Spirit Fruit

Before Mo Qingkuang could react, he was thrown into the crystal coffin by the Fallen Leaf King. As the lid closed, everything went dark, and Mo Qingkuang found himself unable to move. 

Outside the coffin, unseen by Mo Qingkuang, the Fallen Leaf King's body began to burn fiercely. 

He did not scream in pain, nor did he struggle violently. His fierce face even showed a hint of a relieved smile. 

Gradually, his body was completely incinerated, leaving only a crystal-clear round object floating in the air. 

Mo Fan knew that this was the Spirit Fruit! 

The Fallen Leaf King's strength and physical condition far surpassed that of the Nianhua King. It seemed as if he wasn't dead but had been in slumber for a thousand years, now awakened, his kingly power undiminished. 

The reason the Fallen Leaf King remained so powerful despite being dead for so many years was because he had obtained this Spirit Fruit before his death. 

The Spirit Fruit was an extremely rare and precious miraculous herb. Its effect could transform a martial artist's roots into a spirit body, a miraculous item that could create geniuses. Even a person unable to cultivate could become a remarkable spirit body genius through the Spirit Fruit. 

Chen Kong had become an Earth Spirit Body because he had obtained a Spirit Fruit, which was his great fortune. 

Later, in the war to destroy the Tianxuan Empire, Chen Kong was sent out by his master at the cost of his own life. While fleeing, he trained hard and plotted revenge and the restoration of his empire. 

Ultimately, he joined Lin Yang's forces. With his Earth Spirit Body and a series of subsequent adventures, he became one of the most powerful individuals in the world and successfully helped the Empress restore her kingdom. 

Of course, with Mo Fan's existence, it's uncertain whether Tianxuan would be destroyed, but Chen Kong would definitely not join Lin Yang. 

But that's a story for another time. 

The Spirit Fruit was a rare natural treasure, one that appeared only once in a millennium, something one could hope to encounter but never seek! 

Before his death, the Fallen Leaf King had integrated it into his body, gambling with the heavens! 

This escape and kill game was a wager he had set with the Flower Plucking King. 

If the Nianhua King's successor could successfully escape the numerous traps and the pursuit of hundreds, it would mean that he had won, and the Withering and Flourishing Sutra would reappear in the world. 

If the successor unfortunately died in this grand escape, the one who killed them would only inherit the Fallen Leaf Compendium, and the Flower Plucking Manual and the Withering and Flourishing Sutra would be lost forever. 

Additionally, if the Nianhua King's chosen successor was someone who curries favor and fears death, the Fallen Leaf King would not want his Fallen Leaf Compendium, or his master's Withering and Flourishing Sutra, to be disgraced. 

Similarly, the Fallen Leaf King would not extract and refine the Spirit Fruit; it would continue to rest with him underground, becoming part of the natural world along with his dissipating soul in hundreds or thousands of years. 

It could be said that Mo Qingkuang, guided by Mo Fan, had nearly replicated everything Lin Yang was supposed to experience. 

In the original setting, it was Lin Yang who obtained the Flower Plucking Manual in the Nianhua King's tomb. During this grand escape in the Fallen Leaf King's mausoleum, Lin Yang was the target of the pursuit. 

Lin Yang, using his skills in formation and his wits, gained the upper hand in the labyrinth, escaping first. 

He didn't have the fortune of Mo Qingkuang, who had a senior brother with an Earth Spirit Body to fend off two masters. 

Their sect, Yuan Sword Sect's Lu Feng, was considered the weakest among the three grandmasters in the Fallen Leaf King's tomb. 

Lin Yang had to be wary of traps and always be on guard against attacks from grandmaster realm enemies. 

Mo Qingkuang not only didn't have to worry about being chased by grandmasters, but under Mo Fan's guidance, he didn't even encounter any martial master realm enemies. 

Later, in the underground palace, Lin Yang passed the Fallen Leaf King's test, unyielding and resolute, earning his recognition. 

Not only did he obtain the Withering and Flourishing Sutra, but the Fallen Leaf King also gave him the Spirit Fruit, ultimately transforming Lin Yang into a Fire Spirit Body, giving him the opportunity to compete with the top talents of the Tianhan Continent. 

Mo Fan's promise to help Mo Qingkuang become a Wind Spirit Body also relied on this Spirit Fruit. 

The Spirit Fruit in the air slowly floated above the crystal coffin, gradually dissolving into a crystalline liquid that dripped onto the coffin. The liquid flowed down the curves of the coffin lid, seeping inside. 

Mo Qingkuang felt some liquid dripping onto him, first a few drops, then more and more, faster and faster. 

The liquid dripped evenly, seemingly controlled by some force, covering Mo Qingkuang's entire body. 

Slowly, the liquid began to be absorbed by Mo Qingkuang's skin. 

As more and more of the liquid was absorbed, its effects began to manifest. 

Mo Qingkuang first felt an intense heat all over his body, as if his entire flesh was on fire. Then came a piercing pain in his head, as if his bones were being shattered piece by piece, and his bone marrow was evaporating drop by drop. 

Next, his internal organs seemed to be shredded. His entire body felt like it was dissolving into nothingness, leaving only a wisp of his soul behind. 

This feeling was similar to when he had died before, utterly powerless. Yet, he could keenly feel the pain emanating from his body. 

He felt as if he were a clay figurine, being broken and remolded. 

The pain was excruciating, but he couldn't scream. 

His body no longer belonged to him; every inch of muscle had lost its control. 

The intense pain didn't spare him for even a second. Mo Qingkuang began to fall into a cycle of passing out from the pain and waking up from the pain over and over again. 

Mo Fan watched all this indifferently. The process of the Spirit Fruit's reshaping was painful but not fatal. 

The path has been paved for you. If you can't endure this pain, then you're truly unworthy of competing with Lin Yang! 

Once Mo Qingkuang achieved the Wind Spirit Body, the innate disadvantage in his constitution compared to Lin Yang would be reversed, giving Mo Qingkuang the upper hand. 

At that point, Mo Qingkuang's cultivation speed and his comprehension of martial skills would greatly accelerate, giving him the preliminary foundation to compete with the chosen one of this world. 

While Mo Qingkuang was undergoing the torment of his transformation, the passageways of the underground palace's labyrinth were all sealed off. 

At this time, the last remnants of the Fallen Leaf King's power were used to refine the Spirit Fruit, leaving him unable to protect Mo Qingkuang from external threats. 

In this moment, Mo Qingkuang had no ability to defend himself. If someone were to interrupt his transformation, not only would he fail to achieve the Wind Spirit Body, but he might not even survive. 

Even if Mo Fan were to possess him, it would be of no use. 

The labyrinth was now closed, and the three passages leading to the underground palace began to form numerous ghostly faces made of withered leaves and fine branches! 

These faces were so powerful that even an average Martial Venerable could not easily destroy them! 

Several teams that had reached this place attempted to pass but had no success and had to return the way they came, dejectedly.