Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 14 (XIV) Looking for Flowers
Yan Moying said, "I asked Miss Guiyuan yesterday, and she pointed it out to me. In fact, we have seen a lot of ground lake flowers along the way. These ground lake flowers are not only found on Jiulan Mountain. When you and I were robbed by the men in black, those pale yellow ones on the ground were ground lake flowers!" Just when Guiyuan pointed out the ground lake flowers to Yan Moying the day before, Yan Moying suddenly felt that he seemed to have seen the appearance of the flower in some unusual circumstances, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Wizard Chen said that only the ground lake flowers from Jiulan Mountain are effective, so of course we have to go to Jiulan Mountain to pick them!" Gao Cai said seriously.

"Do you still believe him?"

“No one knows if it works unless they try it.”

"Do you really want to pick the flowers yourself and make soup?"

"of course!"

"Miss Guiyuan said that if you go east, there is a place called Jiuhuang Garden, where the ground lake flowers are the most suitable for eating. The place is sparsely populated and the flowers are rarely trampled. Not only do the flowers bloom bigger than those elsewhere, they also taste better than those picked from other places, so when they want to eat, they go there to pick them." Yan Moying said.

"Okay, let's go there and pick them! But after we pick them, do we have to make the soup here? Otherwise...will the flowers wilt if we take them back?" Gao Cai said. Then he changed his mind and said, "Well, it doesn't matter if they wilt. Wizard Chen didn't say that fresh flowers are required."

"It won't wilt. Miss Guiyuan said that this flower has a very strong vitality. After picking it, as long as the flower stem is immersed in water, it can still remain fresh for half a month, even in a warm climate."

"That's even better, let's go!" Gao Cai said happily.

"You have just recovered from a serious injury, so you should recuperate here. It's so cold outside, I'll go and pick the fruits." Yan Moying said with concern.

"Oh, what's the matter? I'm completely fine. I feel very good now, very good, especially good! Stop talking nonsense and come with me!" Gao Cai said confidently.

They quickly got up and went to Jiuhuang Garden.

Arriving not far from Jiuhuang Garden, Gao Cai could not wait to push aside the snow on the road, revealing flowers with pale yellow petals, the yellow color was very light, almost white. Yan Moying told him that it was the ground lake flower. When Gao Cai saw the ground lake flower, it was as if he saw Yun Keyu smiling sweetly at him. He was a prince, and it was easy for him to be with his beloved, but he just wanted Yun Keyu to fall in love with him from the bottom of his heart. What he longed for was not only to be with the person he loved, but also to feel that the person he loved truly loved him. There was no shortage of unions in the palace that were not based on the feelings of both parties, and he did not want such a union; the true love from the heart, which was the most difficult to obtain in the palace, aroused his great interest, but Yun Keyu had never shown any affection for him. Because of this, he asked the wizard Chen in the palace and learned that the ground lake flowers in Jiulan Mountain had such a miraculous effect. Even if the true love he obtained in this way was no longer natural, he would be satisfied, because in that palace, even obtaining love from the heart through means had become a luxury.

After entering the Jiuhuang Garden, they were about to bend down to pick the lake flowers. Suddenly, Yan Moying noticed a woman in white kneeling in front of the jade stone over there: "Miss Yin?!"

Gao Cai also looked at her: "Hey, why is Miss Yin kneeling here?"

Yan Moying immediately ran to Yin Ruchen and saw her kneeling motionless with her eyes closed.

(End of this chapter)