Facing her disciple's question, Mu Shiyue also had a face full of confusion, "I didn't do anything, it grew on its own."
"Grew on its own?!"
Lu Wenjun sucked in a sharp breath, disbelief written all over her face, "Impossible!"
This was the Wuhan Tian Fruit, even when in the Yao Realm it might not grow.
And in the cultivation world, the environment was completely different.
If Mu Shiyue didn't have some special planting method, how could it possibly grow?
Don't even mention growing this tall, it probably wouldn't even sprout!
"But this is the result." Mu Shiyue spread her hands, looking innocent. "I didn't have time to give it extra care either. If you have questions, you might as well ask Little Tiger Baby and the others."
She's very casual when planting things. When she remembered, she would give them a bit of rain.
If she didn't remember, then so be it.
—The principle was basically letting them grow naturally, fend for themselves, and be self-reliant.
In front of Mu Shiyue, none of them would receive any special treatment.
In fact, if Little Tiger Baby and the others couldn't move around, beg for food, or act cute, they might be treated the same as these plants.
Who told her to be lazy?
She didn't rely on planting to make a living, so she did whatever she pleased.
If she remembered, she would fuss with them a bit. If not… then forget it.
That's why all of the plants in the sect were treated the same.
—It wasn't just Little Tiger Baby and the others, even the disciples relied on themselves.
Hearing master's words, Lu Wenjun was a bit stunned.
She couldn't help but look at Little Tiger Baby, who was licking its paws on the ground.
"Ao~"
Little Tiger Baby looked up at her and tilted its head in confusion.
Lu Wenjun: "..."
If she really asked Little Tiger Baby for an explanation, it would be laughable.
Just how old are they, how could they understand such things?
But she was indeed very curious about how this was done.
This was the Wuhan Tian Fruit!
Unable to find an answer, Lu Wenjun returned to the backyard.
She was determined to figure out the reason.
If this Wuhan Tian Fruit couldn't even grow in the Yao Realm, how was it growing so well here?!
The others also followed her to search for an answer.
However, they weren't professionals. After wandering around for quite a while, they still found nothing.
"Hm, what's this?"
Meng Fanzé kicked a small dirt mound, and several round, jade-green little objects rolled out.
He bent down and picked them up, "Hey, they look pretty nice!"
These jade-like little things were quite beautiful, with a crystal clear and translucent appearance.
Chu Jingzhuo also came over, took one, and was surprised, "They really are quite pretty!"
The others came over as well, each taking one.
Coincidentally, there were exactly seven of them, one for each person.
"These were probably picked up by Little Tiger Baby and the others from the riverside, right?"
Little Tiger Baby and the others often ran wild everywhere, climbing mountains and going into rivers.
When they returned from playing, they would bring back little gifts.
Branches, stones, small insects, these were common.
These little stones were probably the same.
"Hey, there seems to be liquid moving inside!"
Meng Fanzé discovered something unusual about these stones.
"Moving?"
Everyone leaned in.
"Look, there's something like quicksand inside, it's moving!"
He pointed it out for them to see.
Everyone stared closely and discovered that there really was a faint flow of liquid inside.
"Wow, what is this?" Jiang Yunnuan was very curious. "So pretty!"
"No idea."
However, Qin Yiwei frowned, her expression strange.
Chu Jingzhuo noticed and asked, "What's wrong? Do you recognize it?"
"…No." Qin Yiwei shook her head.
But no one knew that inside her heart, she was both shocked and very confused.
In her previous life, when she was sent to the Demon Realm, she had seen such things.
These weren't small stones, they were the seeds of a plant from the Demon Realm.
This plant was extremely rare and valuable there, it's a treasure that's worth thousands of gold.
But some people also treated it like trash.
—Because this type of plant could no longer grow.
After the upheaval a thousand years ago, it wasn't just the cultivation world, but the Demon Realm and the Yao Realm were also affected.
Not only did high-level combat power decrease and advancement paths narrow, many other things also were also impacted.
This plant was one of them.
—It could no longer sprout!
The Demon Realm had spent a long time trying, but couldn't make it grow.
Some people suggested that perhaps changing environments might yield different results.
But this idea was very quickly dismissed.
People had once brought these seeds to the cultivation world and the Yao Realm, but the result was the same.
Seeds that couldn't grow were, of course, treated as garbage to be discarded.
After Qin Yiwei was sent to the Demon Realm, she wasn't immediately tortured to death.
She had also seen and learned a bit about the things in the Demon Realm.
These things looked very similar to the seeds she had seen before. But these were crystal clear and seemed full of vitality, as if they might sprout at any moment.
They're completely different from the lifeless seeds she remembered.
Besides, how could seeds from the Demon Realm suddenly appear here?
So she must be mistaken.
After all, the cultivation world was so vast, it would make sense for some things to look similar to those in the Demon Realm.
Thus, Qin Yiwei didn't say anything.
Chu Jingzhuo glanced at her but didn't press any further.
"Let's ask master!" Jiang Yunnuan said. "Master definitely knows!"
"Right, let's ask master!"
So the group ran to find Mu Shiyue.
On the way, they ran into Hu Niu, who had come out to relieve itself.
"Greetings, Senior."
"Greetings, Senior."
They greeted Hu Niu.
"Wu~" Hu Niu also nodded at them.
Then it froze, its gaze landing on the things in their hands.
After seeing those things clearly, it turned and ran.
The disciples were stunned, looking at each other.
"What was that about?"
"No idea."
"Forget it, let's go find master first."
When Mu Shiyue recognized what they were holding, her expression twisted, and she took a few steps back.
Her reaction was so strange that everyone felt a bad premonition.
"Master?"
Mu Shiyue looked disgusted, "Put those things back immediately!"
"Huh?"
"Those were pooped out by Hu Niu earlier!"
"Pooped… out?!"
"Fuck!"
The disciples froze for a moment, then exploded, immediately throwing the stones away.
Everyone's expressions became twisted, completely devastated.
These were actually Hu Niu's excreted waste!
Were these kidney stones it pooped out?!
Damn it, that's disgusting!
No one had expected to hear this answer, it completely shattered their worldview.
"Don't throw them here, put them back where they came from." Mu Shiyue kept her distance from them and said with a frown.
How could anyone have the time to time about anything else? They used spiritual power to fling the objects back, then frantically started washing their hands.
Now they finally understood why Hu Niu had that reaction earlier!