Li Yi looked at the green apple tree on the top of the mountain in the distance, and after a brief hesitation, he made a decision. He did not turn around and leave the secret realm, but walked forward resolutely.
"If it doesn't work, use the cross-border device to forcefully open the cross-border gate and leave here. Although doing so will most likely exhaust the energy of the colorful stones, at least it is a method."
He had such an escape route, so he had the confidence to act.
But before the door disappeared, Li Yi did not forget to leave a message to Fei outside the door: "If I don't come back, you can go back to the building the way you came. At least you can be guaranteed not to die. If you still want to leave,
In this dark world, just keep going forward along the forked road."
He gave Fei two choices and let him make his own decision.
He continued walking a few more steps.
The door behind him completely disappeared.
Li Yi was completely trapped in this secret realm, but he did not panic, but strode towards the golden apple on the top of the mountain.
I don't know if it was because he was wearing a golden rat skin, but he encountered no danger along the way. He was surrounded by desolate rocks and there were no monsters. Occasionally, only the sound of strong winds roaring in the valley could be heard.
But when he reached halfway up the mountain, Li Yi suddenly saw colorful lights shining in the valley beside him.
Li Yi looked with his silver eyes and couldn't help showing a surprised look.
The valley is actually filled with colorful gems. Gemstones of all sizes fill the river in the middle of the valley. Some gems also exude magical power and float quietly in the air. You can tell these gems at a glance.
Worth a fortune.
"A valley of gems?" Even an outsider like Li Yi couldn't help but feel dizzy.
Fortunately, he has considerable financial resources and is a martial arts practitioner, so these worldly things cannot seduce him.
But if a group of adventurers enters here, they will probably rush to the Gem Valley to pick up those precious gems immediately, because after taking these gems back to the building, they can be recycled to the store in exchange for a large amount of gold coins and money.
Some magical gems can also be embedded in weapons and armor to bring powerful power.
Li Yi continued to walk forward.
He did not use Gang Qi or magic power, because a feeling told him that it was best not to show strength in this place, otherwise it would break a certain balance here and cause disaster.
And now he wears golden rat skin and disguises himself as a big rat.
If the behavior is too radical, the disguise may fail.
soon.
He immediately approached the golden apple tree. At this time, he discovered that something was wrong with the rocks under his feet. Regular lines appeared on the flat rocks. These lines were spread all around, like the scales of some kind of creature.
This discovery made Li Yi's heart sink.
If these were really the scales of a creature, how big would this creature be?
Fortunately, his arrival did not disturb everything here, and there was no movement under his feet. I think this creature must have been sleeping and was not awakened.
"You have to take the golden apple immediately and leave here." Li Yi felt a little bad in his heart, and he immediately quickened his pace.
Without encountering any obstacles or dangers, he arrived at the golden apple tree smoothly. However, he was not in a hurry to pick the golden apples, but looked at the tree.
I want to know what this tree relies on to grow on this barren mountain.
soon.
He made a discovery along the roots of the tree.
The roots of this golden apple tree are somewhat evil. They are rooted deep in a rock and the roots are as ferocious as blood vessels, and they are still beating faintly. These blood vessels come together to form a tree trunk, and at the end are golden apples.
.
But in Li Yi's opinion.
This so-called golden apple is more like the condensation of some kind of biological essence, but it appears in the shape of a golden apple, not a real fruit.
"There are thirteen golden apples in total." Li Yi then counted the number of golden apples. This was not a very auspicious number.
But now that he's here, he should take all thirteen golden apples anyway, because he won't have a chance to come here next time.
Thoughts together.
Li Yi immediately reached out and tried to pick off a golden apple, but the golden apple hung motionless on the tree. With his strength, he was unable to shake it for a while.
Then he increased his strength.
The golden apple remained motionless.
"Can't you pick it off?" Li Yi's face darkened, and then he stretched out his finger and condensed a silver aura on it, then waved his hand and chopped off the branch of a golden apple.
The Gang Qi collapses, and even a branch cannot be cut off.
The toughness of this golden apple tree exceeded Li Yi's imagination.
"Young man, you cannot take away the golden apple with brute force. It is not an ordinary tree, but a tree planted by the gods themselves. It was born at the beginning of the world and is the most precious treasure in the world."
Suddenly, at this moment, an old voice suddenly sounded, and then a human face appeared strangely on the trunk of the golden apple.
This man's face was like that of an old man, and he spoke at this moment.
Obviously, Li Yi's behavior just now woke him up.
"Evil thing?" Li Yi's eyes moved slightly.
"It's not an evil thing, I'm the spirit of the golden apple tree."
The old tree spirit immediately retorted and then looked at Li Yi: "You are such a smart little guy. You actually wore golden rat skin to hide your breath to avoid being smelled by the evil dragon here, but even if you get past the evil dragon
At this level, it is still difficult to take away the golden apple, because the golden apple is different from other treasures. It is very special and needs to meet conditions."
"What conditions?" Li Yi asked immediately.
The old tree spirit said: "An exchange of equal value is required. If you want to take away the golden apples, you must give up your precious things for trade. The more golden apples you pick, the more things you have to sacrifice."
"Precious things? What do you mean?" Li Yi asked.
