C827 He Did Not Know What Was Good and What Was Not(1)

"Is this the Meat Spirit Bead?"

Lee Zhi gazed at the pink fruit nestled on a plant ahead, his voice tinged with wonder. The sapling stood about one and a half meters tall, a straight shoot without a single leaf, its rhizome a dark brown. Unremarkable at first glance.

At the very top, the sapling split into two branches: one cradled a pink fruit, the other a solitary leaf