The Prodigies War
chapter-1722

Ever since stepping into the Supreme Big Saint Stage, this was the first time Lin Xun had gotten so furious.

It was also the first time he had unleashed all of his power!

His muscles went numb under the impact of an unprecedented exhaustion, but his fighting spirit was still blazing intensely.

That unyielding, stubborn figure stood among heaven and earth as he struck out like crazy, as if he would not stop until he exhausted the last drop of his strength!

Meanwhile, flowing with magnificent divine light, the Flat Peach Tree appeared merciless as it blocked every attack.

When Lin Xun’s consciousness became muddled, a light sigh suddenly rang straight in his mind:

“I thought…he had come again… But you are not him after all…”

There was a lingering sorrow in the voice.

Lin Xun looked up in a daze. Who is talking?

Suddenly, his pupils shrunk, and the fog of confusion in his eyes dispersed a little, returning a hint of clarity to his muddled mind.

Only then did he notice that a delicate, violet figure had appeared on the Flat Peach Tree at some point. Hidden in the divine radiance of the tree, they resembled a violet haze in the misty horizon.

“Are you trying to save her?” The whispering voice once again resounded in his mind.

Lin Xun nodded. Of course!

“Even if it takes your life?” asked the violet figure.

“Never thought about it,” replied Lin Xun.

How could one have the spare time to consider anything when saving someone’s life?

“No wonder you’re so similar to him. You got the same inheritance and also the same stubborn temper. You’d rather risk your life than take a step back…” lamented the violet figure softly.

Who is he?

Lin Xun couldn’t guess, and he was too lazy anyway.

“A long time ago, there was a guy who was much more powerful than you who barged into this place. With a devil-may-care attitude, he attempted to cut down the Flat Peach Tree and take all fruits with him, saying that he had to bring these delicious peaches back to the sect so that his seniors and juniors could have a taste.”

The violet figure’s voice carried reminiscence and a hint of laughter.

“But in the end, he wasn’t able to get what he wanted because this is the only Flat Peach Tree in existence. How could it be shaken by an ignorant guy who doesn’t know how immeasurable the world is?

“Later, when he left, he vowed that he would return in the future to cut down this Flat Peach Tree for resisting him and use it as firewood, for only by doing that would his resentment be vented to satisfaction.”

Lin Xun was curious. “And then?”

“And then….” The violet figure sank into a long silence, and then sighed softly, “I have been waiting for him to come back until I met you, and I suddenly realized that he…probably won’t ever come again.”

The Flat Peach Tree was still here, without having not been cut into firewood, so ‘he’ certainly had not come back.

“It has to do with me?” Lin Xun frowned.

“Not at all,” said the violet figure. “But I know that a very long time ago in his clan, there was only one person who mastered the Sacred Combat Art.”

Her voice then became low. “But a person like him would never take in disciples.”

Boom!

Lin Xun felt as if his mind was struck by lightning, and the image of a towering and arrogant figure who carried the magnificence of a battle lord surfaced.

He had fought all the way from the nine netherworlds to the nine heavens, looking domineeringly upon the world and shaking history!

“So it’s him…” Lin Xun’s eyes glazed over as he figured out who it was.

Senior Brother Xuan Kong of the Fangchun Mountain had once said that among the dozens of brothers and sisters in the sect, only one had ever cultivated the Sacred Combat Art!

“Unless he had fallen in a great calamity or known that one was coming his way, he would never have left such a legacy behind…” The violet figure’s voice was heavy with melancholy.

Lin Xun suddenly said, “That’s not necessarily the case. He might have left the inheritance behind just so that the fire of the dao could last forever. How can one just deduce the matter of their life and death from only this?”

The violet figure fell into a stunned silence.

Lin Xun, on the other hand, looked toward the Flat Peach Tree.

A’hu was still there. Although her face was white as a sheet and her eyes were tightly shut, her aura had stabilized and was no longer in disorder.

This allowed Lin Xun to heave a long sigh of relief.

As his mind relaxed, he finally felt a wave of fatigue and drowsiness. His muscles were all sore and powerless, and he mentally and physically showed signs of enervation.

The energy loss during his reckless attacks just now had been too drastic.

“Then… I’ll just wait a little longer…” said the violet figure after a long silence, sounding joyful and at ease now that they had sorted out their thoughts. “I must wait for him to come back anyway…

“Little friend, you may take any nine Flat Peaches from these. Picking any more will stain you with karma. That year, he…really didn’t give a care about karma…

“Remember, you can only eat one Flat Peach. Any more gives no benefits to your cultivation.

“If you come across him in the future…remember to tell him to carry out his vow that year. Well…that’s it…”

And then, the violet figure vanished like a flash of light into the Flat Peach Tree.

Lin Xun was stunned.

Right at this moment, he noticed that the lights cascading down from the divine tree had also disappeared, and so had the invisible supreme Law Power.

He tried getting closer, and sure enough, didn’t encounter any obstruction.

Even though Lin Xun was exhausted, he used his remaining bit of strength to leap up the legendary Flat Peach Tree!

