On the back cliff of Changsheng Temple, Lu Qing, dressed in Tsing Yi, was patiently grinding pieces of pine smoke and ink.

He looked at the ink that was spreading out bit by bit, and there was a ray of sadness between his brows that could not be dissipated.

"Sigh, it's hard to enter the immortal sect, but it's even harder to cultivate the immortal! I've been practicing hard for a month, and I've only reached the second level of Qi refining. I don't know if I can break through the foundation building in this life." Lu Qing said bitterly.

The more he practiced, the more he felt the restraint of this world on him. He tried many times to break through the third level of Qi refining, but in the end he failed because of the thinness of the spiritual energy.

And this is because he has the Eternal Life Sutra in his mind and the method is complete. Those who have practiced the Eternal Life Sutra may be in an even worse situation.

However, they were still immersed in the great surprise of cultivating immortals and did not realize the issue of life span at all.

"Sometimes, ignorance is also a blessing. We are both lucky and unfortunate."

Lu Qing picked up the brush, dipped it in ink on the inkstone, and painted on the rice paper very seriously. At this moment, all he could see was the small world under his pen.

"Master, Director Guo is here to find you. He is in the Jingxin Hall now."

Two hours later, a Taoist priest walked quickly and said respectfully behind Lu Qing.

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Lu Qing put down his brush and turned around to leave.

"Master, do you need to put your paintings away?" the Taoist priest asked loudly.

"No need, just leave it there."

Lu Qing covered 7 or 8 meters in one step, and his body turned into a blue shadow and quickly disappeared on the back cliff.

The Taoist priest looked towards the desk.

The mountain breeze blew, and a thin piece of rice paper lay flat on it, but it did not move at all. A bluestone road with some wet ink marks was drawn on it, and both ends were hidden in the mist.

"Tsk, tsk, Mo Zhongliufa. Master, his cultivation has improved again." The Taoist priest exclaimed in a low voice, and then rushed in the direction where Lu Qing left.

"Hahaha, Master Lu, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you look more like an immortal!"

When Guo Changyong saw Lu Qing coming, he put down the tea cup in his hand and stood up to greet him with a smile on his face.

"Director Guo is very high-spirited. The Special Investigation Bureau investigates all over the world. There is nothing comparable to this humble veteran."

The two of them are old friends, Lu Qing joked without any hint of offence.

"Director Guo is so busy with everything right now, why do you have time to come to Lao Dao to sit here today?"

"You don't know how many people want to come in. I came here today because I have something important to discuss with you." Guo Changyong's face became serious as he spoke.

"Oh, what's the matter? Is it the recent revival of Baiyue and the return of spiritual energy?" Lu Qing asked.

"It's more than that. Alas, things have been really troubled recently. Do you know what's going on in the Western Kingdom?"

Guo Changyong looked at Lu Qing and found that his expression had not changed, so he continued,

"The Melian Tree of Life has blossomed and bore fruit! Oh, people from all the families in the Western Kingdom have turned against each other, and their brains have almost been knocked out!"

"The vampire tree can still bear fruit?"

Lu Qing's calm expression finally turned to surprise.

During this period of time, the changes in the Western Kingdom have been seen by everyone.

That giant tree that reaches the sky actually has the ability to give people the power of mysterious blood! But after accepting this ability, you will inevitably crave blood.

Lu Qing heard that the dignitaries there had accepted the transformation of this power, and ordinary people were completely reduced to mobile blood sources, which was terrible to see.

Privately, everyone already calls the Western Kingdom the Vampire Empire and the Melia Tree of Life the Vampire Demonic Tree.

"Yeah, no one thought that the vampire tree would bear fruit. Just the extract from the branches has such a terrifying effect, how powerful this fruit must be!" Guo Changyong said with emotion.

"Director Guo won't have any thoughts about it, right? Let me tell you in advance, I can't snatch the fruit with my old bones." Lu Qing looked at Guo Changyong with a strange expression.

Despite the blood-sucking sequelae, and despite being weak when exposed to seawater after transformation, the Muria extract has been sold for a sky-high price of 100 million on the black market.

I heard that the thieves who died around Melia were able to form a reinforced group.

"Don't worry. I'm not here today to ask you to grab the fruit, but to ask you to help identify the fruit." Guo Changyong showed a mysterious smile on his lips.

Click.

Lu Qing lost control and twisted his beard: "What? You have already grabbed the fruit!"

