Zu An became nervous, asking,
“What’s wrong?” If he couldn"t get any more of these things, didn’t
that mean that Daji couldn"t break through any more?
Yu Yanluo
explained, “Wuyang Jade grows in the ki stone ore veins, and it must be
nourished by Silverflame Flowertrees. It only forms after a long time in
that kind of environment. The ki stone ore veins are one thing, since
our Yu clan has them, but Silverflame Flowertrees can only be discovered
and not sought after.”
“Silverflame Flowertrees?” Zu An was stunned. He had never heard of that name before.
“They’re
plant creatures similar to wild beasts. They’re similar to flowers, but
also like trees. Since they absorb all kinds of natural ki in the ore
veins, they develop all kinds of mutations. At the lowest, their
strength is at the seventh rank.” Yu Yanluo explained. “The most
important part is that such things can only be found and not sought
after. In all our Yu clan’s years of operations of the ore veins, we
haven’t encountered them many times. Otherwise, we wouldn’t only have
these few pieces of Wuyang Jade.
“How about this? I’ll tell my people to pay more attention to this. I’ll let you know if we find any Silverflame Flowertrees.”
“Thank
you, madam.” Zu An thought to himself that a seventh ranked vicious
beast didn’t pose much of a threat to his current self anymore. It
seemed the difficulty was more about how rare the creatures were.
“Ah Zu, you don’t need to be so formal.” Yu Yanluo smiled and sat back down.
“There’s
something else I want to ask the madam about.” Zu An took the chance to
ask, “Has madam heard about the Milk of Purple Frost before?”
Mi
Li’s soul was wounded and she needed that item to recover. He had
previously received news that Cloudcenter Duke had offered a portion to
the emperor in the past. As Cloudcenter Duke’s wife, she might know a
few things.
But unfortunately, Yu Yanluo shook her head and said,
“The Milk of Purple Frost was offered up to his majesty by the last
generation Cloudcenter Duke. I don’t know any details about it. If
Yanyou were still here, he might know some things, but…” She didn’t
continue her sentence. A hint of grief appeared on her face.
Zu An was confused. Were these her sincere thoughts, or were they fake? If they were fake, that was way too terrifying!
“Madam, please feel at ease. We’ll find where the duke went,” Zu An said in consolation.
Yu
Yanluo sighed. “He’s already been gone for so long already; how can I
not know that something has already happened to him? You don’t need to
console me like this.”
“Madam and the duke’s feelings for each other seem to be very good…?” Zu An asked to test the waters.
Yu
Yanluo shook her head. “How can my relationship with him be considered
good? We were just a bit closer than normal people. But we spent so many
years as husband and wife after all, so I obviously wouldn’t want to
see anything bad happen to him.”