Confrontation Awaits (Part 1)

The plant grew among a low bush, slightly taller than the latter.

It had thick fleshy leaves the shape and size of a grown man's palm. The branches and leaves were in three distinctive layers; a long, straight stalk rose from the middle, with a fist-sized lump of red seeds on the tip of it.

It stood there in this hollow tree, swaying this way and that despite the absense of any wind as if it was nodding at them.

Gu Yu locked onto the target right away. That powerful vitality was coming from none other than this plant. He blinked and repeated what he was told as if it was his own understanding. "This is a ginseng plant, if I'm not mistaken, and a 'lamp stand' for that matter. That Mada Mountain thing is probably its doing."

"Yes, it looks very much like what Grandpa Shui told us. Is it a four-year-old ginseng?" asked Long Qiu.