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To Zhang Tie, a powerful plant like the Life Flower, capable of cloning living creatures, was naturally immensely useful. The deep-sea kraken's genes were right before him; just imagining having one of "his own" in the ocean in the future made Zhang Tie grow excited.

Of course, because this was the Life Flower's instinct, it was bound by the limitations of that instinct. Cloning and replicating life did not come without a price or restrictions. Aside from Zhang Tie having to pay an enormous cost for every life replicated, according to Heller, the lives this species of plant could replicate were also limited. A set of life genes could only be copied once and could not be copied a second time. Just as some plants would never bloom with two completely identical flowers, the life replicated through a Life Flower could only be unique.

Thus, the deep-sea kraken genes Zhang Tie had obtained this time could only allow the Life Flower to replicate one deep-sea kraken. If Zhang Tie wanted more deep-sea krakens, he would have to obtain the genes of other deep-sea krakens. There was no other way.

Even so, Zhang Tie was satisfied.

"Spirit Qi Value required to produce a Life Flower seed: 530000. Basic Energy Reserve: 1358000. Merit Value: 90000. Do you wish to have the Manjusaka Karma Myriad Fruit Tree produce a Life Flower seed?"

"--Yes...No"

The familiar words asking Zhang Tie for confirmation appeared before his eyes again. Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Tie chose yes. The moment he pressed the button, he sensed the Little Tree outside the house beginning to glow. Multicolored light emerged across the leaves of its branches, every leaf different from the next. The Little Tree's leaves trembled softly, producing a clear, pleasant sound like ring, ring, ring..., as