Dragon Hidden in the Sky

Chapter 699 The Strange Fruit

The group of six people was divided into three groups. Ye Qing led Chen Dengyun to explore the cave from the right front, while the Xue Ying sisters explored from the left front.

Because of the high casualty rate of the ancient stars, Ye Qing and Chen Dengyun proceeded very cautiously, and their speed was not too fast!

The two explored several kilometers outside without encountering much danger. They seemed to be quite lucky, as the place they chose to set up camp was relatively safe.

As Chen Dengyun walked, he said, "The only problem is that we haven't found a water source yet. If the water source is too far away, we may have to adjust our camping strategy. As for food, it's not a problem. We should be able to eat the meat of those strange beasts."

Ye Qing nodded. They had to consider the issues of water and food. For them, this was not only about earning points, but also a matter of wilderness survival.

The two continued their exploration cautiously, and after a short while, Ye Qing's ear twitched slightly as he said, "There's the sound of flowing water."

Chen Dengyun nodded and said, "I heard it too."

"Let's go!" Ye Qing said in a low voice, "If there's any trouble later, go back the way you came immediately, don't worry about me!"

"Don't worry, I won't hold you back," Chen Dengyun said.

They followed the sound of water and continued forward. Before long, the sound of water grew louder and louder. After traveling about a kilometer, Ye Qing and Chen Dengyun were stunned. They saw a continuous range of mountain peaks ahead, with countless collapsed buildings on these peaks!

Behind the mountain peak, a huge waterfall hung in the distance. The waterfall was still quite far away from them, but even so, it gave them an incredibly awe-inspiring feeling.

The waterfall plunges straight down, its height unknown.

“This place… looks like it used to be inhabited!” Ye Qing took a deep breath and said, “They all say that there are opportunities everywhere on this ancient star. These continuous mountain peaks look like the ruins of a major sect from ancient times. Maybe there are many amazing combat techniques inside.”

Chen Dengyun licked his lips and said, "Should we go in and investigate?"

"Let's search the surrounding area first and find the river that corresponds to the waterfall to solve the water problem!" Ye Qing said. "However, these ancient sect ruins are said to have formations or something similar, so we still need to be careful!"

"Okay!" Chen Dengyun nodded.

The two carefully made their way towards the mountain peak ahead, trying to get as close as possible to the waterfall.

After walking for a short while, Chen Dengyun stopped and pointed into the distance, saying, "Ye Qing, look over there!"

Ye Qing looked in that direction and saw a towering tree not far away!

This tree has existed for countless years; it is almost the largest tree Ye Qing has ever encountered in his life.

However, this tree was very strange. Although it was very large and its leaves were extremely lush, there were only a few sparse blue fruits on its trunk, and those fruits looked incredibly spiritual.

"My intuition tells me that this thing... is a good thing!" Chen Dengyun swallowed and said, "Who knows, eating one might cause our strength to skyrocket and directly break through to the Star Lord level."

Ye Qing thought that made sense!

"Don't rush. There might be an array around this precious tree. Let's try it with stones!" Ye Qing said.

As he spoke, he carefully tossed some stones forward!

After losing several coins without anything unusual happening, the two finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

However, Ye Qing was still worried. He picked up a stone and planned to knock one of the fruits down first to see how things went!

Then he aimed at one of the fruits and threw the stone like a bullet!

"Snapped!"

The stone knocked the fruit down with perfect accuracy!

However, something shocking happened to Ye Qing and Chen Dengyun: the fruit fell to the ground without making a sound, but instead... disappeared completely.

"Wow!" Ye Qing exclaimed, "The ginseng fruit, it takes root in the soil!"

“I’ll use the wind to blow it over!” Chen Dengyun said.

"Damn it, why didn't you think of that sooner!" Ye Qing gave him a speechless look.

Chen Dengyun took a deep breath and slightly spread his five fingers.

A gust of wind swept by, and another fruit was blown down.

Then Chen Dengyun snapped his fingers, and a small tornado swept towards the fruit.

However, the moment the fruit came into contact with the wind, it vanished again.

"Holy shit!" Ye Qing cursed, "This thing can't even withstand the wind?"

"Ye Qing!" Chen Dengyun said, "I... feel a little pained. My intuition tells me that this thing is definitely a treasure, and we wasted two of them!"

In fact, not only him, but Ye Qing also felt a pang of heartache at this moment.

The tree is huge, but there are very few of these blue fruits.

Moreover, this fruit is very strange; it's clearly not an ordinary fruit.

"Damn it, whatever, I'm going to try!" With that, he gritted his teeth and cautiously moved closer to the tree trunk.

He breathed a sigh of relief after reaching the base of the tree, finding no formation there.

He looked at Chen Dengyun!

Chen Dengyun understood immediately and unleashed another wind blade, slicing down another fruit that fell vertically toward Ye Qing.

Ye Qing reached out and grabbed the fruit.

"Snapped!"

Just then, the fruit landed steadily in Ye Qing's palm.

This time, it did not disappear like the previous two times.

Ye Qing looked at the fruit in his hand. The fruit was about the size of a fist. Holding it in his hand, he felt as if every pore on his body was about to open up, and an extremely rich life force was emanating from the fruit.

"How is it?" Chen Dengyun asked hurriedly.

"These are definitely good stuff!" Ye Qing exclaimed with delight. "However, they seem to disappear as soon as they come into contact with any other energy. Catching them with our hands doesn't cause any problems. Let's pick them all first, and then ask the Xueying sisters when we get back what they are."