Chapter 2463: Jade Blue Moon Fruit (Sold Out Today)

With a slight flick of Qin Rong's wrist, a seven-colored spiritual light emerged from her spirit beast bracelet, revealing a remarkably large cricket.

The cricket possessed six snow-white legs and four wings, which shimmered with seven distinct colors.

"A Snow-Treading Seven-Colored Cricket!"

Wang Changsheng immediately recognized the creature. The Snow-Treading Seven-Colored Cricket, ranked 185th on the Myriad Insects List, was known for its acute sense of smell and spiritual eyes capable of seeing through metal and stone.

As this particular Snow-Treading Seven-Colored Cricket was only a high-grade fifth-tier creature, Qin Rong sent a wisp of her divine sense to inhabit its body.

A moment later, she retrieved her divine sense and exclaimed with excitement, "The Azure Moon Jade Essence Fruit! It's the primary ingredient for brewing Azure Moon Spirit Wine. Even consuming it raw can significantly enhance one's magic power."

The Azure Moon Jade Essence Fruit tree blossoms every six thousand years, bears fruit after another six thousand, and then requires a further six millennia to mature. For cultivators at the Void Refinement stage, consuming this fruit can greatly advance their magic power; a single fruit can save an early-stage Void Refinement cultivator decades of strenuous cultivation. Its effects are even more potent if it's brewed into Azure Moon Spirit Wine, or a sixth-tier alchemist can refine it into an Azure Moon Jade Spirit Pill.

A wisp of Wang Changsheng's divine sense, attached to the Dual-Eyed Rat, allowed him to clearly observe a pale green fruit tree within a cave in the valley. The tree's surface was covered in sharp thorns, with no leaves visible. Over a hundred crescent-shaped fruits hung from its branches, resembling a constellation of small, greenish crescent moons.

He detected no other demonic beasts, suggesting the creature possessed exceptional stealth abilities.

"The Demonic Spirit Plate shows no reaction either," Li Long noted with a frown. "So this beast's concealment technique must be truly formidable."

"As long as it's not a seventh-tier demonic beast, we'll be fine," Wang Ruyan said with a confident smile. With a confident smile, Wang Ruyan raised her right hand. A talisman soldier flew forth, glowing brightly as it instantly transformed into a tall young man in five-colored battle armor, his eyes vacant.

A blue light shot from Wang Ruyan's brow and entered the talisman soldier, causing its eyes to move. It then advanced with large strides into the valley.

The talisman soldier entered the cave unhindered.

As the talisman soldier drew within a hundred *zhang* of the Azure Moon Jade Essence Fruit tree, a sudden anomaly occurred: two yellow lights shot out from beneath the ground without warning, aiming directly at the soldier.

The talisman soldier opened its mouth and unleashed a thick stream of crimson flames, intercepting the two yellow lights.

The talisman soldier recoiled, but before it could move far, it abruptly fell to the ground.

A mound of earth quickly rose from the ground and began moving rapidly towards the talisman soldier.

Rolling flames erupted from the talisman soldier's body. With a swing of its arms, two massive crimson fire fists, carrying immense heat, flew out and smashed into the earthen mound.

With a resounding roar, the ground burst open, revealing a demonic beast inside the cave that resembled a moose. This creature, however, had no antlers; instead, it possessed a single yellow pointed horn on its head, and its eyes were distinctly yellow.

"A low-grade sixth-tier Stone Deer Beast," Qin Rong murmured. "These beasts are skilled in earth-elemental divine abilities, but I've never heard of one being proficient in stealth. Could this be a mutated variant?"

The Stone Deer Beast stomped its front hooves heavily on the ground, and a yellow light vanished into the earth. The surrounding ground visibly turned a grayish-white. Simultaneously, its eyes each fired a yellow light beam directly at the talisman soldier.

The talisman soldier attempted to resist, but its body felt impossibly heavy. As the runes on its surface glowed intensely, the two yellow lights struck it in succession, and the talisman soldier visibly transformed into a stone statue.

"Petrification divine ability! It truly is a mutated demonic beast," Qin Rong exclaimed, "I must capture it alive!" As this realization dawned on her, Qin Rong's body erupted with lightning, and she vanished instantly.

The next moment, Qin Rong materialized inside the cave. With a flick of her right hand, a green spherical bead shot out, transforming into a green light barrier that enveloped the Azure Moon Jade Essence Fruit tree. She then formed a hand seal, unleashing dense green electrical arcs that surged forth, striking the Stone Deer Beast repeatedly.

