Seeing the beastmen in line starting to crowd around, the five beast husbands hurriedly formed a tight shield around Yunyang.
Fu Shiyi and Pei Wenye immediately released the aura of their SS-rank abilities.
An invisible pressure descended upon the restless beastmen. Everyone instantly behaved themselves, very sensibly giving up on trying to curry favor with Yunyang.
Meanwhile, Fuyuan had anticipated that something like this might happen and had summoned the person in charge of the Ancient Plant Botanical Garden at the fastest speed possible.
The moment the person in charge saw the formation made by Yunyang’s beast husbands, he immediately understood what had just happened.
He strode forward and bowed to Yunyang, who was surrounded by the others.
“Apologies for keeping you waiting, Lady Yunyang.”
“Please, follow me.”
Yunyang nodded, and only then did her six beast husbands escort her into the Ancient Plant Botanical Garden.
The beastmen waiting in line naturally witnessed the scene, but no one said anything.
Lady Yunyang was an S-rank female, after all. She was naturally entitled to special privileges!
They were merely envious of Lady Yunyang’s six beast husbands. They could enter with her instead of having to stand in line like everyone else.
Once they entered the Ancient Plant Botanical Garden, the six beast husbands uniformly moved behind Yunyang.
The person in charge asked expectantly, “Lady Yunyang, would you like me to show you around?”
Yunyang did not answer. Instead, she turned back to glance at the beastmen lining up outside.
“Is there some event happening in the garden today?”
The person in charge followed her gaze and immediately understood.
“It’s not an event, exactly. One of the ancient-style plants in the garden has recently matured.”
“That plant is quite special. Its fragrance can alleviate some of the negative effects caused by contamination in males, which is why so many males are lining up to enter the garden.”
There are plants like that?
Yunyang raised her eyes. “What kind of ancient-style plant is it? Can I go take a look?”
“Of course! It would be our honor to show you around the Ancient Plant Botanical Garden.”
The person in charge could not have been happier to lead Lady Yunyang around a few more times. If she was pleased, perhaps she might even reward him with a purification slot.
There wasn’t a single unmarried male who didn’t want an S-rank female’s purification slot.
Using his authority, the person in charge cleared the way for Yunyang.
Only after passing through layer upon layer of authorization did Yunyang finally see the ancient-style plants.
The moment she laid eyes on them, she froze.
The ancient-style plants the person in charge had mentioned were each five or six meters tall. They grew straight out of the artificial soil, their branches covered in leaves.
The leaves were long and narrow, each about the length of an adult beastman’s palm but only half a finger’s width.
Although they were several times taller than the rosemary in her memory, they were unmistakably rosemary!
Yunyang moved a little closer. That familiar pine-like fragrance, mixed with a hint of ginger, rushed straight into her nose.
There was no doubt about it. This was rosemary.
In her previous life, Yunyang had mostly seen rosemary used in cooking. But she remembered reading somewhere that the scent of rosemary could ease anxiety and calm the emotions.
Coincidentally, when a male’s contamination level was too high, he would become mentally tense and emotionally unstable, often accompanied by severe headaches.
This was practically the perfect remedy for the symptoms.
Yunyang suddenly had a bold idea.
“Can these ro—these ancient-style plants lower a male’s contamination level?”
The person in charge paid no attention to her brief hesitation and shook his head.
“We’ve conducted targeted research on them as well, but these ancient-style plants can only alleviate the negative effects caused by excessive contamination. They cannot actually lower the contamination level.”
They couldn’t lower contamination levels…
Yunyang was somewhat disappointed.
Still, she felt very close to the familiar plant she had encountered here.
The interstellar environment did not seem suitable for plant growth. All the plants she had seen before had been artificially replicated. They were pleasing to look at, but they lacked the distinctive fragrance of real plants.
She wondered whether she could buy some rosemary and take it back to Planet X92.
Her beast husbands didn’t need rosemary’s scent to ease the effects of contamination, but rosemary could be used in cooking.
Rosemary-roasted steak, rosemary-braised meat, rosemary bread…
Just thinking about them made Yunyang’s mouth water.
She would ask about it before they left.
Yunyang swallowed, despite the fact that there was no actual drool to wipe away, and said to the person in charge, “We’ll look around on our own from here.”
The person in charge did not dare object, though he was a little disappointed.
He had lost his chance to curry favor with Lady Yunyang.
Perhaps he could wait until Lady Yunyang returned to Planet X92 to assist at the purification tower and see whether he could grab one of the slots released through the official website.
The person in charge soon left, no longer disturbing Yunyang and her beast husbands.
As soon as the nuisance was gone, Pei Wenye immediately stepped forward and took Yunyang’s hand.
“Female Master, I’ll take you somewhere else.”
Pei Wenye was a native of Planet S28. Aside from Fuyuan, he was the most familiar with the place.
Yunyang nodded and allowed Pei Wenye to lead her toward the other areas where ancient-style plants were cultivated.
There were quite a few plants in the botanical garden that she recognized, but aside from the rosemary, she did not see any others that could be used medicinally or in cooking.
The Ancient Plant Botanical Garden was enormous. By the time they had finished exploring more than half of it, night had already fallen completely.
Pei Wenye carefully studied Yunyang’s expression, but Yunyang’s stamina had long since been trained up. She did not feel tired at all.
After walking for another ten minutes or so, Pei Wenye suddenly crouched down in front of Yunyang, regardless of what anyone else thought.
“Female Master, let me carry you.”
Unfortunately, his beast form was not suited to traveling on land. Otherwise, he would have liked to imitate Qin Mo and the other two and carry Yunyang on his back in beast form.
Yunyang really wasn’t tired yet.
But since someone was willing to give her a ride, she did not refuse.
When Pei Wenye carried Yunyang onto his back, the other five beast husbands could only follow behind them.
Perhaps because the Ancient Plant Botanical Garden was so large, Yunyang and her family had barely encountered any other beastmen while exploring it.
That changed when Pei Wenye carried her to the artificial lake in the garden.
Ancient-style flowers grew along the lakeside. Under the illumination of the botanical garden’s lights, their vivid colors instantly seized the attention of anyone who looked at them.
After climbing down from Pei Wenye’s back, Yunyang swept her gaze across the area and noticed two other females besides herself.
As if sensing her gaze, both females looked over at the same time.
“Lady Yunyang!”
Felicity approached happily.
Just yesterday, she had been thinking about going to the seaside again sometime to see whether she might run into Yunyang by chance.
She hadn’t expected to meet Yunyang again so soon.
“Lady Yunyang, do you like these flowers too?”
Before Yunyang could respond, Felicity took the initiative to start a conversation.
“I have two ancient-style flowers at home. If you like them, I can give them to you.”
Yunyang was somewhat puzzled by this sudden burst of enthusiasm.
She did not remember knowing this female.
“You are?”
“Oh, how terribly rude of me!” Felicity lifted the hem of her skirt and gave Yunyang a slight curtsy. “Lady Yunyang, my name is Felicity. My spiritual power is A-rank, and these are my beast husbands.”
When she mentioned her beast husbands, Felicity glanced behind her—and then noticed that one of them was missing.
She frowned slightly. “Parker, where are Qingyang?”
