Mortal Cultivator

Lu tightly hugged the Dao fruit tree that had just been successfully transplanted. His steps seemed a little staggering, but every step was extremely firm. He slowly left the battlefield outside the war and smoke, and his figure gradually went away.

Along the way, Lu always maintained a high degree of vigilance and caution. He knew that the Dao fruit tree in his arms was not easy to come by. It was a treasure that was obtained after countless hardships and dangers. Therefore, even a slight collision or vibration could cause irreparable damage to it. So, he used both hands to protect the Dao fruit tree firmly, as if it was the most precious and fragile porcelain in the world.

And the Dao fruit tree was lying quietly in Lu's arms at this time. It exuded a faint light, flickering, as if expressing its inner dissatisfaction and resistance. Perhaps it was because the bumps along the way made it feel uncomfortable, or it was full of resentment and protest for being forced to leave the homeland where it had grown for a long time. However, despite this, it still couldn't break free from Lu's warm and powerful embrace.

Just as he stepped out of the mysterious and dangerous outer border, a strong dizziness like surging waves suddenly hit him like lightning. This feeling is like the whole world suddenly began to spin wildly, making people dizzy and unstable.

You know, before this, he had experienced a long period of fierce fighting. Every battle is a contest of life and death, and every moment requires full concentration and dare not slack off. Long-term high-intensity mental concentration has long overloaded his brain and exhausted to the extreme. Not only that, his body is also under great pressure. After countless charges, dodges, and attacks, although the wounds on his body have been simply treated, they still hurt, and his muscles are sore as if they were bitten by millions of ants.

However, even in such an extremely weak state, Wang Lu still relied on his tenacious willpower to support himself. He gritted his teeth, took a difficult step, and staggered to find a place to rest temporarily. Finally, he found a relatively hidden cave not far away.

After entering the cave, Wang Lu carefully placed the extremely precious Dao Fruit Tree gently on the ground. This Dao Fruit Tree was a treasure that he had obtained after going through untold hardships, and there must be no mistakes. After doing all this, he could no longer hold on, and the whole person seemed to have lost all his strength, and he slowly collapsed to the ground against the cave wall. His eyes were tightly closed, his face was as pale as paper, and his breathing became weak and rapid. Not long after, he completely lost consciousness and fell into a deep coma.

After an unknown period of time, Wang Lu woke up slowly, only to feel sore all over, and his spiritual power in his body was almost dry. He struggled to get up and looked at the Dao Fruit Tree next to him. Seeing that it was still full of vitality, he felt a little relieved. He took out some healing pills from the storage ring and took them, and began to practice breathing to restore his own spiritual power.

As the spiritual power slowly flowed, Wang Lu's injuries gradually improved, and his complexion also recovered a little. He knew that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, and he had to return to his residence as soon as possible to find a proper place for the Dao fruit tree. So he picked up the fruit tree again and set off on his way home.

Along the way, Wang Lu tried to avoid crowded places and chose some remote paths to go forward. But even so, he still encountered several waves of casual cultivators with ill intentions. When these people saw that he was seriously injured and holding a strange fruit tree in his arms, greed suddenly appeared in their eyes and they surrounded him.

"Boy, if you know what's good for you, leave the fruit tree behind and I'll spare your life!" A big man with a face full of flesh waved the big knife in his hand and said viciously.

Wang Lu sneered, carefully placed the Dao fruit tree behind him, holding the dagger tightly in his hand, and his eyes revealed a trace of determination: "If you want a fruit tree, you rats are not qualified!"

After that, he took the initiative to attack. Although his body had not fully recovered, his years of combat experience made his moves still sharp. His figure flickered, shuttling among the crowd like a ghost, and the dagger in his hand occasionally brought a flash of blood.

Those casual cultivators obviously did not expect Wang Lu to be so brave, and they were caught off guard for a while. But they were outnumbered after all, and soon stabilized their position and began to counterattack Wang Lu.

