Lin Fan felt relieved after Ascetic finally left.
To be honest, although Lin Fan had snatched the Life Fruit earlier, he was still worried that Ascetic might use his absolute strength to snatch the Life Fruit from him at the last moment. If that happened, he really wouldn’t have any means to stop it.
Fortunately, Ascetic’s broad-mindedness prevented him from doing so.
"Next, I will refine this Life Fruit first, let the Sky-reaching Tender Bud grow a bit more before doing anything else!"
Lin Fan thought to himself.
Then, Lin Fan simply sat down on the ground and began to refine the Life Fruit. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novᴇl(ꜰ)ire.ɴet
Lin Fan cultivated there fearlessly, not having to worry about being ambushed during his cultivation. He was utterly certain that Ascetic was secretly protecting him. With such a free bodyguard, what else was there to worry about?
Indeed, Ascetic, hiding in the shadows, saw Lin Fan beginning to cultivate on the spot and felt very frustrated. He understood Lin Fan’s intention and thought unhappily: "Does this kid really think of me as his free bodyguard?"
Lin Fan directly threw the Life Fruit into his Elemental Mansion, and then the World Power inside Lin Fan’s inner world acted upon the Life Fruit, swiftly pulling it into Lin Fan’s inner world.
In a certain place inside Lin Fan’s inner world, a small sapling’s tender bud was growing.
That was Lin Fan’s Sky-reaching Tender Bud.
The reason Lin Fan could absorb the Power of Starry Sky while cultivating was exactly because of the Sky-reaching Tender Bud.
The Sky-reaching Tender Bud, feeling the strong life aura from the Life Fruit, instantly became extremely excited, and the bud started swaying.
The next moment, from within the Sky-reaching Tender Bud, a powerful energy emerged, which completely devoured the Life Fruit like a black hole.
During his cultivation, Lin Fan constantly observed the changes in his inner world.
Seeing the actions of the Sky-reaching Tender Bud, he couldn’t help but feel speechless – he hadn’t expected the Sky-reaching Tender Bud to be so ferocious.
In just a moment, the Sky-reaching Tender Bud had devoured the Life Fruit.
After consuming the Life Fruit, Lin Fan noticed that the Sky-reaching Tender Bud seemed to have grown by about two centimeters and became a bit taller.
Lin Fan was somewhat speechless, thinking to himself: "I didn’t expect that after devouring a Life Fruit, the Sky-reaching Tender Bud would have only grown this little bit? It seems that making it grow substantially is truly a long and arduous task!"
Lin Fan felt very helpless.
"Right, let’s test how fast the Sky-reaching Tender Bud absorbs the Power of Starry Sky now."
Lin Fan then used the Sky-reaching Tender Bud to absorb the Power of Starry Sky.
Subsequently, Lin Fan’s face again showed helplessness.
The speed at which the Sky-reaching Tender Bud absorbed the Power of Starry Sky had indeed increased a bit, but the increase wasn’t very significant.
Lin Fan sighed helplessly again.
"It seems that I still need to find more Life Fruits!" Lin Fan thought again.
The next moment, as if suddenly thinking of something, he said: "Right, isn’t it rumored that within the Life Divine Mountain, there exists the Life Inheritance? If I could find the Life Inheritance and let the Sky-reaching Tender Bud absorb it, perhaps it could grow to a satisfactory level!"
Right at that moment, Lin Fan resolved to find the Life Inheritance.
"However, with that Ascetic at my side, even if I find the inheritance, I won’t be able to snatch it from him. Thus, I must find a way to shake him off!"
Lin Fan again thought helplessly.
To speak the truth, Lin Fan really wanted to get rid of Ascetic, but unfortunately, Ascetic’s strength was far superior to his. It wouldn’t be easy for Lin Fan to shake him off.
In the end, Lin Fan couldn’t think of a way!
"Forget it, I’ll just take it one step at a time!" Lin Fan thought again.
Then, Lin Fan cultivated for a while longer, maintaining his state and strength at the peak, and set off once more to look for the Life Fruits.
Soon, Lin Fan found another Life Fruit.
This time, however, because Ascetic had already found a way to break Lin Fan’s Transformation Character Technique, he successfully snatched the Life Fruit.
Subsequently, Lin Fan continuously found more Life Fruits!
Sometimes it was Lin Fan who got the Life Fruits, other times it was Ascetic, and the two of them kept consuming time in this manner. Unfortunately, in the end, Lin Fan obtained fewer Life Fruits.
Days passed, and Lin Fan had acquired only five Life Fruits.
While Ascetic obtained at least twenty or more.
Now, the Life Fruits were becoming scarcer.
Even with the Universal Image’s navigation, finding the Life Fruits was becoming increasingly difficult.
"Forget it, I’ll refine these five Life Fruits first!"
After finding a spot, Lin Fan quickly sat down to cultivate.
Continuously cultivating, the Sky-reaching Tender Bud gradually absorbed the five Life Fruits.
After absorbing these five Life Fruits, Lin Fan discovered that the Sky-reaching Tender Bud had grown by another two centimeters.
Originally, he thought that after refining these five Life Fruits, the Sky-reaching Tender Bud would at least grow a bit more, but, unexpectedly, it had only grown by two centimeters?
It was really too frustrating!
Lin Fan thought again: "It seems that using the Life Fruits to evolve the Sky-reaching Tender Bud is no longer viable. I still need to seek the Life Inheritance!"
After getting up, Lin Fan aimlessly began searching for the Life Inheritance.
Unfortunately, how incredibly difficult is it to find the Life Inheritance?
Even utilizing the navigational functionality of the Universal Image, Lin Fan still couldn’t find the Life Inheritance. Sometimes, the Universal Image isn’t omnipotent.
Several more days passed by, still without finding the inheritance.
And Ascetic didn’t show up again – Lin Fan didn’t even know if he was still following him or not.
That day, after searching and while resting...
A thunderous noise burst from within the depths of the Life Divine Mountain, sounding as if something had rushed up from the depths of the earth. Following that, the entire Life Divine Mountain started to shake violently.
It felt like the end of the world!
"That’s not good, what’s happening?"
Lin Fan was immensely shocked.
Lin Fan stood up, but to his horror, he found he couldn’t keep his balance when he tried to stand.