Blind Spot-Chapter 44 - 042 New Flower Language Two

Chapter 44: 042 New Flower Language Two

Chapter 44: 042 New Flower Language Two

Following the flower belt, Li Chengyi walked toward the inside and soon arrived at the small wooden bridge. Standing by the railing, he looked at a few lotus flowers floating in the small lake, feeling a strong urge to jump down and touch them.

He had touched lotus flowers before, but different varieties may not share the same flower language. Who knows what variety these lotus flowers in the lake were?

Nowadays, there are numerous cultivated variants. Some single species can have hundreds of variants, which is impossible for a botany student like him who is just getting by to remember.

Following the winding path, another type of flower soon entered his vision.

It was a cluster of purplish-red flowers blooming on a tree over three meters tall, which from a distance, resembled a wave of sea foam or the lace trimmings favored by women.

This flowering tree was planted in circular soil beds specially cleared on the stone-paved plaza beyond the bridge, each tree planted separately.

Li Chengyi approached and glanced at the label on the trunk: Ziwei Flower.

“It indeed is the Ziwei…” He admired the clusters of purplish-red flowers on the tree, looked around to ensure no one was watching him, then pushed off with his legs and leaped up, placing a palm on the nearest Ziwei Flower.

‘Ziwei Flower: Crape Myrtle family and genus, a small tree with a long flowering period, thus has the nickname “hundred-day red.” The Ziwei tree has a long life, generally living over a hundred years, and its wood is hard and resistant to decay, suitable for making furniture and building materials. The bark, leaves, and flowers are powerful laxatives, while the root and bark can treat hemoptysis and blood in stools.’

‘Flower Language Technique: Power of Language (the words you speak, during the activation period of the flower language, can exert strong persuasive power on others.

When the opponent is unable to refute, they will be compelled to coexist peacefully with you. The duration of peace depends on the physical condition of the opponent.

If the opponent successfully refutes by force, the flower language technique is ineffective.)’

‘Flower Language Technique: Good Fortune (passive ability, possessing this flower language slightly increases your luck).’

‘Too bad… If I were a chatterbox, I would definitely appreciate this power…’ Li Chengyi felt a tinge of regret.

This was the second type of flower he had seen after the Iron Tree Flower, that possessed two flower language abilities.

Leaving the Ziwei Flower behind, he wandered towards the direction where the flowers were most abundant.

From afar, he headed towards the areas where the colors were pleasing and the flowers plentiful.

Soon, a few purplish-red spherical flowers amidst the weeds caught his attention.

Li Chengyi approached, stepping into the weeds and getting closer to the purplish-red flowers.

He gently touched them with his hand.

‘Roundleaf Morning Glory: Convolvulaceae family and sweet potato genus, also known as purple morning glory. The seeds contain toxins that can be used to make hallucinogens, and the entire flower is poisonous. Ingestion can cause vomiting and diarrhea. It’s an annual twining herbaceous plant that flowers from May to October.’

‘Flower Language Technique: Illusion (can temporarily put living beings or objects into an illusory state, the duration depends on your mental strength)’

‘Floral Dress collection rate: 1%, evolution opportunities: 3. Do you choose to designate as the main flower for the Second Divine Flower Position?’

Illusion?

This ability seems quite interesting.

Li Chengyi’s interest piqued. What mattered to him was that this flower language ability could even make objects enter an illusory state, which opened up many possibilities.

‘For instance, turn an enemy’s attack into an illusion at a critical moment. If the illusion can penetrate objects, it can be used in many more ways.’

He got up and glanced around. At the fork in the path where he stood, a wooden sign on the right read: Cherry Blossom Garden.

Another sign on the left read: Rose Garden.

Roses?

In May, Li Chengyi had also tried touching roses, but it was late July now, and perhaps there were some new variants blooming.

After all, many roses have long blooming periods that last for several months.

Li Chengyi felt a stir of anticipation and strode towards the Rose Garden.

As for cherry blossoms, having tried several types and finding their flower language abilities average, he had no intention of wasting time on them.

He continued along the path toward the direction indicated by the signpost.

Along the way, he encountered groups of young girls and boys coming together for photo ops, each dressed in styles somewhat reminiscent of cosplay, striking exaggerated poses.

After passing a Peacock Garden and crossing a yellow wooden bridge over a dozen meters long,

he soon reached a square garden enclosed with fences, standing amid a vast lawn and surrounded by woods.

A wooden sign stood at the entrance to the garden: Rose Garden.

Before even entering, Li Chengyi saw a steady stream of people going in and out.

Through the fence, one could see reds, yellows, pinks, blues, purples, whites – roses of all kinds outdoing each other in beauty, a garden full to the brim with roses as far as the eye could see.

His heart leapt with joy, and he quickened his pace, entering the garden alongside a middle-aged couple holding hands.

Before he was completely inside, just pushing aside the plastic drapes at the entrance, Li Chengyi was greeted with a strong mixed floral scent.

Among the various fragrances, a hint of sweetness was present, quite rich and slightly cloying after smelling it for a while.

Just inside the gate, there was a concentric circular arrangement, with brown circular flowerbeds filled with roses.

Betwixt the flowerbeds were the walkways for passersby.

There were about thirty or so people squeezed into the garden, relentlessly taking pictures of all kinds of flowers.

Li Chengyi also followed suit by taking out his phone, switching to camera mode, pretending to take photos, but in reality, he was ready to start touching.

He had touched many roses before, and their flower language abilities were mostly related to love and friendship, which didn’t excite him much.

However, there were some newly bloomed varieties in this garden that he was seeing for the first time.

