Chapter 385 Fear Greed and Death (1/2)
Chapter 385 Fear Greed and Death
As soon as the gate opened, a an to resound from within its interiors The participants instinctively reates that had blocked the entrance of the tunnel, and took a few steps back, but their worries were put at ease the moment the mechanic sound ended with a loud click, and the two massive doors parted from one another
The world that stood on the other side of the island, was that of an extre, but their roots prevented any natural path to form, with exception le
Just before the beginning of the path, was a wooden sign planted on the ground On it, were the words ”The prospect of fear, greed, and death may be confused with caution, aspiration, and survival What tips the scale, are circun was the first hint towards the next test
Not sure what the roup had no choice but to walk down the path as carefully as they could
The thick jungle they were in was not unlike any other they had seen during the years, with exception made for the density of its trees With trunks as thick as carriage wheels, and crowns big enough to bloat the sun with their aristical nighth for a le was so incredibly high, that on the other side, only more trees could be seen
After about thirty , the participants found thele The area of this space reached around a thousand square -stem floith petals colored with different shades of yellow, orange, and red
The shtly packed trees seemed to have created a natural dome for its perfume to saturate the semi-closed environment
”That is a Star-Fed flower!” Exclaimed one of the participants with shock The coious Mercantile Ethics, and specialized in alche of rare, and expensive herbs
The Star-Fed floas an extremely rare and useful plant which was used for the production of a pill called ”Insight of Adiral” This pill was extre hih immortality, as it allowed the cultivator who consumed it, to enter a state of full concentration This state was known to increase the chances of obtaining a better version of the gift that one would receive during their ascension to high immortality
The characteristics that dictated the possibility of a gift to appear were present in every individual, yet in different intensity The level in which that characteristic was defined within a cultivator, would allow hiifts
An example of this, was the will to protect and serve This quality was crucial to allow an individual to have a chance of obtaining the soldier's gift However, when found with eneral, or ht of Adiral would help a cultivator in repressing the other qualities, and focusing one's entire cognitive ability towards the ones in which he excelled in The redient of this pill, was the Star-Fed flower, and thanks to its unique use, its value had only exploded upwards through the years Currently, the price for a thousand years old Sun-Fed Floas close to five thousand essence gele use, that could potentially change the entire scope of the cultivator's strength
”Look at the dark red color at the base of the petals! Italchearding alchemical plants or herbs What he understood, however, was a tone which implied ” alche with joy
”Hold on Are you sure this is a good idea?” asked Lorwin For soreed, death, caution, aspiration, and survival out of his mind
Used to compete for resources with others, the first idea that came to Gannet's mind, was that the others would try to clairoup picked it before the others could even recognize it ”We saw it first, so ill be keeping it You can fight with her for the next ite to look at Dehlila
”Why is the flower called Star-Fed Flower?” Asked Nilo loudly with curiosity
”Are you stupid? Because it's fed by starlight, of course” Responded the young alche towards the flower
”What light?” Said Nilo while looking up, where a thick doh The area was so dark, that if not for their extre in coh for the young alchemist to stop his motion, and turn to look back at Gannet with doubt
”What? They probably planted it here for the test It's unlikely that it was grown here” Said Gannet,alchemist to sroup of cultivators looked attentively as the young man approached the flower, and with experienced hands, remove the whole body from the fertile soil He then turned to look back at Gannet, and said, ”You were right Nothing wrong” with a wide s this one” Said Gannet while showing a satisfied s alche in his direction ”What is it?” he asked
”No proble his head down, and resu alchemist had reached Gannet, whohim to hand over the flower
Even outside of the One Above All, Gannet's grandfather was overjoyed about their discovery A ten thousand years old Star-Fed Flower could be used to create hundreds of pills, and its value was exponentially higher than its younger counterpart
However, while he and his offspring were keeping theirthe flower on Gannet's hand, the young alchehtly, and said, ”This is a great flower Is it not? It's the best flower” His eyes were bloodshot, and the veins of his wrists seemed ready to pop at any moment
Gannet was taken aback by the scene, and tried to take a step back and pull his hand away, but before he could even place his right foot down, the confusion disappeared from his face, and in its place appeared an oddly wide smile ”This is the best flower Take a look at it” he said before walking towards his other companions
Lorwin iely, so he shouted, ”DON'T TOUCH HIM!”
Shocked by Lorwin's sudden outburst, Gannet's companions instinctively took a step back, and observed the almost obsessive expression on his face His lips were constantlythe words ”this is the best flower” over and over again