Chapter 257

A Heavenly Dao-level comprehension had brought Luo Fu's foundation to an incomparably terrifying tier; not to mention comparing him with the Three Pure Ones and the various Saints, even Ancestor Hongjun, and even Pangu who had once cleaved heaven and earth in the past—whether they could compare with Luo Fu still required a big question mark.

After all, Pangu and the others back then probably did not possess Heavenly Dao-level comprehension either.

At the very least, Ancestor Hongjun could not possibly possess it.

Therefore, merely using some heavenly materials and earthly treasures as aid had not the slightest effect on Luo Fu.

It was just like when a Saint expounded the Dao—great influence on other living beings, but for Luo Fu, these influences could be dispelled in an instant.

"A few months at the shortest, a few years at the longest." Luo Fu's eyes shimmered with light.

In Luo Fu's view, the fruit of the Five-Needle Pine was about to ripen.

Judging by the treasure's self-concealment, even when the Five-Needle Pine's fruit ripened, it would not show too exaggerated a display; and if the fruit upon it, carrying astonishing power, was consumed by certain beings, and the Five-Needle Pine had long since left this place for some other corner of the Primordial World, that too was possible.

These truly top-grade Innate Spirit Roots did possess spirituality.

Especially for a top-grade spirit root like the Five-Needle Pine, when it had not yet emerged into the world, concealed beneath the Heavenly Dao, it would hide itself all the more.

Not to mention Primordial beings stumbling upon this Five-Needle Pine, even if a Saint walked right past it, they might find it difficult to discover.

Therefore, even if the fruit borne by the Five-Needle Pine was obtained by other beings, there would not be any bad outcome.

Because by then the Five-Needle Pine would have long since vanished from here.

Of course, perhaps after these fruits fell, they would also become nourishment for the Five-Needle Pine itself—that too was something hard to say.

After all, like the fruit of the Ginseng Fruit Tree—if not handled in a specific way, when it falls to the ground, it merges into the earth below.

"Looks like my luck here isn't bad." Luo Fu revealed a smile.

If he waited until the Five-Needle Pine bore fruit, then when Luo Fu wanted to find the Five-Needle Pine again—in what age—that would be hard to say.

Of course, even if he lost the chance to obtain the Five-Needle Pine, Luo Fu would not regret it.

Possessing a special cultivation art, Luo Fu, as he walked the Primordial lands, could still encounter those top-grade Innate Spirit Roots.

One could only say that obtaining top-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures was merely a matter of time.

After all, to a certain extent, the Primordial World was far, far too vast.

"Then Five-Needle Pine, this time I'll take you." The power on Luo Fu's body surged forth, a stream of force sweeping toward the Five-Needle Pine to envelop it.

Luo Fu intended to refine the Five-Needle Pine, turning it into his own treasure.

Compared to the fruit, the Five-Needle Pine itself was of great benefit to Luo Fu; Luo Fu would not do something like picking up a sesame seed while dropping a watermelon.

The fruit could be condensed again and again, but this Innate Spirit Root—there was only one.

Just like the Ginseng Fruit Tree, the Flat Peach Tree, and the like.

In a certain sense, the fruit's importance was not that great.

Whether Zhenyuanzi, or the future Queen Mother of the West, the existence of an Innate Spirit Root could not only promote their cultivation but also suppress their fortune.

Not to mention promoting cultivation, suppressing fortune was even more important to them.

Because this way—

As long as one did not truly plunge deep into a Calamity of Measurement, an Innate Spirit Root was enough to suppress their fate, preventing them from perishing easily.

Otherwise, like some Primordial beings—for instance, one cultivating in their dao-field when two powerful experts suddenly clashed, getting caught in the experts' power and perishing—

This was something that often happened across the Primordial lands.

In a certain sense, this showed that that Primordial being's fortune was indeed poor.

Encountering a crisis, their fortune dropping straight to the bottom—that was the cause of their demise.

Precisely for this reason, those top experts, after obtaining such an Innate Spirit Root, would not hand the Innate Spirit Root over.

The importance of an Innate Spirit Root could well be imagined.

"Buzz buzz buzz…"

And when Luo Fu's power touched the Five-Needle Pine and began to penetrate into it, incomparably terrifying light erupted from the Five-Needle Pine.

These beams of light shot skyward, carrying countless astonishing Great Dao laws and runes.

