jdhmnovel Chapter 179 Guiyuan Sect 18
Chapter 179 Guiyuan Sect 18
"I originally came so early to surprise Junior Sister, but Immortal Lord Kunzhong has been released." Qin Che nodded understandingly. After all, skilled alchemists often have this habit; for example, on Medicine Peak, the herb garden isn't just for show.
"A huge ransom was paid, and Master's intention was that half of it should go to you and your disciple, but Immortal Lord Qingxu didn't want it, so it all went to you, Junior Sister."
After he finished speaking, the senior brothers who had come with him placed boxes of treasures in the courtyard, piling them up like a mountain.
The dazzling array of magical treasures left Cheng Jiu breathless.
"Immortal Lord Kunzhong is really rich!" Cheng Jiu exclaimed, looking at the pile of treasures.
"Of course! If he doesn't bleed a little, Master won't let him off so easily." Qin Che said proudly, "Hehe, seeing how happy Master is, there must be a lot of treasures. I didn't even count how many exactly, I just followed Master's instructions and brought over half of them. Junior Sister, you've struck it rich!"
"Then I'll treat you all to a meal later, senior brothers!" Cheng Jiu said cheerfully.
"You'll be going to the demon realm tomorrow with Junior Brother Gongcheng and Junior Brother Gongyu. I'll cook for you when you get back!" Qin Che replied.
"So fast?" Cheng Jiu was somewhat surprised, but the trip had already been arranged beforehand.
“It’s already taken up a lot of time. Besides, you’re crossing from the Wilderness into the Demon Realm this time, so you can’t use spatial teleportation to travel. It’s bound to take a long time. And we already agreed on this. We can’t keep the other sects’ senior uncles waiting for too long!” Qin Che said, indicating that he was not in a hurry.
"By the way, Junior Sister, Senior Brother Nan asked me to let you know about the outcome of the case involving that female disciple at the banquet." Qin Che then added, "After discussions within the sect, she was demoted to an outer disciple and imprisoned in Ghost Wind Valley for a year. Further arrangements will be made after she is released."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Jiu sighed, "What was she trying to achieve? Not only did she fail to get what she wanted, but she also lost more than she gained, and ended up fighting, which was completely pointless."
"She looked down on those elders, but now she knows how good they are. But she's gotten what she wanted. If an outer disciple is outstanding, it's not impossible for them to catch the eye of those powerful elders."
However, most elders still prefer fresh-faced individuals. The other person's age and cultivation level offer no advantage; a disciple is essentially like half a child, and most elders prefer to nurture youth rather than cultivate familiarity.
"What a pity! One step behind leads to another!"
Cheng Jiu sighed. Everyone knows that the five major sects have good benefits, but few outstanding rogue cultivators are willing to join them. The reason is simple: compared to the disciples trained by the sect, they have no future in the sect. It's better to be free and at least not be bound by the sect.
Neither of them wanted to talk about the other anymore, because there was really nothing to talk about.
The courtyard was filled with gifts. Cheng Jiu opened one of the boxes, which contained top-grade spirit stones.
"Thank you for your hard work, senior brothers! This box of spirit stones is a token of my appreciation and a reward for your hard work," Cheng Jiu said generously.
"Junior sister, this is too kind!" Inside are top-grade spirit stones. Even if they were divided equally, it would still be a considerable sum. The senior brother in the lead declined, saying that it was too precious and there was no need for so many.
"Senior brother, no need to be so polite. Junior sister, I've struck it rich today, and I want to share in your joy! It would be pointless to keep turning down dramas. I, your junior sister, have plenty of money." Cheng Jiu pushed the box in front of them.
"Oh dear! Senior Brother Fang, I've never seen you so pretentious. Junior Sister, you're very wealthy, why not take it!" Qin Che grabbed a handful of top-grade spirit stones and stuffed them into her arms.
Seeing Qin Che's appearance, Senior Brother Fang, who was in the lead, looked at the top-grade spirit stone in his arms, then looked at the junior brothers and sisters around him and said, "Then I will respectfully accept your offer. Thank you, Junior Sister."
Senior Brother Fang carefully put away the large box of top-grade spirit stones and happily left with his fellow disciples. He had only come to deliver the ransom, but he never expected to make such a fortune. The junior sister of Canglan Peak was really generous; this was a whole box of top-grade spirit stones!
Back at the sect leader's peak, we won't let those senior brothers, sisters, junior brothers, and junior sisters who didn't manage to snag a gift be envious!
"Senior Brother Qin, would you like some?" Cheng Jiu placed another large box of top-grade spirit stones in front of Qin Che: "Everyone who sees it gets a share!"
"Then I'll accept it and share in Junior Sister's good fortune." Qin Che didn't refuse the large box of top-grade spirit stones, and said happily, "Junior Sister is scattering spirit stones everywhere today, just like the Money-Giving Maiden! She's made a fortune!"
