Chapter 13: Time to Cultivate! (1/2)

Ruan Tang immediately took a liking to the huge weeping willow by the river.

The willow tree must be quite old, with gnarled and vigorous branches, and countless supple willow twigs hanging down like a green waterfall, completely covering the thick trunk.

It is an excellent place for cultivation.

“This is it.” Ruan Tang pointed to the old willow tree. “Grandma, please put it on the tree for me.”

The puppet grandmother understood, lightly touched the damp ground with her toes, and floated up to the tree. The willow leaves swayed slightly, as if a gentle breeze had passed by, without making a sound.

Ruan Tang sat down on the thickest tree trunk, surrounded by dense willow branches that acted as a natural curtain, perfectly concealing her figure.

Ruan Tang was very satisfied. She smiled and nodded, saying, "Mother-in-law, as soon as the bank in the city opens, withdraw the money and come find me here after you've finished."

"Yes, Miss."

The puppet granny responded, and with a flicker, disappeared into the morning mist.

The willow branches returned to silence, with only the soft rustling of the wind through the hanging silk threads, harmonizing with the occasional crowing of a rooster in the distance.

Ruan Tang slowly exhaled and sat cross-legged, her black hair falling over her shoulders.

She did not rush to circulate her energy, but instead closed her eyes and focused her mind, sinking her consciousness deep into her dantian.

The seemingly frail sapling was now lazily clinging to her spiritual root, with a few crystal-clear "dewdrops" hanging among its tender leaves, looking quite content.

With a slight thought, Ruan Tang transformed her consciousness into a slender hand and made a gesture to pinch the most tender branch of the sapling.

"Little thing, if this doesn't work, you just wait and see," Ruan Tang threatened through gritted teeth.

"If this lousy technique still doesn't work... I'll pull you out and turn you into a toothpick."

Within his dantian, the slender branches of the Ruomu tree trembled violently.

A clear and intensely aggrieved feeling was conveyed to Ruan Tang.

The little thing is quite good at acting cute and pitiful.

Ruan Tang ignored it, calmed her mind, and began to slowly activate the incredibly beautiful top-grade water spirit root in her dantian according to the method recorded in the "Green Vine Cloud Dew Technique".

Buzz—

The spiritual root trembled slightly.

The next second, the world around her changed instantly in her perception!

The tiny water vapor invisible to the naked eye in the air, the thin mist rising from the river, the morning dew about to fall on the willow leaves, even the sap slowly flowing from the tree trunks at your feet...

Everything related to "water" was transformed into lively specks of light, shimmering with a faint glow.

They flocked towards Ruan Tang's location with affection and jubilation, like subjects seeing their king!

Ruan Tang held her breath and carefully guided the points of light.

Following her guidance, they merged into her meridians, were "activated" by her water spirit root, and then slowly and gently entered the body of this ancient willow tree through her body in contact with the willow branches.

It's a feeling that's hard to describe.

It was as if she herself had become a bridge connecting heaven and earth with the plants and trees.

The ancient willow tree seemed to sense this pure nourishment, letting out a satisfied sigh that no one could hear.

Immediately afterwards, a surge of vitality from vegetation, far more powerful and purer than the "living water" that Ruan Tang had crossed, flowed back along the path they had come from, like a green river flowing backwards, surging forth in a mighty torrent!

It was a pure, vibrant, bluish-green energy.

Like a flood bursting its banks, it surged irresistibly into Ruan Tang's dantian, pouring into that crystal-clear water spirit root without any hindrance!

Ruan Tang could clearly "see" that her spiritual root, which was originally just a pretty decoration, had become visibly solidified after being nourished by the vitality of the plants!