Ear Consciousness Method detected no lie.
Liang Qu's heart sank swiftly, and he tightened his webbed feet.
"How could you be unable to serve? Frog Duke is divinely capable, full of ingenious schemes, planning within the command tent and deciding victory a thousand miles away. Could it be that, within the Great Marsh, you never used your mystic arts to gather longevity treasures? Or have the treasures at home already been used up?
"Rest assured, I'll go to the Celestial Ship Merchant Guild at once, or seek out General Yuan in Pengze. Both places have Longevity Treasure. Right, there's also Cannot Move! Cannot Move has a longevity-extending divine power! There's no need to worry about enduring the medicinal force. Just hold on another two months!"
Cannot Move wagged its tail and slipped into the circle of frogs. Da Pang and Er Pang immediately shifted aside, opening a path.
They had rushed to Huang Province in late October to use the [Longevity Augmentation Seal] on Xu Shi's two parents. It had recovered in late January after being expended. Now it was mid-February; Cannot Move's divine power would recover in another two and a half months, enough to use on Old Toad.
"Alas... it's no use." Old Toad let out a long sigh. Two more wrinkles folded across its protruding round belly, making it even more crumpled. "As a Treasure Toad, I am an aberrant species, born of heaven and raised by earth, seizing the craftsmanship of heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of sun and moon. Cough, cough, Liang Qing..."
Its gaze turned toward him. Liang Qu grasped the meaning and racked his brains, scraping his guts clean. "The transformations of heaven and earth give birth to divine things. Clouds are blown forth, moistness is exhaled, floating vapor billows thickly; vitality