Chapter 3: The Mysterious Devil Fruit

  It can be said that the flying speed of the divine dragon is extremely fast, Meng Ling only saw the scenery under his feet changing rapidly, and soon came to a large mountain shrouded in thick fog.

  "This speed, tsk, only the legendary 'Golden Winged Peng Bird' can surpass it." Dreaming of Ling thought to herself.

  "Come down, Little Dream, quickly." The current Tian Jing has a big brotherly affection for his little sister. It makes Dream's heart feel a chill.

  "Is this the Holy Spirit Mountain you were talking about?" Meng Ling looked at the scene in front of her and asked softly.

  "Not bad, this is indeed the Holy Spirit Mountain. I've heard from my seniors that this was condensed into being by the Dragon God's own divine power with just one person's strength. The Dragon God is truly great." Tian Jing sighed in admiration.

  "Ah, I see. So that's the power of God. This mountain is quite impressive." Meng Ling was also amazed by Tian Jing's masterpiece, to think that in his own world, moving a mountain was not impossible, but creating one as massive as Mount Everest would be absolutely impossible. What's more, Long Shen had accomplished this feat alone, which left Meng Ling in awe.

  "Sheng Ling Shan" is actually not much different from the Xian Xia movie "Shu Shan" that Meng Ling saw before, both are towering into the clouds and shrouded in white clouds. However, the only difference is that on the top of "Sheng Ling Shan", five statues stand upright, Meng Ling took a glance and knew that these were the statues of the four great divine beasts and the Qilin from legend. Before, Meng Ling had heard that Qing Long: controls the power of the nine heavenly thunderbolts, can initiate the heavenly thunder tribulation, is green in color, belongs to thunder, is the guardian beast of the east, guarding the eastern palace star.

  White Tiger: Controls the power of tornadoes, has the ability to summon all beasts, is white in color, belongs to wind, is the guardian beast of the west, and guards the western palace star.

  Zhuque: Controls the power of fierce flames, can manipulate the three absolute fires of heaven and earth, red in color, belongs to fire, is the guardian beast of the south, guarding the southern palace star.

  Xuanwu: Controls the power of cold ice and snow, can release dark ice poison, black in color, belongs to water, is the guardian beast of the North, guarding the Northern Palace star.

  Qilin: Originally a divine beast of the walking beast class. Later replaced Huanglong as the central guardian beast and became the leader of the sacred beasts. Guards the Central Palace, controls the power of the earth. Belongs to yellow, attribute earth.

  In addition to these, Meng Lin also knew that these divine beasts are interdependent and mutually restrictive. The Qilin controls water (Xuanwu) with earth, Xuanwu controls fire (Zhuque) with water, Zhuque controls wind (Baihu) with fire, Baihu controls thunder (Qinglong) with wind, and Qinglong in turn controls earth (Qilin) with thunder. Each divine beast has its own strengths and weaknesses. Of course, the four great divine beasts and Qilin are the guardians of the five directions - east, south, west, north, and center - and absolutely do not interfere with each other's domains; privately, they also have a close relationship. (PS: Originally, Qinglong belonged to wood and Baihu belonged to metal, but in this world of Huoying, it is better to follow the elemental classification of Huoying.)

  "In the past, I had never seen such things, but today I saw them all in one day, only my body..." Looking at the five statues of the gods from another realm, Meng Leng couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion.

  "That's our Elder Hall over there. Let's hurry, the Great Elders must have been waiting for a long time." Tian Jing pointed at the Qilin statue on the peak and said to Meng Leng.

  "Oh, got it." Meng Ling responded and immediately followed Tian Jing from the 'Qilin mouth' of the Qilin statue into the Elder Hall.

  The Elder's Hall is actually not much different from the outside, except for a few more stone stools and stone tables for people to sit on, as well as some decorative items. The rest of the place is no different from an ordinary mountain cave. The dark and damp walls and ground make Meng Ling feel that it would be more realistic to call this place "Elder's Cave" rather than "Elder's Hall".

  Actually, Meng Ling's requirements are a bit too high, after all, the crowd here is 'alien beast' rather than 'human'. You know, 'alien beasts' are generally wind and rain, and naturally will not engage in those luxurious decorations like humans.

  "Hehe, here comes the big old master, is this the 'Prophecy Child' you were talking about?" A little girl, about the same height as Meng Ling, bounced and jumped to Meng Ling's front.

  "My name is Red Sleeve, and I'm actually a red phoenix. Please advise me." Red Sleeve said, stretching out her small hand to Meng Leng.

  "Originally... no, Inoue Miren, please instruct me." Looking at the very harmonious red sleeve in front of him, Miren even felt a bit of a homey feeling. Suddenly he couldn't help but feel a little tense.

  "Xiao Mengling, you don't have to be so formal here. Let me introduce you." The speaker was the Great Elder.

  "The old name is Ao Tian, and the true body is the Azure Dragon divine beast." The Great Elder pointed to himself and said.

  "Hello!" Meng Ling replied.

