Tianming already knew who they were. All of them were also from the Primordial Sands. Their leader was Jiang Yuheng, Jiang Yulian's younger brother. He had a team of five with him and they’d been patrolling the surroundings since finding the fruit and sending a message to the other group. Jiang Yuheng had already begun harvesting it by the time Tianming arrived.0

A formation? He saw a large bundle of black vines through which divine celestial patterns of black and gold flowed. There were a few layers of formations keeping the golden ninelives fruit within.0

"Hmmm, what does it mean for the fruit to be protected by so many formations...0