“What’s that tree?”
“I don’t know either, but I bet it’s an ancient tree. The fruit looks really tempting too. Heck, I’m already drooling just by smelling them! My stomach is rumbling too.”
Alex and Pigsy were stretching their necks, staring straight at the ripe fruit on the tree. The fruit looked like a golden pear, brimming with a divine glow.
Alex smiled. “I suddenly thought of a random legend, the one where Pigsy ate a ginseng fruit. I heard that ginseng fruit was similar to this pear. It was golden and shiny, but it looked like a small person. And it’s said that smelling it was enough to grant an extra three hundred and sixty more years to one’s life. Eating one would help prolong one’s life by forty seven thousand years.”
The pig widened its eyes. “Really?”
Alex replied, “Nah, I made it up.”
He then turned to Mystic Maiden, who was standing behind him. “Have you heard of the ginseng fruit?”
“Nope, but this is definitely not that,” Mystic Maiden replied.
Alex asked, “How are you so sure?”
Mystic Maiden lifted her chin and turned away arrogantly. “That’s because I know about this tree. It’s called the Steel Pear Tree, and the fruit is obviously called the Steel Pear. It’s basically a rare, divine tree, a prehistoric mutant.”
“Oh and, these pears are actually a good medium for you to train on your Old Cow’s Breathing Technique. You could even make your organs achieve the Invincible Steel stage.”
Upon hearing this, Alex immediately plucked one down and bit down without hesitation. It was very juicy and sweet, it was absolutely delicious.
“Mmh! It’s so sweet. Would you like one too?” Alex asked the Mystic Maiden.
She shook her head. “My current body is not pure enough, and it’s still in training. The quality of these things is not the same as Chaos energy. If I ate it, it would only harm me.”
“If you think so, then you haven’t really seen an actual elephant.” The Mystic Maiden said, “Oh well, I chose you to be my little minion. And you’d be damaging my reputation if you’re too weak. I’ll just have to show you what exactly is a dragon and an elephant.”
She pointed in between Alex’s eyebrows with her slender fingers since she didn’t want to show her techniques to anyone else. The Mystic Maiden gave Alex two images. One was a dragon while the other was an elephant.
The first image that Alex saw was the dragon. He was immediately intrigued by the image as soon as he laid eyes upon it, as if it was trying to absorb all his attention to it.
The dragon looked surreal. Alex even realized that it was alive upon closer inspection.
Alex had seen dragons before, he even had a Benares Dragon on him, who was a royalty in her bloodline. However, Neela was way too tame and gentle compared to this dragon in front of his eyes.
The dragon had an intense aura surrounding it as if nothing could ever compare to it. It was so immensely powerful that any human would feel weak in their knees just by looking at it. One’s heart and soul would quiver in fear, falling to the ground while feeling blinded by this entity.
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