Ren Wenshui led Qi Zhiheng to the designated meeting point for the mission. He then gave Qi Zhiheng a communication jade slip, instructing him, "After the selection is complete, let me know, I'll head back now."

Qi Zhiheng nodded and took out his communication jade slip.

No one had arrived at the meeting point yet. Qi Zhiheng estimated the time; there was less than an hour left before the meeting would end.

Qi Zhiheng had some ideas of his own about this mission. His main purpose was not the ten fairy stones. At present, he just wanted to find a place to stay temporarily. According to the mission, planting spiritual herbs was relatively leisurely, and there were basically no disadvantages except that there were too few fairy stones.

Qi Zhiheng needed a place to stay and time to study alchemy.

He had just arrived in the Immortal Realm, and if he hadn't done any missions, he would have used Immortal Spirit Stones to buy materials and books, which would inevitably attract the attention of some people.

He first searched for books in his attic, which he had not had time to check after he ascended to the Celestial Realm.

Upon entering the attic, they discovered that another floor had been opened above it, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.

Qi Zhiheng's consciousness entered the attic. The upper and lower floors were similar, filled with books.

It was then discovered that these were mostly books about the immortal realm.

He immediately selected a book on alchemy and took it out.

Looking at the beginner's guide to Immortal Elixir in his hand, Qi Zhiheng began to read it with great interest. Fortunately, no one was around, which gave him some space and time.

Qi Zhiheng has a very solid foundation, so the contents of this book are not difficult to understand. Now that he has started refining pills, he is confident that he can successfully refine them.

However, the problem is that he possesses the Immortal Herb...

After understanding the contents, Qi Zhiheng closed the book again.

When he looked around again, there was still no one there...

This puzzled Qi Zhiheng. He calculated the time and realized that it was almost time, yet no one had come.

He waited another fifteen minutes before a man stepped in. He looked around, somewhat taken aback, and said, "Are you the only one here to receive the mission?"

Qi Zhiheng nodded: "Including you, there are two."

The man paused for a moment, then said, "You're the only one here. I'm not here to take on a mission."

"Hmm?" Qi Zhiheng sized up the other person.

The man seemed to understand his confusion and replied, "I'm not here to accept the mission. I issued this mission."

Qi Zhiheng suddenly realized: "Junior Qi Zhiheng greets senior. I am here today to receive a mission."

He couldn't sense the other person's aura, so he figured their cultivation level was above his own. Calling them "senior" wouldn't be unreasonable.

The man said, "No need for formalities. Since you're all alone, come with me." He then started walking out.

Qi Zhiheng followed closely behind the other person.

The man introduced himself: "My name is Mu Ran, you can just call me Master Mu Dan."

Qi Zhiheng always felt that there was something strange about this...

Why is he the only one in this recruitment drive? I wonder if there's something fishy going on, but he definitely needs a place to stay right now.

Qi Zhiheng still intended to do this job, so he followed Mu Ran's words and said, "Master Mu Dan."

Mu Ran took Qi Zhiheng back to the place where the mission was handed over, and they finished the mission first.

Qi Zhiheng looked around and saw that no one seemed to be paying attention to what was happening. Perhaps it was because the quest offered too few spirit stones that no one was taking it...

The two walked out of the steward's office. Mu Ran took out a flying artifact and had Qi Zhiheng sit on it. Then the flying artifact took off.

Mu Ran wasted no time and said directly, "My herb garden isn't very big, only about two acres in total. I might not have time to take care of the immortal herbs during this period, so I hope you can help me take care of them. Most of the herbs in my herb garden are first-grade immortal herbs, and there are a few second-grade ones. You don't need to worry about those; just water them with immortal water at the designated times. I will give you a detailed list of the dosages. As for the first-grade immortal herbs, they are relatively hardy. As long as you take care of them, they won't die."

Qi Zhiheng: "..." He really has never taken care of the fairy grass. Should he say this?

Qi Zhiheng said, "There are so many varieties of first-level immortal herbs. I'm not sure if I can take care of them all. I wonder how many varieties of immortal herbs there are in Master Mu's medicine garden?"

"It's normal that I haven't taken care of all of them." Mu Ran took out a book and handed it to Qi Zhiheng. "This is an illustrated guide to first-level fairy grasses. It details the planting methods of various fairy grasses and their various needs during growth. Take a look at it when you have time."

Qi Zhiheng took the illustrated guide to immortal herbs and immediately began to look through it.

Some of the immortal herbs had also been seen in the introductory book on alchemy that he had just read. The records in this illustrated book were more detailed. Qi Zhiheng had not looked through the books in his space much, so he didn't know if there were any books with the same content.

