Chapter 48: Longevity Pill (Part 1)
Qingyun Peak, at the foot of the mountain gate.
Xie Jingshan stood in the gatehouse, frowning as he watched the old servant outside with a smiling face.
"Why are you here to deliver something?"
On both sides of the gatehouse, the disciples guarding the mountain gate were respectful and fearful because the old servant was a Golden Core cultivator, and they dared not offend him.
The old servant smiled, "The Patriarch misses you and asked me to bring the Image-Reflecting Jade to capture some images for him."
Xie Jingshan was shocked, "You dare to bring that thing out? I won't let you off!"
After speaking, Xie Jingshan gave some spirit stones to the gatekeeper disciples, telling them to wait in the distance. He refused to leave the mountain gate, as the old servant didn't have the token to enter.
"My young master, I'm really not here to capture you. Look, everything you want is here, see for yourself."
Xie Jingshan remained unmoved, "Throw it in, don't try to deceive me. I'm much smarter now from all the reading; the tricks you used on me as a child won't work."
The old servant sighed, "Young master, just come back with me. If you want to rank on the Immortal Sword List, it's easy. Spend some spirit stones to buy a year's ranking, shut your father's mouth, and he won't say anything."
Xie Jingshan gritted his teeth, "A few pieces of money are nothing special. I, Xie Jingshan, will rely on my own efforts to climb the Immortal Sword List. Let me tell you, the Elder of the Heavenly Origin Sect personally said that in my past life, I was an Immortal Swordsman. It's so easy to follow the old path again in this life!"
"My young master is truly extraordinary. Impressive, impressive."
Xie Jingshan: ...
"Throw the things in and leave quickly, you're annoying!"
The old servant, helpless, tossed the storage ring into the mountain gate.
"I say, young master, I can understand if you want books and jade slips from various disciplines, but why do you need a carpenter's book? Didn't you say you wanted to cultivate the sword path? Also, I've been puzzled. Why didn't you go to the Primordial Sword Sect if you're cultivating the sword path?"
Xie Jingshan checked the contents of the ring, numerous books that he couldn't flip through to find the Longevity Pill.
Initially, he had intended to go to the Primordial Sword Sect, but somehow he ended up near the Heavenly Origin Sect. He entered it in a daze.
He regretted it before, but now... fortunately!
"Deliver the things and leave. Don't bother me unless necessary. Tell the Patriarch that a hundred years later, when my sword cultivation is successful, I'll naturally go back. Ask him to take care of his health, stop quarreling with my father, and as for my mother...forget it. She's probably enjoying herself outside and doesn't even know I've joined the Heavenly Origin Sect. Go, go, leave quickly."
Xie Jingshan turned away, and the old servant sighed, lifting up his escape light and disappearing into the clouds and mist at the mountain peak.
*
At the entrance of Huaxi Valley.
Jiang Yuebai paced back and forth, eagerly awaiting.
She had woken up early today, collected a new batch of Thorn Fruits from the Spirit Field, and had come straight to the valley entrance. She had been waiting here since noon.
Xie Jingshan had not arrived yet, and Jiang Yuebai took a deep breath, sitting by the pond at the valley entrance and temporarily shifting her focus from the harvested Thorn Fruit.
Thorn fruits ripen once a month, and she has harvested them three times since planting.
Generally, each fruit contains three to five Thorn Seeds suitable for combat. Due to her meticulous care, each fruit now contains five seeds.
In total, she currently has more than five hundred Thorn Seeds. Moreover, they have upgraded from ninth-grade seeds to eighth-grade seeds, enhancing the Thorn's strength and cultivating a wooden poison that can disrupt cultivators' spiritual energy.
Among them are the unique breeds she cultivated, Fire Thorn and Ice Thorn.
Fire Thorn carries a fire poison, igniting upon contact, while Ice Thorn does the opposite, possessing greater lethality than Wood Thorn.
The method was found in a miscellaneous book in the library. By replacing the nurturing formula for fruits with the fire attribute Crimson Flame formula, the fruits mutated over time.
Ice Thorn followed the same process. She had the Ice Armored Beetle King attach itself to the fruits and release ice spiritual energy into them.
There were numerous failures during the process, but in the end, she successfully harvested eighty Fire Thorn seeds and thirty Ice Thorn seeds.
