The old woman probably never imagined that the fruit which had stumped even heroes would actually be this easy to peel, did she? This opened up so many possibilities that even Ji Dongkui would probably vomit up a mouthful of old blood!
I immediately picked out a fruit nearby that looked unripe and was a full size smaller, then brought my sword down and cut it off on the spot. "Big Cat! Eat the peel and shell, and leave the core for me!"
Lan Ran now understood what I was trying to do as well. Her face filled with astonishment as she transmitted, "If you do this, won't your Martial Mother be furious?"
"Heh heh. I'm risking my life to help her, so what's wrong with taking a few fruits? It's not like they won't grow back." I grinned. The panda was currently starved for energy, and though the core looked unripe, the chaos crystals condensed inside it were actually purer. It snapped up the fruit, and after a few crackling bites, crushed it to pieces!
And don't think this fellow was truly a glutton. After years of eating, it had developed a picky nature. It could deliberately let anything unnecessary slip from the corner of its mouth, so leaving the core behind was no problem at all!
Plop—the core fell down exactly as expected, without the slightest mishap. My heart leaped when I saw it. It was actually no different from the core of a ripe fruit! So these divine-tree fruits didn't need to ripen before they could be picked. They could only be taken once the peel and shell had completely fallen away, or were on the verge of doing so. Otherwise, even hacking apart several first-grade divine swords might not be enough to get at the core!