Half a day later, they arrived at Mu Ran's residence. It was a courtyard, and from the air, they could see a patch of immortal herbs growing on the ground. However, it seemed that an array had been set up on it, making it impossible to see clearly what kind of immortal herbs were planted there. This barrier seemed to be able to block all divine sense from probing.

Qi Zhiheng followed Mu Ran and turned into the courtyard.

After passing through the courtyard, we arrived at the herb garden. There was a small hut in the garden, presumably prepared for the immortal who guarded it.

Mu Ran led the person to the front of the small house and said, "This is your residence. Try it out for a month first. If you can take good care of the Immortal Spirit Grass, I will consider letting you stay longer."

Qi Zhiheng felt that a month was about his limit. After a month, he would definitely be able to refine the Immortal Spirit Pill, and whether he would still need to help guard the herb garden was still unknown.

After opening the door to the small house for Qi Zhiheng, Mu Ran gave him a bottle and a book: "This bottle contains Immortal Spirit Water, and this book teaches you how to take care of Level 2 Immortal Spirit Grass."

Qi Zhiheng naturally didn't mention that the mission description said to take care of the first-level immortal spirit herb. Since he had to take care of it anyway, he wasn't too concerned: "I will pay more attention."

Mu Ran nodded and said: "I will be in seclusion for the next month, and I will rely on you to guard this place."

Mu Ran also gave Qi Zhiheng a token. With this token, he could enter and exit the formation outside freely.

After explaining some things, Mu Ran suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Qi Zhiheng: "..."

Mu Ran wiped away the bloodstains nonchalantly: "It's nothing, I just got a minor injury recently, it has nothing to do with you. But don't get any funny ideas, even if I'm injured, you're no match for me."

Qi Zhiheng said, "Senior, you're joking. How could I have a conflict with you if I have nothing to do?"

Mu Ran said, "That would be best."

After leaving those words, Mu Ran disappeared into his herb garden and went to his courtyard to rest.

Only Qi Zhiheng remained, staring blankly at the things in his hands.

This Master Mudan has a very direct personality.

Qi Zhiheng opened the book Mu Ran had given him. In addition to some illustrations, it also contained some questions about managing the medicinal garden.

Qi Zhiheng paused and remembered something, so he made a copy of the book and sent one into the space.

These books were certainly not sent to the attic for safekeeping...

Qi Zhiheng handed the book to the Soul Devouring Insect King and instructed him, "I may need to take care of these spiritual herbs recently, but I have other things to do. You are still a Soul Devouring Insect now, and you still have some distance to go before you can become a Sky Devouring Insect. When I earn enough Immortal Spirit Stones, I will feed you with them. Then I will be able to quickly transform into a Sky Devouring Insect."

When it comes to farming, Qi Zhiheng knows a little bit, but compared to the Soul-Devouring Insects, he can only be considered a novice!

The soul-eating insects have planted spiritual herbs in most areas of the space, and they are all experts in planting.

After hearing Qi Zhiheng's explanation, the Soul-Devouring Insect King was somewhat tempted. He immediately began to look through the book Qi Zhiheng had given him and assured him that their Soul-Devouring Insect clan would definitely be able to complete the mission perfectly!

Qi Zhiheng was very satisfied with this. With the Soul-Devouring Insects helping him take care of the medicinal fields, he would have more time to study elixirs.

He first entered the space to check the condition of the fairy vein, and also dug out more than twenty fairy stones. If he wanted to refine the elixir, he had to have fairy grass.

For his first attempt at alchemy, he planned to refine a common type of pill that replenishes spiritual energy, which is very common in the immortal realm.

After listing the number of spiritual herbs, I took a look at the spiritual field, pulled out some weeds and found some caterpillars, and today's task was completed.

There is no big problem with the spiritual herbs here. I think Mu Ran took good care of them before, which is why there were so many diseases in the inner courtyard when Qi Zhiheng took over.

After Qi Zhiheng finished dealing with the medicinal fields, he planned to go out and see the situation.

There was only some wasteland outside the yard. Qi Zhiheng remembered that he saw a small town when he came here. He went to the small town according to the route he remembered.

The population of this small town is not large, and Qi Zhiheng saw the so-called "half-immortal" here.

There are actually not many semi-immortals. Qi Zhiheng only saw four or five of them along the way.

Most of the people coming and going on the street were Earth Immortals, and a few of them had cultivation levels above Qi Zhiheng, which should be the aura of Heaven Immortals.

This was the aura he felt from Mu Ran, so Qi Zhiheng guessed that Mu Ran was a celestial being.

Qi Zhiheng immediately took a liking to a stall selling immortal herbs, the stall owner of which was an earth immortal.

He was always more confident when facing an Earth Immortal.

Qi Zhiheng recognized several kinds of immortal herbs that he needed from this stall.