Beast Taming: Sharing Pets' Abilities-Chapter 386 - 385: The Little Story of the Peach Tree
With a strong backing, Gu Yuan can steadily advance into the Golden Core Realm, solidifying his foundation at Medicine King Mountain and allowing him to go further.
Danxia Laozu is such a backing, but the problem is that this backing is currently facing some issues.
These issues don’t seem to be minor.
Therefore, helping Danxia Laozu is essentially helping Gu Yuan himself.
Gu Yuan is fully aware of this point.
"Oh, you just left, how come you’re back again?"
When Gu Yuan arrived at Zhurong Peak, the originally meditating Venerable Black Dragon was somewhat surprised, staring at Gu Yuan repeatedly.
Gu Yuan quickly bowed and explained, "Reporting to the Venerable, I suddenly remembered something I need to tell the Ancestor."
Venerable Black Dragon seemed uninterested in what Gu Yuan was saying, lazily shaking his tail and ears, saying, "Alright, go ahead then, the Ancestor is still inside the hall."
The nearby Daoist Child Qingfeng also noticed Gu Yuan and, seeing him rushing, asked in confusion, "Senior Brother Gu, what’s this about...?"
As Gu Yuan explained the reason, just as Daoist Child Qingfeng was about to report, Danxia Laozu’s voice came from the side, "Let Gu Yuan come in."
"Yes, Patriarch!"
Daoist Child Qingfeng bowed before saying to Gu Yuan, "Senior Brother Gu, the Patriarch invites you in."
Gu Yuan was not surprised and said to Daoist Child Qingfeng, "Thank you, Junior Brother."
After saying this, he hurried into the main hall.
Once inside, he saw Danxia Laozu still stationed there, controlling a cluster of True Flame, nurturing the Elixir in the Pill Furnace.
Seeing Gu Yuan rush in, Danxia Laozu wasn’t surprised, directly saying, "Go ahead, what matter do you have with me?"
He understood clearly that Gu Yuan had just left not long ago and now hastily returned, certainly with something to say.
Thus, Danxia Laozu didn’t bother with superfluous words.
"This is..."
Gu Yuan turned his thoughts in his mind, simply getting straight to the point, "To be honest, Ancestor, I just heard some rumors, which... are about you. Uh, rumors about your injury."
Having paused, Gu Yuan glanced at Danxia Laozu, and seeing that his expression remained unchanged and silent, he continued, "So, I have an idea that could possibly help you solve this issue."
After speaking, seeing Danxia Laozu still appearing neither happy nor sad, calm and composed, he inwardly admired him.
The ancestor before him, indeed, did live up to being a Yang Spirit master, possessing a serenity that remains unfazed even with a mountain collapsing on top, composed amidst earth-shattering chaos.
"Hehe..."
Danxia Laozu suddenly laughed, "You say you have a method to solve the problem? Alright, let’s hear it, I’m curious to see what solution you have."
In his words, there was a somewhat dismissive tone. Clearly, he didn’t believe Gu Yuan could solve the problem that had troubled him for so long.
However, the situation was indeed so.
Who was he, and who was Gu Yuan?
The cultivation and strength, knowledge and experience of the two, Gu Yuan was entirely inferior to Danxia Laozu.
Danxia Laozu had already tried various ways to solve his problem, yet a thousand years passed, and he could only start from the Alchemy Dao.
He planned to refine a legendary Spirit Pill that could repair the Divine Soul, only then could he possibly solve his problem.
As for Gu Yuan, he possessed good talent and comprehension, and with his ability in Alchemy Dao, he was also quite gifted.
But now, he was ultimately still lacking, as no matter from which angle Danxia Laozu viewed it, he didn’t believe Gu Yuan could solve the problem that had troubled him for so long.
Gu Yuan hesitated for a moment, simply saying, "To be honest, Ancestor, back at my home, I once grew a peach tree."
Peach tree?
Danxia Laozu frowned, not understanding why Gu Yuan was mentioning such an insignificant topic.
But he also knew Gu Yuan wasn’t one to do useless things without reason, so he patiently continued to listen.
Gu Yuan continued, "This peach tree every year bore big and sweet fruit, which I greatly cherished, taking good care of it."
"However, one year there was a heavy rain and a fierce wind, and the peach tree was blown over."
Gu Yuan quietly "narrated" his little story, saying, "At that time, I was a bit anxious because I had always been rather a glutton, and if the peach tree were to die, I might never taste such sweet peaches again."
"Fortunately, following the advice of the village elders, I learned a method and decided to take a branch of the peach tree and graft it onto another fruit tree, intending to let this peach tree branch absorb the nutrients of this fruit tree and survive."
"I diligently fertilized and watered it, carefully nurturing, and soon enough, the peach tree branch sprouted new buds and was revived with life."
"This method is called grafting."
With this, Gu Yuan’s little story concluded.
As for Danxia Laozu, at this moment, his brows were slightly furrowed as if lost in thought.
Gu Yuan’s little story was simple, not complicated, so he certainly understood Gu Yuan’s implication.
But also, because he understood, he was somewhat astonished.
The peach tree Gu Yuan spoke of actually referred to him.
The peach tree being blown over meant his current injury.
Then, Gu Yuan talked about using this "grafting" method to connect the peach tree branch to another fruit tree, drawing nutrients to grow and thrive.
This was actually a suggested means to heal his injury.
This method seemed simple, even a bit coarse and direct, but Danxia Laozu thought about it and found the feasibility quite considerable.
Danxia Laozu’s injury wasn’t related to the body; it was primarily due to issues with the Divine Soul.
In such cases, only the rare Spirit Medicine or Spirit Pills famed for healing Divine Souls were effective for him.
Yet such Spirit Medicines or Spirit Pills were naturally extremely rare.
Moreover, ever since that incident, Danxia Laozu could no longer easily trust others.
Therefore, any Spirit Medicine or Spirit Pill could only be self-produced before he dared to ingest and refine it.
Regarding other methods, he had indeed considered them, for instance, Danxia Laozu himself possessed a unique Divine Technique, capable of dispersing his Yang Spirit and gathering it into a cluster of Essence to reincarnate, starting cultivation anew.
In this way, over time, with the growth of cultivation, his injury could essentially recover.
However, although this seemed effective, the problem was that once enacted, his Lifespan dilemma would remain unsolved.
In other words, choosing this method meant all his cultivation would be wasted, and concerning lifespan, only about a thousand years would remain, not increasing, and possibly decreasing due to certain changes.
Thus, when the lifespan ran out, he would still face death.
As for the solution, it was both simple and difficult.
