Meeting (Thanks to Goose Goose Goose Hungry Russia for the Gift!)

A poplar tree was inherently a fast-growing, highly adaptable tree.

As long as there was plenty of water.

And sufficient sunlight.

During its sapling stage, it could basically grow one meter in a year.

Even after reaching maturity, it could still grow one meter in two years.

The poplar tree before Xu Changqing had already passed its sapling stage and was now mature.

By normal growth rates, it would grow a little over half a meter a year. After all, it had ample sunlight, and a water channel lay beside it, so it would not lack water.

But now, bolstered by the powerful effects of the Green Lotus Domain, it visibly grew taller bit by bit, its branches and leaves becoming ever more luxuriant.

Before long, it broke through five meters, already nearly as tall as the stone house beside it.

The Wood Qi it had lost internally was also slowly recovering.

This change immediately caught Fortress's attention not far away. It instinctively moved closer, but with Xu Changqing standing in front, it kept a distance of roughly three meters, then stared without moving.

That posture did not resemble a puppet at all.

Xu Changqing cast it a sidelong glance and secretly thought, I thought something was off about it before. It seems especially sensitive to things with the wood attribute.

At first, he had assumed it was the resonance and attraction of matching attributes.

But now, it seemed there might be another reason behind it.

Rumor had it that some Puppet Arts Constructs were refined using cultivators' corpses.

Could it be???

As time quietly slipped by, the Wood Spiritual Power in his sea of qi was completely depleted.

Xu Changqing interrupted the Green Lotus Domain, then withdrew the Companion Green Lotus.

The poplar tree now stood a full stretch