Chapter 497: Chapter 497 Mysterious Underground Valley Chapter 497: Chapter 497 Mysterious Underground Valley The view before her was incredibly vast; the trees were tall and straight, yet they seemed as if they could never grow past the horizon.
The mottled sunlight, lightly scattered down from above the deep valley, turned the brilliant sunshine into numerous slender twigs, dancing and swaying in the breeze.
On that rock face grew tree after tree, their dense crowns verdant, blooming like enormous green blossoms upon the cliffside.
They resembled green clouds, too, which in the deep valley, bore the solitude and mystery of the world set apart, as if touched by the wind upon the moon.
Indeed, it was the first time Gu Qiaoqiao had ever seen such scenery.
She watched with a bit of yearning, sighing, “Ah, if only I had a camera.”
Qin Yize, holding Gu Qiaoqiao’s hand, led her toward a rock that extended out from the rock face.
They both stood on it.
Gu Qiaoqiao’s fingers twitched slightly–seemingly, they also liked this place.
Qin Yize glanced around and said in a deep voice, “We can’t this time, but we’ll bring a camera in the future.”
Then, Gu Qiaoqiao spotted butterflies as large as pigeons.
The butterflies were very beautiful, and they were not shy of people.
But their flittering and fluttering wings were still a bit eerie.
The key was that the butterflies were too large.
And these butterflies were not shy of people either.
Before long, Qin Yize reached out his arm and said softly, “Qiaoqiao, the creatures here are not afraid of humans; there’s a tiny bird circling around behind you.”
Gu Qiaoqiao turned back and sure enough, it was so tiny.
Without knowing, one might have thought it a bee.
“It’s so small, too cute.”
“Yes, that should be a gel-mouth bird, the smallest bird here.”
“How do you know this?”
“A comrade-in-arms told me.”
Suddenly, Gu Qiaoqiao pointed and exclaimed in amazement, “Qin Yize, look quick, is that an Orchid?”
Following the direction of Gu Qiaoqiao’s hand, indeed, there was a large clump of orchid grass.
Subsequently, Qin Yize led Gu Qiaoqiao towards the orchid grass.
Upon reaching it, Gu Qiaoqiao found that the Orchid was truly beautiful, ten times more so than those in the Gu Garden greenhouse.
The leaves were so green it seemed they could exude green water, but the most beautiful was the Orchid itself.
Pure white, as if carved from ice and snow, gleaming with a lustrous sheen under the patchy afternoon sunlight.
“This Orchid is so beautiful.”
“Do you want to take it home?”
Qin Yize knew that the greenhouse in Gu Garden was full of Orchids.
“Is that possible?” Gu Qiaoqiao asked with her big watery eyes blinking.
Qin Yize smiled, ruffled Gu Qiaoqiao’s hair, and said warmly, “Of course, but how will you bring it back?”
Yes, that was indeed a problem.
She knew that her Great Grandma and mother both loved Orchids.
This had to be a purely wild Orchid, probably nonexistent in the Imperial Capital.
If she could take it home, they would undoubtedly be delighted.
But, how to take it back?
Qin Yize scanned the surroundings and his eyes brightened, “I have an idea.”
He walked to the other side of the orchid grass.
There were clumps of wild grass there, much more robust than the ones on the ground.
Qin Yize pulled out his military knife and quickly cut a large handful.
Then he sat down on a rock and began weaving.
Gu Qiaoqiao approached curiously; she remembered once when Qin Yize wove her a bracelet of flower petals.
“What are you going to weave?”
“A basket that can hold the orchid grass, making it easier for you to carry.”