Mu xin woke up, feeling strangely light (i feel so great even though i just woke up, is it thanks to cultivation? Usually i would still somewhat sluggish when just wake up) mu xin look around and stiffen up, right beside him is shu hua sleeping soundly with her cloth a bit messed up (i didn't know spirit need to sleep to, and i never expect her to sleep beside me) after that mu xin leave the bed grab the last spiritual fruit and eat it (now how am I supposed to use the spiritual qi in my body? Do i need to learn martial art after all like in those novel? But well, without practice i won't be able to do it and i don't know where I can get those, maybe from sect?) As mu xin pondering all kind of thing, shu hua is starting to wake up "sister hua how do i use the spiritual qi in my body?" Shu hua who just wake up couldn't help but smile at mu xin enthusiasm "spiritual qi is utilized in all kind of means for example by using martial art, pill refinement or more commonly known as alchemy, array formation, there's a lot of way to use it" "So if I'm going to fight then the one use would be martial art?" "The other can be used to fight to, but martial arts is more commonly used because all you have to do is practicing a martial art either its fist art, sword art, spear art, hammer art" (Really resemble the usual cultivation world in those novel) "now rather that keep asking those questions isn't it about time we start moving?" "Ah right i can ask again on the way, wait sister hua if you never leave this place how you can know so much?" (Is't it weird? She knows all those alchemies and array formation which definitely doesn't exist here inside this cave) "as a spirit tree i have an inheritance memory from my parent tree, but i've never seen or experience most thing personally" Shu hua answer with a bit of a sad smile "I see well we're going to leave together right that mean we can experience a lot together" (I'm really not good at this) "so sister hua how you will follow me if your real body stay here?" (She did mention i just have to bring a part of her, so maybe a stick?) After mu xin said that the tree root start to move, the thin root is twisting together forming a circle, not long latter a bracelet made of its root is in front of mu xin, the bracelet looks simple no different from what you would expect from what a child will make, but the problem is something else "sister hua ist it a bit to big?" With the size of its hole it will easily fell of "just put it on" Shu hua said so with small smile like it was never a problem (well since it's part of her maybe it can change size?) Mu xin though so from his experience of reading, so he grab it and put it on his left hand, as he expected the bracelet start moving and tightening on its own until its fits tightly on his hand without hurting him "wow" (Now that's cool) "now that you have my bracelet we can start to move now" Shu hua said happily thinking about all she's going to see "uh sister hua it's not sure how long we will leave the forest so can I bring some of your fruit as food supplies?" "My fruit?" Shu hua start to look at mu xin and the fruit with a bit of a worried expression while thinking hard (she looks unwilling even though she let me eat one easily? Is there a problem? Ah maybe since it has such an effect it can only be eaten once for each person, otherwise the one who eats it will die? Something like that? Well, seems like i miss a land mine there) mu xin though so while thanking his quick wits in his heart "its fine sister hua i can just return to that spiritual fruit tree again to get more food" "No its fine little xin here you go, you should one right away" Shu hua suddenly said so with her usual smile while the tree bring down its big branch with a bunch of mind ascension fruit on it (seriously why? Is she looks worried there like there's a issue? Why the change of heart?) Mu xin really confused now with shu hua sudden change "but i just ate spiritual fruit just now so I'm fine" (And why she told me to eat one immediately?) "Since you've become a cultivator the spiritual fruit won't be able to help you deal your hunger and thirst like before because your spiritual root will absorb that little amount of spiritual qi so it better to just eat mind ascension fruit which rich with spiritual qi so you can be full for much longer" Shu hua explain with a smile but mu xin think of something (its sound logical but i can't help but feel that there's other reason) mu xin grab one mind ascension fruit and look at it intently (should i eat it? What if i explode and die? She looks worried just now but suddenly change her mind there has to be a reason, just trust her, she needs me if she wants to leave this place anyway, if i die guess bye-bye huh) with some death determination mu xin start to eat the fruit, he eats it quickly to just get it over with, soon the fruit is gone and mu xin look at shu hua while shu hua also look at mu xin "how do you feel? Not uncomfortable?" (Am i really supposed to die here?) "No I'm feeling refreshed like the first time i ate it" (Good thing nothing happened) "thats good, then you should eat everything before we start moving" "Eh? Everything? But there's more than a hundred of it" (There's no way i can eat all of it!)
"Its fine every time you're full you just have to cultivate to absorb those spiritual qi and keep eating, repeat it until all the fruit is gone!" (Seriously? All of it?) "Now no time to waste let's get start" With that all the branches of the tree that have fruit are coming down (this will take a long time)