This left Shi Yue somewhat disappointed. After a brief moment of thought, he climbed down from the Yellow Wind Ox and dug the seed out of the flowerpot.
The seed's surface was dull and lusterless, but when he held it in his palm, he could sense a faint trace of life. That meant it was still viable.
He washed the seed clean with water and held it in his palm.
Then he reached into his Storage Bag and produced several emerald-green beads the size of eggs. They were all pure essence of plants and trees.
Shi Yue squeezed his hand, and the emerald-green beads shattered at once. A great surge of pure essence of plants and trees gushed out, streaming into the seed.
After absorbing all that essence, the seed still showed no change.
Surprise flashed through Shi Yue's eyes. This was the first time he had seen anything like it. By rights, any spirit plant that absorbed such a great amount of essence of plants and trees should have changed in some way. Even though this was only a seed, its color should at least have grown brighter. Yet the facts were right before his eyes: after absorbing so much essence, the seed's color remained the same.
Shi Yue thought it over carefully and guessed that perhaps there hadn't been enough essence of plants and trees. After all, this was a "Divine Wood Seed."
Shi Yue didn't know whether this seed really was a Divine Wood Seed, but he knew it was definitely no ordinary seed. Otherwise, it wouldn't have absorbed so much essence of plants and trees without changing at all.
He reached into his Storage Bag and took out an emerald-green bead the size of a bowl.
Shi Yue clenched his fingers and squeezed hard. The emerald-green