202 A Different Kind of An (1/2)

The healing pill Leon pulled out from his Worldspace was just one of many tier-1 spirit pills he had in his inventory. There were also tier-2 and a few tier-3 spirit pills he had refined in his spare time when managing the herbal garden.

To an unknowledgeable person, the healing pill wouldn't elicit any reaction from them unless they were explicitly informed of its name and usage, however, it was a different case for the elder tree.

The tree spirit reacted strongly to the healing pill the moment it appeared by uttering a cry of excitement.

As a plant brimming with wood elements, nothing was more sensitive to the wood element and its properties than the plants themselves. It instinctively knew that the healing pill was beneficial to it, no matter how minor the effect was.

The tree spirit wanted to snatch the healing pill from Leon's hand right away, but it resisted the urge as it was afraid of upsetting Leon like a child waiting for permission before it could eat the candy offered to it.

Leon smiled and tossed the pill to the tree spirit.

The tree spirit reacted immediately. It caught the pill by impaling it with the tips of its tree root. Once caught, the pill was absorbed and disappeared within the blink of an eye.

Leon's action naturally caught the other's attention as they saw the tree spirit appearing from inside the elder tree in its spirit form.

It happened within an instance, but everyone saw how the pill shriveled before it disappeared into the tree roots. They felt a certain chill when they thought would happen to them if these tree roots impaled them instead.

They felt weak in the knees at the thought of having all their body fluids sucked dry and transforming into a shriveled bag of bones in an instant. This tree was very dangerous!

While the palace guards stared on in horror, the child-like tree spirit screamed with delight.

\”What did you give it? Why does it seem so euphoric?\” Lilith asked curiously. The pill didn't seem like anything special.

\”Just a normal tier-1 spirit pill for healing. It is feeling relieved.\”

Leon wore a nonchalant expression as he continues to study the tree spirit. At the same time, Lilith's expression turned weird when she heard this.

\”A healing pill used by humans also works on trees?\” Glancing back at the ongoing battlefield, the roots didn't seem to have gotten any better and were even getting worse from the continued accumulation of damage caused by the dauntless sea of ants. \”I don't think it did anything.\”

\”Although the efficacy of the healing pill is negligible to an enormity like the elder tree and doesn't help it recover much from the ant's harassment, the efficacy still provides some minor soothing effect to elevate its pain,\” Leon explained.

Seeing she wasn't understanding, Leon patiently continued to explain, \”Naturally, the elder tree like any other plants, also feel pain when they get hurt. The only difference is they don't have a nervous system like us and feels pain quite differently. Their tolerance of pain is also much greater due to this.\”

Lilith widened her eyes as if she had been enlightened, but at the same time, she wished she didn't. She paled at the thought of people uprooting spirit plants and herbs while unaware that its spirits were screaming in agony and begging for mercy. She felt horrible once she thought that while looking at the adorable tree spirit.

They say women are weak against cute things… Leon smiled and shook his head.

\”Relax, they can only feel it after gaining sentience. Before that, they are just semi-sentient and won't be able to feel it...\” As if reading her thought, Leon said.

\”Or they do feel it, but they are unable to react to it,\” Leon added evilly to tease.

Lilith's expression turned ugly at once. She did not feel better after hearing that. \”Is that true!?\”

\”Hahaha…\”

Leon did not explain himself and just laughed it off.

After the tree spirit finished savoring the last trace of the pill, it began eyeing Leon with a pleading expression, begging him to give it more pills.

Leon pointed at his bound men and said in the ancient language, \”Free them.\”

Under the group's startled expression, the tree spirit glanced at the two men then back at Leon. It shook its head and raised up two fingers with a firm expression.

\”Darn brat, even know how to negotiate, huh? Two more healing pills to free my own men… fair enough.\”

Leon fished out another 2 tier-1 healing pills and was prepared to toss it to the tree spirit, but the tree spirit wore a sulky expression and shook its two fingers. \”Rao!\”

\”Not 2? You want 20?\” Leon was taken aback, before asking doubtfully.

The tree spirit nodded.