Shocked was an understatement. Lin Feng was even trembling.
"We are also trying to find ways to speed up its growth, but nothing seems to be working. No matter how much spirit qi density is increased around it, it didn’t affect it at all.In fact, it is even releasing spirit qi, totally abnormal... well anyway, how is it, junior brother, isn’t it mesmerizing?"
Lin Feng controlled his thoughts out of sheer will as every ounce of his being was telling him to pluck this spirit herb and teleport away from here, "Indeed, senior brother, it really is mesmerizing..."
The clear white petals shining with an ethereal soft luster along with verdant green leaves which had their own brilliance gave the whole herb a mesmerizing look.
Lin Feng sighed. The moment he laid his eyes on it, he got his memories about it, the Eternal Dao Lotus... a spirit herb which was as rare as a Primordial Origin Treasure.
It was said that this lotus was an existence which was born in chaos, even before chaos and order were separated and heavenly law appeared.
He looked intently at the Eternal Dao Lotus. It wasn’t the first time he was seeing it. The last time he saw it was in the Primordial Dimension. It was discovered by a devil cultivator.
The reason devil cultivator wasn’t able to take it away was because, just like Primordial Origin Treasures, this Lotus developed its own sentience. It protected itself and didn’t want to get captured.
But since it was, in the end, just a spirit herb, it couldn’t run away either. Slowly, the information about it spread as more people saw it due to the devil cultivator’s attacks, as he wanted to break its defenses. And once information spread everywhere, all Heavenly Realms participated to acquire it.
The result was this lotus destroying itself... it couldn’t run away, but it still could destroy itself.
There could be only one Eternal Dao Lotus in the whole cosmos, just like Primordial Origin Treasures, and since it was destroyed, a new one was definitely born somewhere.
Everyone thought that it must be in the Primordial Dimension and they began searching for it. The Primordial Dimension’s is unending. It was said that it was still expanding, so searching for it was almost impossible. Although, Some might still be searching for it inside right now.
Who would have thought that this lotus was inside a lower upper realm.
Lin Feng couldn’t help but think if this lotuc can alter its birth location... It seemed possible. Maybe this was the reason it even destroyed itself.
"Alright, junior brother, this was everything. Now I will leave—"
"Wait a second, senior brother."
"Hm! What happened, junior brother?"
"How do you tend to this lotus?"
There was an array around the Eternal Dao Lotus, but it was only a detection array. Lin Feng already had a feeling that the sect must have tried to add a protection array around it, but it wouldn’t have worked.
"We don’t do anything now, junior brother. In the start, we used a lot of spirit stones, but nothing happened, so we just left it be. It seems fine without anything, not to mention it survived the Central Region’s darkness without getting corrupted at all. In fact, I have heard that there was a nonexistent darkeness around it for 100 meters at least, pretty amazing, right...
Also, junior brother, don’t step into the array, it is a detection array. The protection array we created around it never worked, nor were we able to put it into a storage ring or bag. It is definitely related to this spirit herb, but we can’t find out why..."
Lin Feng knew that it was impossible to create anything around it which could make it feel restricted. Those things would immediately get annihilated.
This lotus was already Grade 8, so there was a chance that its sentience was already developed, but even if it wasn’t, it was a primal instinct for any living thing to protect itself in any way.
Lin Feng nodded, "Alright, I will remember that."
"Then I shall leave now..." The disciple flew away.
Lin Feng watched him leave before looking at the lotus again. It was true that it didn’t require any special resource to help its growth. It wasn’t just a spirit herb, it was one of its kind.
But there was something it loved, normal water. He didn’t know who had found it, or maybe someone got enlightenment looking at it. Although this Eternal Dao Lotus grew on land instead of water like other lotuses, it still liked a bowl of water every day.
"What an interesting encounter... Now, how should I take it away?"
It definitely had sentience, but it wouldn’t show resistance to being taken away, at least at this stage. The fact that the Yin Yang Harmony Sect was able to bring it from the Central Region was already proof of it.
There was no need to act right now, but when he was about to leave, he would have to find a way to take it.
The Eternal Dao Lotus showed its real capabilities after it crossed Grade 9 and stepped onto the path of Dao.
The real reason why it was considered even better than Primordial Origin Treasures was because, just like chaos, it encompassed all Daos in it. The only difference was that chaos was a combination of all Daos, while this lotus wasn’t.
It released insights into each and every Dao, so anyone could meditate in front of it and get insights into their Dao.
Of course, for that, you had to be accepted by it, or else it wouldn’t give you anything.
Although the insights it gave were usually small compared to a Primordial Origin Treasure, it was still better as multiple cultivators could get insights from it at the same time.
The only problem was that it was very low grade right now and would take about hundreds of years for it to reach even Grade 9, much less break through it. A bowl of water could increase its growth, but it would still be slow.
This was only in terms of cultivators of his strength. After all, at a higher realm, hundred years were considered nothing.