"Jiang Yuebai!"
A crane's cry echoed, and Jiang Yuebai saw a white crane landing, with Xie Jingshan jumping down.
"Take it."
He tossed a medicine bottle into her hands, and Jiang Yuebai was stunned. The Longevity Pill that her grandfather had begged for years was now in her hands so easily?
Xie Jingshan raised his chin slightly, ready to show off his abilities when he suddenly widened his eyes.
"How did you break through again?"
Jiang Yuebai was puzzled, "I reached the fourth layer of Qi cultivation a month ago. You just knew? I thought Senior Sister Lu had told you."
Xie Jingshan felt annoyed and said harshly, "This thing is worth fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones. If you can't pay, you'll work in my shop for a lifetime. I'll make you run errands every day, and let's see how you surpass me then."
Jiang Yuebai smiled, "Sure."
Xie Jingshan was stunned; Jiang Yuebai didn't engage in verbal sparring or suppress him, which made him uncomfortable.
"I'll give you some time for the fifty thousand spirit stones. It's not urgent, and it's not much..."
"I'll give you the Fire Thorn I cultivated. I'll leave first. I’ll thank you properly after my grandfather overcomes this difficulty."
Jiang Yuebai stuffed thirty Fire Thorn seeds into a common cloth bag and eagerly headed to her courtyard.
Entering the courtyard, the door to the north room was tightly closed. Jiang Yuebai cautiously approached, holding the medicine bottle tightly, standing at the door, waiting.
Afraid of disturbing her grandfather, who was absorbing the essence of the Heartburning Mother Flower to alleviate the poison, there was a protective array on the door, preventing her from entering.
Bang!
A heavy object fell, startling Jiang Yuebai. Seeing the protective array on the door gradually collapsing, she immediately pushed the door open.
The vase lay shattered on the ground, and the Heartburning Mother Flower rapidly withered, barely clinging to life.
Tao Fengnian was spitting blood, curled up on the bed, veins bulging, in extreme pain.
"Grandfather!"
Jiang Yuebai rushed forward, and Tao Fengnian grabbed her wrist, staring at her with bloodshot eyes.
Xie Jingshan stood in the gatehouse, frowning as he watched the old servant outside with a smiling face.
"Why are you here to deliver something?"
On both sides of the gatehouse, the disciples guarding the mountain gate were respectful and fearful because the old servant was a Golden Core cultivator, and they dared not offend him.
The old servant smiled, "The Patriarch misses you and asked me to bring the Image-Reflecting Jade to capture some images for him."
Xie Jingshan was shocked, "You dare to bring that thing out? I won't let you off!"
After speaking, Xie Jingshan gave some spirit stones to the gatekeeper disciples, telling them to wait in the distance. He refused to leave the mountain gate, as the old servant didn't have the token to enter.
"My young master, I'm really not here to capture you. Look, everything you want is here, see for yourself."
Xie Jingshan remained unmoved, "Throw it in, don't try to deceive me. I'm much smarter now from all the reading; the tricks you used on me as a child won't work."
The old servant sighed, "Young master, just come back with me. If you want to rank on the Immortal Sword List, it's easy. Spend some spirit stones to buy a year's ranking, shut your father's mouth, and he won't say anything."
Xie Jingshan gritted his teeth, "A few pieces of money are nothing special. I, Xie Jingshan, will rely on my own efforts to climb the Immortal Sword List. Let me tell you, the Elder of the Heavenly Origin Sect personally said that in my past life, I was an Immortal Swordsman. It's so easy to follow the old path again in this life!"
"My young master is truly extraordinary. Impressive, impressive."
Xie Jingshan: ...
"Throw the things in and leave quickly, you're annoying!"
The old servant, helpless, tossed the storage ring into the mountain gate.
"I say, young master, I can understand if you want books and jade slips from various disciplines, but why do you need a carpenter's book? Didn't you say you wanted to cultivate the sword path? Also, I've been puzzled. Why didn't you go to the Primordial Sword Sect if you're cultivating the sword path?"
Xie Jingshan checked the contents of the ring, numerous books that he couldn't flip through to find the Longevity Pill.
