423: A rare choice

“Heh heh, is this a welcome for This Realm Master, or do you wish This Realm Master would never come?”

“...”

Realm Master?

Even Feng Mao Flower couldn't help but be startled.

This person is the Realm Master of the Immortal Realm?

No wonder its friend fell into this person's hands!

For many years, the Immortal Realm had never given birth to a true Realm Master. If this person truly is the Realm Master of the Immortal Realm, then his Prodigy level is immeasurable.

“The Realm Master jests. For the Realm Master to come here already explains many things. Phoenix cannot change anything, so it can only face it calmly.”

“Heh heh, compared to Zu Long Grass, you're quite open-minded!”

Seeing Feng Mao Flower so sensible, Long Aotian's heart couldn't help but rejoice. He felt that the possibility of Feng Mao Flower leaving the Mystic Immortal Realm with him was very high.

“...”

Zu Long Grass, being called out, was already somewhat flustered when facing Feng Mao Flower, and immediately became even more embarrassed.

It didn't know if this counted as betraying or harming Feng Mao Flower. In short, now Feng Mao Flower was the boss and it was the second, whatever Feng Mao Flower said, went.

“Feng Mao Flower, you're really beautiful!”

Lan Qianqian couldn't help but praise Feng Mao Flower.

This was indeed the most beautiful flower she had ever seen!

Golden with hints of fire, graceful in posture, imperial in bearing, charming and alluring yet fuzzy and adorable. The key was the aura it exuded, sacred and captivating.

“Thank you for the compliment. You're also very beautiful, little girl!”

Feng Mao Flower hadn't been praised in who knows how many years, which made it momentarily dazed. Had it ever been praised as beautiful before?

Zu Long Grass thought the most beautiful thing was grass, and the most beautiful scenery was the boundless Prairie of Mysterious Loneliness. In its memory, Zu Long Grass had almost never praised it for being beautiful. And in the entire Mystic Immortal Realm, besides its friend Zu Long Grass, it seemed to have no other social interactions that could be called friendships.

Now, being praised by Lan Qianqian, Feng Mao Flower couldn't help but feel a little happy.

People all like to be praised, let alone them, flowers!

“You must already be very clear about our intentions.”

Long Aotian straightened his expression and slowly said, “This Realm Master must take Zu Long Grass with him. If you are also willing to come with us, then why not accompany it?

You and it have been old friends for countless millions of years. It couldn't bear to leave you, which is why it wanted to come and see you, to say goodbye, and not to harm you.

This Realm Master promised it that if you are unwilling to leave, This Realm Master will not force you.

How to choose, you decide for yourself!”

Immortal Elixir is indeed very precious and important, but Long Aotian already had a stalk of Zu Long Grass. The appearance of Feng Mao Flower was merely an unexpected pleasant surprise.

Whether it came with him or not, his heart was already very calm when he promised Zu Long Grass not to make things difficult for Feng Mao Flower.

“...”

After a slight silence, Feng Mao Flower glanced at the Zu Long Grass next to it and couldn't help but ask, “Will Zu Long Grass be in life-threatening danger if it follows you?”

“...”

Zu Long Grass couldn't help but feel a stir in its heart.

This was precisely the question it wanted to know!

It vaguely felt that Long Aotian seemed to want to use it to revive someone. In these days following Long Aotian, its heart had actually always been in fear.

“No!”

Long Aotian answered very directly.

He did want to use Zu Long Grass to revive Ao Zhan, but that didn't mean he wanted to kill Zu Long Grass.

The relationship between Ao Zhan and Zu Long Grass was not one where one must die for the other to live. Who said that reviving Ao Zhan necessarily meant killing Zu Long Grass?

Using Zu Long Grass as a medicinal guide only required a little of its blood. This kind of long-term benefit, he would only kill Zu Long Grass if he was utterly foolish.

This was also one reason why Long Aotian didn't value Feng Mao Flower as much; with Zu Long Grass for a steady supply, he wasn't worried about not having Immortal Elixir to use again after one use, so Feng Mao Flower became a backup.

“...Can I trust you?”

Feng Mao Flower didn't know whether to believe Long Aotian's words, but it seemed it truly had no other choice.

It could choose to stay, and it also believed that Long Aotian wouldn't harm it this time because of Zu Long Grass's presence.

But what about the next time the Secret Realm opens in a million years?

If Long Aotian came in again, it wasn't sure if Long Aotian would still let it off, especially if it refused this time, it might even make Long Aotian feel unhappy. If Long Aotian came in again next time, it wasn't sure if Long Aotian's attitude towards it would still be as good as it was now.

Long Aotian seemingly gave it the power to choose, but intelligent as it was, it knew it actually had no choice at all.

Submission was the only way out!

“You can choose not to believe This Realm Master, but you can choose to believe your old friend Zu Long Grass.”

“Hmph!”

Feng Mao Flower couldn't help but snort lightly, “Rather than choosing to believe it, I'd rather choose to believe you!”

“...”

“...”

Oh my, for this act of betraying a friend, the other party is really feeling Life Qi. Long Aotian and Lan Qianqian couldn't help but glance at Zu Long Grass.

“...”

Zu Long Grass also felt a wave of shame upon hearing this, shrinking to the side like a child who had made a mistake, saying nothing.

“If you choose to believe This Realm Master, then This Realm Master thinks it's a good choice for you and Zu Long Grass to follow This Realm Master.

You are a graceful, beautiful, and wise flower!

You should understand that since This Realm Master can come to the Secluded Valley, others will come to the Secluded Valley in the future, and not everyone will be as friendly to you as This Realm Master. Perhaps there might be places where you are needed for help, but your lives will certainly not be harmed, wouldn't you agree?”

“...”

Feng Mao Flower couldn't help but fall silent.

His arrival indeed meant that other human Cultivators might also come in the future, and not all human Cultivators would treat them as politely and amiably as he did.

During the brief time spent with Long Aotian, it actually forgot its fear and felt a sense of comfort.

Undoubtedly!

If it were to choose to follow a human Cultivator out of the Secret Realm, Long Aotian was a very good choice.

“I can't bear to leave here!”

After a long silence, Feng Mao Flower finally gave a relatively clear answer.

“...”

Zu Long Grass, Long Aotian, and Lan Qianqian all perked up at Feng Mao Flower's words, their eyes lighting up.

Being unable to bear leaving here meant that it hadn't refused to leave here!

And the reason it was reluctant to leave here was simply because of this world of flowers!

For Long, this was simply too easy!

Zu Long Grass also looked at Long Aotian with excitement.

Having swept through the Prairie of Mysterious Loneliness with Long Aotian for over three days, Feng Mao Flower didn't know that Long Aotian had the ability to extract large Divine-Grade spiritual ore veins underground and collect spiritual lakes on the surface. It didn't know that Long Aotian, at such a Realm of cultivation, had already opened up a vast Inner World. But how could Zu Long Grass not know?

As long as Long Aotian transferred this flower world of the Secluded Valley into his Inner World, Feng Mao Flower would have nothing to miss in the Mystic Immortal Realm.

“That's simple!”

Long spoke!

Under Feng Mao Flower's dumbfounded gaze, he very easily and skillfully stripped the entire Secluded Valley bare...