Chapter 413: Chapter 197: Surrounded by the Flower Sea! Everything Has Truly Bloomed!
Xiaoyu and Xiaomi could hardly believe the scene before them. They hurried forward to confirm and even touched the blooming flowers with their hands.
The touch felt exceptionally real.
"They really have blossomed," Xiaoyu exclaimed, her face full of surprise.
Just yesterday, she and Sister Xiaomi had personally been involved in planting these flowers, along with the climbing vines.
Therefore, they were well aware of how incredible it was for these flowers to bloom overnight.
A gasp of astonishment came from the neighboring yard.
The sound was from the Chen Clan members in the yard not far away.
As they stepped out of their yard, they were even more amazed.
Because in the yards of the other clan members, it was the same situation. The flowers and climbing plants they had planted yesterday had all bloomed, attracting attention from a distance with their stunning beauty.
At this time, the two also saw Uncle Dagou walking towards them with a face full of surprise, and quickly greeted him.
Chen Dagou, seeing Xiaoyu, instinctively asked, "Xiaoyu, did you see it too? Could this have something to do with the mysterious rain last night?"
Xiaoyu had already thought of that and nodded, "It’s very likely. It’s like when the divine dew descended during the last enlightenment ceremony, and those offering flowers bloomed overnight. Last night could have been the same."
Chen Dagou, finding agreement, added, "Perhaps it’s related to that Stone Stele too. Before the stele was erected, Xiaohan specifically directed the planting. It definitely holds some meaning."
Xiaoyu wholeheartedly agreed, knowing that her senior brother wouldn’t instruct such things without reason, and immediately said, "We’ll ask senior brother later."
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After freshening up, Chen Han descended into the courtyard, equally captivated by the orchids within.
For previously, most orchid stalks had only produced one flower, which was characteristic of many orchids.
But after last night, he clearly saw that the orchids which had only one bloom, most had another bloom open, and at a glance, the orchids in the whole yard had visibly more blossoms.
He knew this was definitely the effect of the Hundred Flowers Dew Talisman.
However, today, no specks were appearing in the Moon Gazing Rabbit House.
This meant there were no Moon Gazing Sands.
Nonetheless, he still planned to take the Little White Rabbit to the Special Spiritual Acupoint.
Upon opening the lid, the Little White Rabbit seemed expectant, looking twinklingly at him, as if aware of the benefits of the Special Spiritual Acupoint, waiting for him.
And just as he opened the lid, it raised its rear, and a grain of white light appeared, another Moon Gazing Sand.
Chen Han chuckled and stored this Moon Gazing Sand.
After that, he also picked up the Little White Rabbit and headed out.
However, he didn’t go to the Special Spiritual Acupoint first. Since there was time, he went to the Jade Flower Forest area. Even before he got close, a faint fragrance wafted over.
This was the unique scent of the Jade Flower Tree blossoms. When there are enough, the fragrance gathers and wafts freely around.
Indeed, upon getting closer, he could see that the Jade Flower Forest had all bloomed overnight, clusters of Jade Flower Tree blossoms dazzlingly splendid.
Between the Jade Flower Trees, the flowers planted as adornments had also all fully bloomed, interwoven with the Jade Flower Tree blossoms, painting a perfect picture.
Yet, there was worry that this scene, once tourists were attracted, might lead to issues like mischievousness or trampling...
There were countless precedents for such situations.
Didn’t an old lonely farmer’s rice invite trouble merely because during harvest season, the golden fields looked pretty, drawing an influencer who filmed it, claiming: Unmanaged fields can produce such beautiful videos.
The video went viral, and countless swarmed in, trampling all the farmer’s rice, leaving not a grain.
Ultimately, the contrast was stark between the satisfied smiles of those video makers and the old farmer’s tearful collapse in the fields.
Today, many people’s moral standards are not that high, even lower than imagined.
Usually, they appear decent only because social laws and some unwritten conventions bind them.
Yet when something occurs, if one person breaks away and gains from it, many will follow, increasing in numbers, finding excuses like ’everyone’s doing it, the law won’t punish all.’
Actually, they know full well that one shouldn’t trample others’ rice, and that those beautiful, well-grown rice fields must be managed. They just pretend ignorance at the time, casting aside morals for that fleeting satisfaction in video-making.
Thankfully, Little Uncle had already built a fence around the Jade Flower Trees when planting them and also planted climbing plants on the fence, now serving as perfect deterrents and barriers.
Being a scenic area also leads people to restrain themselves a bit, and the legend of the Demon-Vanquishing Celestial Venerable further deters, so such dumbfounding incidents shouldn’t happen.
Yet, it’s still necessary to assign people from the Demon Suppression Hall to keep watch.
Chen Han, too, thought of heading to the Special Spiritual Acupoint, and by the time he arrived at the pavilion with the cow, dog, and rabbit, Little Uncle, Uncle Dagou, and his junior sisters were already there.
Clearly, they were all waiting for his arrival.
As soon as they saw him, his junior sister couldn’t wait to ask, "Senior brother, you must know already, right? All those flowers have bloomed, is it because of the Stone Stele you erected?"
Chen Han knew his junior sister and others would ask, and with a smile, nodded, "It should be. That Stone Stele was excavated by the county road construction team, and it said it was a gift from the Hundred Flowers Palace to our Chen Family, engraved with an array."
"What?" Xiaomi sensed something was off and inquired, "Wasn’t the inscription of the gift from the Hundred Flowers Palace something you did?"
When Chen Han erected the stele, she had naturally paid attention and saw the Stone Stele.
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