Chapter 194: Chapter 194 Spirit Plant Department_l
Translator: 549690339
“Those three are our Spirit Plant Department’s Director, Deputy Director, and Inspector.”
“The one on the left is Brother Liu Guilong, and the one on the right is Brother Li Li.”
After sitting down, Lu Jun introduced them to Chen Mobai through a voice transmission spell.
“Director, although I failed in Foundation Establishment, my realm has not fallen. I believe it’s best for me to continue holding this true disciple position.”
The pale-faced Liu Guilong, who is the true disciple of the Spirit Plant Department, had just finished speaking when Li Li stood up to refute him from across the table.
“Brother Liu, you know the rules of our sect; the capable ones should hold the position. I’m not trying to take your true disciple’s place, but the annual sect competition is approaching. Although you haven’t fallen in realm, you failed to establish the foundation, which greatly reduces your magic duel capabilities. If you lose in the competition, wouldn’t it disgrace our Spirit Plant Department?”
“Although I’m not very talented, at least I’m confident that I can win over many within the sect, except for a few extraordinarily gifted disciples.”
“Why doesn’t Brother Liu focus on healing first? After your injuries heal, you can perform some sect tasks to return the contribution points you owe us. After that, I will immediately return your true disciple’s position to you.”
As soon as Li Li said this, many fellow disciples around him nodded in agreement, even some disciples beside Liu Guilong showed hesitation.
“It’s rather unwise of Brother Liu to cling so desperately to his position. It doesn’t align with his usual character. Could it be that his mind is disturbed due to his failure in Foundation Establishment?”
Teng Jie murmured to himself and Lu Jun, who was beside him, couldn’t help but nod, feeling that it must be so.
Afterward, the two of them each had their own arguments. Chen Mobai sat quietly in the corner without saying a word. When the two of them wrapped up their arguments, the three leaders had finished their tea.
“Reasoning is something that can’t be clearly argued out.”
The chubbily built elder who was sitting on the far right laughed and then proposed a simple solution.
“Two nephews, why not settle it with a magic duel, according to the sect’s rules? Whoever wins will be our Spirit Plant Department’s true disciple representative.”
Upon hearing this, Li Li held back his laughter, nodding his head at the three leaders to indicate his agreement.
Despite Liu Guilong’s pale face, a ruthless look flashed through his eyes. But just as he prepared to teach Li Li a lesson, his ear twitched and his eyes flashed with resentment. But in the end, he sighed.
“Never mind. We are all fellow disciples, there’s no need for hostility. Nephew Liu, it’s best if you focus on healing your injuries for now.”
The one sitting in the center of the three Foundation Establishment stage elders suddenly spoke up.
Lu Jun introduced him as Lu Zhiwen, the Director of the Spirit Plant Department.
“The position of true disciple will be temporarily taken by Nephew Li.”
Once Lu Zhiwen spoke, the resolution was immediately settled. The two Foundation Establishment elders on either side had no objections and nodded in agreement.
And so, Liu Guilong could only leave dejectedly.
When he left, only a Qi Cultivation stage disciple followed him.
The remaining four people all gathered around Li Li, the newly appointed true disciple of the Spirit Plant Department.
“Come, follow me.”
Seeing the three Foundation Establishment True Cultivators each get up to leave, Lu Jun immediately brought Chen Mobai with him to follow the chubby elder and arrived in a courtyard.
“This is Elder Sun Gaochang of the Reward Virtue Hall, who is also our Spirit Plant Department Inspector.”
As Teng Jie walked alongside Chen Mobai, he introduced the identities and backgrounds of the people they met.
The Spirit Plant Department is a crucial department in the Divine Wood Sect, which controls thousands of acres of medicinal fields. Its three Foundation Establishment elders come from three different halls.
The inspector comes from the Reward Virtue Hall who oversees the produce of spiritual medicines and Spirit Rice to prevent corruption. Although his position and power may not be as high as those of the Director or Deputy Director, no one dares to take him lightly.
Lu Jun and Teng Jie are his subordinates.
“Sit.”
After crossing the courtyard, the three of them came to a study. Sun Gaochang motioned for them to sit down and then started reading the document handed up by Lu Jun.
It was the task report for their harvesting trip to the three acres of Spirit Field planted by Chen Mobai.
When Sun Gaochang saw the yield per acre, he couldn’t help but brighten up.
“Nephew Chen just joined this year?”
“Yes.”
Chen Mobai didn’t dare to say more but only nodded in response, pretending to be frightened.
Sun Gaochang then asked about who guided him into joining the sect, his Spiritual Root Talent, his current cultivation progress, and even some highly specialized knowledge about Spirit Plant Farming.
Chen Mobai answered each question; when it came to the farming questions, he carefully thought about his answers to avoid revealing cultivation techniques beyond the Tianhe Realm’s knowledge of Spirit Plant cultivation. The answering process was quite difficult for him.
Even so, after hearing it, Sun Gaochang was quite satisfied.
Indeed, he was talented in the field of Spirit Plant cultivation, particularly in farming, exhibiting unique insights that even caught Sun Gaochang’s attention.
“Hmm, if your talent can be fully utilized, it would be substantially beneficial to our sect. But since you’ve only just joined, I can’t give you too heavy a workload.”
Sun Gaochang’s tone was gentle, and then he led the three of them to a wall in the study where a detailed leather map hung.
“Nephew Chen, these are the seven acres of the Spirit Field you’ve developed.”
Sun Gaochang pointed to a brown triangle mark on the southern side of the Giant Tree Ridge map. Chen Mobai took a closer look and noticed this place was marked as ‘Small Yang Ridge.’
“Inspector, we are a bit further from Small Yang Ridge, right here.”
Lu Jun immediately pointed to the three small red dots on the right side of Small Yang Ridge.
“Oh, it’s there. That’s perfect because there’s a Rank-2 top-grade Spirit Vein in Small Yang Ridge, two acres of medicinal fields at the foot of the mountain, and scattered Spirit Fields covering more than ten acres nearby. How about we assign all of these to Nephew Chen to develop?”
After taking a look at the map, Sun Gaochang immediately circled the brown triangle, including two small green dots nearby and a large number of scattered small red dots.
Chen Mobai followed his fingers looking at the circled areas, not uttering a word.
Such a large area, and furthermore, the Spirit Fields were not in the same location. If he were to farm it all by himself, he would have no time to cultivate every day.
This was not what Lu Jun and Teng Jie had earlier mentioned.
“Does Nephew Chen have any objections?”
However in the face of Sun Gaochang, the Foundation Establishment elder’s decision, he could only nod in agreement.
“Inspector’s arrangement is very good, I have no objections.”
“Hmm, Lu Jun, handle the paperwork for Small Yang Ridge for Nephew Chen. I recall that there’s a sect disciple currently overseeing the two acres of medicinal fields there. Just tell them that the harvest yield was not satisfactory and replace him since the year is almost over.”
Upon finishing his sentence, Sun Gaochang waved his hand to signal for the three of them to withdraw.
Accompanied by Lu Jun, Chen Mobai returned to the main hall of the Spirit Plant Department. Before he could speak, Teng Jie preemptively apologized and explained.
“Brother Chen, Brother Liu Guilong is under the Director and Brother Li Li is under the Deputy Director. Only under Inspector Sun, no True Disciple has yet emerged. If you work hard, who’s to say the position couldn’t be yours after Brother Li Li’s?”
Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai slightly twitched at the corner of his mouth. He decided not to believe them again.
In the end, he was still too naive, but since he had been tricked into joining the Spirit Plant Department, he could only put up with it for now.
If it really impedes his cultivation, he could always give in and quit farming..