Lin Mu continued to watch as the Spirit apple tree started to grow flowers. The flowers were white with a tinge of pink to them, but at the edge of the petals, a line of green could also be seen.
"This is new… the tree never flowered before… it simply produced fruits…" Lin Mu muttered in surprise.
He had seen the Spirit apple trees flower in the Northern town many times before, but never in the garden of Karma.
~sniff~
He took a breath and felt the scent of the spirit apple blossoms spreading in the air.
'Reminds me of the past…' Lin Mu thought as he took in the sweet smell of the blossoms in.
It reminded him of a time long gone. He used to go to the orchards with his mother and watch her work. Sometimes he would fall asleep under the sweet scent of the blossoms, which was very calming.
A well of feelings surged within his heart for a moment but soon stopped as he couldn't smell the scent of the blossoms anymore. Furrowing his brows, he opened his eyes.
And when Lin Mu opened his eyes, he saw that the flowers were already wilting and in their place, small bulbs of apples were appearing. Five minutes later, these bulbs grew into full sized apples!
The apples were bigger than what they used to be and had different colors. Some of the apples were red like the normal spirit apples, and some were green.
It was different from the normal green and red apples that the spirit apple tree would bear, they would simply be unripe. It was the same for the sour apple tree that Lin Mu used to eat from in the past.
"They don't seem to be unripe…" Lin Mu muttered as he raised his hand to pluck one.
~rustle~
The tree lightly shook as Lin Mu took hold of the new green apple. He could smell the faint fragrance of the blossoms on it, but it was also mixed with a far sweeter feeling. Finding it to be different, Lin Mu wondered why it had changed.
Probing it with his spirit sense, Lin Mu got his answer.
"Huh? Wood spirit Qi?" Lin Mu was stunned.
He could tell that these green apples were different in that they didn't just contain normal attribute less spirit Qi. But rather the Wood spirit Qi.
Looking at the apple for a moment, Lin Mu took a bite.
~CRUNCH~
The apple was firm in texture, and when his teeth sank in it, a perfect crunch was heard. The sweet juices of the apple spread in Lin Mu's mouth, but the flavor was different than the normal one that he had tasted till now.
~gulp~
After chewing for a bit, Lin Mu swallowed it down and felt the effects it.
"No… it's not just wood spirit Qi…" Lin Mu was surprised.
He could feel pure wood energy spreading through his belly.
Lin Mu's eyes went wide as he stared at the spirit apple tree.
"It… actually made wood elemental apples?" Lin Mu was stunned.
He knew that the difference between a fruit that had elemental spirit Qi and elemental energy was slight, but the uses of it were greatly different.
After all, the elemental spirit Qi could be used for Qi cultivation while the pure elemental energy, which was similar to vital energy was used for body cultivation!
"This is good… now you have a way to actually continue your body cultivation." Xukong said after witnessing everything.
Lin Mu nodded his head and felt happy. Even if he had no body cultivation technique for his fifth treasure organ, that would be his liver, it would still be possible.
As long as he continued to eat the wood elemental spirit apples, or other such materials, he would continue to progress passively. It was the same as what he had done with the Glacial Shell Snail Queen flesh.
Though it would certainly not be as fast as that.
"Who knows how many wood spirit apples I would have to consume for it to be equal to the Glacial Shell Snail Queen flesh? It might not even help me after a certain point." Lin Mu muttered to himself.
Still, it was better than nothing for him and he would be content with it.
"At least it should give you some help until you find a suitable cultivation technique." Xukong spoke.
"Indeed. That will serve as a temporary replacement." Lin Mu nodded his head.
He looked at the spirit apple tree and checked the other apples.
"These ones are the same as before… though the spirit Qi in them is higher than before." Lin Mu analyzed.
Counting the number of wood spirit apples and the normal spirit applies, Lin Mu saw that the ratio was roughly one to ten.
"Ten percent of them can be wood spirit apples… though we still don't know the growth rate of them." Lin Mu said as he started to pluck all the apples from the tree.
After all, the tree would only make more when the already grown and ripen apples were plucked. A couple of minutes later, the tree was free from the fruits and only the vibrant green leaves could be seen on it.
Lin Mu continued to watch it for an hour more, but didn't see any more changes or growth in it.
"Seems like the rapid growth was only in response to the source veins. It has probably returned to its normal growth cycle." Lin Mu reckoned.
He looked at the Purple Sickle Amaranth and knew that it was because of this spirit plant that the change in spirit apple tree happened.
"I wonder… if other elemental spirit plants that produce spirit qi are like this can also have an effect on the spirit apple tree?" Lin Mu said as a few ideas appeared in his mind.
"Might be worth the try. But such plants that can produce elemental spirit Qi are rare and far few in between. You might not find them in this world." Xukong replied.
