Li Zhuo held the whip and swung it a few times.
Immediately, many ear-piercing whooshing sounds were produced!
He thought for a moment, then aimed at a stone on the ground.
He swung it fiercely.
Crack!
The stone shattered with a sound!
Yet, the whip remained perfectly intact.
"As expected of a vine imbued with spiritual energy, it's truly incomparably tough!"
"What a treasure!"
"If I inject magical power, it might produce an even more powerful effect!"
The whip possesses the power of the Five Elements.
If activated with magical power, it would greatly enhance the whip's elemental damage.
More importantly.
With the whip, Li Zhuo would no longer need to engage in close-quarters combat.
And his strong Physical Body would naturally not be discovered by others.
Becoming a trump card.
Of course.
According to Li Zhuo's cautious nature, he would naturally avoid conflict whenever possible.
As for trump cards, he hoped his trump cards would be like bamboo shoots.
One layer after another.
…
Looking at the whip in his hand, Li Zhuo was extremely satisfied.
Then.
He seemed to suddenly remember something and let out a "hehehe" villainous laugh.
Immediately after.
Li Zhuo walked up to the hundred-poison bramble ball and placed the symbiotic vine on it.
"I'll poison it for you, making it even more lethal!"
To Li Zhuo's surprise.
The moment it touched the hundred-poison bramble ball.
The originally half-dead, withered vine twisted rapidly like a long snake.
Sticking tightly to the hundred-poison bramble ball.
And the thorns on the bramble ball itself became soft and limp.
Even the red patterns representing the poison faded a bit.
Watching the symbiotic vine gradually regain its vitality, Li Zhuo nodded.
Then he ignored it.
He sat cross-legged in the core area, with a hundred-poison bramble ball berry in his mouth.
Slowly increasing his body's poison resistance.
At the same time.
He began to guide the internal warm airflow into his bone marrow.
"Hoo!"
The warm airflow entering his bone marrow immediately made Li Zhuo sweat profusely.
This bone training was completely different from the itching sensation during organ refining.
It was purely an itch!
An itch deep in his bones!
There was absolutely no way to alleviate it; he could only grit his teeth and endure.
Fortunately.
Li Zhuo knew that refining bones carried no danger.
Moreover.
The body tempering and the increase in Physical Body toxin resistance during this period had all been unpleasant.
Compared to that.
The pure itch at this moment was not entirely unbearable.
Li Zhuo closed his eyes tightly, his body trembling slightly.
Enduring the full-body itching sensation.
The Daosheng Qingwen Banyan gently swayed its branches, sending a cool breeze to Li Zhuo.
Slightly alleviating his discomfort.
After a while.
Li Zhuo felt another burst of coolness.
He opened his eyes.
He saw Little Red had returned to the core area, coiling around Li Zhuo, acting as his Protector.
"How, did you find a Five Elements treasure?"
"Yes, Master!"
Li Zhuo, ignoring the itching on his body, immediately stood up: "Take me to see it!"
Little Red immediately nodded and led Li Zhuo to the west.
The west was still a broadleaf tree area, with a relatively open view.
However, Li Zhuo still stopped at the edge of the Safe Zone.
He did not continue forward.
Little Red, however, continued onward.
After crawling about ten yards, it stopped in front of a giant fruit tree.
"Master, this is the fruit tree with the strange fluctuations!"
Li Zhuo squinted at the fruit tree.
But did not find any abnormalities.
"It should have a lot of 【Camouflage】. I need to go out of the Safe Zone…"
He mumbled.
Li Zhuo looked up at the sky, then at the surrounding environment.
He was still a little uneasy.
He returned to the hundred-poison bramble ball, picked up the whip.
And called Little Red back.
Under the protection of the whip and Little Red, Li Zhuo finally stepped out of the Safe Zone.
Chirp chirp chirp…
Stepping on the dead wood and fallen leaves underfoot, Li Zhuo's heart pounded.
He knew his strength was not weak.
There should be no living beings nearby that could harm him.
But it was always good to be cautious.
He walked forward without encountering any dangerous situations.
