Chapter 917: Obtaining the Exquisite Lotus
Jun Mo Xieās gaze was like a high and lofty monarch, wielding sway over her destiny! In that moment, she only felt a sense of helplessness in her heart, as if she couldnāt resist!
āSpeak. Iām taking away all of this Exquisite Lotus! Can I or can I not!ā Jun Mo Xie pressed fearsomely.
He couldnāt help but to be anxious. There were so many people back home who needed this Exquisite Lotus. If he waited for 500 years to reap one lotus root, thenā¦ even the most beautiful flower would have wilted long ago! Not only would he not achieve his intended purpose after bringing it back, it would end up creating more awkwardness. With just a single grain sized root, it would be wrong to give or deprive it from anyone.
The reason heād asked her so forcefully right after succeeding in intimidating her was precisely to not give Qiao Ying any time to react. Although doing it like this was somewhat despicable, Jun Mo Xie couldnāt care less for the sake of his own happiness.
āAh.. you canā¦ not you cannot you cannot!ā Qiao Ying jumped with shock, very nearly giving her approval. Shaking her head rapidly, she spat out three cannots in quick succession. āYoung Master Jun, one must be honorable with their words! We agreed that it would be one stalk, so you definitely canāt take more! This is a matter of principle; thereās no room for discussion!ā
Pausing for a moment, she continued. āBesidesā¦ our Heaven Saint Palace has only been able to raise the initial single stalk of lotus into the current eight stalksā¦ It could be easily imagined how hard it is to raise them! Truthfully, us giving you one stalk is already a great wasteā¦ you clearly wouldnāt know how to nurture it, not knowing what it likes or dislikeā¦ If you are unable to satisfy a single facade of its needs, it will quickly wilt! Iām not trying to scare or threaten you!ā
āHm? Iād like to hear the details.ā Jun Mo Xieās tone suddenly became gentle and pleasing to the ear.
āYouāre such a scoundrel!ā Qiao Ying shook her head with exasperation as she explained carefully. āFirstly, the Exquisite Lotus must be planted in innate clean water, preferably water condensed from Spiritual Qi. Also, it needs to live in a place with exceptionally dense Heaven Earth Spiritual Qi in order to survive.
Jun Mo Xie made an āohā sound with disinterest as he thought to himself.
Thatās not a problem at all. This daddyās place has plenty of Spiritual Qi, even more concentrated than your mountain. Thereās so many heavenly spirit herbs growing there happily; I refuse to believe that I canāt keep a stalk of Exquisite Lotus alive.
āSecondly, do you see this pond? Although it looks like a simple pond, itās actually made with 30,000 pieces of innate spirit jade, with equal amounts of warm and cold nature to attain a fine balance of temperature. In order to gather all this spirit jade, weāve gathered nearly all the spirit jade in the world together, and even the Misty Illusory Manor contributed a portion! This is practically a sum of wealth huge enough that no one can handle! Only such a condition will be enough to allow the Exquisite Lotus to slowly grow!ā
ā30,000 pieces of innate spirit jade?ā Jun Mo Xie felt his mouth turning dry. Not to mention 30,000 pieces; he didnāt even have a single piece! In that moment, he could not help but to eye the pond sinisterly, thinking of bringing the entire pond away!
As he pondered, a thought suddenly struck him. āCan the innate spirit jade be replaced with Eternally Warm Soft Jade?ā
āEternally Warm Soft Jade only has the properties of warmth and softness. It does not produce any cold effects. So although its rarity is not lower than innate spirit jade, itās not enough to nurture the Exquisite Lotus.ā Qiao Ying looked at him queerly, seemingly somewhat suspicious that he would have such good stuff.
āHow difficult!ā Jun Mo Xie furrowed his brows and narrowed his eyes as he continued asking. āWhat will happen if itās replaced with a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein?ā
āWhat kind of joke is that?ā Qiao Ying smiled lightly and said. āUsing a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein to cultivate the Exquisite Lotus is naturally much better than innate spirit jade. Furthermore, it will greatly improve the speed of the Exquisite Lotusā growth, shortening the time required for it to reach maturity. With a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein, all you need is a pool with water condensed from Spiritual Qi and nothing else. The Exquisite Lotus will grow at several times the speed, andā¦ even have more amazing effects. However, that is only a thing that exists in legends, only found deep underground; moreover, the continent is constantly shifting, resulting in Spiritual Qi being scattered all the timeā¦ who will be able to find a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein?ā
Qiao Ying pouted with disdain as she rolled her eyes at Jun Mo Xie. āEven if you know a place with a Heaven Earth Spirit Vein, who has the ability to retrieve it? Move an entire mountain aside, and dig out the entire thing fully intact? Thatās basically an impossible and unrealistic matter!ā
Jun Mo Xie sighed and shook his head in a āsadā manner. āHow depressingā¦ā In his heart, he was actually whooping with joy.
F*ck! This daddy indeed has this legendary thing! And itās even a top quality and well aged one of several hundred thousand years old!
āThe third condition for it to grow isā¦ā At this point, Jun Mo Xie could no longer hear Qiao Yingās words. He was incredibly excited, and his entire mind was filled with thoughts on the various possibilities.
But although he was bursting with joy on the inside, he still had to display a troubled and depressed face on the outside. This was actually a high level acting skill. Fortunately, Young Master Jun had received plenty of training, and he managed to act out this show perfectly.
Compared to the nourishment of the Heaven Earth Spirit Vein, all these methods of nurturingā¦ were simply all bullsh*t!
