The elm seed was round and yellowish-white all over. Its shape and size were much like the New Moon Coins issued by the New Moon Blessed Land, but it was much thicker, plump in the middle and faintly raised.
Around the raised center, fine patterns curled and intertwined, giving it a mysterious air.
Old Man Yu gently stroked it with his fingers. It felt smooth and warm, and it was so crystalline and translucent that it hardly seemed like a fruit at all. It looked more like a jade coin carved from Spirit Stones.
If Old Man Yu hadn't watched it grow on the tree and fall into his hand, he would have found it hard to believe it was a fruit.
As for its effects, Old Man Yu had just witnessed them. Now, as he stared at the elm seed in his palm, that instinctive hunger for life surged through him again, making him want to eat it right then and there.
But in the end, he managed to restrain himself with the last bit of his reason.
The wolf-bear had already eaten one and was still digesting it. From the way it looked, the fruit had clearly done it a great deal of good, and it was now in a state much like cultivation.
He could only hope that no more Insect Race members would come during this time.
Otherwise, there was no way he could hold them off alone—not at his age and only at Fetal Movement Major Accomplishment.
In truth, the wolf-bear's transformation came far faster and more violently than he had expected.
Before Old Man Yu could figure out what was happening, the wolf-bear suddenly rose upright. Its black fur rippled like waves, and the tuft of white fur between its brows had not only