When the two siblings returned to the private room of the restaurant, the dishes had just been served and the group had not yet touched their chopsticks.
Shi Xuan casually tossed the bag of spirit stones onto the table and, mimicking Lu Wenxing's tone when he entered, said, "Bring up some more of the more expensive ones!"
The seven disciples of Lianfeng looked at each other, somewhat puzzled. How could their personalities have changed after just one trip out?
Lu Wenxing sighed, sat down at the table, poured himself a cup of spirit wine, took a sip, and finally recovered completely. He then began to vividly recount Shi Xuan's heroic deeds outside.
His expressions were vivid, and his storytelling was so lifelike that the listeners felt as if they were there themselves.
The Seven Masters of Lianfeng looked at Shi Xuan with even greater reverence, secretly reminding themselves to always put Senior Sister Shi Xuan first in the sect, resolutely protect her interests, and never do anything to offend her, otherwise they would surely meet with bad luck.
No wonder she said she would come back to settle the bill before leaving. Could it be that she was already planning to rip off Fan Mingzhu before she even left?
Shi Xuan poured the spirit stones out of the bag and gave each of the seven Lianfeng disciples five high-grade spirit stones, saying, "This is for your competition prizes." She would collect the prizes for second and third place later, and these spirit stones would be considered as her market price for those few fifth-grade spirit plants.
"Where would you need so many?" Gu Liangce exclaimed in surprise. Even fifth-grade spiritual herbs on the market weren't worth this much.
"Take it, it's all free anyway." Shi Xuan said, "It's all Fan Mingzhu's spirit stones. She spends spirit stones to make herself happy, and we make spirit stones to make ourselves happy too. It's a win-win situation for everyone."
The Seven Lianfengs barely managed to suppress the twitching of their lips. If Fan Mingzhu knew the truth, she would probably be furious and wouldn't be able to be happy at all!
Then Shi Xuan pushed five spirit stones to Lu Wenxing: "These are for Second Senior Brother. He's doing a great job as a background character."
Lu Wenxing happily put it away, knowing that his contribution was part of the money his junior sister earned!
Zhu Jingchen looked at Shi Xuan with starry eyes and said, "Senior Sister is our role model. If we have her abilities in the future, we'll be successful no matter where we are."
Lu Shan stuffed a piece of meat floss into his mouth, glared at him, and humphed, "This sycophant stole my lines."
"Junior Sister's acting skills! Her calm demeanor is truly that of a great general!" Lu Wenxing was still marveling.
“Yes, yes, yes!” Lu Shan followed up, “I don’t know why, but I feel especially safe when I’m with my junior sister.”
Although she is the youngest, I always felt that she was quick-witted, calm in the face of things, and very reliable.
When Gu Liangce heard him say that, he tapped him on the head and said, "Why are you calling her 'Junior Sister' now? Although what you said is right, is it something you can call her that?"
In fact, Shi Xuan joined the sect later than them and had the lowest cultivation level, so calling her junior sister was correct. However, her way of making her entrance at Baicao Peak was too domineering, which led to everyone at Baicao Peak now calling her senior sister, mainly out of respect.
"Hurry up and eat, all this delicious food can't shut you up. You want to flatter me and embezzle my huge sum of money, right?" With that, she quickly put the remaining few high-grade spirit stones back into her storage bracelet.
The group of people at the table laughed heartily and enjoyed a luxurious and delightful meal.
The next day, Fuyuan Sect opened the spirit medicine storehouse and let Shi Xuan go in to collect the spirit medicines awarded to the first, second, and third place winners of the Alchemy Grand Competition.
The Fuyuan Sect's spirit medicine storehouse was not open to outsiders; it was only available to disciples who could exchange sect points for it. The only way for outer sect disciples to enter was probably to achieve a top-three ranking in the year the sect leader hosted the Alchemy Grand Competition.
But this is the first time in hundreds of years that the top three prizes have all been claimed by one person, just like this time.
There were three sixth-grade spiritual herbs and six fifth-grade spiritual herbs in total. Shi Xuan had a general idea in mind before going in.
Elder Yu, who was in charge of the medicine storehouse, personally led the way.
In fact, the first four tiers of spiritual herbs are like a medicine shop, openly displayed and available for disciples to choose from. However, spiritual herbs of the fifth tier and above require too many points and can only be exchanged infrequently. In addition, many high-tier spiritual herbs require more demanding storage conditions, so they need to be stored in separate locations.
After entering the spirit medicine storehouse, Elder Yu led Shi Xuan directly through the low-level spirit medicine display area and down the stairs at the deepest part to the underground high-level spirit medicine storage area.
The fifth and sixth tiers are located on the first underground level, while even higher-tier spiritual herbs reside deeper underground.
Once you pass through the barrier at the entrance, a refreshing scent wafts over you. Placing some invigorating sandalwood at the entrance is a good idea.
Elder Yu handed her a jade token and explained kindly, "The fifth and sixth-grade spiritual herbs are all here. Take this token and go in to choose. When you see something you like, just stick this jade token on the restriction in front of the herb. Once you've chosen enough, the jade token will automatically teleport you out."
After he finished speaking, he left the jade pendant and departed.
Although this place is located on the first basement level, you can't feel the coldness of the underground at all. The indoor lighting is controlled by an array. The spiritual plants that prefer shade are cool and dim, while those that prefer sunlight are warm and bright.
Being there was a very comfortable feeling. Zhao Cai, who had been lying on her shoulder pretending to be dead, suddenly seemed to come alive and flapped its wings several times. Even the passively operating Wanwu Sheng became much more active.
Shi Xuan first glanced at the fifth-tier spiritual medicine selection area on this floor and quickly selected the spiritual medicines he had previously thought of.
Two of them, Purple Lingxiang and Spring-Keeping Vine, are relatively rare auxiliary materials needed for the Senior Brother's Resurrection Pill; there is also a spiritual plant called Snow-Seeing Bright, which has an excellent effect on clearing miasma, and Shi Xuan plans to use it on Chen Shengjun; there are also three other things, all of which Shi Xuan plans to use on himself.
The newly acquired Fiery Red Star and Mystic Ice Grass work best together, while Moon Shadow Grass and Dragon Spine Ginseng are both highly beneficial spiritual herbs for spiritual roots. After all, she is also a patient with unstable spiritual roots. Although she hasn't used spiritual power extensively yet, she will be entering the Silver Frost Secret Realm with disciples from other sects in two months, so it's better to prepare more than necessary.
The area where sixth-tier spiritual herbs were placed had a richer spiritual energy, and the number of herbs was much less than that of fifth-tier herbs.
Shi Xuan moved forward slowly, looking at the spiritual herbs on both sides. Many of the spiritual herbs preserved here were still alive.
After walking about ten steps, a golden light flashing on the right caught Shi Xuan's attention. The light was so dazzling that at first glance, it was almost too bright to look directly at.
It's a flashing gold flower!
Shi Xuan hadn't expected to see the Golden Flower here. It was one of the main ingredients of the Rejuvenation Pill and was extremely rare. It was not usually found in the sect's herb storehouse or market. Shi Xuan had planned to wait until he was at least in the late Foundation Establishment stage before looking for it.
What's even more remarkable is that this golden shimmering flower is alive, growing in a white jade basin. If properly nurtured, it might bloom again in the future.
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