Chapter 2540: Sudden Contest

Seeing Lu Yin close his eyes again left Xu Ji speechless. "You're trying again?"

"It's not like I have anything to lose," Lu Yin replied as he thought about Big Face Tree.

Just thinking of that tree gave him a headache. His mind was filled with the booming voice as it recounted the story of the Third Mainland's glorious war. After hearing it so many times, Lu Yin could recite the entire thing. After a moment, he opened his eyes and took a step forward. He then grabbed… a tetra-chromatic fruit.

The entire Arboreal School fell silent.

Xu Ji was utterly dumbfounded. Was this even possible?

This was the day that the students of the Arboreal School finally understood who the students in the Voidforce and Lost Clan Schools had felt before.

When Lu Yin triggered the Voidforce Tide and pulled down the village, the students of the Voidforce School had been left in a collective state of shock.

When he had successfully finished tapping all three cards in less than half an hour, and then found the Hidden Mountain card, the people of the Lost Clan School had been stunned.

At this moment, he had successfully sensed and grabbed different wood fruits three times in a row, one of which was a tetra-chromatic fruit. At this moment, the people of the Arboreal School were struck speechless.

Even Mu Sanye was visibly taken aback. Was this actually possible? He had not seen such a thing in many years.

Xu Xiangyin actually recovered the quickest. He moved to stand in front of Mu Sanye and showed a friendly smile. "Trustworthiness is the most important quality in a person."

Seeing Xu Xiangyin's smile, Mu Sanye felt irritated and somewhat resentful. Given Xuan Qi’s Yin's talent, he could easily be accepted as a member of the Arboreal Realm, but because the Voidforce Universe had made a move first, Mu San had missed such a talented individual. Why had Xuan Qi not gone to the Arboreal School first?

"Talent is the driving force behind a civilization’s development," Mu Sanye somberly replied.

The comment struck a nerve in Xu Xiangyin. "Mu San, you promised you wouldn’t try to steal him away from me."

"I regret that," Mu Sanye replied.

Xu Xiangyin's eyes grew large. "You-"

Before Xu Xiangyin could even get started, Mu Sanye raised a hand to cut the man off. Rubbing his forehead, Mu San said, "I regret it, but I did indeed tell you that I wouldn’t try to fight you for him, and I will keep my word."

Xu Xiangyin sighed in relief and a smile resurfaced on his face.

"However, Xu Xiangyin, you need to compensate me," Mu Sanye continued in a low voice.

Xu Xiangyin wanted to argue, but after considering the situation for a moment, he decided that it would be best to offer some sort of compensation to avoid any further complications. After all, the youth was simply stood out too much.

"Don't hesitate. That child just obtained the tetra-chromatic fruit, which means that he is eligible to enter the Arboreal Sanctuary. You know what that means. If he can acquire an incredible innate gift, it can change his future. Compared to that, the compensation you give to me means nothing," Mu Sanye said gloomily.

Naturally, Xu Xiangyin understood this as well. "Your Arboreal Realm’s Mu Mu has similarly been given the opportunity to search for a powerful voidforce puppet in my Voidforce Universe, which is our universe’s equivalent to the opportunity Xuan Qi has just obtained. Nobody loses out."

"Mu Mu can’t compare to Xuan Qi's talent," Mu Sanye snorted.

Xu Xiangyin quickly changed the topic.

A green bubble floated up next to Lu Yin. He reached out a hand to gently touch it. A slight bit of energy entered his body from his fingertips, similar to when he absorbed energy from a star crystal. It was almost indiscernible, but this was the power that the people from the Arboreal Realm cultivated. It was another energy that was a type of power that had been created by immensely powerful individuals who could induce changes to the universe.He wanted to guide the energy to the system of energy in his chest, but it was not the time. He wanted to try one more time to choose a fruit.

While Lu Yin was familiar with Big Face Tree, that was not the tree he was the most familiar with. That could only be Sapling!

"Xuan Qi-" Xu Ji started speaking, but stopped after uttering just two words. He stared at Lu Yin in astonishment. What is he doing? He just closed his eyes again? Is he trying again?

The crowd remained rooted in place in absolute silence. Their expressions ranged from shock to confusion. Lu Yin had shocked them too much in too short a time. They all watched as Lu Yin closed his eyes once more, and a ridiculous premonition arose in people’s minds: would he actually pick a penta-chromatic fruit?

Despite their disbelief, the inexplicable premonition steadily intensified within the people watching.

Outside of the Arboreal School, Mu Sanye, Xu Xiangyin, and You Teng all stared at “Xuan Qi.” When they saw him close his eyes again, the same thought struck them: He isn’t trying again, is he?

Mu Sanye and the other two had never imagined they would see the day that their understanding of reality would be completely shattered.

Picking a Wood Fruit was not nearly as simple as it seemed. In the Arboreal Realm, there were numerous families and sects who longed to pick the best Wood Fruits, but had no success. These families and sects would go to great lengths as they sought out the strangest trees in the entire universe, and would even search parallel universes, just to allow their descendants contact with them. Even so, it was considered rather impressive if those descendants could pick a tri-chromatic fruit.

Most of the Arboreal Realm’s cultivators were quite satisfied with picking a di-chromatic fruit.