Devour

The spiritual plum tree said leisurely: "These are two questions. I will answer the first one first. The most powerful secret technique in the Qiongqi Continent is the nine-fold secret technique of the Qiongqi Treasure Scroll. You have already obtained a considerable part of it, and the rest is also obtained in a similar way."

Cheng Bai was secretly surprised. Are there nine levels in total? Unfortunately, it was almost like wasting another question. The ancient tree spirit's answer was very meticulous and did not allow anyone to take advantage of it.

He quickly said, "I want to change the question."

The psychic plum tree didn't care: "Okay, there is only one last request."

Cheng Bai thought for a moment and said, "I want to get the most precious treasure in the Watch Forest, the Spiritual Plum Fruit."

Through the secret art of communication, I learned that the best treasure in the Watch Forest is the spiritual plum fruit produced by the spiritual plum tree. Its taste is the sourest food in the Qiongqi Continent. Eating it can enhance spiritual awareness and skills, and can also temporarily allow people to see the past or the future.

The spiritual plum tree stretched out its relatively thin branches, and like a palm, it picked out a plump and ripe spiritual plum fruit from the numerous fruits on the tree crown and handed it to Cheng Bai.

"Smart kid, you made the right choice. After eating the spiritual plum fruit, you will be able to see through the five-dimensional space for a few seconds, understand the past or the future, and let you know more answers. This is my best blessing. But don't eat too much. People who spy on the secrets of heaven too much will not have a good result."

"Thank you."

Cheng Bai took the spiritual plum fruit and thought to himself. He wanted to know the past and the future, but a few short breaths were obviously not enough. However, people should know how to be content.

"If you can't stand it being too sour, you can spit it out." The spiritual plum tree did not forget to remind.

How to eat is indeed a problem.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the food in Qiongqi Continent is the sourest. Almost all people and animals who have eaten the spiritual plum fruit will foam at the mouth, question their lives, and do not want to eat it a second time, even if it can bring many benefits.

Cheng Bai thought about it for a long time and came up with an idea.

First, use the fragrance of forget-me-not, the sweetness of the nectarine, and a small amount of wine in the Bacchus gourd to make a thick sweet sauce. Then, split the spiritual plum fruit and dip it in the sauce, letting the flesh absorb it to neutralize the taste. Then, cut it into a plum fruit platter that is colorful, fragrant and delicious.

The preparation of the ingredients depends entirely on the gourmet's skills, and the result is very ideal. Cheng Bai tasted it carefully, it was sour and sweet, and it was fragrant in the mouth. It was so delicious, a unique delicacy.

The Spiritual Plum Tree stared with wide eyes, watching all this in amazement. It had thought that this human would foam at the mouth, scratch his throat and vomit, and say in a miserable state that he never wanted to eat Spiritual Plum again, but now it only saw Cheng Bai eating all the Spiritual Plum fruits with a look of enjoyment on his face.

After eating, Cheng Bai sat cross-legged without moving, experiencing and comprehending carefully, and huge changes occurred before his eyes.

Space transforms into a higher dimension, no longer a relationship of up and down, front and back, left and right, but more complex and incredible angles. Nothing around can block what is behind it, and the interior of any closed object is clearly visible, even breaking the concept of time, unfolding the magnificent river of time, and the past and the future are vivid.

Cheng Bai knew that time was limited, so between the past and the future, he chose to look towards the future. The past was over, and the future needed to be faced.

The space is so magnificent, depicting all the moments of all living beings. Every thing has infinite connections and countless details, which is equivalent to thousands of times the amount of information of three-dimensional vision.

When faced with such a vast amount of information, the consciousness of an ordinary person could go into a coma at best, or suffer brain damage or even sudden death on the spot.

For Cheng Bai today, the amount of information is too huge. His eyes and brain feel tremendous pressure. He endures the discomfort and insists on crossing numerous obstacles to look towards the distant Strange Rock Mountain. The future clues to the most powerful martial arts are on the rocky bend there.

The timeline of high-dimensional space is far more mysterious and unpredictable than that of low-dimensional space. A long time may pass in the blink of an eye in the three-dimensional world, or a day in the mountains may be a thousand years in the real world.

In a flash, the effect of the psychic plum fruit ended, and Cheng Bai returned to his three-dimensional vision. He felt dizzy and took a short rest before returning to normal.

"It's incredible, the world is so wonderful." Cheng Bai exclaimed.

This rare experience, combined with the help of the spiritual plum fruit, allowed his cultivation to be further improved. Although it was not enough to enter a higher realm, the state of refreshing spirit became more complete. His spiritual consciousness underwent the first transformation and formed his own "domain".

