Chapter 2826: Dream Separation Fruit, Heavenly Soul Fruit

Wang Lihe flicked his right hand, and a golden, shimmering metal sphere flew out. He cast an incantation, and a mechanical sound rang out as the sphere erupted in dazzling golden light, transforming into a ten-foot-tall humanoid puppet.

A golden light shot out from his glabella and merged into the humanoid puppet's body. The puppet then strode towards the valley.

This was a Tier 4 puppet beast, ideal for scouting. Tier 5 puppet beasts were reserved for exploring more powerful restrictions.

After passing through the mist, a vast estate with blue-tiled roofs and green bricks came into view. The estate's main gate was tightly shut, and a silvery-white light barrier enveloped the entire property.

As the humanoid puppet approached within a hundred zhang of the estate, the ground began to shake violently, cracking and splitting open with thick, long fissures. A yellow giant, over a hundred zhang tall, emerged from underground. Its features were indistinct, and it swung its arms, smashing towards the humanoid puppet.

Countless green spiritual runes lit up on the humanoid puppet's feet. Just then, a powerful gravitational force appeared out of nowhere, making the puppet's body feel as heavy as ten million jin, rendering it unable to move.

The yellow giant's fists struck the humanoid puppet. The puppet immediately flew backward, crashing heavily onto the ground and creating a large crater.

A thick, long crack opened in the ground, and the humanoid puppet instantly fell into the fissure. The spiritual runes on its surface flickered, but to no avail, as the crack quickly closed, burying it.

The yellow giant disintegrated into a pile of yellow earth, scattering across the ground as if it had never appeared.

"It's a formation!" Wang Lihe stated. "Mo Fei and I will go to break it. Liang Yan, stay outside on alert and be ready to support us."

He and Wang Mofei each cast a defensive spell on themselves and walked towards the valley.

As soon as they approached within a hundred zhang of the estate, the ground began to shake violently again, with numerous cracks appearing.

Wang Lihe reacted quickly. With a swift movement, four blue flying swords flew out from his sword scabbard. He cast a sword incantation, and the four blue flying swords blurred, transforming into tens of thousands of blue flying swords, which then struck towards the ground.

A rumbling roar ensued as the ground burst open, sending up clouds of smoke and dust.

A yellow giant, over a hundred zhang tall, emerged from underground. Its features were indistinct, and it swung its fists, smashing towards Wang Lihe.

Wang Lihe cast a sword incantation. A loud and piercing sword hum rang out as tens of thousands of blue flying swords continuously struck the yellow giant.

With a massive explosion, the yellow giant disintegrated into a sky-full of yellow earth. However, very soon, a gust of wind blew by, and countless clumps of yellow earth gathered together, transforming back into a yellow giant with indistinct features.

The yellow giant's attack power was not strong. Since it was formed by the formation, it could not be truly killed; a demonic beast, however, would surely be worn down to death.

A short while later, Wang Lihe wielded his flying swords, pulverizing the yellow giant. Yet, countless clumps of yellow earth gathered together, once again transforming into a yellow giant with indistinct features.

As soon as it reappeared, Wang Mofei summoned a small, golden, shimmering mirror. He cast an incantation into it, and the golden mirror sprayed out a hazy golden glow, enveloping the yellow giant.

The yellow giant remained motionless, as if transfixed.

Wang Mofei breathed a sigh of relief. He exchanged a glance with Wang Lihe, and they nodded at each other before activating their Dharma Idols to attack the silvery light barrier.

A rumbling roar of explosions rang out. The ground shook violently, and the entire green estate trembled along with it.

It was unknown how many years the formation had been active, but its power was much weaker than before.

In less than a short while, a deafening roar rang out. The silvery light barrier shattered like a bubble, and the yellow giant also disintegrated, turning into a pile of yellow earth.

Wang Mofei and Wang Lihe flew into the estate, where they could see several empty spirit fields.

Wang Lihe's gaze swept across and fell upon a small courtyard with green bricks and red tiles. Inside was a circular flowerbed several hundred zhang in size, holding a silver fruit tree over two zhang tall. Its leaves were diamond-shaped, and over fifty pale silver, oval-shaped fruits hung on the tree, with some green patterns on their surface.

"Dream-Parting Fruit!"

Wang Lihe recognized this spirit fruit. The Dream-Parting Fruit bloomed and bore fruit every eight thousand years, taking another eight thousand years to mature. It was the main ingredient for refining the Tier 7 Dream-Parting Elixir. Cultivators practicing illusion techniques could accelerate their cultivation speed by consuming the elixir.

