Demon or Devil, Everyone Was Putting on an Act

With the Earth Book, one could disregard all distance across the Primordial Land and reach any desired destination in an instant.

In other words, if Lin Tian possessed the Earth Book and could conjure the precise details of his destination in his sea of consciousness, he could arrive anywhere with a single thought.

That was merely one of the Earth Book's powers.

At the same time, the Earth Book was also the Heaven and Earth Treasure Mirror!

After all, the Earth Book was as old as the Primordial Land itself, recording the entire process by which countless Magic Treasures of heaven and earth had come into being. With the Earth Book, Lin Tian would have records to consult whenever he wished to find any Magic Treasure.

The Earth Book, the Classic of Mountains and Seas, also recorded every change in the mountains and rivers since the primordial world's creation, along with the various attributes, abilities, and appearances of all its animals and plants.

Everything upon the Primordial Land was recorded in the Earth Book: Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Moreover, the Earth Book, whose boundless virtue sustained all things, could constantly release the earth's aura to nourish all living things and forests.

The reason Ginseng Fruit had safely and steadily reached the Middle Great Unity Golden Immortal Stage on this primordial continent...

Was that he had drawn upon that wisp of aura within the Earth Book: Classic of Mountains and Seas, which nourished all things, to nurture himself and grow into the Ancestor of Earth Immortals.

Otherwise, as a mere Innate Spiritual Root, no matter how remarkable Ginseng Fruit's abilities were, he could never have become the illustrious Ancestor of Earth Immortals, Zhen Yuanzi, who had even come close to claiming a Sage's Prayer Cushion in the Purple Heaven Palace.

After all, across the vast primordial continent, there were countless Innate Spiritual Roots born and nurtured by heaven and earth, with all manner of origins, abilities, and lineages, some even reaching the Innate Soul Mirror directly.

Why, then, had Zhen Yuanzi, born from Ginseng Fruit's awakened intelligence, ultimately become the Ancestor of Earth Immortals?

The most important reason was that he possessed the Earth Book: Classic of Mountains and Seas, formed from the Earth's Embryonic Membrane.

It was also because he possessed the Classic of Mountains and Seas that Ginseng Fruit, at the Middle Great Unity Golden Immortal Stage, could employ his transformation abilities to connect the world laws of this innate formation's Grotto-Heaven World to the primordial continent, allowing him to come and go freely.

At that moment...

Lin Tian suddenly acted as though his heart ached terribly once again.

He spoke to Ginseng Fruit, who stood respectfully beside him and had explained his Companion Spirit Treasure, the Earth's Embryonic Membrane:

"Fellow Daoist Ginseng Fruit, with such a supreme and sacred Companion Spirit Treasure as the Earth's Embryonic Membrane, why must you insist on getting my Three Lights Divine Water? Setting aside ten drops for you has already cost me a full twenty percent of my supply. With a treasure like the Earth's Embryonic Membrane, why covet my good fortune and opportunities?"

After hearing Lin Tian's words, Ginseng Fruit, who had been secretly rejoicing, truly felt that he had done something immoral by deceiving such a simple, honest soul.

He felt that he had taken an enormous advantage of the honest Lin Tian.

Then Ginseng Fruit could not help stammering out a message through his Spirit Awareness: "Fellow Daoist Primordial Azure Vine... this Earth's Embryonic Membrane... is my Companion Spirit Treasure... I hadn't thought of it before... now that you've put it that way, I feel terribly ashamed."

"But... if Fellow Daoist Primordial Azure Vine... feels he's losing out... then I could give you half the Earth's Embryonic Membrane... and you could give me all your Three Lights Divine Water. What do you think?"

As Ginseng Fruit said this, his heart fluttered with apprehension.

He could not help feeling that he was once again opening his lion's maw with an outrageous demand and bullying an honest soul.

Lin Tian had intended to dig a few more pits and lead Ginseng Fruit into them, but upon hearing his proposal, his heart surged with delight.

