Defying heaven and changing one's fate was no easy feat. Seeing Old Vine's change of heart, Shi Zhao naturally did more than offer glib words of persuasion; she brought out some genuine rarities.
There was a jar of Taiyi True Water mixed with a drop from the Immortality Spring, soil dug from beneath the Willow Tree at the village entrance, and a wisp of the Pu Demon Tree's lingering ashes drawn from the Tattered Cloth.
Only after breaking through to the Array Formation Realm had she discovered that the Tattered Cloth had collected several wisps of ashes left by the burning of the Pu Demon King's remnant spirit. Yet there was nothing miraculous about these ashes.
In the end, the Pu Demon King had burned himself away, leaving nothing but a faint spiritual glimmer.
Ultimately, these were merely the ashes left after he burned, a trophy worth collecting. Shi Zhao gave one wisp to the Willow Deity, kept another for herself, and gave the last to Old Vine.
After all, they were both plants that had gained sentience. Perhaps the ashes would stir something in Old Vine. Failing that, they could serve as fertilizer. Since the Tattered Cloth had purified them, nothing could go wrong anyway.
"Big sister, what else did you need me for?"
After one final unsuccessful attempt to win over the Heaven Mending Pavilion's senior members, Yue Chan had intended to leave. But she received a message from Shi Zhao and, after some thought, decided to meet her.
In truth, she had a vague sense that someone's divine sense had been watching her constantly within the Heaven Mending Pavilion. Unless she used something like a Void-Breaking Talisman to flee tens of thousands of miles at once, she could not escape. Even a Void-Breaking Talisman might not work;