Hundreds of meters apart, looking far into the bottom of the canyon at that one ancient soul-stirring tree.

  Li Yuan's heart was racing with excitement: "All three fruits have already shown a silver glow, obviously they have entered the mature period, and it shouldn't be far from true maturity... Moreover, according to the database, normal Soul Ancient Trees are only 3-6 meters high, but this one is actually 10 meters high!"

  Three to six meters high Soul Nurturing Ancient Tree, the 'fruit' it nurtures is a third-grade treasure, with an astonishing value.

  A ten-meter-high one would be a few grades of treasure? According to common sense, it should be even more precious.

  Could it be fourth gear?

  "From its appearance, the fruit has basically matured and can be picked at any time. The effect is only slightly worse." Li Yuan's eyes stared at the three fruits.

  According to records, a single ancient soul tree only bears fruit two or three times in its lifetime, with each time yielding only 2-4 fruits. How it grows has always been a mystery.

  This is an unmassproducible natural treasure.

  What is the value of the Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Fruit? Li Yuan didn't know, because treasures of this level were too rare in the Seven Star Human Civilization.

  Most of them were traded and consumed privately.

  Even if it is taken out for sale, it often only appears at some high-end auctions, and the price is different each time.

  An artifact of the same rank as the Three-Leafed Soulgrass, for example, according to Li Yuan's information, in a recent auction organized by Xia Guo, the price of one plant exceeded 2 billion Blue Star Coins.

  Three Soul-Sealing Ancient Spirit Fruits, how much are they worth? At least tens of billions of Blue Star Coins.

  It's absolutely a huge fortune!!

  "We must get it no matter what."

  "Definitely." Li Yuan's heart was racing with excitement, and various thoughts flashed through his mind.

  "Whatever it takes to save Uncle."

  "Or perhaps my normal cultivation afterwards will require a huge amount of resources." Li Yuan thought to himself: "To a large extent, I can only rely on myself."

  The entire Seven-Star human civilization's resources are limited.

  Even for a once-in-a-lifetime genius, there is still a limit to how much one can be nurtured.

  Like Kunlun Wu Da's 'Stellar Crystal', Wu Dian's S-level contract, plus some heavenly treasures and earthly gems, basically top-notch cultivation power.

  All added up, until Li Yuan graduated from university, the total value was difficult to exceed 10 billion Blue Star coins.

  There is a blurry line in here.

  After the tide of fish spirit in Jiang City, Li Yuan had exchanged with Wan Qinghe and Fei Qian, roughly knowing this point.

  Some more precious treasures?

  Except for a few special resources that can be regenerated.

  The vast majority of rare treasures are not even enough for the top strongmen of the Seven-Star Human Civilization, let alone be easily bestowed upon young geniuses.

  Want more? Then rely on your own strength and go fight for it yourself.

  The Seven-Star Human Civilization wants strong warriors who can make contributions to the entire civilization after becoming a Source Warrior, geniuses.

  Rather than becoming a high-level source warrior or even a flying warrior later on, he only wanted to take away the waste from within civilization.

  Of course, if a super strong person is willing to spend their own wealth on their children, even if it's hundreds of billions or trillions of treasures, no one can interfere.

  But what resources does civilization directly bestow?

  Again, genius can only get so far.

  "The Soul-Imprisoning Ancient Tree is good, but there are two second-grade flying snakes. How can we take it?" Li Yuan's gaze fell on the ground about a hundred meters away from the Soul-Imprisoning Ancient Tree.

  One left one right.

  Two giant flying snakes with bodies over thirty meters in length were lying on their backs.

  Their sharp claws, wings and scaly body are distinctly different from those of ordinary flying snakes.

  Just from their appearance, it can be seen that they are much more powerful than other flying snakes.

  The most important thing is that they all have a faintly rising sharp angle on their foreheads.

  This is the emblem of the Second-Order Flying Snake.

  "Target organism, life level approximately 21.3, second-order life form, killing it can obtain spiritual nutrients."

  "Target organism, life level approximately 21.8..."] Li Yuan deployed his divine palace probe and basically confirmed the strength of the two second-order flying snakes."

  They are all second-tier and none of them have just broken through.

  "It's possible that they had previously consumed the Soul-Transforming Ancient Ling Fruit, allowing their souls to transform and unify their bodies and minds, thus breaking through." Li Yuan thought to himself.

