He paused, then slapped his forehead: "I almost forgot, you already did it."

"A gluttonous beast?"

Qin Sheng picked up the Taotie that was sleeping in his pocket and nodded, saying, "Giving Taotie intelligence was definitely the best decision I ever made."

"I'd like to ask," Prosa said cryptically, "Are there any side effects?"

"Won't."

Qin Sheng said calmly, "I gave Taotie intelligence, so in a sense I can be considered its father."

Are you so sure?

"certainly."

But a fleeting look of doubt crossed Prosa's face, as if he wanted Qin Sheng to prove it to him.

But Qin Sheng just smiled and remained silent.

Prosa: ...

Seeing that Qin Sheng was not fooled, he asked a few more questions and then took his leave.

"A strange beast?"

"ah?"

Taotie looked up blankly: "Time to eat?"

"Go find your own food."

"That's fine, there's ice cream all here."

The gluttonous beast vanished in a flash, and the next day they had to continue searching for the red spider lily.

"None of them?"

After searching the last lush area, Qin Sheng noticed something was amiss.

Judging from the hallucinations, the source is probably not something mindless; if that were the case, it wouldn't seem to be hiding in a lush area to expose itself.

After taking a look, Qin Sheng raised an eyebrow and realized his mistake.

There are many lush areas, but within the Tears of Winter, there is only one area where not a single red spider lily blooms.

"Interesting, it seems we've found it."

Anna's head was filled with a question mark: "Where?"

"I'll lead the way this time, follow me."

Soon, the group stopped in an area.

"Isn't this right next to the botanical garden?" Anna asked suspiciously.

"That's right."

There wasn't a single red spider lily at the entrance.