Complete Martial Arts Attributes

"Child, having an eternal life is not a good thing." The grand elder smiled.

"If your life is longer, you can walk further on the martial arts path. What's wrong about that?" Ferya didn't understand what the elder meant.

"If I'm guessing correctly, there are some disadvantages when you eat the fruits of the Holy Light Tree, right?" Wang Teng said calmly.

The grand elder glanced at the human in astonishment.

The boy and Ferya were around the same age. The latter acted like a girl should. On the other hand, Wang Teng would occasionally act like one, but he gave off a sense of maturity in both his behavior and speech that didn't match his age.

Ferya looked at Wang Teng and blinked.

"You're right. The fruits from the Holy Light Tree can indeed lengthen your life, but it will sap your talent. The planetary-stage ability is just external; the person will never be able to surpass the planetary stage," the grand elder explained.

"Erm…" Ferya's expression changed instantly. She preferred to pass on the chance to extend her life.

To her, talent was extremely important.

Her martial arts path would be cut without talent. She would rather die.

Wang Teng contemplated for a moment and said, "I feel that the fruits of that tree carry a poison of sorts."

"You can say that." The grand elder gave him a bitter smile.

It siphoned away talent, so it could very well be considered a kind of poison.

"Grand elder, I've got a 'seed'. Can you take a look and see what they are?" Wang Teng took out his 'seed' and passed it to the grand elder.

Ferya's face turned black when she saw the item.

She thought it was something good since Wang Teng was attracting star beasts with it; that is why she snatched it from him, only to realize that there wasn't anything special. It had no other uses, aside from attracting star beasts.

"This is…" The grand elder frowned. He was stunned. "This is similar to the fruits of the Holy Light Tree. However, there is less energy inside."

Indeed, Wang Teng thought.

"Where did you get this?" the grand elder asked seriously.

"Some star beast had them. After activating the 'seed', they're able to release emperor-level power," Wang Teng said.

"Its effect is similar to that of the Holy Light Tree fruits," the grand elder said.

"That's right!" Wang Teng nodded. He pondered for some time before asking, "Did you see anything strange after eating the fruits?"

"Strange things?" The grand elder glanced at Wang Teng weirdly and shook his head. "No."

Ferya couldn't control herself anymore and asked, "Hey, do you know something?"

She felt like an idiot. The boy knew everything while she knew nothing. It was infuriating.

"What does it have to do with you?" Wang Teng glanced at her.

"You!" Ferya was so angry she didn't know what to say. She could only glare at him.

"Don't get angry. It's not worth it," Wang Teng said, "After all, we're not close."

Ferya: …

Wang Teng continued, "Oh right, don't interrupt when I'm speaking next time. Where are your manners?"

Ferya: …

He did it on purpose!

This bastard's doing it on purpose. He's taking revenge because I snatched his 'seed'.

Wang Teng ignored Ferya and turned around. "Grand elder, who are the guardians?"

"Three hundred years ago, Mount Saint wasn't covered in thick mist," the grand elder replied with a random sentence.

Wang Teng frowned.

Did something happen?

"Back then we would choose some clansmen to climb Mount Saint and serve the Holy Light Tree. They are the guardians," the grand elder said.

"When did the mist appear?" Wang Teng asked.

"No one knows." The grand elder shook his head. "No one knows when it appeared. We sent people to survey the area but they never came back. They had turned into guardians when they were seen again.

"However, guardians are different."

"Different?" Wang Teng was startled. "How are they different?"

"They are stronger but emotionless. Even their appearances change," the grand elder replied.

Ferya clenched her fists and said excitedly, "There's definitely something weird going on up the mountain. Why are you asking so many questions? Let's fight our way up."

Wang Teng glanced at her.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ferya frowned.

The young human shook his head and asked the grand elder. "How's their ability?"

"They're probably at the peak of the cosmos stage and there's more than one of them," said the elder.

Ferya froze.

Peak of the cosmos stage, and more than one of them!

If she wanted to leave, they couldn't stop her. However, she couldn't beat that many cosmos stage beings.

She felt a little awkward. Why did I say I wanted to go up there?

She seemed to have overdone her boasting!

"Why don't you go up and try?" Wang Teng nudged her.

"Sure, who's afraid of going?" Ferya blinked nervously but she remained stubborn.

"Good. You bear our hope." Wang Teng gave her a thumbs up.

Ferya was in a difficult position.

"No, that's too dangerous. You can't go." The grand elder shook his head in disagreement.