The old man in the woods said: "Your lifespan, health, strength, wisdom, and courage. These are all very precious things. I will evaluate the value and decide how many golden apples you can take away."
"Those are very cheap to me and worthless at all. The really rare and precious things I have are ugliness, disease, ignorance, fatness, and shortness. You can take these away. Each one is priceless. You can definitely exchange everything."
Golden Apple." Li Yi looked at the old tree spirit and said.
"." The old tree spirit.
"Young man, are you kidding me? But this is not funny at all."
Li Yi said: "What I said is true. If you don't believe me, there's nothing you can do about it. But then again, how can you take away my precious things?"
The old tree spirit said: "Just put your hand into my mouth, and I will absorb your life, health, strength, and wisdom."
"You don't sound like a very serious tree, but rather like a very hungry old pervert." Li Yi said.
"You are insulting a golden apple tree spirit. What you do will arouse my disgust. Then you will lose the chance to get the golden apple. Young man, I advise you to take care of yourself." The old tree spirit showed an angry expression.
"Then tell me, what is the use of golden apples?" Li Yi said: "I want to know whether it is worth doing a deal with you. If this thing is of no use and is just beautiful, wouldn't I suffer a big loss? You are a tree
Please tell me you don’t know the function of this golden apple tree?”
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The old man of the tree spirit immediately said: "What a foolish boy. You have never read any books. Your knowledge is extremely shallow. The legend of the golden apple has been circulated among adventurers, but you don't know that when you eat it,
After the golden apple, you will gain strength, power, immortality, wealth, and luck."
"But no one knows what is contained in a golden apple. You need to taste it yourself to know."
Li Yi's face darkened at this moment: "It's like you said it in a riddle, but you didn't say it."
"Of course, golden apples can also help you dispel the curse of the evil god on your body." Suddenly, the old tree spirit added, obviously it had noticed the mark on the back of Li Yi's hand.
Li Yi did not speak, but walked around the apple tree, seeming to be thinking.
The old tree spirit urged: "Young man, have you thought about it? Do you want to exchange something of yours for my golden apple? I suggest you live a long life. As an adventurer, life span is not the most important thing, and you can still
Go looking for the Fountain of Youth to make up for your lack of lifespan. You should know about the Fountain of Youth, which is a treasure that can make people live forever. If you get the golden apple, then finding the Fountain of Youth is not a particularly difficult task."
At the end, he also thoughtfully gave his own suggestions.
"Exchange? You misunderstood, I have no intention of trading with you." Li Yi said.
"If you are unwilling to trade your most precious things, then you will never take away the precious golden apples, and you will be trapped in this valley forever, and the door to freedom will no longer be open to you.
And once the evil dragon wakes up, you will become the food of the evil dragon." The old tree spirit said angrily.
"You have to know that sometimes you don't have to make a deal to get what you want. Robbing is also a very effective method." Li Yi said.
He had no intention of making a deal with this tree spirit.
Immediately, he took out a glass bottle containing the Eye Needle from the Five Elements Bracelet.
With a thought, the soul controlled the object, and a magic needle sealed by the water flew out immediately.
"Young adventurer, you are so rude. You have offended me. Now you will forever lose the qualification to trade with the golden apple tree. Moreover, you will never try to steal a golden apple. I want to wake up the people sleeping in this valley.
Evil dragon, I will kill you." The old tree spirit was completely angry at this moment.
But Li Yi stopped talking. The eye-catching needle he controlled instantly struck a branch, and a heavy golden apple hung from the bottom of the branch.
"It's useless, your despicable methods can't harm the golden apple tree at all." The old tree spirit said.
But the next moment.
Something happened that shocked the tree spirit.
As the needle passed by, the golden apple branch with jade leaves actually broke, and then the golden apple quickly fell from the crown of the tree.
"Very good." Li Yi was immediately happy when he saw this.
The sharpness of the eye-catching needle has never let me down.
He immediately put the golden apple into the Five Elements Bracelet, and then continued to control the Eye Needle to chop at other branches, bound to pick the remaining twelve golden apples as soon as possible.
"Stop, stop, you barbaric robber and thief." The old tree spirit shouted in horror and anger, and then it struggled desperately.
The whole golden apple tree was shaking violently.
This kind of behavior also caused serious consequences.
Because this golden apple tree is rooted in the body of a certain creature, absorbing the essence of the creature and growing like a tumor. Now the severe pain of the shaking of the golden apple tree immediately awakened the creature that had been dormant for a long time.
The ground was shaking, the mountain was shaking, and large boulders were rolling down to the foot of the mountain.
And the top of the mountain where Li Yi was was quickly lifted up by a terrifying force.
But Li Yi did not hide at all, but took advantage of this moment to chop down five more golden apples, and put them all into the Five Elements Bracelet.
"The sixth one, the seventh one, the eighth one", the eye-catching needles shuttled across the tree crown, and Li Yi collected eight golden apples in an instant.
But right now.
An angry roar that resounded throughout the world came from under his feet. The next moment, the top of Li Yi's head suddenly dimmed, and a huge claw covered with scales slammed towards him. The terrifying power was released, and it also
Before he even got close, Li Yi's movements were halted by the coercion of power, and his whole body was bent over.
Chapter completed!