“Yes.”
Huang Quan looked at him with a smile. “The seeds I gave you are very special. They require deathly aura for nourishment. Since it can’t live without deathly aura, you have to let the soil absorb your deathly aura. This way, the seeds can only grow if planted in it.”
After hearing Huang Quan’s explanation, Di Qin raised his eyes and gazed at her in surprise. “It needs deathly aura to survive?”
“Yes.” Huang Quan nodded.
Di Qin looked at her, his lips moving as if he wanted to say something, but he seemed at a loss for words.
“Qinqin.” Huang Quan squatted beside him, looking into his eyes. “You might not be able to touch other people like normal individuals, but you can touch me. It’s not that you can’t touch living things; it’s just that there are some creatures that thrive in places filled with lightless death. They cannot be seen or found by ordinary people.”
“You can touch them, whether they are people or creatures,” Huang Quan continued softly. “Although the things you can touch now related to living things are very limited, don’t worry. One day, I will make it possible for you to touch everything in this world just like a normal person.”
Di Qin gazed at her smile, and his dark, profound eyes sparkled with starlight. The light emanated from her smile, a solitary hope in the cold darkness.
“Quanquan,” Di Qin spoke, looking at her, and raised the corners of his mouth with a gentle arc. “You are enough for me.”
Nothing in the world could compare to her.
With her, there is no world.
Huang Quan’s dark eyes held his gaze. After a brief pause, her pink lips parted slightly. “Is His Royal Highness busy?”
The Imperial Crown Prince had returned after a long absence, so naturally, he was busy. Yet, it was Huang Quan who asked this question.
Di Qin shook his head. “I’m not busy.”
“After the competition is over, play with me for a few days.”
“Okay,” Di Qin responded with a smile.
The two looked at each other, exchanged smiles, and chatted about other things. Soon, a quarter of an hour had passed.
Di Qin took his hands out of the flowerpot and was about to get up to wash off the soil when he saw a bud emerging from the flowerpot.
In spring, when grass and trees break through the ground and everything grows, it is a common occurrence in this world, but for Di Qin, it is not common at all.
He was born with deathly aura, and as he grew older, the deathly aura became more and more pronounced. He could not touch flowers, trees, or even people. This was the first time…
His deathly aura finally did not cause the plants to wither. Instead, it allowed a seed to grow.
“It sprouted so quickly,” Huang Quan remarked, looking at the sprout with a somewhat surprised expression.
When Di Qin heard this, he asked her, “Is it difficult for it to germinate?”
“It’s not difficult if the deathly aura is strong enough,” Huang Quan replied, looking at him. “Qin Qin, water this flower every seven days. Try your best to keep it close to you. The closer it is to the deathly aura, the more deathly aura it will absorb, and the faster it will grow.”
After saying that, Huang Quan added, “It is very beautiful.”
Di Qin saw the expectation in her eyes and nodded with a smile. “Okay, I will take good care of it.”
“By the way,” Huang Quan said, “Qinqin, this flower is cultivated with deathly aura. Other than you, others can watch it, but it’s best not to touch it, as it will be infected with the deathly aura.”
“The deathly aura on the flowers will not kill them, but it can make people sick.”
Di Qin nodded. “Okay, I remember.”
“Give it back to you.” Huang Quan noticed his hands covered in mud and placed the Tianfo beads in his arms. “I will stay with the third brother. When he wakes up, we will go back to the inn. I’ll ask you to help me with the high priest. He assisted me, so I should repay the favor.”
“Okay,” Di Qin nodded. “Contact me when you leave, and I will escort you out.”
