“The Seed of the Origin Tree? You mean the very seed I once activated with my blood?” Lin Yun asked.
“Yes,” Zou Dongsheng nodded.
Only then did Lin Yun fully understand why, the moment he had dripped his blood and awakened that seed, Zou Dongsheng and the others had immediately addressed him as Young Master.
“In other words, although the Palace Lord has fallen, he still preserved the secret?” Lin Yun said.
“Exactly!” Zou Dongsheng nodded.
“Young Master, this is the first wooden box left by the Palace Lord. You may have it now.”
With those words, Zou Dongsheng produced a small wooden box and handed it to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun accepted the box, his heart filled with anticipation about what might be inside.
Zou Dongsheng had mentioned earlier that the Palace Lord had left two wooden boxes, and one of them contained the secret.
Lin Yun could not help wondering whether the secret lay within this one.
“May I open it now?” Lin Yun asked expectantly.
“Of course,” Zou Dongsheng nodded.
“By the way, Young Master, according to the Palace Lord’s instructions, the Seed of the Origin Tree is also to be given to you along with the first wooden box.”
As he spoke, Zou Dongsheng turned his palm and revealed the Seed of the Origin Tree, then passed it to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun took the seed.
“This Seed of the Origin Tree must have some extraordinary function, mustn’t it?” Lin Yun asked curiously, gazing at the seed.
“I do not know its exact purpose, but it is undoubtedly something very special. The wooden box left by the Palace Lord should contain records about the Seed of the Origin Tree,” Zou Dongsheng replied.
Hearing this, Lin Yun immediately opened the wooden box. Inside lay only a storage ring and nothing else.
He picked up the storage ring and sent his perception into it.
The first thing he saw was an enormous quantity of Bright Moon Crystal Stones.
“So many! There must be… a full ten billion here?” Lin Yun’s eyes gleamed at the sight.
To him, this was an astronomical fortune.
As Lin Yun continued exploring the storage ring, he soon made another discovery.
“What is this?”
From the ring, Lin Yun withdrew a fist-sized purple orb.
“I recognise it. That is the Purple Thunder Divine Pearl left by the Palace Lord. It contains tremendous energy. Once triggered, it can unleash a single attack comparable to the might of a Supreme Realm expert. However, it is single-use only,” Zou Dongsheng explained.
“That powerful?” Lin Yun said with a smile.
It was unquestionably a devastating trump card.
Even among Void Dao Realm cultivators, probably none could withstand such power. Though it could be used only once, at a critical moment it could turn the tide of battle.
Lin Yun continued his search and found a letter inside the storage ring.
Could this letter contain the secret Zou Dongsheng had spoken of?
He immediately took out the letter and opened it.
After reading the contents, Lin Yun realised it described the function of the Seed of the Origin Tree. It was not the letter containing the secret.
He searched the storage ring again but found no other letters.
“Young Master, the secret I mentioned earlier should be in the second wooden box. When you reach the Supreme Realm, I will hand it to you to open. At that time, you will obtain both the secret and the treasures within. With your current strength, touching the secret would only bring you trouble. What you must do now is focus on raising your cultivation,” Zou Dongsheng said.
“I understand,” Lin Yun replied.
He could not help feeling eager to learn what secret the former Palace Lord of Wuji Heavenly Palace had left behind.
Unfortunately, he would not know until he reached the Supreme Realm, and for Lin Yun that realm still felt very distant.
Reaching the Supreme Realm was no easy matter.
Even the current strongest member of Wuji Heavenly Palace, Eldest Brother Zou Dongsheng, had not yet attained it.
Naturally, the Palace Lord had set the requirement of the Supreme Realm for good reason. Perhaps, as Zou Dongsheng had said, without the strength of the Supreme Realm one could not safely glimpse such a secret.
“The contents of this first wooden box are already astonishingly generous,” Lin Yun sighed.
Having obtained such treasures from the first box only heightened his anticipation for the second box and the secret it held.
There was no doubt now that the secret lay in the second wooden box.
Moreover, since the resources and treasures in the first box were already so abundant, the treasures in the second box were bound to be even more precious and alluring.
