"Xiao Wu! Did you forget what we said earlier? Let Zhu Zhuqing and me check whether it's real."
With that, Ning Rongrong reached her little hand toward the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
Just as her fingertips were about to touch its petals, a flash of black light flickered, and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red vanished.
Ning Rongrong blinked, felt her empty palm, and grumbled unhappily:
"Zhu Zhuqing, what are you doing? Hey~"
Xiao Wu tilted her head, unable to understand why Ning Rongrong had reacted so strongly. They were just testing it, so what did it matter who went first?
Zhu Zhuqing acted as though she hadn't heard and bit her index finger with a sharp little canine tooth.
A bead of bright red blood slowly seeped out, then dripped down, landing squarely on a leaf of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
Bzz-
A faint vibration rang out. The entire Lovesick Heartbreak Red instantly burst with dazzling crimson light, enveloping her whole body.
Following the method in the Pokédex, Zhu Zhuqing closed her eyes, and her mind couldn't help returning to that scene in the Star Dou Great Forest.
She had been moments away from dying at her pursuers' hands when Master descended from the sky and saved her. His figure grew impossibly towering.
The scene shifted to memories of him personally teaching her to cultivate. That searing touch and the tremendous help he had given her had all left deep brands upon her heart.
The Lovesick Heartbreak Red began trembling violently as well, its stem slowly pulling free of the Black Stone.
Xiao Wu panicked at once and stepped forward to interrupt the ritual.
Just as she was about to say something, a small hand clamped over her mouth.
"Mmph, mmph, mmph!!"
"Shh! Xiao Wu, don't be rash. We don't know what'll