A towering yellow earthen wall, hundreds of *zhang* high, burst from the ground, blocking its path.

The earthen wall shattered instantly, sending dust billowing, but the Stone Deer Beast had already vanished.

A booming thunderclap resounded as a massive silver thundercloud appeared high above, crackling with lightning. Thousands of thick silver lightning bolts shot forth, striking the area around the cave.

A series of massive explosions followed, causing the cave to completely collapse. The ground turned to scorched earth, yet there was no sign of the Stone Deer Beast.

"Senior Sister Qin, that beast escaped underground," Wang Changsheng said. "Let us retrieve it for you!"

With that, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan burrowed into the ground and vanished.

Just as Qin Rong prepared to follow, Li Long stopped her.

"Let them go," he advised. "If they can't even capture a sixth-tier demonic beast, Uncle-Master Zhao won't look favorably upon Junior Brother Wang." Li Long was also curious to see the true extent of Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's abilities.

A hundred *zhang* beneath the surface, the Dual-Eyed Rat darted forward, with Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan, enveloped in a yellow glow, following closely.

The Dual-Eyed Rat had already locked onto the Stone Deer Beast's aura. Unless the beast could instantly escape tens of thousands of *li*, it had no chance of evading the Dual-Eyed Rat's pursuit.

After a short while, the Dual-Eyed Rat abruptly stopped, emitting a series of chirps.

Wang Changsheng's divine sense, which had been locked onto the Stone Deer Beast, suddenly lost its trace, indicating the beast had employed a stealth technique to hide.

Wang Ruyan then produced a shimmering green wooden flute—the Heavenly Sound Flute.

A joyous melody erupted from the flute, unleashing a misty green sound wave that swept across the area. Wherever it passed, the ground cracked open, and dust billowed.

A yellow light shot out from beneath the ground, rising swiftly into the sky.

A booming male roar, echoing for thousands of *li*, reverberated through the air, and the yellow light — the Stone Deer Beast — suddenly plummeted from the sky.

By combining their divine senses and magic power, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan unleashed the Soul Suppressing Roar. The low-grade sixth-tier Stone Deer Beast was instantly knocked unconscious. This was only because Wang Changsheng had held back; otherwise, killing it would have been effortless.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan emerged from underground. He collected the Stone Deer Beast, while the Dual-Eyed Rat, transforming into a yellow streak, flew high into the air. Shortly after, it descended near a large lake, where dozens of blue spirit horses lay dead, having been killed by the Soul Suppressing Roar.

The Dual-Eyed Rat's body radiated a strong yellow light as it swelled in size. It then exhaled a misty yellow haze that enveloped all the spirit horses, drawing them into its mouth until they vanished, allowing it to feast to its fill.

"Let's go now," Wang Changsheng said. "Don't be so gluttonous; there will be more good things for you to eat later."

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan flew over, then, with the Dual-Eyed Rat, they returned the way they came.

While Li Long wasn't surprised by Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's swift return, he was astonished to see the Stone Deer Beast completely unblemished. Although he too could capture the creature alive, he couldn't achieve it without leaving any marks on its hide.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Wang," Qin Rong said gratefully. "There are a total of one hundred twenty-one Azure Moon Jade Essence Fruits. Please take my share." Qin Rong's gratitude was evident, as a sixth-tier demonic beast with petrification abilities was far more valuable than twenty-odd Azure Moon Jade Essence Fruits.

"Senior Sister Qin, you're too kind," Wang Changsheng replied modestly. "It was merely a small effort. If we hunt any more sixth-tier demonic beasts, just give me their demonic beast souls."

At Qin Rong's insistence, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan received a total of sixty Azure Moon Jade Essence Fruits. The fruit would be particularly beneficial for Wang Ruyan, and since Liu Hongxue had already entered the Void Refinement stage, she could refine them into pills for even greater efficacy.

Qin Rong then suggested giving the Azure Moon Jade Essence Fruit tree to Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan. Liu Sen and Li Long had no objections, recognizing that without the Dual-Eyed Rat, they would never have located the fruits.

Wang Changsheng used his Thousand Spirit Bottle to collect the Azure Moon Jade Essence Fruit tree, planning to transplant it to Green Lotus Island at a later time.

They continued their journey, the five of them disappearing into the vast, sprawling mountains.