Chapter 174 Cowardly but True
Since it is a hot commodity, its value is self-evident.
Senior Brother Liu is an alchemist himself, although his qualifications are limited and his grade is not high, but if he has the absolute help of the spirit stone flower in his hand, and then collects some other spiritual plants in this secret realm, he can concentrate on refining a few furnaces of pills after going out. With the assistance of the spirit stone flower, the grade of the pills he refines will be improved, and his own status will inevitably rise.
Higher-level masters of alchemy are actually very sought after in the world of immortal cultivation, and are second only to sword cultivators.
Sword cultivation is the pinnacle of martial arts, and it is a concrete manifestation of a sect’s external strength.
If sword practitioners are responsible for external matters, then alchemy practitioners are responsible for internal matters.
That’s right, the alchemist guards the rear of the sect, controls most of the financial resources, and gives the sect’s disciples the confidence to travel outside.
As a cultivator, when going out, the most indispensable thing is the elixir. Whether it is for healing or detoxification, these are secondary. The most indispensable thing is actually the elixir for replenishing the spirit.
When fighting with people or monsters for a long time, one of the parties will run out of spiritual power first. At this critical moment, whether you can survive depends on whether you have elixirs or spiritual wine in your hands that can replenish your spiritual power in time.
Although both elixirs and spirit wine have the function of replenishing the spirit, there are still some differences in details. For example, the replenishing effect of elixirs can last a little longer, but inferior elixirs may not replenish the spirit as quickly as inferior spirit wine.
What are the disadvantages of spirit wine? It is exactly the opposite. Regardless of whether it is a high-quality spirit wine or a relatively low-quality spirit wine, the speed of replenishing spirit is fast, but the duration is too short, at least not as long as the duration of the elixir.
Therefore, many monks who are relatively well-off will prioritize stocking up on some medium to high-quality spiritual-replenishing elixirs as necessities and carry them with them.
As an alchemist who can make this kind of elixir, he is naturally in great demand.
Liu Zhen’s plan is to take this path.
Collect more resources and refine more pills, so that you can improve in the way of alchemy as soon as possible, advance to the stage of forming pills as soon as possible, and at the same time, you can also make this kind of high-quality mid-to-high-quality pills, become a truly sought-after alchemist, and become an indispensable presence in the sect's alchemy peak.
Although this idea was no different from a dream in the past, ever since he entered this secret realm and met the Zhou Ling sisters, he had a vague feeling that this wish might not be so difficult to achieve.
Just like what you are experiencing now, sitting on a very fast spirit boat, with a clear destination, and the spirit stone flower that is about to be picked!
That's not some other flower or plant, it's the Lingshi Flower! Although the name is simple and crude, its existence itself means expensive price and rare supply.
He will soon be able to step on this flower with his own hands. In the past, this was something he would never have dared to dream of!
"Stop, there's someone ahead."
The combination of spiritual awareness and mental power can be extended to the maximum distance to explore the road conditions. Although it is easy to use, it is too tiring. Therefore, the work of exploring the road is done by the mother and daughter in turns.
When one person gets tired, the next person will take his place, and the process will repeat over and over again. It's not impossible to continue.
The one who shouted this was Zhou Li who was exploring the way.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Ling stopped the spiritual boat and looked at his mother in confusion.
"There are people in Lingshi Mountain Range. Go early and start mining."
Short and concise as always.
Liu Zhen was puzzled, but Zhou Ling nodded seriously, indicating that he understood.
It’s not surprising that someone got there first.
After all, Lingshihua was something that was spread long ago in Wandao Sect. Disciples had mined it in previous years, and everyone knew that Lingshihua was a specialty of their Twin Secret Realm, and it was not available anywhere else. The first thing that Guixu Sect did after obtaining the Secret Realm was to let their disciples collect Lingshihua when the Secret Realm was first opened.
Although they were relatively unfamiliar with this newly discovered secret realm, they were familiar with the location of the Lingshi Flower long ago.
This is the second time it has been opened. It is not difficult to understand that someone knew the route and came here in advance to pick the fruits.
Although this place is called Lingshi Mountains, it is called a mountain range, but in fact its geographical area is not very large.
The continuous mountains form a semi-enclosed crescent shape, standing quietly on the edge of the grassland, alone and very conspicuous.
Therefore, when picking Lingshi flowers, people usually agree on who will pick them, or they line up to pick them, and decide how much each person can pick, within a time limit and in quantity, according to the rules.
Of course, this is the rule set by their Wandao Sect for peaceful coexistence.
The Guixu Sect has always been a warmongering group, and getting them to abide by the above rules is more difficult than killing them.
Therefore, even though some people have already picked the fruits here, there is no guarantee that those who come later will not fight with them.
After all, there is only a small area where you can pick the spirit stone flowers, and you can see the end at a glance. Looking around, there are scattered spirit stone flowers growing in the cracks of rocks and in the soil, and it seems that there are not too many of them.
After his mother's reminder, although they had to come, Zhou Ling still slowed down the speed of the spirit boat to avoid too big fluctuations in spiritual power, which would cause the few people who originally had no intention of paying attention here to look over and become suspicious.
The invisible formation on the spirit boat has been activated. As long as they go in quietly and don't reveal their whereabouts, it will be difficult for them to be discovered.
"I saw him. He is a well-known person in our sect. He is the last disciple of Elder Tan. He is the most arrogant and domineering person in the sect. We should stay away from such people. We must not go up to him and pick spirit stone flowers together!"
Although this sounds cowardly, it is the most feasible solution at the moment.
The sisters didn't know each other, but Liu Zhen knew this man very well. To say that he was arrogant and domineering was a bit of an exaggeration.
He couldn't tell the sisters the crueler truth. Anyway, even if they didn't pick the spiritual stone flowers, they couldn't leave themselves here!
Since it is a cooperation, I should also do my part to avoid danger.
But Zhou Ling smiled and shook his head, and moved his palm slightly to control the spirit boat to turn.
"Why panic? Everything is under control."
Except for Senior Brother Liu, everyone from Guixu Sect should be kept away. This is the most intuitive feeling of her and her mother.
But staying away doesn't mean they won't pick the Lingshi flowers.
Who said that only that small area below had Lingshi flowers? If you want to pick them, you can only snatch them right under the nose of that arrogant person?
Zhou Ling had a map in her hand, so she naturally wouldn't let herself down in this regard.
If this place doesn't work, she can still find other lesser-known ways to pick the fruits.
Seeing that she didn't seem to listen, Liu Zhen wanted to persuade her again, but he watched the position of the spirit boat gradually rising into the air.
"No! We can't go any higher! There are powerful winds above this mountain range that can kill people!"
(End of this chapter)
