Chapter 496 - Garden (2/2)
”Of course, I'm a—” Alex stopped. He was talking with True realm beast and most beasts he had seen here were of similar cultivation base or higher. So, if he said that he was a good one for them, that would be incorrect.
”I can make pills for common beasts, although I'm in the process of learning how to make pills for True realm cultivators,” Alex said.
”Oh, let me know once you do. I will tell my father, and you can probably find some work around here,” she said. ”By the way, what does that flower do? You gonna make some pills with them?”
”Uhh… no,” Alex said. ”Can I take some more of them? I can explain later what I can do with them.”
”Umm, they won't wilt, right? If you can promise that you can get them without them wilting then you can take them,” Yao Jia said.
”Thank you,” Alex said and got into plucking the few Spirit Cleansing Lily that was growing in the garden.
There were about 5 in total by the time he was done with them. ”Are there more of them around here?” Alex asked.
”Uh, I don't really leave this place that often so I don't know,” Yao Jia said. ”But there should be a few in the forest.”
”How did you grow them here by the way?” Alex asked.
”Oh, no I didn't,” Yao Jia said. ”I just ordered some men to bring anything that looks beautiful from the outside and they brought all of them. We directly brought the whole thing instead of growing them on our own.”
”Right, that works too, I guess,” Alex said. He started walking around the garden, looking around to see if he could find anything else that was precious.
He found a few more ingredients, but none of them were worth picking, so he let them be to keep the aesthetic of the garden.
He walked on the soft grass, amidst the watchful eyes of the many beasts that were looking at him suspiciously. However, after seeing Yao Jia behind him, they got on with their own business.
”What are all of these beasts doing here?” he asked.
”They just like to come around here and pay their respect to the family. Also, this garden is one of the only places in this area that beasts can come to enjoy the sunlight.”
”All the other places are filled with trees to the brim and sunlight barely ever passes through,” Yao Jia said.
”I see,” Alex said and he looked at the relaxing beasts. There weren't just feline beasts anymore, but beasts of all shapes and forms. Deer, Rhino, Elephant, Boars, every species of beasts would be found here.
Alex then looked at the wall surrounding them and saw that beyond the vines and thorns, there was an actual solid metallic wall inside.
”What's beyond these walls exactly? Just a forest?” Alex asked.
”Yes,” Yao Jia said.
”Hmm, can you tell me how far this place is from the stone platform on which we teleported here?” Alex asked.
”How far? Well… that is a hard question to answer really,” Yao Jia said.
”Why? Has no one measured the distance before?” Alex asked.
”Um, no,” Yao Jia said. ”It's kind of impossible to measure after all.”
”Is it? I mean you can just fly and see how far the distance is, can't you?” Alex asked.
”Oh,” Yao Jia said as she realized something. ”You don't know, do you? Father and the others must've been occupied with learning about the child and forgot to tell you.”
”Tell me what?” Alex asked.
”That we're not in the forest anymore,” Yao Jia said.
Alex was a little confused. He looked around and could still see the forest very clearly. ”What do you mean? We're still in the forest.”
”No, silly. I meant the actual big forest that takes over a third of this continent,” Yao Jia said.
”Oh, you mean the Southern Forest,” Alex finally understood what she meant.
”Yeah, southern forest as you call it, northern forest as the others call it; same thing. We're not there anymore,” she said and stopped to correct again. ”Well… technically we still are… but also not.”
This just confused Alex even more. ”Um, can you explain a bit more? I don't think I understand what you're trying to say.”
”Well, basically what I'm trying to say is that we are currently in a Secret realm inside of the big forest,” Yao Jia said. ”So, while we're still in the forest, we also aren't in it.”
”Get it?”