The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 79: (2): The Weird Little Medicine Boy

Long Xuan couldn't help but marvel at how thorough those people were. They even took the floor tiles, dug out the wall carvings, and took away the mat the skeleton was sitting on. Where did these weirdos come from? How could he possibly find anything of value here?

The cave mansion looked as if it had been ransacked, with everything valuable and not-so-valuable being taken away. They were afraid of missing any treasures due to their lack of knowledge.

Even the bones left by the cave master were taken, being mistaken for treasures. They must have gone mad.

If Fire clone were here, he would have told him that it was Little Medicine Boy's doing.

Everyone knew that Little Medicine Boy loved selling junk and collecting it as well. To him, everything in the cave was a treasure.

As a result, his shriveled storage bag was filled with junk, even with a pile of ragged clothes and shoes left by the cave master. He nearly tore up the ground too.

Everyone distanced themselves from him, saying that they didn't know him, as if they were afraid of being embarrassed by being familiar with him.

With this weirdo around, how could Long Xuan find any good items? He was overthinking; he couldn't even catch a feather.

Looking at the scene that resembled a bombing site, Long Xuan was completely stunned.

What happened here? Was there a fight over unequal distribution of treasures? Fire Clone wasn’t dead yet, was he?

Although the place had been ransacked and dug up thoroughly, the chances of finding any leftover treasures were practically zero.

But Long Xuan was unwilling to give up. Since he was already here, he had to take a look. What if there was a hidden treasure?

Determined, Long Xuan moved forward. The secret room was bare except for a prominent large stone door.

Long Xuan was surprised. The floor tiles were gone, but the door remained. Did those guys suddenly become Buddhists?

Curious, he approached the stone door and immediately noticed the twenty gears on it, forming an extremely complex combination lock.

The progress on the lock showed [10%].

It wasn’t hard to understand that it meant the lock was only 10% solved, with 90% remaining.

This implied that only two of the twenty gears had their correct numbers set.

Long Xuan immediately turned the first gear, and when it reached seven, the progress changed to [15%].

He realized he had guessed right and continued with the second gear.

Soon, when the number was set to two, the progress changed to [20%].

He understood that he had luckily guessed another one correctly.

Repeating this process, it took him less than a minute to guess all the numbers correctly, and the progress reached [100%].

When the final gear was correctly set, a click was heard, as if a mechanism was triggered. The stone door began to shake violently before slowly opening under Long Xuan's watchful gaze.

Shortly after, another secret room appeared before him, and a massive, fiery red-scarlet ancient tree came into view.

The tree bore unusually shaped red fruits, with dragon-like patterns that seemed carved into them, though how they formed was a mystery.

Long Xuan had to admire nature's craftsmanship. The world was indeed full of wonders.

The tree’s fruits were unique, and so were its leaves, which were also fiery red and occasionally emitted flames.

What was even more bizarre was that the tree grew in a magma pool, drawing sustenance from it.

Other plants drank water, but this one drank magma. What kind of fierce tree was this?

Which tree isn’t afraid of fire? The natural rule is that fire overcomes wood, yet this tree defied the rules and broke the norms of the world. It was truly a rarity.

Long Xuan finally understood why the cave master built his mansion in such a desolate place.

It was all because of this tree. The tree thrived on magma and couldn’t be easily relocated. The cave master had to settle here to take care of it, even if it meant inconvenience.

A tree that the cave master deemed worth such effort could not be simple.

A tree that dared to drink magma was certainly extraordinary.

Even without much thought, it was clear this must be a divine tree of immense value, a priceless treasure.

Its emergence could likely incite battles among various forces. The cave master wouldn’t have invested heavily in such elaborate formations here if the tree’s value was trivial.

Long Xuan's eyes lit up with excitement.

His decision to come here on a whim was correct. He had indeed stumbled upon a great treasure. The value of this tree might surpass that of the ten thousand year old iceberg snow lotus by a hundredfold.

The cave master had been dead for countless years, making this tree very old.

Long Xuan immediately used his golden finger ability to inspect the tree.

However, upon seeing the large symbol above the tree, he was completely shocked.

The progress displayed above the ancient tree was [?], leaving Long Xuan's mouth agape.

Anyone who studied mathematics knew what this symbol meant—infinitive, representing infinity.

This tree could grant eternal life!

Long Xuan took a deep breath, completely unsettled. He had indeed found a treasure this time.

He couldn’t help but marvel at the fact that there was a treasure they had overlooked. How blind were they? Long Xuan thought with some smugness.

Following his usual routine to avoid danger, Long Xuan summoned his water clone to explore first.

After a while, even after the water clone touched the tree with no issues, Long Xuan felt assured enough to approach the fiery red ancient tree.

Meanwhile, he frantically searched his mind for any information on this tree.

He had assigned his clones a lot of study tasks, giving them loads of homework. As a young man, studying was essential, and he supervised their learning, checking their progress monthly.

Thus, Long Xuan’s mind held a lot of knowledge gained through his clones diligent studies. Perhaps one of them had come across information about this tree in a book.

Before long, Long Xuan found the relevant information. Fire clone had read about this tree in a book.

This tree is called the Fire Dragon Fruit Tree, named for the dragon-encircled fruits. Consuming the fire dragon fruits could enhance fire resistance, making it a legendary earth-grade spirit herb.

Notably, due to the sparse spiritual energy in this world, fifth to tenth-grade spirit herbs didn’t grow.

However, earth-grade and heaven-grade spirit herbs were exceptions.

Born from the laws of nature, earth-grade and heaven-grade spirit herbs contained properties of the world’s rules, unaffected by the environment.

Thus, while fifth to tenth-grade spirit herbs had gone extinct in this world, some earth-grade and heaven-grade spirit herbs still existed.

As for the elixirs that could be made from earth-grade and heaven-grade spirit herbs?

Everyone knew that researching elixir recipes consumed a vast amount of spirit herbs for experimentation.

Looking at Elder Long, it was clear—just supplementing Pill recipes already wasted countless materials, let alone creating new ones.

Earth-grade and heaven-grade spirit herbs were extremely rare. Who could use such scarce materials to experiment with Pill recipes?

Therefore, no one knew the recipes for earth-grade and heaven-grade spirit herbs.

Of course, it wasn’t absolute; perhaps someone knew but wouldn’t share.

Even without known recipes, earth-grade spirit herbs contained the world's rules, yielding miraculous effects even when eaten raw.

Thus, earth-grade spirit herbs were immensely valuable, triggering fierce competition among any forces once discovered.

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