Today's first update: Chapter 1469! 1/4!
"Sister, I'm really fine..."
Little Fatty, whose arm Shen-bao was gripping, said awkwardly.
"Don't talk!"
"This wound, Brother, look..." Shen-bao grabbed Little Fatty's arm and showed it to Xu Kun.
Xu Kun walked over and saw that the wound on Little Fatty's arm could not heal on its own. Even his vital aura had weakened slightly.
"Cutting off your flesh consumed your Life Origin?"
Wood Attribute trial-takers were uniquely blessed, with long lifespans, but even they had an end. As plants without souls, their Life Origin gradually accumulated alongside their growth rings, receiving the blessings of heaven and earth.
For two plants of the same origin, the longer one grew, the more abundant the Life Origin it naturally accumulated.
Once it reached the limits of life and could no longer accumulate Life Origin, it would begin to wither.
The Life Origin it had accumulated would become nourishment that sustained the plant's continued survival, until it completely withered away.
This process was irreversible.
That was why some spiritual medicines entered their mature stage after reaching a certain age. Harvested then, they could display their greatest medicinal potency. A moment too early, and they would be lacking; a moment too late, and they would begin to decline!
If no accident occurred, they would either be harvested or fall and turn to mud, crushed into dust!
As for such accidents, one possibility was being transplanted into a treasured land and nourished there, breaking through the limits of life. The other was becoming a Wood Race trial-taker with a soul!
Once they became trial-takers, they could once again enter a growth stage by advancing their ranks, just like trial-takers of the myriad races!
And during this growth stage, they no longer needed to passively absorb the energy