

  Chu Hao was taken aback by his words and continued: "You're not mistaken, are you? The whole thing was uprooted?"

  He looked at this big tree, three or four zhang tall, and thought that pulling it up would make too much noise, and besides, where could he put it?

  "Don't worry, since the Great Yu wood is a rare treasure, it must be extremely precious. If the entire tree were to be Great Yu wood, that would be too against the heavens. So I'm guessing this Great Yu wood is either at the roots or in the center of the bark. But with such a vast spiritual energy, it shouldn't be too small."

  In terms of insight, Chu Hao was definitely no match for Chen Honghong, this old monster who had refined his skills to perfection. After hearing him say that, he didn't ask any more questions and hugged the tree trunk, gritting his teeth as he tried to lift it up. Chu Hao possessed the strength of thirty horses, a master of acquired martial arts with skin as tough as steel. Logically speaking, lifting such a tree should not be a problem for him when he exerted his full strength.

  But this tree was extremely strange, he had been holding it for half a day and still couldn't move it. Chu Hao's hands were numb, he put them down and said, "This giant wood is too difficult to pull out."

  Chen Honghong said calmly: "You're too weak. Don't worry about it for now, since you can't pull it out, I'll think of another way."

  Chu Hao said: "My strength is weak, it's not because of this rubbish seal."

  After a moment, Chen Honghong said: "You use the method I just taught you, and put your hand on the tree again. Where it's coolest, it's like a water ball swelling in your palm. You go in that direction."

  Chu Hao nodded and then stuck his hand back on. Muttering the incantation from earlier, Chu Hao felt that tingling sensation in his palm again. His whole body was filled with a wet, soggy illusion. He began to slowly slide his palm, and at a place two inches away from where the tree trunk entered the ground, he pressed down on a snake-shaped protrusion.

  "Chen Honghong is right here." Chu Hao patted the spot, his hand stopping as he looked up with a determined expression.

  "There shouldn't be anything wrong!" Chen Honghong said: "Scrape off the bark!"

  Chu Hao nodded, withdrew his hand, and then took out the long sword he had collected earlier from his storage bag. He stabbed it fiercely into the tree bark. Fortunately, the trunk was not too hard, and Chu Hao's sword sank in by several inches with one strike.

  Looking at the tree bark scraped by himself, Chu Hao's long sword in his hand did not stop for a moment, and with a few more swishes, he cut open the bulging book skin, revealing the pale blue tree resin. At this moment, a burst of azure light flashed, and the entire big tree began to shake violently, countless fallen leaves falling down, as if they were going to collapse.

  "Hurry up! This must be the Great Yu wood! Dig it out!"

  Chu Hao's heart tightened as he heard the words, and he quickly used his sword to scrape away the bark of the surrounding trees. However, the light grew brighter and brighter, forcing Chu Hao to squint his eyes. Just then, Chu Hao's hand trembled as he held his sword, and the bright red fruit on the tree suddenly fell off in an instant, regardless of which direction it was growing, they all flew towards Chu Hao at the same time.

  "Damn it!" Chu Hao couldn't help but curse, and had no time to dodge the fruit, so he could only let them hit him. His internal energy protected his body, so even when they hit him, it didn't hurt much.

  That sharp light did not disperse, but instead grew brighter. At this moment, a cold breath penetrated directly into Chu Hao's body from the sword blade, causing him to shiver. Suddenly, a three-inch-long, cyan-colored ginseng-like object shot out rapidly from the tree bark and was about to fly towards the sky in an instant.

  "Hurry up, use the Hunyuan Ding to capture it!" Chen Honghong's words were excited and loud.

  At this moment, without Chen Honghong saying it, Chu Hao also knew what was going on. Unexpectedly, this giant tree seemed to have spiritual intelligence and could even escape! He quickly recited the incantation, and the Hunyuan Ding appeared above his head, the sparkling blue color merging with the blue of the giant tree in the dark sky, illuminating the entire region.

  Chu Hao gritted his teeth and pulled the Hunyuan Ding fiercely, only to see it swirling in the sky, with the symbols on its body shining brightly. In an instant, it grew to three or four meters high, dwarfing the two men. Then, it swooped down towards Da Yu Mu's head, as if trying to escape.

  The primordial tripod's aura was overwhelming, pressing down from top to bottom, rendering the giant Yu tree immobile. Although the Yu tree wanted to resist with all its might and engage in a magical battle with the primordial tripod, the gap between them was too vast. Even the golden liquid of the primordial tripod was beyond comparison for the Yu tree. After struggling for less than five minutes, the Yu tree flew back tens of inches before finally being sucked into the primordial tripod. As the blue light in the sky gradually dissipated, Chu Hao felt a surge of joy and hastily activated his incantation to recall the primordial tripod.

