A Different Path

After Sikong Zhan left, Yuan Ming pondered alone over ways to recruit believers and speed up the condensation of Wish Power Pills.

Just then, Flower Branch and King Kong came in from outside.

"Master, your brows are about to twist into a knot. What's troubling you?" Flower Branch had been eagerly preparing to report something, but seeing Yuan Ming deep in thought, she tilted her head and asked curiously.

She had already broken through during the sixty years Yuan Ming spent in seclusion. Afterward, she had not entered seclusion again, instead remaining active in the seas around Spirit Ape Island.

Breaking through to Level Five had greatly enhanced her. According to her, aside from the usual improvements, her spore ability had evolved once more, allowing her to switch between two different forms.

The first was a highly toxic form. In this form, her spores possessed extraordinarily fierce poison, capable of poisoning someone to death in a short time and turning them into a corpse covered in brilliant flowers. Even Void Refinement Cultivators who encountered it had to expend tremendous effort suppressing the poison, or they too would die when it flared up.

The second was a healing form. Through her spores, Flower Branch could absorb and store the spiritual power contained within an enemy's body, then bloom a pinkish-white flower upon herself that contained no poison whatsoever. It held pure spiritual power, and consuming it could rapidly restore one's physical strength and mana.

With these two abilities working in tandem, even ordinary Void Refinement Cultivators might not be Flower Branch's match. Thus, Yuan Ming had felt at ease letting her move about outside.

"I'm merely worried that acquiring Wish Power Pills is too slow." Hearing Flower Branch's question, Yuan Ming sighed. He did not think she could be of much