Bloodline of the Wizard
Chapter 131 - 85: Holy Blood Tree, Eternal Life Coffin

Chapter 131: Chapter 85: Holy Blood Tree, Eternal Life Coffin

"This is impossible!"

Ronan blurted out with urgency.

He had acquired this Unscathed Leaf from Lola, and although it retained less than thirty percent of its life force when he got it,

the amount was still considerable.

Ronan had been carefully preserving it, thinking that one day it might come in handy during a battle invoking the Pure Body technique, for the quick replenishment of the life force that had been consumed.

Worried that the life force within the leaf might naturally dissipate, he had even found a special container to preserve it.

Now Benny was claiming that the remaining life force in the Unscathed Leaf had vanished into thin air?

How could he accept this.

"Did you tamper with the leaf right before my eyes?!"

Ronan’s gaze also turned icy, his aura rising, his Magic Robe fluttering without any wind.

"Get lost!"

Benny responded coldly.

He and Benny were at the eye of an imminent storm, their gazes clashing, and countless air currents collided between them, producing a dense symphony of explosive noises...

But suddenly, in the next second, Benny’s aura suddenly fluctuated violently.

"That’s not right?!"

Ronan heard his voice filled with uncertainty and disbelief.

"This leaf has the scent of the Holy Blood Tree!"

He scrutinized the Unscathed Leaf, now completely withered, in his hand repeatedly, his eyes glowing more and more, until the look of anger completely vanished, replaced by an eager gaze towards Ronan, urgently inquiring: "Kid, what did you store this leaf with?"

Ronan was startled for a moment, then slowly took out a black box from his Waist Storage Bag.

No sooner was it taken out than the box was almost wrested away by an invisible force.

Ronan held onto the box tightly and opened it on his own.

When a shriveled, black seed that resembled a dried-out watermelon seed was revealed in the small wooden box, held gently between Ronan’s fingers and completely exposed to the air,

Ronan felt that the force trying to snatch it had disappeared, and Benny’s entire mind had been deeply captivated by the seed.

"That’s right... it’s this scent."

"The Holy Blood Tree... this is indeed the Holy Blood Tree’s seed!"

"Hahaha..."

Ronan watched as Benny’s pale golden eyes fixated on the seed in his hand, murmuring at first, then excited, then surprised, and finally bursting into inexplicable laughter, tears streaming down his face as if he were a madman gone insane.

Ronan remained silent, for his mood was similarly unsettled.

This box, and the black seed within it, were gifts from the Half-Elf siblings, Andre and his sister.

In truth, he had researched it for a while; while at Hoddam Academy, he had even managed to decode the line of ancient Elf script carved on the box — [Water it with your heart’s blood, perhaps one day it will sprout.]

Because of the mention of "heart’s blood" in that phrase, Ronan had attempted to soak this seed in dozens of different types of blood.

Including his own blood, various animals’ blood, and even the blood of various Magic Beasts.

He had also watered the seed, exposed it to sunlight, moonlight, starlight.... He had tried nearly everything he could think of, but to no effect.

Ronan had come to think that this seed was simply dead, never to sprout, as if he could never make a dead person come back to life or make a stone blossom.

After that, he didn’t bother with it anymore and kept it at the very bottom of his Waist Storage Bag, purely as a memento from a friend.

The last time he opened this box was when he was looking for a container to store the Unscathed Leaf.

It was by accident that he discovered that the oak box used to store seeds had a magical ability to prevent the life force of Plant Series from escaping, but he never expected that the Unscathed Leaf put into it would be completely drained by the box’s original owner...

"So... what exactly is the Holy Blood Tree?"

When Benny’s emotions began to stabilize, Ronan spoke to pull him out of his "deranged and confused" state.

"The Holy Blood Tree is a miraculous tree that exists in the ancient legends of the Elf Clan..."

At this moment, Benny had almost regained his composure.

He sat back in his high-backed chair, half of his body concealed in the shadows, his presence deep and concealed.

If not for the traces of sparkling tears still lingering on his decayed and fierce cheeks, one could hardly see any sign of his earlier disarray.

Benny’s hoarse voice, like two rusted gears grinding, never left the black seed in Ronan’s hand as he spoke.

"It is said to have the power to purify bloodlines and bring people back from the dead... Of course, no one has ever genuinely confirmed this."

"Oh."

Upon hearing Benny mention "bring back from the dead," Ronan suddenly understood Benny’s loss of composure.

Naturally, he also profoundly understood the weight of the bargaining chip he held in his hands.

His mindset relaxed in an instant.

He remained silent.

After asking that question, Ronan stood quietly watching Benny.

He couldn’t see the expression on Benny’s face, but he could feel Benny’s current... "restless" state.

Finally, a hoarse and low voice came from the high-backed chair again, this time seemingly with a trace of polite negotiation.

"If you are willing to give me this seed..."

"Impossible."

Ronan’s reply was swift and straightforward, like a sharp knife cutting decisively through Benny’s words.