Chapter 138: Perfectly Flawless
Yan Luo was slightly surprised and said, “Although eagle fruit is precious, it can still be found. In the Baicao dicine Hall on the mountain and the nurous spiritual material shops in Kunwu City below the mountain, you should be able to buy it. There’s no need for my help, right?”
Su Qingjun smiled a little, seeming sowhat embarrassed, and said, “Martial Aunt, my master ans that it’s best for
to eat freshly picked eagle fruit.”
Yan Luo was taken aback, looking thoughtful. Suddenly, she lowered her head and opened the jade box in her hand, glanced inside, her expression changed slightly, and then she fell silent. After a mont, she sighed and said, “It seems that Brother Muyuan has indeed placed great expectations on you.”
Su Qingjun slightly lowered her head, with a smile on her face, not explaining further, and said softly, “I earnestly ask for Martial Aunt’s help. Qingjun would be imnsely grateful.”
Yan Luo closed the jade box in her hand, thought for a mont, then nodded and said, “Alright, I will arrange this. You may go now. There should be news within a few days. I will inform you then.”
Su Qingjun bowed deeply to her, her expression respectful, and said, “Thank you, Martial Aunt.”
Yan Luo sighed, got up to avoid the bow, and stepped forward to help Su Qingjun up, walking out together with her, saying, “Qingjun, you have a bright future ahead, with limitless achievents. There’s no need to be so courteous to an old woman like . I cannot bear it.”
Su Qingjun shook her head and said, “Martial Aunt, you speak too highly. I…”
Yan Luo smiled, raised her hand to stop her, and said, “It’s alright. We both know it in our hearts. Anyway, I will rember this matter. Just wait for my news.”
Su Qingjun nodded, thanked Yan Luo again, then smiled and greeted Yi Xin, who followed Yan Luo out, before leaving.
Watching the beautiful woman’s figure disappear at the end of the corridor, Yi Xin couldn’t help but show a trace of envy. She said to Yan Luo, “Martial Aunt, Sister Su is really amazing. Whether it’s cultivation, talent, appearance, or deanor, she is flawless.”
Yan Luo smiled but said nothing, turned around, and walked back into the house.
Yi Xin followed up, curious, and asked, “By the way, Martial Aunt, why did you react so strongly when Sister Su said she needed fresh eagle fruit?”
Yan Luo snorted and said, “What do you know? The freshness issue has a lot of intricacies.”
Yi Xin imdiately beca interested, pulled Yan Luo’s arm, and laughed, “Martial Aunt, tell
about it.”
Yan Luo rolled her eyes at her and said, “Make tea!”
“Alright, alright.” Yi Xin giggled, quickly poured out the cold tea, brewed a new hot cup, placed it in front of Yan Luo, and then smiled, “Martial Aunt, please teach
so I can also broaden my knowledge.”
Yan Luo took a sip of the tea, sighed, and said, “The eagle fruit is very useful. Although it’s precious, it’s not considered an extrely rare spiritual material. Normally, it’s nothing special. But this spiritual fruit has a unique feature. After it matures, it naturally contains a pure spiritual energy that dissipates as the fruit petals open, which takes about the ti it takes to drink a cup of tea. If you consu the eagle fruit within this ti, its efficacy will be about ten percent higher than at other tis.”
“Ten percent?” Yi Xin was surprised.
“Yes, only ten percent,” Yan Luo said flatly, “Because no one can perfectly ti the picking of the eagle fruit to eat it, all the eagle fruits on the market are preserved after being picked. The difference in efficacy is not significant, so no one cares.”
Yi Xin glanced outside the door and said, “Then why does Sister Su’s master insist on her having fresh fruit?”
“This is what I was talking about,” Yan Luo laughed, “Her master, Muyuan Zhenren, has placed extrely high expectations on her. He spares no effort to do even the smallest details perfectly. This way, if there are no accidents, her foundation will almost certainly be flawless. At least in the Nascent Soul stage, she might have a slightly better chance.”
Yi Xin was stunned for a while, then shook her head and sighed, “It’s true that people have different fates. Sister Su is really lucky.”
“Lucky…” Yan Luo glanced at her, smiled faintly, but said nothing.
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The light in the air twisted for a mont, and after a while, Lu Chen’s figure appeared in the tree hollow.
The bored Ah Tu lying on the ground imdiately lifted its head, barked, and limped over.
At this mont, most of the white cloth on Ah Tu’s body had been removed, but more than half of its body was still bandaged, looking rather pitiful. However, Ah Tu’s amazing resilience was once again demonstrated. After Lu Chen’s treatnt, the severe injuries started to heal rapidly, and now it could even move around with difficulty.