A pale golden light barrier enveloped the entire circular flowerbed. The barrier's surface bore a golden flower pattern.

Wang Lihe and Wang Mofei activated their Dharma Idols and quickly broke through the golden light barrier. They carefully picked all the Dream-Parting Fruits, placed them into individual jade boxes, and stored them in their storage rings.

Wang Mofei raised his right hand, and a palm-sized green gourd flew out from his body, shimmering with spiritual light.

This was the Thousand Herbs Gourd, specifically for transplanting spirit herbs. He had received this treasure from his clan years ago when he entered the Profound Spirit Grotto-Heaven to search for treasures.

Wang Mofei cast an incantation into it, and the green gourd instantly expanded, spewing out a stream of green mist that enveloped the Dream-Parting Fruit tree.

He pressed his palm onto the spirit soil, and a yellow light glowed from his palm. The flowerbed trembled slightly as the Dream-Parting Fruit tree slowly rose, uprooted completely, and disappeared into the green gourd.

The adjacent courtyard also had a circular flowerbed over a hundred zhang in size, holding a black fruit tree over three zhang tall. The fruit tree had no leaves, its trunk was covered in sharp golden thorns, and dozens of black fruits hung on the tree, while its main trunk bore an enigmatic golden pattern.

"Sky Soul Fruit!"

Wang Mofei's expression was excited. The Sky Soul Fruit also bloomed and bore fruit every ten thousand years, taking another ten thousand years to mature.

The Sky Soul Fruit could strengthen a cultivator's divine soul, having a similar marvelous effect to the Sky Soul Nether Lotus. For Void Refinement cultivators seeking to break through to the Integration stage, their physical body and divine soul must be in a balanced state.

Some cultivators might have a strong divine soul but a weaker physical body, requiring them to strengthen their body. Others might have a stronger physical body but a weaker divine soul, requiring them to strengthen their divine soul.

With the Sky Soul Fruit and Green Chestnut Fruit, it would be relatively easier for the Wang family's Void Refinement cultivators to attempt breakthroughs to the Integration stage. Of course, the power of the Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation still had to be considered, but this was already very good, indirectly enhancing the family's foundation.

Rare spiritual fruits that enhance the divine soul were inherently few. Cultivating one Sky Soul Nether Lotus was not easy, unlike the Sky Soul Fruit, which yielded dozens of fruits at once, though it took a longer time.

With these Sky Soul Fruits and Green Chestnut Fruits, the family's Void Refinement cultivators could all benefit, provided they cultivated to the Grand Completion of Void Refinement. The Grand Heavenly Tribulation, occurring once every three thousand years, was no joke.

Wang Lihe carefully picked all the Sky Soul Fruits and placed them into individual jade boxes.

Their treasure hunt gains were their own. However, they would keep a portion of the resources and turn over the majority to exchange for contribution points, which could then be used to acquire other cultivation resources.

If the rules were too strict and all their gains had to be surrendered, it would severely dampen their enthusiasm, and they wouldn't risk entering secret realms for treasure.

Wang Mofei summoned the Thousand Herbs Gourd and transplanted the Sky Soul Fruit tree.

They arrived at a small courtyard with blue tiles, approximately one mu in size. Inside the courtyard stood a two-story green pavilion, its door tightly shut.

Wang Lihe cast a sword incantation, and four blue flying swords flew out from his sword scabbard, splitting the green pavilion in half and sending up dust.

After a moment, the dust settled, and a basement entrance appeared before them.

Wang Mofei entered the basement and saw a magic formation over a hundred zhang in size. The formation had over a thousand indentations, most of which held grayish-white stones whose spiritual energy was completely depleted.

In the center of the formation lay a crystal the size of a pigeon's egg, towards which wisps of spiritual energy converged.

"Spirit Gathering Divine Crystal!" Wang Mofei exclaimed in surprise. The Spirit Gathering Divine Crystal was a high-grade formation material, even more advanced than spirit gathering stones. After its spiritual energy was depleted, it could slowly absorb more. The one before them was equivalent to a hundred spirit gathering stones.

Frankly speaking, with a Spirit Gathering Divine Crystal used in a formation, it could continue to operate indefinitely. However, as time passed and spiritual energy was excessively consumed, the formation's power would gradually diminish.

Beside the Spirit Gathering Divine Crystal lay over a dozen spirit gathering stones.

They collected the spirit gathering stones and the Spirit Gathering Divine Crystal. With the Spirit Gathering Divine Crystal, the family's protective grand formation could operate autonomously for a very long time.

"With these items, our family's foundation is even stronger," Wang Lihe said excitedly. The stronger the family, the more they would benefit.