The First Academy in the Cultivation World

Dongfang Zichu said helplessly, "With my small body, if I don't have a strong body, how can I protect myself?"

What's more, he can't even move his own body now, so it's not a big deal to hide some things and let Ling Yan'er underestimate the enemy.

What's more, it can't be considered a concealment because no one has asked him.

Ling Yan'er held Dongfang Zichu and asked, "So your physical strength is also very high now?"

Dongfang Zichu shook his head: "It's not that my physical body is strong, it's my true body."

He has said many times that the body he has now can only be considered an illusion at best.

Ling Yan'er nodded. "I see. But if your true strength was very high, how could Hua Qingfeng have cut off so many of your branches so easily?"

"That's a dead branch." Dongfang Zichu pointed at the leaves on the ground and said, "Of course, a dead branch can't be considered my true self! Just like how can a fallen leaf be considered one with the tree?"

"Okay, I understand." Ling Yan'er soothed the irritable Dongfang Zichu, saying, "Hua Qingfeng can easily chop off dead branches, but he can't damage your body."

"Yes." Dongfang Zichu said.

Ling Yan'er took the opportunity to ask a lot of questions, and the three of them chatted as they walked up.

Ling Yan'er thought it would take another day to reach the top of the mountain, but unexpectedly they reached the top in the afternoon.

The top of the mountain is a large platform, like a huge rock that has been flattened and placed on top, with the surrounding trees only showing an edge around the rock.

In the center of this huge rock, there is a small tree with a dozen purple fruits hanging on it.

Ling Yan'er and the other two walked up to the small tree. Ling Ziye frowned and asked, "What kind of tree is this?"

When we walked to the middle, we found that the tree was not growing on the boulder. There was a crack of medium size on the boulder, and the soil underneath could be seen through the crack.

The tree looks small from the boulder, but it is at least ten meters wide in the middle of the boulder.

Dongfang Zichu looked at it for a while and said, "This is a thunder tree. The fruit on it is a thunder fruit. Those with thunder spirit roots can comprehend the laws of thunder and lightning after consuming it. Even those without thunder spirit roots can widen their meridians and temper their bodies after consuming it."

"It's actually a thunder fruit." Ling Ziye was delighted: "I never thought I would be able to see this legendary spiritual fruit in my lifetime."

What Dongfang Zichu said was indeed the effect of the Thunder Fruit, but the Thunder Fruit was even more rare than Dongfang Zichu said.

According to legend, people with thunder spiritual roots who take thunder fruit can comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. As long as they don't die, it can basically be said that they will ascend to heaven 100%!

Widening the meridians and tempering the body can make a Dharma practitioner's body comparable to that of a physical practitioner!

What’s even more rare is that the dozen or so thunder fruits on this tree are all ripe purple!

When Ling Ziye was rejoicing, Ling Yan'er went forward to pick the fruit. Just as Ling Ziye opened his mouth to stop him, he said, "Don't..."

Ling Yan'er hummed and turned around, holding a picked thunder fruit in her hand. Misunderstanding Ling Ziye's meaning, Ling Yan'er handed the thunder fruit to Ling Ziye: "Do you want to eat it?"

Ling Ziye was silent for a moment, but still took the thunder fruit that Ling Yan'er handed over and said, "Legend has it that you need to use jade tools to pick the thunder fruit, otherwise you will be struck by lightning."

Ling Yan'er picked another one and said, "I didn't feel it."

Dongfang Zichu walked to Ling Yan'er's feet and said, "I want some too. The last time I ate this was at the Demon King's succession ceremony."

Ling Yan'er handed the freshly picked fruit to Dongfang Zichu: "Pick it yourself!"

Dongfang Zichu took a bite of the fruit and said, "Believe it or not, among the three of us, only you won't be struck by lightning when you pick it."

Ling Ziye reached out and touched one of the fruits, and Ling Yan'er watched as a bolt of lightning struck.

With a sizzling sound, Ling Ziye withdrew his hand, and Ling Yan'er also reached out to touch the fruit, but nothing appeared. This tree was indeed very strange.

"I just touched it lightly." Ling Ziye said, "If I were to take it off, not to mention that I have no spiritual power now, even if I still have spiritual power, I can't resist it."

"It's so dangerous." Ling Yan'er poked the fruit several times in surprise, but there was no lightning when she picked it.

