After pouring more than a dozen drops in succession, the flower bloomed, exposing the snake fruit to the air. The Nine Nether Snake Fruit had finally ripened!
"It's ready!" Liu Xinghan said as he put away the Plant Growth Potion.
Dugu Bo's face lit up with delight. Examining the Nine Nether Snake Fruit, he asked, "How should this be eaten?"
Pointing at the fruit in the center of the flower, Liu Xinghan said, "See that fruit? Just pick it and eat it."
"Pick it directly with my hand?" Dugu Bo asked. "Are there any other requirements?"
Liu Xinghan shook his head. "No. Just pick it with your hand."
Hearing this, Dugu Bo immediately said to Dugu Yan, "Yan'er, do as Xiao Han says and eat this fruit."
"Okay!"
Dugu Yan walked over to the Nine Nether Snake Fruit and reached out to pick it. As soon as the fruit was removed, the flower's roots and stem immediately withered into flying ash, leaving behind only the fruit.
Liu Xinghan explained, "Once the fruit is picked, the Nine Nether Flower will wither away, leaving only its seeds. It will sprout again after a hundred years of rest, bloom after a thousand years, and only bear fruit after ten thousand years!"
"That long? Then this fruit is far too precious!" Dugu Yan exclaimed.
Liu Xinghan nodded. "Eat it!"
At the critical moment, Dugu Bo instead became nervous. "Xiao Han, will eating this fruit really be all right? This old man only has one granddaughter. Nothing must happen to her."
Liu Xinghan said helplessly, "I already told you, we're in the same boat now. Would I really trick you?"
Before Dugu Bo could say anything else, Dugu Yan swallowed the snake fruit in one bite, then sat cross-legged and began cultivating.
Dugu Bo immediately