Following the path, he leisurely scanned with his gaze, determined not to miss anything, and started touching them in sequence, from left to right.

The first one was a large red rose with a yellow center.

‘Single Petal Rose: Rose family and genus, blooms from April to September, fruits from June to November, typically a one to two-meter-tall upright shrub.’

‘Flower Language Technique: Courage (can increase a lot of courage for a short time, the target can be a group).’)

It was undoubtedly a power well-suited for group collaboration, but it wasn’t applicable to Li Chengyi.

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His finger moved forward, swiftly changing to another variety.

This time it was a rose with light yellow petals and a larger flower body.

‘Large-Flowered Fragrant Rose: Often lives at higher altitudes, isn’t demanding about soil, and thrives in sunny, well-ventilated environments. It’s an evergreen or semi-evergreen climbing shrub, blooming from June to September. It has effects such as regulating menstruation and reducing swelling.’

‘Flower Language Technique: Vitality (Can restore half of one’s physical and mental energy shortly after using the ability, usable once a day per individual)’

Li Chengyi directly ignored the other information about the Floral Dress and such.

His finger paused slightly.

The ability of vitality was very good, solid and practical, and considering the abundance of roses, it should be easy to collect and condense into a Floral Dress.

But there were more suitable Flower Language Abilities than just this one.

‘Still, let’s look at more before deciding, and make a decision after seeing everything.’

He wasn’t as urgent as he was the last time.

Last time, the crisis was imminent. If he didn’t hurry, he would soon be dragged into a blind spot. So, he had no choice but to make a swift choice nearby.

But this time it was different.

Li Chengyi’s hand continued to move forward, next were the rose varieties he had touched before, like the dwarf rose, pomegranate rose, Huang Heping rose, etc., all of which he had tried.

Soon, he had gone halfway around the Rose Garden, and all he touched were ones he had encountered before, with Flower Language Techniques mostly related to love and friendship, which caused Li Chengyi’s brows to furrow slightly.

Du du…

Suddenly, the text message alert on his phone sounded.

Stopping his random touching, Li Chengyi took out his phone, exited the camera mode, and checked the text message.

‘How’s the rest? Come to the company when you’re free. I’ve found someone for you, about the Flying Yi.’ — Xindela.

Flying Yi!!?

Li Chengyi’s heart was struck with awe. After learning about the profession of Flying Yi from Song Ran, he had looked up a lot of information on his own.

But all the information required him to get his brain power calculated first, otherwise, he couldn’t look it up, clearly indicating that the threshold for this profession was quite high.

He thought about finding a time to go to the Brain Power Calculation Center to measure his brain power.

Unexpectedly, before he even started, his boss had already found a connection for him.

“Amazing…!” This was the first time Li Chengyi truly felt having a reliable boss was pretty great.

He quickly typed a reply.

‘Okay, I’ll be right there!’

‘Good.’ — Xindela.

About to turn off his phone, Li Chengyi suddenly noticed his unread messages.

Among them were messages from Mentor Chen Shan, his good friend Chen Xudong, and Lin Sang, with the rest being various advertisements.

Temporarily not replying, he pocketed his phone and once again looked at the assorted roses in front of him.

‘I’m about to go to the company, just a few more touches and then I’m off!’

With this thought in mind, Li Chengyi reached out and swiftly brushed over the flowers, his movements continuous.

At the same time, he concentrated his mind to review the information that was pouring into it.

Often, information would be cut off halfway by a new stream of data.

But this sped up the process considerably compared to before.

Suddenly, he paused mid-step, a variety he had never touched before appeared in his mind.

It was a pure white rose, resembling white roses, their petals stacking and crowding together. It was called pure white, but there was still a hint of pink at the center. Compared to roses, this variety of rose had more petals, denser ones.

‘Pure White Abundant-Blooming Rose: Also known as clustered roses, often mistaken for roses but with subtle differences. Prefers light, warm and moist conditions, rich soil, blooms from May to November, fruiting from September to November.’

‘Flower Language Technique: Despair’s Dawn (When you are in desperate straits, activating this Flower Language Technique can provide a dawn-like ray of hope, guiding you out of the desperate situation)’

Despair’s Dawn…

This Flower Language Ability… Li Chengyi’s heart stirred the moment he saw it.

At the Grecius Parking Garage, he had nearly been in desperate straits several times. Had it not been for his reckless gamble, perhaps his body would have turned into monster waste by now.

If he had this Flower Language Technique back then, perhaps…

With his mind filled with complicated thoughts, Li Chengyi stood still for a moment, deep in contemplation.

‘My current options are Gladiolus, Pure White Abundant-Blooming Rose, Spring Fleabane, and Roundleaf Morning Glory.’ All four possessed very practical Flower Language Abilities.

But he was still uncertain which to choose.

With no immediate crisis of a blind spot looming, he had to make the best choice.

After a moment’s hesitation, Li Chengyi decided not to make a decision right away and turned to walk out of the botanical garden.

He planned on heading to the company first to meet the Flying Yi consultant his boss had arranged and see if he could try the Flying Yi path.

The Floral Dress was mistaken for a fully reinforced human, with its powerful strength, inertia-defying impact, exaggerated shock absorption, and the ability to enhance physical strength and speed. Such a level of Floral Dress was considered to be on par with a reinforced human.

That clearly meant that the strength of a fully reinforced human wouldn’t be weaker than an evolved Floral Dress.

‘If reinforced humans are that formidable, just how strong would a Flying Yi, which is on the same level and has distinctive antagonism, be?’

Li Chengyi’s heart was full of anticipation.