Chapter 181

Looking from afar at the Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Wood at the bottom of the canyon from hundreds of meters away.

Li Yuan's heart was pounding, and he was extremely excited: "All three fruits have revealed silver light, clearly having entered the maturity period, and it shouldn't be long before they are truly mature... And the database states that a normal Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Wood is only three to six meters high; to think this one is ten meters high?"

The 'fruit' nurtured by a three to six-meter-high Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Wood is a Tier 3 treasure, with astonishing value.

What tier of treasure would a ten-meter-high one be? According to common sense, it would only be more precious.

Could it be Tier 4?

"From the appearance, the fruit has initially matured and can be completely picked, at most the effect will be slightly worse." Li Yuan's eyes were fixed on the three fruits.

According to the records, a Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Wood only nurtures fruit two to three times in its life, and each time it can only give birth to 2-4 fruits; how it grows has always been a mystery.

This is a natural treasure that cannot be mass-produced.

How much is a Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Fruit worth? Li Yuan doesn't know, because treasures of this level are too few and too rare in the Seven-Star human civilization.

Most are traded and consumed privately.

Even if they are brought out for sale, they often only appear at some high-end auctions, and the price is different every time.

For Tier 3 treasures of the same level, such as the Soul-Nourishing Nine-Leaf Grass, according to the information Li Yuan found, the price of an auction recently organized by the Xia Nation exceeded 2 billion Blue Star coins per plant.

How much are three Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Fruits worth? At least several billion Blue Star coins.

It is definitely a huge amount of wealth!!

"I must seize it."

"I must." Li Yuan's heart was pounding, and many thoughts emerged in his mind.

"Whether it's what's needed to save my uncle."

"Or my own normal cultivation in the future, both require huge resources." Li Yuan thought to himself: "To a large extent, I can only rely on myself."

The resources of the entire Seven-Star human civilization are limited.

Even for peerless geniuses, there is a limit to the intensity of cultivation.

Like the 'Star Realm Marrow Crystal' provided by Kunlun Martial Arts University, the S-level contract provided by the Martial Hall, plus some natural treasures, basically belong to the top-level cultivation intensity.

Adding it all up, until Li Yuan graduates from university, the total value is hard to exceed 10 billion Blue Star coins.

There is a blurred line in this.

After the Yuling Tide in Jiangcheng City, Li Yuan had communicated with Wan Qinghe and Fei Qian, and roughly knew this point.

Some more precious treasures?

Except for a few special resources that can be regenerated.

The vast majority of rare treasures are not enough for the top powerhouses of the Seven-Star human civilization themselves, so how could they easily give them to young geniuses.

Want more? Then if your strength is enough, go fight and roam for it yourself.

What the Seven-Star human civilization wants are powerful martial artists and geniuses who can gradually contribute to the entire civilization after becoming Source Martial Artists.

Not waste who only want to take from within the civilization after becoming high-level Source Martial Artists or even Flying Martial Artists.

Of course, if a super powerhouse is willing to spend the wealth they obtained from roaming, even if they spend tens of billions or hundreds of billions of treasures on their children, no one can criticize them.

But resources directly bestowed by the entire civilization?

No matter how talented, what one can get is ultimately limited.

... "The Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Wood is very good, but there are two Tier 2 flying snakes; how should I seize it?" Li Yuan's gaze fell on the ground about a hundred meters away from the Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Wood.

One on the left, one on the right.

Two flying snakes with huge bodies, all exceeding thirty meters, were crawling there.

Their sharp claws, wings, and body scales were all significantly different from ordinary flying snakes.

Just from the appearance, one could perceive that they were far more powerful than other flying snakes.

Most importantly, on their foreheads, there were slightly protruding sharp horns.

This is the mark of a Tier 2 flying snake.

"【Target organism, life level is about 21.3, Tier 2 life, killing can obtain spiritual nourishment】"

"【Target organism, life level is about 21.8...】" Li Yuan used the Divine Palace probe to basically confirm the strength of the two Tier 2 flying snakes.

Both are Tier 2, and neither is the kind that just broke through.

"Perhaps they have already consumed the Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Fruit before, causing their souls to transform, which allowed their body and mind to merge and break through." Li Yuan thought to himself.

Because of intelligence problems, beasts obtain very little inheritance, plus the intelligence of Tier 1 beasts is generally not high.

