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At the same moment the medicinal stone was thrown into the jade vat, Liu Dongqing raised his other hand. The Divine Vine Pill Sigil he had formed had already condensed, and almost simultaneously, it struck the Bloodthirsty Medicinal Vine.
In an instant, abundant spiritual light flickered and flashed across the vine's branches, which seemed both wood and jade.
Liu Dongqing leaned forward and peered into the jade vat.
The Earth Mother Iron Jade medicinal stone had not been completely submerged by the Red Spring within the vat.
For that very reason, Liu Dongqing could see everything clearly.
As spiritual light continuously surged downward from the medicinal vine, the Red Spring's "water level" fell further.
Ever since Liu Dongqing had awakened the Bloodthirsty Medicinal Vine's seed, this was the first time he had seen its already densely packed roots undergo another bout of "growth."
In an instant.
A great many new roots were born, while the old roots sprouted dense branching offshoots.
These new roots and branches were exceedingly strange. They seemed to possess a certain vitality; rather than plant roots, they resembled the tentacles of an octopus.
Amid that "growth," countless roots, like tentacles, clung to the rose-red mineral medicinal stone.
Many, many roots had already followed the dense pores on the medicinal stone's surface and burrowed deep into its core.
This bizarre yet vibrantly living sight lasted only four or five breaths.
Then.
Once no more roots emerged, they completely wrapped around the entire mineral medicinal stone.
At that moment, vast quantities of spiritual light drew upon the power of the Red Spring and the medicinal stone, surging upward from the roots.
In an instant, flower buds formed one after another upon the five protrusions on the vine branches' three woody joints. Under the continual infusion of spiritual