His Highness the Crown Prince Always Wants to Marry Me

Chapter 26: Contract (Four)

Yu Qing Qian slowly opened her eyes, mentally and spiritually feeling one hundred percent in tune with the self-aware spiritual plant.

Meanwhile the female instructor stared at her in astonishment.

“Is there a problem, Teacher?” Yu Qing Qian suspected that the instructor of the Academy knew that the spiritual plant she contracted was different from other low-level spiritual plants.

The female instructor suppressed her surprise and said with a faint smile: “Nothing, I just didn’t expect you to successfully form a contract with it.”

“Teacher, is there something special about this spiritual plant?” The flamboyant and beautiful girl looked at the spiritual plant on Yu Qing Qian’s shoulder and asked.

“I don’t know what’s so special about this spiritual plant in particular. It can even be said that the superiors of the Academy don’t know its origin.” The female instructor paused, then said: “It’s just that it has been growing in the Royal Academy for a thousand years, and there were also many freshmen or old students who wanted to form a contract with it, but no one had successfully formed a contract.”

That was why Yu Qing Qian’s success in forming a contract astounded her so much.

“Then what class of spiritual plant essence is it?” The girl furrowed her brows and asked: “How does it compare to my Silver Moon Herb?”

The female instructor was even more unhappy with this girl’s aggressiveness, but she had been told to take care of her a little before.

Due to her identity, she said patiently: “The spiritual plant Yu Qing Qian formed a contract with is said to be called Demon Emperor Herb¹ and is a healing-class spiritual plant. We don’t have detailed information and there’s no place to look it up in the classics, so those who form a contract with it need to slowly experience it for themselves.”

Then her tone changed: “As for whether the Demon Emperor Herb or the Silver Moon Herb is stronger or weaker, I can’t judge. After all, there has been only one Demon Emperor Herb in the entire Royal Academy for a thousand years. Not only can we not cultivate new plants from it, but the instructors can’t help students make a contract with it either.”

Her explanation was vague. Although no one present could tell whether the Demon Emperor Herb or the Silver Moon Herb spiritual plants were stronger, but after hearing that no one had been able to successfully form a contract for one thousand years, many subconsciously thought that the Demon Emperor Herb was more mysterious and powerful.

The way they looked at Yu Qing Qian was also different, with mostly envy and jealousy.

“In the future, we will see who has stronger healing power, then we’ll know whether the Demon Emperor Herb or the Silver Moon Herb is more powerful.” The girl with freckles on her face felt that the atmosphere wasn’t tense enough, so she suggested, wanting the two of them to be at each other’s throats in the future.

If one couldn’t compete now, then one could compete again in the future. Yu Qing Qian two’s talents were both better than theirs. She also made a contract with a healing-class spiritual plant essence. After being outmatched, she would naturally be happy to see the two of them compete in the ring in the future.

The flamboyant girl knew in her heart that the freckled girl was trying to pit them against the other, but the other party’s words also pointed out what she wanted.

Her talent as a Spiritual Plant Master was top, her physical fitness and mental energy were both high, and she was a proud daughter of heaven from a distinguished clan in the Central Continent.

The reason why she chose to come to the Royal Academy and gave up the spiritual plant essence of the combat-class and instead contracted the spiritual plant essence of the healing-class was because she wanted to be the exclusive healer for the man in her heart.

She wanted to become the strongest Healing-class Spiritual Plant Master in the entire Royal Academy and then stand right behind that person.

She and Yu Qing Qian were both Innate Spiritual Plant Masters, and they had also contracted healing-class spiritual plants.

But the talent of the other party surpassed hers, and the spiritual plant she formed a contract with wasn’t only mysterious, but also one that no one could successfully form a contract with in a thousand years. She hadn’t felt the communication of that spiritual plant essence before either. This comparison made her dissatisfaction rise.

“Are you the one whose Spiritual Plant Master talent tested excellent?” She raised her chin and asked knowingly.

¹The word 魔 can be translated into ‘demon’, ‘devil’, and also ‘magic’ (e.g. magical beast—demonic plant is translated from 妖植), ‘mysterious’, ‘mystic’ etc. I have to think hard about whether to translate a name to ‘demon’ or to ‘magic’, and there’ll be some brief wordplay on this word in the future as well, and it’ll be used a lot. I’ll try my best, but I think Demon suits the plant’s name this time.