Chapter 82 The Disappearing Yellow Cicada Flower

"Fifth Junior Sister, long time no see. Have you grown a little taller recently?"

Nan Wang rubbed Lingzhi's little head and judging from the feel, the Fifth Junior Sister was still the same Fifth Junior Sister and hadn't grown taller at all.

So he very naturally and irrelevantly made up a sentence for the fifth sister:

"It's okay, Fifth Junior Sister. In the cultivation world, we only care about cultivation, not height."

Spiritual branch: “…”

The fist is hard.

Time flies very fast. Lingzhi has now passed the nine-year-old mark and entered the double-digit age.

However, the growth of plant and tree creatures is very different from that of humans. A spiritual branch must at least maintain the appearance of a child for several decades before it reaches adulthood.

Nan Wang asked, "How is my carrier bird being trained?"

Lingzhi said unhappily, "I'm busy growing taller and can't help my senior brother refine the messenger bird!"

Nan Wang laughed: "Alright, alright, it's my fault. I shouldn't have mentioned your height. Fifth Junior Sister, please take a moment out of your busy schedule to help me refine the carrier bird."

"That's better." Lingzhi finally calmed down a little: "I'll practice it when I have time."

Nan Wang said casually: "Junior sister, if you really don't have time, you can also find someone else to help me refine. I am not picky, as long as they are useful. If possible, it would be best if they are handsome..."

"no!"

Lingzhi's tone suddenly became excited.

The next second, she met Nan Wang's confused gaze, and immediately came to her senses, adding:

"What I mean is that one can only refine one weapon twice. This is the rule of our weapon cultivation. The only situation where two weapons are refined at the same time is in a weapon gambling game."

"Ah? Is it so serious? It's my fault, it's my fault. I don't know the rules. Fifth Junior Sister, just pretend you didn't hear it!"

While Nanwang admitted his mistake, he solemnly promised:

"Fifth Junior Sister, take your time to cultivate. I will use it whenever you have it. I will never look for anyone else!"

Seeing that he had been fooled, Lingzhi let out a long breath.

The delaying tactic can solve the urgent problem, but it cannot be used forever.

It was not a solution to keep dragging it out, but fortunately she had already thought of a solution.

A normal messenger bird needs a drop of the user's heart blood to transform into an appearance similar to the user's own. However, Nan Wang does not understand these things, which gives her room to manipulate.

She could carve on the cast stone in advance to make the carrier bird as close to the image of Nanwang as possible, and then refine the cast stone into a spirit bird that could travel back and forth between the two places.

The product produced by this refining method is not a carrier bird at all, but the current situation is special and she has no choice but to do this.

Anyway, Fourth Senior Brother doesn't know anything about refining weapons. Even if he finds a problem later, she can say that she is not capable enough and that something went wrong during the refining process.

Fourth Senior Brother is so naive and easy to deceive, he definitely wouldn't think too much about it.

"Oh, Fifth Junior Sister, I have something important to discuss with you this time. Does the Weapon Sect have a place where we can sit down? I want a place that's a bit more formal and ceremonial."

"Yes, brother, come with me."

Lingzhi naturally obeyed Nanwang's words. If Nanwang wanted to see the ceremony, she would take him to the elders' inner hall of the Qi Sect's main hall.

Along the way, Nanwang looked around curiously:

"Hey, I haven't been to Qi Zong for a long time. Qi Zong has changed a lot. Hey, that's strange. I remember when I passed by here before, the roadside was full of small yellow flowers. Why can't I see any today?"

"Pull it out."

Lingzhi replied casually, as if he was talking about something unimportant.

"Ah?" Nan Wang stopped and asked in confusion, "Pull it out?"

"Yes." Lingzhi also stopped and turned back to ask, "Is it not possible?"

"It's not a big deal..."

Nan Wang scratched the back of his head and took another step forward.

After a while, he belatedly asked, "Why did you pull it out?"

Lingzhi said, "It's ugly and useless. It's better to clear the space and plant some spiritual herbs so that they can be used when refining weapons. What do you think, Fourth Brother?"

Nan Wang blinked his eyes and nodded in confusion: "I think...what you said makes sense."

Lingzhi paced slowly, mentally preparing himself for Nanwang to continue asking questions.

In fact, it was already very late when Nanwang discovered this.

The most famous yellow cicada flowers of Qi Zong disappeared overnight. Anyone who knows the history of yellow cicada flowers would find this strange.

Before Nanwang, countless people had asked about the question of the spirit branch.

However, since she dared to do this, she would not remain silent.

The relationship between her and these yellow flowers is like that between an emperor and a prince, and the throne is the Seven Secrets of the Exquisite Heart.

She is the one sitting on the throne, and she is still alive and well. How can she allow the prince to arm her under her nose?

During the time at the Fairy Fox Secret Realm, I'm afraid many people felt that it didn't matter if she died, since Qingyun Sect still had new Huangchan flowers to cultivate.

She didn't want to worry that the sect would abandon her and cultivate new yellow cicada branches every time she was in danger. This really affected her mood. As the owner of the Seven-magic Exquisite Heart, she couldn't bear such a great grievance.

The above is her explanation to the public and the sect.

It sounds a bit like being greedy and afraid of death, which is just laughable.

