Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start-Chapter 336: The Shriveled Seed

Ye Youlong followed his gaze.

Floating above the milky white lake surface was a tiny black object, smaller than the size of a little fingernail, shaped like a melon seed, yet was extremely shriveled.

Ye Youlong remembered this thing; it was the gift they received from the principal for placing first during the grade competition at White Emperor Spirit Academy.

According to the principal himself, the origin of this thing was very mysterious, and he had expended tremendous effort to bring it out from a Secret Realm.

Even at that time, he had almost lost his life because of this seed.

After receiving this item, Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong never took it seriously.

After all, Xiao Zhan didn’t believe he could understand something that the principal couldn’t figure out over so many years, so he simply tossed it into a corner of the Dimension Space to collect dust.

Just now, when Xiao Zhan poured everything out, this thing came tumbling out as well.

Now, they looked at this shriveled seed with faces full of curiosity.

From the time it took for those items to transform, Xiao Zhan could draw one conclusion: the higher the quality of the item, the more Secret Realm Origin Energy it needed to absorb for transformation.

And the longer it would take.

Of course, that excluded the large water bed, which didn’t absorb much at all, and the fragrance was purely from soaking.

The one that took the longest to absorb was the Ghost Blood Eye, a whole fifteen minutes.

But now, in Xiao Zhan’s Perception, this shriveled seed was still ceaselessly absorbing Secret Realm Origin Energy.

"Could it be that this thing really is some rare treasure?" Xiao Zhan murmured.

"Since it’s absorbing, then just let it absorb. We can’t take the Secret Realm Origin with us anyway, so why not see what it can transform into," Ye Youlong said.

Xiao Zhan nodded his head.

"Alright, let’s let it absorb and see exactly what it is!"

After speaking, Xiao Zhan simply sat down on the ground.

Waiting for the completion of the seed’s absorption.

But he didn’t expect that this wait would be half a day.

Xiao Zhan became a little tired from waiting, he glanced at the seed and found that it still looked just as shriveled as before, with no change at all.

Xiao Zhan let out a sigh, "It’s been half a day; how can there be no reaction at all? I’m getting hungry."

Xiao Zhan took out piping hot food from the Dimension Space, not soaked, because it wasn’t necessary.

He gave Ye Youlong a portion first.

Then he picked up a chicken leg and started to eat heartily.

Ye Youlong was getting hungry as well. While eating, she said, "Actually, there is a change. Do you notice that it is absorbing energy faster than before?"

Xiao Zhan replied indifferently, "Even if it’s faster, it’s not much faster. With this current rate, who knows how long it will take to go from shriveled to plump."

This was indeed the case.

Ye Youlong continued to eat, and after a while, she said, "We can’t waste time. This seed probably will take a long time to absorb, let’s use this time to search for other opportunities."

Xiao Zhan had finished eating, wiped his mouth, and said, "Alright, since we’re waiting anyway, let’s go find some other fortune."

After Ye Youlong had finished eating, the two set off together.

The shriveled seed lying in the lake was now absorbing energy at a strenuous pace.

Its speed was slow, with the energy entering its body like streams, but as it continued to absorb, its interior was undergoing earth-shattering changes. freёweɓnovel.com

The shriveled cells became plump one after another, releasing vigorous vitality.

However, these changes were microscopic and could not be seen by the naked eye, even with Xiao Zhan’s Perception, they remained undetectable.

With these changes, the entire shriveled seed was transforming, as if from an old man gradually turning into a young and strong adult, and its absorption speed was also increasing exponentially.

By evening, Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong had returned to the lakeside.

They had collected many Spirit Fruits, all of good grade, starting with Third Grade, mostly at Fourth Grade and even several at Fifth Grade. With a soak in the lake water, they could gain a few Sixth Grade Holy Fruits.

However, upon reaching the lakeside, Xiao Zhan first checked the seed.

He found that its absorption speed had increased, yet the shriveled appearance hadn’t changed much.

He felt slightly disappointed.

"This damn seed can really absorb, so slow and annoying."

"Don’t be impatient, the more precious the thing, the harder it is to obtain," Ye Youlong comforted from the side.

"But you were quite easy to obtain, right?" Xiao Zhan retorted.

He felt that Ye Youlong was very precious and that he obtained her quite effortlessly.

Ye Youlong flicked her pale finger on his forehead, speaking in a flirtatious manner, "I’m different. I came for free, you got a free ride."

"So, what if this seed gives me another free ride?"

Ye Youlong was speechless, really at a loss for words.

She tossed the Spirit Fruits into the lake, shifting her focus.

Xiao Zhan felt helpless.

After the Spirit Fruits were thrown into the water, the two waited for their transformation. With all the Spirit Fruit grades increased, Xiao Zhan made quite a profit.

But it was then that something unexpected happened.

Not only did the Spirit Fruits fail to enlarge, they seemingly corroded almost instantly, shriveling into a gruel then dispersing into the lake water.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhan was taken aback, "Crap, enhancement failed?"

Xiao Zhan couldn’t believe it, and took another Low Grade Spirit Fruit from the Dimension Space to throw into the water.

This one had already been successfully enhanced and shouldn’t fail, right?

Yet it disintegrated in seconds, and he was proven wrong.

Xiao Zhan, refusing to accept defeat, took out several ordinary fruits from the Dimension Space and threw them into the water one after another.

But out of seven or eight, not a single one succeeded in enhancement.

Xiao Zhan stopped throwing. He gave up.

At that moment, Ye Youlong said, "I just used Perception to observe, and after those Spirit Fruits and fruits disappeared, they turned into energy, which was devoured by that shriveled seed."

"Devoured?"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhan was shocked, then suddenly turned his head to look at the seed again.

He unleashed his Perception and dropped another Spirit Fruit, indeed, he noticed that the Spirit Fruit was enveloped in Secret Realm Origin energy the moment it was thrown.

The Spirit Fruit changed in that instant.

But in less than a second, it was absorbed by an odd energy, turning the Spirit Fruit itself into nourishment.

And that strange energy came from the shriveled seed.