Wang Lu gradually felt powerless, and several new wounds were added to his body. But he gritted his teeth and fought desperately, with only one belief in his heart, that is, to protect the Dao Fruit Tree.

Just when Wang Lu was in a desperate situation, suddenly, a powerful breath came from a distance. Then, an old man in white appeared in front of everyone. The old man's eyes were sharp, and he just waved his sleeves lightly, and those casual cultivators were blown away by an invisible force, fell to the ground, and groaned in pain.

"Humph, bullying a junior, do you still have shame!" The old man snorted coldly, his voice full of majesty.

Wang Lu looked at the old man vigilantly, secretly guessing his intentions in his heart. The old man seemed to see through his thoughts, smiled slightly, and said: "Little guy, don't worry, I am not interested in your fruit tree. I just can't stand what these people do."

Wang Lu breathed a sigh of relief and clasped his fists and said: "Thank you for your help, I am grateful."

The old man waved his hand and said: "Don't be polite, it seems that your injuries are not light, you should find a place to heal quickly. In this world, people are treacherous, you must be more careful in the future."

After Wang Lu thanked again, he picked up the Taoist fruit tree and continued on his way. Under the shock of the old man, he did not encounter any trouble along the way.

Finally, Wang Lu returned to his residence in a quiet valley. He placed the Dao fruit tree in the yard and arranged a small defensive array around the fruit tree to ensure its safety.

In the following days, Wang Lu began to devote himself to the care of the Dao fruit tree. He consulted a large number of ancient books and consulted many senior alchemists and spiritual plant husbands to understand the habits and maintenance methods of the Dao fruit tree.

Under his careful care, the Dao fruit tree gradually adapted to the new environment and began to thrive. The trunk became thicker, the branches and leaves became more luxuriant, and the spiritual energy emitted became more and more rich.

However, the news that Wang Lu transplanted the Dao fruit tree spread quickly and attracted the attention of various forces. Some major sects and families sent envoys to visit Wang Lu, hoping to cooperate with him to jointly develop the value of the Dao fruit tree.

"Friend Wang Lu, I am the envoy of Qingyun Sect. My sect has learned that you have a Dao fruit tree, which is a rare treasure. My sect is willing to pay a high price to buy it, or cultivate it together with you. We will split the profits 20-80. What do you think?" A middle-aged man in a green robe said with a smile.

Wang Lu frowned and refused: "Sorry, I risked my life to get the Dao fruit tree, and I have no intention of sharing it with others."

The middle-aged man's face changed slightly, and he continued to persuade: "Friend Wang Lu, you have to think carefully. It is difficult for you to fully realize the value of the Dao fruit tree. Moreover, if you swallow the treasure alone, aren't you afraid of arousing the covetousness of other forces?"

Wang Lu sneered and said: "Since I dare to transplant the Dao fruit tree, I have the ability to protect it. As for other forces, I will deal with them myself, so you don't have to worry about it."

Seeing Wang Lu's firm attitude, the middle-aged man had no choice but to leave. But this was just the beginning. In the following days, envoys from other forces kept coming, some threatened, some lured, but all were rejected by Wang Lu one by one.

Wang Lu's tough attitude angered some forces, and they began to secretly plan and prepare to take action against Wang Lu. And Wang Lu also sensed the approach of danger, he began to strengthen the defense of his residence, and at the same time worked hard to improve his strength.

Late one night, a group of men in black quietly sneaked into Wang Lu's residence. They carefully avoided the defensive array and moved towards the direction of the Dao fruit tree.

However, Wang Lu was prepared. He hid in the dark, and when the men in black approached the fruit tree, he suddenly attacked. He used all his skills and launched a fierce battle with the men in black.

These men in black were extraordinary, and they were obviously carefully selected masters. But Wang Lu, relying on his familiarity with the terrain and his tenacious fighting spirit, fought hard with them.