Seeing that nothing had happened to Ling Yan'er, Ling Ziye picked the Thunder Fruit and gave it to Ling Yan'er, saying, "Give it to me after we leave. I can't use the storage bag now, and I can't refine it."

Ling Yan'er put the thunder fruit into her backpack and picked all the fruits from the tree and put them in her backpack.

After Ling Yan'er had picked all the thunder fruits, she prepared to take the tree away as well and clicked on the collect button.

After the tree was harvested and disappeared, Ling Ziye asked, "Didn't you say you were going to find the core of the secret realm here?"

Ling Yan'er then looked at the task, only to find that it had already been completed.

But after climbing up, she only picked the thunder fruit. It couldn't be that the task was to pick thunder fruit.

Anyway, Ling Yan'er intuitively felt that it was not the case, but she didn't know why it was done.

After Ling Yan'er looked through the task description, she saw a sentence: Passed the test.

It can't be climbing a mountain, right? Just climbing up the mountain means the mission is completed?

Ling Yan'er continued reading and found that there was another introduction at the end: After losing spiritual power, those who are not tempted by external things and are determined to reach the top will achieve great success.

It turns out that all we really need to do is walk straight to the top of the mountain.

Ling Yan'er was somewhat speechless and said, "We have passed the test and obtained the core of the secret realm."

"Then shall we go out now?" Ling Ziye asked.

Ling Yan'er took out a wooden teleportation plaque, hugged Dongfang Zichu, and with her other hand, held Ling Ziye's arm. She said, "As much as we don't want to, our journey to the secret realm is coming to an end. In one day, the secret realm will be closed."

After saying that, Ling Yan'er called out the name of the school, and the three of them soon appeared at the school gate.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to stay for another day. In one day, the three of them probably won’t be able to go down the mountain, and it will be useless even if they stay in the secret realm.

Seeing the familiar school gate, Ling Yan'er, who had been in the secret realm for a month and a half, felt a special sense of intimacy.

It is now summer vacation. The three of them entered the school, and Ling Yan'er took Dongfang Zichu and Ling Ziye directly towards their courtyard.

Ling Ziye felt his spiritual power recovering and suddenly said, "I don't know how Lan Lian and the others became familiar with bodies without spiritual power."

He was very uncomfortable without spiritual power for only a few days, and was on guard every day against people coming out from other places, even though no one showed up during those days.

"Huh?" Ling Yan'er exclaimed in confusion, "You're just used to it, right?"

She has never cultivated, and although she envied the convenience of spiritual power, perhaps because of the comfort of a mobile phone, she felt okay.

Ling Ziye said: "Indeed, compared to life, the lack of cultivation doesn't seem to matter."

At this time, Ling Yan'er walked to the gate of Ling Yan'er's courtyard and said, "Come to our courtyard first."

Ling Ziye knew that Ling Yan'er wanted to share the thunder fruit, so he followed her into Ling Yan'er's yard. Dongfang Zichufei pushed open his door in front.

After entering the living room, Ling Yan'er sat on the sofa and took out three Thunder Fruits and handed them to Ling Ziye, saying, "I'll give these three to you. By the way, when are you going to deal with the things in the flying boat?"

Ling Ziye took the Thunder Fruit and said, "Wait until I refine the Thunder Fruit."

Ling Ziye had no complaints about Ling Yan'er picking more than ten thunder fruits and only giving him three. He thought Ling Yan'er would only give him one.

He originally wanted to remind Ling Yan'er that one person can only eat one Thunder Fruit, but thinking that eating a second Thunder Fruit would just be a waste and would make it useless, and for Ling Yan'er, even if she only ate one, it would probably not be of much use, Ling Ziye simply didn't mention it.

After all, for Ling Yan'er, even if she only ate one, it would just be like an ordinary fruit and would have no other effect on her.

After putting away the thunder fruit, Ling Ziye returned to his yard.

Ling Yan'er simply went upstairs to her room to rest.

You know, the reason why she went back to school so decisively was not only because the secret realm was about to close, but also because her legs were sore after climbing the mountain.

She didn't want to walk at all! Not at all!

After taking a bath in the tub, Ling Yan'er lay down on the bed and felt alive again.

After lying down for two days and feeling much better, Ling Yan'er finally took out a thunder fruit. After thinking about it, Ling Yan'er went downstairs to ask Dongfang Zichu, "If I eat this, will it widen my meridians and temper them to the same level as a physical cultivator?"