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🕑 Added 2023-08-30 22:30:05 +0000 UTC1/2
Chapter 128: Acknowledging a Master
If Su Tingyun wants to reshape her body, she needs water and earth.
She asks Bai Chengyu, but he's unexpectedly clueless about it. Instead, it's the Sect Master who, after mumbling indecisively for a moment, says, "There is a soil that can be compared to the Heavenly Fire. Legend has it that there is a Snow Lotus on the Eternal Snow Peak. That snow lotus can control ice and snow, and is guarded by a powerful spiritual beast. The soil, in which that snow lotus has taken root on, can grow itself and never deplete—a true Living Earth."
"Where is the Eternal Snow Peak?"
Su Tingyun asks nervously.
With some disdain, Zhan Yu glances at her and says, "Didn't you hear? It's in the legends."
Su Tingyun: "..."
However, since there is such a legend, it may indicate that the Eternal Snow Peak does exist. But with the vastness of the cultivation world, where exactly is it located?
Fortunately, Xi Guang's physical body has now reached the Mahayana stage, which will allow her to soar through the air and cover thousands of fathoms in a blink of an eye. Although her divine sense is weaker, she can still clearly perceive the scenery within a thousand miles. Perhaps it won't take long for her to explore the entire cultivation world.
But before that, she still needs to ask Bai Chengyu, "Do you know where the Eternal Snow Peak is?"
Bai Chengyu's face turns red, "I don't." Then he adds, "But I know the location of all the snow peaks in this world. I just don't know which one that Eternal Snow Peak is." He points his finger and adds, "Ask Little Bai. Orchid Tongue grasses are found everywhere in the world, and they can grow on snow-capped mountains too. Maybe there is an orchid tongue grass around that Snow Lotus. Ask it, ask it!"
Bai Chengyu points a few times and says, "Back then, if M’Lord doesn’t know something, he would just ask Little Lan."
Oh, right! After considering it, Su Tingyun thinks that it makes sense. She walks to Little Bai's side and asks, "Little Bai, do you know about the Eternal Snow Peak and the legendary Snow Lotus? It has strong abilities to manipulate ice and snow, as well as a powerful guardian spiritual beast?"
Little Bai immediately stops playing with Big Bai, even using its large leaves to fan the latter away, leaving Su Tingyun stunned.
You see, Big Bai is quite large at the moment, and she didn't expect that Little Bai's chubby leaves would actually be that strong. And Big Bai, who usually behaves arrogantly towards everyone, doesn’t get angry when pushed away by Little Bai. Instead, Big Bai hops back on its own.
Little Bai's leaves clap several times, and the leaf edges even move down little by little, clearly indicating that it knows something, that it has something to say.
Su Tingyun becomes extremely happy, but she realizes that the flapping of Little Bai’s leaves is anxiousness, as it’s unable to make any sound. It's not that it can’t produce sound, but it can only repeat what others say. It can faithfully relay to Granny the secrets others have whispered, without missing a word, but it can’t organize its own speech. It knows where the snow peaks and snow lotuses are, but it can’t say them.
Little Bai becomes increasingly urgent, hitting its leaves in loud claps, and generating strong winds through them.
Big Bai also becomes anxious, continuously making discordant chirping sounds.
Oh no, it seems that the Orchid Tongue Grass must recognize a master to proceed.
The problem is how to make it acknowledge a master. Is it like with mystical devices? Su Tingyun carefully extends a tiny bit of her divine sense and infuses it into the leaf of the orchid tongue grass. However, she can’t sense any consciousness from Little Bai, so of course she can’t establish a connection with it.
"Bai Chengyu, how can an orchid tongue grass acknowledge a master?"
Bai Su is Xiao Lan's owner, and the fact that he can bring Xiao Lan into his Dantian and Sea of Consciousness proves that an Orchid Tongue Grass can indeed acknowledge a master.
But Bai Chengyu, in his ignorance, confidently replies, "This is an absolute secret that M’Lord’s family would never reveal. How could I possibly know? Otherwise, any Orchid Tongue Grass with a little bit of intelligence can be exploited by malicious individuals."
Even if these grasses aren't as powerful as Xiao Lan and Little Bai, they can still eavesdrop on nearby conversations to some extent!
In this world, there may be extraordinary occurrences like Little Bai, where even in remote and unexplored places, mutated Orchids tongue grasses can grow. Regardless, the method of making one recognize a master is a secret that cannot be disclosed to outsiders.
So, what should they do?
Suddenly, Big Bai makes several chirping sounds. After calling out, it keeps rubbing against Su Tingyun's arms and even bites her finger, although it doesn’t break the skin.
Since becoming a family with Big Bai, Big Bai has never influenced Su Tingyun's spiritual consciousness. However, this time, Su Tingyun feels dizzy and her whole body is slightly feverish. Her primordial spirit is in the late Nascent Soul stage, still some distance away from Tribulation Transcendent, but Big Bai has already successfully entered that stage and has become a formidable spiritual beast. With the influence of its spiritual consciousness, Su Tingyun can’t resist.
"Chirp chirp chirp." The color of Big Bai's body turns translucent and tender. It gradually grows in size, swallowing Su Tingyun whole. On the side, Little Bai stops patting its leaves anxiously, and instead joins in with its own chirping. With Little Bai's approval, Big Bai becomes even happier.
