It seemed that the heaven-defying effects of the red spirit field had ceased to work on the new Dragon-Transforming Grass.
But Liu Yu did not panic at the sight.
With his wealth of experience, he knew this was merely because the new Dragon-Transforming Grass lacked a resource essential to its growth.
Once that resource was supplied, it could resume growing rapidly.
It was just like the Darkstar Spirit Tree back then, which could not bear fruit without stellar power.
Although it appeared to have only just sprouted, a spirit herb whose medicinal age routinely reached a thousand or even several thousand years could never have germinated within a mere month if accelerated maturation truly did not work on it.
Reaching the sprouting stage already meant it had several decades of medicinal age.
If accelerated maturation did not work at all, a month would not even have been enough for it to sprout.
As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Liu Yu controlled the Black Jade Bottle beside him, sending it forward and gently pouring the drop of essence blood he had obtained from Little Green onto the ground beneath the newly sprouted Dragon-Transforming Grass.
"Whoosh, whoosh~"
The moment the bottle was opened, a rich fragrance of fresh blood spread out, and the tiny drop of essence blood began to swell.
In the blink of an eye, it expanded from the size of a peanut to that of two adult fists, then fell onto the ground.
"Splat."
The blood fell onto the ground, staining the bright-red soil dark red.
Within the Azure Barrier, the two-foot-tall azure Nascent Soul stared intently at the newly sprouted Dragon-Transforming Grass, unwilling to miss a single detail.
Under Liu Yu's gaze, nourished by the flood dragon essence blood, the spirit herb whose growth had completely halted