Chapter 72.
Chapter 72: Painted Cake
It wasn’t until the figures of the red-clothed girl and the four-eyed red elf completely disappeared from his sight that Lu Xuan completely let go of his heart.
“Sect disciples are indeed extraordinary, whether it’s the young girl’s own cultivation or the strange spirit pet she raised, they all reveal a very different aura from the casual cultivators.”
Lu Xuan secretly sighed, that red-clothed girl was about the same age as himself, but she was already at a high level of Qi cultivation, and being able to discover the four-eyed golem that was tracking the evil spirit was also a clear indication of its extraordinary nature.
The appearance of the girl in red made Lu Xuan, who was slightly agitated due to his rising cultivation, instantly calm down.
As for the possibility that the four-eyed red mandrill might have been attracted by the Red Cloud Pine Pines in his own storage bag, Lu Xuan was only guessing, and had no thoughts of offering the fruit of his own accord.
He brought the Treading Cloud Lynx to the Hundred Herb Hall.
In the hall with a strong medicinal aroma, more than a dozen medicinal children were busy going about their business, and Steward He leaned back on a mahogany chair with an old spirit.
“Lu kid, but those diseased spirit plants brought back last time were dealt with? How many plants were cured this time?”
Seeing Lu Xuan, the thin old man asked lazily.
“Seven of the first grade ones have been cured, one of the second grade ones has died, and there’s another one under treatment.”
Lu Xuan took out the seven first grade spirit plants from his storage bag.
All of them were of inferior or ordinary quality, Steward He estimated them and finally rounded them up, acquiring the seven spirit plants at a price of one hundred and fifty spirit stones.
“Thank you, Elder He!”
Lu Xuan smiled brightly as he received the one hundred and fifty spirit stones from the old man.
“One day I’ll bring you some spirit beast meat and a pot of good spirit wine to comfort your old man.”
“Pfft!”
Steward He spat softly and cursed with a laugh:
“You don’t see a rabbit without a hawk, you’ll still bring me spirit wine and spirit beast meat? You’re just making up some nonsense.”
“Haha! Still your old man understands me!”
Lu Xuan’s face had long been sharpened a thousand times, so naturally, he would not be pierced through so easily, and smiled as he gave Steward He a thumbs up.
The old man was also just talking, the two men had a good friendship, this time, Lu Xuan had earned a lot of spirit stones in the matter of acquiring the Diseased Change Spirit Plants, and he, who was responsible for pulling the strings, had also followed suit and earned sixty or seventy, which was enough to cover his usual income for two months.
He took out a cloth bag from underneath, inside was nearly twenty diseased spirit plants, each root had a small mass of spirit soil wrapped around it, and there were still drops of spirit rain remaining on the leaves, trying their best to maintain the spirit plant’s vitality.
“I heard that the forces in the marketplace, mainly the Wang family, invited the sect disciples over to resolve the evil spirits’ intrusion, and I guessed that it would be difficult for such a situation to occur again in the future, so I took the liberty of finding twenty-three plants for you in the Hundred Herb Hall’s several medicinal gardens.”
“Twenty first grade diseased spirit plants, three second grade.”
“Thanks a lot Elder He, it’s still you, with your experience, who did me a big favor beforehand.”
Lu Xuan hurriedly thanked and asked Steward He about the spirit stones spent on acquiring the Spirit Plants, plus the reward paid to the old man, costing a total of over one hundred and twenty spirit stones.
After hearing about the appearance of the sect disciples, he also had the idea of raking in the last of the money, after all, in the future, there would not be a constant stream of diseased spirit plants appearing in the workshop market like this time, and the occasional one or two plants would not bring much benefit.
He gathered the twenty-three diseased spirit plants and was about to leave the Hundred Herb Hall when the thin old man called out to him.
“Do you still remember the Great Miss He that you were brought to meet earlier? It’s the one who is the granddaughter of the Alchemist Patriarch in the Hundred Herb Hall.”
