CHAPTER 371: CHAPTER 371: MOTH ORCHID

Chen Guan carefully felt the sensation and discovered that this throbbing didn’t originate from his brain, nor was it from his soul.

The true source of this sensation was his Primordial Energy, which is to say, his Spiritual Power. The Spiritual Power filling his entire body was now throbbing.

"Could it be... this plant is related to the Spirit Devouring God..." Chen Guan immediately thought of a certain possibility.

His Spiritual Power was created by the Red Blood Vermilion Fruit tainted with Soul-devouring Divine Blood, possessing some attributes of the Spirit Devouring God.

Something that could cause his Spiritual Power to throb was likely related to the Spirit Devouring God.

Another major factor affecting the formation of Spiritual Power was the Secret Technique, but the Secret Technique of One that Chen Guan practiced had no Secret Spirit inheritance and was a self-cultivation method created by the Emperor Ancestor for humans, so there should be no causal entanglement.

Chen Guan carefully scrutinized the plant resembling an orchid. It was only about a foot tall, with two large, plump leaves below, and a flower stalk growing above like a slanted bamboo.

There were seven flowers resembling butterflies on the stalk, along with three unopened buds.

The plant’s leaves and flower stalk were a dark purple color, and its flowers were a lighter shade of purple, appearing like purple butterflies resting on the branches.

"This is a Violet Butterfly Orchid, which is also a type of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures. However, it’s not used for replenishing energy, but rather for enhancing beauty, maintaining youthfulness, and improving resistance and adaptability..." The shopkeeper quickly introduced as he saw Chen Guan staring at the flower.

"What’s the price?" Chen Guan couldn’t determine if this was a Violet Butterfly Orchid, but he did recognize that it was a type of butterfly orchid.

As for whether it had the effects claimed by the shopkeeper, that was unknown.

"This is a rare wild heavenly-grade item, at least a thousand-year-old exquisite product, with a fixed price of two hundred thousand," the shopkeeper said confidently, but his eyes were constantly observing Chen Guan’s expression.

This plant is a butterfly orchid, but whether it’s a Violet Butterfly Orchid is uncertain.

He acquired it from a herbalist from the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm. Normal Violet Butterfly Orchids do have beautifying and even age-defying effects.

Violet Butterfly Orchids over a thousand years old have great effects on maintaining beauty and youthful looks.

However, the color of this Violet Butterfly Orchid was a bit off. In a true Violet Butterfly Orchid, the flower’s center is whitish, whereas this one was pure purple with no specks of any other color. Whether it was a Violet Butterfly Orchid, the shopkeeper was not sure himself.

There are too many kinds of orchids, and not all orchids possess the effects of a Violet Butterfly Orchid, as most aren’t as valuable.

He was pricing it as a thousand-year-old Violet Butterfly Orchid, though it might not be one, and the age surely doesn’t match.

So the shopkeeper was observing Chen Guan to see if he recognized the value or was just a true novice.

After all, when he acquired it, he didn’t pay the price for a Violet Butterfly Orchid.

Chen Guan didn’t know if it was a Violet Butterfly Orchid, but he could tell that it surely wasn’t a thousand years old.

Orchids are a major category of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, and during schooling, he was taught how to identify the age of rare orchids. This was certainly not a thousand, or even a hundred years.

"Merchants are the same everywhere!" Chen Guan sighed inwardly but didn’t comment on it, only smiling as he said, "I want this orchid, but the price is unacceptable, it’s too expensive."

"I see you’re sincere about buying, so I’ll reduce it by five hundred for you," the shopkeeper said, looking pained, as if this price was a massive bargain.

"You, too, are sincere in selling, so let me offer a real price—a number." Chen Guan held up one finger.

"Ten thousand, no, that’s too little. I can’t even cover the cost; I’d lose too much. I don’t mind helping you without profit, but I can’t lose money," the shopkeeper quickly said.

"Not ten thousand... one thousand," Chen Guan corrected him.

