Free Web NovelChapter 81: Chapter 81: The fertile soil of Temple
The next morning, Yue Yue woke up feeling strangely refreshed.
She didn’t know why, but the heavy, tired feeling that usually weighed down her head was gone.
After washing her face and dressing in her simple temple robes, she stepped outside to begin her morning duty.
Her task was easy: she just had to sweep the fallen leaves under a massive, ancient tree.
In this world, real green plants were rare. Most of the earth was toxic and polluted, turning the ground into hard, brittle dust where nothing could grow.
Only the Temple grounds were purified. Here, the soil was soft and dark, and the air didn’t smell like acid.
As she swept, Yue Yue looked at a small patch of grass. She felt a sudden urge to touch it.
She knelt down and pressed her small hand against the wet soil. Her eyes widened. It felt amazing. It wasn’t hard or sharp like the dirt in the polluted zones. It was cool, damp, and full of life.
"So the rumors were true," she whispered.
This was the only place in the four empires where the soil was truly pure. This was why the Temple had real vegetables and fruits while everyone else ate processed rations.
No wonder all the noble daughters wanted to come here. Yue Yue realized that for the last few days, she had been eating the best food of her life.
Suddenly, an idea popped into her head. She missed her terminal, which was still missing, but her mental connection to her storage space was still active. With a quick thought, she pulled out a small seed, which she had brought earlier with Lulu.
She dug a tiny hole in the soft dirt with her fingers and buried the seed.
Then, she placed both of her hands over the spot. She closed her eyes and began to channel her energy.
Usually, when she did this in the polluted zones, it felt like she was trying to pull a heavy wagon uphill.
She had to use her energy to fight the toxins in the dirt before the plant could even breathe. It always left her exhausted, making her sleep for hours just to recover. But here, the soil was already clean.
Suddenly, a tiny green sprout poked its head out of the dirt. Yue Yue smiled, her heart racing.
She gave it a little more energy, and the plant began to grow rapidly. It twisted and climbed until it was exactly the same height as she was, covered in lush green leaves.
"Wow," she breathed, a bright smile appearing on her face. "That was so easy!"
Because she didn’t have to purify the soil, the process consumed almost no power. She felt great. freёweɓnovel.com
However, she was still pregnant, and the "sleepiness" of the cub was starting to catch up with her.
Even with this easy task, she felt a wave of tiredness wash over her.
She really needed to learn how to control this power, but the system hadn’t given her any training manuals yet.
She was so focused on the new plant that she didn’t hear the silent footsteps behind her.
Feng Yanshen stood there, watching her. He had followed her out, curious about the female who had helped him sleep so deeply.
When he saw her crouching in the dirt, he was about to say something, but then he saw the sprout.
He watched in total silence as the plant grew from nothing to a full-grown shrub in seconds.
His red eyes, which were usually calm and cold, shook with emotion. Shock, confusion, and a strange kind of ripple flashed across his eyes. He looked at the lush green leaves, then at the small, glowing hands of the girl.
First, she is a female who can turn into her beast form, he thought, his heart pounding. And now, she can actually control the life cycle of plants.
"How many more secrets are you hiding, little snake?" he whispered.
The moment she heard those silent, heavy footsteps, she scrambled away from the lush green plant as if it were a poisonous snake.
She stood several feet away, smoothing her robes and pretending she was just admiring the scenery.
She kept repeating the warnings in her head: Don’t show your power. Don’t reveal your secrets. But she had no idea that Feng Yanshen had already watched the entire magic show.
She looked at him out of the corner of her eye, her face pale with nerves. In her mind, she was cursing her luck. Why is he here? He hasn’t shown his face for two days!
I was finally living a peaceful life, and now this psycho comes back to haunt me! She felt like she was living on a tightrope, terrified that even one wrong breath would get her in trouble.
Feng Yanshen didn’t look at her at first.
Instead, he walked slowly toward the plant. He reached out a pale hand and touched the vibrant green leaves.
Even the most sacred trees in the Temple weren’t this healthy.
As his fingers brushed the foliage, he felt a spark, the exact same warm energy he had felt when she was near him in bed.
A small, dangerous smile pulled at his lips. He turned his head toward her, his eyes piercing through her like a needle.
"Do you know," he said softly, "that your ability is leaking all over the space?"
Yue Yue’s mouth fell open. She was stunned. "How... how do you know?"
For the first time, Feng Yanshen actually felt like laughing.
Her face was like an open book; she couldn’t hide a single thought. He shook his head, looking amazed by her denseness.
"How do I know?" he repeated, leaning down until his face was inches from hers.
He stared into her eyes with such intensity that she couldn’t breathe. "Because anyone with a mind and senses can feel it. We are not senseless, female."
His voice was mocking, and Yue Yue felt a hot blush creep up her neck. She felt like an idiot.
Of course! He was the High Priest. If she was leaking energy like a broken pipe, a man with his level of power would sense it instantly.
If Han Soi could feel her, this man definitely could too. There was no point in lying anymore.
