Early the next morning, Huangfu Yi found a bamboo basket, put Pei Yuhuan in the basket, and set off. They headed into the mountains, following the marks from the horse hooves from before, aiming northwest to join the Pei family's team.

But after only half a day of travel, Pei Yuhuan started to fuss.

"Hey! I'm hungry!"

"I just told you to drink some porridge, and you refused."

"That bowl was filthy! It had sand in it, and there wasn't even any honey mixed!"

"Are you still asleep? Where am I supposed to find honey in this wilderness..."

"Then I want to eat snow pears."

"There aren't any!"

Huangfu Yi really wanted to throw the basket off his back. But he stopped himself, merely thinking it.

"Bear with it a little longer, once we cross this mountain we'll be there..."

"Who said there aren't any, isn't that one there?"

"..."

There really was one, as Huangfu Yi looked in the direction she pointed, he saw a pear tree hanging from between the cliffs, full of large golden-yellow pears.

Eh? How is that possible?

Huangfu Yi rubbed his eyes, but it was definitely not an illusion.

That's strange, on the way here, I definitely hadn't seen this pear tree?

Besides, they had only been traveling for half a day, they couldn't be far from where the refugees' camp was, right?

Could it be that tens of thousands of people failed to see the abundance of pears?

No, something must be amiss here...

Pei Yuhuan fussed,

"I want to eat snow pears! Eat pears! Eat pears!!"

"..."

Huangfu Yi swallowed, he couldn't really blame the girl for the fuss. The pear tree between the cliffs truly was impressive. Not only was the spirit tree surrounded by clouds and mist, evidently infused with spiritual breath and True Qi, but the fruits themselves were crystal clear, glittering brightly. With the breeze wafting, their fragrance permeated the air, enticing anyone that smelled it. Indeed,

The solitary tree presses the clouds low with its jade-like splendor, sinuous branches coil like a dragon among the cloud's abode, the dangling tips sway gently with the wind, frosted starry fruit gleaming against icy skin.

System evaluation,

"Pear, Ninth Grade inferior, garbage fruit, can upgrade junk to garbage."

Huangfu Yi was stunned,

"What? Even this thing can be evaluated?"

System,

"Of course, this is called professionalism."

Pei Yuhuan fussed,

"Pear pear pear!!"

Huangfu Yi found it all unbearably annoying too,

"Got it, got it! Stop fussing, I'll go pick it!"

After all, the system had identified it as harmless. Plus, who knows, it might really be a good thing.

Well, now Huangfu Yi was gradually understanding, there's no certainty that trash is just trash, garbage is just garbage. It's just like that Immortal Pear, any fool could tell it's a Heavenly Material, a rare Spirit Fruit, definitely a good thing, so how could it be garbage?

So perhaps, this system's standards are just too high, the criteria too stringent, the grading too harsh.

After all, when you think about it, this system is most likely devised by that Supreme who can soul-summon people from Taiji Heaven and descend gods beyond Outer Heaven.

That person's existence has already shattered the void, traveling beyond the heavens. Looking back at these mere mortal-world spirit fruits and cultivation techniques, wouldn't they see this as garbage, and that as trash?

So maybe their family swordsmanship isn't that...

System,

"Stop consoling yourself. That is really trash."

"Tsk..."

"Pear!!"

"Got it, got it! I'm climbing!"

Without a path in sight, Huangfu Yi had no other choice but to carry the bamboo basket and climb the rocks. Fortunately, his Gang Fist had tempered his muscles and bones solidly, along with True Qi protecting him, carrying a little girl wasn't much of a challenge. He scrambled up like a spiritual ape and soon reached the tree.

"Wow! Pears!"

Pei Yuhuan stretched out her hand and picked one.

"Be careful, don't fall off!"

Huangfu Yi steadied himself upon the branch, turned his head, and saw Pei Yuhuan holding the pear to his mouth. For a moment, he was a bit surprised,

"Eat it yourself. I'm not hungry yet."

Pei Yuhuan didn't bother pretending,

"You eat first, what if it's poisonous."

"..."

Sigh, these Gate Valve Families with their palace intrigue education, raising young ladies to vie for the position of the supreme ruler of Ziwei, really are a bit annoying...

Huangfu Yi didn't want to bicker with a teenage girl and took the pear to take a bite.

It was truly good, fragrant and thirst-quenching. With every bite, spiritual breath overflowed, moistening the lungs and generating saliva, controlling the breath and nourishing Qi. A stream of cool True Breath almost surged from the throat, pouring straight down his gullet, stirring the Qi Sea, and setting off waves in the Qi flow in his innards...

So the system chimed in,

"Pear, can upgrade garbage to garbage, this special effect works only once.

Recommend choosing one of the three authentic Mystic Sect Inner Strength techniques to cultivate, enough to get through the early stages. Below is the upgrade evaluation analysis.

Carefree Wind-controlling Divine Skill (fragment), can instantly digest a hundred years of power, immediately transforming into a master among the garbage, triggers massive love tribulation upon upgrading.

True Light Primordial Breaker (fragment), can refine decades of power for use, master a garbage-level finger technique, establishing karmic ties of breaking mountains and cutting temples upon upgrading.

Xuanhuang Qi-shifting Divine Skill (fragment), consumes all Inner Breath, refines one trace of Xuanhuang Qi, with a chance to advance to garbage, triggers the first death tribulation of the Nine Calamities and Eight Passes upon upgrading.

Please consider carefully and decide on the subsequent upgrade allocation path."

Huangfu Yi couldn't understand what the system was prattling about. In any case, he understood there could be an upgrade, and he had his own ideas.

"No need to consider, I've decided, upgrade Flame Wind Blazing Fire Sword!"

The system was shocked,

"Huh? Why practice that kind of garbage! That is garbage, don't you understand? No matter how much you learn garbage skills, it's useless!"

Huangfu Yi was angry,

"Nonsense! The Duan family could elevate their Blood Flame Tyrant Blade from garbage to something substantial! Why can't my Huangfu family! Aren't you supposed to be customized for me! I want something of substance too!"

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