Burning Spiritual Plants
“Bang, bang—”
At the same time that Lan Baicao was shot through, a small jade plate in the air suddenly grew larger, becoming larger than the entire Lan family's old house. It hovered in the air, hovering above the Lan family's old house.
Taking advantage of Wei Wuji and the others' arrogance and not taking them seriously, Lan Baicao gritted her teeth and chanted the last spell: "Demon Trapping Jade Plate, out!"
A dazzling light shone from the Demon-Trapping Jade Plate, sparkling under the dark clouds, blinding Wei Wuji. He closed his eyes and held the trident in front of his chest to block the attack of the Demon-Trapping Jade Plate.
However, the Demon-Trapping Jade Plate is not an offensive magic weapon, but is equivalent to a formation that can trap cultivators in the Jindan stage and below.
"What's going on? Where did this jade plate come from?"
"Elder, save me!"
The younger generations behind Wei Wuji fell down one after another, like dominoes, falling into the jade plate. No human figures could be seen, only their screams could be heard.
The Demon-Trapping Jade Plate sucked away batch after batch of cultivators. Even Wei Wuji could not resist the Demon-Trapping Jade Plate. He gritted his teeth and saw Wei Hu and Wei Bao also falling into the jade plate. He was shocked in his heart: When did the Lan family have such a powerful magic weapon?
They had already noticed it, could it be that they sought external help?
"Master Lan! You've really killed me! You jerk! Where are you? You're such a coward! You've made me do all the work for you!"
Seeing that the timing was not right, Wei Wuji lost his arrogance and kept cursing Master Lan, but he didn't know that this was exactly Master Lan's trick!
Master Lan, who was hiding in the dark, saw Wei Wuji early in the morning. He was very happy to see the Lan and Wei family cultivators fighting each other. He hoped that both sides would suffer losses and he would reap the benefits.
"Wei Wuji is brainless and reckless! If he wasn't the Wei family's Great Elder, I wouldn't be around him to offer advice. Staying with such a fool would only lower my standards!"
He stared at the Devil-Trapping Jade Plate and sneered, "I don't know which family was so generous as to give out the Devil-Trapping Jade Plate. However, the Devil-Trapping Jade Plate consumed Lan Baicao's spiritual power, and the others also lost their spiritual power due to the battle. In my eyes, these people are nothing to be feared!"
He moved the pen in his hand, and an idea flashed in his mind: "Now it's my turn!"
There was a strange smile on his thin face, and his eyes were gloomy, like a devil from hell.
"Let me lend a helping hand, Elder!"
Master Lan flew over, and a stream of ink hit Wei Wuji's face and the monks behind him. They all fell into the Demon-Trapping Jade Plate as if they were weightless.
“Ahhhh!”
"Elder, help me, ahhhh!"
Wei Wuji's eyes were red, showing how angry he was. His teeth were grinding as he glared at the man flying towards him with hatred. It was this man who had deceived him!
"Master Lan, you will not die well!"
He threw the trident with all his strength, hoping to use the magic weapon to resist the Demon-Trapping Jade Plate, but the grade of the Demon-Trapping Jade Plate was higher than that of the trident, and the trident could not compete with the Demon-Trapping Jade Plate.
All I saw were two magic weapons balancing and rubbing against each other in the air, making a huge noise and a dazzling light, forcing people to be unable to open their eyes.
The wind was blowing violently, with sand and stones flying everywhere. Everyone covered their heads and listened to Wei Wuji's angry voice. Until there was no more sound, Lan Baicao opened her eyes.
The Demon-Trapping Jade Plate has a time limit. When the time is up, it shrinks back to its original shape, turns into a jade plate and falls into Lan Baicao's palm.
Lan Wenxin breathed a sigh of relief: "Great! We've finally trapped the Wei family cultivator!"
Lan Huairen wiped the sweat from his forehead: "The Lan family can come out now. Now that Wei Wuji is gone from the Wei family, it's good for our Lan family!"
Lan Caiying pondered further: "When the new district chief arrives, we will tell him all this! Whether it's Jiang Baizhi or Wei Tianliu, I have already informed the Shui and Jiang families in advance. Besides, we have recorded the footage on the photo stone for archiving, so we don't have to worry about them denying it!"
Lan Baicao placed the Devil Trapping Jade Plate into her storage bag, her eyes slightly cold. "The Wei family has gone too far, they must give us an explanation!"
The four men were exhausted from the battle, and they all sat cross-legged on the ground to practice, taking elixirs and rejuvenation pills to increase their spiritual energy.
The two guards still had some strength left, and they flashed their guns and aimed at Master Lan in the corner. Unexpectedly, Master Lan's body gradually became transparent, leaving them with a strange smile.
"It's a puppet!"
Lan Baicao thought about it over and over again and always felt that something was wrong. According to Master Lan's plan, it was impossible for him to let go of such a good opportunity easily. As long as he jumped out, he would definitely be able to defeat the six of them.