"Of course!" Cheng Jiu happily packed away the boxes in the courtyard, one or two boxes, all filled with spirit stones: "Besides these boxes from today, and the gifts Master received at the Mahayana ceremony, my senior brother's brother asked me to refine fertility pills a few days ago. I refined five in total. Three were auctioned off by Master's friend, and the remaining two were sent to the mortal realm. I just received the payment for the pills yesterday. Senior brother, guess how much it was?"
Qin Che thought for a moment: "The royal family of the mortal realm? Or the most powerful Qiongyun Dynasty? These dynasties are very rich, they probably have millions of top-grade spirit stones!"
"Wrong, wrong, wrong! Senior brother, your vision is still too shallow!" Cheng Jiu shook his head, his tone rising with barely suppressed laughter: "An entire spirit stone vein!"
"What, what what?" Qin Che was already mentally prepared, but he was still shocked and his eyes widened: "A, an entire spirit stone mine!"
He doubted his ears, then exclaimed upon receiving confirmation of his achievement: "My God, are mortal dynasties really that rich? Is it that easy to make money from them? Are alchemists really that good at making money?!"
He was almost incoherent. This was a spirit stone mine, a goose that lays golden eggs! Who could just take it out so easily? After a long while, he calmed down and asked hopefully, "Junior Sister, do you think it's too late for me to learn alchemy now?"
Qin Che remained calm when he saw the large ransom offered by Immortal Lord Kunzhong, but he lost his composure when he heard about an entire spirit stone mine. He wondered which cultivator could refuse an entire spirit stone mine.
Why is Immortal Lord Qingyang so enviable, living such a comfortable life? It's because he owns several spirit stone mines and has no shortage of spirit stones. This is his guarantee and his confidence!
Cheng Jiu didn't know how to answer Qin Che. How could she know if there was enough time? A deal involving a spirit stone mine as payment was a rare opportunity, and she might only ever get one like it in her life. How could she possibly answer?
Without waiting for Cheng Jiu's reply, Qin Che convinced himself: "Sigh, forget it! If I had a talent for alchemy, I would have learned it long ago! I shouldn't make things difficult for myself. Only with ability can one truly make a living."
After calming himself down, Qin Che asked expectantly, "Junior Sister, when will your spirit stone mine be completed?"
"I haven't decided yet!" Cheng Jiu shook his head: "Mainly because I don't lack spirit stones right now, and my need for them isn't that great."
"Alright, the spirit stone mine isn't going anywhere anyway." Qin Che nodded understandingly. "The goods have been delivered, and the message has been sent. I need to go back to the sect leader's peak to report to my senior brother. I won't bother you any longer, junior sister!"
"Goodbye, senior brother!" Cheng Jiu watched the other person leave.
"Junior Sister, Junior Sister!"
No sooner had Qin Che left than a loud, booming sound came rapidly from behind.
Gongcheng and Gongyu, riding on gold coins, rushed towards him at high speed.
Jin Yuan moved quickly and landed in Cheng Jiu's courtyard. Gong Yu held the dark, soft thing in his palm and shouted urgently, "Junior Sister, look! Isn't this black-gold dragon about to burst from overeating?"
Cheng Jiu looked at the other person's chubby body lying motionless in Gong Yu's hands, rolling his eyes, clearly looking like he was being stretched to the limit.
Cheng Jiu inputted wood-based spiritual energy. The other party had eaten too much high-quality food, causing the spiritual energy in their body to condense into a clump that they couldn't digest, which is why they appeared to be overeating.
After tidying him up, he said, "Senior Brother Gong Yu, what did you feed this little thing? The spiritual energy in its body is almost bursting it!"
"How would I know!" Gong Yu said in a wronged tone, "I don't know what dragons eat either, but as soon as we got back to the peak, it cried that it was hungry. Luckily, we bought some spirit beast food beforehand, so we didn't have to go out and just gave it some."
"It shouldn't be spirit beast food, right?"
Cheng Jiu himself raised a little cloud beast and a little black dragon, so he knew a lot about spirit beast food. Although it was high quality, the main focus was on one flavor.
You said it's impossible to stuff a spirit beast like that unless it keeps eating and eating, intending to stuff itself to death. But this black gold dragon shouldn't be that stupid!
Miyagi explained, "It's probably because my younger brother fed it fruit after its meal."
"What is it?" Cheng Jiu asked. What kind of fruit is it?
"It also gnawed on a ninth-grade ice lotus heart," Gongcheng said.
"No wonder!" Cheng Jiu immediately understood: "Although this little thing is somewhat close to ice spiritual energy, it is a dragon with spatial attributes, so its absorption of ice spiritual energy is relatively weak. Therefore, this energy accumulates in its body and is difficult to disperse, which is why it looks like it's holding its head up like this."
"But it chose this itself." Gong Yu felt wronged. He had given it many options of spiritual medicine, but it stubbornly clung to the ninth-grade ice lotus heart that had accidentally fallen.
Since he didn't need anything, I simply fed him the ninth-grade ice lotus heart. As a result, he ended up like this after eating it.
