With a flash of light from his hand, Ye Feng summoned the Tang blade.
"That's right, it's this blade... wait..."
Yue Feixue said, then her brow furrowed. "Ye Feng, what's going on with 'God Smasher'... why is it rusty?"
"I'm not too sure either!" Ye Feng scratched his head in frustration. "Ever since I advanced to Gold, as I've used and cultivated this Tang blade, it's developed a lot of rust... eventually, the entire blade was covered in reddish-brown rust..."
"But it doesn't affect the blade's sharpness..."
"Afterward, I cultivated through tribulation fire... it was as if this Tang blade was also being tempered. All the rust melted away, as if the blade had been coated in reddish-brown paint..."
"And then, a few days ago, I encountered the厄水劫 (E Shui Tribulation)... the厄水 (E Shui) corroded some of the rust on the Tang blade, revealing the dark, lustrous blade underneath..."
Ye Feng tapped the remaining red rust on the Tang blade, producing a crisp "keng keng keng" sound. "I tried to scrape off the rust with a small knife before, but it was useless..."
"This... perhaps it's the characteristic of God Smasher... I've only seen it recorded in ancient texts. The first time I saw the actual item was when I met you in the City of Cold Ice..."
"I was also very surprised at the time..."
Yue Feixue stared intently at the Tang blade, then suddenly looked up at Ye Feng, her expression filled with shock. "Ye Feng, you just mentioned tribulation fire and厄水 (E Shui)... have you already reached the second of the three cultivator tribulations, the 厄水劫 (E Shui Tribulation)?"
"More than that!"
Yue Yan chimed in. "This kid didn't just barely survive the heavenly tribulations like us... Ye Feng directly absorbed the tribulation fire and厄水 (E Shui) into his body... and to an absurd degree, managed to control them..."
"Ordinary people encountering tribulation fire and厄水 (E Shui) try to avoid them if possible, or use various treasures to resist them..."
"But he... directly went into the tribulation fire or厄水 (E Shui) to cultivate..."
Yue Yan's words were filled with shock and excitement.
"Ye Feng... Yue Yan is telling the truth?"
Even with Yue Yan's explanation, Yue Feixue still found it hard to believe.
"Yes!"
Ye Feng nodded.
"Gulp~"
Yue Feixue swallowed.
"However, Yue Feixue, you've come at just the right time. You should be encountering the 厄水劫 (E Shui Tribulation) soon, right?"
At this moment, Yue Yan spoke again. "We can have Ye Feng help you share some of it!"
"This..."
Yue Feixue frowned. "I'm not prepared yet..."
"Me neither!"
As soon as Yue Feixue finished speaking, Ye Feng chimed in, scratching his head. "The厄水 (E Shui) is not like the tribulation fire... I feel a bit uncomfortable with it... I don't want to cultivate in the厄水 (E Shui) for now!"
"Alright, you two can discuss it amongst yourselves!"
Yue Yan went with the flow.
"Oh, right, Yue Yan. A few days ago, that guy Apollo said that cultivators became very powerful by stealing and eating the fruits of the Yggdrasil. He called cultivators thieves and liars!"
"Do you know what's going on?"
After a pause, Ye Feng asked the question that had been bothering him.
"This..."
Upon hearing this, both Yue Yan and Yue Feixue fell silent. The two women frowned, as if pondering something.
"I do know something about the Yggdrasil!"
After a period of silence, Qiao Ying spoke. "It is said that the Yggdrasil is the sacred tree of the gods... the divinity from which the gods draw their power is the Yggdrasil..."
"The reason why the twelve main gods are exceptionally powerful is because they ate the fruit of the Yggdrasil..."
"And there's a saying that with the Yggdrasil... the power of the twelve main gods is complete!"
"Back then... when the gods attacked the City of Angels, they tried to plant the Heart of Yggdrasil in the City of Angels... but Her Majesty the Queen directly sealed off the entire City of Angels... and then the City of Angels disappeared..."
Qiao Ying quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"With the Yggdrasil... the power of the twelve main gods is complete? Planting the Heart of Yggdrasil... planting a tree?"
"What the hell is all this?"
Ye Feng looked at Qiao Ying with considerable bewilderment.
"I'm not entirely clear on the specifics..."
Qiao Ying frowned slightly. "The situation was very urgent at the time, and Her Majesty the Queen didn't have time to explain it to us in detail..."
"Hoo!"
Yue Yan took a deep breath and said, "What Qiao Ying said is correct!"
"The current twelve main gods, their power is indeed incomplete!"
Yue Yan looked at Ye Feng. "Ye Feng, when I say incomplete, I don't mean that Ares and Apollo have only recently awakened and haven't gathered all their divine artifacts yet... but rather that their own power is incomplete..."
"You wield terrifying tribulation powers like tribulation fire and厄水 (E Shui)... which have overwhelming destructive power against Ares and Apollo... but..."
"According to the murals... the gods with complete power were not defenseless against tribulation fire and厄水 (E Shui)!"
As she spoke, Yue Yan's hand flashed, and several large stones appeared in front of Ye Feng and the others.
"These are the murals from Kunlun Mountain, depicting the war between the gods and humans that happened thousands of years ago... The reason why Starfall City built interstellar warships to explore the edge of the solar system was also because of these murals..."
Yue Yan explained, pointing to the large stones engraved with murals.
"I see~"
Ye Feng immediately stepped forward to observe with curiosity.
"That's the Enhancement Fruit Tree..."
Seeing Ye Feng gaze at a large tree pattern in the mural for a while, Yue Yan couldn't help but say.
"Oh, okay..."
Ye Feng felt a slight sense of relief.
This was because the large tree in the mural, with its branches and leaf patterns, was exactly the same as the Enhancement Fruit Tree in his spatial warehouse. He had been worried that it might be the so-called Yggdrasil...
"This Enhancement Fruit Tree... is it the tree that bears Enhancement Fruits? That name seems a bit childish~"
Ye Feng continued to examine the murals for a while, then turned to Yue Yan with a questioning look.
"It is... but there's nothing we can do about it..."
Yue Yan spread her hands helplessly. "That Enhancement Fruit Tree was discovered by cultivators by chance... No one knows what it's truly called... They only know that the fruit from the tree can grant extremely powerful strength... and is of immense help to a cultivator's progress, even causing a complete transformation... So they named it that!"
"Whoa, that's outrageous..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng was taken aback.
"Um... Sister Yue Yan, why did you say that Starfall City built interstellar warships to explore the edge of the solar system because of this mural?"
"And where is Kunlun Mountain?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao spoke, her expression quite puzzled.
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