Looking around, an array of peaches that resembled bright, mini planets dangled among the thick branches and emerald leaves.

Some were fiery like the sun, some snow-white like jade, some as clear as glass, some flowing with violet haze…

There were all kinds of colors!

Lin Xun took a deep breath and cupped his fist in salutation. “Thank you for your indulgence, Senior.”

There was no response, as if the violet figure no longer existed.

Without any further hesitation, Lin Xun picked the pale-blue peach.

Simultaneously, A’hu, who was deathly pale as she stood still under the tree, fell to the ground as if she had lost her support.

Then, her eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes like waking up from a dream.

Only after a long time did she come to her senses and pat her chest with lingering fear upon remembering what had just happened. At the end of it, she exhaled a long breath.

“A’hu, you’re awake.”

A happy voice rang in her ears. A’hu looked up and saw Lin Xun standing on a branch.

Her beautiful, limpid eyes instantly widened in surprise, “How did you…”

“I’ll explain later. Catch this.” Lin Xun tossed her the pale-blue peach with a smile. “Eat and refine it quickly, otherwise the energy will thin out.”

A’hu bit her lips and gazed at the peach in her hand in a daze. As smart as she was, she vaguely had a guess.

A long while later, she beamed and waved her hand, “Then I won’t hold back.”

Her voice tinkled like heavenly music.

Lin Xun also smiled.

At this moment, he was completely relaxed as there were no worries in his heart!

He proceeded to carefully observe the tree from the branch where he stood.

The Flat Peach Tree was gigantic with thick branches that were like interwoven dragons. The number of peaches it bore was just as dazzling.

Lin Xun relied on sheer intuition to pick eight more peaches of different colors and sizes, though he didn’t know if their effects would also differ upon usage.

Having done that, he leaped down without giving another glance to the peaches still dangling on the branches. His manner was simple and efficient.

This kind of supreme creation was indeed enough to drive any cultivator crazy.

But Lin Xun was well aware that the advice of the violet figure had to be taken seriously. Therefore, it was best that he stopped after taking enough.

He sure as hell did not want to get himself into any karmic consequences because of picking more peaches than allowed.

At the very top of the Flat Peach Tree, in a spot that Lin Xun could not see, a violet-clad woman sat among the clouds with a pleased look in her eyes.

This young man knows what he is doing.

If it was that unruly guy, he definitely wouldn’t have stopped…

Thinking of that person, she couldn’t help but feel another pang of sorrow.

……

A’hu was cultivating under the Flat Peach Tree in a peaceful meditating state.

Lin Xun looked at the other two cultivators in the distance, who were the blue-clad man carrying an ancient sword and the phoenix-robed woman with her long hair in a bun.

Lin Xun wasn’t a nosy people pleaser.

And since both of the strangers hadn’t shown any sign of danger at all, they might even be able to pass their dream realm’s trials and seize a supreme opportunity.

So Lin Xun naturally didn’t want to do anything that could interrupt them.

Otherwise, once they woke up and saw that he had plucked the two peaches they had set their eyes on, it would certainly cause unnecessary trouble.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Xun decided that it would be better to recover his strength before considering the matter of consuming a peach.

“Little Silver, help me keep guard.”

This was because he wasn’t sure when the blue-clad man and the phoenix-robed woman would wake up.

Little Silver appeared with a whoosh and started his duty, while Lin Xun took out some divine herbs and began to focus on recuperating.

The Flat Peach Tree stood toweringly. As its branches swayed and diffused radiant dao light, that invisible Law Power once again appeared.

Time trickled by, and five days quietly passed.

“Whew~” Lin Xun woke up from his meditation, bright-eyed and full of energy.

Concentrated divine vitality circulated around this piece of heaven and earth, and the aura of the Great Dao was also incredibly thick. Five mere days of meditation here had allowed Lin Xun’s cultivation to improve quite a bit!

“If I can cultivate here for an extended period of time, I’ll probably be able to reach the intermediate Big Saint Stage without using a Flat Peach…” marveled Lin Xun.

He looked to the side where A’hu was still cultivating with no signs of waking up.

And not far away, the blue-clad man and the phoenix-robed woman were the same, standing there like clay statues.

“Little Silver, this peach is for you.” Lin Xun took out a peach and handed it to Little Silver, who had been dutifully guarding him for the last five days.

Right at this moment, something unexpected happened.

Swish!

A splendid sword qi slashed toward Lin Xun.

The sudden attack was so fast that it would catch anyone off guard, and the sword qi was terrifyingly sharp.

Even Lin Xun could not find any time to dodge and had no choice but to meet it head-on.

Kaboom!

Despite blocking the sword qi, he was sent flying in a state of distress. His expression became frosty as he looked over.

At some point, the blue-clad man carrying the ancient sword had turned to face Lin Xun. The man’s eyes were stern and sharp, but also burned with a fervent greed that could not be concealed.

“Hand over that peach in your hand, and I will spare you from death!” he said with an unquestionable, commanding energy.