"There's a fluctuation of Innate Fire Essence Qi up ahead." Tongtian stopped. When his Spiritual Sense touched that scorching aura, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Xuanyuan also sensed the pure rhythm of the Great Dao of Fire and guessed at its source. He quickened his pace. "It must be a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root. Let's go take a look."
Before long, the scene before them suddenly brightened:
In the clearing ahead stood a spiritual tree about ten feet tall. Its trunk looked as though it had been cast from Innate Vermilion Gold, and faint flame patterns shimmered between its grain. Spiritual mist brushed past, making its fine leaves rustle.
The leaves were tiny, no bigger than a thumb, and an exceptionally rare shade of red and yellow. One half gleamed like molten gold, the other shone like cinnabar. A tiny spark hung from the tip of each leaf, vanishing into a wisp of smoke as soon as it touched the ground.
Even more eye-catching were the fruits on its branches:
Sixty plump jujubes hung among the boughs. They were crimson all over, like red crystal, their skins gleaming with a dewy sheen. Faint flame-cloud patterns flowed across their surfaces, and up close, they gave off a rich, sweet fragrance mingled with pure Innate Fire Spiritual Qi.
"So it's a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root, the Crimson Crystal Fire Jujube." Xuanyuan understood.
The Crimson Crystal Fire Jujube, also known as the Innate Crimson Jujube, was the first jujube tree in the world, nurtured by the Great Dao of Innate Fire. Among all fire-element Innate Spiritual Roots, it ranked just below the Fusang Tree. It later came into the possession of Nanjixian Weng, one of the two Immortals of Fortune and Virtue from the Chan Teachings.
And Nanjixian Weng seemed