Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 340 Jade Pool is going to make a delivery
His gaze swept lightly toward Fairy Baihua, "Baihua, did you obtain any Divine Skills from Shopkeeper Chen?"
With her head lowered, Fairy Baihua answered honestly, "Yes."
"What sort of Divine Skill? What effect does it have?" Curiosity flickered in the eyes of the lady of the Jade Pool.
"To answer your Highness, the servant’s Divine Skill is called ’A Thought of Flower Blooming.’
Fairy Baihua recounted the capabilities of her Divine Skill in full detail, with the recent scare she had, she dared not hide anything.
Could it actually involve the Time Law?
The lady of the Jade Pool was somewhat startled upon hearing this; she hadn’t expected Baihua to awaken such a Divine Skill.
"Use it now for this palace to see," the lady of the Jade Pool said casually, her delicate hand pointing to a flower bed nearby.
Fairy Baihua bowed respectfully, "Yes!"
Then, she began to use her Divine Skill on the flower bed.
A Thought of Flower Blooming!
As a strange energy enveloped all the flowers in the flower bed from afar, the ones originally just buds began to bloom slowly until, finally, they were fully opened!
The lady of the Jade Pool rose and briskly stepped forward to examine the flowers in the bed.
As she beheld each vibrant flower, a hint of astonishment flitted across her eyes.
With her discerning sight, she could see that these were not flowers brought to bloom by hastening; they had genuinely been affected by the Time Law.
The blossoms had opened due to the influence of the Power of Laws, as there was no increase in the vitality of the flower stems.
The lady of the Jade Pool, who grew Flat Peach trees, was also quite proficient in matters of plants.
She knew the varieties of these flowers. Normally, they would require nearly a month before blossoming sequentially, but now, it was as though they had skipped an entire month and unfurled, showing their most beautiful state.
Fairy Baihua ventured cautiously, "Your Highness, should I restore them?"
"No need," the lady of the Jade Pool murmured softly, her voice tender, "Let them stay as they are. They are pretty and quite interesting."
Looking at Fairy Baihua, the lady of the Jade Pool smiled slightly, approval in her face, "Your Divine Skill is not bad as it involves the Laws. Practice well and master it, and you should also diligently improve your cultivation."
Although it is currently limited to blossoming, hasn’t it been said? Once completely mastered, it could also be applied in other areas.
Such a potent ability would be a terrible waste if the cultivation could not keep up.
"Yes! This servant will surely intensify her cultivation!" Fairy Baihua immediately responded.
The lady of the Jade Pool waved her hand, her voice languid, "Put cultivation aside for now, we’ll talk about it after tomorrow."
"Tomorrow, accompany this palace to Chaos Residence to try out new dishes."
"Understood, your Highness!"
"Oh yes!" Sitting back down, the lady of the Jade Pool spoke again, "Baihua, what was the price for your meal?"
"To answer your Highness, it was Hundred Flowers Dew."
"Hundred Flowers Dew?" The lady of the Jade Pool pondered for a moment, "You should have quite a bit, right?"
Although she sometimes used this substance, her usage wasn’t particularly large.
"Hmm."
Fairy Baihua nodded, "This servant still has over ten bottles."
Ever since she took office in the Heavenly Court, she had been saving up Hundred Flowers Dew and over time, had amassed a substantial amount.
"That’s enough!" the lady of the Jade Pool nodded.
"Bring more with you when you accompany this palace to dine tomorrow; Shopkeeper Chen’s new dishes are not cheap."
If she brought too little and couldn’t afford it, it would be the lady of the Jade Pool’s face at stake.
"Yes." Fairy Baihua hurriedly agreed, but then couldn’t help asking, "Your Highness, you said the new dishes are expensive, so how expensive might they be?"
"A dish at ten times the normal dining price," Jade Pool said indifferently.
"No, that’s not right," Jade Pool shook her head, "There’s a discount tomorrow; it can be bought for the price of nine times."
