As Lin Tian pondered in secret, he withdrew his azure vines and politely sent a strand of Spirit Awareness toward the Ginseng Fruit spiritual root:
"I am the innate spiritual root, the Primordial Azure Vine. Greetings, Fellow Daoist Grass-Return Pellet."
After all, in terms of both origins and race, the Primordial Azure Vine could now be counted among the first rank of the Primordial World.
Thus, it was no exaggeration for Lin Tian to call himself an innate spiritual root.
"Fellow Daoist... greetings."
Lin Tian's courteous attitude immediately lowered the Ginseng Fruit's guard. He also imitated Lin Tian's etiquette and manner, returning the greeting.
"...You... are... very powerful..."
A moment later, the Ginseng Fruit sent out another strand of Spirit Awareness.
He marveled at the strength of Lin Tian's cultivation.
At the same time, it admired even more the Spirit Awareness of Lin Tian's primordial spirit, which could cover almost the entire innate formation.
Although the Ginseng Fruit, or Zhen Yuanzi, had yet to leave this innate formation that protected him as he grew.
Nor had he traveled across the Primordial Continent and seen the world.
Still, having already reached the early Great Unity Golden Immortal stage, the Ginseng Fruit could tell that Lin Tian's formidable cultivation was virtually no lower than his own!
"You flatter me, Fellow Daoist. I merely obtained a treasure through a fortunate coincidence, which strengthened my primordial spirit and made my cultivation seem powerful. In truth, compared to your middle Great Unity Golden Immortal stage, Fellow Daoist Grass-Return Pellet, I am only a Golden Immortal. I really am far inferior to you."
Even as Lin Tian exchanged pleasantries with the Ginseng Fruit, he wasted no time digging a pit for him with his words.
His goal was exceedingly simple: he merely wanted to cut a branch from the Ginseng Fruit spiritual root.
Upon hearing Lin Tian's words.
The Ginseng Fruit was even more stunned. He sent out his Spirit Awareness in utter amazement: "...Wh... what?! Fellow Daoist Primordial Azure Vine... you are only a Golden Immortal? Why does your aura feel stronger than mine at the middle Great Unity Golden Immortal stage?! What kind of fortunate encounter could have made... Fellow Daoist Primordial Azure Vine... your cultivation so terrifying?!"
Sure enough, the Ginseng Fruit, whose intelligence had yet to fully develop, immediately leaped into the pit Lin Tian had dug.
Lin Tian secretly rejoiced.
He immediately shook an azure vine leaf.
In an instant, the Purple Mansion space within the azure leaf burst with three-colored radiance!
Within moments, amid shimmering ripples and brilliant streams of light, a fist-sized globule of three-colored divine water appeared before the Ginseng Fruit.
"This is the Three Lights Divine Water, the finest healing elixir in the Primordial World. It can heal injuries, nourish the primordial spirit, expand Spirit Awareness, and stabilize cultivation. If the divine water is separated into its three components, however, they become three different poisons. A single drop can poison any creature of the Primordial World within a hundred thousand li."
After Lin Tian boasted about this small globule of Three Lights Divine Water before the Ginseng Fruit.
Lin Tian then seemed to remember something. His expression changed dramatically, and he concealed the Three Lights Divine Water within his azure vines.
Lin Tian muttered to himself, "This habit of showing off before others simply won't do! How could I casually display such a heaven-sent fortune before someone else!"
For a moment, Lin Tian appeared deeply vexed and dejected.
Yet the Ginseng Fruit before Lin Tian suddenly became immensely excited.
He sent out strand after strand of Spirit Awareness:
"Fellow Daoist Primordial Azure V-V-Vine... may I ask... could you spare me some of this?"
"I... may not have any treasures on me, but I could exchange a Grass-Return Pellet for it. What do you think?"
After all, the Ginseng Fruit spiritual root had only recently broken through to the Great Unity Golden Immortal realm. Since that breakthrough and the birth of his Spirit Awareness, he had produced only a single fruit.
Yet this first Ginseng Fruit Grass-Return Pellet, born after heaven and earth first emerged from primordial chaos, actually surpassed the later Grass-Return Pellets in both function and potency by more than a hundredfold!
Still, the Ginseng Fruit wanted to exchange it for the little bit of Three Lights Divine Water hidden within Lin Tian's vines, to strengthen his primordial spirit and hasten his cultivation. No matter how precious this Grass-Return Pellet was, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and offer it.
After all, Lin Tian already looked deeply vexed, regretting that he had brought out the Three Lights Divine Water to show off before him.
As a cautious master actor with superb acting skills, Lin Tian felt delighted upon hearing the Ginseng Fruit's offer, but immediately put on an extremely reluctant expression.
He shook his azure vines, swiftly putting the globule of Three Lights Divine Water back into the Purple Mansion space within his azure leaf.
Then he replied, "Well, well now... Fellow Daoist Grass-Return Pellet, please let me think this over carefully."
Although the Ginseng Fruit's intelligence had yet to fully develop, no creature capable of surviving on the Primordial Continent was a mere straw-stuffed fool.
He could naturally tell that Lin Tian was absolutely "unwilling" to exchange the Three Lights Divine Water for his Grass-Return Pellet.
He could not help sending out another faltering strand of Spirit Awareness:
"I wonder... Fellow Daoist Primordial Azure Vine... what would it take for you to spare just a little Three Lights Divine Water?... Just say the word... as long as I have it, I will find a way..."
Lin Tian strode forward on two large feet formed from azure vines.
He slowly circled the Ginseng Fruit spiritual root.
Lin Tian's scrutiny made the Ginseng Fruit uncomfortable all over. For a moment, he felt exceedingly insignificant.
After all, aside from that single Grass-Return Pellet, he really had no treasure worth offering.
After circling the Ginseng Fruit spiritual root, Lin Tian stopped before him and sent out a strand of Spirit Awareness: "How about this? Fellow Daoist Grass-Return Pellet, aside from your Grass-Return Pellet, you have no other treasure to exchange with me anyway. If I took only a single Grass-Return Pellet, I would suffer far too great a loss... Let's do this: cut a branch from yourself and throw it in as a bonus when you exchange your Grass-Return Pellet for my Three Lights Divine Water."
Hearing Lin Tian's proposal, the Ginseng Fruit felt the great stone weighing on his heart fall away, and let out a long sigh of relief.
At the same time, the Ginseng Fruit secretly rejoiced. Exchanging one branch and one Grass-Return Pellet with Lin Tian for that globule of Three Lights Divine Water, something one could encounter but never seek out, was truly an enormous bargain.
After all, to the Ginseng Fruit, both branches and Grass-Return Pellets could grow from his spiritual root.
But the globule of Three Lights Divine Water that Lin Tian had just taken from his Purple Mansion space could never be replenished once consumed!
Even though the Ginseng Fruit was still adorably simple-minded, he could make that abacus clack.
Without hesitation, he sent his Spirit Awareness toward Lin Tian:
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Primordial Azure Vine... for your generosity... never mind one branch... I would gladly throw in even ten branches..."
The Ginseng Fruit had only just sent out this strand of Spirit Awareness.
Afraid that Lin Tian might change his mind, he immediately shook his spiritual root, severing ten lush, glistening green branches from it.
The ten Ginseng Fruit branches appeared before Lin Tian in a flash.
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