Xuanyou Fruit?
How had he reincarnated into a fruit?
Gu An looked at the prompt before his eyes and felt that for the next several thousand years, he was probably going to be stuck on the tree the entire time—and he would have no chance to choose otherwise.
This was rather novel!
Gu An continued reading. Prompts kept emerging. As a Xuanyou Fruit, he constantly encountered passersby in the years that followed.
There were Ghost Immortals, demons, and humans. Some merely passed by, while some would stop as that Ghost Immortal had.
Only...
The wait exceeded his expectations.
Ten thousand years passed, and he was still a Xuanyou Fruit.
[At twelve thousand seven hundred thirty-two years old, you comprehended heaven, earth, and nature, grasped the Yin-Yang Great Dao, and your cultivation increased] [At twelve thousand eight hundred three years old, heavy rain fell from the firmament. You had never felt rainwater before. Immersed in the scouring downpour, your physical body improved] [At thirteen thousand one hundred forty-six years old, you swayed with the wind, broke free from the vine, and fell to the ground. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged toward you, and you began to transform. Please choose a male or female body]
The prompt stopped there. Gu An could not help raising an eyebrow. This needed a choice?
Male body!
Gu An made his choice. Over the previous ten thousand-plus years, the Xuanyou Fruit he had become had witnessed the difference between men and women, and had probably been considering the matter all these years.
After the choice was made, his reincarnated body gestated for a full hundred years before successfully transforming. He also comprehended an innate divine ability: Xuanyou Yin-Yang Protection!
He even took a section of branch from the Xuanyou Primordial Tree, turned it