"After searching through ancient texts and checking numerous sources, I found only seven or eight special wood-aspect spiritual treasures and Demon Beast inner cores that can color the Hundred-Child Ruins-Return Tree in the sea of consciousness. Of those, the Thorn Rat is already the easiest to find, even though it lives in the Half-Limit Secret Realm in the Yuanchi Northern Wasteland."
"Color it?"
Mo Chen raised his brows slightly. This was the first he had heard of things in the sea of consciousness being colored.
"It really is coloring, in the literal sense. For instance, this Thorn Rat's False Core can be refined into a special Five Elements Essence. Once consumed, it colors the fruit of the Hundred-Child Ruins-Return Tree, which will turn from green to red when ripe. One glance will tell you the time is right. Judging by its size, the Dharma Fruit in my sea of consciousness should ripen in about twenty years, but the Half-Limit Secret Realm only opens once every thirty years. If I miss this opportunity and fail to judge when to pick the fruit, my life will be in danger. That's why I've been so concerned, mending the roof before the rain comes."
When Gu Dongfeng finished, he looked utterly forlorn.
Mo Chen's heart sank as he listened. He reflected that this Pomegranate Wood Affliction was even more tormenting than he had imagined.
"Although each dose can only color one Dharma Fruit, judging by its size, I'll be able to safely pick my first fruit within the next twenty years. With some metal-aspect essence exchanged for completing sect missions to suppress my wood spiritual root as well, my life should be safe for the next twenty or thirty years," Gu Dongfeng sighed.
"In that case, take this Thorn Rat's False Core first, refine