"What's going on?" Yang Kai cried out, standing rooted in place as he stared in shock at the scene unfolding at the horizon.
Over there — that was the direction from which the sounds of the Seven Luminary Peacock's breathing always came. It was the place where the sacred bird roosted!
Yang Kai had always been curious about just how powerful this sacred bird, the Seven Luminary Peacock, truly was, but he had never been able to determine the answer.
However, judging from the might of the Seven Luminary Treasure Light it exhaled with each breath, the sacred bird was absolutely no weaker than a third-level Void King Realm cultivator! Perhaps even more terrifying than that.
He had considered going to see what the sacred bird actually looked like, but he had never summoned the resolve. Now, however, judging from the commotion over there, it seemed the Seven Luminary Peacock had undergone some kind of unusual movement.
Could some blind fool have provoked it?
That was what Yang Kai assumed, and he secretly felt a pang of sympathy for whoever had done so. Provoking the Seven Luminary Peacock would likely mean dying without even a proper burial.
"Huh? That's not right!" Yang Kai's expression shifted again, because only now did he realize that while the disturbance over there was obvious, there were no signs of battle energy whatsoever. Clearly, no one had provoked the Seven Luminary Peacock. When the seven-colored radiance blanketed the entire sky, a massive silhouette could be faintly seen rising from the ground and merging into the seven-colored light. Immediately after, the light abruptly contracted and shot off into the distance, growing fainter and fainter!
"It flew away?" Yang Kai furrowed his brow, unable to arrive at any other conclusion.
In the next instant, his face lit up with wild joy!
The Seven Luminary Peacock had always roosted somewhere deep within the Medicine Valley. Regardless of its exact location, there had to be something drawing it to stay there — meaning there was definitely some kind of treasure in that place!
Now that the Seven Luminary Peacock had flown away, wasn't this the perfect opportunity to go investigate?
Once this thought took root, Yang Kai found it impossible to suppress. His mind was consumed with the desire to go explore, and he stood there wrestling with the decision for a good while before finally gritting his teeth and hurtling toward the spot at full speed.
At the same time, at another location within the Medicine Valley. Zi Long stood in place, his eyes blazing with fervent light as he stared at the seven-colored radiance vanishing on the horizon. He growled, "The time has come. I never expected our luck to be this good — barely ten days since we entered, and we've already encountered the sacred bird leaving its nest! Ha ha ha ha ha! Truly a heaven-sent opportunity!"
Zi Long had always conducted himself with composed gravity, but now his expression was practically alight with excitement, as if he had stumbled upon a once-in-ten-thousand-years stroke of fortune.
Xu Wei watched from the side, completely mystified.
Zi Donglai, however, immediately asked with delight, "Does that mean we can obtain the Unaging Tree?"
"The Unaging Tree?" Xu Wei's eyes nearly bulged from his skull as he stared at Zi Donglai in horror. "Young Master, did you just say the Unaging Tree?"
He clearly knew of the Unaging Tree's existence — knew what it represented and what it signified — but he had only ever heard of it in legends. He had even believed that the Unaging Tree was something that simply didn't exist.
Yet just now, he had heard the words "Unaging Tree" directly from Zi Donglai's mouth.
Connecting the dots, Xu Wei instantly deduced that the sacred bird's roosting place contained the Unaging Tree, that supreme treasure of heaven and earth!
"What does it have to do with you?" Zi Donglai shot Xu Wei a cold glance. He had let his emotions get the better of him just now and inadvertently revealed some important information. But it didn't matter too much — the three of them were heading over there anyway. Even if he hadn't said anything, Xu Wei would have seen the Unaging Tree for himself in short order.
Xu Wei's expression turned awkward, and he dared not ask any further questions.
"Whether we can obtain it, I don't know yet, but this is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity!" Zi Long took a deep breath. "Let's go. If my guess is correct, the others will be heading that way as well."
"They're courting death!" Zi Donglai snorted coldly.
The Unaging Tree — such a heaven-defying supreme treasure was meant for Purple Star alone. Only he and his father were worthy of refining it. Once they obtained the Unaging Tree and shared it with his father, the two of them would achieve bodies that could never age or perish. Given time, once their Cultivation reached the pinnacle of martial arts and they dominated the entire Star Domain — what greater joy could there be?
Anyone who dared compete with him for the Unaging Tree deserved to die, every last one of them!
On the other side, Ni Guang was leading Xue Yue as they flew at full speed toward the sacred bird's roosting place.
"Uncle Ni, how long will it be before the Seven Luminary Peacock returns?" Xue Yue asked as she followed closely behind Ni Guang.
"Unclear." Ni Guang shook his head. "The sacred bird periodically leaves its nest for a time. That duration could be very short or very long — it all depends on its whim. But this opportunity is too rare to pass up. Even if we can't obtain the Unaging Tree, we must at least take the Undying Divine Water! It may not be as precious as the Unaging Tree, but it's still one of the Three Great Divine Waters. A single drop can regrow flesh on bare bone and bring the dead back to life — it's a true life-saving panacea!"
"Zi Long and his group will surely head there too, right?" Xue Yue's brow furrowed.
"They won't let this chance slip by, that's certain. We've made our own preparations for seizing the Undying Divine Water, and Zi Long surely hasn't come empty-handed either. But once we reach that place, it'll come down to each party's own ability to fight for it. When that time comes, you'll need to watch your own safety — I may not have the bandwidth to look after you."