Similar Flowers

The herd of Blizzard Mammoths crossed the endless, towering Snow Mountains and arrived at the Snowy Plateau.

The sunlight was mild but lacked warmth. Flowers and grasses were visible everywhere, vibrant in color, yet the Blizzard Mammoths had no intention of lingering, heading straight into the mountains and ravines of the Snowy Plateau.

The Blizzard Mammoths were immensely massive, making the climb arduous, yet they persisted in their march. Bai Cai vaguely sensed something amiss.

They were not searching for food, nor were they seeking mates; the Blizzard Mammoth herd traveled toward the Snowy Plateau day and night, like devout pilgrims.

What were they searching for?

Sitting atop the broad, flat back of the Blizzard Mammoth leader, Bai Cai fell into deep thought.

Leaving the Blizzard Mammoth herd would be no different from seeking his own death. With the extreme cold, the risk of getting lost, and the soul beasts, he would not survive a week wandering the Extreme North alone.

Regardless of what the Blizzard Mammoth herd was seeking, they certainly were not looking to die, so he was safe for now.

During the mating season, the Blizzard Mammoths would inevitably return to the Ice-Sealed Forest to raise their young. By riding the Blizzard Mammoth leader, he would eventually be able to return to the human world.

The long fur around him was warm and thick. After careful consideration, Bai Cai closed his sleeping bag and turned over.

The Blizzard Mammoths traveled and rested by turns. After more than ten sunrises and sunsets, they finally halted on an unfamiliar snowy hillside.

Amidst the pristine snow and towering mountains, countless pure white flowers bloomed across the hillside. The flowers were lotus-like in shape, their petals supple and faintly stained with crystalline dew.

The fragrance was delicate and elegant; smelling it invigorated the spirit and made the circulation of soul power exceptionally smooth.

A heavenly treasure?

Dugu Bo, as a Title Douluo, had nearly perished at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after recklessly consuming heavenly treasures. Bai Cai took this lesson to heart and waited for the Blizzard Mammoths to consume them first.

The Blizzard Mammoth herd began to graze on the pure white flowers.

Bai Cai observed carefully. The thousand-year-old Blizzard Mammoths only grazed on the nearly withered pure white flowers, carefully avoiding those in full bloom or those still in bud.

The hundred-year-old Blizzard Mammoths occasionally curled their trunks to pluck and chew on the budding flowers, and the thousand-year-old ones did not stop them.

Toxins? Medicinal properties? Or some other factor?

The pure white flowers were lotus-like, but their specific effects remained unknown.

Based on the grazing patterns of the Blizzard Mammoths, it could be inferred that the nearly withered flowers and the budding ones had weaker medicinal properties or lower toxicity, making them suitable for the thousand-year-old mammoths and below.

Including the leader, each Blizzard Mammoth consumed only a few of the pure white flowers before lying down to rest, either to refine the medicinal power or wait for the effects to take hold.

Bai Cai frowned. If the Blizzard Mammoth leader fell into a negative state, he might not be safe riding on its back.

Ralts, sharing a telepathic connection, used its psychokinesis to envelop Bai Cai, slowly lifting him into the air and landing him on the upper slope of the snowy incline.

As expected, the hundred-year-old Blizzard Mammoths gradually became violent and began fighting each other, while the thousand-year-old ones and the leader began to mate. The leader fought off three others; the lewd scene was unbearable to watch.

The thousand-year-old mammoths were female, and the leader was male. Bai Cai remained calm and gently covered Ralts's curious rose-red eyes.

"A lady shouldn't look at these things," Bai Cai said, quickly carrying Ralts away, "at least not right now."

"Ral... ral..." Ralts obediently closed its eyes.

After a long while, the Blizzard Mammoth herd ceased their commotion. The hundred-year-old mammoths seemed to have grown a size larger.

The thousand-year-old mammoths and the two-thousand-year-old leader had tusks that appeared thicker and more robust.

