Chapter 309

Chapter 309: Hua Tu, Are You Allergic Again
“Once the essence of flora leaves the body, it must be infused as soon as possible. Wait a bit.”

Understanding, Yu Zhao stood up and moved aside.

She saw a drop of pale blue liquid slowly fall, guided by an invisible force, onto the flower bud of the weak spirit plant.

In an instant, a phantom appeared behind the spirit plant, swaying lazily in the air.

Right after that, the bare spirit plant began to revive at a speed visible to the naked eye. Tender green shoots grew from the branch, the drooping bud stood straight, and the withered color faded away.

Seeing this, there was no joy on Yu Zhao’s face.

The most important test still had not passed.

Sure enough, it was not long before a layer of ashen aura spread over the newly grown shoots.

The death aura that had been forced down by the attack of the essence of flora suddenly counterattacked. Its murky breath spread wildly through the space under the flower wall.

Large patches of spirit flowers withered in an instant and fell from their branches.

Their leaves curled up, turning a scorched yellow as if baked by fire.

The sea of flowers that had been thriving just moments ago turned into scorched earth in the blink of an eye.

Yu Zhao, standing in the space, did not escape either.

She felt a cold aura crawl up from her limbs and bones, trying to drill into her body and invade her dantian.

A cold light flashed in her eyes. Her spirit power surged and directly tore the small wisp of death aura inside her to shreds.

At the same time, He Huan made her move.

Her pale yellow petals trembled lightly, and countless points of spiritual light rained down inside the flower wall.

The death aura filling the space met its natural enemy and disappeared at once, like smoke scattered by the wind.

The light points drifted down and landed on the withered branches of the flower wall.

Within just a few breaths, the dead leaves fell off, new buds grew, and the buds bloomed.

The flower wall returned to the flourishing state it had been in when Yu Zhao first saw it.

A small portion of the light points fell onto the spirit plant, turning into a thin veil of golden light that wrapped around its body.

Whenever the spirit plant showed any sign of damage, the light curtain would immediately send out a cluster of energy to mend the wound.

The whole process lasted for about one hour.

At last, the death aura inside the spirit plant was completely swallowed up by the life force.

The spirit plant gently swayed its two newly grown tender leaves. It seemed happy, and it also seemed to be expressing its gratitude to Yu Zhao and He Huan.

He Huan floated forward and gently touched the spirit plant’s bud with her own. Then she drifted to Yu Zhao’s side.

“Aya’s illness is almost cured. After a period of recovery, it will be able to bloom.”

“Congratulations.”

“I have another gift for you.”

Yu Zhao was about to refuse when He Huan took out an old-looking Jade Pendant from who knew where and held it out in front of her.

“This item is useless in my hands, but it should be of some help to you.”

Yu Zhao reached out and took the Jade Pendant without thinking. A familiar feeling rushed over her.

As she rubbed the smooth jade, her heartbeat could not help but speed up.

The Jade Pendant that He Huan gave her was exactly the same as the Jade Pendant lying in her storage space.

This was the second Ancient Dao Arena key!

Yu Zhao’s fingers tightened around it. She looked at He Huan seriously and thanked her.

Seeing Yu Zhao’s expression, He Huan knew that the item was indeed useful to her, and she felt very pleased.

Remembering that Yu Zhao had come for incense crafting, she could not help feeling interested and wanted to give her some pointers.

Yu Zhao was, of course, delighted to accept.

One person and one flower were in perfect agreement. They immediately found a quiet place to make incense blends.

When Yu Zhao sat down to start incense crafting, she felt like she had forgotten something.

She thought about it for a bit. Since it did not seem like something urgent, she stopped worrying and focused on trying different incense blend combinations under He Huan’s guidance.

As the true Flower King of Myriad Flowers Island, He Huan knew the habits of every type of flower.

Which two flowers’ scents would create poison when mixed, which two would support each other and double the medicinal effect when used together – she explained all of it without holding anything back.

Yu Zhao listened as if drunk on the knowledge. Her incense crafting skills rose at a shocking speed.

In one corner of Myriad Flowers Island, Hua Tu rolled around in the flower bushes out of boredom. Then, with a puff, he blew the petal off his nose and started rubbing his body crookedly along the ground again.

[Where exactly did Yu Zhao go? Is she coming back or not? Did she forget that there is a handsome leopard waiting for her at the edge of Myriad Flowers Island?]

The first day without Yu Zhao was boring…

The second day without Yu Zhao was boring…

The fifth day without Yu Zhao was still boring…

On the tenth day without Yu Zhao, he thought, [Just let the whole cultivation world be destroyed!]

On the sixteenth day, when Hua Tu’s patience was about to run out, Yu Zhao and He Huan finally appeared together.

“Yu Zhao!!!”

With one kick of his four long legs, Hua Tu leaped to stand in front of Yu Zhao and started chattering nonstop. “Yu Zhao, where did you go? Why are you only back now? Are you okay? Did something go wrong in the middle…”

Watching Hua Tu circle around her, Yu Zhao finally remembered what she had forgotten.

Feeling guilty, she said, “I forgot to tell you that I was studying with Senior He Huan and made you wait so long. I’m sorry.”

“Just studying? You didn’t run into anything else?”

Hua Tu raised his big head. There was no anger in his eyes, only worry and doubt.

“No. I just forgot.”

“Phew, that’s good. I thought something had happened to you. I even made a flower crown for you. Look! Isn’t it pretty? I made it myself!”

Hua Tu used his tail to lift up a pure white flower crown and held it in front of Yu Zhao, his face full of a show-off look. Just like that, he wiped away the guilt in Yu Zhao’s heart.

He even tried to put the flower crown on her, but only stopped after Yu Zhao kicked him on the butt.

After that, Yu Zhao said her goodbyes to He Huan.

He Huan personally sent them to the shore of the island. After watching them go far away, she said softly, “They are my friends. Do not give rise to thoughts you should not have.”

Swish swish –

Two faint rustling sounds rose from the flower bushes and quickly faded back into silence.

About one hour after leaving Myriad Flowers Island, Yu Zhao stopped and looked helplessly at Hua Tu, who had been bouncing along the road the whole way.

“Hua Tu, are you having an allergic reaction again?”

Hua Tu quickly glanced at Yu Zhao, then lowered his head and muttered, “Nooo~”

“Speak properly.”

Hua Tu cleared his throat, gathered his courage, jumped to stand right in front of Yu Zhao, and invited, “I run fast. Do you want to travel with me?”

For a moment, Yu Zhao did not understand what he meant.

Weren’t they already traveling together?

It was only when she saw Hua Tu’s wildly twitching tail and his slightly wiggling butt that she made a guess, and her feelings became very complicated.

In her previous life, because of Quan Ye’s identity, she had learned a fair bit about demonic beasts.

Most members of the Beast Clan were proud and unruly, and they hated being tied down.

This was especially true for demonic beasts with pure bloodlines. They were born with a kingly, domineering air and would rather die than submit.

The Three-Eyed Leopards could live as neighbors to the Nine-Tailed Foxes, which showed that they were a powerful race themselves, and Hua Tu was one of the best among them.

Even though Hua Tu often did foolish things on the road, the pride in his bones was no less than that of any other demonic beast.

Now that he was willing to place himself under her, Yu Zhao found it hard to put her feelings into words.

Hua Tu did not get an answer from Yu Zhao and became very nervous. He was just about to take back what he had said when a strange, off-key shout came from far away.

“Boss Hua – Boss Hua -”

Hua Tu’s face turned dark.