When Luo Fu attempted to refine the Five-Needle Pine, the Five-Needle Pine began to resist with all its might.

After all, to a certain extent, the Five-Needle Pine was far from its destined time of emergence.

More importantly, Luo Fu was not the Five-Needle Pine's fated person.

If it encountered its fated person, whether an Innate Spirit Root or some heavenly material and earthly treasure, they would to a certain extent reveal themselves of their own accord.

But Luo Fu was clearly not the Five-Needle Pine's fated person.

It was as if the Innate Spirit Root, this bride, had been waiting all along for the appearance of her Prince Charming, but Luo Fu had indeed waylaid her midway, intending to take this bride away.

In this case, the bride would naturally resist with all her might.

Now, the Five-Needle Pine's reaction was similar.

Luo Fu wanted to seize the Five-Needle Pine as his own treasure—wasn't this equivalent to snatching the bride and bringing her home?

The bride resisting was only a matter of course.

Watching the Five-Needle Pine's resistance, Luo Fu's gaze shifted slightly.

The great eruption of this Innate Spirit Root just now was enough to draw the attention of powerful experts in the surrounding heavens and earth.

The spiritual light fully unleashed by a top-grade Innate Spirit Root was truly extraordinary.

If powerful experts noticed, they would probably rush over here at top speed.

Seeing this Innate Spirit Root, no one would give up; everyone would want to seize this top-grade Innate Spirit Root.

In today's Primordial World, there was no reasoning to speak of.

If one spoke of reason, then strength was the true reason.

If you had strength, then whatever you said was correct.

The Era of Hegemonic Struggle between the Wu and Yao was not like the future era when the Human Race flourished, where reason could be discussed with you.

In fact, even the era when the Human Race flourished, on the surface, seemed to have a certain reason to it.

But that is only on the surface; strength is the standard that decides reason.

From now until the future, this situation will not change.

If anyone saw the current Five-Needle Pine, even seeing Luo Fu here, they would probably make a move against Luo Fu.

A top-grade Innate Spirit Root — even those top Quasi-Saint powerhouses in the Primordial Chaos do not all possess one.

Those top powerhouses who possess a top-grade Innate Spirit Root can be counted on one hand.

Therefore, if anyone saw the Five-Needle Pine, they would inevitably develop the mentality of seizing it.

Not to mention Luo Fu has only just begun to refine it; the Five-Needle Pine is not yet Luo Fu's. Right now the Five-Needle Pine can only be said to be an Innate Spirit Root that Luo Fu encountered and wishes to forcibly refine.

In fact, if one had to say more about it—

Even if Luo Fu truly refined the Five-Needle Pine, other powerhouses who saw it might make Luo Fu hand it over.

It is like a child carrying gold through a busy market — full of danger.

Luo Fu's situation is the same.

After all, in the eyes of those powerhouses, Luo Fu only possesses the cultivation base of a Taiyi Jin Xian.

The cultivation base of a Taiyi Jin Xian.

Placed in today's Primordial Chaos heaven and earth, although not weak, it cannot be called powerful either.

The stage of the Wu-Li Contention for Hegemony.

A Taiyi Jin Xian placed in the battles between the two races can, to a certain extent, only be considered cannon fodder.

Only by becoming a Da Luo Jin Xian can one be considered the backbone of the true fighting force between the two races.

Quasi-Saint — that is the high-end force of the two races.

Take the Wu Race's Twelve Ancestral Witches — every one of them is a top Quasi-Saint powerhouse.

It can be said that in terms of high-end numbers, the Yao Race still has a certain gap compared to the Ancestral Witches.

After all, the Yao Race — Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Fu Xi, and the other several Yao Gods — are the ones who possess the strength of Quasi-Saint powerhouses.

Probably still not reaching the number of the Ancestral Witches.

But the Yao Race's numbers among Da Luo Golden Immortals and those of even higher realms are entirely greater than those of the Wu Race.

Precisely because of this—

The two races can remain deadlocked.

Even though the Yao Race still has a certain gap compared to the Wu Race in top-tier strength.

It is impossible for the Wu Race to wipe out the Yao Race's top-tier strength in one stroke.

Naturally.

For Luo Fu, even if he were faced with a Da Luo Jin Xian powerhouse at this time, he would not have any worry.

He is no ordinary Taiyi Jin Xian.