What does he want?
After Master Lan used a knife to kill someone, no matter who died between the Lan and Wei families, he could just sit back and watch the fire from the other side of the river and reap the benefits, because his goal was not only to help the Wei family, but also had other unknown purposes!
He joined forces with the Wei family and attacked the Lan family. Isn't it to take over the Lan family? What other secrets does he have?
Suddenly, Lan Baicao had an idea and his expression changed: "Oh no, he is in the Spirit Plant Garden!"
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An hour ago
Master Lan walked quickly to the entrance of the Spirit Plant Garden and put in the jade pendant. There was no response in the groove. Then he remembered that all the monks of the Lan family had entered the Spirit Plant Garden. The protective measures in the Spirit Plant Garden were activated and it could not be opened from the outside. It could only be opened from the inside.
"Do you think there's nothing I can do?"
He had been preparing for this day for decades. His eyes were filled with determination as he pulled out the high-level talismans he had purchased at great expense, the Blazing Flame Talisman, and the Riot Talisman.
With the help of spiritual energy, two talismans were pasted on the wall.
After a while, the ground shook and the mountains began to tremble. The people in the spiritual plant garden didn't know what was going on. They just felt the earth spinning and they were dizzy. Everyone was in a panic.
"Aunt Fangshu, what's this? Did something happen to the elders?"
"How about we go out? We have more people, and even if our cultivation is low, we can still contribute our own strength!"
"That's right! We can't let those Wei family members take advantage of our family and take advantage of us!"
Lan Zhirou frowned. She had no idea what was happening outside. Her husband had warned her not to go out unless absolutely necessary. Although she was concerned for the safety of her husband and the elders, she was even more worried about the Lan family cultivator before her.
"No, the elders haven't issued a notice yet. We must not go out. If we go out, we will become a burden to the elders! Everyone listen to me. Let's stay here first and protect the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the spiritual plants. Don't go out and cause trouble."
As soon as he finished speaking, a raging fire suddenly broke out in the spiritual plant garden, and the flames mercilessly devoured everything, including the spiritual replenishing grass, rejuvenation grass, and spiritual gathering grass that had been planted before...
The flames filled the sky, illuminating people's frightened faces.
"What's going on? Why is there a fire? Could it be that the elders were defeated, and the Wei family set fire to force us out?"
"No, what kind of fire is this? I can't put it out. My Spirit Rain Technique is totally ineffective!"
"I'll help you!" Lan Fangshu called on others to come and help. Even if dozens or hundreds of monks cast water spells together, they could not put out the fire.
The fire didn't die down, but grew even bigger. All the spiritual plants that had been painstakingly cultivated became fuel for the flames, fueling their power. The flames devoured the spiritual energy, growing taller and taller, forming walls of fire.
"Let us out! If we don't, we'll be burned to death by the fire and choked to death by the smoke!"
They were so dizzy that they couldn't open their eyes. If they didn't leave, they would really be burned to death.
"Cough cough cough!" The younger child started coughing and crying, asking to go out.
The anxious parents hurriedly picked up the child and forced their way out, ignoring Lan Fangshu's cries: "If we don't get out, my son will choke to death here!"
"There might be a glimmer of hope if we get out, but here we'll just burn to death!"
Many people had this thought in their minds, and soon everyone rushed out of the fire, with burns of varying degrees on their faces, arms, and legs. They had to get out despite the huge risk of the fire.
Outside the door, Master Lan smiled slightly, dodged to the side, and waited for the group of people to come out. As expected, the gate of the Spiritual Plant Garden opened with a loud bang, and countless people, covering their mouths and noses and holding their children, rushed out of the sea of fire: "We are saved, we are saved, we are finally out!"
"That's not right. There are no Wei family cultivators at all. Then who set the fire?"
Someone spotted Master Lan hiding off to the side and asked, "Hey, Master Lan, why are you here? Did the elders win?"
But Master Lan ignored their words and rushed straight into the sea of fire. They thought Master Lan was kind-hearted and went in to save people when he saw the fire.
Many people rinsed themselves, took a breath, and found that the child was fine. They sighed, "Master Lan is a good man!"
Lan Baicao rushed over and saw flames all over the sky and thick smoke choking her nose. She immediately came to her senses and looked at the group of monks coming out. She said in a cold voice: "Who set the fire? Have you seen Master Lan?"
"Master Lan? He went in to save people. I don't know who set the fire." A monk wiped his hands with a wet handkerchief and pointed inside.
Lan Caiying looked around and found that there was no sign of his wife: "Where is Fangshu? Why can't I see her? She is still in there, why hasn't she come out?"
Someone felt guilty: "Auntie Fangshu should still be helping to transfer the spiritual plants and seeds..."
There were also many Lan family cultivators inside, helping to transfer spiritual plants and seeds, because these spiritual plants and seeds were the foundation of the Lan family. Some of them only cared about themselves, and some only cared about their own children, so they didn't help much.