During the battle, Wang Lu found that the target of these men in black seemed to be not only the Dao fruit tree, but also himself. He was shocked and realized that this might be a conspiracy against him.

Just when Wang Lu was in a tough fight, the old man in white who had helped him before appeared again. The old man shuttled among the black-clothed people like a ghost. Wherever he went, the black-clothed people fell down one after another without any ability to fight back.

After a while, the black-clothed people were all eliminated. Wang Lu looked at the old man gratefully and said, "Thank you for your help again, senior. I really don't know how to repay you."

The old man smiled slightly and said, "Little guy, you don't have to thank me. I just can't stand the behavior of these people. However, you are in a lot of trouble this time. These people will not give up, you should be more careful in the future."

Wang Lu nodded, and secretly made up his mind to improve his strength as soon as possible to protect the Dao Fruit Tree and himself.

After this incident, Wang Lu practiced more diligently. With the help of the spiritual energy emitted by the Dao Fruit Tree, his practice speed was greatly improved. At the same time, he continued to study various spells and martial arts to improve his fighting skills.

As time went by, Wang Lu became stronger and stronger, and his residence was also decorated by him like a copper wall and iron wall. Seeing that there was no chance, those forces who wanted to take advantage of the Dao Fruit Tree gradually gave up.

Wang Lu practiced peacefully in the valley, accompanied by the Dao Fruit Tree. Under his care, the Dao Fruit Tree finally produced the first batch of fruits. These fruits exuded a dazzling light and contained powerful energy, which made Wang Lu very happy.

He carefully picked the fruit and began to try to take it. The fruit melted in his mouth, and a powerful spiritual power instantly burst out in his body. Wang Lu hurriedly used his power to guide and absorb this spiritual power into his meridians.

Under the nourishment of spiritual power, Wang Lu's body has undergone earth-shaking changes. His meridians have become wider and tougher, and his spiritual power has become more mellow and condensed. His strength has broken through a bottleneck and reached a new realm.

Wang Lu knew that this was just the beginning. He will continue to work hard and go further on this road of cultivation with the help of the power of the Dao Fruit Tree. And his story with the Dao Fruit Tree will continue to be passed down in this land of cultivation...

In Tianyuan Continent, Wang Lu is just an unknown little casual cultivator. He has a slender figure, a resolute face, and his eyes reveal his persistence and desire for cultivation. Over the years, he has traveled around and experienced countless hardships and obstacles, but he has never been able to make a major breakthrough in his cultivation. His cultivation has always remained in an awkward position.

One day, Wang Lu accidentally found an incomplete ancient book while exploring an ancient relic. On the ancient book, there is a mysterious legend: in a distant land outside the domain, there grows a fiery red Dao fruit tree, whose fruit contains endless spiritual energy and mysterious Dao rhyme. If it can be successfully transplanted and cultivated to maturity, after taking the fruit, it can break through the bottleneck of practice and embark on a higher realm.

This legend, like a beam of light, shines into the dim path of practice in Wang Lu's heart. Without the slightest hesitation, he resolutely embarked on the difficult journey to the outside world. Along the way, he encountered countless ferocious monsters, experienced the test of harsh environment, and even fell into the trap of mysterious formations, but with his tenacious will and years of accumulated combat experience, he escaped danger again and again, and gradually approached the legendary mysterious land.

After going through untold hardships, Wang Lu finally arrived at the outside world. The scene in front of him shocked him: a hot magma ocean was surging, rolling heat waves were blowing in his face, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur. In the center of the magma ocean, on an isolated island, there grew a fiery red Dao fruit tree.

The Dao fruit tree was like a burning flame, with a thick trunk and lush branches and leaves. Each leaf was like a carefully carved red jade, shining with a charming luster. The tree was full of fist-sized fruits, red, exuding an attractive fruity fragrance and powerful spiritual fluctuations, which made Wang Lu's heartbeat accelerate instantly.

