Starry sky, I can hear their secrets.

The Life-Devouring status you are currently suffering from has been lifted.

[Affected by [Mystic Qi Devouring Body], you have gained the negative status [Life Devouring].]

After repeating this several times, Su Jinyan finally showed obvious fear in her eyes.

Dan Shu's profound energy is rapidly devouring the life force within him, and it is believed that it will not be long before he dies due to the rapid loss of his life force.

"We meet again, Commander Dan."

"How does it feel to see the light again?"

Su Jinyan appeared calm, but her voice trembled and she was filled with fear of death.

Dan Shu looked at him coldly: "You can be afraid too?"

"Look, this is my true form, reshaped by the path of immortality."

"Since that Huanlong wants to take you as her slave, then I will definitely not give in to her wishes!"

"Su Jinyan, the reason I have fallen to this state is entirely due to you!"

"Today I will make you taste all the pain I have suffered!"

Su Jinyan tried her best to remain calm: "I'm afraid I can't feel the pain anymore."

Dan Shu reached out her slender white hand and cupped his cheek: "Don't worry, you won't die so soon."

"I will use every means to slowly torture you."

Xueyi was unaware of the slight tension in her voice: "What are you going to do to him?"

"Release him, and we, the Ten Kings, will forgive your sins."

Dan Shu burst out laughing: "Crime? What crime have I committed?"

"If my actions are guilty, then the ancestors of the Immortal Ship will be guilty as well as I am!"

"They accepted the bounty and transformed their descendants into an immortal race..."

"The Medicine King's secret teachings are merely following the path they once walked, pursuing transcendence. What crime is there in that?!"

"At that time, the Jianmu Mystic Roots enveloped the Luofu Immortal Boat, as if it were a living thing."

"Our race dominates the starry seas, unmatched in its power. Everyone can attain immortality and transform at will. Abundant divine miracles descended upon the nine immortal ships—what a glorious era that was..."

"Look at what has become of the Immortal Ship now?! It is willingly driven by the Demon Bow, and has repeatedly caused great suffering to the people of Fenghuang. The Ten Kings even forced us to give up immortality."

Yanqing silently retreated a few steps, intending to take advantage of the moment when Danshu and Xueyi were talking to launch a sneak attack.

Unexpectedly, Dan Shu keenly noticed this and sneered as he waved his Xuanmu staff: "You're really not being honest."

"I'll teach you a lesson for now..."

A stream of dark light burst forth from the black wood staff, swiftly striking the blade held by Xueyi.

Having finally calmed down, Blade opened his scarlet eyes again, his gaze flashing with bloodlust and madness.

"Mirror Flow...! Mirror Flow!!!"

The blade hissed and roared; if it weren't for the coral gold chains binding him, he only needed to swing his sword once, and those unsuspecting people around him would have died instantly.

Xueyi shouted urgently, "Retreat immediately! Create distance between yourself and Dan Shu and the Star Core Hunters!"

No one expected that Dan Shu would turn the pill that caused the demon to fall into the Yin realm into a medicinal powder and hide it in the Xuanmu staff.

Anyone struck by that dark aura will immediately fall into the demonic body.

Blade is clearly a perfect example.

It's likely that the reason why Ren inexplicably fell into demonic possession was also related to Dan Shu.

Su Jinyan sighed and silently took out a fruit with a golden-yellow outer skin, shaped like a heart, and exuding a rich citrus fragrance.

"If I hadn't been prepared, I would have really fallen into your hands today."

"Chief Dan, do you recognize this?"

This heart-shaped fruit comes from a large tree blessed by a pharmacist, which is said to be fifty years old.

Although it is unknown whether it can grant immortality to those who consume it, it is clearly an immortal abomination in itself.

Dan Shu's pupils contracted sharply, his eyes flashing with greedy desire, and he instinctively reached out to snatch it.

Unexpectedly, Su Jinyan's figure vanished from her sight in the next instant.

Then, without hesitation, a ferocious spear pierced into Dan Shu's internal organs from behind.

