Because Water Cloud had taken form, the innate grand formation guarding the Money Tree dissipated, waves of treasure light shooting into the heavens.
Red Cloud looked toward the Money Tree. "Fellow Daoist, put the Money Tree away, lest someone sees it."
The Money Tree was a Superior-grade Innate Spiritual Root. If others learned of it, there would surely be no end of trouble afterward.
"I was just thinking the same!"
Water Cloud nodded slightly and casually waved her hand. Blue mana, like ribbons, descended upon the Money Tree.
The Money Tree did not resist Water Cloud's power. Its branches and leaves swayed as it actively cooperated with her retrieval.
Then Water Cloud tapped her forehead. Three Flowers Crowning the Summit, Five Qi Returning to the Origin—the Three Flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit slowly bloomed.
Water Cloud's Three Flowers bloomed to the eighth grade, Red Cloud's to the ninth, and Blood Cloud's to the seventh.
The grade of the Three Flowers was determined by one's Innate Origin. The more Innate Origin one possessed, the higher the grade of the Three Flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and the greater the likelihood of attaining the Dao in the future.
With Water Cloud's original Innate Origin, her flowers could at most have bloomed to the seventh grade. Yet with the Money Tree strengthening her origin, she barely achieved an eighth-grade bloom when breaking through to Daluo Golden Immortal.
Blood Cloud possessed even less Innate Origin, having only a trace of origin power that had spilled forth from the Pangu Heartblood Origin.
With Blood Cloud's original Innate Origin, his flowers could at most have bloomed to the sixth grade. Yet through repeated tempering and fortunate encounters, his origin had grown, allowing his flowers to bloom to the seventh grade when he broke through