Lan Baicao sighed and closed her eyes. Her heart was complicated and full of thoughts. She knew that she couldn't blame them. They were just ordinary people and didn't know what was going on.
If my guess is correct, Master Lan went in to get the thousand-year-old Biluo Youlan from the Spiritual Plant Garden. The Biluo Youlan is a top-grade spiritual plant that has been cultivated by the Lan family.
At first, the grandmother of the Lan family discovered that this orchid was blooming in a secret realm, exuding fragrance. There were also high-level monsters guarding it. It was obvious that it was not an ordinary orchid. Later, it was learned that the Blue Orchid could not only heal wounds, but also help people break through realms after taking it.
That's right, Biluo Youlan can break through realms, and breaking through realms does not require the assistance of other medicines, it can break through directly. For example, to break through to the Jindan stage from the foundation-building stage, there is no need to go through the initial stage of foundation-building, the middle stage of foundation-building, the late stage of foundation-building, and finally the great perfection of foundation-building.
Instead, he broke through directly and leaped from the foundation-building stage to the core-forming stage, which could save more than 100 years.
It has the same effect as the eighth-grade elixir Breakthrough Pill, ignoring obstacles and breaking through directly.
Master Lan already possessed the Golden Condensation Pill Siyu had given him. If he took it and practiced in seclusion, he would reach the Core Formation stage without incident. Once his cultivation had stabilized, he could then take the Realm Breakthrough Pill. This would save him not just over a hundred years from the Core Formation stage to the Nascent Soul stage, but eight hundred years, a period of struggle for countless cultivators.
There are very few Nascent Soul cultivators in the entire Nine Districts. They become the overlord of a region and enter the upper echelons of the Immortal Cultivation Alliance.
"Master Lan's ambition is even greater than we thought. I originally thought he only wanted the Lan family, so he teamed up with Wei Wuji to deal with them. I didn't expect he also wanted the Biluo Youlan in the Spiritual Plant Garden."
"Blue Sky Orchid?"
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what this thing was.
Even Lan Caiying and Lan Xianghan's parents didn't know. They asked, "Is it important? What does Master Lan need it for?"
Before Lan Baicao could answer, he had already flown in on his sword. In a flash of light, he found the female cultivator who was rescuing the spiritual plants in the midst of the flames.
They were covered in dust and dirt, holding half-ripe Tianling Fruits, and yelled, "Auntie Fangshu, the Tianling Fruits are about to ripen. They are the main ingredient for refining the Foundation Establishment Pills, and they can't be burned!"
Someone saw the elder return, unable to support themselves any longer, and collapsed into the ashes. Looking at the spiritual plants burned to ashes, they broke down and cried, "Elder, you're finally here! So many spiritual herbs, flowers, and fruits are ruined. What should we do?"
These spiritual plants are 10 years old, 50 years old, and even a hundred years old. Lan Baicao has taken good care of them all. Seeing these spiritual plants either burned to leave only bare leaves or only a pile of ashes, how can her heart not ache?
But no matter how much pain it causes, we cannot stop. We can have more spiritual plants, but if Master Lan takes the Bi Luo You Lan, the entire Lan family and the entire District Six will be destroyed!
She still didn't understand why Master Lan did this! Over the years, their Lan family had never treated Master Lan badly. Master Lan had always been honest and dedicated, teaching and educating people. He had a gentle personality and was well-liked by everyone in the old house.
Could it be that he was possessed by some monster? That was why his temperament changed so drastically, betraying the Lan family, burning the spiritual plants, and taking away the Biluo Youlan?
Lan Baicao turned back to look at the attic, wondering how her sister's training was going. She had always been cheerful and generous, treating Master Lan like her own brother. How could this happen...
"Hurry up and take the seeds out. The Lan family can live without spiritual plants, but not without you! As long as we have seeds and hope, our Lan family will definitely make a comeback!"
"Remember your life is the most important!!!"
The female cultivators knew that Lan Baicao was usually strict with them, and it was for their own good: "Elder, what are you doing! Don't go deep there! It's surrounded by a sea of fire!"
Seeing her rushing into the sea of fire alone, determined to die, I felt something was wrong.
With a loud rumble, the door opened with a heavy sound.
Lan Baicao waved her sleeves and sent the group of crying female cultivators out, then closed the door to prevent people outside from coming in to rescue her. She looked around and found that Lan Fangshu was not there?
Could it be that Fang Shu discovered something and followed Master Lan into the secret room?
"not good!"
Lan Fangshu finally recovered from the grief of losing her daughter and regained her sanity. If something went wrong, how would she explain it to Mingzhu, who had died? And how would she explain it to Lan Caiying, who was standing outside the door?
Thinking of this, Lan Baicao sped up his flight and flew over a messy grassland. He was filled with grief and anger, but he could not stop. He flew faster and faster until he reached the end.
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