Zaki eventually opted to consume the mind fruit for no particular reason; he simply did so because it was the first spirit fruit he had tried, and it made a big impression on him.

He took his broken blade from his belt and chopped the fruit into four pieces, causing its smell to hit Zaki like a train, giving him the same hyper clarity he had felt previously.

He took a bite from one of the slices, while still drunk from the Fragrance.

As he bit into the fruit, an overwhelming fragrance exploded in his mouth, coupled with a fantastically delectable flavor to which Zaki had no comparison.

The first piece was devoured in a matter of seconds, and the second and third pieces were devoured even faster due to the heavenly taste of the fruit.

Before long, there was only a stem and some seeds remaining in his hand and the rest of the fruit had need eaten.

Zaki had eaten the fruit but was perplexed because there was no effect, which was strange because even just the smell had powerful effects on a person, so eating the entire fruit should have given Zaki some reaction, if not thrown him into an ocean of euphoria due to the Mind fruit's psychedelic nature.

Zaki, who was still perplexed about whether he should eat the seeds and stem in order for the fruit to work, felt something.

The Mystic stone within his body reacted within his body.

Curiosity drove him to direct his internal energy toward the source of the disruption in order to "see" what was going on.

But, of course, he couldn't see within his own body, at least not in his current cultivation level.

He could just perceive inside his body utilizing his internal energy, much like a blind guy utilizes sound and touch to navigate.

And there he "saw" it: medicinal energy from the spirit fruit in the form of light specks converging on the Mystic stone.

The energy was being... concentrated into a larger and brighter speck rather than absorbed by the stone.

When all of the specks collided, they formed a tiny yet dazzling ball of light.

The little ball of light then flashed, and Zaki was knocked out.

When Zaki opened his eyes, he saw a very familiar yet unfamiliar roof; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't recall where he had seen this roof.

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He tried to glance about, but he couldn't move his head, but what he could see in his field of vision were two tiny hands and what appeared to be wooden pillars, or a more accurate description would be massive wooden jail bars around him.

From the corner of his vision, Zaki saw a very familiar Giant woman walk towards the prison where he was laying, the woman's body was entirely made of a blue gemstone.

To be specific, it was as if she was carved out of a giant gem.

The woman brought her giant hands forward and held Zaki in her hands.

As it seemed the woman was not a giant, and Zaki was a baby in a crib.

Zaki had a feeling of increasing discomfort, he vaguely started feeling a foreign thing within his body, it took several seconds and the feeling got clearer until he could feel it, it was the Mystic stone.

' Wait! I'm not a baby, and My mother is Dead!'

Zaki thought as if woken from a dream.

Suddenly the woman, the room, and even the daylight from the window got blurry and disappeared.

Zaki regained his vision, he seemed to be in the same room but this time as a seven-year-old.

He was playing with Legos while munching on snacks.

The door behind him opened and the same woman that had appeared before, now looking over came inside, but this time a man made of some kind of Red gem came alongside her.

They both were wearing outfits that they usually wear when going outside...' wait, how do I know they wear that outside?' Zaki thought but strangely ignored it.

The woman said" Zaki we are going to get some groceries and will be back in an hour or so, make sure you behave and don't mess up the house."

Zaki first nodded his head, but suddenly he blurted out" Can you not go? I'm scared, can you get the groceries some other time?"

Zaki didn't know why he said that, but he didn't think about it.

The woman smiled "Sure son, we will stay with you for as long as you want, even forever."

The man patted the seven-year-old Zaki on the head and said "We'll make an exception this time, and stay with you for as long as you want"

Zaki too smiled from ear to ear while jumping with joy.

All the while strangely ignoring that except for Zaki himself that was a normal 'human' made of flesh and blood, both his father and mother were living sculpted gemstones.

Several hours passed and the family of three stayed in the same room happily, but Zaki could feel something was amiss.

It was non-existent at first, but as time passed he felt more and more discomfort.

Little by little, he could feel a foreign thing in his body, he kept on talking and laughing with his parents while playing with Legos, but at the same time he could feel more and more strangeness from his parents, the room, the Legos and even the air itself.

Feeling the strangeness in Zaki's demeanor, the woman looked worried " are you okay Zaki? Are you feeling unwell?"

The man didn't have any worries though " he's fine honey, he's our son after all"

These words and comforts didn't help as, if anything it got even more strange to Zaki, and at last, the discomfort got more intense and Zaki discovered the source of it.

It was the Mystic stone.

And as if some one, or in this case some thing barged in a well-made movie scene and ruined it, the scene warped and collapsed.