Junior sister, I really need to control you

However, once it's pried open, we should be able to try using it.

Li Yinsheng was extremely curious about this.

The treasure left behind by a celestial being greatly intrigued him.

In exchange for leaving this item behind, he promised to protect Jingxuan Zhenren until she safely leaves this world and is no longer at risk of being fed the Holy Embryo.

In fact, the so-called "feeding the holy fetus" was just a suggestion she made to make it easier for herself to understand.

She then explained that a more appropriate way to describe it than "feeding" is to become a living dead, constantly absorbing the Qi of the Three Elements and transmitting it to the Holy Embryo.

It's like a furnace that's always being used.

This is far more torturous than death. Even in the demonic path, such torment that is worse than death is rare.

No wonder she desperately wanted to escape, and when she couldn't escape, she planned to self-destruct and take everyone down with her.

Compared to becoming a perpetual furnace, death is not an unacceptable thing.

Li Yinsheng readily agreed to Jingxuan's request to "take her away".

If we take her away, she'll have nowhere to go, and we might even be able to abduct her to the Xuanzhen Temple.

However, if she wants to leave the small world and travel around in the real world of cultivation, Li Yinsheng can't force her to join him.

Therefore, in terms of replenishing the manpower of Xuanzhen Temple, he still placed more hope on the enlightenment of the withered and flourishing spirit.

Walking into his courtyard, Li Yinsheng looked at a small, reddish tree in the corner that was already two or three people tall.

The hibiscus branch, which was originally only three feet long, has grown into a small hibiscus tree under the infusion of the essence of life and death.

However, he still had a lot of withered and flourishing spiritual energy left in his body.

Reaching out and pressing his hand against the small hibiscus tree, Li Yinsheng poured the remaining withered and flourishing spiritual energy into it—

He was initially worried about pushing things too hard, so he didn't try to force it all at once.

However, after only a short rest, the little hibiscus tree's aura has completely stabilized, so there's no need to worry anymore.

As expected of a branch of the divine tree, its foundation is excellent.

In just a quarter of an hour, Li Yinsheng's originally abundant spiritual energy was completely depleted.

For a True Person who cultivates the Sixfold Path of Withering and Flourishing, it would take at least several hundred years to recover the depleted spiritual energy of withering and flourishing.

It's roughly equivalent to pouring in all the vital energy that a titled True Person could generate in a lifetime.

But the little hibiscus tree didn't grow any taller; instead, it emitted a bright red light and gradually shrank.

As it shrank, its shape gradually changed, and the red light slowly condensed into a human form.

As Li Yinsheng's last trace of life force was injected into the Fusang Divine Tree, what stood before him was no longer just a tree.

Instead, she was a red-haired beauty who was almost as tall as him, even when she was barefoot.

She looked to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, about the same age as her martial uncle, but her eyebrows exuded a captivating charm.

Her hair was the same color as the hibiscus tree, and she smiled at Li Yinsheng with her ruby-red eyes.

Li Yinsheng's gaze fell on her snow-white body, and he looked enlightened.

"So, spiritual plants that have been enlightened and transformed don't come with their own clothes."

"Of course not, after all, I am just a tree, Master." The Fusang Tree Spirit looked at Li Yinsheng with a smile, without the slightest bit of shyness on her face.

Perhaps because she was transformed from a hibiscus branch, her face did not have that innocent naivety.

After glancing at it calmly, Li Yinsheng stroked his chin and said, "I don't have any women's clothes that suit you here. You can wear my clothes for now."

As he spoke, he handed the Fusang Tree Spirit a Taoist robe.

Although my junior sister definitely has women's clothing, the Fusang Tree Spirit definitely can't fit into it.

After she transformed, not only did she have the face of a beautiful woman, but her figure was also far beyond what her junior sister could achieve.

Rather, it seems that among all the people Li Yinsheng has ever met, no one can compare to the Fusang Tree Spirit before him.

In terms of fullness of her chest and hips, she was almost equivalent to her junior sister and Miss Shangguan combined.

However, in terms of waist, she was even more slender than Chi Ling, a young girl.

Moreover, such an absurd proportion doesn't look out of place on her at all.

Li Yinsheng didn't even need to try them on; he knew his junior sister's clothes definitely wouldn't fit.

The spirit of the hibiscus tree donned Li Yinsheng's clothes and smiled sweetly: "Master has been watching me the whole time."

"I am a maidservant chosen by my master, and my heart is connected with his. I suppose this transformed form is the one my master likes the most?"

Li Yinsheng coughed lightly: "Appearance is not important. What matters is that you are a branch of the Hibiscus tree, which is uniquely endowed. That's why I enlightened you."

Of course, to say that this look doesn't fit his aesthetic would be a bit of a lie.

This powerful predecessor who created the Six Transformations of Withering and Flourishing was truly a remarkable person; he even managed to make the transformed spiritual plants follow their master in appearance.

Looking at Fusangzhi draped in a Taoist robe, he nodded with great satisfaction.

The spiritual energy accumulated over hundreds of years has been used to refine the Fusang Tree Spirit, which is now equivalent to the peak of a Great Demon in terms of cultivation.

However, given its origins as the Fusang Divine Tree, it is estimated that it will not be inferior to the pure-blooded Golden Crow.

In terms of actual strength, although it doesn't reach the level of a demon king, it's not far off.

