Chapter 38: Mysterious Flower (1/2)

”O-Of course...i-it's our pleasure,” said the middle-aged man, cleaning the chair beside him.

After getting their approval, Snowy and Feng Xue moved from their table to join the group's table. The youngest cultivator from that group busily tidying his clothes and wiping the sweat from his face.

Seeing his awkward gesture, Feng Xue let out a pleasant-sounding laugh, ”Big Brother, don't be so nervous. We don't bite~.”

Teased by Feng Xue, the guy only smiled bashfully and scratched his head.

”Missy, this guy, although he has a scary face he actually very coward in front of a beautiful woman. Even though a veil hides your face, we can guess that you actually a looker,” the middle-aged cultivator laugh so hard that his stomach hurt.

”Your face is scary! Your whole family's faces are scary!” The youngest cultivator growl madly, triggering a louder laughed from his friend.

”Big Brother, don't be so angry. I think your face is very manly~.”

”T-thank you.”

The youngest cultivator's face flushed when he got complimented by Feng Xue. The rest of the group also dropped their guard significantly, seeing Feng Xue's friendliness.

”Big Brothers, we're quite interested in the treasure you talked about before, can you tell us more about it?” Feng Xue said straight to the point.

”Well, we also don't know much about it. But, the rumor said that it was a flower that emitted the rainbow light from its petal,” the middle-aged man said.

”Do you know what kind of flower it is? And how many petals it has?” Feng Xue's eyes flickered in expectation, but when she heard his answer, the light in her eyes dimmed.

”Nobody knows. The light was so bright, and no one could stare directly and saw it clearly.”

”In which part of the forest that the treasure appear?” Snowy asked.

”That... some people said it appeared in several places, I don't know if it's the same flower or not, but it's more likely that flower can move around from place to place, it's bizarre,” said the middle-aged man.

”The people who had seen the flower also said that there's something that prevented them from picking the flower. No matter how long they walk toward it, they seemingly can get close enough,” added the old man.

”But Old Qian, I've heard that some people had seen a white bunny that can get close to the flower. It seems that bunny can come and go as it pleased. Many people who had tried to catch the bunny all ended up failing, though. The bunny always escaped when it saw cultivators, and it seems very fast too; nobody could catch it,” the youngest cultivator chimed in.

Snowy listened carefully to all of the information provided by the group; meanwhile, she matched their information with the record inside her memory.

Feng Xue quietly whispered to Snowy, ”Snowy, is that the Nine-Petal Lotus we search for?”

Snowy frowned, unsure how to answer Feng Xue's question. The Nine-Petal Lotus indeed emitted a rainbow light from its petal. In fact, the light's color followed the petal color.

But it was never mentioned in the records inside of her memories that it could move around and had a barrier—which Snowy suspected was a kind of spatial displacement technique—around it.