Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 368: Golden Luo Fruit

Chapter 368: Chapter 368: Golden Luo Fruit

"Lord Shi Feng, what you mean is..." After hearing Shi Feng’s words and seeing Shi Feng, who had always been indifferent, become somewhat shy, the Priestess of the Snake-man Clan paused first then quickly understood, saying to Shi Feng, "Lord Shi Feng, it is our Snake-man Clan’s great fortune that you hold us in high regard and wish to form an alliance by marriage with our clan! However, although our Snake-man Clan has some whom we believe to be geniuses, Lord Shi Feng, you are overestimating our now declining clan."

The Priestess’s last sentence was obvious; how could the currently declining Snake-man Clan possibly have a young Martial Sect Realm powerhouse.

When Zi Lin not far away heard Shi Feng’s words, she felt somewhat despondent and murmured to herself, "Indeed, with his status, with his Martial Arts Talent, he still fancies my younger sister. Ah, my poor sister!"

After hearing the Priestess’s words, and seeing the strange looks that the Snake-man Clan members were casting at him, Shi Feng, who was misunderstood, felt a big sweat break out in his heart and became even more embarrassed. He immediately took out a list and handed it to the elderly Snake-man woman, saying, "This is a recipe for a pill called ’Heavenly Injury Life Extending Pill.’ The reason I came to your Snake-man Clan is precisely for the medicinal ingredients listed here."

The Priestess took the list from Shi Feng’s hand, read it seriously, and after finishing, she realized she had misunderstood Shi Feng and chuckled awkwardly, "Hehe, I misunderstood Lord Shi Feng. However, your visit to our Snake-man Clan wasn’t in vain. Although we don’t have the ingredients you were asking for, I happen to have one of the ingredients listed—the Golden Luo Fruit!"

Subsequently, with a flip of her palm, a Jade Box appeared in her hand, which she passed to Shi Feng, saying, "I obtained this Golden Luo Fruit many years ago by chance and have kept it sealed in this Jade Box, preserved intact. Considering Lord Shi Feng requires it, I will offer this Golden Luo Fruit to you in gratitude for the protection you have provided to our Snake-man Clan."

"This fruit is very important to me, so I will accept it without further courtesy!" Shi Feng reached out, received the Jade Box from the Priestess’s hand, and opened it slightly. Immediately, a golden glow spilled out.

"Thank you!" Shi Feng thanked the Priestess and then tossed the Jade Box into his storage ring. The Heavenly Injury Life Extending Pill required thirty-seven rare Sixth-grade medicinal materials and he had now obtained nine. However, he regretted that his trip to the Territory of the Snake-man Clan had not yielded the blood of a Snake-man Clan girl.

If it couldn’t be obtained in the Territory of the Snake-man Clan, then the blood of a young Snake-man Clan woman from the Martial Sect Realm might be very difficult to acquire.

"Hm? What’s going on here?" Suddenly, the Priestess, whose expression had just returned to normal, changed her face and looked towards Zi Ya, coiled with a purple serpent tail on the ground. At this moment, the aura on Zi Ya’s body was rapidly climbing.

"What’s happening to Zi Ya?" Shi Feng also noticed Zi Ya’s condition and quickly asked the Priestess.

"The Purple Serpent Body sealed within Zi Ya! The power of the Purple Serpent Body is gradually awakening!" exclaimed the Priestess, looking at Zi Ya in astonishment.

"Can the power of the Purple Serpent awaken even without your clan’s Ancient Array?" Shi Feng asked the Priestess, sensing something was amiss.

"Although the Ancient Formation is gone, a considerable amount of Ancient Power from the Ancient Formation still lingers in Zi Ya’s body through the Six-star Dark Ancient Array not long ago..." Looking at Zi Ya’s condition, the Priestess said with a face full of concern. At this moment, she was truly afraid something unexpected would happen to Zi Ya. Shi Feng’s words once again echoed in the Priestess’s ears: If something happens to Zi Ya...

Shi Feng, although currently bearing no ill will toward the Snake-man Clan, had made it clear why he helped them to combat the Ancient Evil Demon, and it was solely for Zi Ya’s sake. But if Zi Ya truly got into trouble...

"So what you’re saying is, once the Purple Serpent’s true power awakens, it’s uncertain whether Zi Ya or the Purple Serpent will be the dominant force?" As expected, Shi Feng’s expression instantly darkened.

"What happens eventually, whether it’s our god’s avatar, the Purple Serpent Body, that takes over Zi Ya’s body, or Zi Ya controls the power of the Purple Serpent Body, will all depend on that girl’s own fate," the Priestess said with a face full of melancholy.

As the Priestess spoke, Zi Ya’s aura surged upward dramatically. With this surge, the power of Zi Ya’s aura had stepped into the Martial King Level.

Originally, Zi Ya was just a Four-star Martial King, but this boost had directly given her the power of the Martial King Level.

"No, we can’t just sit here and wait for doom! We have to do something!" Shi Feng said sternly. Since this girl was before him, he couldn’t just watch idly as she got into trouble.

What followed was, on Zi Ya’s originally calm and beautiful face, a sudden appearance of expressions as if she were struggling in agony.

"This is... Zi Ya’s soul, resisting against the Purple Serpent Body. How Zi Ya ends up will depend on whether she can hold on!" The Priestess looked at Zi Ya’s face and spoke again. At that moment, Zi Ya’s aura shot up once more, now reaching the level of a Five-star Martial Sovereign.

"Ah!" Zi Ya suddenly let out a loud scream. Her face became fierce and twisted, and soon, purple scales like fish scales appeared on Zi Ya’s beautiful face.

Zi Ya’s purple serpent tail swept fiercely beneath her, slamming into the ground with a loud "boom!" The quiet black earth of the Priest Hall shook violently once more, and the whole Priest Hall also swayed intensely.

"I will use the Soul Power Secret Technique to enter Zi Ya’s soul to help her subdue that Purple Serpent!" Shi Feng said to the Priest of the Snake-man Clan, his voice grave. "Protect me and don’t let anyone disturb me, no matter what!"

"Shi Feng, sir, you! Your soul shall enter Zi Ya’s soul?" Upon hearing Shi Feng’s words, the Priestess asked, clearly astonished. For a soul to enter another’s required a certain level of skill in manipulating Soul Power. Although the Snake-man Clan was not proficient in cultivating the soul, the Priestess, as part of the Snake-man Race, had heard that in order to enter someone else’s soul, one’s Soul Power needed to be at least at the Fifth-stage Imperial Level.

But this young man from the Human Clan, so young and with such unfathomable Martial Arts prowess, could he have also cultivated the most mysterious Soul Power to the Fifth-stage Emperor-level realm? If that was the case, it would be astoundingly against the heavens!

In fact, if the Priestess knew that the Soul Power of the young man before her had already stepped into the realm of Seventh-stage Venerable, who knows what her reaction would have been.

Shi Feng no longer answered the Priestess. Zi Ya, her face covered with purple scales, looked increasingly agonized, and he must help her in time!