  Beasts have inherited very little due to their intelligence issues, plus the overall low intelligence of first-tier beasts.

  Therefore, if the bloodline is not strong enough, it will be dozens or even hundreds of times more difficult for a first-class beast to break through to the second class than for humans.

  "There are over 20 second-order flying snakes with two heads, and I can take on two at once. If a full-scale war breaks out, I'm confident I'll win." Li Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly: "The key is that if a full-scale war breaks out, there will be tens of thousands of flying snakes here."

  A single first-order flying snake, Li Yuan doesn't care, one shot can kill a head.

  But when it comes to a certain level of quantity, plus two terrifying second-order flying snakes at both ends, it's different.

  The probability of Li Yuan winning is almost zero.

  Moreover, the area explored by Li Yuan so far is only a small part of the Flying Snake Valley. In the dense caves of the Flying Snake Valley, it's hard to predict whether there are more and stronger second-order flying snakes.

  "Now directly taking it away is not only impossible, but also more likely to lose one's life." Li Yuan thought silently: "Without the long spear in hand, my explosive power is less than 50%."

  "Go back first and think of a way."

  Li Yuan slowly moved up along the vines and mountain rocks, not daring to make a single sound.

  Hundreds of meters away were two second-order flying snakes.

  Once exposed... Second-order flying snakes can fly, and when that happens, you won't be able to escape.

  Time flies.

  Li Yuan did not return by the original route, but instead continued to explore along the mountain wall in both directions, wanting to confirm whether there were other second-order alien tribes in the Flying Snake Valley.

  This is crucial.

  Six hours later, Li Yuan finally avoided many dangers and returned to the starting point above the canyon... The sun in the sky was still high.

  "Snakes like cool places, whether it's Blue Star or Star Boundary, they're all the same. No wonder most flying snakes like to hide in valleys." Li Yuan muttered to himself.

  Return to the secret point of the mountain cliff with a backpack and long gun.

  Check the surrounding area for any 'warning signs' left behind and confirm that no one or other tribes have passed through during this time.

  Hiding in a small cave.

  "Galactic Stars", source power mobilized. Li Yuan closed his eyes, silently operating the star pulse, drawing in a continuous flow of source power into his body.

  Recovering from physical fatigue.

  Such a long exploration and spiritual power sensing was also a huge consumption for Li Yuan.

  "First, I explored about 8 kilometers of the mountain wall on one side of the valley bottom. Except for two second-order flying snakes in the central part of the valley bottom, there were no other signs of second-order flying snakes." Li Yuan summarized the results of this exploration.

  "Secondly, the Lingzhi that grows in the valley is mainly concentrated in the central part of the valley, and the number decreases as you move towards both sides... The ancient soul tree also grows in the center... High-level flying snakes and second-level flying snakes are all concentrated in the central part of the valley." Li Yuan thought for a moment: "Is it just a coincidence?"

  Judging from the existing information, Li Yuan had a feeling that something special might have happened in the central area of Fei She Gu.

  "This kind of all-around diagnosis is not my specialty, it must be done by experts after various data calculations." Li Yuan thought to himself: "My goal is to obtain the Soul-Nourishing Ancient Spirit Fruit."

  This is what Li Yuan has been pursuing.

  Only two second-order flying snakes, plus thousands of first-order flying snakes... how can we seize them?

  "At most two days, Tianliang clan's Blood Guards will bring people back." Li Yuan pondered.

  If you want to stop the Blood Knights from returning, just kill all the Tianliang tribe warriors who are left behind, and there is a certain hope that they will be intimidated and not dare to venture back.

  However, it still can't solve the key problem - how to get the treasure.

  ...After some deliberation.

  "Three roads." Li Yuan had thoroughly thought it through: "First, if I charge in recklessly and try to take it by force, the probability of success is close to 0, and the mortality rate is nearly 100%."

  "Secondly, wait for the Tianliang tribe warriors to return and let them fight against the Feixue tribe... there is a chance to gain something, but it is also possible to gain nothing, and equally dangerous."

  "Thirdly, report the situation here to the front outpost base and request reinforcements. In this way, I may have less gain, but it is safer and more stable." Li Yuan thought to himself.

  No more hesitation.

  Li Yuan took out his smartwatch and dialed the communication device of the front outpost base, only to find that... it couldn't get through.

  The signal is too weak.

  "Damn it." Li Yuan cursed under his breath, got up and grasped his long spear tightly before dashing out of the cave.