Jun Mo Xie made a quick estimation in his heart. The Heaven Earth Spirit Vein he had could easily support a small to medium sized lotus pond. At the very least, it should be seven or eight times larger than this little pond here.
āThenā¦ how many lotus seeds do you have? Can I take some back with me in addition to the one stalk of Exquisite Lotus?ā
Jun Mo Xie looked pitifully at Qiao Ying. āEven if thereās a tiny bit of possibility, itās still better than nothingā¦ Elder sister Qiao, you must satisfy this tiny wish of mine ahā¦ā
The way he looked at her was as if she would be the most heartless and cold person in the world if she didnāt give it to him.
āThere are indeed some seeds whenever the Exquisite Lotus blooms once every 500 years. Weāve also accumulated quite a few of those seedsā¦ However, the difficulty of nurturing the seeds is tens of times harder than nurturing the Exquisite Lotus!ā Qiao Ying said hesitantly. āIf I gave it to you and you couldnāt raise it, it would only be a waste of natural treasure.ā
āDonāt worry about it, Iām just giving it a tryā¦ā Jun Mo Xie said warmly. āBesides, Iām not asking for a lot. Iāll be satisfied with just a hundred or so seedsā¦ā
āHundred or so?!ā Qiao Yingās eyes nearly fell out of her sockets. āIn the few thousand years, our Heaven Saint Palace had only managed to collect no more than 50, 60 seeds! And the moment you open your mouth, you want a hundred?! You truly dare to ask ah!ā
āIn that case, Iāll just take 50ā¦ā Jun Mo Xie said with a light chuckle as he shrugged his shoulders in a helpless manner. āYou guys already have so many fully full grown onesā¦ā
āNo way!ā Qiao Ying rejected flatly. After considering for a long time, she finally relented. āAt mostā¦ I can give you five! Thatās already more than what I have the ability to give.ā
āElder sisterā¦ youāre practically killing me ah! Five seeds, to think you had the heart to say that!ā Jun Mo Xie cried out. āDidnāt that Wu Shan Yun say just now that I can take away anything I want other than the Exquisite Lotus? You canāt be that miserly right?ā
āToo little! I have to take at least 40!ā
āJun Mo Xie, youāre deliberately making trouble! Ten seeds, nothing more!ā
ā30 seedsā¦ thatās the absolute lowest I can go. And lower and my trip here today would have been meaningless, and Wu Shan Yunās words would mean nothingā¦ To think that I went so far as to enlighten the crowd and did such a huge favor to everyone, and yet you wouldnāt give me even a few seedsā¦ How are you so hard hearted and cruel?ā
After a round of intense bargaining, Qiao Ying lost to Young Master Jun in the battle of words, finally parting with 20 seeds. Jun Mo Xie smiled widely in his heart, satisfied with his gains. In actual fact, obtaining just 10 seeds would be a pretty good deal. But now that heād managed to get 20, it was a bonusā¦
Qiao Yingās face was exceedingly bitter, and her head buzzed with confusion even until now. How did she end up taking step after step back, finally agreeing to take out 20 seeds? Thisā¦ did those words really come out of her mouth?
What she didnāt know was that although her age was great, her experience and interaction with the outside world was pitifully little. Secondly, Jun Mo Xieās mouth was among the best in the world. If he claimed that his skill in arguing was number two, no one in this world would dare to call themselves first. Thirdly and most importantly, Young Master Jun had also secretly used some of the Soul Sedating Technique in his words.
In order to prevent Qiao Ying from noticing, heād only used a tiny bit to influence her slightly. But as the argument between the two grew more heated, Qiao Ying would not be able to notice even if she was more careful. In the end, she was easily tricked by this scoundrelā¦
Right now, that particular scoundrel was feeling extremely proud in his heart. As expected of an all chest no brain lass. This girlās breasts were definitely not small! At the very least, it seemed unlikely to cover it with a single hand, and needs at least two hands to grasp it firmly. As for the degree of surface area two hands could cover, it would require some personal hands-on testing to be sureā¦
Under the influence of his excitement at having achieved his goal, he nearly stretched out his hands to āmeasureā Qiao Yingās chest size. Fortunately, he hadnāt done thatā¦ otherwise, this great beauty Qiao would most likely have rescinded her promise and given him a good beating to bootā¦
Since the business bargaining was finished, the only thing left to do was to complete the deal.
Qiao Ying returned to her residence, retrieved 20 seeds, and passed them to Jun Mo Xie. As for the matter of moving the fully grown lotus stalk, it was a huge headache. āJun Mo Xie, thisā¦ how will you take this away?ā
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āDig it out for me, and I will naturally have a method to bring it away!ā Jun Mo Xie said without so much as a pause.
Qiao Ying felt her anger rushing up her chest once again.
Could it be that this bastard wants to burn the bridge after crossing it? Right now, they havenāt even crossed the bridge, and heās already anxious to burn the bridgeā¦
In her fit of rage, she was tempted to directly throw him into the pond to dig for himself. However, she could not bear to do such a thing. After all, she had been taking care of the Exquisite Lotus for so many years, and sheād already formed some attachment to them. If the Exquisite Lotus died because of herā¦ Qiao Ying would not forgive herselfā¦
After thinking for a long time, she still carefully dug one stalk of lotus out and placed it on a large piece of milky white jade. After that, she placed it in a small spiritual jade box, filled it with water condensed from Spiritual Qi, and passed it to Jun Mo Xieā¦