After Yun Bingxin's understanding of the divine tree's properties allowed her to deceive it, the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine actually began emitting a faint glow. It seemed the energy link had already been activated, and the section of trunk being absorbed began to wither at a visible speed!
The glue clinging to the branches soon started making crackling sounds as the trunk was sucked dry. Before long, the enormous trunk, which was as tall as several stories, had hollowed out into a tree hole large enough for a person to enter!
Purple Dress immediately clapped her hands and said, "Bingxin, you're amazing! If there's anything delicious inside, I'll give you half!"
"Um... after you've eaten your fill, you can give me some." Yun Bingxin smiled bitterly. She did not have Purple Dress's habit.
Come to think of it, back when we attacked Zhou Qiping's main stronghold in the Nine Provinces Realm, I had found a Bamboo Seed of Fortune. I had given it to Purple Dress to complete her Dao Body, which had also granted her a direct boost in cultivation. It seemed she had sensed something similar this time, which was why she had flown down without regard for anything else to search for it.
I thought there should be no danger here, and the two of them had things they could discuss together. After all, they were both plants that had cultivated sentience. So I waited for a while before saying, "Why don't you two stay here and extract the trunk for now? Dig the hole a little deeper. There are important matters at the divine tower that I need to handle... Once I've dealt with everything above, I'll come back down. How does that sound?"
"Go on. You probably can't help much here anyway." Yun Bingxin showed