Yu Xian was naturally doing it on purpose.
He knew very well that the Demon Emperor who had laid the trap had already been slain by Muse.
Many might have forgotten that Yu Xian possessed the skill Appraisal. Particularly when channeled through the eyeball of Zhenwo Changjing, as long as there were no special screening items involved, he could appraise the correct information.
And his appraisal of the blossoms read: *Unowned flower; greatly tonic when consumed.*
The problem was that he could not simply reveal his abilities to Hai Liwei like that, much less expose his trump card, Muse, to him.
He was a good person, but he was no fool. Hai Liwei was indeed a decent guy, but they were hardly well-acquainted—they had only met three times in total.
Who would pour their heart out after meeting someone just three times?
It wasn't like the Island Nation, where one had to confess their love on the third date.
Of course, knowing that eating these flowers was beneficial, Yu Xian was not stingy either. This universe was currently teeming with blossoms everywhere; there was no way they could finish eating them, nor could they carry them all away. Why not let everyone share in the joy?
"Delicious. Truly tasty. I feel like I've gotten a tiny bit stronger," Yu Xian said to Hai Liwei with his eyes closed.
Aboard the *Aska*, Yu Xian's true body had indeed eaten the flower teleported over. His combat strength had increased by a minuscule fraction, but far more importantly, the special energy within the blossom had actually tempered and enhanced his soul.
From just one flower, he felt his spiritual energy surge. If he continued eating them and his spiritual energy kept growing, the benefits would only multiply.
Thereafter, Yu Xian picked one flower after another and ate them, while simultaneously notifying Nora, Niman, Little Nora, and Little Huangquan through the Star Ring to get ready to harvest and feast on the blossoms.
On the meteorite across the way, Hai Liwei had lost track of how many times he had swallowed hard.
Gulping down another mouthful of saliva, he asked, "Are you sure it's edible? Do you still know who you are right now? Look at me—what number is this?"
"..."
Yu Xian plucked a flower, popped it into his mouth, and instantly teleported it to his true body, staring at Hai Liwei as though looking at an idiot.
Hai Liwei insisted on holding his hand up, flashing a V-sign with two fingers as he waited for Yu Xian's answer.
"Two, just as dumb as you."
Knowing that Hai Liwei wouldn't take action until he received an answer, Yu Xian had no choice but to reply in exasperation.
Earlier, he had respectfully addressed Hai Liwei as Clan Leader Hai, but right now, all he wanted to call him was a Haishky.
"I'm not dumb, I'm cautious! Anything can happen in the Abyss. If you don't keep your wits about you, it's far too dangerous," Hai Liwei sighed in relief, quickly offering an explanation.
With that, he swallowed the flower in his hand in a single gulp.
Immediately, he too sensed the unowned flower's fortifying effects on his body. He fell silent, immediately throwing himself into frantically plucking and devouring flowers.
"Don't rush. Look over there. With just the few of us, there's no way we could ever finish them all," Yu Xian said helplessly, seeing his ravenous gorging.
Hai Liwei knew full well there were more than enough unowned flowers to go around, but the sensation of growing a little stronger with every single bite felt far too intoxicating. He simply couldn't stop.
The colossal planet in the distance was practically an ocean of blossoms. Yu Xian couldn't be bothered to compete with Hai Liwei; he simply flew toward the distant world. After several spatial hops, he arrived at the planet's surface and used spatial bubbles to teleport Niman and the others over as well.
"So many flowers! They smell so good!" Little Nora exclaimed in amazement right away.
Yu Xian's true body stepped out of the bubble and chuckled. "Unowned flowers, greatly tonic when consumed. Don't just stand there—dig in, everyone."
"Oh, such potent energy," Niman remarked in surprise after plucking and eating a blossom.
Little Nora instantly switched into duck-feeding mode, its head bobbing frantically as it gobbled up every unowned flower in its path. Seeing this, the others began feasting as well.
In truth, no matter how many of these flowers one ate, there was never any feeling of fullness, because once swallowed, they dissolved straight into energy that tempered the body.
In just half an hour, Yu Xian and the group had cleared an open space several football fields wide. Yet compared to the entire planet, this was entirely negligible.
While Yu Xian and the others did not suffer from overeating, eating endlessly still grew tiring. In the end, with only Little Nora still gorging itself, everyone else simply sat among the flower patches to rest.
"That Demon Emperor... I wonder what it originally planned to do by sneaking aboard the *Aska*," Niman mused with curiosity, plucking a flower to sniff it while looking at the logs on her Star Ring.
To be fair, so long as that demon hadn't stepped inside the *Aska*, it could truly have been considered invincible.
At the very least, in this universe, it would have been an absolute, insurmountable existence.
Yet it had insisted on courting death by entering the *Aska*.
Even now, Niman could not wrap her head around its reasoning. Shouldn't one always choose the battlefield most advantageous to oneself when fighting?
"Demons are all more or less sick in the head anyway. Who knows what goes on in their minds," Yu Xian said casually, thinking of Deimos.
Deimos had been in much the same situation—having nothing to gain, yet insisting on seeking death.
"Big Brother, look at me!"
Just then, Little Nora called out excitedly from the distance.
Scores of blossoms were floating around it. Then it opened its mouth, and countless flowers poured into its maw, swallowed down with a loud gulp.
"Is that telekinesis?" Yu Xian guessed, watching the scene.
Niman smiled. "It should be materialized spiritual energy. Taken a step further, spiritual energy can even transform into a power akin to divine sense."
"Divine sense?" Nora blinked, taken aback. On Earth, that term belonged exclusively to immortal cultivators.
Niman nodded. "Divine sense is essentially a fusion of spirit and consciousness. In some worlds, it's also called divine intention, essence sense, or essence intention. It is a form of power an entire tier above ordinary spiritual energy, making it exceptionally convenient for scanning or manipulating objects. However, cultivating it is immensely difficult, so only certain special practitioners ever manage to develop it."
"Then what are we waiting for? Back to eating!" Yu Xian laughed, rising to his feet.
Although he possessed many reconnaissance methods—such as eyeball bubbles and Super Smell—who would ever complain about having too many means of investigation?
Yu Xian already knew telekinesis. After witnessing Little Nora's method, he simply used telekinesis to pluck the flowers while gliding close to the ground. Wherever he passed, unowned flowers were uprooted by telekinesis to hover all around him as he devoured them at breakneck speed.
Perhaps feeling that even this was too slow, he simply activated the Pangu Transmutation Divine Ability, instantly transforming into a form with three heads and six arms, each arm lined with gaping mouths.
Going all out to feast.
Seeing this, the others utilized their contracts to borrow Yu Xian's power, taking on all sorts of bizarre forms to gorge themselves in earnest.
After some time, Yu Xian felt his spiritual energy surge abruptly.
This surge was not a mere quantitative increase; rather, it was akin to applying cooling medicated oil to one's temples, instantly invigorating his entire being.
Yu Xian released his spiritual energy, and in an instant, everything around him became crystal clear. With a thought, his biological force field fused with his spiritual energy, and in that fleeting heartbeat, he felt as if he had plunged straight into an ocean of flowers.
Purity.
That was his strongest impression of these unowned flowers.
Muse's punch had been utterly terrifying, directly blasting the Demon Emperor back into its most primal form. The escaping energy was so extraordinarily refined that any living creature dwelling in this environment would inevitably become immensely powerful in the future.
This planet could easily nurture Star Rank lifeforms.
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