"It's not Xiaolong's fault. Young spirit beasts like them subconsciously crave high-quality spiritual medicines. This is a memory brought by their subconscious, and they don't even consider whether they can handle it."
Cheng Jiu nodded in understanding. For example, her little black dragon and little cloud beast would occasionally nibble on high-grade spiritual herbs, not because of their taste, but simply because their bodies craved them.
"Junior Sister, what do you usually feed Moyu and Lingbao?"
Gong Yu breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the black-gold dragon slowly relax under Cheng Jiu's fingertips. He couldn't bear the thought that the black-gold dragon he had gone through so much trouble to save might die under Cheng Jiu's care; such a thing would be too sinister if word got out.
"Normally?" Cheng Jiu thought for a moment: "Let them forage for themselves. As for what they eat, besides spirit beast food, there are also some sixth or seventh grade pills. Occasionally they will also nibble on some spirit herbs, so I don't need to worry about it."
"Feeding her the pills!" Gong Yu took notes as if he had found a treasure, nodding as he listened.
"The spirit beast pills from Medicine Peak are quite good; the spirit beasts all love to eat them. Senior brother, you can go and take a good look to see if there are any pills that young spirit beasts like." Upon hearing this, Cheng Jiu immediately suggested, "The grade shouldn't be too high, or it won't be able to handle it. A third or fourth grade spirit beast pill should be about right."
Gong Yu listened and nodded, looking at the black and gold dragon in his hand with disdain: "So delicate, this little guy is too difficult to raise! Junior Sister, why hasn't it woken up yet!"
As he spoke, he poked the black and gold dragon in his palm with his other hand. The little dragon had its eyes closed and lay peacefully in his hand, appearing inexplicably docile.
"It's still digesting the energy in its body; there's just too much energy. It won't wake up until tomorrow. But Senior Brother Gong Yu, Senior Brother Qin just came by and said we're setting off for the Demon Realm tomorrow! You should prepare early," Cheng Jiu reminded him.
"Okay, okay!" Gong Yu and Gong Cheng nodded: "We'll go to Medicine Peak later."
"If not, I can share some of the food from Black Jade and Rainbow Dash with Black Gold Dragon, but the two little guys are a bit domineering."
Cheng Jiu didn't lack these things, but because of what the Black Gold Dragon had done before, the little black dragon was very wary of it.
To prevent the two little ones from arguing, Cheng Jiu didn't mention that he had some there first.
"It's alright. This time when we go to the demon realm, Master said he would take us to see the Qilin clan along the way. We should also prepare some more pills. It's just something we can do on the side."
The two didn't care, mainly because they hadn't expected that spirit beasts would need to eat pills in addition to spirit beast food. However, they could prepare more so that they could give their future spirit beasts a good impression.
Gong Yu wrapped the other person around his wrist, then tied a knot with a soft black silk cloth to ensure that the other person would not fall off his wrist.
They boarded the golden coin and headed towards Medicine Peak.
Cheng Jiu looked at the empty courtyard. After all, he was going on a long trip this time, and there were many things planted in the courtyard. He couldn't just leave them unattended like he had during his previous training.
This needs to be dealt with properly.
She pulled out all the fast-growing vine-like spiritual plants, since these plants grew very quickly and would eventually invade her courtyard.
The weeds in the spirit field also need to be cleared away. Some spirit plants are weak and delicate. Even though they grow in such a place with rich spiritual energy and have their own grade, they can't compete with the weeds.
These spiritual plants also need to be transplanted separately to a place near the cold spring, where the temperature is low and weeds have a hard time growing, but these spiritual beasts also have a hard time growing, though at least they can survive.
To prevent these delicate spiritual plants from being killed by weeds when she returns.
Newly cultivated fields must be properly protected with array formations; otherwise, they will surely be abandoned.
After finishing everything, she began tidying up the courtyard, packing her belongings, and preparing for her long trip.
After checking all my belongings, hmm, great, I can set off now.
The next morning, Immortal Lord Qingxu appeared in Cheng Jiu's courtyard. Cheng Jiu jumped down from the roof and, instead of going back to his room to rest, meditated on the roof all night. In the morning, the dampness dissipated, and he looked refreshed.
"Didn't you sleep last night?" Immortal Lord Qingxu knew his disciple's habits.
"Okay, let's set off together with Master." Cheng Jiu nodded, occasionally able to stay awake.
"Breakfast!" Immortal Lord Qingxu handed her a box.
"Thank you, Master." Cheng Jiu accepted the gift with a look of surprise and delight. "Master, you make breakfast so early in the morning?"
"It will be hard to get any food in the next few days!" Immortal Lord Qingxu explained, lifting her up and sitting her on Xuanze's head: "Later you will be walking through the wilderness with us, without being able to fly on swords. It will take a long time, which will be a kind of training for you. Be prepared, it won't be easy."
“Okay!” Cheng Jiu nodded seriously; she was ready.