"Oh?" Zhao Xing'er's eyes lit up. "You're finally letting me eat a Black Gold Treasure Fruit! I wanted one before, but you absolutely refused."
"Each person can only be strengthened by this treasure fruit once. If you eat it when your cultivation is too low, the improvement is limited, and it ends up being a waste. Your current cultivation is just right," Zhao's Father explained. "Besides, the Family Clan only produces a limited number of Black Gold Treasure Fruits each year, and suitable young people get priority. You were too young back then, so we certainly couldn't let you eat one for fun. Your Third Uncle exchanged his own Family Clan resources for these four fruits, so go ahead and enjoy them."
Xing'er lifted the lid to find four somewhat irregularly shaped fruits neatly arranged inside the box. They were golden all over, with black lines running across them.
"I'll do the honors." She picked up a fruit and took a couple of bites, crunching it down.
"Is eating it all we need to do?" Qi Dian asked.
"Yes. After eating it, circulate your cultivation method and guide your breath throughout your body. The spirituality will naturally settle where it belongs," Zhao's Father explained.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhao." Yue Wen and the others stopped standing on ceremony. They each picked up a Black Gold Treasure Fruit, ate it, then sat cross-legged where they were and circulated their cultivation methods.
A short while later, Xing'er was the first to stand. Looking slightly puzzled, she said, "The spirituality of the fruit I ate has already merged into my body. Why haven't I noticed any changes?"
"Feel carefully," Zhao's Father replied. "The clearest sign of a part strengthened by a Black Gold Treasure Fruit is that black markings appear when you concentrate your