Emperor’s Domination - Chapter 2818

Chapter 2818

Sacred Mountain had two holy locations - Sacred Orchard and Bestial Garden .  

The orchard surrounded the garden . Thus, in order to reach the latter, one must go through the former .

The deepest part of Bestial Garden has rarely been tread because of an increasingly suppressive force in there .

Thus, for many students, the orchard remained the safest and easiest place for gains .

Zhou Qiushi’s group entered the orchard and instantly smelled a pleasant fruity fragrance . This scent couldn’t be found anywhere else .

However, instead of using one’s sense of smell, one must use their spirits to detect the fruits .

Entering this place made one feel very comfortable as if something wonderful was washing their body and soul . The latter felt good enough to leave the body .

“This smell is amazing . ” One person blurted .

Sure enough, the rest felt the same way . In fact, virtually every student who came here had this thought .

Everyone became immersed in this sensation, especially those who grew up in the system with a light-affinity merit law .

These scents naturally came from the sacred fruits . They were plentiful in the orchard .

This orchard wasn’t man-made . It had majestic mountain ranges and pristine forests instead of looking like a fruit plantation . The fruits scattered in the forests and valleys, even growing on the cliffs .

Recognizing the sacred trees was very simple - they just needed to have fruits even if the levels and types were different .

“Everyone, listen up . The fruits here are all sacred and available . However, only pick the nearly-ripe ones . Of course, you can’t do it before that anyway . ” Du Wenrui looked around for a bit and reminded the group .

“Dean, how can we tell when they are ripe?” One student asked .

“Look at the light emitting from it, the stronger the light, the riper it is . However, after it is completely matured, it will fall to the ground and return to the earth . ” Wenrui said .

“Really? Then we can grab all the matured ones back to the academy then give one to each student . ” One excited student readied his spatial pouch, wanting to share with his friends back home .

“In your dream . If that’s the case, all of the fruits would be gone by now . ” Wenrui smiled and said: “Remember, knock on the fruit three times . If it agrees and falls, it is yours . If not, then stop wasting your time since there’s only one chance . ” 

After hearing this explanation, the students began observing others attempting to do so . Sure enough, one student from another academy knocked on a glowing fruit three times yielding zero reaction .

“I’ll try too . ” Another shouted and knocked three times . This particular fruit fell into his hand - a successful attempt .

“Let's get started . ” Wenrui told his group and followed the mountain road . He didn’t try to pick any for himself .

“Over there! Come, fast! There’s a sacred tree with many ripe fruits!” A Repentance student saw a tree on top of a hill with many fruits on the branches .

Zhou Qiushi and the others rushed over and hastily began the knocking process on each fruit . Alas, they didn’t get anything .

“Don’t forget to be sincere and respectful . Try with that mindset in your dao heart . ” Wenrui advised .

Qiushi understood the fastest . He paused his breathing and calmed his mind before slowly knock three times .

“Bam!” Sure enough, a yellow fruit around the size of a thumb fell into his palm .

“I did it!” He celebrated .

The others started following his lead . Just a while later, another shouted: “I got one too!”

Several more found success but not everyone .

“There’s another tree over here . ” One of them noticed another sacred tree . This one was even larger with fruits from top to bottom .

The fruits here were different . They looked like apples with the shade of jade .

“So many…” They stood in front of the tree, awed .

“Let’s hurry . ” They climbed the tree and started knocking .

A few became irritable and started slamming into the trunk of the tree, hoping to knock a few fruits down .

“Bam! Bam! Bam!” Alas, the fruits didn’t move at all .

Meanwhile, Du Wenrui and Li Qiye strolled behind them .

“Sincerity and respect?” Li Qiye smiled at the dean: “That’s a bunch of crap . Why not tell them that a strong dao heart can overwhelm the fruits instead of this nonsense?”

“They’re still young with limited comprehension . It’s easier for them to enter the right mindset by telling them to worship the light with sincerity . ” Wenrui smiled .

Li Qiye chuckled . He could see through the mysteries of this place .

The so-called sacred fruits were manifestations of this land’s fortune and light affinity . Because this light affinity was so strong underground, it gestated the land for years . The result was the fruits .

“Teacher, we got a lot of sacred fruits . ” A student caught up to Li Qiye and Du Wenrui who got a bit far away from the group .

He had a bag full of various fruits - looking like pears, jujubes, and sesame fruits…

“Hmm, good job . ” Wenrui nodded and smiled .

They have crossed through a ridge by this point . The rest started catching up .

“Junior Brother, are you not picking any?” Qiushi saw that Li Qiye had nothing and gave one of his fruits to him .

He didn’t ask why Li Qiye abstained from this activity . He believed that it might be because Li Qiye was a sinkin and couldn’t pick any . Thus, it was better to save face by not trying at all .

“I don’t like fruits . ” Li Qiye shook his head .

Wenrui smiled after hearing this response . He naturally knew that these fruits weren’t enough to get into his sight .

“The fruits are better when we get farther inside . ” Wenrui saw the students looking for more trees along the path and reminded: “There are nine ranks in total . ”

He paused for a bit before continuing: “The gap between each rank is considerable . For example, one second-ranked fruit is equivalent to several hundred first-rank ones . ”

“It’s that big?” The group didn’t expect this .

“Yes . ” Wenrui smiled: “Thus, no need to be greedy for quantity . One ninth-ranked alone is more than enough . Of course, know your limits too, if you can’t pick the higher-ranked ones, then stick with the lower-ranked ones . ”

“How can we tell the grade?” One student asked .

“The simplest way is to look at the number of people surrounding one tree . ” Wenrui chuckled: “There are millions of fruit types here - gem seed, jade seed, jewel seed… It’s an entire field by itself so we can’t remember each one . ”

The students exchanged glances . No wonder why no one else chose the trees they did when they first got here . It looked like the previous trees had a low rank .

“Don’t be discouraged, just act accordingly to your own capabilities, the higher-ranked ones are much harder to get . It’s better to have some lower-ranked fruits than to return empty-handedly . ” Wenrui added .

“Dean, what is the best sacred fruit tree in the orchard then?” One curious soul asked .

“There is a supreme one at the end of the orchard . ” Wenrui stared towards the distance .