Chapter 354: Nurturing Infant Fruit

"Fellow Daoist Lingyan, please do not misunderstand me; simply remove your outer garments to facilitate my application of divine abilities for healing," Qin Ming explained.

Only then did Yue Lingyan suddenly realize, and following Qin Ming's instructions, she removed her outer robe, revealing shoulders of ice-like smooth jade skin and a long, snow-white fox tail.

Qin Ming circulated the "Green Emperor Art"; facing such breathtaking beauty, his heart remained as still as water. Then, he made a void grasp with his five fingers, and a wisp of cyan-green radiance appeared in his palm—this was the Four Seasons Divine Light.

Sitting cross-legged behind Yue Lingyan, Qin Ming pressed his palm against her back, whereupon the Four Seasons Divine Light flowed continuously into her body.

In an instant.

"Mmm~"

Yue Lingyan let out a soft hum; she felt a ceaseless energy surging into her, constantly nourishing and restoring her injuries, even possessing the effect of cultivating her origin source.

Especially profound was the aura of time and the essence of flora and trees that lingered around her, knotting together without dispersing.

On her pale face, vitality gradually began to emerge, tinted with a touch of crimson red, making her breathtakingly beautiful beyond compare.

【9】 Seeing this, the Shi Tian Shu pulled the Silver Fox away to a distance and hurriedly covered her eyes with its paws, saying, "Do not look at what is improper, do not look at what is improper!"

Seeing this, Shi Tian Shu pulled the Silver Fox to a distance and hastily covered her eyes with his hands, "Do not look at indecency, do not look at indecency!"

Silver Moon also understood its meaning; immediately, her cheeks flushed with shy red, yet she could not help but steal glances through the gaps between the Shi Tian Shu's fingers.

However, seeing that Senior Qin was acting this way only to treat her mother's injuries, she instantly understood.

Furthermore, she observed that although this Senior Qin spoke only of exchanges of benefit, he conducted himself with honor and integrity, and was not the sort of great villain or evildoer.

Therefore, she felt quite reassured.

As time passed, Qin Ming had already consumed over a dozen wisps of the Four Seasons Divine Light.

The aura emanating from Yue Lingyan continued to climb, until she recovered to the peak of the third stage.

Boom! Suddenly, a powerful pressure originating from the Wang Zu bloodline radiated from her body.

One could see that between Yue Lingyan's eyebrows, a nine-petaled spiritual flower strangely bloomed, seeming to be some extremely potent innate spiritual body.

The moment this nine-petaled spiritual flower appeared, Qin Ming was horrified to discover that the magic power within his own body was being involuntarily drawn over by her, like a giant whale sucking in water.

'This...'

'If things continue like this, I will surely be drained dry by her.'

Qin Ming attempted to wake her, but found she had fallen into some sort of state.

At this very moment.

Yue Lingyan was immersed in an extremely comfortable healing sensation, completely unaware that her spiritual body was devouring Qin Ming's magic power.

Qin Ming's gaze immediately turned sharp, and he instantly activated his Green Emperor Wood Emperor Sacred Body.

One could see a simple, archaic cyan rune emerge between his eyebrows, transforming into a small sapling two inches in size; immediately, its branches and leaves scattered a patch of cyan light, instantly severing the connection between the two.

Qin Ming's complexion turned slightly pale before he withdrew his hands.

Yue Lingyan also instantly woke from her immersed state.

Only after regaining her senses did she realize she had involuntarily absorbed Qin Ming's magic power; greatly alarmed, she turned to look at Qin Ming and asked with concern, "Fellow Daoist Qin, are you alright?"

"Mm, it's acceptable," Qin Ming said lightly.

He regulated his breath to calm the surging magic power within his body and swallowed a spirit pill, so there was no longer any serious issue.

Only then did Yue Lingyan's pretty face flush red as she rustled while putting her clothes back on.

The Shi Tian Shu occasionally glanced toward Bai Yuhan's bed; seeing the two being affectionate, it turned its head and said to the Silver Fox, "How about we two wait outside?"

"Ah? H-how can we do that?" the Silver Fox replied in a voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

Just at this moment.

Qin Ming's voice came from afar, "Alright, you two come over here."

Upon hearing this, joy immediately flashed in the Silver Fox's eyes; she transformed into a streak of silver light and landed beside Yue Ruyan, and seeing her mother fully restored, she cheered excitedly, "Mother! Are you healed?" "Mm!" Yue Ruyan smiled faintly and reached out to affectionately pat the Silver Fox's head.

At the same time, Yue Ruyan was surprised to discover that having absorbed a portion of Qin Ming's magic power, her original realm of peak third stage now showed faint signs of an impending breakthrough.

