Qiao Ranran gave a startled "Ah." "You didn't know?"
"No."
"This is called Red Spider Lily, also known as Flower of the Other Shore. When the flowers bloom, the leaves are nowhere to be seen; when the leaves grow, the flowers are nowhere to be found. It doesn't seem to have much medicinal value." She wasn't entirely sure, though. This world was different; who knew whether a plant that looked so much like Red Spider Lily might have another name or some other use?
Qiao Ranran glanced at Zhong Yunkun. He shook his head too. "I haven't seen it before either."
The Sea of flowers before them looked beautifully alive, whether in form or color. Yet for some reason, the longer she looked, the more she felt something deeply uncanny woven through the scarlet and black.
Yan Qingsui clicked his tongue. "So that scent that messed with our heads earlier came from these flowers?"
Qiao Ranran shook her head. She wasn't certain. If these were real Red Spider Lilies, they definitely couldn't do anything like that! She hesitated, unsure whether to say what was on her mind. Pei Ling gave her fingers a squeeze and watched her silently.
Qiao Ranran smiled. "As far as I know, Red Spider Lilies grow on the far shore of the Yellow Springs and can summon and guide souls. I think they must have had something to do with the illusion we all fell into."
What was even more interesting was that everyone else had been affected by the floral scent, while she alone had remained clearheaded. She still had no idea why.
Pei Ling, however, had come to a new realization.
Earlier, though his body had been affected, his Divine Sense had remained perfectly clear. He had watched everyone lose themselves to the floral