Lu Xuan nodded his head, when he had just established a partnership with the Hundred Herb Hall, Steward He had brought himself to meet a clear young girl, who had an honorable status and managed the daily affairs of the Hundred Herb Hall.
At that time, Steward He had also applied for a hundred Spirit Glow Grass Seeds as well as twenty Blood Jade Ginseng Spirit Seeds for himself. “Today she came to the hall for a walk and chatted about you for a few sentences, she seems to be impressed with you, why don’t you go and meet her and get acquainted? Maybe she’ll sell you some rare spirit seeds in the future.”
Hearing that the young girl had the right to decide on rare spirit species, Lu Xuan’s eyes lit up as he originally wanted to refuse, and led by the old man, he headed to the young girl’s location.
As the two of them walked and talked, Lu Xuan learned that the young girl’s name was He Yuntong, her cultivation was about to break through to the high level of Qi cultivation, and she had managed the Hundred Herb Hall with great success, and the Foundation Establishment Alchemy Grandmaster behind her was very fond of and valued her.
The two of them came to an elegant room, the old man greeted the beautiful girl sitting in the center, and then retired in advance, leaving Lu Xuan alone.
He Yuntong curiously looked at Lu Xuan who was standing aside.
She had a bit of an impression of Lu Xuan due to the fact that he was the same age as her.
She remembered that when Steward He had brought Lu Xuan to seek the qualifications for Spirit Seeds, Lu Xuan was still just a small, mediocre casual cultivator at the second level of Qi Practicing, and if he didn’t have some talent in cultivating Spirit Plants, the two of them wouldn’t have had any encounters at all.
Now, Lu Xuan’s cultivation had already broken through to the fourth level of Qi cultivation, becoming a mid-level Qi cultivator, and in cultivating spirit plants, the talent he displayed was getting more and more terrifying.
Not only was he able to continuously grow perfect quality Spirit Plants, he was also able to cure the diseased Spirit Plants that most Spirit Planters were unable to do anything about, and she had even heard this name more than once in the Family Council.
“Lu Xuan, right?” A trace of appreciation passed through her eyes as she looked at the natural looking, unassuming teenager in front of her.
“That’s right.” Lu Xuan smiled back.
“You have such a good talent for growing spiritual plants, do you really not consider joining the Hundred Herb Hall?”
“As long as you enter the Hundred Herb Hall, you will be given the right to manage a medicinal garden in the hall, and the several Spirit Plant Masters in it will be completely at your disposal.”
“At the same time, whether it’s spirit stones, magic weapons, techniques or even dao couples, etc., the hall will be able to satisfy you as long as you want.”
“What do you think?”
The young girl’s voice was clear and crisp, but her tone carried a great power of compulsion.
Lu Xuan bowed his head slightly, seemingly pondering.
Not long after, he raised his head and said in a firm tone.
“I’m sorry, fellow Daoist He, I’m a lazy person who is accustomed to being unable to be constrained by the slightest bit of constraints, it’s better to just follow the original mode of cooperation with your hall.”
“As long as your Hall provides me with Spirit Seeds or Spirit Plant seedlings as per the agreement, the Spirit Plants I cultivate will likewise be prioritized for sale to the Hundred Herb Hall.”
Even though He Yuntong’s proposal was very tempting, Lu Xuan ostensibly weighed it over and over again, but in actuality, he did not hesitate.
The white light cluster was his greatest opportunity, being free to cultivate spirit plants alone was fine, but if he were to be absorbed by the Hundred Herb Hall, he would be subjected to constraints and controls everywhere, adding many unnecessary risks.
“Since you are adamant about this, then I will no longer force myself.”
The clear and beautiful young girl’s words changed.
“However, I feel that there can be a deeper cooperation between each other, as long as you do your best to cultivate spirit plants for the hall, when the time comes, you will be provided with the opportunity to grow a large number of second-grade spirit plants, and even third-grade spirit plants can be allowed for you to try.”
Lu Xuan looked up at the clear and beautiful young girl, He Yuntong, and saw in her face the familiar mouth that he had often seen in his previous life.
There were two big words written on the face of the mouth: painting cakes.
(End of chapter)