Chapter 87 The Genius Cultivator Used as Cannon Fodder (Sixteen) In the world of cultivation...
In the cultivation world, cultivators place more emphasis on their own cultivation and have yet to develop a proper plan to deal with the demon race.
Basically, if a cultivator happens to see it, they'll deal with it; if they can't defeat it, they'll notify a nearby sect.
Alternatively, sects could form a group to besiege a notorious demon clan that has committed numerous evils and brought calamity to the world.
However, few cultivators would bother to search for the low-level demon minions. Demons are skilled at disguise and bewitching people, so it's difficult to detect them without prolonged contact.
Although Lin Tyou's method was somewhat immature, it was a good direction. If it were improved, it might really be able to eliminate the demon race from the root.
Everything is complicated at the beginning. Even if the head of the Ye family had no objections after receiving the proposal, he still had to hold several meetings with the elders to discuss the operational details.
Ye Xinglan never got involved in such matters. He still led his two disciples toward the small secret realm. Calculating the time, he figured that once they came out of the small secret realm, they would have enough time to discuss most of the matter.
Not long after the group left Chunxiao City, Bai Su, who had been recuperating at the clinic for two days, finally recovered her spiritual power.
Where there are people, there is gossip. Bai Su had also heard some rumors about the Fox Fairy Temple and immediately sensed that something was wrong.
Bai Su frowned slightly, then turned to find the three men who had kidnapped him. These ordinary people were no match for the interrogation techniques of cultivators, and they all confessed quickly.
These people captured him because they wanted to offer him as a sacrifice to the fox spirit. The only offerings at the fox spirit temple are young and handsome men.
After each offering, the Fox Fairy would reward them, sometimes with gold and silver jewels, sometimes with elixirs.
Most of the medicine was sold for silver. In total, one offering could be worth half a lifetime's hard-earned money for an ordinary person.
"Someone was lucky enough to send the Empress a handsome young man who won her heart. They even shared a night of passion, and it was an absolutely blissful experience!"
Perhaps knowing they couldn't escape, the three men became more unrestrained in their speech, with one of the bolder ones even sizing up Bai Su.
"You're such a pretty boy, with such delicate skin, you're even more beautiful than a young girl. If it weren't for that meddlesome little brat, with your looks, we might even have had a chance to win the Empress's favor!"
Bai Su, who had been gentle, suddenly turned cold and waved her hand, scattering a packet of powder. The three men were enveloped in the powder and screamed in agony.
"I don't care what you say about me, but you absolutely shouldn't belittle her." Bai Su stood aside, still looking harmless, watching the three of them wail for a full hour before they finally lost all life.
He sprinkled some more powder, and the bodies of the three men turned into a pool of water, which quickly dried up without leaving a trace.
Bai Su managed to find out where Ye Zhen was staying at the restaurant, but he was too late. His savior had only left half a day ago, without even leaving her name.
As for why he didn't chase after him, with the speed of a cultivator, half a day is enough to cover 108,000 miles. He didn't know the direction, so how could he possibly catch up?
Regretfully, Bai Su took the silver, spirit stones, and talismans that Ye Zhen had given him, put them in a new storage bag, strung them on a rope, hung them around her neck, and then carefully tucked them into her bosom.
Ye Zhen didn't run as fast as he had imagined. Her flying sword speed had increased slightly. Although she still needed to sit on the flying sword blindfolded and had the wolf cub as her voice navigator, at least she wouldn't tremble when she flew.
Fear often stems from the unknown. Once she was certain that even if she fell, it wouldn't cause any harm, her fear of heights lessened a little.
Currently, it's only a very small amount.
Ye Xinghan rolled his eyes as he watched Ye Zhen being blindfolded again, but slowed down his own speed, keeping his flying sword at a distance from Ye Zhen.
He's his junior disciple, after all, and he's already at the Foundation Establishment stage. If he falls off the flying sword, wouldn't he also lose face?
Ye Xinglan didn't say anything. At least compared to the last time she flew on her sword, there was still some improvement, which was good enough.
Lin You had had enough of the flying sword roller coaster, so she followed Ye Zhen's example and sat cross-legged on the flying sword. In order not to waste time on the way, she even took a jade slip and read it while flying.
However, judging from the way she kept swallowing, it was clear that the jade slip wasn't some kind of cultivation technique.
