Demon Sword Sect's Undercover-Chapter 762 - 761: The Flower Grower’s

Sui Mo City, Horse Hoof Town, a secluded little flower shop.

Flower merchant Old Liu drove his horse-drawn cart, struggling to leave the alleyway. This place was somewhat narrow, making entry and exit quite inconvenient. In Sui Mo City, it belonged to the smallest of flower shops. The only thing that attracted him to buy goods there was the fair pricing of the flower shop owner. For the same quality, the prices were about ten to twenty percent lower than other flower shops.

Obviously, the flower shop owner ran it in her own yard and hired very few people, which gave her competitive costs. Of course, the trade-off was that it was very hard to develop and grow.

It seemed like the owner didn’t really care?

In Sui Mo City, there were indeed some small flower shops run purely for the love of it, not for livelihood. Maintaining a balanced budget was enough to keep them satisfied, and they were the suppliers that flower merchants preferred to visit, such as this one, which didn’t even have a name but only a delicate lady owner, clearly from a bigger place. That temperament...

Assistant Xiao Liu sat on the side of the cart, his mind still restless because he had never before seen such a beautiful woman, which made it very difficult for the young man to stay calm. Since he had entered and started working, his mind buzzed, and he could no longer understand his uncle’s words clearly.

Having just left the alley, he couldn’t help but ask, "Uncle, does it seem that this lady manages the entire flower shop alone? It seems like she only has two older women helping her?"

Old Liu turned his head and glared at him, reminding, "Xiao Liu, it’s okay to like beautiful young ladies, but you must know your status and be clear about others’ statuses; even just this yard alone would cost all of my fortunes and still wouldn’t be enough to buy.

Also, you’ve just come from the countryside to the city, and you should know that this place is different from the countryside. The most taboo thing here is to ask indiscreet questions and make wild guesses, especially about those women and children in solitude... Do you think they have no support? Being able to own such an estate in Sui Mo City, do you think they can do it without some background?"

Xiao Liu flushed red and retorted, "Uncle, I didn’t mean anything else, just curious... So, what kind of background do such people have?"

Old Liu looked up, and not far away, a wisp of light smoke crossed the sky, "See that? There are many like that in Sui Mo City. One misstep and you wouldn’t even know how you died, and no one can save you, not even the government."

Xiao Liu shrank his head, "You, you mean that lady is an immortal? No wonder she is so..."

...In the flower shop, Lady Bai Qingqian personally tended to the potted plants, loosening the soil and adding fertilizer. Her complexion was good, and she looked different from when she first arrived, having a particularly vibrant air about her.

She had two middle-aged women helping her, who didn’t come every day—busy at times and absent at others, which was very relaxed.

Over the years, her art of flower arrangement had improved significantly; being a cultivator, she was smart and had a broad knowledge base. By concentrating on one thing, there was nothing she couldn’t excel at.

When her family was prosperous in Divine City, she liked to play with flowers and plants. When she returned home to decline and moved to the coast, she didn’t have much opportunity. Now that she had returned to her old trade, she found it familiar terrain; with such great climate here, what else could be more suitable for Sui Mo City than flora?

Her hands moved expertly, and occasionally, she also looked up at the greenhouse, where amidst the bright flowers and green leaves, a man dressed casually lay soundly asleep on a lounge chair.

She was very satisfied to have her man back here, resting and recuperating. Although he returned with a heavy heart, his return was what mattered, and she didn’t care about the reasons.

Sui Mo City was also a gathering place for cultivators, especially with the Heavenly Heart Pavilion just outside the city. Cultivators wandering aimlessly around the city was a common sight, under the cover of darkness. Who could guess that the recent uproar in the Cultivation World of the Continent, the Sky Dog Star Hou Niao, was hiding here, growing flowers and tending to plants?

Although there were many cultivators here and information traveled fast, she never inquired about the newfound changes in the Continent. The limited knowledge she had came from her man—she listened if he chose to share, but it mattered little to her otherwise.

Her man was becoming more and more famous across the Continent, now a well-known figure beyond Shan Country and across the entire Continent.

She wasn’t surprised at all; she had known since meeting him that he was a man destined to leave a legend in the Cultivation World of the Jinxiu Continent.

What does it feel like to be the Daoist couple of a legendary figure? Actually, there was no particular feeling, almost as if unrelated? If the man didn’t stir up trouble, he was just an ordinary cultivator who occasionally acted a bit crazy.

She was planting flowers, and her man was tending grass, only his grass was not ordinary but Sword Grass, planted in the Purple Mansion, not a greenhouse.

Her man had lost his sword, and she offered comforting words, secretly delighted—without his sword, could he finally settle down and not be as violent as before?

At least, could he stay quiet for a while?

As noon approached, she put down her work and moved to the kitchen to prepare a few simple dishes; it wasn’t a necessity for cultivators like them, but it represented a lifestyle attitude. freёwebnoѵel.com

As cultivators reached higher realms, they would entirely free themselves from dependency on mortal world food, becoming demi-immortals who ’live on air’; she and Hou Niao were among those who were reluctant to leave behind ordinary life,

Some cultivators indulged in a transcendent state, believing that mortal food would affect their perfect cultivation and wished to live solely on air, refusing even a sip of water; others enjoyed rolling in the ’dust,’ believing it helped build their Heart Realm. She and Hou Niao belonged to the latter.

Using Hou Niao’s words, not eating at all would cause the stomach to atrophy, eventually turning a person into an energy form, which he found utterly uninteresting.

Once she had finished preparing the meal and sat beside the table to wait, the two women also finished their chores and prepared to leave. When they saw the extremely plain food on the table, they couldn’t bear to look,

Having worked in the flower shop for over a year, they knew the lady of the house was kind and generous, so one of the women couldn’t help but suggest:

"Lady, now that the master has returned, shouldn’t the meals be a bit more sumptuous? People say that to capture a man’s heart, one must first capture his stomach..."

Bai Qingqian smiled gently, "Thank you, Auntie Three, but that saying isn’t necessarily true. Have you ever seen a mistress prepare delicious meals?"

The two women left puzzled; naturally, they didn’t understand. For cultivators, it wasn’t about the taste of the food, but the mood of eating; her man was having a hard time in re-forging his Flying Sword, so whatever he ate didn’t taste good.

As she was somewhat distracted and lost in thought, Hou Niao slowly walked in, looking somewhat emaciated.

The recent upheaval in Jade Capital had obviously affected him.

He wasn’t made of iron.