Thinking of this, Lu Li quickly immersed his spiritual consciousness into the Spirit Treasure Hall.

Upon taking a look, Lu Li's heart started pounding.

He saw that on the three-foot-high stem and branches, red light was flowing. The originally green leaves had now turned bright red, and the ten green fruits had also become crimson. Each fruit was about the size of a baby's fist and was shaped very much like a tightly clenched baby's fist.

"What kind of fruit is this? Is it really edible?"

"It shouldn't be poisonous, right? It looks so nice."

"..."

Lu Li hesitated back and forth. Suddenly, his expression became determined. "I'll take a gamble. If I'm right, I might become an immortal. If I'm wrong, I'll just pretend I've never been to this world!"

With a thought, a fruit appeared in his hand.

Instantly, a delicate fragrance wafted to his nose.

Lu Li's expression brightened, and he immediately felt much refreshed. He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "It's really a celestial fruit!"

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to take a bite.

There was no pit inside, and it almost melted in his mouth.

As the spiritual fruit entered his stomach, suddenly, an extremely violent force spread through his body like a tidal wave. The scorching aura made him feel as if he had fallen into a sea of fire.

Ah—!

Lu Li let out a scream and plunged headfirst into the nearby water pool with a splash.

Gurgle, gurgle...

Immediately, bubbles started rising in the pool water, but Lu Li still couldn't feel any coolness at all. The searing heat was like countless small knives constantly cutting through his flesh, blood, and bones.

Ugh!

Lu Li's eyes turned red. He rolled around in the pool, his fists clenched tightly, his fingernails digging deep into his palms, and his face distorted with pain.

After a while, Lu Li passed out and floated on the pool like a corpse.

Around his body, strands of blackish-gray viscous substances were gushing out crazily, and waves of stinking odor quickly spread around the pool.

After an unknown amount of time.

Lu Li was suddenly awakened by the sunlight in the sky. The moment he opened his eyes, a stench hit his nose. Instinctively, he wanted to cover his nose and mouth, but he almost sank. Only then did he realize that he was in the middle of the pool.

On the water surface within a radius of nine feet around him, it was already covered with thick filth.

Lu Li hurriedly swam to the edge of the pool, flipped himself onto the bank, and lay on his back, gasping for breath. "What kind of fruit is this? It hurt like hell."

After a long while, Lu Li got up from the ground. Looking at the scorching sun in the sky, he thought to himself that it was troublesome now. He had slept until noon. Immediately, he was about to pick up the water buckets and go down the mountain to continue fetching water.

But after just taking two steps, Lu Li stopped again.

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He felt that something was not right. He seemed to have become much sturdier.

Lu Li raised his hand and took a look. His pupils contracted involuntarily. He found that his arm, which had been as thin as a stick before, had become much fuller, and his skin had become very taut. Looking at other parts of his body, it was the same.

Moreover, he felt that his strength had increased a lot.

Surprised and delighted, Lu Li picked up the water buckets and rushed down the mountain.

This pair of water buckets weighed at least twenty or thirty catties, but now Lu Li didn't feel the weight of the buckets at all. He ran all the way to the Blue Water River and filled both large buckets with water directly.

After giving it a try, unexpectedly, the two buckets of water, which weighed about four or five hundred catties in total, were easily lifted by him. "Damn it! It's a celestial fruit!"

Lu Li was so excited that he couldn't control himself. Carrying the two buckets of water, he rushed back to the top of the Green Cloud Peak at full speed.

After searching around for a while, he finally found the half-eaten celestial fruit in the grass beside the pool. With a determined look on his face, he swallowed it all at once.

Sure enough, the feeling of being in a volcano came again.

Without hesitation, Lu Li jumped directly into the pool. This time, having learned from his previous experience, the moment he entered the water, he put a dead branch in his mouth. He could clearly feel that his flesh, blood, and bones were constantly growing and condensing.

During the condensing process, countless impurities floated out. Gradually, he became numb to the pain, and this kind of pain was no longer enough to make him faint.

After about half an hour, Lu Li could no longer feel any changes in his body. Only then did he climb out of the pool with a sense of unfinished business. He felt that his strength had become even stronger.

Moreover, his body seemed to have grown taller, and his physique had become much more normal.

He took a look at the first layer of space. There were still nine spiritual fruits inside. After thinking about it, he took out another one and swallowed it all.

This time, the pain was more than halved. Even without jumping into the water or holding a stick in his mouth, he could endure it. The impurities discharged were no longer so viscous, and the stench had almost disappeared.

He had a feeling that now he could easily lift an object weighing five or six hundred catties with one hand. If he carried it on his shoulder, a thousand catties would also be a piece of cake.

However, he wasn't satisfied with this. He ate another celestial fruit. To his disappointment, after swallowing it, he could still feel his flesh, blood, and bones wriggling slightly at first, but later, this feeling completely disappeared.

Moreover, no more impurities were discharged. Looking inside his body, he was shocked to find that his bones had become as smooth as jade, and his flesh cells were tightly bonded together, leaving no gaps.

"The feeling of strength is really great!"

Lu Li stood tall and straight beside the pool, looking into the distance. A mysterious light flickered in his eyes, and his temperament had improved by a notch, as if he had completely broken away from his mortal body.

"Let's get to work first!"

He picked up the water buckets again and rushed down the mountain.

After one round trip, he felt that this was still too slow. He found another pair of water buckets and carried four buckets at once. With a weight of almost a thousand catties, he still handled it with ease. However, he couldn't control his body balance well, and a lot of water would spill if he walked too fast.

At night.

Chen Zhong was still chopping trees, and Qin Shouren hadn't come back yet.

Lu Li didn't stop either. He had already changed from carrying four buckets to eight buckets, and each bucket was full, which was equivalent to a strength of two thousand catties. Only then did he feel that it was a bit strenuous to climb up the mountain.

Moreover, it was extremely difficult to control the balance. The slightest carelessness would make him stagger.

Lu Li didn't dare to increase the number anymore. He kept practicing the skills of carrying water, trying to keep the several buckets in balance all the time. It was extremely difficult at first, but the more he practiced, the more proficient he became. By midnight, Lu Li could already make sure that the buckets wouldn't slip off even without using his hands to hold them.

He had already figured out his own way of carrying water, which was to use his spiritual consciousness to sense which bucket was tilting and then control his muscles to adjust the balance.

In the end, he could even control the muscle strength in most parts of his body.

What Lu Li didn't know was that with his current control over his muscles, if he learned boxing techniques, it would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The next morning.

Lu Li finally stopped. Looking at the six full water pools in front of him, he showed a satisfied expression. Then, full of joy, he walked down the mountain. Under normal circumstances, this extra pool of water could be used for about five days.

In other words, he didn't need to fetch water again within five days.

He came to the mountainside and heard the sound of chopping trees still coming from the dense forest beside him. After pausing for a moment, he walked in, let out a soft sigh, and said to Chen Zhong's back, "Fatty, take a break. I've got something good for you."