Fortunately, Ginseng Fruit's intelligence hasn't fully developed yet. If he were the later Zhen Yuanzi, whose wisdom was as deep as the sea, deceiving him like this would be no easy task! Half the Earth's Embryonic Membrane! Never mind half—even if I only had a tenth, I could nourish it with that entire pool of Three Lights Divine Water inside me, then cultivate it into a complete Earth's Embryonic Membrane of the Primordial Land!

The beads of Lin Tian's mental abacus flew.

For Ginseng Fruit, the allure of the Three Lights Divine Water far surpassed everything else.

After all, the Three Lights Divine Water nourished the Primordial Spirit and increased cultivation ten times faster than the Earth's Embryonic Membrane, perhaps even more than a hundred times faster!

That was precisely why he had taken the initiative to offer Lin Tian half the Earth's Embryonic Membrane in exchange for that mass of Three Lights Divine Water in his possession.

And in Ginseng Fruit's eyes, that mass of Three Lights Divine Water had to be everything Lin Tian possessed.

Meanwhile, Ginseng Fruit secretly rejoiced. If he really could trade half the Earth's Embryonic Membrane for all of Lin Tian's Three-Lights Divine Water, he would truly rake in a fortune, filling every plate and bowl to the brim.

Of course, he still acted hesitant and uneasy. After all, he was the one asking for something.

In any case, at that moment, demon or devil, everyone was putting on an act.

Lin Tian laughed inwardly.

Now fully possessed by the spirit of a consummate actor, Lin Tian looked deeply conflicted.

Filled with reluctance, he quietly drew a breath.

Then he sent Ginseng Fruit a message through his Spirit Awareness:

"Fellow Daoist Ginseng Fruit, that mass of Three Lights Divine Water is the very foundation upon which I survive in the primordial continent! If I trade all of it for your half of the Earth's Embryonic Membrane, wouldn't I suffer a tremendous loss?!"

Hearing Lin Tian say this, Ginseng Fruit immediately grew anxious and kept sending him messages through his Spirit Awareness:

"Fellow Daoist Primordial Azure Vine... the Earth's Embryonic Membrane... may nourish the Primordial Spirit a little more slowly... but it can identify the Magic Treasures of heaven and earth... the origins of everything in the primordial world... can be found within the Earth's Embryonic Membrane... even half the Earth's Embryonic Membrane... can repair itself... you only need a little patience, fellow Daoist... and this membrane can restore itself into a complete Earth's Embryonic Membrane of the Primordial Land..."

Lin Tian pondered in silence.

Ginseng Fruit continued sending messages through his Spirit Awareness:

"Fellow Daoist... I also have a small divine ability... this ability is one of the innate divine abilities evolved from my Companion Spirit Treasure, the Earth's Embryonic Membrane... if you're willing to trade all your Three Lights Divine Water for half the Earth's Embryonic Membrane... then I'll give you the entire divine essence and cultivation method of this ability as well. What do you think?"

Holy shit!

Upon hearing Ginseng Fruit's words, Lin Tian was utterly shaken.

Well versed in the Primordial World Secrets, Lin Tian naturally knew exactly which divine ability Ginseng Fruit meant.

Only one divine ability could evolve from the Earth's Embryonic Membrane: Universe in the Sleeve!

And this Universe in the Sleeve technique far surpassed the Tathagata's Divine Palm of the later Buddha Tathagata!

Lin Tian now wore an expression of hesitation, temptation, and painful reluctance.

Then he sent a message through his Spirit Awareness to the Ginseng Fruit spiritual plant:

"My cultivation is at the Golden Immortal Peak, and I truly have no other techniques... since that's the case, I'll trade all my Three Lights Divine Water with you."

With that said...

Without hesitation, Lin Tian took out the fist-sized mass of Three Lights Divine Water he had shown the Ginseng Fruit tree earlier from the Purple Mansion space within his azure leaf.

Then, looking utterly pained, he handed it to the Ginseng Fruit tree.

The Ginseng Fruit tree was so excited that his spiritual roots swayed wildly and his entire body trembled as he accepted the mass of Three Lights Divine Water Lin Tian offered.