"Nine times!" Fairy Baihua exclaimed, "Isn’t that too expensive, what kind of new dish could be so costly?!"
Wouldn’t it be better to spend that money on other dishes, and it would also be enough to have a decent meal.
"This palace believes that Shopkeeper Chen’s dishes are expensive for a reason, and the money will definitely not be wasted," Jade Pool said softly, sharing her opinion.
She thought Shopkeeper Chen was not the kind of person driven by greed, and such profits were useless to him; he should be grateful that anyone was willing to buy at all.
So, Fairy Baihua nodded, indeed, even a one-time price had already awakened her divine skills, what kind of miraculous effects would a dish priced at ten times have?
"Baihua."
"Your servant is here."
"Come with this palace to the Heavenly Treasury. This palace had previously agreed to provide Shopkeeper Chen with a supply of Flat Peaches and Peach Blossom Petals, let’s take this opportunity to deliver them," Jade Pool said, slowly rising to leave.
Flat peaches? A supply?
Fairy Baihua blinked in astonishment.
"Are the Flat Peaches at Chaos Residence all provided by Your Highness?"
She had drunk Flat Peach soda several times, and as a maid who was deeply trusted by Her Highness, she naturally had tasted the flavor of Flat Peaches and experienced their effects.
Although it was just the youngest, a 3,000-year Flat Peach, she could still distinguish what was in the Flat Peach soda.
"No," Jade Pool denied, her face showing a bit of helplessness, "The peaches grown in Shopkeeper Chen’s backyard are all Flat Peaches."
And they were nine thousand years old...
Shopkeeper Chen was merely in a situation where supply could not meet demand, which is why he sought to cooperate with her.
"All Flat Peaches!" Fairy Baihua was shocked, and could not help but say, "Your Highness, didn’t you say that you were the only one in the Three Realms who cultivated Flat Peaches? How does Shopkeeper Chen have them?"
"Who knows?" Jade Pool shrugged, "There are numerous skilled individuals in the vast Three Realms; this can be understood."
"Your Highness..." Ningning looked toward Jade Pool, Fairy Baihua murmured in a low voice.
Weren’t Flat Peaches always Her Highness’s taboo? Who in the Three Realms didn’t know that cultivating Flat Peaches was opposing the Heavenly Court?
It was not that no one had tried to grow them during these long years. The reason there was no second source of Flat Peaches to this day...
First, because Flat Peaches required a specific cultivation method, which ordinary people, even those with profound cultivation, could not replicate.
Second, because those who had tried to grow them privately had all died, and how they died was something everyone in the Three Realms knew too well.
It was regarded as taboo by the Heavenly Court, untouchable.
Yet why did Her Highness show such an attitude after finding out Shopkeeper Chen was cultivating Flat Peaches? She was not only not angry but also willing to supply them?!
Fairy Baihua was very puzzled; this was not the way Her Highness handled such matters before!
"Your Highness, aren’t you angry that Shopkeeper Chen is cultivating Flat Peaches?" Fairy Baihua ventured to ask.
"Not angry," Jade Pool replied very calmly, with no pretense, as if she had never had such an emotion from the beginning, only feeling deeply struck.
The Flat Peaches Shopkeeper Chen casually cultivated turned out to be better than the ones she carefully nurtured, how could she, who took pride in cultivating Flat Peaches, bear that?
Profound cultivation, delicious cooking, extensive divine skills, even better at planting trees, and even his disciple Sun Wukong was taught so brilliantly, a true talent indeed!
Heavenly Treasury.
Fairy Baihua followed Jade Pool, and the two came to the Heavenly Treasury.
The guards saw Jade Pool and didn’t dare to stop her, hurriedly saluting and stepping aside.
The treasury was layered, and the deeper one went, the fewer treasures there were and the more strict the guards became.
Finally, Jade Pool stopped in front of a magnificent gate on the right side.
"Here we are," Jade Pool said softly.
