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"Array Immortal Fruit?"
Fang Ren immediately looked at the fruit's introduction.
"Possessing the powers of 'Diagrams Supreme,' encapsulating all the quintessential formations of the Immortal Spirit Array Ancient Sect. Its capacity enhances with the Array Master's strength. With the Emperor's Power, its might could annihilate Immortal Spirits, and its abilities could create all things..."
"Holy shit! It even has cheats like this!"
Fang Ren almost lost his mind—the formations inscribed on it could allegedly kill Immortal Spirits. Not to mention what Immortal Spirits were, but they were definitely stronger than Earth's Ninth-order Void Beasts.
And this creation of all things was just too perverse. However, there was also an explanation behind the fruit's introduction, which stated that creation required an incredible amount of strength from the Array Master, and all things created would be destroyed alongside the collapse of the Formation.
But this was still overpowered!
Fang Ren looked at the fruit, and then at the other fruits beside him, his shock unfading for quite some time.
What exactly was his Spirit Form?
Just by reading the introductions of these fruits from the Scholar, he could comprehend how vast the outside world was. These things did not seem to belong to a mere speck of dust like Earth, let alone to an utterly average person like him with less-than-stellar Cultivation Talent.
Qianye once told him that his Cultivation Talent was defiant of the heavens in this world, but it was only considered ordinary at the higher levels, far from being exceptional, not to mention compared to those monstrous prodigies.
"You're the one!"
Fang Ren didn't continue searching because the tree was too vast—he feared he couldn't finish looking through all the fruits even in a year.
The reason for choosing this fruit was that it was a perfect fit for Mu Huanqing.
Firstly, Mu Huanqing was currently the most powerful Array Master in the world. The Large Formation that fended off the Void was created by her alone and, with the help of countless others, was finally activated by infusing it with Creation True Qi.
Besides, the fruit's introduction stated that the Formation's abilities would vary according to the Array Master's Cultivation Level. Apart from being an Array Master, Mu Huanqing was also the highest-level Human on Earth, with no one better suited to unleash this fruit's potential.
Crack—
The moment he plucked the purple fruit, the halo above his head suddenly shattered, and the grey information before his eyes disappeared, bringing with it a searing pain in his eyes as if they were about to explode.
Buzz—
He immediately activated his Heart Eye, but after a dizzying spin, he saw the branches around him revert to the appearance of a hotel room, with Mu Huanqing still sitting next to the bed.
"Hehe..."
In the room, little Qianye, covered with cracks, fell from above his head. Its life aura was extremely weak, and wood chips continued to fall from the cracked spots on its body, as fragile as ash-burnt wood.
Mu Huanqing immediately reached out to catch little Qianye as the grey barrier around Fang Ren dissolved.
"Little guy... what happened?"
Mu Huanqing's heart surged with anxiety upon seeing little Qianye's shattered body and faint life aura.
She circulated the True Qi in her body to envelop little Qianye. Although her Creation True Qi couldn't restore vitality to living beings, it could stabilize its cracked wounds to prevent further breakage.
"Hehe..."
Little Qianye's eyes flickered weakly with a green light, barely open as if they might close at any time.
At that moment, Fang Ren also opened his eyes. However, this time when he did so, his pupils turned completely white, giving him a terrifying appearance.
With his Heart Eye, he could observe everything within a fifty-meter radius, but there was no color, only black and grey.
Yet even in a world of black and grey, Fang Ren could still recognize Mu Huanqing by her aura, her outline—he remembered it all by heart.
"Qing'er, I've found a way to make you stronger!"
Fang Ren stood up excitedly, holding out the purple fruit in his hand and placing it in front of Mu Huanqing.
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"Ah Ran... your eyes..."
Cradling little Qianye, Mu Huanqing looked into Fang Ren's eyes and froze.
Fang Ren guessed that losing his vision might have affected the appearance of his eyes, so he closed them and said, "It's fine. Actually, I just gained an opportunity inside. Although my eyes have changed, I can still see everything within fifty meters around me with my eyes closed."
Mu Huanqing was unaware of his mind's eye, and he was lying—a benevolent lie.
He didn't want her to worry too much about him.
Mu Huanqing stood up, gently touched the corner of his eye, and said with distress, "Your eyes have turned white..."
Upon hearing that only the color of his eyes had changed, Fang Ren laughed and said, "It's just a change in color, which doesn't affect my vision at all. In fact, I even gained some abilities."
Mu Huanqing, reassured by his words, worried less. However, she still frowned with concern when she looked at the weak state of little Qianye in her arms, "Where have you two been? Why is the little guy looking like this?"
Fang Ren, upon hearing this, suddenly noticed Qianye's condition; in his world of grey and black, he could only see streaks of black marks on Qianye's grey figure.
And the grey halo that should have always been floating above Qianye's head was now faint and unstable, appearing as if it could disappear at any moment.
"Qianye?"
Fang Ren immediately took Qianye into his arms, and through touch, he could feel that the scars on its body were incredibly deep, almost as if it were about to shatter.
A sudden pang struck Fang Ren's heart. The price for peeking into the chance of opportunity that the little guy had told him about wasn't completely accurate. The cost wasn't just his vision; Qianye's very being was also suffering.
The little guy had even concealed its own suffering from him.
Desperate, Fang Ren immediately sent Qianye into his Spiritual Root and communicated with it through his consciousness.
"Sleep, sleep..."
He had just established a conscious connection with Qianye when all he heard was its voice growing fainter and fainter, until it disappeared completely.
"Qianye, Qianye?"
Fang Ren called out twice in his mind, but received no response. He was confused.
What did it mean by sleep? Could it be...
"Ah Ran, were you lying just now?"
At that moment, Mu Huanqing, standing beside him, looked into his eyes with compassion and spoke.
"Ah?" Fang Ren turned to face her, pretending his eyes could still see her.
"Tell me the truth, did both you and the little guy encounter problems? It's seriously injured, and something unexpected happened to your eyes, didn't it?" Mu Huanqing asked with a furrowed brow.
"..."
"It was so obvious that the little guy was injured, yet you only realized it after touching it. You clearly can't see anymore, and you're just conversing with me by sensing my Qi."
Mu Huanqing looked into Fang Ren's eyes and felt a sharp pain in her heart. He had gone through so much trouble to find a way to make her stronger, and yet he didn't even want to tell her.
Fang Ren's expression froze for a moment, then he sighed, "Well, it's not that I can't see at all. I've just lost a lot of colors, and I did indeed acquire some abilities. With my eyes closed, I can still see quite a bit. It's not a total loss."
"And the little guy? How is it doing?"
"It suddenly vanished above the Spiritual Root... just said it was going to sleep," Fang Ren said, his voice tinged with pain.
Mu Huanqing hugged him tighter, her voice even more filled with tenderness, "Why don't you understand? I don't want you to suffer for me; I just want to protect you."
"But I've also said that I can't let you shoulder everything alone."
Fang Ren rubbed the top of her head and gently kissed her forehead.