Is Mom waiting for her to come home? My mom is waiting for me to come home too, right? Zhou Yuanyuan's heart ached. The hairs on the tree roots that were about to pierce the little rabbit's body drooped down, and the tree roots that were tightly binding the little rabbit couldn't help but loosen up.
The little rabbit, having saved its life, kicked its legs and ran away desperately.
"Oh my! What a stupid tree! The food it got ran away. It is destined to starve to death." The middle-aged tree demon said sarcastically.
"Oh! What a rare opportunity!" The old tree demon sighed and stopped talking.
The middle-aged tree demon couldn't see Zhou Yuanyuan deliberately letting the little rabbit go from his vantage point, but the old tree demon saw it clearly. "This kid is really stupid! He's almost starving to death, yet he's still letting the little rabbit, which is his only food, go away." The old tree demon shook his head secretly.
The old tree demon didn't want to talk anymore. He wanted to die, and no one could teach him anything. This was the old tree demon's truest thought at this moment.
Zhou Yuanyuan really couldn't bring herself to eat it. She didn't want to die, but faced with such a cute little rabbit and such a horrifying way of eating it, Zhou Yuanyuan really couldn't do it!
What should I do? Should I just wait for death from starvation? Or should I try photosynthesis?
Thinking of this, Zhou Yuanyuan was a little excited. Unfortunately, Zhou Yuanyuan only remembered that the book said that plants can synthesize the nutrients they need with the help of sunlight, but the book didn't explain how to do it specifically!
How could photosynthesis be achieved? How about trying the same method used by monks to draw spirits into their bodies? Zhou Yuanyuan suddenly had an idea.
To put it simply, a cultivator's practice involves separating suitable spiritual energy molecules from the air and introducing them into their bodies. Then, through practice, these molecules form large and small circulations within their meridians. Finally, the purified spiritual energy, filtered through these circulations, is stored in the cultivator's dantian. Day after day, year after year, as the spiritual energy within a cultivator's body accumulates, they advance.
Perhaps the same principle applies to photosynthesis in this tree, Zhou Yuanyuan thought.
Don't delay, do it as soon as you think of it.
Zhou Yuanyuan endured the pangs of hunger and observed her surroundings with her mind. It was noon, and beams of sunlight streamed down from overhead, illuminating the tree trunk and branches, giving her a warm feeling. She carefully "identified" them; they were composed of tiny specks of seven colors: red, orange, magenta, green, indigo, blue, and violet. Oh, no, there was also a tiny speck of white. Eight tiny specks of light danced on the trunk and branches as the sunlight touched Zhou Yuanyuan, then fell to the ground beside the tree trunk.
With each jump of the small light spots on the tree trunk, sometimes one or two tiny light spots would drill into the trunk along the gaps in the bark. Sometimes they were red, sometimes blue, and sometimes green... Zhou Yuanyuan "observed" for a long time. It seemed that light spots of every color could drill into the trunk, but compared with the large number of light spots in the sunlight, the small light spots that drilled into the trunk were pitifully few.
Compared to the other colored dots of light, three or five more green dots penetrated Zhou Yuanyuan's body. Moreover, every time a green dot of sunlight penetrated the tree trunk, Zhou Yuanyuan felt a slight tingling sensation there. The other colored dots of light had no effect on Zhou Yuanyuan.
How about trying the small green light first?
After making up her mind, Zhou Yuanyuan meticulously captured the tiny green dots of light in the sunlight. She imagined the trunk and branches as her own body and limbs, absorbing each of these tiny dots of light into the bark, which resembled her skin. Once inside, Zhou Yuanyuan directed them along the tree's veins, lining up from the branches to the trunk and finally to the lush roots.
At first, the tiny green dots were difficult to capture, constantly slipping from the branches to the ground. Zhou Yuanyuan busied herself for ten minutes, only managing to capture a few dozen. She wiped away the nonexistent sweat and continued trying. She couldn't believe it. Since she was absorbing spiritual energy so quickly, she couldn't increase her speed for this green dot even more.
As expected, hard work pays off. An hour later, Zhou Yuanyuan had become adept at absorbing the green light from the sunlight into her body, and the small light dots lined up densely from the branches to the roots.
What should she do? Zhou Yuanyuan looked at the sun, which was still high above her head, and thought it would be a shame to let it go.
Zhou Yuanyuan diligently absorbed the tiny green dots of light from the sunlight. She pushed the dots that were already lined up in the trunk toward the roots, pushing them closer and closer. Finally, a continuous stream of dots formed from the branches to the roots.
More and more light spots entered the roots of the tree, and they became denser and denser. Finally, a light ball as big as a peanut was formed. Then no more light spots entered that root system. The light spots automatically found another root system and continued to complete the action of transporting and storing the light balls.
Gradually, the sun set in the west. When the last green dot of light in the sky entered the branches of Zhou Yuanyuan's tree, she woke up from her mysterious feeling.
It feels so good. I’m not hungry anymore and I feel full of energy!
Zhou Yuanyuan felt a surge of ecstasy. It seemed she had found the right path. She would no longer need to rely on animal flesh to survive. Even more surprising was the feeling she'd had when the green light formed a torrent within the tree trunk. It was a feeling of pure bliss, similar to the feeling she'd had when Xiaoyu channeled her innate spiritual energy into her when they'd first met.
If she had arms and legs, Zhou Yuanyuan would definitely dance to express her joy. Unfortunately, she's a tree now, a tree growing in the soil. Dancing is impossible. However, she can shake her branches, making the few remaining leaves rustle. This expresses her inner restlessness.
"Alas!" The old tree demon beside him sighed. This child must be struggling before starving to death!
Zhou Yuanyuan didn't hear the old tree demon's sigh; her mind was completely absorbed in her roots. Compared to the crown, Zhou Yuanyuan's roots seemed much more vibrant. Besides a dozen larger rhizomes, the other smaller roots were so densely packed that Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't even count them all. Beneath six large roots, six peanut-sized balls of light shimmered green in the soil.
Half a day's harvest, that's pretty good, right? Zhou Yuanyuan stretched out her body with some satisfaction, and the leaves on the tree rustled again.
This time, the old tree demon didn't sigh. Life and death were determined by fate. Ever since the little tree let the rabbit go, the old tree demon had already foreseen her inevitable death.
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