Chapter 569 - Unique Treasure of the Heavens and Earth [Two in One] (2/2)

However, the herb was already in full bloom. When it fully matured in a few days, it’d quickly wither and bear a big spiritual fruit.

Zhang Che observed the spiritual flower carefully, feeling inexplicably shocked.

He was so close to the flower, but he couldn’t feel a hint of spiritual force from it. He didn’t know how the Rainbow Vinewood Deer discovered the herb to begin with and came here.

However, on second thought, the Rainbow Vinewood Deer was a wood-attributed exotic beast. It was highly possible it was born with unimaginably high sensitivity towards the auras of these plants.

Wasn’t the frisky monkey able to sense the presence of this spiritual herb from thousands of meters away, too?

It could only be said that different species of creatures had different abilities.

Zhang Che wasn’t able to sense the herb’s spiritual force, but that didn’t mean exotic beasts with sharper senses couldn’t sense it.

“Ah, what a pity!” Huang Tielan suddenly sighed regretfully at the side, like she was feeling her heart aching.

Zhang Che thought she had neglected something important and hurriedly asked, “What is it? What happened?”

Huang Tielan couldn’t resist laughing when she saw the worried expression on his face. She chuckled, “Nothing. I was only finding it a pity that technology was useless in the beast worlds. I could have taken a picture of this flower otherwise. That way, even when it withered in the future, I could admire such a beautiful flower at any time.”

Zhang Che finally relaxed. He sighed. -As expected, men can never understand women.-

At the very least, he didn’t think that was something to feel pity about. -Could it be that I’m lacking romantic cells?-

Zhang Che shook his head fiercely. What world was he in? Who had the time to think about anything romantic? Having the strength to protect himself and his family in the upcoming chaos was the most important. Everything else was secondary!

“Right, Zhang Xiaoche, what should we do for the next few days? Are we just going to keep standing guard here? It’d be too much of a pity if other exotic beasts discovered this spiritual flower,” Huang Tielan suddenly asked, her tone worried.

Obviously they didn’t know exactly how many days it would take before the spiritual flower matured. They still needed to continue hunting exotic beasts so that she could rise to Tier Six beastmaster as soon as possible. They couldn’t possibly stand guard here every day and do nothing else.

Zhang Che smiled, “What’s there to worry about? I’ll just have two of my epic-quality subdued beasts stay guard here. No epic-quality exotic beasts would come within hundreds of kilometers. If other exotic beasts dared barge in here, wouldn’t we just get to obtain more beast cards?”

Zhang Che wasn’t worried about this at all. With the Earthen Rock Demon and the Demonic Energy Large Boar guarding here, there was no need to worry about anything happening to the spiritual flower.

“That’s true. Then we better go hunt exotic beasts quickly and try to return soon.”

Truthfully speaking, after being in the beast world for more than twenty days, Huang Tielan had grown bored of the environment. She wanted to return home as soon as possible.

However, her goal wouldn’t be achieved if she didn’t advance to Tier Six beastmaster. She still had to continue working hard.

“Mmm, then we need to work even harder,” Zhang Che nodded. He quickly left this mountain with Huang Tielan on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, flying off to the distance.

After all, there were very few exotic beasts nearby, due to the presence of the Rainbow Vinewood Deer. It truly wasn’t a good area to hunt in.

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While flying above the mountain forest, Huang Tielan suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Zhang Che, “Oh, right, Zhang Xiaoche, what about that exotic beast you just killed? Quickly, let me take a look.”

Zhang Che nodded. He quickly retrieved a rainbow beast card from his spatial storage. After triggering it, he branded it with his spiritual imprint. Afterwards, a mass of rainbow light shot out from his brow, falling onto the latter half of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s back.

The light quickly faded. A majestic and beautiful large deer appeared in front of Huang Tielan.

“Woah, what a beautiful stag! This fellow really doesn’t look like an epic-quality exotic beast, but an ordinary herbivorous animal.”

The Rainbow Vinewood Deer immediately drew Huang Tielan’s eyes the moment it appeared. She stared at the unusually beautiful subdued beast, unwilling to shift her gaze away.

Huang Tielan had truly never seen such a beautiful exotic beast before. It had a physical body born from the accumulation of the blessings of the heavens and earth, able to make other exotic beasts die from envy.

Although she claimed to not believe this fellow was that strong, Huang Tielan was still able to sense that this subdued beast was much stronger than her own Dark Unicorn, and not by a tiny margin, either. As expected of an epic-quality beast!

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During the next few days, Zhang Che and Huang Tielan continued hunting exotic beasts in the surrounding, and would return to that mountain forest to check on the rainbow spiritual flower after they were done for the day.

The flower was indeed about to mature. As day after day went by, the colors on the flower became brighter and more gorgeous. It had bloomed to the extreme, proving that it would bear fruit very soon.

Fortunately, the fruit of this type of spiritual herb would quickly mature as well. Zhang Che couldn’t afford to wait any longer.

Ordinary fruits would take a month from maturing to bearing fruit at the very least, let alone spiritual fruits. Heavens knew how long that would take.

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In the end, on the afternoon of the third day, Zhang Che suddenly received a telepathic message from the Earthen Rock Demon. Although it couldn’t express its intentions clearly, Zhang Che knew that the spiritual flower was about to fully mature and would bear fruit soon.

“The rainbow spiritual flower is about to mature. Let’s hurry back!” Zhang Che shouted at Huang Tielan, who was riding on the Dark Unicorn at the side, wielding her Cold Jade Sword. The two immediately put down whatever they were doing and flew in the direction of that mountain.

When they arrived in the vicinity, Zhang Che and Huang Tielan saw bright rainbow light shining from the peak. Soon, an extremely thick fragrance quickly spread.

“Ah, we’re a step too late. Looks like the fruit has matured!” Huang Tielan said in frustration. She urged the Dark Unicorn below her to speed up in order to reach the forest sooner.

Looking to the distance, the spiritual flower had indeed disappeared without a trace. There was only a rainbow colored fruit about the size of a baby’s head left on the stem of the plant.

At that moment, the fruit was emitting rainbow light. Wave after wave of delicate fragrance spread from it, quickly reaching its surroundings.

Zhang Che’s expression changed slightly. He hurriedly rushed forward, “Quick, we have to pick the spiritual fruit fast! This is causing too much commotion! It’ll be troublesome if it drew the nearby powerful exotic beasts!”

This was indeed a heavenly treasure. When its fruit matured, it actually caused such a huge commotion. It truly shocked Zhang Che and Huang Tielan.

It went without saying that the exotic beasts with sharper senses within dozens of kilometers would have noticed it. Perhaps they were already making their way here.

Although Zhang Che was confident there shouldn’t be any other epic-quality exotic beasts within a hundred kilometers, who could be certain?

What if there really was another epic-quality exotic beast or two hiding nearby, in addition to the weaker exotic beasts? If they all came rushing to the fruit, Zhang Che might not be able to guarantee Huang Tielan’s safety, despite how strong he was.

While talking, Zhang Che had arrived in front of the large spiritual fruit. He reached out for the fruit and picked it off the plant without hesitation, stashing it in his spatial storage.

He was originally thinking of leaving immediately. However, when he noticed there were no signs of the plant withering, Zhang Che quickly brought out a herbal hoe and swiftly dug out the herb and its root, stowing it away along with the matured fruit in his spatial storage where a piece of spiritual jade was.

In that instant, he thought to himself, -If I can keep the herb alive and continue growing it after bringing it back, wouldn’t I have a chance of obtaining this fruit again? If that is true, we’ll have really struck it rich on this trip!-