Cold, ruthless, and stunningly beautiful—the Flower God’s prototype is Manjusaka, whose words represent endless love, the omen of death, and the call of the underworld.
Legend has it that the other shore flower only blooms in the Yellow Springs, usually believed to grow by the Sanzu River in the underworld, at the edge of the Forgetting River.
The other shore flower is as brilliantly red as blood, covering the road to hell, and it blooms without leaves—it’s the only flower in the underworld.
Because of this, the flower carries an ominous aura of death and separation, often used in funerals, and is also called the flower of death.
The Flower God’s name, Huang Quan, was chosen to fit the legend.
Meeting after death, reborn from the brink of demise.
“Flower Master, don’t be so stiff.
Lord Huang Quan isn’t going to eat you.” The flower servant was still encouraging Qin Xiangyi from the side, but Huang Quan seemed to think Qin Xiangyi was moving too slowly, so she simply pulled Qin Xiangyi into her arms and kissed her on the lips.
System: Received the Flower God Huang Quan’s first kiss, spirit power +1000.
The sweet scent grew stronger, and the kiss felt different from Zhou Muning’s.
It was a bit hot, but the heat came from her dantian.
“Flower Master, quickly give the Flower God your spiritual energy.
That way, she can directly nurture a flower person.” The flower servant’s voice sounded, reminding Qin Xiangyi not to get lost in Huang Quan’s temptation.
That was the temptation of death—if she really lost herself, Huang Quan would drain her dry.
A chill ran down Qin Xiangyi’s back, and she quickly followed the method the flower servant had just taught her, squeezing the energy from her dantian.
She then heard the system’s cold voice.
System: Do you want to plant a flower seed in Huang Quan’s body?
Qin Xiangyi answered yes without hesitation, and felt a surge of power flow out, moving toward Huang Quan.
Huang Quan, who had been indifferent just now, seemed to sense the spiritual energy and hugged Qin Xiangyi tightly.
The strength was overwhelming, as if she wanted to merge her into her embrace.
The fragrance grew even stronger.
When the first transfer of spiritual energy was complete, Huang Quan let go of her.
Her white clothes turned red, and with her eyes closed, she let out a low moan.
Then, a flower bloomed from her chest.
Unlike planting flower seeds in ordinary humans, the Flower God’s flower seed grew extremely fast.
In an instant, the flower bloomed, revealing a palm-sized little person.
System: Obtained flower person—Peony, spirit power +500.
“It’s Peony.” The flower servant narrowed her eyes, recognizing the flower person’s identity.
“Granny Flower, long time no see.” The little person called Peony bowed to the flower servant.
Dressed in red, though only palm-sized, her face was already breathtakingly beautiful.
Flower people were originally the Flower God’s servants, all incredibly beautiful, but still a far cry from the Flower God herself.
One could only imagine how stunning Huang Quan was at her peak.
Qin Xiangyi didn’t dare to imagine it—her meager words couldn’t capture that kind of beauty.
She wondered if she’d ever see it with her own eyes.
While she was lost in thought, Peony knelt before Huang Quan, full of respect.
“Lord Huang Quan.”
But when it came to Qin Xiangyi, Peony seemed a bit casual, even raising her eyebrows at her with a rather disdainful expression.
“Greetings, Flower Master.”
Qin Xiangyi nodded, not bothered by Peony’s attitude.
After all, in the eyes of these flower people, she was just a slightly luckier ordinary person.
Qin Xiangyi could understand this, so she didn’t say much.
She looked at Huang Quan and continued, “No time to waste, let’s try the second one.”
Huang Quan shook her head.
The flower servant immediately understood and explained for the Flower God, “Flower Master, the Flower God hasn’t recovered yet.
It’ll take a few days before she can continue.”
Qin Xiangyi was stunned again, cursing herself for setting herself up for trouble.
She’d gotten a thousand spirit power from the Flower God’s first kiss and wanted to try a ten-pull, but who knew her own wild ideas would come back to bite her.
The whole “Flower God is weak and can only make one flower person a day” thing—now she couldn’t even expand her workforce.
“We’ll continue tomorrow, then.” Looking at Huang Quan’s tempting lips, Qin Xiangyi felt a bit reluctant.
She had to admit, kissing Huang Quan was a unique experience, making her think that being with the Flower God might not be so bad after all.
“Flower Master’s body is much better than expected.
If it were an ordinary person, they’d probably be too exhausted to get up by now.” The flower servant now had a bit of respect for Qin Xiangyi, and respectfully held up a ceramic bottle.
Qin Xiangyi took the bottle curiously, feeling its heavy weight.
“What’s this?” “This is honey I brewed myself.
It contains spiritual energy and can help the Flower Master improve her constitution.” The flower servant gently explained Qin Xiangyi’s current physical state—even a little grass could easily kill her with one hand.
Qin Xiangyi glanced at the delicate vase and asked the flower servant, “I see.
Can I drink it directly?” “With your constitution, it needs to be diluted about a hundred times.
Oh, and we have some excellent dew here.
Little Grass, go boil some water and chop some firewood.” The flower servant spoke enthusiastically, quickly sending Little Grass to help with the water.
All the tools for boiling water were very old-fashioned, exuding an ancient charm inside and out.
Qin Xiangyi sat on a wooden chair and looked over at Huang Quan not far away.
Peony was circling her.
The two locked eyes but didn’t speak.
Sensing Qin Xiangyi’s confusion, the flower servant explained, “That’s memory sharing.”
Qin Xiangyi nodded.
As the author, she naturally knew about the “memory sharing” skill she’d invented to be lazy.
It let them see each other’s memories, making it easier for flower people to awaken and cutting down on unnecessary exposition.
Of course, only memories were shared.
As for each flower person’s unique skills… Thinking of this, Qin Xiangyi suddenly wanted to cry.
To make things harder for the protagonist, each flower person stayed in their tiny form for a few weeks after birth, only growing to human size after absorbing enough spiritual energy.
Only after reaching adult size could they access the flower person’s skills.
Qin Xiangyi looked at Peony again, silently thinking “check Peony’s info.”
In an instant, an interface popped up in front of her eyes.
Name: Peony.
Copyable active skills: Assassination [SR] Disguise [R] Intelligence Theft [R]
Copyable passive skill: Photographic Memory [SSR].
Overall rating: SR.
As the starter card—no, the starter flower person—Qin Xiangyi gave Peony the most practical skills, especially Photographic Memory, which was basically a cheat.
Photographic Memory could speed up learning, and it was the first skill Qin Xiangyi had to get.
Of course, thanks to Qin Xiangyi’s own evil settings, the way to get these skills was to randomly acquire them while giving Peony spiritual energy to level up.
SSR skill drop rate: 1%, SR: 13%, R: 65%, UR: 0.1%.