Now, only a final sliver of opportunity was missing.

This made her feel immensely grateful to Qin Ming once again; she stood up, bowed deeply to Qin Ming, and said, "Thank you for the great grace of saving my life today; I have no way to repay this, and I owe Fellow Daoist Qin a tremendous favor. If there is anything you need in the future, please do not hesitate to ask me."

"It is nothing; just do not forget about the matter of the fourth-stage spirit fruit," Qin Ming said as he also stood up and waved his hand casually.

Yue Lingyan still insisted, saying, "What is a mere fourth-stage spirit fruit compared to the great grace of saving a life? Moreover... I accidentally absorbed Fellow Daoist Qin's magic power, and now I feel my cultivation is even more seamless and unobstructed, having gained immense benefit."

Sensing the aura emanating from her, Qin Ming confirmed it indeed far surpassed that of any cultivator he had encountered before; he had not even felt such a presence on the Green-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon.

At this moment, Yue Lingyan revealed the noble bloodline aura of a beast king, the leader of a clan, along with unfathomable strength.

What puzzled him even more was that she had actually awakened some peculiar spiritual body capable of plundering a cultivator's magic power and converting it into her own cultivation, which was truly domineering.

If not for his Green Emperor Wood Emperor Sacred Body, he would likely have suffered a great loss today; by then, having his magic power drained to the point of his realm dropping, it would be too late even for tears.

Just thinking about it now made Qin Ming feel fearful in hindsight.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Lingyan, I wish to know: what exactly is this fourth-stage spirit fruit you speak of?" Qin Ming changed the subject to ask.

Yue Lingyan knew Qin Ming's main purpose was also for this, so she did not hide much and answered directly, "To be honest with Fellow Daoist Qin, it is a fourth-stage Nurturing Infant Fruit, and it is nearing maturity."

"Presumably, this fruit is also of great use to you human cultivators?"

Upon hearing this, waves surged in Qin Ming's heart, and he was immediately overjoyed, though on the surface he still nodded without revealing his emotions.

'It is actually one of the several main ingredients for refining the Infant-Condensing Pill!'

'I never expected that through a series of coincidences, I would make such a gain.'

'This Shi Tian Shu fellow has actually accomplished a great merit.'

Immediately after, he asked again, "May I ask where this spiritual plant is currently located?"

"It is within a cave on the northwest side of the Beast Cry Mountain Range, but the surrounding mountains are year-round isolated by poisonous miasma capable of eroding the magic power of those at the Jin Dan stage."

"The place where the Nurturing Infant Fruit grows contains an Earth Heart Spiritual Spring that continuously nourishes the spiritual plant, thus giving birth to such a heavenly treasure and earthly wonder."

Upon hearing 'Earth Heart Spiritual Spring', Qin Ming's heart was struck with surprise once again.

As a grandmaster of spiritual plants at the peak of the third stage, he naturally had some knowledge and understanding of this.

The Earth Heart Spiritual Spring is a spiritual eye location that can only condense within numerous spiritual veins and blessed lands; it seizes the creation of heaven and earth and is rare to find in the world.

The spiritual spring water gushing forth possessed various incredible effects for nourishing spiritual plants.

"No wonder it could grow fourth-tier spiritual plants, and even Embryo-Nurturing Fruits; it turns out there is an earth-core spiritual spring here."

Qin Ming's thoughts raced, already considering how to move this earth-core spiritual spring into his small spiritual realm.

"Aside from the isolation by poisonous miasma, are there other dangers? Perhaps a great demon guarding it?" he immediately asked.

Yue Lingyan nodded and said, "Near that Embryo-Nurturing Fruit, there is indeed another danger, but no great demon guards it; otherwise, it would not be our turn."

"Deep within the cave, a type of earth-fiend yin qi that erodes the divine soul erupts year-round; even a Jin Dan at the perfect realm cannot withstand it."

"Fortunately, over these years, I have collected spiritual treasures from various places and finally refined this 'Cloud-Avoiding Gauze,' which can help us pass through the poisonous miasma and the earth-vein yin fiend."

Having said this, she took out a green brocade-handkerchief-shaped magical treasure and displayed it for Qin Ming to see.

As Qin Ming swept his divine sense over it, relying on his profound mastery of the Treasure Refining Art, he recognized at a single glance that this item was quite extraordinary, being a top-grade third-tier magical treasure.

At the same time, it was evident that Yue Lingyan had expended considerable effort and time to refine this magical treasure.

It seemed she had been planning for a long time precisely to obtain the fourth-tier Embryo-Nurturing Fruit.

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