However, it was not easy to get close to the Dao fruit tree. There were various dangers hidden in the magma ocean. The high temperature was enough to turn an ordinary cultivator into ashes in an instant. There were also fire-attributed monsters that sprang out of the magma from time to time. They were surrounded by flames and were extremely fierce, staring at Wang Lu.

Wang Lu took a deep breath, circulated his spiritual power, and cast a water-attributed defensive spell. A layer of light blue light enveloped him, temporarily resisting the high temperature outside. He stepped into the magma ocean carefully, taking every step extremely cautiously, always alert to the dangers around him.

Suddenly, a huge fire lizard suddenly jumped out of the magma, opened its bloody mouth, and rushed towards Wang Lu with blazing flames. Wang Lu's eyes were stern, and he quickly dodged sideways. At the same time, he swung the long sword in his hand, and a sharp sword energy slashed at the fire lizard. The sword energy collided with the flames, making a loud bang, and the powerful impact pushed Wang Lu back several steps.

He stabilized his body, and before the fire lizard launched another attack, he quickly formed seals with his hands and muttered something. In an instant, the surrounding water vapor quickly condensed and turned into countless ice cones, shooting at the fire lizard like a rainstorm. The fire lizard let out a painful roar, and was stabbed by ice cones in many places, but it was also completely enraged and rushed towards Wang Lu desperately.

Wang Lu flashed and went behind the fire lizard like a ghost, and stabbed its back with the long sword in his hand. The fire lizard struggled for a few times, then fell down with a bang, turned into a ball of ashes and dissipated in the magma.

After dealing with the fire lizard, Wang Lu continued to move towards the Tao fruit tree. Along the way, he encountered several attacks from monsters, but he repelled them one by one with his excellent fighting skills and tenacious perseverance. Finally, he came to the Tao fruit tree.

Looking at the Tao fruit tree in front of him, Wang Lu's eyes flashed with excitement and excitement. But he also knew that transplanting the Tao fruit tree was not an easy task. If he was not careful, not only would all his previous efforts be wasted, but he might also lose his life.

He took out a special spiritual hoe from his storage ring. This spiritual hoe was made from precious materials he had collected over the years and was specially used to dig rare spiritual plants. Wang Lu carefully began to dig the soil around the Dao fruit tree, digging very shallowly and slowly each time, for fear of damaging the roots of the Dao fruit tree.

However, just when he was halfway through digging, the Dao fruit tree suddenly trembled violently, and the branches danced wildly, as if resisting Wang Lu's digging. Then, a strong flame aura surged out of the Dao fruit tree, turning into a flame giant, glaring at Wang Lu.

The flame giant waved his fist and smashed at Wang Lu with blazing flames. Wang Lu hurriedly used his body skills to dodge, while secretly complaining in his heart. He didn't expect that this Dao fruit tree had such a powerful spiritual intelligence that it would actively attack him.

Facing the attack of the flame giant, Wang Lu didn't dare to be careless. While dodging the attack of the flame giant, he was thinking about how to deal with it. Suddenly, he had an idea and remembered a method recorded in ancient books to restrain fire-attributed spiritual objects.

Wang Lu quickly took out a piece of black Xuanbing Stone from his storage ring. This was a treasure he got by chance, which contained extremely powerful icy power. He threw the Xuanbing Stone towards the flame giant with force, while chanting a spell.

The Xuanbing Stone instantly exploded in mid-air, turning into an icy air that enveloped the flame giant. The flame giant was eroded by the icy air, his movements became slow, and the flames on his body gradually dimmed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Lu accelerated the excavation. Finally, with his unremitting efforts, he successfully dug out the Dao Fruit Tree intact. He quickly put the Dao Fruit Tree into the storage ring, and then exerted all his spiritual power to escape from this dangerous place at the fastest speed.

