Chapter 124: Longevity Fruit on the Longevity Tree

The ruined fairy palace.

The piles of broken stones and tiles were originally top-quality materials, but now they have lost their sparkle, which is a pity.

It seems as if the Monkey King has caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace, or as if the heaven and earth have been turned upside down and the whole world has been thrown into chaos.

Most of the golden-roofed palace was destroyed, and only one heavenly general was left guarding the gate.

Looking further down, there are thick black branches. It turns out that this palace in heaven was actually supported by a huge tree. Now it is in pieces, and the huge palace complex is hanging on the branches in pieces.

Under the tree are tangled roots that are firmly rooted in the ground, and outside is a pool of black water. The giant tree seems to be nurtured by this pool of black water and is growing very well. There are also blood-red fruits hidden under the green leaves, shaking from time to time.

A one-horned, green-haired beast was lying by the pond, twitching all over and spewing black saliva from its mouth. He stood up suddenly, retching out some minced meat, and joints on his back protruded. A pair of bony wings broke through the flesh and blood, stretched out, and bled, with black threads wriggling in the blood.

As soon as the blood flowed out, it seemed to be guided and flowed into the black water pool, while the flesh and blood of the strange beast rolled, covering its bare bone wings.

Bai Jing, who had lost a bit of weight, nodded in satisfaction and turned to look behind him.

Behind him were gods and demons of all shapes and sizes, sitting quietly around the pool.

A white tiger stepped forward and said, "Demon Master, two inferior gods and demons have flown in from the outside world."

This white tiger also looks strange. Although it is a tiger, it has no fur. There are ten small bone wings on its back that cover its abdomen. Red muscles can be seen between the gaps, and there is a blood pupil on its forehead that is rolling around.

"Carry it up and feed it to the sacred tree." Bai Jing said as he spat out another mouthful of blood.

The white tiger howled a few times, and then a strange beast came forward with two Purple Mansion robbery beasts. The originally violent and stupid robbery beasts did not move, allowing the strange beasts to grab them and throw them into the pool.

The water in the pond was rolling, and tree roots floated to the surface. They were as flexible as tentacles. Once they touched the beast, they separated into tiny threads, inserted into the beast's body, sucking its flesh and blood. Soon only a skin was left.

The tree root held the leather bag and brought it to the trunk. The trunk cracked everywhere, revealing bloodshot pupils. It stared at the leather bag carefully, then opened a big mouth, which was filled with sharp teeth, and swallowed the leather bag.

From beginning to end, the beast never roared once. The only sounds during the whole process were the waves of the pool water and the creepy chewing sounds.

Bai Jing took a few awkward steps on his six hooves.

'How many legs do I have? Four or six?'

He was confused for a while, then shouted: "My fellow Taoists, the immortal fruit is about to mature, you must be careful and cautious, don't let the human race take advantage of you, capture more inferior gods and demons, once the immortal fruit matures, you high-grade gods and demons will enjoy a lifespan of ten thousand years!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the various alien species below roared.

Seeing this, Bai Jing couldn't help but feel a little proud.

'Fortunately, I had a brilliant plan and classified the unconscious Purple Mansion gods and demons as inferior, and the conscious ones as upper, middle and lower grades. Otherwise, I would not be able to subdue these ugly things.'

That day, he was attracted to the black soil and found the sacred tree following his inner feeling. He regained some consciousness and watched a group of alien species with the aura of the Purple Mansion pounce on the sacred tree. The sacred tree accepted all of them and swallowed them all, which scared Bai Jing greatly.

Afterwards, he felt that the sacred tree was communicating with him, saying that these alien species were called gods and demons, and that he needed to find gods and demons to worship.

Bai Jing reached a deal with him in a daze and was allowed to drink some black pool water. After drinking the water, all kinds of strange phenomena occurred and he used the power of the black water to overwhelm the newcomers.

The conscious gods and demons worked together to send the unconscious being into the pond, and the sacred tree, which was originally more than ten feet tall, grew taller and taller.

Bai Jing divided the ranks according to their strength. Originally, there were about a hundred low- and middle-grade gods and demons, but these gods and demons were sometimes sober and sometimes confused, and sometimes they went berserk. Now there are no middle-grade gods and demons, and only 24 high-grade gods and demons are left. Bai Jing was also happy to see this: "After a while, the 30 immortal fruits will mature, and we only have 24 high-grade gods and demons..."

As he was speaking, a monkey-shaped god and demon suddenly jumped up and bit the god and demon next to him. When he moved, more than 20 gods and demons came to attack him together, and soon they had eaten up the poor god and demon.

Bai Jing didn't care. There were thirty fruits in total. The divine tree told him that one fruit could give him a lifespan of ten thousand years. One less divine or demon fruit could give him a few hundred more years of lifespan.

"Fight, fight, it would be best if all of them died, so that I can enjoy a lifespan of 300,000 years and live forever."

"Well, now there are thirty longevity fruits to be shared by the twenty-three of us. We need to be careful and cautious, otherwise we will get nothing." Bai Jing shook his head and said, then lay down beside the pool.

This was the scene that Gu Qingyuan and Xi Jing saw when they came in. Jiang Feng was left outside by him.

"Is this... a meeting of gods and demons?" Xi Jing transmitted the message.

Gu Qingyuan was cursing in his heart.

"I have long suspected that I am not cultivating a proper immortal, but now I am sure. What the hell is this thing? Is it a life-killing fruit tree?"

He had some doubts when he heard about the mystery of the Purple Mansion. Now that the gods and demons appeared, all kinds of strange things popped up. The black tree did not seem like something that could be born from the authentic immortal way.

Who's cultivation of immortality will end up with strange things growing on his body?

"This broken immortal has some restraint."

Gu Qingyuan shook his head, dispelling all distracting thoughts, and said in the same voice transmission: "Did you hear what they said? One fruit can give you ten thousand years of life. Senior, would you like to have a bite?"

"Forget it. The black tree doesn't look like a good creature. It feeds on gods and demons. This dragon-headed green beast doesn't look very smart, and it's trying to live forever. I'm afraid it will fall into the black tree's mouth in the end." Xi Jing shook his head.

The black tree feeds on gods and demons, but does the tree really listen to what its food says?
"There are only twenty-three gods and demons here. The rest will probably become food. Do you want to take action?" Gu Qingyuan was eager to try. He was very interested in gods and demons, and even more interested in the tree that could grow longevity fruit.

Xi Jing was a little hesitant: "This god and devil is very different from what I saw that day. I'm afraid it has become the true body of the god and devil like my brother. My strength has been reduced by 30% out of thin air. Why don't I wait for help?"

He had fought with Xisheng's real body before, so he naturally knew how difficult it was.

“I can see clearly with my magical eyes that among this group of gods and demons, except for the green beast which is stronger, the rest are just average. Senior Xisheng is already very powerful and they cannot be confused with each other.” Gu Qingyuan said.

As he was speaking, a breeze blew by, the red fruits on the tree swayed, and an alluring and refreshing fragrance wafted out, causing the gods and demons to become restless.

"The divine fruit is ripe, the divine fruit is ripe, my ten thousand years of life is fulfilled!"

Bai Jing was ecstatic and walked around the pool.

thump—

As the branches swayed, a red fruit fell right in front of him. It was several times larger than his body.

Bai Jing sniffed it gently, feeling refreshed and happy. Just as he was about to eat it, the skin of the red fruit suddenly opened and turned into a flower bud. A long tongue came out from it and drew Bai Jing in.

The screams stopped abruptly, leaving only the chewing sounds.

(End of this chapter)