It was very peaceful.
Li Zhuo smoothly arrived at the fruit tree.
He carefully examined the fruit tree, still unable to discern any abnormalities.
As if it were just an ordinary fruit tree.
So.
Li Zhuo placed his hand on it.
At the same time, he opened his 【All Things Modifier】.
The fruit tree's panel appeared in his mind.
【Individual Information: Plant Type — Five Elements Fruit Tree ★】
Rank: 28
Blood Qi: 45873
Age: 417
Friendliness: 0
【Special Effects】
【Five Elements Fruit (White)】: The Five Elements Fruit Tree can bear five types of fruits, each with Five Elements attributes.
【Five Elements Attributes】
Metal: 30
Wood: 30
Water: 30
Fire: 30
Earth: 30
【Special Attributes】
Impurities: 50
【Status】
Camouflage: 50
【Allocatable Attribute Points】 0
"Oh, the values are quite high~"
Although this Five Elements Fruit Tree in front of him was not as good as the Daosheng Qingwen Banyan.
It was still the second-highest valued spiritual tree Li Zhuo had seen so far.
It was indeed a treasure.
However.
One thing greatly puzzled Li Zhuo.
Even when it was a one-star spiritual tree, the Azure-Patterned Banyan's values were ridiculously high.
"It's probably because it developed sentience, so it has extremely high values~"
Having roughly guessed the reason, Li Zhuo no longer dwelled on the issue.
Instead, he looked at the fruit tree, exclaiming in admiration.
At the same time.
He was also thinking about the possibility of transplanting this fruit tree to the Safe Zone.
"Transplanting this fruit tree would be a huge undertaking."
"It's very likely to attract the prying eyes of powerful creatures in the mountains."
"Instead of transplanting the fruit tree, it's better to expand the Safe Zone."
After a brief consideration, Li Zhuo gave up the idea of transplanting the fruit tree.
However.
He still wanted to thoroughly transform this fruit tree.
Therefore, he directly started adding points.
After removing the Impurities, the Five Elements Fruit Tree's star Rank and Rank increased.
Becoming even more powerful.
【Individual Information: Plant Type — Five Elements Fruit Tree ★ ★】
Rank: 32
Blood Qi: 97294
Age: 417
Friendliness: 0
【Special Effects】
【five spirit fruit (Yellow)】: The Five Elements Fruit Tree can bear five types of spirit fruits, each with powerful attributes!
【Five Elements Attributes】
Metal: 50
Wood: 50
Water: 50
Fire: 50
Earth: 50
【Status】
Camouflage: 50
"It became a two-star spiritual tree, amazing!"
"Even the treasure vaults of three- or four-star Sects probably can't compare to the treasures I have here."
"My path of body tempering is finally going to be perfect~"
He exclaimed a few times.
Li Zhuo forcibly suppressed his excited feelings.
At this moment, he was, after all, outside the Safe Zone and dared not stay for too long.
Therefore.
He distinguished them and picked five spirit fruits, one each for Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
He immediately retreated back into the Safe Zone.
Sitting cross-legged in the core area.
Li Zhuo began to temper his body with the power of the Five Elements!
At the same time.
The warm airflow in his bones also completed a grand cycle.
Li Zhuo had almost adapted to this itching sensation.
Several days passed in a row.
Li Zhuo ate Five Elements spirit fruits and poison berries.
He also dispersed all the warm airflow in his body, allowing it to spread to every inch of his skin.
This even made his Physical Body emit faint glimmers of light.
This was a manifestation of an exceptionally strong Physical Body.
"Hoo—"
At noon on this day.
Li Zhuo exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and opened his eyes.
His Physical Body no longer glowed, becoming plain and unadorned.
He had truly achieved a return to simplicity.
Whether it was poison resistance or Five Elements attribute resistance, they were all incredibly high.
"The Body Tempering Realm has reached Perfection."
"If Great Grandfather Li saw me now, he would probably be greatly startled."
"I lack a Cultivation Technique for the Qi Refining Realm."
"I need to go down the mountain…"