The shopkeeper’s face instantly turned cold: "Brother, maybe you should look elsewhere."

He had spent nearly ten thousand to acquire this pot of butterfly orchid. Selling it to Chen Guan for a thousand would only make him a profit of one or two thousand, which wasn’t worth the effort.

Originally, he thought Chen Guan was a big client when he first asked about the Red Blood Vermilion Fruit, but he turned out to be extremely miserly.

"The variant Red Blood Vermilion Fruit is unusually vivid, and so is this Violet Butterfly Orchid. I wonder where you got such good items?" Chen Guan said nonchalantly.

The shopkeeper’s heart stirred at Chen Guan’s words. He sized up Chen Guan curiously, unsure if he was speaking intentionally or unintentionally.

But Chen Guan’s words reminded him that if he could add something to the Red Blood Vermilion Fruit, then couldn’t someone else have tampered with the Violet Butterfly Orchid?

The shopkeeper had been suspicious earlier about why this Violet Butterfly Orchid was pure purple and wondered if anything had been done to it.

However, he thought it unlikely that anyone would dye a precious Violet Butterfly Orchid on purpose.

But now that Chen Guan mentioned it, the shopkeeper couldn’t help but feel doubtful, as this item was not his area of expertise.

"I dug it up myself, it is absolutely wild and high grade. You can rest assured about that; with such a large store, I won’t run away or cheat you," said the shopkeeper. "Since you truly like it, I can sell it at a loss, but I can’t lose too much. The lowest I can go is ten thousand..."

In the end, Chen Guan purchased this Violet Butterfly Orchid for two thousand. Although it was far more than the shopkeeper’s cost, a standard Violet Butterfly Orchid wouldn’t be lower than this price.

Chen Guan carried the Violet Butterfly Orchid and wandered around the flower house once more, confirming there was nothing else to gain before bidding farewell to the shopkeeper and leaving.

Fu Tianji followed him like a ghost the entire time, and others thought he was Chen Guan’s bodyguard.

Such things aren’t uncommon; many wealthy young lords are accompanied by bodyguards when they go out.

When Chen Guan reached a secluded spot, he carefully inspected the butterfly orchid but couldn’t see any issues.

"Could this butterfly orchid also have the blood of the Spirit Devouring God?" Chen Guan didn’t know how to verify it. Thinking for a moment, he pressed a finger onto the flower petal of the orchid and slowly injected his Spiritual Power into it.

The Spirit Devouring God is known as the Gardener of the Secret Realm, capable of cultivating and accelerating the growth of various Heavenly and Earthly Treasures. Chen Guan wanted to see if his Spiritual Power had a similar effect.

When he saved the Zhi Xian Old Ancestor before, his Spiritual Power did have an effect, so it should do something again now.

With the infusion of Chen Guan’s Spiritual Power, the butterfly orchid indeed reacted. The purple flowers started to glow, emitting a gentle purple light, with even the three unopened buds blooming rapidly, also glowing with purple light.

The brilliance of the ten butterfly-like blossoms shone increasingly bright, and suddenly, the ten butterfly flowers flapped their wings and flew off, transforming into ten purple light butterflies, freed from their stem, dancing gracefully in the air.

"This isn’t a Violet Butterfly Orchid... It’s a Great Luo Dream Butterfly..." Chen Guan exclaimed in joy, his body trembled.

The Great Luo Dream Butterfly is a renowned rarity among the secret realm’s Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

Legend has it that a novice cultivator who had just entered the Blessed Secret Realm stumbled into seeing the orchids on a butterfly orchid transform into butterflies.

When he reached out to touch the butterflies, the orchids turned into butterflies, which then merged with his body, causing him to fall asleep immediately.

He didn’t know how long he slept, but the novice cultivator had a fantastical dream, envisioning his soul leaving his body and entering an Immortal Jade Palace, where he saw a piece of secret scripture named "The Daluo Golden Immortal Scripture" on the wall there.