But it doesn't matter, she doesn't care about the ridicule, and this is not the real reason why she plucked all the yellow cicada flowers.

The real reason, she never said it out loud——

Thanks to the previous elder's carefulness, there were sound recording stones everywhere in the Weapon Sect, recording the disciples' every move. After she took charge of the Weapon Sect, she retrieved all the recordings and looked at them.

She heard the countless sarcasm and gloating of the disciples of the Qi Sect, as well as Nanwang's sad pleas.

Even if only the voice was left, she could feel how sad Nan Wang was when he knew the truth.

The senior sister knew that in order to set an example, she had to say one thing and mean another.

But this is not the case for many more people.

They were jealous of her position as the fifth true disciple, and they wanted her Seven Mysteries and Exquisite Heart.

They said that whoever obtains the Seven-Divine Exquisite Heart can become the fifth true disciple. The important thing is the Seven-Divine Exquisite Heart, not the spirit branch.

Amidst countless malicious intent and slander, only my senior brother is different.

Her senior brother treated her sincerely, so she repaid him with gratitude.

She was powerless to change the past, but from now on, she would be the only living being in Qingyun Sect.

Nan Wang pondered for a long time and said, "Have you thought about what kind of spiritual herbs to plant? The geographical environment of Qi Sect is the best in Qingyun Sect. The spiritual herbs, spiritual plants and spiritual fruits grown on such good land will surely be praised by the gods!"

Spiritual branch: “…”

It doesn't matter.

Fourth Brother, this is good enough.

I hope Brother Four can continue like this.

…

Soon, the two of them arrived at the inner hall of elders.

On the way, Nan Wang kept chattering about several delicious spiritual fruits recommended to Lingzhi, and claimed that his transplantation skills were first-rate and he could guarantee that he could move the spiritual fruit trees of the Sword Sect and the Law Sect to the Weapon Sect intact.

Obviously, he had long forgotten the sadness he felt when he saw the sea of ​​yellow cicada flowers that year.

Everyone has obsessions in their hearts, and Nanwang's obsession is obviously coveting the fertile land of Qi Zong, as well as the sweet purple-skinned spiritual fruit, the sour and sweet golden-patterned spiritual fruit, the crisp and sweet spiritual snake fruit, the tender and juicy Baochuan boat fruit...

This makes it seem a bit embarrassing that he pulled out all the spiritual branches of the yellow cicada flower just to avenge his senior brother.

She walked faster and faster, and finally she was jogging into the inner hall, where she found a table and sat down.

There were disciples on duty in the inner hall. When they saw Lingzhi coming, they immediately pulled out a chair for her with skillful movements. As soon as she sat down, another disciple leaned over and poured her a cup of freshly brewed spiritual tea.

Nan Wang was not treated so well. He pulled out his own chair, but there was not even a coaster for tea or even a coaster when he sat down.

Lingzhi waved his hand impatiently, and the disciple immediately received the order and walked out carefully with the tray.

In a flash, all the disciples in the inner hall dispersed, leaving the space for conversation to Nanwang and Lingzhi.

Nan Wang laughed and said, "Fifth Junior Sister, why do I feel like everyone is afraid of you?"

Lingzhi said, "Really? I think Fourth Senior Brother is not afraid of me at all."

Nan Wang said: "Hehe, I'm different. I'm a senior brother. How can a senior brother be afraid of a junior sister?"

Lingzhi curled his lips, picked up the teapot beside him, and poured a cup of spiritual tea for Nanwang:

"Okay, what you said is right, so what's the important thing you want to say? Hurry up and say it, I'm busy."

"Oh, that's it..."

When it came to business, Nan Wang put away his joking thoughts and became a little more serious:

"As you know, I have been refining talismans recently, and the material gap is too big. The spirit stones I have are really not enough. If I continue like this, I will just eat up all the spirit stones. So I thought of a way to earn spirit stones, and I need your help, Fifth Junior Sister."

The help of the senior brother in selling talismans on consignment helped him solve many urgent problems, but the righteous monks were not very aware of the use of talismans, and they had no way of verifying the quality of these talismans, so their purchasing power was not strong.

To put it another way, Nan Wang didn't actually have that many talismans to sell.

If he wanted to increase his strength, he had to understand the characteristics and usage of each talisman. There was no shortcut and he could only accumulate them in quantity. So he used as many talismans as he drew, and the amount left over for consignment was pitifully small.

Lingzhi nodded when he heard this, then took out a storage bag and handed it to Nanwang.

Nan Wang took the storage bag without knowing what was going on. He opened it and was immediately shocked:

"Oh my god, where did you get so many spirit stones? Are you going to rob people?"

Lingzhi pouted and complained, "Brother, what are you talking about! How could I do such a thing? The sources of these spiritual stones are legitimate, so you can use them without worry!"

It's just that too many people in the Qi Sect have offended her, and now that she is in power, they all rush to give her gifts, hoping to wipe out the grudges of the past.

Of course, she didn't want these gifts, but as the old saying goes, don't miss out on something.

Exchanging it for spirit stones for Fourth Senior Brother to use can be considered as making the best use of it.

In addition, she has been producing high-level magical instruments for the past six months, and has gained some fame. She has received many orders from inside and outside the sect. She chose to make those with the highest prices. All in all, she made such a large sum.