Mu Jinyu, in a mix of surprise and relief, quickly took out several bottles of elixirs from his storage bag and swallowed them all in one go.

He then took out dozens of top-quality spirit stones and tossed them on the ground. Sitting cross-legged on them, he began to operate the "Green Emperor Wood Emperor Scripture" to absorb the spiritual energy, transforming it into True Yuan to replenish what was lost.

He was afraid that relying solely on the mysterious little tree within his sea of consciousness to automatically absorb nature's spiritual energy would not be enough to sustain the black lotus seed's absorption, so he also needed to supplement his True Yuan himself.

The bottles of elixirs Mu Jinyu just consumed were all top-quality Rank Four elixirs, each capable of almost replenishing the True Yuan depletion of a Unity Realm master.

And in each bottle, he had placed ten pills.

He swallowed a total of three bottles, meaning he consumed thirty top-quality Rank Four elixirs.

Such excessive use of elixirs, if it were someone like Wu Xiongfei, a late-stage Hedao Realm master, might cause him to explode before he even had the chance to convert them into True Yuan through cultivation techniques.

However, after consuming so many elixirs and sitting on dozens of top-quality spirit stones, Mu Jinyu merely managed to transform enough Life Source Energy to timely supply the black lotus seed, preventing it from draining his True Yuan dry and resulting in his death.

Wang Xingyang stood to the side, watching Mu Jinyu suddenly devour elixirs and take out spirit stones that were hundreds of times better than those low-grade spirit stones in his Dan Pavilion, and for a moment, he was puzzled.

Why was he doing this?

Right...

When he opened his palm just now, it seemed the two lotus seeds were missing, right?

Could they have entered his body? Did something unexpected happen?

Wang Xingyang stood behind Mu Jinyu, recalling the sudden events that just occurred, his eyes flickering with speculation as he devised various hypotheses.

Finally, he thought that the black lotus seed might be poisonous, and Mu Jinyu had been tainted with an unknown toxin, unable to protect himself, taking detoxification pills and using spiritual energy to suppress it.

As this thought emerged, Wang Xingyang's eyes flashed with a restless intent.

He felt that Mu Jinyu seemed defenseless at the moment. If he were to take action, could he possibly kill this untouchable Dragon King?

This might indeed be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Yet...

When Wang Xingyang had this thought, his heartbeat quickened, his blood boiled, and he could almost not control himself from acting against Mu Jinyu.

But in the end, Wang Xingyang shook his head heavily, breaking out in cold sweat, and calmed himself down.

Even if he could really kill Mu Jinyu now, so what?

The Dragon King Hall isn't held up by Mu Jinyu alone.

If killing Mu Jinyu would collapse the Dragon King Hall, he wouldn't hesitate to be the executioner and avenge his uncle at this moment.

But the Dragon King Hall is teeming with talent, and Mu Jinyu was informed by Luo Chen from the Luo City Dragon King Hall Sub-hall to come here. The people from the sub-hall all know Mu Jinyu was at his Dan Pavilion.

If Mu Jinyu were to die by his hand like this, even if he eliminated all evidence and claimed that Mu Jinyu left the Dan Pavilion long ago, under the wrath of the Dragon King Hall, he would undoubtedly be blamed and face inevitable death!

If Wang Mao were his father and he had always wanted to avenge him, even at the cost of his life against Mu Jinyu, this would be a great opportunity.

But unfortunately, although he was close to Wang Mao, it wasn't enough to sacrifice himself just for revenge.

In the end, Wang Xingyang sighed softly in his heart and gave up on the idea of attacking Mu Jinyu.

What he didn't know was that at this moment, although Mu Jinyu indeed had no defenses, completely immersed in the changes within his Dantian Qi Sea, anyone could seemingly ambush him easily...

But with his cultivation of the "Dragon Elephant Prison Suppression Scripture" reaching the Flood Dragon Physique body, even if he didn't counterattack, no matter how Wang Xingyang attacked, he wouldn't suffer any harm.

On the contrary, it would be Wang Xingyang who would suffer from the backlash, likely dying first on the spot.

Wang Xingyang's decision not to act actually saved his own life.

Mu Jinyu was unaware of Wang Xingyang's fluctuating state of mind. He was fully focused on operating the "Green Emperor Wood Emperor Scripture" to refine the ingested elixirs, converting them into Life Source Energy to replenish his own losses.

But what Mu Jinyu didn't expect was that after refining about three elixirs, equivalent to restoring his full True Yuan three times, the black lotus seed seemed to recover even better, and its absorption speed reached an astounding level again.

It no longer absorbed Life Source Energy, instead directly swallowing the elixirs Mu Jinyu hadn't had time to refine.

In an instant, out of the thirty Rank Four top-quality elixirs Mu Jinyu consumed in one go, three were refined, and then ten were absorbed by the black lotus seed.

Only seventeen elixirs were left.

They probably wouldn't last even half a minute.

Mu Jinyu suddenly regained awareness and didn't bother to refine the elixirs into True Yuan directly. Since this black lotus seed could directly consume elixirs, he decided to feed it even more at once.

Opening his eyes, Mu Jinyu took out more than ten bottles of elixirs. This time, he didn't swallow all of them at once since if the black lotus couldn't consume that much, he'd have a hard time dealing with it.

He first consumed one bottle of ten elixirs and started to wait.

It happened that the remaining seventeen elixirs in his body had already been completely absorbed by the black lotus.

The ingestion of these ten elixirs perfectly matched the continued absorption rate of the black lotus seed.

Then, Mu Jinyu started consuming another bottle of elixirs in one go, carefully observing the changes in the black lotus seed within his Dantian Qi Sea.

Almost after consuming the ninth bottle of elixirs, the terrifying and hair-raising speed of the black lotus seed's absorption finally slowed down.

"Puff!"

At this time, the now extremely dark and plump black lotus seed began to sprout, finally growing roots at the bottom as it absorbed the Life Source Energy Mu Jinyu had gradually recovered over time to facilitate its growth.

Seeing this, Mu Jinyu felt a sense of relief.

Not to mention the amount of Life Source Energy initially consumed by the black lotus, he had already used twelve bottles of the Rank Four top-quality elixirs, a total of a hundred and twenty pills!

Only then did he barely satisfy this seed!

He was curious about what effects would be brought about once this black lotus sprouted fully.

The mystical little tree within his sea of consciousness functioned by autonomously absorbing nature's spiritual energy, allowing him to slowly enhance his True Yuan without operating cultivation techniques, effectively aiding in his cultivation.

Furthermore, when his spirit was in disarray, the mystical little tree would emit a faint green light to awaken him from the illusory realm.

He had also utilized this aspect of the mystical little tree to help Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan deal with soul seizing aftereffects.

In short, this mystical little tree with no known name seems to have functions leaning towards the spiritual and soul aspects.

He was eager to find out what abilities the black lotus seed, after consuming a hundred and twenty Rank Four top-quality elixirs, would possess once fully grown?

Mu Jinyu was quite expectant.