The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 546 - 314: The Present Moment
Cultivators and demons perform breathing meditation, primarily to absorb the free-floating Spiritual Energy in the air, and the absorption speed largely depends on the Cultivation Technique. The fragrance of the Miao Xiang Flower can increase the speed of absorption. Just this alone makes the Miao Xiang Flower an incredible treasure for cultivators. Unfortunately, this rare flower blooms only once every ten years and each bloom lasts no more than three days — a long cycle but a short flowering period.
It was seeing this that Ning Xiaoxian had a new idea. She had soil to help shorten the cycle, so this wasn’t an issue at all. If she could extract the fragrance from the flower, a bright and lucrative future would be waving at her! But now, this path was blocked by a foul smell.
She gently touched the flower and found that the vast Fifth Floor space was completely engulfed by its fragrance, which was surprisingly intense.
What would happen if it was released into the outside world? Suddenly, this thought surfaced in her mind, and she teleported out of the God Demon Prison.
They had originally stopped in a small valley. She appeared holding the Miao Xiang Flower, and its fragrance began to spread in all directions. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
From the dense woods nearby, butterflies and moths began to emerge — first two or three, then four or five, and then six or seven...
She gently placed the flower on the grass.
As time passed, more and more butterflies and moths of increasingly strange varieties gathered, among which she could barely recognize Apollo silk butterflies, Golden Banded Butterflies, and three-tailed butterflies; the others were all strangers never met before. Blue, white, pink, green, and even multicolored ones, their fluttering wings composed a huge, dazzling sea of flowers, transforming this originally monotonous green space. Yet, the creators of this floral sea were not flowers, but lively, beautiful insects.
Such a miraculous sight should not be missed, so she brought Ali out from the God Demon Prison. The little girl, having never seen such a beautiful scene, was stunned for a few seconds and then giggled, running to catch the butterflies. As soon as she got close, the butterflies and moths immediately flew up in a flurry, circling in the sky. Once she left, they dived back down, stubbornly clinging to the area around the Miao Xiang Flower.
Ning Xiaoxian took a deep breath. Even though her mind was previously burdened, she now set everything aside, fully immersing herself in the miracle of life unfolding in this rarely traversed deep valley.
She gently closed her eyes.
After a while, Changtian whispered in her ear: "Someone is coming, a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator."
The butterflies fluttering toward the fragrance indeed attracted people. After a while, a gentle voice sounded from the other side of the valley: "To witness a swarm of butterflies dancing in the autumn, is this your masterpiece, young lady?"
She opened her eyes, and through the myriad creatures swirling in the air, she saw a silently standing old woman in white. Though her hair was like a crane’s, her face was youthful, especially her eyes, which gleamed with inner brilliance.
Ning Xiaoxian smiled and said: "A friend gave me a flower, I never expected it to be so fragrant."
The old woman quietly watched the swarm of butterflies and Ali running among their shadows, and then suddenly sighed: "While the view is beautiful, it is somewhat cruel. These butterflies could have lived until the next spring, but your flower has awoken them from hibernation. They likely won’t survive this winter." She pointed to the ground, "Look."
Ning Xiaoxian paid attention and indeed noticed many butterflies lying around the Miao Xiang Flower; beautiful in color, yet devoid of life force in her Divine Sense. Creatures like these moths and butterflies flourish in spring and wither in autumn, many living just for a season. This part of the Nanshan Northwest, despite being only in September, already bore a chill in the breeze, and even mortals had to wear long robes and thick cloaks. The butterflies and moths that had survived up to now had already sought warm havens, preparing to hibernate until next spring. Yet now, attracted by the fragrance, they flew out regardless of everything, exhausting their energy in the chilly autumn wind.
The fragrance of the Miao Xiang Flower was so overpowering that it squeezed the last bit of life force from these creatures. These little things, until their death, wanted to be as close as possible to the source of the fragrance, some moths, before they died, firmly fixed their three pairs of legs to the leaves, preventing themselves from being blown away by the wind. It is said that moths flaring into flames self-extinguish their vitality, here hundreds of butterflies flocking to the flower also exhausted all their vitality.
It makes sense, after all, how could a fragrance that helps cultivators accelerate their Spiritual Power be merely a typical fragrance? These creatures, devoid of spiritual intelligence, simply couldn’t resist such a scent.
She, like the old woman, watched the fluttering butterflies, and after a long while, she smiled broadly: "My dear lady, you are mistaken."