He closed his eyes and thought. The light and darkness within a nine-foot radius flickered. A large number of animals around him, including powerful monsters, felt weak all over, as if their energy had been drained away. For a moment, they were dazed and unconscious.

There were tiny blade-shaped true energy appearing outside his body. One gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to ten thousand. Ten thousand blades appeared and disappeared from time to time, dancing on the surface of his body, appearing and disappearing unpredictably.

The true energy in his body was also surging, constantly condensing into a blade shape. His power increased rapidly, opening up the meridians throughout his body, and the original sapling of the Six Paths of Supreme Power grew a lot bigger.

The psychic plum tree stared at it intently with its cave-like eyes wide open, and could not help but say, "His domain is very unusual. It is not big, nor is it small. It is unique, with both reality and illusion. It is hard to judge whether it is strong or weak."

The realm cannot be achieved overnight. It requires going through the stages of returning to the roots, the inclusiveness of the broad Dharma, and the transformation of all things to serve one's own benefit in the heaven and man realm before one can gradually reach perfection. There is still a long way to go.

After a long time, Cheng Bai absorbed the blade-shaped true energy into his body, the domain's manifestation disappeared, and the surrounding animals regained consciousness.

He opened his eyes and murmured, "Just a little bit more, there must be a fifth blow."

After the fourth strike, Cheng Bai realized a new and vague way of swordsmanship. He himself didn't know how big the difference was. Maybe it would be an insurmountable chasm, or maybe it would just take a sudden enlightenment.

The psychic plum tree praised: "You have gained enlightenment under this tree. I have a great affinity with you. I have a message for you. When you go to the Shengjin Pagoda, don't take the treasures inside."

Cheng Bai didn't understand the meaning, but he took note of it. He bid farewell to the spiritual plum tree and rode Xiaobai on his journey.

On the second day, as they continued to move northwest, the man and the wolf were about to walk out of the Watch Forest. In front of them was a scorched earth with corpses of moonlight deer scattered all over the ground, many tree spirits dead, and broken branches and trees scattered all over the ground.

Cheng Bai looked solemn. He jumped off his mount and looked at the culprit of the massacre who had not yet left.

It was the Diamond Man who killed the Giant Mammoth Barbarian King. He was quite surprised to see Cheng Bai: "He wasn't this strong the last time I saw him. He has made such great progress in such a short period of time. Could he be the bloodline of the Emperor's Son?"

Cheng Bai asked: "Who are you? Why..."

Before he finished speaking, the diamond man suddenly pounced at Cheng Bai, his fists flying everywhere, and trees and rocks flew everywhere.

Cheng Bai had been on guard for a long time, and he rushed forward with his sword through the gap. He avoided the real force and attacked the fake force during the fight, moving around in circles, thinking secretly: "Its power is greater than mine, I can't face it head-on."

Compared with various stone men in the past, diamond men are proficient in martial arts, no less than any known warriors. Their strength is far beyond ordinary people's imagination. Even the giant mammoth is incomparable to them. Their punches are more powerful than the mountain copper hammer wielded by the barbarian king.

Cheng Bai, however, was as slippery as a loach, and he looked for an opportunity to use his three sword strikes to retaliate.

After struggling for a while, the Diamond Man saw that he could not subdue his opponent, so he resorted to unprecedented means. His whole body was shining with light, and the sun's scorching light was quickly collected to form a powerful energy source.

Cheng Bailing sensed something was wrong and rolled over on the ground in a hurry. A bright light flashed in front of him, and everything it passed through was turned into dust, with flames blazing all around him.

This is much more powerful than the Ruby Man in the Lake of Fire.

Cheng Bai did not dare to delay. He took advantage of the gap when the Diamond Man was casting a spell and used the Black Spirit's special move. The eight-meter-long cross knife was unstoppable and hit the opponent hard.

The solid body of King Kong was also left with indelible knife marks, which shocked the Diamond Man and made him retreat several steps. He stopped attacking and stared at Cheng Bai, as if he was re-evaluating the strength of his opponent.

Cheng Bai was secretly delighted: "With my current skills and weapons, I have a chance to defeat it."

The diamond man said, "The target does not match the record. I suggest you give up." He turned around and walked away quickly, disappearing into the forest.

Cheng Bai didn't understand why, and thought: "It looks like it's looking for someone. It bullies the weak, but won't fight when it encounters a strong opponent. Could it be a scout?"

If the reconnaissance force is this strong, then how strong should the regular army be?

Cheng Bai couldn't imagine it.

He suddenly thought: "Did it say that the last time it saw me was three days ago when it was fighting with the giant mammoth? Or was it on the top of Shell Mountain?"

If it is the latter, it is very subtle, but this Diamond Man and the Shell Mountain are clearly not the same person.