An Encounter with Zhu Fuxian-So It Was an Earth-Origin Fruit

Upon arriving, Xu Changqing dropped to one knee and narrowed his eyes as he carefully inspected the area.

Compared with the surroundings, the spot where the strange seed was buried was noticeably moist, as though it were saturated with liquid.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, so he extended his right index finger and poked at the sticky Black Soil directly beneath him.

To his utter surprise, not only did his finger fail to pierce it, it even gave off a hint of elasticity, as if this were not Black Soil at all, but something like jelly.

The harder he pressed, the stronger the rebound became.

Yet when he did not use much force, his index finger slipped straight into it.

Then he touched something hard. If nothing unexpected had happened, it should have been that strange seed buried within.

Xu Changqing rubbed it lightly a few times and found that it had neither taken root nor sprouted. It still looked exactly as it had last night, with nothing unusual about it.

Yet the Black Soil around this seed was distinctly thicker and stickier than that in the surrounding area.

Xu Changqing pulled out his right index finger and held it before his eyes for inspection.

There was indeed a little moisture on it, though not much.

Most of it was sticky Black Soil.

Moreover, the earthy smell here seemed stronger than elsewhere.

Especially after he poked out a small hole, the odor grew increasingly pungent.

Xu Changqing was filled with uncertainty and hurriedly covered it back up with Black Soil. Sure enough, the smell weakened.

It seemed that the root of all the changes here lay in that seed.

After pondering for a while, Xu Changqing suddenly slapped the Jade-Green Gourd at his waist.