917 Obtaining the Exquisite Lotus (1/2)

Jun Mo Xie's gaze was like a high and lofty monarch, wielding sway over her destiny! In that moment, she only felt a sense of helplessness in her heart, as if she couldn't resist!

”Speak. I'm taking away all of this Exquisite Lotus! Can I or can I not!” Jun Mo Xie pressed fearsomely.

He couldn't help but to be anxious. There were so many people back home who needed this Exquisite Lotus. If he waited for 500 years to reap one lotus root, then… even the most beautiful flower would have wilted long ago! Not only would he not achieve his intended purpose after bringing it back, it would end up creating more awkwardness. With just a single grain sized root, it would be wrong to give or deprive it from anyone.

The reason he'd asked her so forcefully right after succeeding in intimidating her was precisely to not give Qiao Ying any time to react. Although doing it like this was somewhat despicable, Jun Mo Xie couldn't care less for the sake of his own happiness.

”Ah.. you can… not you cannot you cannot!” Qiao Ying jumped with shock, very nearly giving her approval. Shaking her head rapidly, she spat out three cannots in quick succession. ”Young Master Jun, one must be honorable with their words! We agreed that it would be one stalk, so you definitely can't take more! This is a matter of principle; there's no room for discussion!”

Pausing for a moment, she continued. ”Besides… our Heaven Saint Palace has only been able to raise the initial single stalk of lotus into the current eight stalks… It could be easily imagined how hard it is to raise them! Truthfully, us giving you one stalk is already a great waste… you clearly wouldn't know how to nurture it, not knowing what it likes or dislike… If you are unable to satisfy a single facade of its needs, it will quickly wilt! I'm not trying to scare or threaten you!”

”Hm? I'd like to hear the details.” Jun Mo Xie's tone suddenly became gentle and pleasing to the ear.

”You're such a scoundrel!” Qiao Ying shook her head with exasperation as she explained carefully. ”Firstly, the Exquisite Lotus must be planted in innate clean water, preferably water condensed from Spiritual Qi. Also, it needs to live in a place with exceptionally dense Heaven Earth Spiritual Qi in order to survive.

Jun Mo Xie made an 'oh' sound with disinterest as he thought to himself. That's not a problem at all. This daddy's place has plenty of Spiritual Qi, even more concentrated than your mountain. There's so many heavenly spirit herbs growing there happily; I refuse to believe that I can't keep a stalk of Exquisite Lotus alive.

”Secondly, do you see this pond? Although it looks like a simple pond, it's actually made with 30,000 pieces of innate spirit jade, with equal amounts of warm and cold nature to attain a fine balance of temperature. In order to gather all this spirit jade, we've gathered nearly all the spirit jade in the world together, and even the Misty Illusory Manor contributed a portion! This is practically a sum of wealth huge enough that no one can handle! Only such a condition will be enough to allow the Exquisite Lotus to slowly grow!”

”30,000 pieces of innate spirit jade?” Jun Mo Xie felt his mouth turning dry. Not to mention 30,000 pieces; he didn't even have a single piece! In that moment, he could not help but to eye the pond sinisterly, thinking of bringing the entire pond away!

As he pondered, a thought suddenly struck him. ”Can the innate spirit jade be replaced with Eternally Warm Soft Jade?”

”Eternally Warm Soft Jade only has the properties of warmth and softness. It does not produce any cold effects. So although its rarity is not lower than innate spirit jade, it's not enough to nurture the Exquisite Lotus.” Qiao Ying looked at him queerly, seemingly somewhat suspicious that he would have such good stuff.

”How difficult!” Jun Mo Xie furrowed his brows and narrowed his eyes as he continued asking. ”What will happen if it's replaced with a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein?”

”What kind of joke is that?” Qiao Ying smiled lightly and said. ”Using a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein to cultivate the Exquisite Lotus is naturally much better than innate spirit jade. Furthermore, it will greatly improve the speed of the Exquisite Lotus' growth, shortening the time required for it to reach maturity. With a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein, all you need is a pool with water condensed from Spiritual Qi and nothing else. The Exquisite Lotus will grow at several times the speed, and… even have more amazing effects. However, that is only a thing that exists in legends, only found deep underground; moreover, the continent is constantly shifting, resulting in Spiritual Qi being scattered all the time… who will be able to find a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein?”

Qiao Ying pouted with disdain as she rolled her eyes at Jun Mo Xie. ”Even if you know a place with a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein, who has the ability to retrieve it? Move an entire mountain aside, and dig out the entire thing fully intact? That's basically an impossible and unrealistic matter!”

Jun Mo Xie sighed and shook his head in a 'sad' manner. ”How depressing…” In his heart, he was actually whooping with joy. F*ck! This daddy indeed has this legendary thing! And it's even a top quality and well aged one of several hundred thousand years old!

”The third condition for it to grow is…” At this point, Jun Mo Xie could no longer hear Qiao Ying's words. He was incredibly excited, and his entire mind was filled with thoughts on the various possibilities.

But although he was bursting with joy on the inside, he still had to display a troubled and depressed face on the outside. This was actually a high level acting skill. Fortunately, Young Master Jun had received plenty of training, and he managed to act out this show perfectly.

Compared to the nourishment of the Heaven Earth Spirit Vein, all these methods of nurturing… were simply all bullsh*t!

Jun Mo Xie made a quick estimation in his heart. The Heaven Earth Spirit Vein he had could easily support a small to medium sized lotus pond. At the very least, it should be seven or eight times larger than this little pond here.

”Then… how many lotus seeds do you have? Can I take some back with me in addition to the one stalk of Exquisite Lotus?”

Jun Mo Xie looked pitifully at Qiao Ying. ”Even if there's a tiny bit of possibility, it's still better than nothing… Elder sister Qiao, you must satisfy this tiny wish of mine ah…”

The way he looked at her was as if she would be the most heartless and cold person in the world if she didn't give it to him.