  The process of the two treasures fighting only lasted for less than a moment, and this dense forest was deep in the mountains where monkeys lived, so even if it was a spectacular sight, no one noticed. Chu Hao put the Hunyuan Ding on the ground, and when he looked at the big tree from before, he was shocked to discover that the red fruit on top had withered away instantly, as if they had lost all their moisture. The originally sturdy big tree also showed some signs of withering, its bark slowly peeling off.

  "What's the use of these fruits?" Chu Hao saw this strange scene, and after a while, he came back to his senses. The Great Yu Wood is not only a rare treasure, but it has also survived for 500 years here, so these fruits shouldn't be as simple as they look on the surface.

  "These fruits should have a considerable nourishing effect on the warriors of tomorrow." Chen Honghong said, "It's equivalent to an ordinary elixir between first and second grade in human ranking."

  "What!" Chu Hao's face was filled with heartache, the scattered fruits on the ground had already lost their moisture and were beginning to shrink, originally they were all white and silver.

  "What a silly kid." Chen Honghong hummed: "Quickly take out Dayu wood and see."

  Chu Hao opened the Hunyuan Ding, and the Great Yu wood flew out in a faint blue light. The Great Yu wood was about two-thirds the size of an arm, with long whisker-like hairs on both ends. If it weren't for its body being a mottled pattern of cyan and blue, one might mistake it for ginseng at first glance.

  "This is the Great Yu wood." Holding the Great Yu wood in his hand, Chu Hao squeezed it hard with force, and its texture was exceptionally hard. He used his acquired energy to operate it, without leaving any marks.

  However, the spiritual energy on the Great Yu Tree was also clearly felt by Chu Hao at such a close distance.

  The spiritual energy is the most pure power between heaven and earth. Chu Hao simply held the Great Yu wood with his hand, and he felt that the internal force in his body seemed to have been stimulated by something, flowing more quickly, and there was a faint stirring at the Dan Tian, the air circulating through the hundred meridians, and a cool sensation all over his body, extremely refreshing.

  "It's indeed a good thing, although I've never heard of this rare treasure of the Great Yu Wood, but just this spiritual energy is truly extraordinary!" Chu Hao thought to himself, and then he put the Great Yu Wood into his storage bag.

  This giant tree has a spiritual nature, but it doesn't have the same level of spiritual intelligence as Chen Honghong. Just now, it only sensed danger and instinctively wanted to escape, but at this moment, it was subdued by the Hunyuan Ding under the unique pressure of the Tongling treasure, so it calmed down.

  "This Monkey Mountain is quiet and eerie, with a chilling atmosphere. It's all because of this giant Yu wood." Chu Hao thought for a moment, feeling the icy air around him slowly dissipate, then asked Chen Honghong again, "Was that demon beast earlier here because of the spiritual energy of this giant Yu wood? Last night at the Taishou's mansion, he said there was no such situation before."

  "It's highly likely." Chen Honghong nodded and said, "The Great Yu Wood is one of the rarest treasures in the world. Even if a demonic beast cultivates beside it or eats a few of its fruits, their cultivation will be twice as effective."

  "The old Taoists at the Purple Cloud Gate probably didn't expect that there would be a Great Yu wood here either, otherwise this good thing wouldn't have fallen into my hands." Chu Hao nodded, his emotions surging, and said: "Today's harvest is indeed bountiful. Once we arrive at Duorui City, I'll start repairing the Hunyuan Cauldron. Chen Honghong, don't disappoint me!"

  Chen Honghong coldly snorted: "You can rest assured."

  Chu Hao took a look around, now is not the time to carefully examine the giant tree, then pinched the remaining Yu Kong symbol into pieces, and immediately rose into the air, flying towards the direction of Luo Sheng City.

  All the way, Chu Hao was paying attention to the lower part. When passing through the empty land where the beast war had taken place before, he was surprised to find that the beast's corpse was still there, while He Gongming and Yue Buqi and others had already left.

  "This group of arrogant guys." Chu Hao naturally knew what it was all about, they looked down on him, in Chen Honghong's words, that was their ignorance. Chu Hao didn't care about that, after landing on the ground, he picked up his flying sword and brushed it against the monster's body for a while, ten minutes later, he stood up again and restarted his journey.

  He proceeded with caution, and since Luo Sheng City was located in a remote area, there were no monks wandering around even at midnight. As a result, Chu Hao returned to the city without any surprises or dangers. After entering the room of the Taishou Prefecture, Chu Hao changed his clothes and then used fire to burn them clean.

  Then he took a bath, thought for a while about Lin Meimei in the pavilion not far from the yard, and felt great. After sitting for a while, adjusting his inner strength, he lay down on the bed with satisfaction and fell asleep beautifully.

  The red ticket collection is not powerful enough, everyone can give a little more, don't be too miserable. Generally speaking, Fengyun's recommendation is equivalent to strong promotion, and even the list can't be reached, haha, how can you bear it in your heart?