After traveling for half an hour, Ye Xinglan, who was leading the way, took a detour and finally stopped in a place called Moonflower Valley.
Ye Xinghan no longer commented on this. His sister was just taking her apprentice out for fun; the little secret realm was just an excuse.
The fourth travel destination in Ye Zhen's travel guide notebook is here.
Moonflower Valley is not a place where ordinary people live. The reason Ye Zhen chose this place as a check-in spot is not only because of its stunning scenery, but also because she wanted to pick Moonflower Grass.
Moonflower grass resembles orchids in shape, with silvery-white leaves that emit a soft, faint glow at night, like scattered stars or mist, making the entire valley exceptionally beautiful.
This herb is rare in the cultivation world, but it's not very popular either. It has little medicinal value and contains only a very weak amount of spiritual energy, which is even less concentrated than the weeds on the back mountain of the Ye family.
However, if Moonflower Grass is added during the alchemy process, the taste of the pill will be greatly improved. Ye Zhen was fortunate enough to eat a bottle of Bigu Pill with Moonflower Grass added, which was the best she had eaten in the year since she transmigrated.
When the group arrived, there was still some time before dark. Lin You and Ye Zhen planned to dig up some Moonflower Grass first, so that they could improve the taste of the pills when they learned alchemy in the future.
Ye Xinghan, unusually, didn't complain about their emphasis on food. He touched his storage bag, which was full of snacks.
Junior Uncle Ye silently took his medicine hoe and went to dig for Moonflower Grass on the other side.
After receiving the culinary guide kindly provided by Ye Zhen, Chunxiao City seemed like a completely different world to Ye Xinghan. He had never tasted such a variety of delicious foods in his entire life.
I don't know which cultivator spread the rumor that the mortal realm is full of useless things, causing him to miss out on so many good things.
This is just a small county town, yet he's already filled more than half a storage bag with snacks. Just for the sake of protecting the food and eliminating demonic cultivators to protect mortals, he absolutely has to do it!
Ye Xinghan had no more complaints about this trip. He skillfully wielded his hoe and easily dug out a perfect Moonflower Grass.
Why eat bland and tasteless pills when you can eat pills with excellent taste? Even if the medicinal properties are the same, they can still improve your mood.
Lin You and Ye Zhen were unaware that their usual behavior had influenced their junior uncle's outlook on life. When it came to digging up medicinal herbs, all they knew was to use shovels to dig them out.
However, the valley floor was hard, and the roots of the moonflower grass were very deep. For the two of them, who had never dug the ground before, it was still quite difficult to dig out the whole moonflower grass.
They each dug up three, but Lin You only had one leaf intact, while Ye Zhen didn't have a single good one.
Some leaves were crushed, some roots weren't even dug up, and one plant was unfortunately caught in the crossfire when Ye Zhen swung her shovel and was cut in half—it was quite a tragic sight.
Meanwhile, Ye Xinghan had already dug up more than a dozen seeds and put them into the medicine box and storage bag.
"It's okay. We'll catch some prey for hot pot later, and we can add these to the broth." Lin You saw Ye Zhen holding the broken Moonflower Grass and looking completely bewildered, so she quickly suppressed a laugh and comforted her.
Seeing this, Ye Xinghan also went over to teach the two how to dig up spiritual herbs, how to process the dug-up herbs, and how to better preserve their medicinal properties.
Knowing that the two of them didn't have much, Ye Xinghan gave each of them a few Xuanbing Jade Boxes containing spirit herbs.
The box was not quite what Lin You had imagined. It was a full meter long, half a meter wide, and a foot high. The same kind of spiritual herb could be stored in one box, which was convenient for storage and did not take up much space.
Of course, this only applies to low-level spiritual herbs. For some rarer spiritual herbs, you can stay in a single room.
Moonflower grass grows all over the mountains and fields, and it's not a precious thing, so it's perfect for Lin You and Ye Zhen to practice digging for medicinal herbs.
Three years after Ye Xinglan gave birth to Ye Xinghan, Ye Xinglan's mother was killed by a demonic cultivator while she was out collecting herbs. During that time, Ye's father was devastated and often went out to seek revenge on the demonic cultivator.
Ye Xinghan was raised by his two older sisters, and in his view, the saying "an elder sister is like a mother" is definitely not an empty phrase.
