Fifteen years later.
Zeng Clan Town, at the Fang Family estate.
In the courtyard, a strange spiritual root shed a soft green glow. It looked like a mulberry tree, yet bore several dates.
It was the very Azure Mulberry Jujube Tree they had obtained from the Le Family years ago!
"The dates are nearly ripe..."
Fang Wuchen stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the tree with mixed feelings.
When they had first acquired it from the Le Family, transplanting it had damaged its spiritual vitality. It had taken five years to bear one crop of fruit.
Later, his family had spent enormous sums and effort buying Azure Profound Soil, Origin-Restoring Spirit Water, and other things to cultivate and water it. Now it bore fruit roughly every three years, yielding twelve dates each time—an immense boon to Qi Ingestion cultivators.
"Yes..."
Le Mingxue gazed at the spiritual root, her expression especially complicated.
Fang Wuchen took her hand and said gently, "These spirit dates are no longer useful to me. After this harvest, you should take a few and refine them to aid your cultivation..."
Perhaps because both of them were cultivators, having children had proved difficult. They had remained childless all these years. His younger brother Fang Wujiu, by contrast, had married a mortal woman and started a family early.
The two returned indoors and found Fang Yixin there.
By mortal reckoning, Fang Yixin was old enough to call himself an old man. Fortunately, cultivation had left his hearing and sight keen, his movements nimble, and his appearance middle-aged.
"Wuchen... you've done well."
Fang Yixin broke into a hearty laugh at the sight of Fang Wuchen.
Several days earlier, Fang Wuchen had reached Qi Ingestion Perfection! Even among the Zeng Clan, he would have been a rare expert,