Chapter 981: Beggar
"Such immediate results?"
Tu Shan Jun had not expected that the divine medicine would reveal a wisp of vitality as soon as it took root.
Though that vitality was still insubstantial, like a blade of grass that could be bent at any moment.
It was unlike the rootless duckweed of before.
Now, the "blade of grass" had roots.
Roots driven deep!
As the roots spread and coiled, the divine medicine did not shoot higher. Instead, it shrank by several feet, changing from its original height of three zhang to one zhang six chi in no time. Now it complemented the rear courtyard of the Yan Jun Temple perfectly.
Its luxuriant branches and leaves would no longer draw attention by standing out too much.
"The divine medicine has spirit."
Tu Shan Jun nodded in delight.
Though the old tree looked half-dead, it was remarkably cooperative when it came time to conceal itself. It even took the initiative to hide its own divine radiance, as though it knew it could not be too ostentatious.
If it had not been divine medicine, it might have already become a spirit.
And what cultivation would an enlightened divine medicine possess?
Tu Shan Jun did not dwell on it further. With a casual gesture, he sent Shou He back, then returned to the rear courtyard of the Yan Jun Hall.
Even if the divine medicine concealed itself, someone still had to guard it day and night. Now that so many outsiders had entered the Land of Divine Prohibition, if someone stole a divine medicine fruit because no one was watching, no amount of regret could make up for it.
Wan Ning County.
An unnamed medical clinic.
The old man tending the lamp abruptly raised his head.
His brows knitted tightly.
Even after