Seeing his dilemma, Ye Qingxian smiled and gently reassured him. "We originally intended to leave that Nine Heart Begonia for Lingling to obtain a suitable soul ring. The sacred fruit it unexpectedly produced was a surprise dropped from the heavens, an extra gift."
Her gaze was gentle, her tone open and easygoing. "So you needn't worry so much. Whatever you choose, we lose nothing. Just follow your heart."
"That's true." Lu Xuan's mind suddenly cleared.
He had weighed the options over and over simply because he wanted to squeeze the greatest possible benefit out of this opportunity.
But once he calmed down and thought about it, their original plan would still succeed with or without this Begonia Sacred Fruit. No matter how he looked at it, they would lose nothing.
Since that was the case, why keep agonizing over it?
"Aunt Ye, I've made up my mind." Lu Xuan set aside his doubts and decided to plant the sacred fruit in the soil once he returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
If it grew into a brand-new Nine Heart Begonia, that would be an enormous gain. If the fruit eventually rotted away in the soil, he would simply treat this opportunity as though it had never appeared.
As for giving the fruit to Ye Lingling to drastically boost her soul power or trigger Martial Soul Evolution?
The [Nine-Flower Jade Dew Pill] Lu Xuan had already prepared offered those very effects. If she ate this fruit now as well, the two potent medicinal forces would overlap, leaving more essence accumulated in her body than she could possibly digest in a short time.
That would only delay the right time to take the [Nine-Flower Jade Dew Pill]. The loss would outweigh the gain.
After explaining all his considerations, Lu