Therefore, Lin You and Ye Zhen were not juniors to him at all; they were clearly there to compete for his favor. Only now has he accepted their existence.
Seeing the harmonious relationship between her younger brother and two apprentices, Ye Xinglan's expression softened. She gave them some instructions and continued to listen to the lesson using her cheat system.
She has already finished learning Chinese and math, and has completed hundreds of tests with perfect scores. Now she is listening to biology lessons.
There weren't many biology courses, and the courses in the system were also concise. Ye Xinglan even turned on the speed-up mode and listened to a small part of the junior high school courses in just half a day.
Unlike Chinese and mathematics, the knowledge points taught in biology were completely new to her. In the words of her two apprentices, it was as if she had opened the door to a new world.
Moonflower grass was everywhere in Moonflower Valley, but for the sake of long-term planning, they dug up two grasses at a time, spaced a distance apart. As the three of them dug, they eventually split up.
After they had dug up enough Moonflower Grass, the three of them turned around and discovered that Ye Xinglan had suddenly gained enlightenment again.
Ye Xinghan was startled and immediately set up a defensive array and a soundproof array around Ye Xinglan, then stood guard around her with his sword.
Lin You and Ye Zhen didn't know any complicated formations, so they helped set up a spirit-gathering formation nearby. For some reason, this valley didn't have much spiritual energy, and they didn't know how so many Moonflower Grasses grew there.
After the formation was completed, Ye Zhen quietly asked Lin You, "Has Master been learning new lessons again? What has she been learning lately?"
"It seems to be something like biochemistry. She asked me what English was all about before, and I told her it's just another country's language and not very useful, so she switched to another language."
Lin You wasn't entirely sure either; she'd been having so much fun these past two days that she hadn't paid much attention to the cheat system's movements.
She couldn't help but reflect that since she had taken on the position of system administrator, she should work hard and not neglect the task recipients like this again.
Since high school knowledge was so helpful to Ye Xinglan, then the university courses later on must also be useful, right?
Lin You looked at her system space. Brother Ze had filled an entire space with books of all kinds. She watched the progress of her cheat system and picked out the biology books first.
Ye Zhen gave up after flipping through it a couple of times. She had forgotten most of what she knew from high school, and she hadn't studied this major in college, so she couldn't understand it at all.
Lin You couldn't understand it either, so she handed the book to Ye Xinghan and asked him to put it in the formation, hoping it might help her master.
The time it takes for a cultivator to achieve enlightenment is unpredictable; three to five days is considered early. After dark, Lin You and Ye Zhen set up a tent not far from the formation.
Moonlight Valley is indeed beautiful at night, especially the light, which is warm and radiant, like smoke and mist, making it look romantic and beautiful.
In modern times, only special effects in TV dramas can achieve this kind of effect.
Lin You took a few photos with her camera and was wondering whether she should ask Ye Zhen to take some for her when she suddenly heard her best friend exclaim, "This color looks like the radiance of a spirit stone!"
The common currency in the cultivation world is spirit stones. Spirit stones can be used for cultivation, setting up formations, refining weapons, and so on, making them quite practical.
The beautiful scenery before her eyes, when linked to currency, instantly lost its dreamlike quality. Lin You then imagined mountains covered with red banknotes and couldn't help but swallow.
Unlike Ye Zhen's fantasy, Lin You actually imagined it; in the story, Ye Zhen did dig out a huge spirit stone mine.
And they even discovered the secret of the spirit stone mine—could this be it?!
"Sister, don't you think there's something good hidden in here?" Lin You couldn't help but ask. As the protagonist, she should have a sense of what treasures might be.
Ye Zhen looked at her and hesitated for a while before saying, "I always feel that the Moonflower Grass that fills this valley is transformed from spirit stones."
Seeing the two of them starting to daydream again, Ling Ye, who was squatting to the side, shook off his fur, stretched, and went back to his tent to sleep.
The spiritual energy here is thin, making cultivation much less effective; it's better to recover quickly by sleeping.
Ling Ye crawled into the soft, comfortable, and fluffy nest that Ye Zhen had prepared for him and quickly fell asleep, completely unaware that he had become much lazier because of Ye Zhen.
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Author's note: Ye Zhen: I feel like this whole mountain is covered in money!
Lin You: I think you're absolutely right!
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