Aside from the side effect of boundless energy, the medicinal effects of the pure white flowers were significant; they were truly worthy of being called a heavenly treasure.

Night slowly descended. Ralts used its psychokinesis to envelop Bai Cai, landing him at the edge of the flower sea on the sun-facing slope.

The Blizzard Mammoths noticed nothing. Using his hands to carefully part the outer layer of pure white flowers, Bai Cai calmly slipped into the sea of blossoms.

Although the Blizzard Mammoths grazed on them with ease, the true size of the pure white flowers was not to be underestimated. They were nearly a meter tall and half a meter wide, with single petals larger than an adult's palm.

The closer he got to the center of the flower sea, the more intense the fragrance became. The pure white flowers were particularly massive, even completely obscuring Bai Cai's figure.

By the time he reached the center, the flowers were over two meters tall, their petals becoming crystalline and translucent, with crowns larger than sunflowers.

No, something was missing. Bai Cai suddenly sensed something strange.

The distribution of the pure white flowers was radial; from the outer edge to the center, the flowers gradually grew larger.

However, having reached the center, Bai Cai still had not discovered any flower with an abnormal form.

Lacking a root source, were these pure white flowers born of heaven and earth?

The night sky was brilliant and the moonlight was bright. Bai Cai looked up slightly; on the cliff above the towering Snow Mountain, a faint light flickered.

Ralts enveloped Bai Cai with psychokinesis and slowly ascended. Breaking through the biting cold wind, Bai Cai arrived atop the cliff.

In a recessed cave within the deep blue glacier, a giant pure white flower with a crown like the bright moon, three or four meters tall, was rooted in the shallow rock. It swayed gracefully.

The cave was about four meters deep. The giant flower vaguely sensed Bai Cai's arrival, slowly closing its petals and pretending that nothing had happened.

Bai Cai landed near the cave. Ralts used its psychokinesis to touch the giant flower, which trembled slightly.

"Ral..."

She said, don't hurt her...

"Can you communicate with it?" Bai Cai was somewhat curious. It possessed intelligence and was already a fairy-grade heavenly treasure; why was it so cowardly?

Ralts used its psychokinesis to poke the giant flower. The giant flower seemed startled and instantly closed its calyx.

"Ral, ral."

She said, let us eat her children below, but do not harm her. Ralts added.

"Worse than a beast," Bai Cai remarked.

A heaven-sent treasure that had already gained sentience and possessed at least ten thousand years of cultivation, yet was willing to sacrifice its own children—it was simply beyond saving.

The Giant Pure White Flower shrank back in grievance, attempting to hide itself within the shallow cave.

"Ralts."

She says she is a plant. Ralts narrated.

"Be it beast or plant, it makes no difference."

The blue ring flashed, and a shovel landed with a thud. Bai Cai smiled, "In any case, I want you, and only you."

Faced with a fifty percent profit, humans would risk everything; how much more so when faced with a heaven-sent treasure of immortal herb grade?

Having already coerced the Giant Pure White Flower, Bai Cai slowly retreated, ready to leap off the cliff to escape at any moment.

The branches and leaves of the Giant Pure White Flower pulsed slightly, and its calyx and petals began to bloom.

"Ralts."

She says, at most two petals. Ralts said, stunned.

"Fine, do not resist."

Bai Cai agreed, and the Giant Pure White Flower, filled with joy, let two massive petals hang precariously.

"Wait." Bai Cai suddenly called a halt.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was a place of supreme geomancy, which was why immortal herbs grew there so wantonly. Since the Giant Pure White Flower had reached the immortal grade, the place where it grew might well be hiding rare treasures.

"Losing its original petals will inevitably damage the vitality of a heaven-sent treasure."

Bai Cai stated with certainty, "To be this generous, it must either have a cultivation exceeding fifty thousand years, possess an innately extraordinary bloodline, or be hiding a strange treasure within the cave."

The Giant Pure White Flower trembled violently, filled with unease.