Tree of Life

"I didn't expect that the Fellow Taoist my disciple mentioned would live such a leisurely life."

Li Yuan was sitting in his chair holding a cup filled with tea in his right hand, while his other hand was stroking the little fox's soft fur, when suddenly, a sighing voice reached his ears.

Li Yuan wasn't surprised and turned his head to look at the source of the sound.

It was a beautiful woman that looked around 30 years old, with long hair and a piercing gaze.

Obviously, this woman was Mu Bingyuan.

When Mu Bingyuan saw Li Yuan, she couldn't help but sigh secretly that he really knew how to enjoy himself.

At the same time, she was a little shocked.

Even though her disciple had already told her, when she saw that she couldn't see through Li Yuan's cultivation, she became slightly solemn.

'I don't know if it is the effect of skill or a powerful treasure.'

While Mu Bingyuan was thinking, Li Yuan remained calm and didn't respond immediately but cast the Identification Technique.

By now, Li Yuan was already used to casting it every time he met someone.

[Name: Mu Bingyuan]

[Cultivation: Nascent Soul Realm - Peak Stage]

[Current Situation: She is the ancestor of the Snow Phoenix Sect. Due to injuries earlier in her life, her lifespan has decreased. She has 10 years left to live. She is currently looking for opportunities to help her disciple break through...]

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Li Yuan looked at the woman's information, smiled slightly and shook his head.

"Fellow Taoist is joking."

"I just took some time off to relax."

When he finished his words, Li Yuan put the little fox down and showed an unfathomable expression.

"I can see that you didn't come here to chat with me."

Mu Bingyuan regained her senses and nodded her head.

"That's right. I heard from my disciple that as long as I pay enough, the Pavilion Owner can help me deduce various opportunities."

She admitted frankly.

Originally, just like her disciple, she didn't believe the so-called Pavilion Owner of the Heaven's Secret Pavilion.

But now, when she came here, she noticed an ethereal aura coming from the golden pagoda.

Moreover, when she looked at Li Yuan, her intuition warned her of danger.

"Are you looking for opportunities for your disciple?"

"Or.. are you looking for opportunities to recover your damaged lifespan?"

Li Yuan asked in a deep voice and his eyes seemed able to see through Mu Bingyuan's deepest secrets.

The moment his words fell, Mu Bingyuan's body shook.

Her gaze turned fierce and she was ready to take action.

The fact that her lifespan was running out was her biggest secret.

Even Xia Qianyue, her own disciple didn't know about it.

Her eyes stared at Li Yuan, but then her body relaxed and she shook her head with a slight smile.

"I don't know what the Pavilion Owner is talking about."

"How could there be anything wrong with my lifespan?"

Li Yuan had to admit that he was very impressed by Mu Bingyuan's thick face.

If Li Yuan wasn't almost invincible inside the golden pagoda's range, he would have not been able to notice her brief murderous intent and would have thought that is was a kind, polite woman.

Even so, he remained calm.

"Fellow Taoist, you don't have to be on guard."

"As long as you're willing to pay the price, recovering your damaged lifespan is easy."

"What's more, you can even take the opportunity to break through the Soul Formation Realm."

Mu Bingyuan was a little tempted by his words, but on the surface, she remained completely calm, with a slight smile.

"The Pavilion Owner is joking. I just came here to ask the Pavilion Owner whether there are any opportunities for my disciple to breakthrough."

Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

Sure enough, fooling Mu Bingyuan was way harder than fooling Xiao Huo and Gu Ling'er.

After all, even though Xiao Huo was the protagonist, he was just a young man.

Compared to Mu Bingyuan who had lived for hundreds of years and had much more experience, Xiao Huo was a complete novice.

But then, Li Yuan calmed down.

As long as Mu Bingyuan bought information once, when she found out that the information was accurate, she would surely return and spend more money.

'System, deduce opportunities that are suitable for Xia Qianyue to break through the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul.'

[There are currently 106 opportunities that meet the requirements.]

[Origin Energy. Price: 1 Billion HS Points.]

[Quasi-Emperor Corpse. Price: 900 Million HS Points.]

[Ice Phoenix Blood. Price: 300 Million HS Points.]

[...]

Perhaps because Xia Qianyue's cultivation was high, or because there were not many suitable opportunities for her, it didn't take long for Li Yuan to read through all of them.

As always, Li Yuan picked one that was cheap, but also somewhat interesting.

[Stone Tablet. Price: 1 Million HS Points.]

He pinched his fingers, as if he was deducing something, then finally spoke.

"It's going to cost you 10 million low-grade spirit stones, or 10 thousand middle-grade spirit stones."

"Of course, these spirit stones can be offset by other items."

Mu Bingyuan hesitated for a bit, before taking out some cultivation techniques, spells, magic weapons and spirit stones.

As the ancestor of a major sect and a cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, Mu Bingyuan could be considered very rich.

Let alone 10 thousand middle-grade spirit stones, even if she had to spent hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, as long as Xia Qianyue could breakthrough, she wouldn't bat an eye.

It wasn't that she didn't consider that Li Yuan would take these spirit stones and run, but she decided to take a bet.

When Li Yuan noticed her taking out so many items without changing his expression, he could only sigh secretly.

'Compared to all these old monsters that have lived for hundreds of years, a honest young man like me is very poor.'

Regardless, he traded most of the items for HS Points and bought the information.

[Stone Tablet]

[An ordinary tablet that was infected by the breath of the Tree of Life. Observing the Stone Tablet has the effect of helping in breakthroughs.]

[Location:...]

[Safe Path:...]

Reading the information, Li Yuan was almost unable to maintain his calm expression.

It was the first time that he had read or heard the term Tree of Life.

But judging from the fact that an ordinary tablet that was just infected by its breath could allow people to breakthrough, Li Yuan was sure that it was something extraordinary.

'Is it a Great Saint, or even an Emperor level item?'

But then, he realized that no matter whether it is a Great Saint or Emperor level item, it wasn't something that Li Yuan should consider at this time.

Spending a few HS Points, he materialized the map and gave it to Mu Bingyuan.

"This map contains the location of the opportunity, as well as a safe path to get there and some additional information."

Mu Bingyuan heard Li Yuan's explanation and looked at the crudely drawn map in her hands.

Sure enough, it was very similar to the mysterious map that spread throughout the Sun Empire.

She put it away and was about to leave, when the sound of fighting reached her ears.

Since Mu Bingyuan was able to hear the sound, Li Yuan could also hear it.

Moreover, with his enhanced vision inside the pagoda's range, Li Yuan was able to see the two people that were fighting in the distance.

One of them was a middle aged man with golden hair and eyes, while the other was a young man with an ordinary appearance.

It was said to be a fight, but it was actually a chase, with the golden-haired man chasing the young man.

When the young man arrived near the pagoda, he breathed a sigh of relief and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Pavilion Owner, help! Save me!"