Heaven, Earth, Me Chapter 1696. Flower Show!

The room sank into silence for a moment. While Yasenia’s demonstration had been very swift, there was no one present whose senses were dull enough not to see what she had just shown.

Among all present, Qinqin’s eyes were the widest of them all.

Had she fantasized about Yasenia’s tail? Let’s be honest, a thing that could be inserted and belonged to Yasenia was bound to become a fantasy in Qinqin’s mind. What she had not expected was that the tail she very much wanted to taste would actually be something she would eventually taste when she became Yasenia’s wife.

’Heavens... That tail could do that!? Wait... I’ve been patted with it as well, right? Woah... My future 69 children! Mommy will do her best! I promise to do my very best to at least make the golden section disappear so that you can all be born safely and healthily!’

Qinqin felt some strange gazes and looked sideways, only to see her good friend Bai Lanqin, the heroic beauty, looking at her with slight contempt.

"W-What? Slurp."

Lanqin sighed. "Qinqin... Clean your drool. You are drenching the table."

"H-Huh?"

Qinqin used her hand to feel the corner of her mouth, and to her utterly mortifying realization, she realized that she was actually drooling!

She looked at Yasenia cautiously and noticed her looking at her with an odd look. Her face flared up. "Y-You can’t expect me to remain calm after you’ve shown me something like that! I am not the only one! Many here will have fantasies today at night regarding you!"

Some Young Ladies and even some Madams around moved their gazes away, a sneaky blush creeping up their ears.

Meanwhile, Madam Ye didn’t even know how to react. What else could she say now? Yasenia being a Dragon was not even a minus—it was a plus. Many families had dragon blood because dragons were inherently strong, and their children were inherently talented. Only muddy dragon bloodlines produced bad progeny.

Of course, conceiving with a dragon was incredibly difficult. However, each child was at least a genius.

So, with all arguments against Yasenia completely diffused, Madam Ye could only hope that Yasenia would not finish her too ruthlessly. Thankfully for her, Yasenia had no intent of appearing excessively ruthless in this gathering.

"Alright, Madam Ye. I know you were just frustrated because I, while young and new to this wonderful society, didn’t manage my time well. Lady First Princess was magnanimous and invited me, but since an enlightenment came to me, I couldn’t put it aside. As a Dragon, my desire for strength is slightly higher than a normal cultivator."

Madam Ye was not stupid enough not to latch onto the one retreat Yasenia opened for her. She nodded faintly and spoke solemnly. "It seems so. This old woman has been hasty this time around. I would like to formally ask for forgiveness."

The First Princess flinched slightly, but she couldn’t do anything. If she jumped here, she would look like a clown. So, she just swallowed her dissatisfaction. Moreover... ’My husband was not wrong when he told me about Yasenia’s appearance.’

Everything stemmed from the fact that her husband had hesitated when she asked him to meet with Yasenia. She rolled the snowball down the slope herself because she was stubborn.

Since Yasenia was taking a step back now, and even Madam Ye thought it was proper to accept the loss here, she wouldn’t insist. ’I still don’t like her, though.’

Her eyes moved from time to time to the dragon tail swishing languidly behind Yasenia. The sound of the tail dragging on the ground and moving very slightly had once been slightly irritating, but now... it felt suggestive.

The way it curved in sinuous movements showed incredible flexibility, while the shiny and soft-looking scales didn’t look as if they would hurt... ’Hurt!? What am I thinking!?’

It wasn’t just the first princess. Many Young Ladies present were currently having a very serious discussion in their minds on whether to find a dragon partner or not. ’W-What if they are male as well?’

Some Young Ladies were staring at the void with dazed looks, imagining who knows what. Qinqin had long since joined them, imagining who knows what as well. Remember that Qinqin knew that Yasenia not only had the tail, so her imagination was slightly more... impressive.

’...69 children feel too few. If she can even do that position, giving her 72 wouldn’t be excessive.’

"Ahem." One of the more experienced madams cleared her throat and re-railed the strange atmosphere that had taken over the entire gathering. "Her Highness had in mind doing a flower show, didn’t she? How about I start? I’ve prepared a rare species this time around that I know everyone will like."

Everyone finally snapped to attention, and the Madam stood up, her gorgeous dress following her movements like clouds. Then, she approached the middle and waved her hand, summoning an intricately crafted base with silver and purple blooming flowers.

"This is a [Star Touched Skyline Chrysanthemum]. It grows deep within the night in the northern [Star Peak Mountain]. My people had a lot of trouble getting it, but it was all worth it."

The flower was gorgeous. It wasn’t just the color of its petals. The very air around it gleamed as if starlight surrounded the flower. At night, this flower would look absolutely stunning.

Some other madam exclaimed. "You actually managed to find it? I also sent someone, but they came back empty-handed. To think you’d find such a rare flower."

Meanwhile, Yasenia blinked a few times. ’Um... that’s a rare flower?’

It was not to brag, but Yasenia’s garden came from three ancient places. First, when Kali first awakened Valeria, she got a whole bunch of rare Spiritual Herbs Valeria had previously planted in that Secret Realm herself.

Those plants alone had already become abundant enough to use for alchemy almost without caring about running out of them.

