Lin Tian shook his head and sighed repeatedly. The wonders of creation were indeed boundlessly profound.
Breathing in the delicate fragrance of the ginseng fruit, Lin Tian casually picked it up.
To his surprise, once it was in his hand, the fruit gave off a warmth remarkably similar to human body temperature. Nor did it have the cold firmness of ordinary fruits and vegetables; instead, it felt soft and springy, like flesh.
Had Lin Tian not already seen through it and confirmed that it was indeed a ginseng fruit, that sensation alone might have convinced him that it was a real infant.
"Fellow Daoist, please!"
Zhen Yuanzi laughed heartily. Many cultivators were astonished when they first saw a ginseng fruit, and Lin Tian's reaction pleased him greatly.
Zhen Yuanzi and Lin Tian each ate a ginseng fruit. A cool current immediately spread through Lin Tian, leaving his mind clear and his spirits refreshed.
After Lin Tian and Zhen Yuanzi had sampled all manner of delicacies in the Five Villages Temple, Zhen Yuanzi invited him to discuss the Dao.
Zhen Yuanzi had planned this from the beginning. His purpose was clearly to offer Lin Tian some guidance and make him feel a little more grateful, so that if anything came up
in the future, Zhen Yuanzi would find it easier to ask.
The moment Lin Tian heard that Zhen Yuanzi wanted to discuss the Dao with him, he understood the other man's intent.
Still, Lin Tian did have many questions about cultivation that he wanted to ask. All these years, he had felt his own way forward. Apart from a period of instruction from Saint Tongtian, he could truly be called self-taught.
For precisely that reason, Zhen Yuanzi's invitation delighted Lin Tian.
Zhen Yuanzi began by explaining his own Dao. Lin