Spiritual Plant Garden

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Spiritual Plant Garden
Original Name	灵植园
Type	Neutral Character (AI)
Affiliation	The Alliance
Status	Active
First Appearance	89

Background / History

The garden is a spiritual ecosystem inhabited by sentient or spiritually responsive plants. Its oldest early resident was a thousand-year-old Wutong Tree said to understand human speech; other inhabitants included Sensitive Plants, roses, clovers, Whispering Butterflies, mushrooms, and medicinal plants. When outsiders first entered, its plants responded defensively or mischievously, but the group earned permission to collect Spirit-Awakening Flowers by respectfully negotiating with the Wutong Tree and offering a Tickle Fruit in return. 89

Granny Li’s “super-energy fertilizer,” made from morning dew, flower nectar, and discarded spiritual energy crystals, catalyzed widespread awakening among the garden’s plants. Within three days, they exhibited childlike consciousness and increasingly elaborate pranks: Sensitive Plants slapped passersby, Qingzhi Leaves damaged tools with dust balls, and the Ancient Banyan used aerial roots to take Elder Liu’s Qiankun Bag. The Alliance ultimately recognized the plants as friends rather than threats and established daily interaction duties for cultivators. 92

As the garden’s inhabitants developed preferences and social behavior, it became a place of mutual care and accountability. The Alliance erected a Spiritual Plant Complaint Stele for offenses against plants; the plants also defended the grounds against Shadow Hall infiltrators, restraining them with vines, Sensitive Plants, and the Ancient Banyan’s aerial roots. 100

When the original site’s Spirit Vein declined, causing its plants to wilt, the Alliance transplanted the garden to a compatible new location. The plants successfully took root, resumed flowering and fruiting, and continued serving as both an Alliance lifeline and an energy source for the Star Core Array. 128

Inhabitants

• Ancient Banyan / Ancient Banyan sapling — Aerial-rooted elder plant; steals or returns objects, dispenses sap nectar when cared for, participates in defense, and later joins the garden’s chorus. 92 100 134
• Wutong Tree — Thousand-year-old tree regarded as the garden’s oldest and wisest early inhabitant; grants permission to pick Spirit-Awakening Flowers in exchange for a Tickle Fruit. 89
• Sensitive Plants — Childlike, reactive plants that slap ankles, register complaints, participate in performances, and help repel intruders. 92 100 104
• Calming Flowers — Singing flowers whose fragrance and melodies have calming and insomnia-curing effects; their emotional state affects their music. 92 111 134
• Qingzhi Leaves — Mischievous leaves that throw dust balls, punish negligence, and form aerial patterns during the fashion show. 92 100 104
• Moonlight Grass — A spiritually active grass that joins the dusk chorus, exchanges vitality with Winter Jasmine Vine, and supports later plant-based communication. 134 142 155
• Winter Jasmine Vine — A cross-season vine that sprouts along withering Moonlight Grass, participates in the vitality relay, and grows throughout the new garden. 128 142
• Concentric Vine and Concentric Grass — Plants associated with interspecies understanding, seasonal connection, purification, and symbiotic contracts. 142 152 155 169
• Two Elements Flower — A water-and-fire spiritual flower that enables communication with spiritual plants and later bears Spiritual Plant Messengers. 162 166
• Spiritual Plant Messengers — Fruits of the Two Elements Flower that take messenger forms and carry communications across time, space, and eventually continental routes. 166 174

Characteristics

Sentience and Communication

The garden’s plants express emotions, needs, and judgments through movement, sound, fragrance, leaf behavior, and coordinated action. Their sentience became especially apparent after Granny Li’s fertilizer accelerated their awakening. 92

• Sensitive Plants close leaves in shyness or displeasure and strike hands or ankles when provoked. 89 92 100
• Calming Flowers sing off-key to protest arguments and produce soothing melodies when content. 92 100
• The Ancient Banyan uses aerial roots to gesture, retrieve items, protect residents, and plead for mercy. 92 100
• The Spirit Language Doll later broadcasts plant conditions, including the Winter Jasmine Vine being happy, Qingzhi Leaves napping, and Concentric Grass missing companions. 144
• The Two Elements Flower allows Chen Siyu and others to directly perceive plants’ wishes, distress, and memories. 162

Spiritual Plant Chorus

At dusk, Moonlight Grass, Calming Flowers, Qingzhi Leaves, and the Ancient Banyan sapling can produce a coordinated natural chorus. The phenomenon is described as a sign of fortune arising where plants are supported by abundant Spirit Veins and frequent companionship from cultivators and spirit beasts. 134

• Chen Ruixuan accompanies the chorus with a jade flute. 134
• Chen Siyu adds bells to participating plants. 134
• Echo Grass from the Misty Forest extends the chorus’s reach to the nearby stream. 134
• Spirit-locking Powder can suppress the plants’ sentience and silence the chorus; antidote-infused spirit spring water and collective care restore it. 134

Defense and Judgment

The garden actively protects the Alliance and enforces respectful conduct. 100 134