"I spent some money and got two of them. This fruit is a bit strange and cannot be analyzed by scientific instruments. So I would like to ask you, Temple Master Lu, to come out and help identify it." Guo Changyong said.

This price is not small.

Lu Qing seemed to smell the blood in Guo Changyong's understatement and said:

"Okay! This fruit is so important and the nights are long and we have many dreams. Let's set off quickly."

Guo Changyong nodded. The two of them did not go up the mountain stairs, but jumped directly from the cliff next to the Jingxin Hall. Like two balls of cotton wool, their footsteps touched the cliff wall and quickly disappeared.

In a research institute in the urban area of ​​Mingshan City, a gray-haired professor trembled with his hands and looked at the fruits in the glass cabinet obsessively:

"Incredible, really incredible! This is definitely the greatest biological discovery of this century!"

"Lao Li, how many times have you said this? Did you detect anything over there?" Professor Wang on the other side stared at the straight line on the instrument screen and said.

"No, nothing has been detected! This fruit is clearly in front of our eyes, but the instrument has no response at all. It is simply challenging our biology!" Professor Li said excitedly.

"Oh, the world has changed a long time ago. Don't talk about your biology. Those who studied physics didn't have much hair in the first place, but now they have all fallen out! Cultivation of immortals is actually real!"

"Where did the soldier who took the Fruit of Melia go?" Professor Li asked.

"I was asked to leave by the Special Investigation Bureau, so I'm probably testing my abilities now," Professor Wang said.

At this moment, the safety door of the laboratory opened, and Guo Changyong and Lu Qing walked in together.

Professor Li and Professor Wang immediately came to the two of them.

"Did you find anything?" Guo Changyong asked.

"Not yet." The two professors said helplessly.

As top researchers in their respective fields, they have been in this laboratory for three days, but with no results, their faces turned red.

"Two professors have worked hard. This fruit is not an ordinary item, and it is indeed difficult to study the results using ordinary methods." Guo Changyong comforted.

At this time, Lu Qing had already attracted all his attention to the fruits in the glass cabinet.

He walked up to the fruit, with magic flowing in his eyes.

The Fruit of Melia is a green-skinned fruit the size of a fist, with a bright red flowing liquid inside. The light it emits penetrates the outer skin, making the fruit crystal clear, as if it were made of jade, and does not look like something in the world at all.

Lu Qing stretched out a finger, pierced the glass directly, and touched the fruit.

The two professors suddenly looked anxious and were about to speak.

"Shh. Don't disturb Master Lu." Guo Changyong stretched out his hand to stop the two of them and stopped them.

The moment Lu Qing touched the fruit with her fingers, the bright red liquid inside rolled violently, and a pale red light flashed crazily in the research room.

"Something has changed!"

"Mysterious words are floating out of the fruit!"

Guo Changyong's pupils shrank, this was a change that had never happened before!

Circles of red runes flew out from the fruit, forming rings and nesting on Lu Qing's fingers.

A confused feeling came over him.

In 5 seconds! The skin on the surface of his finger cracked, and clusters of small granules emerged! It looked shocking!

"Zhuo! Foehn Feng!"

Lu Qing came to his senses and quickly retracted his fingers. He shouted softly, picked up a talisman with his left hand at lightning speed, and placed it on the back of his right hand.

The scorching wind clung to the fingers, driving away the strange power integrated into the fingers. The originally swollen and cracked fingers also returned to their original shape.

"Guanzhu Lu, are you okay?" Guo Changyong asked quickly.

Lu Qing looked solemnly at the restored fruits in the glass cabinet and said:

"Director Guo, this Melia Fruit is not simple! It has an evil power that not only affects the physical body, but also interferes with the spirit. If I hadn't been blessed by my ancestor, it would be difficult to escape!"

"If you take it, what are the side effects? Will you become mentally disturbed?" Guo Changyong asked.

Lu Qing shook his head: "I don't know. Director Guo, there is only one here, is there another one?"

"Yes. One of my investigators ate it. If not, he wouldn't have been able to break out of the siege of the Western Kingdom." Guo Changyong said with a bitter smile.

"Master Lu, come with me."

The two set off again and came to another research institute.

In the shooting range, gunfire continued, and bullet casings fell to the ground with a continuous crisp sound.

A shirtless man stood in the middle with a calm face, letting bullets pierce his chest.

Broken bones and blood splashed from his body and gathered on him from the ground!

"Immortality!"

Lu Qing was shocked.
To be continued...