89: Absolute restraint

"The ginseng fruit doesn't seem to be anything special," Yuan Feng said indifferently, examining the ginseng fruit in her hand.

"Wutong, you seem to place a lot of importance on this person."

Originally, she had only found the spiritual fruit's appearance quite peculiar and wanted to see it for the novelty.

After seeing it, the novelty had worn off.

To be honest, she truly felt that there was no better spiritual fruit in the Great Desolation than the Wutong fruit.

Qing Wu gave a faint smile. "This item is definitely not as simple as it looks."

As a manifestation of an Innate Spiritual Root, he could sense the pure and majestic life-giving Spiritual Qi contained within this ginseng fruit.

Not only can it be eaten directly, but it is also an excellent material for Alchemy.

But these are only the superficial effects.

As the fruit of one of the ten Supreme-Grade Acquired Spiritual Roots, it naturally possesses other values.

For example, it concerns the method of the Five Elements' chaotic reversal.

In the Great Desolation, the Five Elements have their own principles of mutual restraint.

Metal restrains wood, wood restrains earth, earth restrains water... some contain multiple characteristics and might restrain multiple attributes, or be restrained by them.

However, while on the tree, the ginseng fruit is in conflict with the Five Elements; rumor has it that it falls when encountering metal, withers when encountering wood, dissolves when encountering water, scorches when encountering fire, and sinks when encountering earth. It requires a specific tool for harvesting.

Of course, this is not a bad thing; rather, it is a very valuable characteristic.

By utilizing this characteristic, it might be possible to develop a Divine Ability that absolutely restrains the Five Elements.

Furthermore, Zhenyuanzi has long held the title of the Ancestor of Earthly Immortals and possesses a kind and generous nature.

Moreover, he possesses the treasure known as the Earth Book, which should be of great use.

The value of befriending him is very high.

On the other side, while Zhenyuanzi was still hesitating whether to step forward and make their acquaintance, Lu Shu ran toward them again.

Upon reaching them, he transformed into his Dao body and bowed. "Two Seniors, my Revered Master has accepted the ginseng fruit and sent me to express his gratitude. He also invites you both to come forward for a chat."

As he spoke, Lu Shu produced two spiritual fruits: one Wutong fruit and one yellow center plum.

"See? I told you those two Fellow Daoists wouldn't be difficult to get along with. Look, they've sent us return gifts."

"Daoist Brother, you just overthink things. I also have the ability to judge character."

Zhenyuanzi did not respond, simply ignoring his boasting.

Seeing Lu Shu, many of Zhenyuanzi's concerns vanished.

He had personally witnessed Lu Shu using Divine Abilities at various Spiritual Vein nodes to repair the damage to the earth's veins.

That natural affinity with the earth and the ability to awaken the land's vitality left Zhenyuanzi quite pleasantly surprised.

The two of them had come to the West specifically to repair the Spiritual Veins.

Therefore, he also thought very highly of Lu Shu.

It was truly rare, especially knowing he was born in a place of death like the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains yet could maintain such a pure and kind heart.

From this perspective, a Revered Master capable of teaching such a refined and magnanimous Disciple must also be a top-tier Cultivator.

"Let's go." Seeing his old friend nodding repeatedly, Hongyun pulled him forward.

Upon meeting, Hongyun was still his cheerful self. "Two Fellow Daoists, it's been a long time!"

Zhenyuanzi also bowed and said, "Zhenyuanzi greets the two Fellow Daoists."

Qing Wu nodded. "I am Qing Wu. Thank you, Zhenyuanzi, for the gifted ginseng fruit."

After exchanging greetings and conversing for a while, they began a brief Dao Discussion.

This was also an effective way to deepen their relationship.

While the others were engaged in the Dao Discussion, Lu Shu took the Opportunity to listen from the side.

Afterward, their gazes once again fell upon the Western Land.

"I didn't expect the West to suffer such a great catastrophe..." Zhenyuanzi sighed softly.

"The Spiritual Veins are broken and severed from each other. I don't know how long it will take to repair them."

"Fellow Daoist should have a method for repair," Qing Wu suddenly spoke.

"I heard that you hold the Earth Book, which can connect the Spiritual Veins. Combined with my Disciple's Divine Ability, it should greatly accelerate the repair speed."

Upon hearing this, both Zhenyuanzi's and Hongyun's eyes lit up.

They had personally seen the effect of Lu Shu's Divine Ability on repairing the Spiritual Veins; if the Earth Book were added to connect a wide range of veins, they could achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Immediately, several gazes fell upon Lu Shu, who blinked, not yet knowing what was happening.

In the next moment, Zhenyuanzi had already unfurled the Earth Book, upon which phantoms of mountain and river networks appeared.

As he began to activate it, thousands of dark-yellow runes descended like falling stars into the earth.

In an instant, the originally shattered Spiritual Veins seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand, and the fractures glowed with a faint dark-yellow dao rhyme.

Seeing this, Lu Shu immediately understood and let out a cry, transforming back into his original form.

Golden light flared around him, complementing the golden light from Zhenyuanzi's Earth Book.

As the Spiritual Veins were temporarily connected and stabilized by the Earth Book, Lu Shu's Earth Meridian Soul Calming Song rang out at the right time. The clear cries, mixed with the vibrations of the Golden Bell around his neck, transformed into visible green ripples flowing along the veins.

A special rapport formed between the two; Zhenyuanzi used the Earth Book as a needle to stitch the broken Spiritual Veins.

Lu Shu used the melody as a thread to inject vitality into the wounds.

Those Spiritual Veins eroded by Evil Qi gradually lost their dark red hue after the green light swept over them, restoring their translucent jade color.

Centered around the two, the land within a radius of tens of millions of miles was undergoing astonishing changes.

The cracked earth closed like healing wounds, dried-up riverbeds seeped with fresh springs again, and several tender green Spiritual Plants even poked their heads out from the rock crevices.

Across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, vitality reappeared.

This process lasted for a total of ten thousand years. Through their mutual cooperation, although they were still far from completely repairing the Western Land's Spiritual Veins, life had begun to emerge on the Western Land.

The sky suddenly rained down golden light of Karma, which split into several parts, with the two largest masses sinking into their bodies.

Qing Wu and the others had also contributed slightly and thus shared in some of the Karma.

Zhenyuanzi stroked his beard and smiled, while Lu Shu was pleasantly surprised to find that his connection with the earth had become even closer.

Seeing that Lu Shu was already somewhat exhausted and it was not suitable to continue using Divine Abilities, Zhenyuanzi took the initiative to speak.

"Two Fellow Daoists, why not come to my Dao Field on Wanshou Mountain to rest for a while?"

Hongyun also invited them, "That's right. Last time, you two declined to visit my Fire Cloud Cave; this time, come to Wuzhuang Temple and eat more ginseng fruit."

Hearing this, Zhenyuanzi couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

This old friend of his would occasionally bring people to Wuzhuang Temple under the guise of making introductions.

But in reality, most people just wanted to use their relationship with Hongyun to scrounge for some Opportunity here.

But for Qing Wu and the other, he was naturally very happy to play host.

Not to mention that if it weren't for them, he wouldn't have been able to obtain so much Karma in such a short time.

Furthermore, he sensed an aura from Qing Wu that was very compatible with Spiritual Roots.

If he invited him back, the Ginseng Fruit Tree might also sense it and perhaps become even more spiritual.

And Qing Wu naturally would not refuse; if anything, this was exactly what he had hoped for.

He finally had the chance to see the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

"Excellent. I was also just thinking of paying a visit to your residence."