Chapter 742: What He Was Seeking

“Master, this fella’s dead.” The Wutong Tree’s voice could faintly be heard. It did not sound agitated at all as though there was no difference between it killing a formidable Venerable One and ordinary Spiritualists such as Poisonous Saber Gentleman and others in the past.

Ou Yangming twitched his mouth and said, “I saw.”

He flashed to the 10,000-legged Venerable One’s carcass, which had been split into over 10 sections.

An insect’s life force was unquestionably the strongest, but any insect that had been lashed into this state would be utterly dead such that one would not be able to be resurrected at all.

The massive root in the air had long been disbanded and withdrawn, leaving several wriggling roots beside Ou Yangming to protect him.

Ou Yangming knew this was the act of the Wutong Tree’s experience and wisdom. It was not guarding him against the carcass on the ground, but the strange Blood Shadow outside the secret realm. Nonetheless, given that the red figure had not entered the secret realm yet, it had probably given up on the idea and was waiting outside.

The 10,000-legged Venerable One was dead, but there was an unusual luster in Ou Yangming’s eyes when he looked at its carcass.

This was because a Venerable One’s dead body was a rare material for refinement.

Back then, Ghost-clawed and the 2 other insect Venerable Ones were burned into nothing by Feng Xiang, where they did not leave anything behind. Although the phoenix was standing up for Ou Yangming and setting up a reputation for him, his heart ached.

If he was given the carcasses of the 3 Venerable Ones, he could have refined many divine weapons and sharp tools.

Unlike Feng Xiang, which killed the insect Venerable Ones simply and neatly, the Wutong Tree was cruel toward the 10,000-legged Venerable One, but it left the Venerable One’s carcass here.

Ou Yangming cleared his throat and asked, “Wutong, what do you think about giving its carcass to me?”

The Wutong Tree answered without any hesitation, “Master, everything here belongs to you.”

“Thanks.” Ou Yangming nodded.

The Wutong Tree had acknowledged him as its master due to his Heavenly Phoenix Fire, but there was a huge disparity between their strengths, hence he treated it rather respectfully.

Following that, the roots beside Ou Yangming bent forward as if they were bowing like humans.

“Master, everything I have is yours.”

Ou Yangming hesitated for a while before he questioned, “Wutong, what exactly do you want from me?”

He possessed the Military Fire, but he was not a real phoenix, after all, so he did not understand what the Wutong Tree was really yearning for.

The Wutong Tree kept quiet for some time before it answered, “Master, I want to be resurrected.”

Ou Yangming was stunned, and his face changed slightly. He felt troubled when he thought about how humongous the Wutong Tree was.

‘Burning the Wutong Tree with my Heavenly Phoenix Fire? That sounds like a legendary or epic task. Not to mention my current cultivation base, even if I become a Venerable One, I might not be able to do it!’

The Wutong Tree had previously told him that its wish could only be fulfilled after a millennium. Now, it seemed like it did not exaggerate it at all.

Ou Yangming smiled bitterly and curbed his thought. “Okay, Wutong, I’ll surely work hard to fulfill your wish as soon as possible.”

“Thank you, Master, but you don’t need to do this on purpose. In any case, I’ve already waited for a long time, so I won’t mind waiting a while more.”

The young fellow forced a smile. Based on the Wutong Tree’s sense of time, a century was probably the same as a year for a human.

Ou Yangming walked toward the 10,000-legged Venerable One’s head and narrowed his eyes as he released his mental conception. Soon enough, he sensed what he was searching for in the centipede’s head.

It was a poisonous pill, which lived deep inside the Venerable One’s head, and it bred enormous energy.

When Ou Yangming sensed the energy, he was in awe.

The embodiment of a Venerable One’s power could impact one heavily; even a dead Venerable One must not be degraded at all.

Just as Ou Yangming was wondering how he could safely retrieve the poisonous pill from the 10,000-legged Venerable One’s head, his vision went blurry. A root that had been following him suddenly elongated and struck the head like a hammer.

Ou Yangming’s eyelids twitched, but he saw the centipede’s head being cracked open. Subsequently, the root curled up the poisonous pill with its tip and presented it to the young fellow.

‘This Wutong Tree is too sensitive and direct.’

Ou Yangming forced a smile and accepted the poisonous pill. “Thanks.”

The root swayed slightly to express its good intention sincerely.

Next, Ou Yangming flashed and opened his interspatial bag to gather all of the 10,000-legged Venerable One’s sections inside.

Those were incredibly precious materials, thus he did not want to waste them at all.

Once Ou Yangming was done with everything, he turned around and went far away from the secret realm’s entrance. Needless to say, before he started to move, he exhorted the Wutong Tree to be prepared at any time because they must not let Blood Shadow leave if it entered.

It was unlikely for Blood Shadow to enter the secret realm, but one that was prepared could prevent danger.

Ou Yangming arrived at a secluded area and retrieved the poisonous pill. He then turned his wrist and retrieved the other poisonous pill, which accommodated a spirit and had formed a world.

The poisonous pill’s spirit immediately appeared and twisted its body cheerfully around Ou Yangming. It could not hide how joyful it was.

Ou Yangming smiled and extended his arm. The poisonous pill’s spirit instantly jumped on it affectionately, causing the Wutong Tree, which was observing them secretly, to be somewhat jealous.

After playing with the poisonous pill’s spirit for a while, Ou Yangming was in a good mood too. The little thing was free and was similar to a blank sheet, but it was very attached to him.

Afterward, Ou Yangming pinched the spirit’s neck and brought it close to the 10,000-legged Venerable One’s poisonous pill.

The little spirit’s eyes lit up right away. It had sensed the extremely poisonous thing the second it came out earlier, but fooling around with Ou Yangming was more important to it. Only when the young fellow brought it close to the powerful poisonous pill, it expressed how much it yearned for it.

Ou Yangming chuckled and asked, “Lil’ fella, this is a gift for you. Do you like it?”

“I like it…” The poisonous pill’s spirit nodded hard and sent him a fluctuation through its conception.

The young fellow was dumbfounded, and he had a weird look on his face.

Back then, no matter what Ou Yangming said, the poisonous pill replied to him by sending him a message in the form of a spiritual fluctuation. This time, it spoke.

Ou Yangming was surprised yet overjoyed because the spirit had become more capable.

He shook his wrist gently to send the poisonous pill’s spirit toward the 10,000-legged Venerable One’s poisonous pill. The spirit pounced on the pill at once, then it swayed its body and entered the pill.

Ou Yangming’s heart tensed up a little, but he quickly relaxed.

During the Insects’ invasion, the spirit’s