  "This is Second Elder Jiucui, her true form is the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast." The Great Elder pointed to a middle-aged woman-like figure on his right hand side and introduced.

  "Hello!" Meng Ling greeted politely. The middle-aged woman smiled and nodded slightly, looking at the polite girl in front of her.

  "This is the Three Corpse Evil Spirit, its true form is the White Tiger Divine Beast."

  "This is Si Zhonglao Zong Xuan, his true form is the Black Tortoise Divine Beast." The Great Elder pointed to a robust man on his left and introduced.

  "Hello!" Meng Ling greeted respectfully. The one nodding was an elderly man.

  "Hello!" Meng Ling continued to greet.

  "This is the Fifth Elder, Lei Huo. His true form is that of a Qilin divine beast." This was a boy who wasn't much older than Meng Leng. Judging from his appearance, this Fifth Elder couldn't be more than six years old, and Meng Leng discovered that he had been staring at him since his reincarnation.

  "Hello!" After hesitating for half a day, Meng Ling really didn't feel like saying "hello" to this boy who was not much older than her current body. In the end, she slowly said a sentence "hello". She also didn't bow.

  But this time it was the turn of the 'boy' who refused.

  "Why don't you bow to me? And why do you say 'you' instead of 'sir'? This is not the etiquette a junior should have." A very childish voice came from the boy's mouth, which made Meng Leng doubt again whether this fifth elder was really five or six years old.

  Looking at the five elders' embarrassed faces, and seeing Meng Leng's suspicious face, everyone in the Elder Hall couldn't help but want to laugh. The atmosphere in the entire Elder Hall was as awkward as it could be.

  "Haha, I really can't hold it in anymore." Finally, after a moment, Hongxiu on the side couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "Hahaha……" Someone started, and the Elder Hall suddenly boiled over. Everyone, including Ao Tian, Zong Xuan, Jiucui, and Youming among the five elders, couldn't help but laugh, and only Meng Ling and Lei Huo elder were left standing there with a bewildered expression.

  "Hehe, Xiaomeng Ling shouldn't be deceived by Leihuo's appearance. In fact, the five of us are all 5,000 years old. It's just that because our races are different, we look a bit different on the surface." At this time, Da Zhang Lao Ao Tian still came out to mediate.

  "Ah?" Upon hearing this, Meng Ling was taken aback. Lei Huo elder also put on a stern face and let out a cold hum.

  "Senior, I'm really sorry, please don't mind the disrespect just now." Meng Ling, with many years of sales experience, naturally knew that being polite at this time would often leave a very good impression on the other person.

  "It's alright, just be more careful next time." Lai Huo said calmly, but his eyes showed a hint of affection that only an elderly person would have. Meng Ling naturally noticed this small detail and thought to herself "Plan successful".

  "Alright, let's get back on track. Xiaomeng Ling, you also know the purpose of our summoning you this time." The speaker was still the Great Elder.

  "I know, I've come for the memento left behind by Lord Ryujin." Dreaming replied respectfully.

  "Not bad, it's this matter, but there's another piece of news I want to tell you. Do you want to know?" The Great Elder bought a suspenseful pause.

  "Hmm, I'll take a look at the memento that Lord Longshen gave me first." Looking into the eyes of the Great Elder, Meng Leng felt a sense of unease.

  "Alright, I'll give you the relic of Lord Longwang first." As he spoke, the Great Elder glanced at Fourth Elder Zong Xuan, who understood and used his own staff to tap on the ground. At that moment, a large hole appeared on the ground, and something rose up from the entrance of the hole.

  That was a stone pedestal, and on top of it stood an ancient gold-edged wooden box with a classic floral pattern.

  "What is this?" Meng Ling cautiously asked the Great Elder.

  "You'll understand once you open it. To be honest, we know what's inside, but we don't know the purpose of the things inside. However, Lord Ryujin said that the Child of Prophecy will know how to use the items in the box." The elder said with a warm smile.

  "Is that so......" Upon hearing this, Meng Leng didn't say much either and slowly walked to the front of the stone pedestal. He carefully examined this very classical wooden box. At first glance, there was nothing strange about this wooden box, but Meng Leng always felt like he had seen this box somewhere before.

  "How does this open?" Meng Ling raised the wooden box and asked Da Zhang Lao.

  "Quickly tap three times on the lid, and then press the button in front of the box to open it." The elder explained.

  "Ka ka" Meng Ling followed the old man's words and did it all over again, and soon opened the wooden box. However, when Meng Ling saw the items stored in the wooden box, she was stunned for a moment.

  "This...this is..." Meng Ling slowly took out the object from the wooden box, and to her surprise, it was a fruit-like object about the size of a durian.

  It turns out that Meng Ling finally knows why he feels so familiar with this wooden box. Isn't this the wooden box used to store the Devil Fruit in the modern anime "One Piece"?

  And what is now being held in Meng's hand, if it isn't a Devil Fruit?

  And looking at its appearance, it's the most precious Logia-type Devil Fruit... The only difference is that this Devil Fruit is multicolored...