Chapter 302: Chapter 257 Lonely Spirit Ridge l
After bidding farewell to Yuan Chiye, Chen Mobai first went to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
As an elder of Foundation Establishment, he naturally did not need to verify his cultivation realm like those Qi Cultivation disciples who needed to do so when accepting tasks in the hall.
“The task concerning Sister Yan from the Alchemy Department? That’s unfortunate, it was just accepted by an elder.”
The Qi Cultivation disciple specially assigned to serve Chen Mobai checked the request, and alerted him with a surprising result.
So there actually was a task already active, and someone else was paying attention?
“Oh, which brother is this?”
“I’m not at liberty to disclose that. If you really want to know, Uncle, you can ask the Pavilion Master.”
The Qi Cultivation disciple in front of him apologized. Due to a number of incidents of scheming among fellow disciples, the Spirit Treasure Pavilion has strict controls in place regarding information of this nature.
If Chen Mobai wanted to know, he could explain the situation to the person in charge of the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, who would then report it up for approval.
Such a troublesome matter, Chen Mobai naturally wouldn’t entertain.
After leaving Spirit Treasure Pavilion, he returned to his courtyard in Divine Wood City.
Liu Wenbo had originally followed him, but considering he had just broken through to the ninth level of Qi Cultivation and needed to consolidate his realm, Chen Mobai brought Zhuo Ming instead.
The little disciple was not resting, but was drawing talismans in the moonlight.
After giving her a few pointers, Chen Mobai told her about Yan Jinye’s situation, assuring her that he would find a way to help.
If it had been before, he definitely wouldn’t have been bothered with Yan Jinye’s safety, yet after learning from Yuan Chiye about the Sacred Tree Fruit she possessed, Chen Mobai felt the need to figure out a way to rescue her.
Although the task was already accepted, it can be confirmed that the task was published by the Head of the Alchemy Department.
Chen Mobai, having acquainted with Zeng Woyou, left the latter with a deep impression on him as an unparalleled Sword Cultivation Genius.
The next day he submitted a formal visit request.
Chen Mobai easily met the top Alchemy Master of Divine Wood Sect.
“Speaking of little Yan, she left her Life Plaque with me, so she’s not in danger yet. However, I’ve been quite worried because she hasn’t returned for quite a while, so I posted a task.”
Zeng Woyou trusted Chen Mobai. After all, as the unprecedented genius who took ten steps in front of the Dao Tree in the history of the Divine Wood Sect, this junior brother has the potential to form a Core Formation.
Hence, even though he, a Rank-3 Alchemist, was a top figure within the Divine Wood Sect, he was incredibly courteous towards Chen Mobai, a junior who had just started his Foundation Establishment.
“Sigh, I missed Sister Yan’s invitation due to my closed-door Sword Dao cultivation, and now I greatly regret it. If I had accompanied her at that time, perhaps with my strength added, this wouldn’t have happened.”
Chen Mobai’s words were filled with regret and remorse.
Upon hearing this, Zeng Woyou was inwardly puzzled. Had the relationship between his disciple and this junior brother really been that good?
“Brother Bi Yiyuan and Brother Shan Hongyi have taken up the task issued by the Alchemy Department. If you, Brother Chen, also wish to help, I will not refuse.”
Zeng Woyou told Chen Mobai about those who accepted the task, and it turned out to be two people.
He didn’t know Bi Yiyuan, but he had met Shan Hongyi once. Back then, he even took his Floating Airship to Giant Tree Ridge from South Creek Market in the Cloud Country.
“What are the cultivation levels of these two brothers?”
Chen Mobai directly asked the most crucial question.
“Brother Bi Yiyuan is at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage. However, he’s a Body Refining Cultivator, and his strength is enough to fight against someone in the mid Foundation Establishment stage. Brother Shan Hongyi is a genuine mid Foundation Establishment stage cultivator. Had he not wanted me to refine a furnace of pills for him, he wouldn’t have been persuaded to leave his seclusion.”
In other words, it’s equivalent to two mid Foundation Establishment stage cultivators going to rescue her.
It must be said, Zeng Woyou, being the top Alchemy Master of the Divine Wood Sect, was quite influential.
“Brother Chen, although your cultivation level is not as high as theirs, the fighting power of a Sword Cultivator at the fourth realm surpasses them. If you’re willing to help, I’ll reward you with a hundred-year-old Swordgrass from my medicinal field.”
Swordgrass? What is that?
Chen Mobai hesitated for a moment, it might be a very helpful item for a Sword Cultivator, but he did not really want it.
After all, he had no doubts about his Sword Cultivation realm. As soon as his Qingyang Fire Seed was refined to perfection, he could start forming his “Green Flames Sword Slaughter”.
If he didn’t want the Swordgrass, could he choose other spiritual medicines or spirit grasses as a reward?
At the moment, Chen Mobai needed a specific kind of spiritual medicine fruit.
“Bamboo Fruit?”
Zeng Woyou was slightly surprised at the request of Chen Mobai.
This rarely used alchemical medicinal plant is usually the main ingredient for detoxification pills, or is directly consumed to enhance the Divine Sense.
But if one wanted to detoxify and enhance the Divine Sense, there were better substitute spiritual medicines.
In addition, there were very few people who grew century-old Jade Bamboo just to see the Bamboo Fruit.
“I don’t have any in my medicinal field, but there are plenty of sufficiently aged Jade Bamboo plants in the sect’s Green Bamboo Mountain. If the special secret technique were used to speed up its maturity, it could grow Bamboo Fruits.”
As an Alchemy Master, Zeng Woyou was quite familiar with what kind of spiritual medicine and grass were grown in which medicinal field in Giant Tree Ridge.
He was also an expert in spiritual plants, and knew the methods to stimulate the birth of Bamboo Fruits.