A month later, Zhang Ning was already in a swamp thousands of miles away from Qingyue Prefecture.

The swamp is called "White Lotus Blue Pond", which is a stinky quagmire located in the northwest of Zezhou and covers an area of more than 800 miles.

Not only is the smell smoking, but also the large amount of yellow miasma is generated at high temperatures, so mortals are almost extinct, and it is said that several third-rate monks who practice poison skills live in seclusion here.

The quagmire is dark brown in color, bubbling with bubbles and occasional ripples, revealing traces of the fish and animal activity within. This just shows that although there are no people here, the animal and plant resources are extremely rich, including aquatic, amphibious, reptilian, insects and other kinds of mortal beasts and monsters.

In this black and foul-smelling swamp, a white and fragrant lotus flower is produced, called "Love Lotus".

There are two kinds of lotus plants, female and male, the male plant is evolved from the roots of the female plant, only one green stem, stout and flowerless, the bare tip is covered with white pollen, and dozens of them are densely clustered together with the only female plant.

The stems and leaves of the female plant are slender, and the top is a white lotus with a large bowl mouth, and the lotus petals are no more than eight petals, which are dazzling white and almost transparent. When the lotus flower grows to the size of a human face, the center of the female lotus flower sticks out with three crystal filaments the thickness of chopsticks, swaying with the wind, constantly teasing the surrounding male plants. The males immediately swayed the top and rushed forward to pollinate while sparing no effort to crowd out the other males.

After all kinds of stars holding the moon and competing for the wind and jealousy, the female plant somehow matured and began to give birth to lotus seeds, while the male plant dried up and fell into the mud.

Ailian's love for lotus seeds is at its peak, and when the lotus seeds are very small, they will wrap all the lotus seeds tightly with their filaments, for fear that they will fall into the black and smelly sludge underground.

Even if the lotus seeds are fully ripe, Ailian's filaments still won't relax at all, and they take great care of the lotus seeds, and they are extremely compassionate. Seven or forty-nine days later, the filaments fell off, and the dried lotus seeds fell into the mud with them, leaving the white love lotus standing proudly on the sludge.

Occasionally, lotus seeds survive a suffocating childhood, but they are still active and able to take root. At this time, the mother plant will turn its face ruthlessly, desperately competing with the child plant for the thin aura in the swamp.

Because of its unnatural way of reproduction, Ailian's breeding methods are very rare and endangered.

Therefore, Ai Lian has another more apt name - "Our Lady White Lotus".

And this lotus seed, which is difficult to grow, is exactly the spiritual medicine needed for the Xuanluo Essence Dew.

At the root of Ailian, there is also a kind of associated demon beast knotted shrimp. The shrimp swallow a large amount of black and smelly sludge every day, and the eaten sludge is processed on the abdomen and converted into a more nutritious and delicate black mud for Ai Lian to enjoy. There is an emerald green disc on the top of the head of the adult male demon shrimp, which is formed by the condensation of the impurities of the sludge it eats after being discharged by the glands on the top of the head, so it is named "knot plate shrimp".

The shrimp not only helps Ai Lian cultivate the soil, but also works part-time to catch the fallen lotus seeds and protect Ai Lian, and is a group of conscientious nannies and bodyguards. And what they need is only a small part of the aura that Ai Lian attracts.

This kind of demon shrimp is the biggest obstacle for Zhang Ning to pick lotus seeds.