Chapter 1167: Seizing Treasures Under the Lake

"Elder Xu, do you like this place very much?" The female disciple vaguely felt a trace of fluctuation in Xu Que's expression and asked curiously.

"Yes, I like it too much!" Xu Que nodded.

The female disciple smiled immediately. She could understand Xu Que's mood. After all, this Pantao Garden was the inheritance forbidden area of Yaochi for hundreds of thousands of years before it was abandoned. Even if these Pantao trees no longer had their past brilliance, they were still the most beautiful scenery in Yaochi!

"Child, can I sit here alone for a while? I like this place too much. Here, I remembered the beauty of walking hand in hand with my old partner when I was young!" Xu Que asked the female disciple with tears in his eyes.

"Of course you can, Elder Xu. Then I will be outside. If you want to return to your room to rest later, I will guide you back!" The female disciple nodded and smiled immediately.

Here, she didn't worry that Xu Que would break into other forbidden areas. After all, this Pantao Garden only had one entrance and exit, and this Pantao Garden was already considered abandoned, so there was no need to worry that this ailing old man would do anything.

"Good, thank you, good child!" Xu Que nodded with a kind and amiable smile.

He originally didn't intend to cause trouble in Yaochi. The other party following him didn't matter. It was purely for a stroll to pass the time. Of course, it was also to inquire about Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude, to see if those two guys letting him come to Yaochi really had other meanings!

Led by the female disciple, Xu Que walked forward slowly, bypassed several pavilions and corridors, and passed by an open-air large lake.

The lake water was green and clear, looking like a smooth green gem mirror from afar, but it was planted with peach trees, the trunks shining, but the leaves were a bit withered, lacking the vitality that plants should have.

"Are these peach trees sick?" Xu Que asked.

The female disciple walking on the side smiled and responded: "Elder Xu, this is the Hundred Spirits Pantao Tree of our Yaochi Holy Land. It bears fruit once every thousand years, which is the Hundred Spirits Pantao, containing a large amount of Immortal Yuan. After taking it, it not only increases cultivation but also allows one to comprehend a trace of the rules of heaven and earth."

Speaking of this, the female disciple paused slightly, her expression a bit bitter: "However, hundreds of years ago, these Pantao trees suddenly withered for some reason, and even the Holy Mother couldn't find the reason. Later, we spent countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures to barely save these Pantao trees, but they might never bear Pantao fruit again."

"Oh? Could it be that they were eroded by insects?" Xu Que asked curiously.

"No, we have checked all the inside and outside of the Pantao trees, and didn't find any insect disaster. Moreover, we once invited the descendants of the Shennong Clan to check the reason. They said that Yaochi's soil was no longer good and that new saplings needed to be transplanted to a new place to start over. So these Pantao trees can now only be used as ornamental objects." The female disciple shook her head and said.

Looking back, this place was once the highest forbidden area of Yaochi. Let alone outsiders, even ordinary disciples like them were not qualified to approach it. Now this place has become a part of the beautiful scenery for everyone to watch.

Xu Que was startled by the female disciple's words. Descendants of the Shennong Clan? There was such an awesome existence in the Tianzhou Continent?

Yaochi, Shennong, if one day Fuxi and Huangdi or Chiyou or something appeared, it would probably be normal!

However, Xu Que was only silently teasing in his heart. Just like Yaochi, although the names were all Yaochi, they were two completely different concepts from the myths and legends he knew in the past.

"So that's it, it's really a pity!" Xu Que responded with a polite remark.

The female disciple also nodded: "Yes! This Pantao Garden has existed since the founding of Yaochi, and now it has a history of hundreds of thousands of years. It's a pity to abandon it like this. However, the Holy Mother has also taken new saplings to find other planting places. I believe that in a short time, our Yaochi will have a new Pantao Garden, which will not be worse than this one!"

"Hmm!" Xu Que nodded absent-mindedly.

He really had no interest in these Pantao trees, and had no idea of planting Pantao trees, after all, it took a thousand years to bear fruit, which was too damn long.

However, just as he was about to continue walking forward, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and stopped.

He looked at one of the Pantao trees in surprise. There was a small claw print on the trunk, which looked like it was left by Er Gouzi.

But the claw print was very subtle and hard to find. Now that it was discovered, Xu Que probed with his divine sense and immediately sensed a trace of Er Gouzi's aura.

