Chapter 1409 - 1029: Tight-Lipped

Chapter 1409: Chapter 1029: Tight-Lipped

At the moment it was caught, the HP bar of the Flowing Light Hibiscus "swooshed" down a little.

"Wah wah wah!"

At the same time, a tender cry echoed. The flower trembled and wanted to retreat back into the mud, but failed, sobbing, "Help! Help! Wah wah wah... Let me go!"

Jiang Yuan: ???

"A boy?"

"Monster!" Upon hearing the Flowing Light Hibiscus, which had developed intelligence, emit the voice of a tender boy, Daoist Meng sneered and said, "Daoist friend, don’t pay attention to it.

The Flowing Light Hibiscus is a divine flower of the Celestial Realm. If it developed intelligence, it would definitely be a Fairy. This rascal must be a fake! Maybe it’s a green worm on the flower that turned into a spirit, trying to deceive us."

Jiang Yuan recalled a certain lotus child from mythological stories and murmured to himself that there was no need to have such stereotypes; boys and girls are the same. A girl can be a Fairy, but a boy is called a monster—how unfair.

"A green worm turned into a spirit?" The tender boy’s voice cried even louder, "You’re the green worm, your whole family is green worms! I am the Flowing Light Hibiscus Boy, if I had grown in the Jasper Pool Immortal Realm, I would have transformed into an Immortal Child upon manifestation! It was just being born in the wrong place that led me to this state, why must you humiliate me like this!"

Daoist Meng was not convinced by this at all and scoffed, "And you delude yourself into thinking you could be an Immortal Child? Do you truly regard yourself as unstained by vulgarity despite being in the thick of it? Besides, your former master, the malicious and scheming Cao Yuanwei, remains a stain you can never erase in your life."

The crying paused for a moment, then became even more intense, "Do you think I wanted to acknowledge him as my master? Did I have a choice? If I didn’t choose him, I wouldn’t be alive! Wah wah wah... I should have been born in the Celestial Realm but mistakenly descended to the Mortal World. Why is my fate so miserable..."

"Oh come on, since Cao Yuanwei is dead without leaving evidence, you can say whatever you want. If you were really coerced, why follow orders knowing he is dead?"

"I am merely a Flowing Light Hibiscus, bound and forced to obey, what choice do I have? Do you think I want to hide in this muddy pit? It’s cold, filthy, and stinky. If I had a choice, I wouldn’t stay here!"

"Then why don’t you just accept a new master, and spit out the treasures you hold. No matter which of us you acknowledge as your new master, we will take you away from this cursed place..."

...

The Flower Demon and the Demon Beast quarreled back and forth, making one wonder if the Flower Demon was emotionally swayed or genuinely convinced. After a few tugs from Jiang Yuan’s capture light ring, the progress bar surged forward suddenly, and after two seconds, it displayed a successful capture.

[Contract Spirit Plant, Flowing Light Hibiscus successfully captured. It can be placed into a Storage Bag and taken back to the Jasper Pool for cultivation. Note: Time in the Storage Bag should not exceed 24 hours, otherwise, there is a risk of death]

[Click to view Flowing Light Hibiscus cultivation details...]

As the system prompt popped up, the previously arguing Flowing Light Hibiscus suddenly stopped, exclaiming, "A new master?! What’s happening? What just happened? How do I suddenly have a new master? Who are you? What should I call you?"

Daoist Meng was momentarily stunned upon hearing this, then beamed with joy, "Congratulations, Daoist friend, what a delight that you were able to subdue it so effortlessly!"

"Congratulations to you too. It’s probably because of Cao Yuanwei’s death that taming the Flowing Light Hibiscus wasn’t too difficult." Jiang Yuan glanced at the cultivation methods and rubbed his ears, thinking this little fellow was really noisy.

He raised his voice and said, "This success is largely thanks to Daoist Meng’s great assistance. Cultivating this Flowing Light Hibiscus shouldn’t be difficult. Once I transplant it to the Spirit Pool at home, I’ll attempt to propagate it. If successful, I’ll give you a sprig, Daoist friend, which, with careful cultivation, could also develop intelligence."

"Really? That’s wonderful! Meeting you today is truly a blessing of three lifetimes!" Daoist Meng was delighted.

Its talent skills detected that the other party was neither exaggerating nor being perfunctory, meaning regardless of whether the branch propagation succeeds, at least they genuinely intended to do so. Not like those greedy Demon Cultivators who want everything and more, and would even scrape off the ground.

Flowing Light Hibiscus accepted the reality of having a new master after a moment of exclamation and started chattering, "What should I call you, new master? Where are you taking me to cultivate?

Anywhere is better than this swamp. It’s cold, dirty, and I have to hide in the mud. I can only sneak out to breathe fresh air each day, I’m truly fed up!

Are we leaving now? I don’t really have anything to pack, just make sure you protect me well, new master, don’t let insects or beasts eat me..."

Unexpectedly, this little fellow talks a lot. Jiang Yuan frowned and ordered, "First, spit out the treasures that Cao Yuanwei had hidden; the mature flower is already wasted. I promised Daoist Meng I’d give the withered Hibiscus flower to them."

"Are you sure you want to give it away?" The Flowing Light Hibiscus immediately raised its voice several notches, shouting, "Cao Yuanwei painstakingly nurtured for years, and it finally bloomed this one flower! Though it’s wasted now and can’t be used, it can at least be admired. If you give it away today, you might not see another mature flower bloom for hundreds of years. Are you sure you won’t resent me, won’t feed me to a Demon Beast?"

Jiang Yuan: ...

So noisy! What a pretty Hibiscus, why did it have to grow a mouth?

Though it voiced doubts, the intelligent Flowing Light Hibiscus dared not disobey the master’s command. It swayed slightly, and above the swampy mud, unfolded two round, tender green leaves, one large and one small; in the middle, the bud of radiant colors opened up, flickering with a dreamy glow, looking exceptionally beautiful.

[Spirit Stone +27765000]

[Immortal Jade +355440]

[Dragon Soul Wood +13]

[Dragon Scale Fruit +28]

...

As layer upon layer of petals unfurled, Jiang Yuan automatically picked up and stored all the secretly hoarded items within it into the Storage Bag.

Luckily, the Storage Bag had been upgraded by burning money to the highest level, a 9th-level Immortal Grade Storage Bag, containing 3000 storage slots, allowing for label settings and one-click organization, and even linking with warehouse data, so there was no awkward situation of not being able to fit everything.