"Furthermore, an Innate Spiritual Root that can grow an Innate Spirit Treasure like this is far more precious than those that grow fruits. Moreover, its growth time is extremely long, and it possesses some complex particularities of its own. Not to mention the former Innate Gourd Vine, just take the present four symbols plantain tree. Aside from its special growth and survival environment, there are many other intricacies to consider."

"This tree only grows four leaves each time. Only after all of them are plucked will it gestate and grow anew, and its main body will consequently escape into the earth and vanish, searching for a new place to grow. In the original trajectory, it disappeared after Pangu's Three Pure Ones obtained their fated opportunity, which can be said to have maxed out its self-protection mechanism."

"Now, these four leaves are the ones that have grown from the beginning of heaven and earth until the present. They are the very first leaves grown by the four symbols plantain tree, possessing the deepest foundation. Therefore, they can be refined into a High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. However, in the future, not only will its growth be slow, but its grade will also drop, and in the end, it will likely only stay at the level of a Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Its value is truly greatly discounted to me, so..."

Hongyun looked at the four symbols plantain tree before him, the smile on his face seeming to fade significantly. As he pondered, his brows furrowed even tighter.

Hongyun currently had three choices. One was to pluck the wind-type Plantain Fan and leave, which was the safest choice.

The second choice was to wait here until the earth-type Plantain Fan, fire-type Plantain Fan, and water-type Plantain Fan fully matured, and then pluck them and leave.

However, this kind of waiting required time, and Hongyun could not deduce how long it would take for these three leaves to fully mature. He still had to return to Fire Cloud Cave for closed-door cultivation, so how could he have the time to linger here?

Furthermore, if he really waited here, he would surely cross paths with other predestined people, most likely Pangu's Three Pure Ones. That would be very troublesome, which Hongyun did not quite like.

As for the last choice, it was naturally to pack up both the leaves and the tree and take them all away. Hongyun was somewhat tempted by this. As for the harsh requirements of the four symbols plantain tree regarding its growth environment—which led to it being unsuitable to be moved rashly away from the soil, easily tainted with the Karma of heaven and earth, and impairing one's own Qi Fortune and blessed affinity—...

"If it were anyone else, they indeed would not be able to think of a good method for a time. But I have the chaos primordial qi bead, which naturally possesses the chaotic characteristic of encompassing all things in heaven and earth, and can even use the Chaos primordial qi derived from the chaos primordial qi bead to evolve the forces of earth, water, fire, and wind. Perhaps it can store it within the chaos primordial qi bead."

Hongyun was actually not very certain about this idea of his and felt it wasn't completely safe, but he felt it was worth a try. Since he wanted a huge harvest, he inevitably had to take some risks.

Thus, Hongyun first plucked the matured wind-type Plantain Fan and put it away, then he conjured the chaos primordial qi bead.

Then he cast a few incantations at it. The precious bead spun rapidly in the air, dropping strands of Chaos primordial qi that gradually evolved into the profound forces of earth, water, fire, and wind, shrouding them towards the four symbols plantain tree.

In an instant, waves of powerful suction were generated, attempting to draw the four symbols plantain tree into the chaos primordial qi bead.

"Rumble..."

Pulled by the suction of the chaos primordial qi bead, the four symbols plantain tree shook incessantly, rattling the rocks and mountains, and shattering the Innate Formation. The vitality and Dao Rhyme of the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root formed a bright radiance that shone in all directions.

"Although the commotion made is a bit large, the effect seems quite good."

Although Hongyun frowned at the big commotion generated by collecting the four symbols plantain tree, feeling that it might give rise to some trouble, seeing that the roots of the four symbols plantain tree continuously left the ground—other than withering slightly and losing some vitality, there were no signs of its life being cut off or being completely destroyed—his heart was greatly comforted, and he completely put his mind at ease.

Knowing that this wave was basically secure and the four symbols plantain tree was considered obtained, from now on, he, Hongyun, would also be a mighty figure of heaven and earth who possessed a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root.

Although the four symbols plantain tree was not among the ten top-grade innate spiritual roots of the primordial era and lacked the various effects of Qi Fortune blessing on its heavenly status, its essence was by no means inferior.

