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Join the ServerYe Xingchen advanced with deliberate steps, his gaze briefly catching Sword Spirit Qizai’s exquisite face, a visage so strikingly similar to that of the Yaochi Saintess. A soft sigh escaped his lips.
“Back then… I was undeniably too young.”
Even now, he remained perplexed, unable to fathom what qualities of his had captivated her, the foremost fairy of the Yaochi Holy Land, all those years ago.
Emerging from the winding tunnel, the space before them dramatically expanded, revealing a secret realm lush with spiritual herbs, now laid bare before the trio.
Potent natural elements permeated the air, and numerous herbs shimmered with a soft, ethereal luminescence.
This breathtaking vista instantly conjured in Ye Xingchen’s mind the classic imagery from “The Tale of the Peach Blossom Spring”:
“‘Suddenly, a peach blossom grove appeared, stretching for several hundred paces along the banks… At first, the entrance was exceedingly narrow, barely allowing passage.
After advancing a few dozen more paces, it suddenly opened up.'”
Particularly striking was how, upon first glimpsing this hidden realm from the cave mouth, it mirrored his imagined Peach Blossom Spring in every detail, save for the various demonic beasts roaming freely.
The sheer wonder of that moment resonated perfectly with the ancient poet’s description: ‘as if there were light.’
Mu Wanqing stood transfixed, her eyes wide as they reflected the incredible subterranean marvel before her.
Countless softly glowing herbs carpeted the entire cavern, resembling scattered stars and weaving a shimmering net of light within the gloom.
Pale blue Moonlight Grass swayed gently with the air currents, shedding a delicate shower of luminous dust.
“This… this is simply…” Her voice quivered with awe, her breath involuntarily softening.
The air was thick with the rich, complex fragrance of dozens of intertwined herbs—sweet, pungent, faintly bitter—each scent imbued with a distinct magical resonance.
In the distance, a phosphorescent stream meandered gracefully, its bed adorned with luminous fine sand that cast the entire waterway into a semblance of a flowing silver river.
“Wow, Yueyue! Your Xingchen’s smart navigation is incredibly reliable, isn’t it? To find a place this magical—no wonder you insisted on dragging me along for the adventure!” The girl’s eyes sparkled with unbridled delight.
Compared to the perilous surprises they had just encountered, this breathtaking scene was the adventure she had always yearned for.
“Naturally~” Su Liyue declared, her chin tilted with a hint of pride.
“Star Navigation, always at your service! Far superior to that unreliable map app~”
As she gazed upon the wild beauty of the herb-laden landscape and the murmuring, clear stream, her thoughts drifted back to her childhood days on Earth.
She recalled how, in her previous life, she and her friends would always race to the back hills after school. The mountains were undeveloped then, teeming with peculiar flora and fauna.
Wild strawberries, Chinese hawthorn, Japanese knotweed… the changing seasons always offered a bounty of different wild fruits to sate their cravings.
In an era when snacks were a luxury, these wild mountain treats were every bit as delightful as the Moonlight Plums of this world.
Mu Wanqing, still holding Su Liyue’s hand, vibrated with excitement as she absorbed the stunning vista.
“Heavens! Are these the legendary Star Radiance Orchids? And over there, could those be Nine-Heart Begonias? I’ve seen their illustrations in ancient pharmacopoeias, but the true magical fluctuations are simply… so…”
Her exclamations abruptly ceased as a swarm of translucent crystal butterflies swept overhead, their wings shedding luminous scales that traced ephemeral streaks of light in the air.
Deeper within the stalactite clusters, several gargantuan mushrooms, easily towering twice the height of a person, slowly pulsed open and closed their caps, each movement releasing a cloud of spores that glittered like starlight.
Su Liyue smiled at her best friend’s delighted reaction, yet her own gaze was drawn to a different, equally captivating sight.
At a bend in the stream, a cluster of silver, lotus-shaped plants undulated with the water’s flow, each petal crafted from liquid metal, ceaselessly shifting its form.
The sight instantly reminded her of mercury droplets in an Earth laboratory, yet these were a thousandfold more exquisite.
Su Liyue’s eyes suddenly sharpened.
Memories of the cultivation world flashed through her mind; the presence of such silver lotuses indicated an extremely rare, albeit low-probability, appearance of the Seven-Glow Auspicious Phenomenon within a hundred-zhang radius.
That was none other than the fabled Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus!
This lotus, born of chaos, flourished amidst the primordial Xuanhuang.
It bloomed but once every millennium, its petals arrayed in seven distinct colors, subtly echoing the celestial rotation of the seven stars: sun, moon, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
Upon blooming, its radiant glow ascended to the heavens, and its fragrance drifted for a hundred *li*. Even more remarkably, its seven lotus seeds were each as clear as jade, imbued with the innate essence of the Dao.
In the cultivation world’s auctions, even a single petal of this lotus was enough to incite countless cultivators to vie for it relentlessly.
She suddenly recalled a pronouncement from her Master:
“‘When the Seven-Colored Lotus appears, the heavenly secrets shall reveal themselves.’ This artifact is not merely a sacred panacea capable of resurrecting the dead and regenerating bone, but also a profound opportunity to comprehend the Great Dao.”
For female cultivators, in particular, it possessed the power to reshape one’s innate constitution, purify the mundane, render skin like jade, and imbue an ethereal aura.
Countless female cultivators spent their entire lives in relentless pursuit of even a single petal for medicinal purposes.
Abruptly, an unusual fragrance wafted through the air.
Su Liyue’s nose twitched almost imperceptibly. This scent… it was pure yet not subtle, rich yet not overpowering, carrying a faint, almost ethereal resonance, like a distant chant.
While ordinary lotuses symbolized purity and flawlessness, this Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus embodied the very cycle of the Heavenly Dao: its crimson petals represented valiant progress; its azure petals, wisdom as vast as the ocean; its golden petals, unwavering resolve.
These seven colors intertwined, mirroring the seven profound stages on the path of cultivation.
Just then, the stream’s waters suddenly shimmered with a kaleidoscopic array of colors.
“Could it be…” Her heart rate abruptly quickened.
Within the shimmering reflection of the silver metal lotus, a faint rainbow aura began to emerge.
This was unmistakably…
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