Chapter 229 (2/2)

‘Qilins were herbivores?’

Ning Xuemo was surprised. Once again looking at the fruits on the tree, she asked. “Why don’t you eat the fruits?”

“It… It wouldn’t let me.” The little qilin was obviously feeling a bit upset. “I gave it so much water, yet it wouldn’t even give me a single fruit!”

“So you and that ginseng tree are working together.” Ning Xuemo was enlightened before her tone shifted. “You’re an accomplice of that damned tree!”

“No, I’m not! I didn’t really help it with anything. I just watered it a bit and it gives me a single leaf per day in exchange. So stingy…” The little qilin hurriedly shook its head.

“Then why don’t you pick them yourself? Didn’t you come here for the sake of finding these fruits?”

“I tried to steal some before…” The little qilin’s voice got smaller. “But I got hung on the tree for 10 days…”

So it seemed like the little qilin had also suffered at that demon tree’s hands. The only reason why it had not used the little qilin as fertiliser was probably because the little qilin had more use alive.

“Ginseng fruits are immortal fruits, so its leaves must be treasures too. Eating them should have been somewhat beneficial to your cultivation.” Ning Xuemo comforted him.

“They’re no use! Completely useless! Those leaves could barely fill my stomach, there isn’t any helpful immortal energy in them. I’ve been stuck here for a thousand years and, not only has my cultivation not increased, its regressed instead…” The little qilin complained.

It was actually like this! It seemed like ginseng fruits were not as mystical as legends claim.

Ning Xuemo felt like her three views had been refreshed.

“Maybe the essence is concentrated in the fruits and everything else is just garbage.” Ning Xuemo inferred. The poor little qilin had been forced to eat a thousand years worth of rubbish…

“There isn’t any essence in the fruits either.” Jiu Zun’s voice travelled from the cave mouth.