Moreover, there were not many Innate Spiritual Roots or Innate treasures in the entire Great Wilderness that could gestate and grow Innate Spirit Treasures—just those few. One could see how rare they were. Hongyun was naturally happy in his heart and could not help laughing out loud.

"Hahaha... Hahaha... Uh..."

As Hongyun laughed, his laughter abruptly cut off. His brows twisted, a cold glint flashed across his eyes, and the Hongmeng Heaven-Measuring Ruler instantly flew out, fiercely striking towards a distant the void.

And almost at the exact moment Hongyun made his move, in that the void, two ten-thousand-zhang-long streams of murderous sword light—one blood-red and one blood-black—suddenly loomed, shuttling through the the void. They swallowed and spewed terrifying murderous Sword Qi, intertwining and coiling together like two giant dragons, roaring and strangling towards Hongyun.

There was both the intent of murderous attack and the intention to try to make Hongyun give up collecting the four symbols plantain tree within it.

"Clang clang... Hum hum... Boom..."

The two streams of murderous sword light, resembling giant dragons, were extremely fast and arrived in the blink of an eye. They fiercely bombarded the Hongmeng Heaven-Measuring Ruler that Hongyun had struck out. While bursting forth with various harsh noises, it also generated a powerful shockwave, and its might was not small.

If not for Hongyun multitasking—resisting the sudden attack and continuing to collect the four symbols plantain tree while also using the chaos primordial qi bead to fully protect the four symbols plantain tree—otherwise, the entire four symbols plantain tree would have been greatly affected.

However, this sudden attack made Hongyun somewhat distracted in the matter of collecting the four symbols plantain tree, causing the power of evolving the forces of earth, water, fire, and wind with the Chaos primordial qi to become a bit disordered, and the four symbols plantain tree seemed to wither even more.

Fortunately, although the difficulty of collecting the four symbols plantain tree was relatively high, Hongyun's collection speed was not slow. With only the last bit of roots leaving the ground, it could be formally stored within the chaos primordial qi bead.

Therefore, Hongyun then shifted his mind and gaze to those two streams of sword light that had suddenly attacked just now.

And after just a single glance, Hongyun could not help narrowing his eyes, a cold glint in them: "The yuantu and abi swords! Ancestor Minghe!"

The two streams of sword light had already revealed their true forms, which were two precious swords. One was blood-red throughout, and the other was blood-black throughout, emitting a terrifying Killing Intent that was both identical yet vastly different, causing people to look at them with awe and trepidation, not daring to look too much.

Such treasures were rare in the Great Wilderness. The only ones matching their characteristics were the companion treasures of Ancestor Minghe in the Endless Blood Sea—the Yuantu Sword and the Abi Sword. How could Hongyun not know?

Furthermore, the yuantu and abi swords were both Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. The Yuantu Sword represented slaughter and specialized in executing physical bodies, while the Abi Sword represented torment and specialized in executing Divine Souls.

The two were major instruments born in response to the Dao of Slaughter of the Great Wilderness, possessing the characteristics of killing without being tainted by Karma and not staining the Karma of heaven and earth. When the two swords struck together, their might was immense.

At the same time, wielding the yuantu and abi swords meant becoming the lord of the Dao of Slaughter of the Great Wilderness. By killing the heavens, killing the earth, and killing all living beings, one could prove the Dao!

But this path was completely unrealistic. Minghe could not possibly walk it through, nor did he dare to walk it. If Minghe even had this thought, the grass on his grave would probably already be as high as Mount Buzhou, and the rumor that the Blood Sea would not dry up and Minghe not die would surely be ended.

It was just that Hongyun did not expect Minghe not to stay honestly in the Endless Blood Sea, but instead run over here to cause trouble for him. It was simply utterly detestable!

"Heh heh... I originally thought a treasure had manifested, so I didn't look closely at the situation and just wanted to collect the treasure along the way. Now seeing that it is Fellow Daoist Hongyun... Heh heh... Offence, offence, poor Daoist Minghe greets Fellow Daoist Hongyun."

Looking along the sound, a blood-red Daoist robe, with blood-red hair scattered, a pair of scarlet blood eyes shining dazzlingly, whole body emitting bursts of murderous and bloody aura, with a fierce and cruel old Daoist appearance, the blood god clone of Ancestor Minghe who had the strength of Taiyi Golden Immortal Perfection walked over from afar and arrived close to Hongyun.