Lu Chen squatted down, patted Ah Tu’s head, and then checked its wounds. Nodding in satisfaction, he took out a package of at and tossed it to Ah Tu. The dog barked happily, its tail wagging furiously, and began to devour the at.
Lu Chen sat beside it, stroked its head, and said, “You must be bored being stuck here. Just hold on a little longer. Once you’re healed, you can go out again.”
Ah Tu looked up at him, rubbed its head against his hand, and then continued chewing the at bone. After a few bites, it suddenly looked up again, its one remaining eye fixed on Lu Chen, and let out a few low growls.
Its sharp, white fangs were visible, and even its gaze seed cold and ruthless, reminiscent of those bloodthirsty, crazed black coyotes on Black Armor Mountain in the Land of Confusion. The ancient, hidden beastly nature seed to be emanating from this black dog bit by bit.
Lu Chen watched it quietly for a while and then said calmly, “Don’t worry, we’ll definitely avenge this.”
Ah Tu looked at him, its tail wagged once, and then it resud gnawing on the bone.
Lu Chen sat beside it, watching it eat continuously. He observed the fur under the white bandages gradually regaining its vitality and glossy black sheen, as well as the gradually erging aura of latent beastly strength. He remained silent.
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Another morning dawned, with fresh air turning into a gentle breeze that blew over the grass garden of Liu Xiangpu. Most of the nial disciples arrived on ti to work there, including Lu Chen. However, this day was different from usual. The Jindan cultivator in charge of this area, Lin Sheng, accompanied another female cultivator with crane-like hair and a youthful face, Yan Luo, to the garden. They selected eight people from the roster, temporarily exempting them from their usual spirit herb planting tasks, and led them to a larger spirit field on the other side of the garden.
This spirit field was planted with many trees of the sa type, so of which had already borne fruit. The fruits looked peculiar, green with red, and sowhat resembled eagle beaks.
Lin Sheng didn’t imdiately address the group but instead stood aside, speaking softly with Yan Luo.
The eight nial disciples stood silently at the edge of the field, many of them showing expressions of confusion.
Lu Chen was among these eight, and coincidentally, so was He Changsheng.
As Lu Chen glanced around, his eyes t He Changsheng’s. He Changsheng seed much better than in recent days, no longer looking irritable or violent, appearing much calr.
When Lu Chen’s gaze t his, He Changsheng even smiled and nodded at him. However, if one looked closely, there was a subtle hint of strange confusion in He Changsheng’s eyes. He seed to be observing Lu Chen closely, as if trying to discern sothing about him.
In contrast, Lu Chen appeared completely normal, standing quietly. When his gaze t He Changsheng’s, he politely nodded back, showing neither anger nor intimacy, just as usual.
He Changsheng looked at Lu Chen for a long ti, the confusion in his eyes deepening.
After a while, Lin Sheng finished his conversation with Yan Luo and, looking confident, stepped forward to address the eight assembled nial disciples.
The content of his speech wasn’t complicated. He explained that this spirit field was planted with a precious two-pattern spiritual material called “eagle fruit.” Since soone in the sect urgently needed it, they needed to cultivate it carefully. If they did well, there would be rewards, and the rewards would be double the usual amount. Additionally, the best cultivator would receive spirit stones directly, beyond the usual harvest rewards.
The nial disciples were imdiately moved. The rewards were unprecedentedly generous, and it was clear that the eight selected by Lin Sheng were the best at cultivating spirit plants among the nial disciples in the garden.
Clearly, the sect was expecting the best possible results from this task.
With this mutual understanding, the eight quickly got to work in the spirit field.
Lin Sheng nodded in satisfaction, walked to the edge of the field, and said to Yan Luo, “Senior Sister Yan, what do you think?”
Yan Luo smiled and said, “Thank you for your help. It’s a pity, though. If the Foundation Establishnt disciples could do this, it would be even better. nial disciples’ cultivation is too low, and their control over the five-elent spiritual power is still lacking.”
Lin Sheng laughed and said, “Who wouldn’t agree? But any disciple with even a bit of talent sees planting and farming as lowly work. Even if they’re idle, they absolutely refuse to do this kind of work. If word got out, it would be considered a great humiliation, a blow to their status and dignity. They’d rather die than do it. I don’t know how this attitude started, but it’s a sha.”
Yan Luo sighed helplessly and said, “Indeed, that’s the way it is. Well, we have to make do with what we have and pick the best from the available lot.”
Lin Sheng laughed, “We can only do that.”
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