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By the time it was discovered, it was too late.
"Did you bring back a sample?" Yu Ziqing asked.
"I brought it back." King Xiang produced a jade bottle sealed with a talisman and handed it to Yu Ziqing.
Yu Ziqing opened the jade bottle and silently sensed it for a moment.
Inside him, a calm, earth-toned toad that was constantly inhaling and exhaling suddenly opened its eyes and lifted its head to take a look.
The Bodhi Tree, which was usually quiet as well, started to emit a faint glow, responding to it.
Yu Ziqing opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing the spiritual energy sealed in the jade bottle into his body.
The earth-toned toad and the Bodhi Tree began to move simultaneously.
The toad absorbed it, circulated it once, and then passed it to the Bodhi Tree.
On the Bodhi Tree, a flower bud gradually appeared, and when it bloomed, a grotesque face was inside.