After a few more seclusions to recover more of her spiritual energy, she will become even stronger, more than capable of handling her daily chores.

I wonder how far a branch of the Fusang Divine Tree could develop if it were constantly nurtured with abundant spiritual energy of growth and decay.

If one day it could reveal even one or two tenths of the power of the Fusang Divine Tree, it would probably be enough to make it look down on human immortals.

However, although she mainly relies on her own withering and flourishing spiritual energy to improve her strength, it would still be better to have a cultivation technique and a few spells.

After all, if it really comes down to her needing to fight, she can't just go up and throw wild punches.

Li Yinsheng rubbed his chin.

Perhaps I can exchange another cultivation technique and spell with Miss Chiling next time we meet.

Given his current relationship with her, as long as he doesn't exchange for a high-grade, precious cultivation technique, there shouldn't be any problems.

If it could serve as a branch of Fusang and work in tandem with me, or amplify the True Fire of the Sun, that would be even better.

After all, the Fusang Divine Tree is of great benefit to the Golden Crow, and with the Transformation Crow Technique given to him by the Chiling Maiden, he can also enjoy some benefits.

Chapter 206 Breakthrough

At Li Yinsheng's residence.

"Huh? The spirit of the Fusang tree? Calling me 'this humble servant'?" The red-haired beauty shook her head repeatedly. "This won't do! It doesn't sound like a person's name at all!"

Looking at the Fusang Tree Spirit shaking its head repeatedly, Li Yinsheng nodded.

“That’s true. We can’t call you the Fusang Tree Spirit outside, it’s too conspicuous. Besides, you’re not the real Fusang Divine Tree.”

He stroked his chin, feeling that if he really dared to announce to the outside world that his maid was named "Fusang Tree Spirit".

The Golden Crow clan might really remember his name.

Simply put, it was too provocative.

Therefore, he spoke almost without hesitation, after a moment's thought, "From now on, you shall be called Ling'er."

The spirit of the hibiscus tree widened her eyes even more, her charming face revealing an expression that was a mixture of disgust and resistance.

"Master, are you serious? Do you really want me to serve you for the rest of my life with such a careless name as 'Ling'er'?"

"So what do you want to call her? Fu'er? Sang'er? Shu'er?" Li Yinsheng asked.

"Are you really unwilling to put even a little more effort into my name?" Fusang Tree Spirit asked, holding Li Yinsheng's hand with tears in her eyes.

"Legend has it that in addition to the divine tree Fusang, the Golden Crow clan also has another divine tree called Ruomu."

Li Yinsheng stroked his chin and said, "Although you have no connection with the Ruomu Divine Tree, wouldn't it sound better to be named Sangruo?"

“Sang Ruo…” She pondered the name for a moment, then nodded. “At least Master put his heart into it this time.”

"Maid Sang Ruo greets Master." She bowed gracefully to Li Yinsheng.

With this movement, the Taoist robe, which wasn't particularly large for her to begin with, was lifted slightly, revealing a bit of her fair skin.

"Hmm...it seems I'll have to have my junior sister forge a suitable robe for you tomorrow," Li Yinsheng said.

"Thank you, Master," Sang Ruo said with a delighted expression, then asked, "What should I do now?"

“Perfect, since you are a branch of the Fusang Divine Tree, let me test your supernatural powers,” Li Yinsheng said with a smile.

"The Fusang Divine Tree is of great benefit to the Golden Crow. Since you are a branch of the divine tree that has taken human form, you should have inherited some of its divine power, which will be of great benefit to my cultivation of the Golden Crow lineage's techniques."

"Does Master want Sang Ruo to help you with your cultivation?" Sang Ruo suddenly realized.

“That’s not wrong, but logically speaking, you have an extraordinary foundation and have been infused with the spiritual energy of the cycle of life and death for hundreds of years. Even in terms of your own strength, you should not be inferior to the Golden Crow, who is of a similar level,” Li Yinsheng said.

"Well... Sang Ruo really doesn't have much confidence right now, after all, apart from her two innate supernatural abilities, she doesn't know anything about combat." She looked hesitant.

"It's alright, I will find you a suitable cultivation method in the future," Li Yinsheng comforted him.

However, he was also quite shocked, not expecting that Sang Ruo, who was only at the peak of the Great Demon realm, would have two innate supernatural abilities.

In contrast, Junior Sister's Tun Tun only developed a devouring ability after it advanced to a True Spirit Beast comparable to a Demon King.

His Crimson Mosquitoes, which he has cultivated to this day, are capable of suppressing several peak Dharma Aspect level cultivators under his control, yet they don't even possess a single supernatural power.

Therefore, although humans value talent, for demons, innate foundation has an even greater impact.

……

Much later.

Sang Ruo slowly exhaled, a hint of fatigue appearing on her face, and her Taoist robe was quite disheveled, but she still felt a great deal of novelty and lingering interest.

As a being enlightened by Li Yinsheng, she was born with a lot of common sense in her mind beforehand, so she didn't have to learn to speak after she took human form.

But knowledge is knowledge, and experience is experience; the wondrous experience of personally demonstrating one's supernatural powers is a first for all.

Li Yinsheng nodded in satisfaction.

Sang Ruo, being a branch of the Fusang Divine Tree, also possesses a surge of solar essence within her, even purer than that of Li Yinsheng himself.