The panda hauled the item Ye Xiaolu found with a roar and a bear hug.
“What’s this supposed to be?”
Before their eyes was a pitch-black and wooden rectangle. For all intents and purposes, no different than a coffin.
“This is a divine root vessel. The divine root is also called god source, or planet core. It is the rarest item in the universe. This is the source of all life on a planet. Removing it will turn the planet into a lifeless husk.”
Li Mo traced his hand over it, “Taking Earth as an example, its divine root is no bigger than a sesame seed. Also, when a divine root is turned from liquid into solid form, it is incredibly hard. The ones capable of turning the divine root back into liquid are without a doubt one of the most powerful beings in the universe.”
Du Fei blabbed, “If Earth’s divine root is a mere seed, just how many planets does this size make it?”
“To supreme beings, a planet can die with a flip of the hand. As for destroying divine roots, that is a forbidden practice in the universe. Any that dare break it, will be hunted down by everyone.”
Du Fei hacked a few times with his Seven Star Immortal Sword but there was not a scratch on it.
“To imagine, you can perceive a divine root’s hardness as that of a diamond. Either your attacks are useless, or you destroy it in one strike.”
“Bro Mo, what is it good for? Can you make armor out of it?”
“Divine root isn’t suitable for armor, but to isolate everything, even time?”
“Eh? Time?”
“On this world, nothing can outlast time, and the divine root is no exception. But the decay of a divine root is far slower. Isn’t a planet’s lifespan that of billions and billions of years?
“The perishables put inside the divine root will have its time slowed to a halt.”
Du Fei clapped, “I get it. The bottom line is, it’s a fridge!
“Brilliant Fist’s fifth move, Floodlight Fist!”
The light on Du Fei’s fist slowly receded into one point.
Thump!
The strike on the vessel resounded dully, followed instantly by a high pitched whining.
Not even his Brilliant Fist could put a dent in the divine root vessel.
“What in blazes is this thing? It’s so damn hard!”
“Roar~”
The panda shoved Du Fei aside with its claw, strutting before the vessel. It hopped, faced its supersized butt, and start spinning as it dived into the divine root.
In the middle of his plunge, words streaked the sky – Screw Pile Driver!
He learned that from a wrestling game!
Pff…
Crack~
“Awoooo~”
The panda trashed all over as it held its tushie in pain.
Du Fei was slackjawed, “Hell, not even the fifth level panda can scratch it. Just how hard is it?”
Li Mo said, “To extract the divine root, one needs to be in the eight level. As for turning it into liquid, the tenth level is required. If you guys could’ve damaged it, then it wouldn’t be of any worth.”
Ye Xiaolu gave the vessel a once over, “What now? There’s bound to be something good in there, right?”
“Without using an eight level attack, nothing can open the divine root. Unless…”
“The time of the divine root is almost up.”
Just as Li Mo finished talking, the divine root let out a series of crackling and cracks spread where the panda planted his butt.
Ka~
The cracks spread like lightning all over the vessel.
“Step behind me, all of you. Don’t ask, just do it!”
Li Mo barked as he held the Staff of Origin at the ready.
Bam!
The divine root vessel split apart and revealed its contents.
This wasn’t paranoia to Li Mo at all, because not even a complete Celestial Eye could see through the divine root vessel that isolated everything from outside. And he only had the early stage of Celestial Eye.
The contents of that vessel was a big unknown. If it was an object, fine. If it was alive, then what? You’d think any random creature would be sent to the freezer for billions of years?
“This is…”
The broken divine root vessel revealed a gorgeous girl as she opened her eyes and sat up.
Of peerless beauty and dressed in spotless white, her looks could give even the seven fairies in the Peach Garden a run for their money.
“How is she so perfect?”
This was the unanimous thought of all who gazed upon her visage.
The girl looked around, then turned back to Li Mo. She blossomed into a smile then her body trembled slightly as she tried to speak in a hoarse voice, “You… came…”
Her head slanted and was out like a light.
Li Mo was stupefied.
‘The hell?’
Li Mo was more than clear that this person was a stranger to him.
“Bro Mo, what now? Do we kill her?” Du Fei held the Seven Star Immortal Sword nervously.
Li Mo froze when he used Celestial Eye.
Not only he couldn’t see her cultivation, his eye couldn’t even pierce her clothes. A layer of white mist obscured his sight.
“Look!” Ye Xiaolu shouted.
On the girl sat three peach stones. One even had half a pulp on it. Its soothing aroma was marvelous.
Ye Xiaolu dashed over and took a savage bite out of it.
“So good!”
Li Mo snatched it from Ye Xiaolu and lifted it higher.
“Hey, what gives? That’s mine, I found it!” Ye Xiaolu was jumping around.
“Leave some for the rest.”
Li Mo split the peach to Du Fei, the panda, Whitey, and even for the wooden Madam Ning.
Then he gave the last piece to Ye Xiaolu.
‘How fortunate there was still some left.’
Ye Xiaolu ran away with it and wolfed it down.
Soon, everyone who ate the peach glowed, but only for a short while.
Instant immortality came after a full peach. With how half a peach got split, their power increased, but not enough to reach immortality.
“Sealed for god knew how many ages in the divine root, she only had three peaches to survive on…”
Li Mo sighed at the sight of the girl, and carried her in his arms.
Her eyelashes trembled open, landing her clear eyes on Li Mo. A smile spread on her face then closed her eyes again.
After being sealed for so long, she couldn’t yet cope with the environment around her.
Li Mo supplied her with spiritual qi, but to his shock, he found her a bottomless pit.
Li Mo was carrying her but it was the same as carrying a feather. And the fragrance wafting from her soothed his mind and eased his heart.
Li Mo flicked his eyes to Ye Xiaolu, who was constantly licking the peach stone.
‘How did she know the divine root was underground?’
Divine root isolated everything, including any ways of detection. But Ye Xiaolu could tell it was important even before it knew how it looked.
Li Mo was very much curious.
