Outmatched, the two Uniting Dao cultivators fought as they retreated, clearly intending to flee back to their own Uniting Dao City for refuge. Yuan Xi and Lian pursued them relentlessly, determined to wipe them out completely.
Not far away, Lu Ye had already swept onto a Floating Land.
Looking out, he saw a sunken area at the center of the Floating Land, where an expanse of deep blue spread out like a pool of dark water. Within that strange scene, a black flower bud had already bloomed.
Sitting inside the flower bud was a tiny figure, roughly the size of a fist. Its lips were red, its teeth white, its eyes tightly shut as it sat in meditation.
It even wore a hat like a lotus leaf atop its head, looking utterly adorable.
Lotus Seedling!
Lu Ye sensed it briefly and found it deeply strange. At first glance, the Lotus Seedling looked like a living creature, yet it possessed none of the vitality a living thing should have. But it was clearly not a dead object either.
No wonder Fan Wu had said that the Lotus Seedling was neither living nor dead. There were always strange existences in this world that defied comprehension.
As Lu Ye watched, the Lotus Seedling suddenly opened its eyes, yawned, and stretched, as though it had only just awakened from a great dream.
When it looked up, its gaze met Lu Ye's.
Lu Ye smiled with harmless innocence, holding a Dao Fish in his hand and gesturing toward the Lotus Seedling.
The Lotus Seedling immediately seemed drawn by something. It climbed up from the black flower bud and crawled toward Lu Ye on all fours.
Upon reaching Lu Ye, it grabbed the Dao Fish with its soft white hands, plopped down, and stuffed it into