Xue Fuyao concealed her own aura and Big Treasure's to the utmost, then crept furtively toward the direction Big Treasure had indicated.
She could hardly be blamed for being cautious. This was unexplored territory, after all. Who knew what dangers lurked here? Especially since she had been trampled to death by Monster Beasts in her previous life, she had no desire to die at their hands again.
She did not idle along the way, either. Whenever she spotted spirit medicine she recognized, she picked it regardless of its age, and whenever she encountered Spirit Plants she did not recognize, she took those too. It did not matter if she could not identify them now. Once she returned, she could visit the Library Pavilion more often and read enough books to recognize them.
Perhaps because no one had ever set foot here, the spirit medicines here were ancient, their medicinal fragrance filling her nostrils. Even the most ordinary spirit medicines were several grades higher in quality than those outside.
Soon, guided by Big Treasure, Xue Fuyao arrived at the edge of a cliff.
"Squeak, squeak!"
Big Treasure pointed down the cliff and squeaked a few times, indicating that the good stuff was below.
Seeing this, Xue Fuyao went to the cliff's edge and looked down. There, on the sheer cliff face where not a blade of grass grew, stood an entirely dark-green Spirit Plant. Clusters of deep-purple flower buds grew on either side of it. Some were still tiny, like grains of rice, while others were poised to bloom, seemingly about to mature. She could even faintly smell their delicate floral fragrance in the air.
"There's a faint wine fragrance too, a little like the Wine God Heartflame."
Xue Fuyao studied it for a long while without identifying the Spirit Plant,