The second biggest place Yasenia got her Spiritual Herbs from was the Blue Pearl World. When Garest was born from the merge of the garden and her previous spatial ring, Yasenia swallowed a large variety of 100,000-, 500,000-, and even 1,000,000-year-old Spiritual Herbs. Besides these, there were hundreds of thousands of other Spiritual Plant species.

The last place was the garden deep within the Death Dune Empire. There, Spiritual Herbs from before the Heavenly Cataclysm were planted in a wide variety and had grown for over 2,000,000 years without acceleration.

Even when compared to the Blue Pearl World’s garden, it didn’t lack one bit.

These three places, combined with the occasional buying and the many Sects she stole from while gathering her lovers, made it so Yasenia’s Spiritual Herb garden was vast enough to cover an entire world’s surface without problems.

Truthfully, the ecosystem within Garest had evolved to a level far beyond anything Yasenia ever expected. Even Tatyana would raise her eyebrow when she sometimes looked at it. Yasenia had some plants that even Tatyana didn’t have in her own treasury.

While that didn’t mean that Yasenia’s garden was better than Tatyana’s, it was impressive enough to be comparable, and that spoke volumes.

So, as the people presented their "rare" Spiritual Herbs one after another, Yasenia’s expression was... odd.

Qinqin noticed and became a touch worried. "Yasenia, do you not have something at that level? If you don’t, worry not. I’ve prepared something for us."

The beauties at the table had warmed up a lot to Yasenia, so even they spoke softly and silently. "That’s right, you are new, so what could you even gather?"

"Mhm. The next time, you can probably get something of a very high level."

Zhuo Shuyun smiled cheekily. "What flower could compare to Madam Dravory’s countenance? Not even the most bewitching orchid could match up to you."

"Oh my."

The other girls covered their mouths and laughed, making Yasenia raise her seductive eyebrow. "Lady Zhuo’s words are truly heart-racing. Are you trying to make me redder than the flowers on display?"

Zhuo Shuyun chuckled and stood up, moving elegantly to present her flower. "I would love to make Madam Dravory as red as this flower."

With a wave of her hand, a flower manifested in a whirl of fire. "[Earthfire Lava Lotus], a delicate flower growing within volcanoes and food for a rare Spiritual Beast. Wild, powerful, and with colors that glow enough to illuminate a hall during the darkest nights."

Exclamations of awe filled the place, and even the Princess clapped.

Yasenia measured everyone’s reactions and gauged what they valued in the flowers. ’Initial flashiness together with a good medical use and a lingering beauty once that initial flashiness disappears.’

If that was the case, Yasenia had a perfect flower in mind. It was a flower she got from the Blue Pearl World, and a flower that helped her tremendously when refining her Spiritual Sense.

As she was pondering, Qinqin had been pouting. "...What’s wrong now?"

"Lady Zhuo is flirting with you..."

Yasenia rolled her eyes at her, and then flashed her a small smile. "Now that you say it, you could learn a thing or two from her. She almost made my heart flutter, unlike someone who drools at the sight of my tail..."

Qinqin showed a despairing expression. Yasenia laughed and stood up slowly. As she did, her white, furred kimono followed her gestures, creating an ethereal beauty.

"Since everyone is showing such interesting flowers, I shall lean toward a more... eerie one. To appreciate this flower’s true beauty, you need to be a decently strong Immortal. Nevertheless, the appearance is good enough to be observed... although it is somewhat tiny."

Everyone was curious about what Yasenia was going to show. Since she had entered, Yasenia had not disappointed at all. So, many were truly eager to see what she could show. Moreover, she looked confident, and everyone present could see it.

"I present to you..."

As the flower left Yasenia’s ring, the surrounding atmosphere shifted.

"...The Star Soul Chrysanthemum."

A tiny flower, slightly taller than a finger, manifested. That didn’t mean the flower was not complex. The stem was small, so the flower head was proportionally large. The flower mixed an array of ethereal greys and whites; around it, the air distorted eerily, and when it appeared...

"Huh? My Spiritual Sense? Is it gone?"

"...Illusions?"

"No. This is Soul Pressure. Your soul is too weak, so you are seeing illusions."

"Incredible... I can feel as if the flower had taken over the entire space."

Jian Xinlin’s face hardened for a second, her eyes fixed on the flower that suddenly appeared. It wasn’t only her. Everyone with a certain level of strength immediately noticed the sheer value and true beauty of the flower.

What this flower did was disperse souls with starlight power. It was the flower that caused Yasenia to be almost lost in that garden, and the flower that helped Yasenia’s Spiritual Sense become as monstrous as it was today, thanks to an enlightenment.

With this one flower, creating a massive tower in a sect for training Spiritual Sense was more than possible, and Yasenia had taken it out here to show off.

Forget Zhao Shuyun’s flower, even if all the flowers presented until now were combined, they wouldn’t be able to hold up to the value one of the Star Soul Chrysanthemum’s petals could achieve.

The First Princess and Madam Ye stiffened, looking at the Star Soul Chrysanthemum with wide-open eyes. Petite, eerie, yet able to take hold of the room with its presence alone. A flower that, instead of flashing them with colors, gripped at their very souls and forced them to focus on it.

Qinqin’s jaw dropped, and Tatyana by her side chuckled.