Chapter Eighty Millennium Hidden Worries
"The voice of the demon flower was low and melancholic: 'In fact, a thousand years is not enough for my clan to multiply and have descendants. Even if we weren't drained of our spiritual energy and vitality, Mother wouldn't be able to live for many more days. From now on, I'll be living alone in this forest, watching as the giant trees around me one by one turn to dust.'"
Luoyu reached out to touch the petals, but was flicked away by the demon flower. Hmph, thinking I'm a three-year-old kid, actually trying to move me with affection!
Luoyu withdrew her hand and decided not to be so cheap in the future. Being arrogant is a disease that needs to be cured!
"What is your flower name?"
"Red!" The demon flower lifted its petals.
"Red? Just one word?"
"That's right! The names of our ancient demon plants are all single characters!" The demon flower shook its petals, and its voice was gentle.
Luo Yu scratched his head: "What's the difference between ancient demon plants and modern spiritual plants?"
"You'd be scared to death if I told you!" The demon flower said with great satisfaction: "We are born with spiritual intelligence, and after sprouting, we can initially awaken the inheritance, practice on our own, and when the demon pill is born, we can leave the ground and walk away. At that time, I myself can leave this secret realm, and there's no need to acknowledge you as my master at all!"
"When can you give birth to the demon pill?"
"It's just a few thousand years." The demon flower's momentum dropped, and it actually wanted to lie, but if she found out later, it wouldn't be easy to talk.
"Heh heh, by the time you grow two legs, you'll already be ashes. Luo Yu laughed slyly, "So I'm saying, I'm your lifesaver. What attitude should you have towards a lifesaver? You understand."
Petal fell down quickly, and the demon flower transmitted a message: "Don't understand!"
"Pfft!" Luo Yu laughed, "You can still pretend to be stupid! With such high intelligence, how could you not understand?"
Luo Yuze smiled and stretched out her hand to touch the thin flower column, the evil flower itched so much that her whole body trembled, but she was bound by the master-slave contract and could not resist.
"Haha... Master, I was wrong. Haha... I understand what it means to have a benefactor now. Haha... Benefactor, please spare the little demon."
Luo Yu stopped her actions and teased: "This is more like it! The master is still very gentle, as long as you listen, there will be rewards!"
She tossed out a low-grade spirit stone, and saw the flower stem stretch out, swallowing the spirit stone into its calyx. With a crunching sound, the petals opened, spitting out two dull gray stones.
It was instantly absorbed! It's even more powerful than her Chaos Seal, looks like she found a treasure.
Luo Yu's eyes shone brightly, "How old are you this year? If I give you a piece of spiritual stone every day, how long will it take for you to advance one level?"
"I'm still young, only about 500 years old. If it weren't for the thin spiritual energy here, I would have entered the fourth stage long ago!" The demon flower complained.
The spiritual energy here is still thin? This can be compared to the Zixing Qingfeng residence, where the spiritual energy is even denser. That's the dwelling place of a master! Luoyu suddenly felt her prospects were bleak.
"One spiritual stone per day is far from enough. If I can get a dozen or twenty more, and have fifty to sixty years, I should be able to enter the 4th stage."
Luoyu's body tilted to one side and fell towards the ground, but the demon flower quickly stretched out its green vines to catch her. Considering she was their gold master, it was better to be a bit more accommodating.
"Hey, you're getting fat, benefactor, it's time for you to lose weight!"
Luo Yu flung aside the green vines, pointing at the demon flower, her finger trembling: "Fifty years? Tens of millions of spirit stones? I could raise a mere hummingbird to fourth rank!"
"Benefactor, what is a cicada bird, does it taste good?" The demon flower asked with a humble heart, its petals opening and closing.
The chirping bird is the lowest of the demon beasts! Luo Yu closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened them again, the depression in her heart had lessened somewhat. "You're not picky about food, I suppose. It seems that within a radius of ten miles, there isn't a single second-tier or higher demon beast. Is this your doing?"
"Yes, the demonic beasts here are all stupid, as long as they take a glance at me, they'll walk straight into my flower bud. Those below second-grade, I don't even bother with, let them grow up and then send them over. However, it's been a long time since any demonic beast has approached me."
Luo Yu sneered, "If you still don't behave yourself, I'll dissolve the contract and let you fend for yourself here."
"Actually," the demon flower swayed, "the contract we signed with our ancient demon plants is a bit different. The contract requires mutual agreement to be dissolved. Moreover, although it's a master-slave contract, I will execute the orders of my master, but if my master tells me to go die, I can refuse and won't suffer any backlash. If my master dies, my cultivation will drop by three stages or more, and my lifespan will be halved, but I can keep one life."
"What would I do if you were dead?"
"Your cultivation has dropped by one rank, and your lifespan has been reduced by a quarter." The demon flower retreated backward, oh no, humans are too dangerous, I want to stay far away!
"Is there anything else you haven't said!" A voice as cold as ice.
"The master's cultivation will be restricted by the level of the demon plant." The demon flower lifted its roots and slipped out, only to see a flash of spiritual light, and the protective shield bounced the demon flower back in front of Luo Yu.
Luo Yu stood up and looked down at the demon flower: "Specifically how?"
"Master, I'll just stay at your feet." The demon flower trembled with fear. Although the master wouldn't kill it, he could still punish it to the point of being half-dead.
"Speak." Luo Yu's tone was gentle, but her anger had already reached a boiling point and could erupt at any moment.
The demon flower retracted its petals, the tendrils and roots layered to protect the petals. It steeled itself: "The master's cultivation cannot surpass that of the demon plant by more than one major rank, and naturally, the demon plant will not surpass the master by more than one major rank."
"In other words, before I reach the Golden Elixir, I must let you advance to the fourth rank."
"Yes."
Receiving a definite answer, Luo Yu let out a sigh of relief. At least she didn't need to rush like with space and physical training, which had to be completed before advancing in cultivation. However, this demon plant was truly troublesome.
Luoyu's face suddenly changed from ferocity to a forced smile, and he said in a gentle tone: "Little Red Flower, look, I don't have many spirit stones, I can't afford to raise you, let's just cancel our contract and go our separate ways!"
The demon flower hastily gathered its petals and rubbed against Luo Yu's chest, "Benefactor, if the contract is lifted, I will die in the secret realm."
"It won't work, many people have entered the secret realm, you can just find another master."
The demon flower sneered, "Actually, in the two times the secret realm opened, I saw many cultivators, but their promotion speed was slower than yours. How could I look up to them? So, I swallowed them all into my belly."
"What!" Lu Yu exclaimed.
She thought of the flower petals in front of her chest, which had swallowed a person not long ago, and she couldn't help but feel a wave of nausea. She quickly pushed it away, "Get out of here, don't use your people-swallowing flower petals to touch me."
"The monster is food, and humans are also food. What's the difference?" The demon flower asked in confusion, this time it wasn't pretending to be stupid.
"It's also," Luo Yu snorted with laughter, "survival of the fittest, natural law, I'm being overly sentimental!"
