"Do you know what kind of tree this crystal-like tree is?"
Before Xiao Fei could answer, the Creation Elder began to explain himself.
"Heh! This crystal-like tree is called the Great Dao Tree, and the fruits on it are called Enlightenment Fruits. Consuming them allows one to comprehend the Great Dao..."
The Creation Elder appeared extremely enthusiastic at this moment, rambling on and on.
Xiao Fei naturally saw that the Creation Elder wanted to stall for time, but he currently had no other options.
In fact, he wished he could proactively create an opening to let this old fellow leave quickly.
The light points within his body were about to give out.
Just then, the Great Dao Tree suddenly moved.
Immediately after, the Creation Elder's figure appeared beneath the tree.
He had tried to sneakily pluck the fruits from the tree, but fortunately, Xiao Fei was prepared, preventing him from succeeding.
At the same time, the Creation Elder, surrounded by Xiao Fei's eight clones, was still rambling on.
Clearly, the rambling Creation Elder in front of him was likely a fake.
His purpose was to stall for time and attract attention, while his true body had already escaped the encirclement and intended to steal the Enlightenment Fruits.
Xiao Fei frowned, and a long spear in his hand pierced towards the still-rambling Creation Elder.
This time, his spear easily penetrated the Creation Elder's body.
Then, the Creation Elder's body shattered like a dreamlike illusion, dissipating before his eyes.
The Creation Elder's true body intended to continue plucking the fruits from the Great Dao Tree, but he found a faint light shining upon him.
Xiao Fei's clones once again closed in on him.
"Damn it!"
"All these Enlightenment Fruits belong to me. You better keep them safe for me. If even half of them are missing, I will surely tear out your soul and scatter your spirit, making your life worse than death!"
As the Creation Elder spoke these words, his form once again turned into a dreamlike illusion, actively dissipating before Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei pursued him closely, searching all around, but he could no longer find any trace of the Creation Elder. He must have truly left.
"That was close!"
Xiao Fei searched the entire Jade Tablet world several more times and, finding no sign of the Creation Elder, finally sat down on the ground.
The sesame-sized light point within his body began to dim again, its emitted light all retracting.
This time, he learned from the Creation Elder that this light point was called the Origin of the Great Dao.
Although he didn't quite understand what this thing was, he could infer its general nature from its name.
In the future, if he wanted to completely escape the control of the Creation Elder, the only reliance he had was this light point.
A year passed, and the Creation Elder did not appear again.
Xiao Fei took this opportunity to refine the three Enlightenment Fruits he had stuffed into his stomach.
The aura of the Great Dao produced after refining the Enlightenment Fruits was, without exception, absorbed by the light point within his body.
After absorbing these three Enlightenment Fruits, the light point grew from the size of a sesame seed to the size of a grain of rice.
Moreover, the light point became brighter and more dazzling, and the light it emitted was brighter and more sustained.
The more than twenty Enlightenment Fruits hanging on the Great Dao Tree had all been picked by him, placed in jade boxes, and sealed layer by layer.
To avoid putting all his eggs in one basket, Xiao Fei hid these more than twenty Enlightenment Fruits in every corner of the Jade Tablet world.
Even so, if the Creation Elder returned, it would be difficult to hide them from him.
After all, he was the true master of the Creation Jade Tablet.
In the following time, Xiao Fei took out a few Enlightenment Fruits and distributed them to others for refinement.
However, the efficiency of others refining these Enlightenment Fruits was not high, and their cultivation realms did not change after refinement.
Furthermore, most people, due to having an extra Great Dao within them, experienced internal conflicts and disharmony.
Huang Feifei, whose mastered Great Dao was relatively special, had not yet been allowed by Xiao Fei to refine an Enlightenment Fruit.
Although the Creation Elder said that the Great Dao here were all pseudo-Great Dao that he had evolved,
how could one completely believe the words of an enemy?
One of Xiao Fei's clones remained in the space to continue refining the Enlightenment Fruits.
Since he had discovered that the light point within his body was a means to counter the Creation Elder, he naturally had to strengthen it as much as possible.
The other two clones, along with a group of subordinates, left the Jade Tablet world.
He needed to search this world for treasures that could repair the Creation Jade Tablet and also gather information about the Origin of the Great Dao.
If he wanted to escape the Creation Elder, he still had to gradually integrate into this world.
...
A year later, Xiao Fei transformed into an unremarkable Immortal Lord and entered a tall building.
Even in the true Immortal Realm, his Taiyi Golden Immortal strength would be astonishing.
Therefore, during this period, he had been traveling around at the realm of Immortal Lord or Heavenly Immortal.
When Xiao Fei, in the guise of an Immortal Lord, entered the tall building, the attendants inside immediately cast looks of reverence.
"Take me to see your楼主!"
Xiao Fei produced a black token to state his purpose.
This building was called the Duowen Tower, the most famous intelligence agency in the entire Immortal Realm.
Xiao Fei had been inquiring in the Immortal Realm for a long time. As a newcomer, he could not access the upper echelons of the Immortal Realm, let alone obtain classified information.
After going around, he finally decided to purchase intelligence from the Duowen Tower.
The intelligence from Duowen Tower was also divided into many levels. The black token was the most expensive and highest level, allowing direct audience with the楼主.
Led by the attendant, Xiao Fei went directly to the top floor, where a gaunt middle-aged man was already waiting.
After the attendant withdrew, the gaunt man activated a formation, completely enveloping the entire floor.
"Esteemed fellow Daoist! We have made some progress after investigating the information you wished to inquire about three months ago."
Xiao Fei had visited Duowen Tower three months ago to inquire about information, but Duowen Tower had no relevant news. After receiving Xiao Fei's substantial deposit, they began their full investigation.
Xiao Fei had to admire Duowen Tower's capabilities, managing to gather such confidential information in just three months.
"First, regarding information about the Great Dao Tree and Enlightenment Fruits."
"Because this item is too rare, there are very few descriptions of the Great Dao Tree in the entire Immortal Realm."
"At any given time, there is at most one Great Dao Tree in the entire Immortal Realm, or perhaps none at all."
"Only when an existing Great Dao Tree dies can the next Great Dao Tree be born somewhere."
"The Great Dao Tree can absorb the Great Dao comprehended by deceased cultivators, bearing Enlightenment Fruits."
"The efficacy of the Enlightenment Fruits varies depending on the different cultivators whose Great Dao is absorbed by the Great Dao Tree."
"Absorbing an Immortal Lord might yield a fragment of the Great Dao, while absorbing a Golden Immortal or above can yield a complete Great Dao."
"The most supreme are the Enlightenment Fruits borne from absorbing a Da Luo Golden Immortal, which have a high chance of allowing a Taiyi Golden Immortal to break through to Da Luo."
"Of course, Enlightenment Fruits of this caliber are rare and difficult to come by. Da Luo Golden Immortals are already the peak existence in this realm. Who has the ability to obtain the corpse of a Da Luo Golden Immortal?"
Xiao Fei's heart sank upon hearing this. His Jade Tablet world had once possessed over twenty of these most supreme Enlightenment Fruits.
Unfortunately, he had wasted more than half of them.