Xianglan Mountain.
The forested land below Shandong Reservoir.
The Divine-Given Seed of Emerald Flower Cold Orchid has reached its final stage of maturation, absorbing a huge amount of nutrients. The mother plant nourishing it is becoming thinner by the day, with some leaves starting to wither and yellow.
Dragon Cypress drove away the Soldier Ants guarding the woods, leaving just himself and Ink Orchid to keep watch nearby.
A cold wind blew in from the north.
After a torrential rain, there was intermittent drizzle. Five or six gloomy, rainy days in a row, and finally, the sky cleared.
Basking in the golden sunlight, the stubbornly standing, somewhat misshapen, blue-green Seed Pod revealed yellowing along its veins.
This is the Divine-Given Seed ripening, and the mother plant has gradually stopped delivering nutrients to the Seed Pod.
Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid waited patiently, lying there side by side, staring without moving a muscle.
Three more days passed.
