Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant

Chapter 1406: Chapter 46 Uprooting

The old woman looked at Qin Lingxiao’s palm.

The fair hand gently held the shriveled, pitch-black fruit.

Frowning, she couldn’t help but say:

“The Yin Fruit…”

She stared intently at Qin Lingxiao’s eyes:

“Do you know what consequences choosing this fruit will bring?”

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Having made the choice, Qin Lingxiao now appeared calm and composed:

“I know.”

The old woman couldn’t help but ask:

“Then why still choose it?”

“To choose this fruit means you will be confined here in this cage just like me!”

“A thousand years, ten thousand years, without ever seeing the sun!”

Qin Lingxiao was silent for a moment, then said:

“I… am wholeheartedly pursuing the Dao, and if I can get just a glimpse of a higher realm, even if I’m confined here, it’s enough.”

The old woman looked at her:

“Is that truly all there is to it?”

A smile appeared on Qin Lingxiao’s face as she countered:

“Otherwise, what reason do you think there is?”

The old woman said nothing, just looked at her.

Daoist Yuanci, who was beside them, glanced at the two and suddenly asked:

“May I ask my mentor, what is the difference between these two fruits, and what effects do they have?”

“Must we make a choice?”

On hearing this, the old woman turned slightly and said in a low voice:

“It’s not that I wish to trouble you, but to resolve the Yuanci Membrane Eye, these two fruits must be consumed separately, and the Cultivation Realms of the consumers must not be too far apart. At present, only the two of you qualify.”

“These two fruits, one Yin and one Yang, the Yang Fruit can allow one to ascend beyond this realm. However, if one’s Cultivation Base isn’t sufficient, even if one leaves this realm, they won’t be able to reach another.”

Daoist Yuanci, shocked by the explanation, changed expression upon hearing the latter part:

“Does that mean becoming trapped outside in the Realm Sea?”

The old woman nodded slightly.

“There are ways to reap its benefits without being inevitably trapped and dying outside.”

She continued:

“As for the Yin Fruit, consuming it can enhance one’s comprehension of the heavenly Dao…”

Daoist Yuanci did not rush to rejoice this time but listened intently.

Indeed, the old woman continued:

“…All things have Yin and Yang. Although the Yin Fruit has a miraculous effect on enhancing comprehension, such an effect comes at the cost of consuming a great deal of Lifespan.”

“Of course, there are also solutions to this problem. That is to make use of the special properties of the Extreme Southern Wind Cave, merging one’s Primordial Spirit there to delay the depletion of Lifespan. The cost, as you’ve seen, is the inability to leave this place, making it difficult to transcend.”

She looked at Qin Lingxiao with a meaningful gaze:

“This little girl chose the Yin Fruit, whether out of foolishness or obsession.”

Hearing the old woman’s words, Qin Lingxiao suddenly realized.

She gazed at the old woman with complex emotions.

What made her heart tremble was that

after Daoist Yuanci heard the old woman’s words, he gave her a deep look and without any hesitation, extended his hand to absorb the Yin Fruit from Qin Lingxiao’s hand into his own.

“The disciple desires this fruit.”

Qin Lingxiao looked up at Daoist Yuanci, bewildered.

Yet all she saw was a face of serene indifference.

The old woman was startled, looking deeply at Daoist Yuanci:

“Have you thought it through?”

Daoist Yuanci’s expression was as calm as ever:

“The disciple has thought it through very clearly.”

Yet the old woman asked again:

“With your Lifespan greatly reduced, you’ll either remain here or your Lifespan will diminish quickly. Do not think that just because you are an Incarnation, your true form will not be affected. This Holy Fruit has the governance of heavenly Dao imbued within. Once you consume it, it is as if your true form has consumed it, and when the time comes, even your true self will have to come here to survive.”

“Have you really thought it through?”

“There are further restrictions like this?”

Daoist Yuanci was somewhat surprised, but then his expression became tranquil once more:

“If one can hear the Dao in the morning, dying in the evening is bearable.”

Hearing this, the old woman couldn’t help but look at him with admiration.

At this moment, Qin Lingxiao’s heart was incredibly complex.

“He, who is clearly the Deputy Sect Master of our Sect with a boundless future and a family, disciples, such a happy and fulfilled life… yet he willingly chose the Yin Fruit…”

“Is it truly just for the ‘Dao’?”

“Or… for me?”

Previously calm, the lake of her heart now rippled quietly again, swelling ever more turbulently, wave upon wave.

But the old woman suddenly laughed.

With a gentle gesture, she drew the Yang Fruit directly into her hand.

Both Daoist Yuanci and Qin Lingxiao were taken aback.

“Mentor…”

“Elder…”

The old woman looked at Daoist Yuanci with a smile:

“Keep the Yin Fruit. It may bring misfortune, but should the day come when there is no choice left, maybe it can still be of use.”

Daoist Yuanci was a bit puzzled:

“But what about this Yang Fruit…”

The old woman’s smile was serene:

“The Yang Fruit, only I shall consume.”

Qin Lingxiao said in astonishment:

“You will eat it? But didn’t you just say that it requires two people whose Cultivation Realms are not too far apart to…”

Daoist Yuanci was also full of confusion.

The old woman laughed heartily as if content:

“I tricked you.”

The two gazed at each other in bewilderment.

But the old woman waved her hand, and two streams of light penetrated the foreheads of both.

Daoist Yuanci hastily checked and then looked up at the old woman in surprise:

“This, this is the Spell to repair the Yuanci Truth Membrane Eye? Didn’t you say we needed the Yang and Yin Fruits to…”

“I tricked you too.”

“The Taoist Mystic Holy Fruit is an item for Cultivation, what has it to do with the Membrane Eye?”

The old woman burst into hearty laughter, as if to make up for the millennia of lacking such joy.

Hearing this, one felt a sense of loss while the other smiled wryly.

After her laughter, the old woman spoke earnestly:

“The Truth Membrane Eyes of the Yuanci Sea in Zhongsheng Continent are not rare; I’ve trapped them all… By the way, only Nascent Soul Cultivators are accommodated in Fenglin Continent… You should pass on the Spell I taught you to others, the more the better. Form a formation to overcome it, and you should be able to solve it, whether it’s to completely repair or to leave a Membrane Eye, that is up to you to decide.”