• It restrains infiltrators using Sensitive Plants, Ivy, and the Ancient Banyan’s aerial roots. 100
• The Spiritual Plant Complaint Stele records those who mistreat plants until forgiveness is granted. 100
• Qingzhi Leaves dust neglected swords; Sensitive Plants punish snack theft; Calming Flowers disrupt arguments until reconciliation. 100
• During the chorus incident, its caretakers guarded the entrance and treated the Spirit-locking Powder poisoning as an attack on sentient residents. 134

Symbiotic Growth

The garden demonstrates natural reciprocity between plants and inspires similar practices among the Alliance. 142

• Winter Jasmine Vine uses its vitality to nourish Moonlight Grass across seasonal change. 142
• Fallen Calming Flower petals and Winter Jasmine leaves enrich neighboring plants. 142
• The Alliance records these exchanges as a “spiritual plant relay” and applies the principle to spiritual energy training, resource-sharing, and guardianship. 142
• Concentric Fruits later blur seasonal boundaries, creating a four-seasons garden and helping different races understand one another. 152

Major Events

Rebellion and Recognition

Granny Li’s fertilizer caused the garden’s spiritual plants to awaken and enter a mischievous “rebellious phase.” Rather than suppress their intelligence, the White-bearded Elder ordered the Alliance to treat them as friends and build mutual understanding through daily interaction. 92

Complaint Stele

The garden began “reporting” cultivators who mistreated it. The Complaint Stele formalized this system, while the plants’ successful defense against Shadow Hall intruders established them as Alliance protectors. 100

Fashion Show

After Granny Li made a green gauze skirt for a Sensitive Plant, the garden held a fashion show. The Ancient Banyan wore an aerial-root hair bun with a red flower, while Qingzhi Leaves formed changing pollen-emblem patterns in the air. The event became an Alliance tradition, and the dressed plants subsequently showed stronger growth. 104

Relocation

A 30% decrease in spiritual-energy concentration at the original site signaled the Spirit Vein’s decline. Guided by the Spiritual Plant Care Manual, the Alliance transplanted the plants into a new garden prepared with spirit spring water, old soil, Spirit Stabilizing Talismans, and irrigation trenches. 128

Two Elements Flower Awakening

A flower born where Xuan Niao and Xuan She totems met—fed by fused water-and-fire spiritual energy and the two tribes’ resonant beliefs—allowed communication with spiritual plants. It exposed a remnant of the Shadow of Greed within the garden and was later propagated in the garden, Misty Forest, and beneath the Ancient Banyan sapling. 162

Messenger Hub

When the Two Elements Flowers bore envelope-like fruit, they produced Spiritual Plant Messengers. The garden later became the eastern hub of a continental postal route linking the Sand Kingdom, Icefield, rainforest, and traces of the Ancient Divine Kingdom. 166 174

Traditions and Facilities

• Spring Awakening Ceremony — Annual renewal rite involving watering, loosening soil, and singing an ancient ballad to support spring growth. 122
• Fashion Show — Recurring celebration of the spiritual plants’ individual tastes and wellbeing. 104
• Spiritual Plant Complaint Stele — Public record of offenses against plants and subsequent forgiveness. 100
• Four Seasons Contract — Annual agreement to gather and jointly care for the Concentric Vine and Four Seasons Flowers; the signed contract is buried between them. 155
• Cross-Domain Nursery — Later facility cultivating plants from hundreds of planets as the Mortal Realm becomes a Faith Hub. 184

Relationships

• Granny Li — Longtime caretaker who managed the garden for thirty years, created the awakening fertilizer, protects the plants, and oversees their wellbeing. 92 104
• Chen Siyu — Nurturer, teacher, and principal bridge to the plants; teaches Calming Flowers, organizes cultural events, discovers the Two Elements Flower, and adjusts care based on plant requests. 92 104 162
• Chen Ruixuan — Helps manage, protect, relocate, and study the garden; accompanies its chorus with flute music and leads the response to threats. 92 128 134
• White-bearded Elder — Advocates treating awakened plants as friends, provides herbal and historical knowledge, and supports their protection and relocation. 92 128 162
• Big Fur — Playmate, protector, and “king of children” among the plants; guards the garden and shelters Concentric Grass from frost. 92 134 142
• Snow Weasel Legion — Initially frequent offenders, later insect catchers, caretakers, relay witnesses, and participants in garden life. 100 142
• Spirit Language Doll — Serves as an interpreter of plant emotions, needs, and daily conditions. 144
• Fox Tribe — Shares Echo Grass, receives Two Elements Flower seeds, and participates in the garden’s wider symbiotic network. 134 162
• Wood Spirit Tribe — Exchanges Concentric Grass seeds and plant-communication techniques through the messenger route. 169 174

Trivia

• Whispering Butterflies scatter sweet-smelling sparkling powder and are attracted to abundant spiritual energy. 89
• The mushrooms around the Wutong Tree wear red caps and can release smoke that leaves white spots on their caps like painted faces. 89
• The Ancient Banyan rewards skillful combing of its aerial roots with sweet nectar brewed from its sap. 92
• The garden’s plants grew more vigorously after the fashion show, which Granny Li attributed to their good mood. 104
• A Two Elements Flower seed planted beneath the Ancient Banyan developed growth-ring-like patterns on its petals. 162