Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start
Chapter 511 Exploring the Path

Chapter 511: Chapter 511 Exploring the Path

Chernokov nodded, which was also agreed upon earlier.

"Alright, you guys go on in and start mining. If you need anything, just tell us."

After all, they had already recorded the number of resources, so no matter how Liu Xin and the others mined, they just needed to count the total number later.

If the number is insufficient, it will be deducted from them directly.

Of course, there will inevitably be a few who slip through the net, but that doesn’t really matter.

"You should leave, too."

Liu Xin then told Chernokov, without waiting for him to respond, she pointed at the sky, "And your surveillance, you can’t watch us, otherwise the moment we discover it, the cooperation will be immediately canceled."

"Don’t worry, I guarantee we won’t watch you."

Chernokov assured.

After that, he led his people away.

Leaving only some people responsible for transport and ensuring essential safety.

After he left, Liu Xin and Zhu Rong started to arrange for resource extraction.

Without saying another word, Xiao Zhan headed straight for the location where the Seventh Grade Spiritual Fruit grew. With Zhu Rong leading the way, he quickly arrived.

He didn’t have to worry about being watched, as Hose’s Machine Brain talent can effectively interfere with these devices.

Xiao Zhan just needed to be wary of the Spirit Masters’ surveillance.

However, within Xiao Zhan’s Perception, if there really were Spirit Masters with surveillance equipment, they couldn’t escape his detection.

So Xiao Zhan could go confidently and boldly.

Under Zhu Rong’s lead, Xiao Zhan came to a deep and secluded cave, which was very large, about the size of a soccer field, shaped like a circular sinkhole.

Sunlight shone down from above the pit, adding a touch of warmth to the dark surroundings, and the view became clear.

In the center of the cave stood a conspicuous plant surrounded by rocks. It is hard not to notice it at first glance.

The plant looked like a tree, but upon closer inspection, it was indeed a tree.

Unlike other trees, this one displayed two colors.

Black and white, split down the middle.

On the tree hung a gourd-like Spiritual Fruit, the very Seventh Grade Spiritual Fruit, located at the center of the tree, with the black and white colors perfectly matching the division of the tree’s hues.

From a distance, it gave off an uncanny sense of division.

"This is the Seventh Grade Spiritual Fruit. Notice its color, black and white gradually merging into grey. When it turns completely grey, that’s when it’s ripe," Zhu Rong explained to Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan nodded and then walked towards the Spiritual Fruit.

For some reason, looking at this Spiritual Fruit, he felt a palpitation, as if his heartbeat had stopped for a moment.

He had never felt this before; could this be unique to the Seventh Grade Spiritual Fruit?

As he took a step into the cave, Xiao Zhan instantly felt a Yin-cold aura engulfing his whole body.

He couldn’t help but frown; was this Yin-cold aura so intense that it sent a chill to the bottom of his heart?

Upon closer inspection, he noticed something amiss; the Yin-cold aura was extremely similar to his Death Aura, and even purer!

Xiao Zhan’s Death Aura, although it bears the name of death, actually tends to be milder in effect, devouring and eroding, shielding Perception, giving a sense of hopeful vitality.

But this Yin-cold aura was different. It felt like an eradication from death, an endless dark frontier, directly invoking a sense of despair from the depths of one’s soul.

Xiao Zhan instinctively stepped back, his eyes carrying disbelief as he looked towards the Spirit Fruit.

He could confirm that this pure Death Aura was indeed emanating from the Spirit Fruit.

Is the Seventh Grade Spiritual Fruit so terrifying?

Xiao Zhan couldn’t help but think of this.

Zhu Rong also took a step forward and quickly retreated, shock in her eyes as well, she looked to Xiao Zhan and asked, "Are you still going in?"

"Yes."

"I won’t go in then, I can’t withstand this cold aura."

Xiao Zhan nodded, not insisting.

This aura, not to mention Zhu Rong couldn’t withstand it, Xiao Zhan himself was almost unable to bear it.

Of course, what he couldn’t bear wasn’t the oppressive force eroding his body from the aura, but rather the sense of death it contained, which induced despair in Xiao Zhan’s heart; such despair was unbearable to him.

Despair arising from within oneself is the most insoluble.

Xiao Zhan thought for a moment, and decided to use Instantaneous Movement; with a flash, he appeared in front of the Spirit Fruit.

He scrutinized the Spirit Fruit with a serious and urgent gaze.

Because in his estimation, one could endure being enveloped by the cold aura and its despair for no more than ten seconds.

After ten seconds, he feared he wouldn’t be able to snap out from his consciousness, and would completely sink into the desolation of death.

At that time, he would lose his life right here.

Just an energy aura alone contained such lethal force, Xiao Zhan dared not underestimate the Seventh Grade Spiritual Fruit.

However, he also needed to experience it, to see if there were other dangerous factors besides this one, so he could make ample preparations for the harvesting tomorrow.

But just as he was examining it, his brow suddenly relaxed, and the tension on his face softened instantly.

As if all danger had been lifted.

Zhu Rong, on the outside, saw the subtle change in Xiao Zhan’s micro-expressions and asked, "What happened?"

"Nothing."

Xiao Zhan motioned with his hand, signaling her not to worry.

Then Xiao Zhan tentatively took a step in the direction of the white side of the Spirit Fruit.

With this step, his expression relaxed even more.

He then looked toward the black side of the Spirit Fruit and stepped back again.

This time, his face showed a hint of enlightenment.

Then, he released his Perception, and after finding nothing else unusual, he used Instantaneous Movement and appeared before Zhu Rong.

"What did you just discover?" Zhu Rong asked.

Xiao Zhan replied, "If I’m not mistaken, this Spirit Fruit, like its colors, contains two types of energies. One represents death and is black, the other represents life and is white."

"In the black area, it’s filled with a cold feeling; if one stays inside for too long, their spirit will be shrouded in the despair of death. At the very least, it will affect one’s disposition, hindering cultivation, and at worst, one will die directly."

"But in the white area, it’s filled with warmth; being in that area, one feels revitalized, as if basking in the spring breeze, enjoying a hot spring. Staying there for a while makes it feel like all troubles within the body have been cleansed."

"The two utterly different energies reach a calm balance at the point where they merge and intersect."

Xiao Zhan felt a heart-thumping sensation in the black area.

But in the white area, he felt his heart beating strongly and forcefully.