Obviously, Er Gouzi had walked around here once.

"Eh, child, look quickly, why is there a claw print on that tree?" Immediately, Xu Que pretended to have just discovered it and said to the female disciple.

The female disciple looked in the direction Xu Que pointed, but was not surprised at all, smiling faintly: "It's strange to say, before, when Er Gouzi and Duan Jiude were in our Yaochi, they seemed very interested in this Pantao Garden, and even said they wanted to contract the Pantao Garden and let us sell it to them, but we only took it as a joke and didn't pay attention. Later, Er Gouzi said there were treasures under this Pantao Garden and wanted to dig it up, which angered Deacon Lin, and then a series of bad things happened. They angrily looted the treasure pavilion and escaped."

Speaking of this, the female disciple shook her head and smiled: "Under this Pantao Garden, there is only a piece of silt. We have cleaned it countless times over the years, and Deacon Lin later used her divine sense to probe it, and there was nothing at all below. It was purely an excuse for those two guys to cause trouble with us in order to steal the treasure pavilion."

"Hmm, hmm, those two guys are really too wicked!" Xu Que nodded in cooperation.

But his eyes had already become hot. Under this Pantao Garden, there must be good things!

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Around this peach tree, which had been doused with the Life Spirit Holy Water, the lake water instantly receded to both sides. Xu Que could clearly see the Life Spirit Holy Water coursing wildly through the tree, nourishing it, followed by vast amounts of Immortal Yuan also surging wildly along the roots toward the silt beneath the ground.

Bang!

At this moment, Xu Que pressed his palm downward again, reaching straight into the silt. Simultaneously, his Water-Attribute Immortal Yuan transformed into Earth-Attribute Immortal Yuan, and a surge of Profound Yellow Qi, driven by the Immortal Yuan of the peach tree, probed all the way downward.

Soon, in less than a few breaths, Xu Que's eyes brightened instantly: "Caught you!"

His palm, pressed into the silt, clenched its five fingers abruptly. A surge of Profound Yellow Qi and Earth-Attribute Immortal Yuan deep underground instantly transformed into a large hand, gripping that terrifying radiance.

Boom!

Xu Que quickly pulled his hand out of the silt, sending wisps of mud splashing out. A pit was also gouged out of the silt, and what followed it out was a mass of radiance bound by Earth-Attribute Immortal Yuan!

As soon as this mass of radiance, which had been hidden at the bottom of the lake for who knows how many years, appeared and hovered in the air, the entire area was instantly filled with overflowing brilliance. Light scattered in all directions, and the entire Peach Garden was flooded with a dense Immortal Yuan. Then, a fragrance permeated the air, refreshing the heart and spirit!

"Whoosh!"

Seeing this, Xu Que didn't even bother to check what this thing was. With a thought, he waved his large hand and threw the mass of radiance into the system storage space, cutting off all its aura.

"Elder Xu, what happened?"

The next moment, just as the radiance was hidden, a figure hurried over; it was the female disciple who had just left.

She was shocked, having sensed a terrifying Immortal Yuan force from outside just now, and had rushed back, fearing that Xu Que had caused some earth-shattering trouble in the Peach Garden.

However, by the time she ran in, everything had already calmed down. The Immortal Yuan in the Peach Garden was only slightly denser than before, but clearly not to the terrifying degree she had felt outside—it was incomparable.

"Hm? It's nothing, nothing. I'm old and my eyes are a bit blurry. I just wanted to come over and take a closer look at this peach tree. Alright, I've seen enough now, time to go back to my room and rest!" Xu Que smiled indifferently, leaned on his cane, stepped slowly onto the lake, and gradually reached the shore.

The female disciple did not suspect anything and nodded slightly. However, before leaving, she curiously glanced at the Peach Garden, very puzzled as to why the Immortal Yuan spiritual energy in the Peach Garden was a bit denser than before, and where that fleeting Immortal Yuan aura from just now had come from.

Amidst her full confusion, she escorted Xu Que safely back to his room.

Closing the door, Xu Que immediately summoned the system interface and opened the storage space.

Although he had decided not to scam the people of Yaochi, this time it was purely a matter of fortune and luck; he would be a fool not to take it. No matter how he looked at it, that mass of radiance was clearly an extraordinary object.

However, when his gaze fell upon the grid in the system storage space, he was stunned.

"This is actually..."

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