Chapter 55: I’m Willing!
Little Orchid was still unconscious in the pit, and Ge Bai walked closer, gently helping her up.
She took out a bottle of treatment nutrient solution and slowly dripped it onto her stamen and the leaves on her hand.
Ge Bai’s movements were very gentle, and after absorbing some nutrient solution, Little Orchid gradually woke up.
“Laaah.”
The dazed Little Orchid opened her eyes and saw Ge Bai holding her, her body instantly tensing up.
“Don’t touch me! You, if you dare hurt me, the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign won’t let you go!”
The weak Little Orchid’s leaves fluttered, shouting bravely despite her fear.
She tried to mobilize the spiritual power in her body to flash away, but after trying twice, she found that not only was her spiritual power depleted, but her injuries were also very serious.
Bad Big Willow, it hit really hard.
“Alright, stop yelling. The battle is over. Seeing how pitiful you are, I fed you some nutrient solution. Be good.”
Ge Bai, who had activated her Spirit Plant Communicator Talent, spoke in a relaxed tone.
She wasn’t worried about Little Orchid running away either; she had just carefully checked, and Little Orchid was truly exhausted and seriously injured, unable to hop far.
“Hm? You can understand me? You can speak our language?”
Although Little Orchid was still on guard, seeing that Ge Bai could talk to her, she couldn’t help but ask.
Ge Bai’s hand was steady, the treatment nutrient solution continuously dripping slowly, while she also circulated her own spiritual power to help Little Orchid sort out her disordered aura.
“Yeah, I mean no harm. Don’t be so tense.”
Under the guidance of Ge Bai’s spiritual power, Little Orchid gradually recovered her spirits.
She only felt that this human’s spiritual power entering her body was warm and very comfortable, and the nutrient solution dripping on her wounds was cool and also very comfortable.
The relaxed Little Orchid blinked her eyes at Ge Bai. “You and Big Willow are really amazing. In this secret realm space, there shouldn’t be many Mortal Spirit Realm creatures that can beat you.”
As Little Orchid spoke, Ge Bai also developed an interest in probing for information.
“Is that so? My level is very ordinary in the Interstellar Alliance. You’re pretty amazing too, space element ability—very rare.”
“Not rare. The Grotto-Heaven Sovereign has both time and space attributes. There are lots of spirit plants with those two attributes here.”
“The Grotto-Heaven Sovereign even keeps a few space attribute spirit beasts! I dislike one of them the most, the sharp-beaked eagle; it always wants to nag my leaves to build its nest.”
“But even here, I’m very talented.”
Little Orchid was probably a spirit plant born in this secret realm space, raised to be naive and innocent.
Talented? Hearing this, Ge Bai was even happier, carefully thinking about how to coax Little Orchid away.
While Ge Bai was pondering, Little Orchid saw her silence and thought she didn’t believe her.
“I really am very amazing! The Grotto-Heaven Sovereign said so herself.”
“Mm-hmm, I believe you.”
While the flower and the human were chatting enthusiastically here, Big Willow slumped at the edge of the pit, boredly swaying its willow threads, feeling like it was about to lose favor.
“Peach, I think we’re going to have a new partner.”
Little Peach was currently leaning against Big Willow, also peeking into the bottom of the pit.
“New partner, great, great. Little Orchid is so pretty.”
Big Willow swung its willow threads; this orchid wasn’t just pretty—it was super strong in battle too.
Although it had used Little Peach’s Spirit Recovery Peach and was now drinking treatment nutrient solution itself, Big Willow, with many of its willow threads shredded, still felt quite painful.
Hm! Still not strong enough, need to work harder!
Big Willow silently encouraged itself.
Once Little Orchid started chatting, she had no filter; in no time, Ge Bai knew exactly which hilltop she liked to blow in the wind on, which streamside she liked to drink from, and how often the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign appeared.
If it were anyone else, the Grotto-Heaven Tree would have taken action to drive them away long ago.
From Little Orchid’s description, Ge Bai sensed that this secret realm space might not be that large; Little Orchid had already explored the entire secret realm and was telling Ge Bai how boring it was.
“Just now, when the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign asked which of our Mortal Spirit Realm spirit plants wanted to come out for a battle, I was so happy—I was the first to register!”
So this battle was arranged by the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign; now Ge Bai could confirm that the System was colluding with the Grotto-Heaven Tree.
Confirmed or not, Ge Bai didn’t dare provoke an ambiguous sovereign right now and had no way to deal with the Shen Nong System either—just let it be for now.
Seducing Little Orchid was the real business.
“Do you like battling? Want to come with me? The Interstellar Alliance is much bigger than the secret realm space; you could wander forever and not finish. There are lots of spirit beasts and spirit plants to battle, and lots of good food, drinks, and fun things.”
Ge Bai revealed her true intentions.
“Ah? But the brothers and sisters who came back from outside say it’s very dangerous out there.”
Little Orchid was a bit timid.
“Dangerous places are only part of it; most areas are very harmonious. And I’ll protect you.”
Little Orchid didn’t respond; since her birth, she had been in this space and didn’t really want to leave.
But she was having a great time chatting with Ge Bai right now, and she really liked Ge Bai’s spiritual power and nutrient solution.
So Little Orchid was conflicted: what to do, how to refuse—would refusing mean no more of this delicious nutrient solution?
The clever Little Orchid planned to skip the topic, chat more with Ge Bai, and at least finish this bottle of nutrient solution first.
Just as she was smug about her cleverness, the voice of the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign rang in her mind.
“Go with her, contract with her, help her with all your strength.”
Hearing the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign’s voice, Little Orchid jolted and jumped out of Ge Bai’s arms!
Ignoring Ge Bai’s confusion, she respectfully replied to the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign’s transmission; after all, in this space, the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign protected all living beings.
“Yes, Sovereign.”
“Sovereign, then, can I come back here?”
Little Orchid was a bit reluctant to leave, her voice carrying some grievance.
The Grotto-Heaven Sovereign was silent for a moment; Little Orchid was one of the little things she had watched grow up.
“Yes, I’ll imprint the secret realm space coordinates to you.”
Getting the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign’s affirmative reply, Little Orchid instantly relaxed.
“Contract with her, don’t mention me.”
Seeing Little Orchid perk up again, the Grotto-Heaven Sovereign didn’t forget to add one more instruction; according to her agreement with the Shen Nong System, she wasn’t suitable to contact Ge Bai directly yet.
“Yes, Sovereign. Don’t worry, Sovereign.”
With a way back, Little Orchid began to look forward to life outside.
From the earlier conversation, Ge Bai sensed that Little Orchid wasn’t very willing.
She watched Little Orchid jump away, not knowing what had happened,
when Little Orchid wobbled back to her, happily saying, “Let’s contract! I’m willing to go with you. We’ll be great partners from now on!”
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So, what happened? A pie fell from the sky? Huge question marks popped up behind Ge Bai’s head.
