Only after observing and sensing this extraordinary spirit plant up close did Jiang Lang gradually understand its remarkable significance.
Generally speaking, certain spiritual plants and materials found between heaven and earth were classified as spirit herbs. By calling the Purple-Wall Spirit Lotus Root an immortal herb, Yi Shuyuan had raised it to an altogether higher level.
The term "immortal herb" was not used simply because an Immortal had spoken it or because an Immortal had grown it. Within the Immortal Dao, the word "immortal" did not merely designate a category of cultivation, but embodied the pursuit of those who followed that path.
In short, it was a more direct manifestation of the principle that the Dao followed nature than could be found in ordinary things.
Now they stood before the mud pool, with Jiang Lang and the others examining the Purple-Wall Spirit Lotus Root closely. It was rooted in the unusually fertile Purple Mud Pool of the E River Water Palace, its slender stalk winding upward and passing through the Water Palace's barrier without leaving a trace.
Above, the lotus leaves and flower bud rested a few inches below the surface, stirring faint ripples from time to time.
Amid those ripples, the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to be drawn into motion as well, faintly gathering in the nearby waters.
This was difficult to notice without close observation, and the more they understood, the more extraordinary it seemed. Even so, that alone would not have warranted much discussion. But since Yi Shuyuan had called it special, it certainly could not be ordinary.
"Lady Yao, you said this lotus root has never flowered?"
"That's right. It never has."
As Jiang Lang asked, Yi Shuyuan had already approached the Purple Mud Pool with Yan Bo.
A gourd appeared in