Therefore, if their bloodline is not strong enough, it is dozens or even hundreds of times harder for Tier 1 beasts to break through to Tier 2 than for humans.

"Two Tier 2 flying snakes at level 21+, one against two; if a real war breaks out, I have a certain degree of confidence in winning." Li Yuan's eyes narrowed: "The key is that once a war breaks out, there are thousands of flying snakes here."

For a single Tier 1 flying snake, Li Yuan doesn't care; he could stab one to death with one spear.

But when the number reaches a certain level, plus two Tier 2 flying snakes with terrifying strength, it's different.

The probability of Li Yuan winning is close to zero.

Moreover, the area Li Yuan has explored so far is only a small part of Flying Snake Valley; in those densely packed caves in Flying Snake Valley, are there more and stronger Tier 2 flying snakes? It's hard to predict.

"Seizing it directly now, not only will I not be able to get it, but it's easier to lose my life." Li Yuan pondered silently: "The long spear is not in my hand, and the strength I can unleash is less than 50%."

"Go back first, and then think of a way."

Li Yuan slowly moved upward along the vines and mountain rocks, not daring to make a sound.

Hundreds of meters away were two Tier 2 flying snakes.

Once exposed... Tier 2 flying snakes can fly, and then he wouldn't be able to escape even if he wanted to.

... Time passed.

Li Yuan did not return the same way, but continued to explore along the mountain wall to both sides, wanting to confirm whether there were other Tier 2 aliens in the flying snake tribe in Flying Snake Valley.

This is very critical.

After a full six hours or more, Li Yuan finally avoided many dangers, and finally returned to the starting point above the canyon without any danger... The sun in the sky was still hanging high.

"Snakes like cool and shade, whether it's on Blue Star or in the star realm, it's the same; no wonder most flying snakes like to hide at the bottom of the valley." Li Yuan muttered to himself.

Returning to the hidden point on the cliff where the backpack and long spear were.

Checking the 'warning clues' left around, confirming that no people or aliens had passed by during the period.

Hiding in a small cave.

"《All Heavens Stars》, Source Force induction." Li Yuan closed his eyes, silently operating his star veins, drawing a steady stream of Source Force into his body.

Recovering from the fatigue of his body.

Such a long time of exploration and spiritual sense induction was a huge consumption even for Li Yuan.

"First, I explored about 8 kilometers of the mountain wall on one side of the valley bottom; except for the two Tier 2 flying snakes in the center of the valley bottom, there are no traces of other Tier 2 flying snakes for the time being." Li Yuan pondered and summarized the results of this investigation.

"Second, the Blood-Vitality Source Ganoderma mainly grows in the center of the canyon, and the number decreases the further out it is... The Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Wood also grows in the center... High-level flying snakes and Tier 2 flying snakes are also concentrated in the center of the canyon." Li Yuan thought thoughtfully: "Are they all coincidences?"

According to the existing information, Li Yuan has a feeling that some special change has probably occurred in the central area of Flying Snake Valley.

"This kind of comprehensive diagnosis is not what I am good at; it must be done by experts after various data calculations." Li Yuan thought to himself: "My goal is to seize the Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Fruit."

This is Li Yuan's pursuit.

However, two Tier 2 flying snakes, plus thousands of Tier 1 flying snakes... how to seize it?

"At the latest in two days, Lord Xue Shu of the Tianliang race will bring people back." Li Yuan pondered.

If he wants to stop Lord Xue Shu from bringing people back, as long as he kills the Tianliang warriors left behind, he has a certain hope of intimidating him, making him not dare to risk coming back.

However, it still doesn't solve the key problem—how to seize the treasure.

... Pondering for a long time.

"Three paths." Li Yuan had completely figured it out: "First, I seize it myself, rushing up recklessly; the success probability is close to 0, and the death rate is close to 100%."

"Second, wait for Lord Xue Shu to bring the Tianliang warriors back, and let them fight with the flying snake tribe... there is a chance to be the fisherman, but it is also possible to gain nothing, and it is equally dangerous."

"Third, report the situation here to the outpost base and request reinforcements; in this way, perhaps my harvest will be less, but it is safer and more reliable." Li Yuan thought to himself.

No longer hesitating.

Li Yuan took out his smart ring watch and dialed the communication of the outpost base, and immediately found... it couldn't get through.

The signal was too poor.

"Damn." Li Yuan cursed under his breath, got up, gripped his long spear, and flew out of the cave.

