Chapter 446 - 209: Golden Light Wanderer, Nine Luminaries Profound Pill
Chapter 446: Chapter 209: Golden Light Wanderer, Nine Luminaries Profound Pill
Outside the Secret Realm, Hundred Herbs City had set up an eye-catching notice board.
It listed all the good things that had been exchanged so far, ordered by value from highest to lowest.
It was updated every hour, and each update would draw crowds of Cultivators to watch.
They would gaze at the various Spiritual Objects on the list and let out sighs of admiration or jealousy.
So as Xiao Chen walked down the long street lined with temporary shops, his ears were filled with the heated discussions of the surrounding Cultivators.
The street was filled almost entirely with Foundation Establishment Cultivators holding Tier Two Spirit Grass, excitedly bustling between the different shops.
They checked the various exchange lists and point rankings.
And they tirelessly argued about who had harvested the most and who had the best luck in the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm this time.
All sorts of rumors, mixed with different names, circulated among them, telling one enviable story after another.
"I have a friend who’s an Inner Sect Disciple in Hundred Herbs City. He just told me some snot-nosed kid in the late stage of Qi Refining actually found a Se Flower Fruit."
The moment he said that, an uproar went through the surrounding crowd.
A Se Flower Fruit was a Tier Four Spirit Fruit, worth tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.
For a Qi Refining Cultivator, especially, this was the stuff of legends, a ticket to instant riches.
"Just late-stage Qi Refining?"
A Loose Cultivator’s eyes went wide, and he slapped his thigh. "Damn it all! I ran myself ragged for over twenty days and didn’t even see a leaf from a Tier Three Spirit Fruit."
"That kid is one lucky bastard!"
A passing late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator overheard and said with a bitter, sighing smile, "Ai, back in the day, I can’t even tell you how much effort I spent just to get my hands on a Foundation Establishment Pill."
"Later, to buy a Top Grade Magical Artifact, I spent another ten years searching for Spiritual Materials."
"But this kid? One Se Flower Fruit and all his problems are solved. Such is time, such is fate!"
Another Outer Disciple from Hundred Herbs City curled his lip, his tone dripping with sour grapes. "Tsk, these days, luck is more important than strength."
"Those Inner Sect Disciples are all just lucky, that’s all."
"If I found a Se Flower Fruit, I could get into the Inner Sect and compete to be a True Inheritor too."
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Of course, some people noticed other things.
"Speaking of which, isn’t this the twenty-third Tier Four Spirit Grass? Why are there so many this year?"
"There’s more than that. I heard the current Chief Disciple of the Star-Picking Sword Pavilion harvested a full five Tier Four Spirit Grasses."
The moment he said that, the entire area fell silent. Everyone was too shocked to speak.
"My god!"
After a long moment, a Loose Cultivator finally exclaimed, "One person getting five Tier Four Spirit Grasses... Th-th-this..."
Someone next to him chimed in, "That’s completely absurd! How on earth did he manage that?"
Even a passing Golden Core elder couldn’t help but remark, "Such a fortuitous encounter... In all my long years, I have never heard of such a thing."
Another female Cultivator covered her mouth lightly, her eyes filled with envy. "To become a Chief Disciple, you need both strength and backing. I never thought his luck would be so incredible as well!"
Her companion’s voice was tinged with bitterness. "He really gets all the good stuff, doesn’t he? Ugh, comparisons are odious."
The expressions of the others flickered as they listened, their hearts a mix of complex emotions.
Only Xiao Chen, who was passing by, remained calm.
After all, in terms of gains, it was no exaggeration to say that he was already far ahead of all the other Cultivators, firmly in first place.
If he included the Purple Gold Bodhi, the combined total of High Tier Spirit Medicines collected by all other Cultivators probably wouldn’t match what he alone had found.
However, remembering that tall poppies get cut down, Xiao Chen didn’t go around boasting about it.
Instead, he chose to leave quietly and make his fortune in silence.
The Three Immortals Sect was a Minor Sect.
Therefore, the shop space they were allotted was in a rather remote spot, almost in the very last row.
When Xiao Chen arrived, he found only a single Golden Core Cultivator meditating in the shop, without even a companion in sight.
Sensing someone had entered, the man didn’t even lift his head. "Fellow Daoist, this sect is only looking for a single Purple Jade Cloud Ganoderma. If you are looking for something else, please try another place."
With that, he went back to his cultivation, absorbing the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
The entire shop was completely empty, save for a conspicuous exchange notice and nothing else.
Xiao Chen didn’t waste words. He directly took out the Purple Jade Cloud Ganoderma. "What your esteemed sect needs is right here. Did you bring the Heart Blood of the Traceless Deer?"
Hearing this, the man’s eyes shot open in surprise.
He immediately put on a smile. "My sincerest apologies. I was in Magical Combat with a Sea Demon earlier, and its True Essence invaded my system. I was just busy regulating my breathing."
"That’s why I was rude to you, Fellow Daoist. Please don’t take offense."
As he spoke, he took out an Enamel Octagonal Bottle and uncorked it himself. "The item is here. Please inspect it, Fellow Daoist."
There wasn’t really any need for a thorough inspection.
As the bottle was uncorked, the powerful aura of a Tier Four Demon Beast was naturally released.
The Heart Blood of a large Demon Beast is almost equivalent to a Cultivator’s Essence Blood, making it very easy to identify.
Trying to fake something like this would be nearly impossible.
Instead, it was Xiao Chen who proactively handed over the Purple Jade Cloud Ganoderma for the other man to inspect.
"HISS—!"
The man froze the instant he took it.
Then, he hurriedly formed a Hand Technique, casting a Sensing Technique to determine its age.
Finally, a look of astonishment appeared on his face. "This Spirit Medicine you’ve acquired is perfectly preserved. And it must be over two thousand years old, mustn’t it?"
"You are truly, ah, a blessed person."
The Hundred Herbs Secret Realm opens once every fifty years, which means in two thousand years, it would have opened at least forty times.
Yet no one in all those previous openings had discovered this Purple Jade Cloud Ganoderma. That it would be found this time... he could think of no other explanation for it but luck.