Within days of Qingfeng first appearing here and discovering this flowering plant, this Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure had begun to wither.
Qingfeng did not know what had caused it. He had wondered whether his sudden arrival here had affected its growth.
In the end, he tried watering it with the milky liquid, because there was nothing else here, not even rainwater. At least, he had not seen any rain in these three months.
To Qingfeng, this seemed like an isolated place, with a formation cutting it off from everything.
Watered with the milky liquid, the plant recovered, and lately it had even sprouted new buds. Qingfeng was quite certain that the milky liquid worked on it.
Qingfeng very much wanted to see what this Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure would become once it matured.
When he poured half a mouthful of the milky liquid around the plant's roots, it seeped straight into the rock and was absorbed by the plant.
Under Qingfeng's gaze, the new buds slowly unfurled into two tender green leaves.
Qingfeng smiled faintly. This was a kind of harvest, and it left him feeling thoroughly at ease.
Here, apart from sitting in meditation and contemplating the Dao, only this plant made him feel that he still had something to do.
He turned and returned to the underground stone cave, going back to the small pit in the rock.
There was not a drop of milky liquid left in the pit now. The stone spike hanging from the ceiling was still slowly gathering the liquid, but it would take a very long time for a single drop to form and fall into the pit.
The next day, Qingfeng left the cave to check on the rare treasure. To his delighted surprise, it had grown another leaf overnight.