Chapter 817: The Flower Goddess

The moment he rushed into the vortex space, Xu Jingming felt as if he were being teleported by Hearing Ling Shuang—slightly uncomfortable.

But this sensation came quickly and vanished just as fast.

In an instant, his vision went dark, then immediately brightened.

He found himself appearing in midair, falling toward the ground.

"Thunder Dragon Wings!"

Whoosh—

Brilliant golden lightning-wreathed Thunder Wings unfolded behind him; Xu Jingming quickly halted his fall and hovered in midair.

Beneath his feet lay a lush, verdant forest.

Occasional roars of ferocious beasts echoed from within the jungle.

"Before entering the space vortex, I was holding Hearing Ling Shuang's hand."

"Yet she didn't teleport to the same location—I knew this Yer Secret Realm was random-teleportation."

Xu Jingming pulled out the space token given to him by Hearing Ling Shuang from his space ring; no space fluctuations emanated from it.

"Hearing Ling Shuang's ultra-long-distance teleportation also seems disabled—otherwise she should have teleported here by now."

Xu Jingming silently pondered.

The Yer Secret Realm was highly unusual; before entering, he and Hearing Ling Shuang had anticipated this possibility.

"But with Hearing Ling Shuang's space-based ability, no one in this Yer Secret Realm could threaten her."

"Splitting up to collect rare flowers and herbs might even increase our efficiency."

Xu Jingming activated the smart bracer on his wrist and ordered:

"Eva, scan the surrounding environment and determine our location."

Although he had a map, due to the random teleportation, he didn't know exactly where he was now.

"Eva received."

The little girl Eva emerged from the smart bracer.

Her waist-length green hair in twin pigtails fluttered in the wind; pale blue virtual light rays spread outward from her.

"Terrain data collecting..."

"Data collection complete; location coordinate analysis..."

"Location coordinates confirmed: we are currently in the northeast of the Yer Secret Realm."

Within mere seconds, Eva had analyzed the location and marked the coordinates on the map.

"This location is pretty remote—another twenty kilometers north and we'll hit the secret realm's boundary."

Xu Jingming frowned.

In the Yer Secret Realm, the earlier-numbered Hundred Flower Valleys were all clustered in the southwest.

"Eva, which Hundred Flower Valley is closest to us?" Xu Jingming asked.

"No. 67, southeast of our position, straight-line distance roughly forty kilometers," Eva replied.

"Low ranking, but better than nothing."

"Perfect—I'll go see just how vigorously these rare flowers and herbs grow in this secret realm."

The Yer Secret Realm had seventy-eight Hundred Flower Valleys; ranking No. 67 was indeed not high.

The black Yuan Armor enveloped Xu Jingming entirely, leaving only a pair of calm, composed eyes exposed.

His Thunder Dragon Wings flared slightly, golden lightning flickering—he shot forward like a streak of light.

The gravity in the secret realm was indeed ten times that of Blue Star, but it affected him little.

His flight speed had merely dropped from 1.5 times the speed of sound to 0.9 times.

Forty kilometers would take only two minutes to cover.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Wild winds howled past his ears at near-supersonic speed.

The air around Xu Jingming grew thin; an ordinary person might suffocate and die from it.

But it had no effect on him.

Eva remained constantly beside him, pale blue virtual rays projecting downward, scanning nonstop.

The Yer Secret Realm opened only once every four or five years; though a map existed, some terrain might have changed slightly.

When still less than ten kilometers from No. 67 Hundred Flower Valley, Eva suddenly gasped:

"Huh? S-class—I've realized this Yer Secret Realm is actually the Flower Goddess's plant cultivation garden!"

"The Flower Goddess?"

Xu Jingming was surprised. "Didn't she only have one Qingfeng Secret Realm? How is this space realm hers too?"

"As an ultimate powerhouse, she wouldn't possess just one space."

"Qingfeng Secret Realm is where she studies plant life; this Yer Secret Realm is where she cultivates rare flowers and herbs."

Eva replied, eyes gleaming, "Too bad I didn't find this information earlier—if I had, I'd have known this realm was the Flower Goddess's backyard."

Eva looked troubled.

As an intelligent lifeform, she could infiltrate most electronic devices on Blue Star.

But she couldn't penetrate the virtual world at all.

Crucial information about the Yer Secret Realm's interior was stored within the virtual world.

Had she not entered with Xu Jingming, she would never have discovered this realm was the Flower Goddess's backyard.

"Could there be an even stronger intelligent lifeform controlling the virtual world? Otherwise, how could I find zero vulnerabilities?"

The little girl Eva tilted her head, her adorable face filled with confusion.

She planned to wait until her mother awakened next time, then ask in detail.

"Even knowing this is the Flower God's rear garden is useless.

The Yell Secret Realm has already opened more than ten times; even if there were good things, they'd have been scavenged long ago."

Xu Jingming shook his head.

"That's not necessarily true. The Flower God specially built a palace within her rear garden.

This palace is hidden within a layered space — this counts as a secret piece of information; probably even the Supreme Beings don't know about it.

This palace should still contain some exotic flowers, rare herbs, and seeds of plant life left behind by the Flower God. If we could find it, we'd be rich.

S-rank, should we go find Hearing Ling Shuang first and, using her spatial abilities, locate this palace?"

Yiva asked, eager to give it a try.

"A Supreme Being's palace — we can't just open it once we find it, can we? Do you have a key?" Xu Jingming asked.

"A key?"

Yiva froze for a moment, then immediately wilted like an eggplant struck by frost:

"The Flower God's palace does indeed require a key, but it's already been over a thousand years. Who knows where that key is hidden now."

"No key, then forget it. Stick to the original plan — collect exotic flowers and rare herbs first."

Xu Jingming's flying speed was very fast; the distance to Valley #67 of Hundred Flowers was less than 3 kilometers remaining.

And at this moment, under the perception of the Heart Net, there were already three auras present at the location of the Hundred Flowers Valley.

"Looks like someone is even faster than us."

Xu Jingming smiled, sped up, and soon landed at the outer perimeter of Valley #67 of Hundred Flowers.

The moment he touched down, the fragrance of all manner of flowers and herbs assailed him.

What appeared within his line of sight was a sea of flowers and herbs.

Some emanated a bone-chilling cold, others were exotic blooms accompanied by flames.

A hundred flowers in full bloom, competing in beauty — it looked extraordinarily gorgeous.

"Hundred Flowers Valley, Hundred Flowers Valley — the name really is fitting.

And this is only Valley #67 of Hundred Flowers, yet it already has so many exotic flowers and rare herbs.

How magnificent must the number-one-ranked Hundred Flowers Valley be?"

Xu Jingming's eyes glinted slightly.

Although most of these exotic flowers and rare herbs were only D-rank and C-rank.

The visual impact they delivered, however, was extraordinary.

"Friend, this Hundred Flowers Valley has already been claimed by us. Please leave."

At this moment, a burst of powerful English-language voice suddenly exploded from the sky.

Three figures in a row shot out from the sea of flowers ahead, appearing within Xu Jingming's line of sight.