  Just as he was about to make a run for it, Li Yuan suddenly stopped in his tracks.

  Because more than a hundred meters away, two giant flying snakes with bodies over twenty meters long were raising their huge heads and looking around, one of which happened to see Li Yuan.

  "This" head of flying snake, which exceeded 18 levels, suddenly burst out a shocking and ear-piercing scream. The penetrating power of the sound was extremely astonishing, and it instantly resonated throughout several kilometers around.

  In an instant.

  "Ah..."

  "Ahhh!" The dense forest responded with a wave of hissing sounds from the flying snakes.

  Even this sound was transmitted to the canyon fog, and a burst of hoarse cries echoed in the fog.

  "Damn it." Li Yuan gritted his teeth. He hadn't expected that the two flying snakes were just out of his sensory range.

  Just as I had just come out of the cave, the other side was staring at this cave.

  Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

  A few flying snakes' wings vibrated, and their speed suddenly soared. They swooped down towards Li Yuan, as if filled with endless rage.

  Boom!

  Li Yuan couldn't help but reveal his true speed, his legs suddenly bursting with power, accelerating to a terrifying pace in an instant, quickly surpassing 70 meters per second, and breaking through 100 seconds just two seconds later.

  "Rumble rumble ~" With a terrifying speed explosion, the air was suddenly shaken, forming waves of sound, and some small trees along the way were knocked to the ground.

  Innumerable pebbles flew about wildly.

  Li Yuan burst into full speed and dodged several flying snakes in a few flashes.

  But right behind, the way forward was blocked by even more flying snakes, a head of flying snakes dancing with their huge bodies, pouncing over.

  "Death."

  Li Yuan burst out without hesitation, a string of gun shadows, a burst of gunfire suddenly erupted.

  Hehe~ Hehe~

  Li Yuan's gun head was small, but the bullet hit these flying snakes at a speed of several times the speed of sound... just like bullets hitting an ordinary person's body.

  One shot, if it pierces the flying snake's skull, the skull explodes.

  If a bullet hits their body, it will be a huge wound, or even cut in half.

  Not even a flying snake could stop Li Yuan's pace of escaping with his life.

  ……

  Killing dozens of strong and weak flying snakes all the way.

  Li Yuan fled frantically until he had escaped more than ten kilometers into the mountains before feeling that there were no flying snakes continuing to pursue him, and only then did his speed slow down.

  Escaped another five or six kilometers before finally stopping completely, came to a huge rock, silently sat cross-legged and adjusted the body's breath.

  "Luckily no second-order flying snakes came out, otherwise it would be really troublesome." Li Yuan muttered.

  He raised his arm, got a signal, and dialed the communication on his smart ring again.

  This time, after waiting for almost twenty seconds.

  "Connected!" Li Yuan finally got through.

  Not video, just communication.

  "Li Yuan, what's up?" came Liu Jing's voice over the comms, low and somewhat subdued.

  "Senior, I have basically figured out the situation in Flying Snake Valley. Now I hope to get support from the base." Li Yuan said solemnly.

  This is the choice made by Li Yuan.

  If we send Blood Guard and Tianliang tribe warriors to fight against the Flying Snake clan, it might work, but more likely not, and extremely dangerous.

  "Wealth and honor are sought in danger, but also lost in danger." Li Yuan muttered to himself.

  It's better to be safe than sorry.

  Even if the harvest is less, it's better to be safe and stable, for only being alive gives you everything.

  "What's going on?" Liu Jing's voice seemed to carry a hint of surprise.

  "After I arrived at Flying Snake Valley......" Li Yuan quickly reported all the intelligence he had gathered.

  And also intercepted part of the probe's video transmission.

  There's nothing to hide.

  Once decided to request support, it is best to report everything known so that the higher-ups at the forward outpost base do not misjudge.

  "Two-headed second-order flying snake? The nearly matured Soul Nurturing Ancient Spirit Fruit?" Liu Jing's voice was tinged with a hint of surprise, seemingly also quite shocked: "There is such a treasure in the Flying Snake Valley?"

  "That's right, absolutely true." Li Yuan said affirmatively.

  The other end of the line was silent for a long time.

  "Li Yuan, I'll be right there." Liu Jing's voice came on again: "Before I arrive, don't stir up trouble unnecessarily."

  "Don't go against the Tianliang tribe either, got it?"

  "I understand."