"Don't panic. Let your master take a good look."
Zhao De's gaze gradually grew grave, and he casually plucked the peculiar plant from Yang Ling's head.
Yang Ling hurriedly parted his thick, glossy black hair and felt around. Only after finding nothing else unusual about his scalp did he breathe a sigh of relief.
He looked at the Vast Heaven Ancient Tree with some wariness. This Second-Rank Beast Venerable's abilities were truly rather bizarre.
Then he looked at the peculiar plant in Zhao De's hand.
It was purple and looked somewhat like a qilin.
"Spirit fire can only burn out white fruit, mystic fire can burn out silver fruit, and tribulation fire can burn out golden fruit."
"As for purple fruit, this really is my first time seeing it."
Zhao De looked thoughtfully at Yang Ling.
"Your martial way kindling really might be transcendent-grade stellar fire."
"Master, it's not a possibility. It's a fact!"
Yang Ling said, "That's why I'm worried I won't have enough kindling to fire the furnace when I advance to Fourth-Rank Grandmaster."
"Your concern is reasonable. If there isn't enough kindling when the time comes, you'll become living kindling yourself."
Zhao De said, "It's just that in all these years, I've never seen or even heard of anyone condensing transcendent-grade stellar fire.
"On the other hand, some ancient texts did record a few prodigies who condensed transcendent-grade stellar fire."
Yang Ling nodded thoughtfully, then looked at the peculiar fruit in Zhao De's hand.
"Master, did this fruit come from the Wood Spirit Ginseng Fruit? Does it have any other special effects?"
He couldn't see this fruit's details, but it had come from a Second-Rank Beast Venerable, after all, and had been produced by his stellar fire.
There was no ruling out the possibility of some special