"I'm sorry, but if you keep hiding, I really can't do anything about it."

"But since you offered it to me willingly, don't blame me for being ruthless."

As he spoke, Su Jinyan suddenly drew out the Dragon Coil Spear, tilted his head back, and swallowed the strange wood fruit.

[You have consumed the Strange Tree Fruit, and your current health has been restored to your maximum health.]

All current damage to the body will be fully restored.

Yanqing, Xueyi, and the others witnessed the changes in Su Jinyan's body.

In the blink of an eye, his body, which had suffered severe injuries, a hole in his abdomen, and was constantly being corroded by Xuan Qi, had been completely restored.

The next second, a rich and abundant life force instantly enveloped Su Jinyan's entire body.

Su Jinyan was shocked. The description of the effects of the exotic wood fruit did not include the blessing of abundance...

In a daze, he unconsciously loosened his grip on the Dragon Coil Spear.

He saw Blade roar madly, breaking free from the heavy chains made of coral gold, and swinging its sword at him and Dan Shu.

He saw the terrified expressions on Yanqing and Xueyi's faces.

He saw these people's movements slowed down countless times in his eyes.

From the distant night sky, he glimpsed a figure with six arms outstretched, its graceful form freely extended, its joints relaxed, as if performing a cosmic dance.

His hair is like magpie feathers, blooming among the stars in the universe.

Su Jinyan finally had the opportunity to meet the Abundant Star God Pharmacist, a dream come true for countless people.

"Let all sentient beings get everything they ask for."

The pharmacist's body had thousands of eyes staring at Su Jinyan, their voices filled with sorrow, as if they were pitying him.

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Legend has it that, 50 years before the Amber Era, the Medicine Master passed by a withered ancient tree.

Seeing it wither, the pharmacist felt pity and restored it to new life.

To repay the Medicine Master's blessing, the ancient tree bore sweet and abundant fruit, wishing to invite him to enjoy it, but the Medicine Master had already departed.

[Afterward, the ancient tree became a bountiful miracle worshipped by all people, and whenever it bore sweet fruit, the bountiful people would plunder it all.]

[From that moment on, the ancient tree harbored resentment and ceased bearing any fruit for thousands of years, becoming an object of abandonment by the people of Fengrao.]

The strange fruit you consumed was the last remaining fruit of that ancient tree.

[Lucky Fool, the Apothecary sensed a familiar aura and turned his gaze toward you.]

Only then did Su Jinyan finally understand.

Not everyone who consumes the fruit of the strange tree will have the honor of meeting the pharmacist.

Several Amber Ages prior, the Jianmu tree on the Xianzhou Island also produced abundant exotic fruits.

Those immortals who consumed the fruit only gained immortality, but were not granted an audience with the pharmacist.

The reason the pharmacist took pity on him was because His last connection with that ancient tree had been severed from the world, which moved the pharmacist.

That's why the pharmacist appeared before him.

Legend has it that the apothecary selflessly blesses every civilization that seeks longevity from Him.

Even if this blessing of longevity will ultimately lead life astray.

Su Jinyan cannot evaluate pharmacists using the concepts of good and evil found in human values.

It is also impossible to determine whether the pharmacist was aware of the consequences of His actions.

The Fool is a star god who never rejects prayers and cannot bear to see decay and sickness.

Anything you desire will come true if you are willing to let it go.

The narrator seemed to be tempting him to ask the pharmacist for a blessing, suggesting that if he were willing, immortality would be within his grasp, and even the position of envoy would no longer be a distant dream.

but--

The foreigners' greed for immortality on the Immortal Ship is a serious violation of the Ten Unforgivable Crimes.

Once discovered by the Ten Kings, they will be arrested and sentenced to a serious crime.

Furthermore, any act of using the ancestral spirit of the plague as the main remedy and predicting its future is an unforgivable grave sin.

As for the act of asking the Abundant Pharmacist for divine blessings on the Immortal Ship.