The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 489 The world is full of wonders
Gu Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.

"You mean, this stinking thing almost replaced the mountain spirit here?"

Even though he's young, he's not easily fooled. This thing looks incredibly sinister; it's nowhere near as powerful as a mountain spirit.

Xuan Kong wasn't surprised to see Gu Yuan's incredulous expression. After all, the world is vast, and any situation can occur.

"What you said is the normal situation, but many times, there are shortcuts to some things, such as the original mountain spirit, if it loses its origin."

If that source falls into the hands of demons and evil spirits, it might be transformed. Besides, the spirit of the mountain doesn't stipulate that it must come from the righteous path!

Although mountain spirits are often referred to as semi-immortals, this refers only to their abilities, not their identity or origin.

"Fortunately, this thing was obtained through dubious means. Even if it had the potential to replace the Mountain Spirit, its strength was far inferior to that of the Mountain Spirit. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to take it down so easily."

Looking at the lifeless monster lying on the ground, Gu Yuan felt a pain in his eyes; it was simply too gruesome to look at.

I was initially quite sorry to see these senior colleagues working so hard.

Now, Gu Yuan felt that if they hadn't fallen down and killed the monster in time, things would have become much more complicated.

It's obvious without even thinking that this monster was probably created to break the seal; otherwise, who would be so idle as to raise such a disgusting thing!

After explaining the situation to Gu Yuan, Xuan Kong turned around and began to examine the condition of the empty space.

He was also quite curious as to how such a gloomy place could have developed such a medicinal spring.

The old man still lying on the ground spoke up: "We need to find someone to bring all the medicinal springs back with us later; they'll be very useful in the future."

No one else had any objections, but these words reached Gu Yuan's ears.

The automatic translation is: These seniors are trying to steal Yunran's things...

Even though he was on Yunran's side, he obviously couldn't directly say that all the good things should be given to Yunran, lest he give others cause for gossip later.

Xuan Chu carefully examined the medicinal spring here, and suddenly spoke up at an inopportune moment: "I'm afraid the medicinal spring here cannot be taken away."

I just checked; these medicinal spring waters, once they leave this pool, quickly turn into ordinary spring water.

The others were also surprised to hear this and quickly gathered around to take a look.

None of them were weak-willed; they quickly realized that what Xuan Chu said was true, and their faces immediately fell.

So, they got injured and ended up getting nothing in return?

Even if this medicinal spring has immense benefits, it's useless once you leave this place; it's just like wastewater.

They can't possibly go to all this lengths to fence off this entire area, only to have to travel all that way back here when they need it!

Giving up was clearly not their style. Apart from Gu Yuan and Xuan Chu, who were completely unaffected, the other elders all felt a lump in their throats.

"Ugh, isn't this just like a chicken bone—useless and worthless!"

Previously, no one had paid any attention to the monster's corpse.

But now, they can't take the medicinal spring with them. Even if it's fenced off after the report is submitted, they won't have much access to it.

With this comparison, the monster's corpse immediately became a hot commodity again.

One of the elders cleared his throat and said directly, "Well, I was the most seriously injured. You should have no objection to me giving you the monster's corpse as compensation!" Xuan Kong had no objection. The people of their Heavenly Dao Village were never short of treasures, not to mention that this monster was too much of an eyesore. He didn't want to look at it for even a second longer.

But the others immediately objected.

"Hey, you old rascal, what do you mean by 'you're the one who's most injured, so it's all yours'? Aren't our injuries serious? You're so greedy, aren't you afraid of being stuffed to death?!"

"What do you mean by that? Wasn't I the one who was injured the most, and I was the one who contributed the most? If it weren't for me, you, and you, we would have been torn to pieces by this monster long ago!"

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They had previously appeared to be on their last breath, and after taking medicine, they were just waiting for someone to come and rescue them.

They're arguing fiercely now, each one sounding very energetic.

Xuan Chu looked at the arguing old men with a somewhat complicated expression, and tugged at Gu Yuan.

"They're making such a fuss over just a monster's corpse. What will they do when they see the things the little paper doll rummaged through Yunran's things?"

Xuan Chu's original intention was for Gu Yuan to calm things down, since now was not the time to argue.

But Gu Yuan misunderstood Xuan Chu's words as a hint to him to have the paper figures secretly hide the things.

He immediately made an OK sign: "Don't worry, it'll be fine!"

Meanwhile, as the monster was killed, the lynx, held in the arms of the ginseng fruit, suddenly opened its eyes.

She no longer looked half-dead, and her eyes were bright again.

This made the ginseng fruit very happy, thinking that it was its own 'blood' that had worked.

He quickly reported to Yunran: "Host, that's great! I've brought the mountain spirit back to life; it's alright!"

Trapped within the sealed layer, Yunran also felt a sudden surge of powerful energy.

She knew very well that this power came from the mountain spirit, but it felt somewhat unfamiliar.

[Something's not right. This mountain spirit's power has suddenly increased so much. Did you somehow drain your own blood?]

Yunran was genuinely worried at this moment. The ginseng fruit's body was not made of flesh and blood, so it wouldn't die from excessive blood loss.

But that body was made using a lot of materials; if it were ruined, she would be heartbroken.

At this moment, the lynx stretched its limbs and jumped directly off the ginseng fruit.

That weak aura had vanished, replaced by the ferocity inherent in the lynx itself.

The ginseng fruit watched as the lynx slammed its paw down, causing the surrounding ice and snow to melt at a visible speed.

In the blink of an eye, what was originally a vast expanse of white has transformed into a lush, verdant expanse.

The ginseng fruit gaped in astonishment: "Wow, that's amazing! Even my host doesn't have such abilities. A mountain spirit is truly a mountain spirit!"
After all the snow had melted, the lynx turned its head and looked at the ginseng fruit.

With just one glance, Ginseng Fruit finally understood why so many animals were afraid of lynxes; that look was indeed a bit intimidating.

I have rediscovered my true self. Thank you for your previous help. Now, let me help you!