After returning to Tianyuan Continent, Wang Lu found a hidden valley and prepared to cultivate the Dao Fruit Tree here. He arranged various defensive formations and spirit gathering formations in the valley to ensure that the Dao Fruit Tree could grow safely and absorb enough spiritual energy.

Wang Lu carefully took the Dao fruit tree out of the storage ring and planted it on a fertile piece of land in the valley. He would personally take care of the Dao fruit tree every day, watering it, fertilizing it, and weeding it. At the same time, he would use his spiritual power to comb its spiritual veins and help it adapt to the new environment.

Under Wang Lu's careful care, the Dao fruit tree gradually regained its vitality and began to thrive. The fruits on the branches became fuller and fuller, and the spiritual fluctuations emitted became stronger and stronger.

However, the news that Wang Lu transplanted the Dao fruit tree from outside the domain somehow spread. For a time, the entire Tianyuan Continent was shocked. Many powerful cultivators and forces were eyeing the Dao fruit tree in Wang Lu's hands, and sent masters to snatch it.

On this day, Wang Lu was taking care of the Dao fruit tree in the valley, and suddenly felt a strong breath coming towards him. He looked up and saw several cultivators in black clothes appearing in the sky. They had cold eyes and emitted powerful spiritual fluctuations. They were obviously masters.

The leading black-clothed cultivator looked at Wang Lu coldly and said, "Boy, hand over the Dao Fruit Tree and I will spare your life! Otherwise, today will be your death day!"

Wang Lu's eyes were stern, and he tightly grasped the long sword in his hand and said, "You are not qualified to have the Dao Fruit Tree!"

After that, he took the initiative to attack without waiting for the other party to make a move. With a wave of the long sword in his hand, a sharp sword energy slashed towards the black-clothed cultivators. The black-clothed cultivators sneered and used their magical powers to easily resist Wang Lu's sword energy.

Then, they flashed and rushed towards Wang Lu like ghosts. Wang Lu was not afraid and started a fierce battle with them. He used all his skills to fully display the sword skills and magic he had learned over the years, but the other party was numerous and their strength was above his. Gradually, he fell into a bitter battle.

There were more and more wounds on his body, and his spiritual power was gradually exhausted, but Wang Lu never gave up. He knew that if the Dao Fruit Tree fell into the hands of these people, the consequences would be disastrous.

Just when Wang Lu felt desperate, suddenly, a powerful light surged out of the Dao Fruit Tree and turned into a shield to cover Wang Lu. The attacks of those black-clothed cultivators hit the shield and were all bounced back, shocking them back again and again.

Wang Lu looked at the scene in front of him in surprise, and his heart was full of doubts. At this moment, an ancient and mysterious voice sounded in his mind: "Little guy, you have taken good care of me, and now I will lend you a hand."

Wang Lu realized that it was the Dao Fruit Tree that helped him at the critical moment. He was full of gratitude, and at the same time he felt a powerful force pouring into his body, and the originally exhausted spiritual power was quickly restored.

With the help of the power of the Dao Fruit Tree, Wang Lu's strength increased instantly. With a firm look in his eyes, he attacked the black-clothed cultivators again. This time, his attack became more fierce, and each sword contained a powerful Dao rhyme and spiritual power, making it difficult for those black-clothed cultivators to resist.

Under Wang Lu's fierce attack, the black-clothed cultivators gradually lost and began to show signs of defeat. They were terrified and wanted to escape from this place, but how could Wang Lu let them go easily.

After a fierce battle, Wang Lu finally killed all the black-clothed cultivators. He looked at the corpses on the ground, and his heart was not happy at all, but full of worries. He knew that this was just the beginning, and more people would come to snatch the Dao fruit tree in the future.

In order to protect the Dao fruit tree, Wang Lu decided to practice in seclusion and strive to improve his strength in the shortest time. He arranged a more rigorous defense formation in the valley, and then entered a deep state of seclusion.