These little insects were hard to make out with the naked eye, which also meant they were extremely fragile. Otherwise, Sky City could never have poisoned such a vast number of them so easily.
Fortunately, over the years, quite a few spirit insects had bred in the lake. This eased my mind. I took a large bucket from my storage bag and put some of the insects into it along with the water from the lake. After searching the place again and finding nothing else, I confirmed that the cavern had formed naturally before leaving with Fu Yu.
Once we were outside, Fu Yu took out the prize I had won. After I accepted it, I said, "Disappointed? You don't have to be. How about this? I'll give you a chance. If you can tell me the genders of these Earth Immortal Fruits, I can still give you one."
Fu Yu immediately shook his head. "I swallowed this thing as soon as it left the water. Why would I take the initiative to study which ones are male and which are female? Still, if there are enough of them, finding the distinguishing features among them shouldn't be difficult."
"That makes sense. For them to produce seeds, both male and female fruits are needed. Otherwise, seeds won't simply appear out of thin air." I took out all the fruits and compared them one by one, but soon wore a baffled expression. "Looks like none of them have any distinguishing features. What do we do now?"
"How about soaking them in there? These insects can burrow into and out of the immortal fruits to pollinate them, so they must have some way of telling them apart," Fu Yu explained.
I nodded and could only wash all six fruits clean, taking care not