Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet.

Chapter 386 A Short Story About the Peach Tree!

With a powerful backer, Gu Yuan can steadily advance to the Golden Core realm, which will solidify his foundation at Medicine King Mountain and allow him to go further.

Danxia Laozu was such a powerful backer, but the problem is that this backer is now facing some issues.

This problem seems to be quite significant.

Therefore, helping Ancestor Danxia is actually helping Gu Yuan himself.

Gu Yuan was well aware of this.

"Hey, you just left, what brings you back again?"

When Gu Yuan arrived at Zhurong Peak, the Black Dragon Venerable, who had been resting with his eyes closed, was somewhat surprised and stared at Gu Yuan for a long time.

Gu Yuan quickly bowed and explained, "Reporting to Your Excellency, this disciple suddenly remembered something that needs to be told to the Ancestor."

The Black Dragon Venerable seemed uninterested in what Gu Yuan was saying. He flicked his tail listlessly, twitched his ears, and said lazily, "Alright, you go ahead with your business. The Ancestor is still inside the hall."

The young Daoist Qingfeng, who was not far away, also noticed Gu Yuan. Seeing that Gu Yuan was in a hurry, he asked in confusion, "Senior Brother Gu, what's going on...?"

After Gu Yuan explained the reason, Qingfeng Daotong was about to go in to report when he heard Danxia Patriarch's voice: "Let Gu Yuan in."

"Yes, Patriarch!"

Qingfeng Daotong bowed and then said to Gu Yuan, "Senior Brother Gu, the Ancestral Master invites you in."

Gu Yuan was not surprised and said to Qingfeng Daotong, "Thank you, junior brother."

After saying that, he hurriedly entered the main hall.

Once he entered the hall, he saw that Ancestor Danxia was still guarding the same spot, controlling a ball of true fire to nourish the pills in the furnace.

Seeing Gu Yuan rush in, Ancestor Danxia was not surprised. He simply said, "Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"

He knew very well that Gu Yuan had just left, but now he had rushed over again, so there must be something he wanted to say.

Therefore, the Old Ancestor Danxia was too lazy to waste words with him.

"This……"

Gu Yuan's mind raced for a moment before he decided to get straight to the point: "To be honest, Ancestor, I just heard some rumors... rumors about you, Ancestor. Hmm, rumors about your injuries."

After a pause, Gu Yuan glanced at Ancestor Danxia. Seeing that Ancestor Danxia's expression remained unchanged and he did not speak, Gu Yuan continued, "Therefore, this disciple has an idea about a way that may help you solve your problem."

After saying that, seeing that Ancestor Danxia was still neither happy nor sad, but calm and composed, he secretly praised her.

The old ancestor before us is indeed worthy of being a powerful Yang God. He possesses a calm and composed demeanor, as if facing a mountain of pressure without changing his expression or the collapse of the heavens and the shattering of the earth.

"Ha ha……"

Danxia Ancestor suddenly laughed: "You say you have a solution to the problem? Fine, tell me, I want to see what your solution is."

His words carried a hint of indifference. He clearly didn't believe Gu Yuan could solve the problem that had been troubling him for so long.

However, that is indeed the case.

Who is he, and who is Gu Yuan?

In terms of cultivation level, strength, knowledge, and experience, Gu Yuanjin was far inferior to Ancestor Danxia.

Ancestor Danxia has been trying his best to find various ways to solve his problem, but after a thousand years, he can only start with alchemy.

He planned to refine a legendary elixir that could repair the soul, only then could his problem be solved.

As for Gu Yuan, he possesses considerable talent and aptitude, along with excellent comprehension, and is equally gifted in alchemy. However, he is ultimately somewhat weak, and from any perspective, Ancestor Danxia does not believe that Gu Yuan can solve the problem that has troubled him for so long.

Gu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then simply said, "To be honest, Ancestor, I once planted a peach tree in my hometown."

peach?

Ancestor Danxia frowned, not understanding why Gu Yuan was bringing up such an irrelevant topic.

But he also knew that Gu Yuan wasn't the kind of person who would do something pointless for no reason, so he patiently continued listening.

Gu Yuan continued, "Every year, this peach tree bears large and sweet fruit, which I love very much and take good care of."

"However, one year there was a heavy rain and a strong wind, and as a result, this peach tree was blown down by the wind."

Gu Yuan silently "told" his little story, saying, "At the time, I was a little anxious because I've always had a sweet tooth. If this peach tree died like this, I might never be able to eat such sweet peaches again."

"Fortunately, with the guidance of the village elders, I learned a way. I simply selected a branch from this peach tree and planted it on another fruit tree, intending for the peach branch to absorb nutrients from the fruit tree and survive."

"I fertilized and watered it and took good care of it. Before long, this peach tree branch actually sprouted new buds and regained its vitality."

"This method is called grafting."

That concludes Gu Yuan's little story.

As for Ancestor Danxia, ​​his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he were deep in thought.

Gu Yuan's story was simple and not complicated, so he naturally understood what Gu Yuan meant.

However, it was precisely because he understood that he was somewhat astonished.

The peach tree that Gu Yuan mentioned was actually referring to him.

The peach tree was blown down by the wind, which means that his current injuries are serious.

Later, Gu Yuan said that by using this "grafting" method, the branches of the peach tree can be connected to another fruit tree, and the tree can grow stronger by using its nutrients.

It's actually about how to help him recover from his injuries.

This method seems simple, and somewhat crude and direct, but after thinking it over, Ancestor Danxia felt that it was actually quite feasible.

The injuries of Ancestor Danxia were not related to his physical body, but rather to some problems with his spirit and soul.

In this situation, only a very few legendary elixirs and pills that can heal the soul would be effective for him.

However, such elixirs or panaceas are naturally extremely rare.

Furthermore, ever since that incident, Ancestor Danxia has been unable to trust anyone easily.

Therefore, he would only dare to consume and refine spiritual medicines and elixirs if they came from his own hands.

As for other methods, he had actually considered them. For example, Ancestor Danxia himself had a special supernatural power that could scatter his own Yang spirit, gather it into a ball of essence, and then reincarnate to start cultivating anew.

In this way, as time goes by and his cultivation level increases, his injuries will basically be able to recover.

However, while this method seemed to be effective, the problem was that once it was done, his lifespan remained unchanged.

In other words, by choosing this method, his cultivation will be completely destroyed, and as for his lifespan, it will only be a little over a thousand years. It will not only not be enhanced, but may even be weakened due to some changes.

In this way, when his lifespan is exhausted, he will also die.

As for the solution, it's both simple and difficult.

(End of this chapter)