Just as he rushed out, Li Yuan stopped abruptly.

Because, more than a hundred meters away, two powerful flying snakes with body lengths exceeding twenty meters were raising their huge heads and looking around, and one of the flying snakes happened to see Li Yuan.

"Ang~~" This flying snake, which was over level 18, immediately erupted with a terrifying and ear-piercing roar; the sound penetration was extremely astonishing, and it instantly resounded for several kilometers.

In an instant.

"Ang~"

"Awoo!" In the densely packed mountain forest, the roars of flying snakes sounded one after another.

Even this sound was transmitted into the mist of the canyon, causing a series of roars in the mist.

"Damn." Li Yuan gritted his teeth; he didn't expect that the two flying snakes happened to be outside his sensing range.

And it just so happened that he had just come out of the cave, and the opponent was staring at this cave.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several flying snakes vibrated their wings, their speed soared instantly, and they whistled toward Li Yuan, as if filled with endless anger.

Boom!

Li Yuan didn't care about hiding anymore; his legs exerted force suddenly, and his speed instantly soared to a terrifying level, quickly exceeding 70 meters per second, and after two seconds, it broke through 100 per second.

"Booming~" Under the eruption of terrifying speed, the air vibrated suddenly, forming bursts of sound, and some small trees along the way were knocked down to the ground with a bang.

Countless broken stones flew around.

... Li Yuan, who was erupting at full speed, got rid of the pursuit of several flying snakes in a few flashes.

But immediately after, the path ahead was blocked by more flying snakes, and one flying snake after another danced their huge bodies and pounced over.

"Die."

Li Yuan didn't hesitate and erupted directly; the spear shadows were continuous, and streaks of spear light erupted suddenly.

Puchi~ Puchi~

Although Li Yuan's spear head was small, the spear tip bombarded the bodies of these flying snakes, and the spear speed was a full several times the speed of sound... it was just like bullets bombarding an ordinary human body.

One spear, if it stabbed into the flying snake's head, the head would explode.

If it stabbed into their body, it would be a huge wound, or even be cut in half by the waist.

No flying snake could block Li Yuan's pace of escaping for his life.

After killing dozens of strong or weak flying snakes along the way.

Li Yuan fled crazily until he escaped more than ten kilometers in the mountain forest, and only then could he feel that there were no more flying snakes continuing to pursue, and his speed slowed down.

He escaped another five or six kilometers before stopping completely, arriving on a giant rock, silently sitting cross-legged to adjust his body's aura.

"Fortunately, no Tier 2 flying snake came out, otherwise it would have been really troublesome." Li Yuan muttered.

He raised his arm, had a bar of signal, and dialed the communication on the smart ring watch again.

This time, after waiting for a full twenty seconds.

"Beep~" Li Yuan finally got through.

Not a video, just communication.

"Li Yuan, what's the matter?" Liu Jing's voice came from the communication, not loud, and even a bit low.

"Senior, I have basically explored the situation of Flying Snake Valley, and now I hope to get support from the base." Li Yuan said solemnly.

This is the choice Li Yuan made.

If he waits for Lord Xue Shu and the Tianliang warriors to fight with the flying snake tribe, it might work, but it is more likely not to, and it is extremely dangerous.

"Wealth is sought in danger, and also lost in danger." Li Yuan recited silently in his heart.

A plan that is too risky is not as good as being safe.

Even if the harvest will be a large chunk less, it is better to be safe and stable; only by living can one have everything.

"Oh? What's the situation?" Liu Jing's voice seemed to reveal a trace of surprise.

"After I arrived at Flying Snake Valley..." Li Yuan quickly reported all the intelligence he had explored.

And transmitted a part of the exploration video he had intercepted.

There was nothing to hide.

Since he decided to request support, telling all the intelligence he knew so that the high-level officials of the outpost base would not misjudge was the best choice.

"Two Tier 2 flying snakes? Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Fruit about to mature?" Liu Jing's voice revealed a trace of surprise, and he seemed quite shocked: "There are such treasures in Flying Snake Valley?"

"Yes, absolutely true." Li Yuan affirmed.

The other end of the communication was silent for a long time.

"Li Yuan, I will rush over as soon as possible." Liu Jing's voice sounded again: "Before I arrive, don't startle the snake."

"And don't go to deal with the Tianliang race people, understand?"

"Understand."

(End of Chapter)