novelraw Chapter 87: Unexpected Encounter
Chapter 87: Unexpected Encounter
On the grassland, a gentle breeze blew, causing the deepsea water spirit beneath the two to shiver slightly.
The Flower Witch holding a bowl fell silent for a moment.
Did she dislike her own name? Or was she unwilling to say it? Chen Qi paused, feeling as if he had asked a question he shouldn’t have.
On the game forums, the Flower Witch did have a name.
But neither the Flower Witch herself nor the players liked to mention her name very much.
In the Witch Sea, only a title recognized by the world could be considered a true name.
The Flower Witch picked up a piece of cabbage and spoke slowly:
“Fen, my name is Fen. A very ordinary name.”
Chen Qi smiled faintly:
“Simple, but a good name.”In this world, many people’s names were a single simple syllable with straightforward meanings.
Just like his own name in this world, Qi, symbolizing possibility and enlightenment.
Fen, in the Goldenfinch Kingdom, carried the meaning of floral fragrance.
Although the Flower Witch ran around every day and probably hadn’t bathed for many days, she truly smelled fragrant.
Quite fitting for her name.
However, Fen was a very common name in the Goldenfinch Kingdom, and was used mostly by males—similar to Zhang Wei.
The Flower Witch came from a noble family, yet her name was surprisingly ordinary.
Therefore, she didn’t like others mentioning her name much.
Chen Qi shifted the topic:
“By the way, Flower Witch, how much does a vegetable in your garden cost? I want to buy some.”
The Flower Witch wiped the grease from the corner of her mouth:
“Friendship price, three thousand... no, just take whatever you want. The Dragon’s Breath Grass you gave me is very valuable, enough to buy a lot of vegetables.
Besides, I’m not very good at cooking. If these ingredients could be made into delicious dishes, both my teacher and I would be very happy.”
“Just take whatever I want...”
Chen Qi’s mouth slightly opened.
This was an entire vegetable garden!
The Flower Witch laughed proudly:
“Although you can’t tell, I am very skilled at growing vegetables.”
“Growing vegetables?”
The Flower Witch made a gesture as if carrying a hoe and explained:
“Yes, when I was young, because of illness, I stayed in the countryside. Our family motto was nobility and elegance!
But in the countryside, there was no piano, no flower seeds, no friends my age, and I wasn’t allowed to be near spirit beasts.
Many elegant things were beyond my reach.
However, I thought to myself, growing flowers is elegant, so growing vegetables must be elegant too.
So, I started growing vegetables together with the maid, though I got scolded afterward.”
“All these vegetables in the garden are grown by you?”
Chen Qi was a bit impressed, imagining the scene.
The young Flower Witch carrying a hoe twice her height, breaking the ground.
So many vegetables—this was no small task.
The Flower Witch seemed to have found a kindred spirit, as her parents and relatives had always told her that growing vegetables was something only coarse people did.
A few lively little yellow flowers sprouted above her head:
“That’s right. Oh, by the way, after fulfilling the Flower Witch’s long-cherished wish, I plan to give myself a more elegant and domineering title.”
Chen Qi asked curiously, “What title?”
The Flower Witch inherited the first Flower Witch’s wishes and legacy, thus she always identified herself by that title.
Blood Flower Witch?
The Flower Witch’s ultimate skill was flowers blooming within blood.
Or Fragrant Witch? That would be a more ordinary title but more fitting for the Flower Witch’s identity.
“Hmph hmph, this is a title I’ve thought about for a long time, extremely elegant.”
“What?”
The Flower Witch puffed out her chest, wiped her nose with her index finger, and said proudly:
“Vegetable Witch.”
“!?”
Chen Qi almost choked on a piece of cabbage.
What kind of title was that? Why not Potato Witch or Cabbage Witch?
It was like Gluttonous Witch becoming Rice-Eating Witch, Angry Witch becoming Shamate Witch, Ice Witch becoming Ice Cream Witch, Despair Witch becoming Depression Witch.
More importantly, from Chen Qi’s perspective, “vegetable” had another meaning: keep practicing.
The Flower Witch asked expectantly, “How is it? Isn’t it elegant?”
“Uh... not bad.”
Chen Qi nodded cooperatively.
The Flower Witch showed two happy little yellow flowers:
“Right? Very elegant, isn’t it? Unfortunately, I can’t give up this name until I complete the Flower Witch’s wish.
I must follow the teacher’s path for everything to get better and to cure the illness...”
As she spoke, the flowers above her head withered, and a heavy sense of fate and sickness pressed down.
To make a name alone on this vast sea was no easy task.
And to fight the Great Whale was even to go against fate itself.
Only legendary figures could achieve such miracles.
Beneath every legend lay countless piled corpses.
No one knew how many lost their lives in the Witch Sea.
As they chatted, the food on the table was almost finished.
The alchemy furnace began to bubble and gurgle.
Reluctantly, the Flower Witch rose from the water spirit and continued her potion-making work.
Chen Qi instructed the deepsea water spirit to clean up the dishes.
Under his training, the deepsea water spirit had already learned how to wash dishes and clean.
He was confident that soon it would even learn how to make the bed and give massages.
Chen Qi asked somewhat bored, “Flower Witch, how much longer will you need?”
“A few hours, I think.”
Watching the Flower Witch make medicine all the time was also tiring... Chen Qi patted his book:
“I want to go outside the Black Soil. I saw some good supernatural ingredients during my previous voyage.”
“Ingredients?”
The Flower Witch thought for a moment.
Indeed, many rare supernatural fish lived in the Black Soil.
Although Black Whisker posed no danger to her, for Chen Qi to enter the Black Soil without caution was like a little lamb entering a wolf’s den.
The Flower Witch took out a bottle of black potion and handed it to Chen Qi:
“This potion’s scent can repel Black Whiskers. If you’re going out, you can apply this potion, and the Black Whiskers won’t attack you.”
“Thanks.”
Chen Qi took the potion and applied it from head to toe.
Then, he passed through the dimensional rift and returned to the Black Soil Island.
The morning sunlight shone on his jet-black hair.
Chen Qi enjoyed the feeling of sunlight washing away his fatigue: “Is it already daytime?”
The entire Black Soil Island was like a giant reed field.
Only these reeds were much taller Black Whiskers.
Chen Qi passed through the dense Black Whiskers, watching the water as he walked deeper.
After some time, he successfully found a rare sea beast.
“What’s this?”
Chen Qi squatted down and picked up a black clam beneath his feet.
[Black Clam
Description: A supernatural clam species that can bite humans with sharp shells. After being bitten, one falls into nightmares.
Its black pearls can attract attention and are quite valuable jewelry.]
“Ten Black Clams, that’s a lot of money. They can be transplanted to the White Tree Shallows.”
Chen Qi put the black clams into his water bucket.
Black Soil was too remote and broken a place.
He decided to give the black clams a better home.
One black clam’s pearl could sell for about seventy thousand, ten would be seven hundred thousand.
Unlike ordinary clams, black clams were no ordinary creatures; they produced pearls very quickly.
With the help of Ghostfire Fish, saving enough to buy a large ship was no dream.
A path to wealth had already appeared before his eyes.
Chen Qi cautiously continued walking inside the Black Whiskers, hoping to find more black clams.
Suddenly, he heard some familiar voices, along with the sound of blades slicing flesh.
Boom! Boom!
Besides that, there was the rumbling of large machinery.
“How is it, our great little ship doctor? How’s the concentration of this black whale blood?”
A familiar voice came from behind the Black Whisker grass wall.
Chen Qi stopped and slowly slowed his movements.
There were others in this forbidden Black Whisker land...