Initially, he had intended to go to the Primordial Sword Sect, but somehow he ended up near the Heavenly Origin Sect. He entered it in a daze.
He regretted it before, but now... fortunately!
"Deliver the things and leave. Don't bother me unless necessary. Tell the Patriarch that a hundred years later, when my sword cultivation is successful, I'll naturally go back. Ask him to take care of his health, stop quarreling with my father, and as for my mother...forget it. She's probably enjoying herself outside and doesn't even know I've joined the Heavenly Origin Sect. Go, go, leave quickly."
Xie Jingshan turned away, and the old servant sighed, lifting up his escape light and disappearing into the clouds and mist at the mountain peak.
*
At the entrance of Huaxi Valley.
Jiang Yuebai paced back and forth, eagerly awaiting.
She had woken up early today, collected a new batch of Thorn Fruits from the Spirit Field, and had come straight to the valley entrance. She had been waiting here since noon.
Xie Jingshan had not arrived yet, and Jiang Yuebai took a deep breath, sitting by the pond at the valley entrance and temporarily shifting her focus from the harvested Thorn Fruit.
Thorn fruits ripen once a month, and she has harvested them three times since planting.
Generally, each fruit contains three to five Thorn Seeds suitable for combat. Due to her meticulous care, each fruit now contains five seeds.
In total, she currently has more than five hundred Thorn Seeds. Moreover, they have upgraded from ninth-grade seeds to eighth-grade seeds, enhancing the Thorn's strength and cultivating a wooden poison that can disrupt cultivators' spiritual energy.
Among them are the unique breeds she cultivated, Fire Thorn and Ice Thorn.
Fire Thorn carries a fire poison, igniting upon contact, while Ice Thorn does the opposite, possessing greater lethality than Wood Thorn.
The method was found in a miscellaneous book in the library. By replacing the nurturing formula for fruits with the fire attribute Crimson Flame formula, the fruits mutated over time.
Ice Thorn followed the same process. She had the Ice Armored Beetle King attach itself to the fruits and release ice spiritual energy into them.
There were numerous failures during the process, but in the end, she successfully harvested eighty Fire Thorn seeds and thirty Ice Thorn seeds.
"Jiang Yuebai!"
A crane's cry echoed, and Jiang Yuebai saw a white crane landing, with Xie Jingshan jumping down.
"Take it."
He tossed a medicine bottle into her hands, and Jiang Yuebai was stunned. The Longevity Pill that her grandfather had begged for years was now in her hands so easily?
Xie Jingshan raised his chin slightly, ready to show off his abilities when he suddenly widened his eyes.
"How did you break through again?"
Jiang Yuebai was puzzled, "I reached the fourth layer of Qi cultivation a month ago. You just knew? I thought Senior Sister Lu had told you."
Xie Jingshan felt annoyed and said harshly, "This thing is worth fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones. If you can't pay, you'll work in my shop for a lifetime. I'll make you run errands every day, and let's see how you surpass me then."
Jiang Yuebai smiled, "Sure."
Xie Jingshan was stunned; Jiang Yuebai didn't engage in verbal sparring or suppress him, which made him uncomfortable.
"I'll give you some time for the fifty thousand spirit stones. It's not urgent, and it's not much..."
"I'll give you the Fire Thorn I cultivated. I'll leave first. I’ll thank you properly after my grandfather overcomes this difficulty."
Jiang Yuebai stuffed thirty Fire Thorn seeds into a common cloth bag and eagerly headed to her courtyard.
Entering the courtyard, the door to the north room was tightly closed. Jiang Yuebai cautiously approached, holding the medicine bottle tightly, standing at the door, waiting.
Afraid of disturbing her grandfather, who was absorbing the essence of the Heartburning Mother Flower to alleviate the poison, there was a protective array on the door, preventing her from entering.
Bang!
A heavy object fell, startling Jiang Yuebai. Seeing the protective array on the door gradually collapsing, she immediately pushed the door open.
The vase lay shattered on the ground, and the Heartburning Mother Flower rapidly withered, barely clinging to life.
Tao Fengnian was spitting blood, curled up on the bed, veins bulging, in extreme pain.
"Grandfather!"
Jiang Yuebai rushed forward, and Tao Fengnian grabbed her wrist, staring at her with bloodshot eyes.
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