After the mind-reading cripple junior sister, the entire sect rose to prominence.

Chapter 114 Invitation
The large berry isn't a particularly precious spiritual fruit; its spiritual energy is only faint, but its taste is absolutely superb.

It can be said that, apart from some top-grade spiritual fruits, the taste of the Shuoguo berry is definitely among the best of ordinary fruits.

Besides eating it directly, it's also great for making dishes, which gives it a different flavor altogether.

Many restaurants like to use the fruit of the jujube to make spiritual dishes for sale, which often attracts a large number of customers and the supply cannot meet the demand.

The fruit is seasonal, available only for about ten days a year, and must be eaten or made into food within three days of being picked, otherwise it will spoil.

Even putting them in a Qiankun bag doesn't work. Although the Qiankun bag has a preservation effect, once the large berries are put in and then taken out, even for just a moment, half of their delicious flavor will be immediately lost, which is very frustrating.

Therefore, people who come to pick the large berries usually eat as they pick, first enjoying some for themselves to make the trip worthwhile, and then immediately selling the rest to other cultivators and restaurants.

Mo Jiuwei hadn't tasted the Shuoguo fruit since arriving at the Xianlai Sect. Liu Feng and the others knew she must love this fruit, so they invited them to come along when it was ripe, treating it as a group outing.

"We've walked for so long and haven't seen a single large berry. Those people are too greedy."

Meng Ling pouted, looking somewhat unhappy.

They had been walking for almost an hour, and along the way they had seen a few large berry trees, but they were all bare, without a single fruit left!
This is absurd, because the fruit ripens in batches, and it's impossible for all the fruit on the tree to ripen at the same time. They arrived early, so there's no reason why they wouldn't see a single fruit.

This proves that someone also picked the unripe fruit.

"I guess it's because even though the raw fruit doesn't taste as good, it can be preserved for a couple more days, which is better than going home empty-handed," Du Yue said.

Raw fruit will ripen after a few days of storage, but it will taste worse than naturally ripened fruit.

If it were them, they certainly wouldn't pick unripe fruit; it would be a waste to pick it too early.

But other people obviously don't think that way. For them, what they pick is theirs, and as for whether it tastes good or not... well, it can be sold for money, right?

"We're not going to go home empty-handed, are we?" Ji Qingqing smiled wryly.

"Probably not. Didn't we see cultivators in the center? There should be at least some there," Liu Feng said. "Let's hurry up."

It doesn't matter if they don't get any fruit, but Jiuwei can't have come for nothing.

If all else fails, just buy some from someone else.

"Hmm...don't panic, we haven't finished picking them yet, there's still some to eat."

Take your time browsing.

Mo Jiuwei yawned, thinking to herself.

As they walked, other cultivators would pass by them from time to time, all hurrying along as if they would miss out on all the harvest if they were even a step too late.

Another hour passed, and half a day had gone by, yet they still hadn't seen a single large berry.

Good heavens, it's been completely picked clean, there's not even a single one left to pick up!

Moreover, along the way, they only saw people coming and not leaving, leaving them nowhere to buy anything they wanted.

"Let's go!"

Mo Jiuwei suddenly reached out and pointed to a small path.

There's a big berry bush there, but nobody's seen it.

Everyone was delighted to hear this.

It would be great if there were fruit trees that no one had discovered, because that would mean there would be ripe fruit!
The higher the ripeness, the sweeter the berries, which are incomparable to unripe berries.

So the group turned right there without hesitation.

This path is difficult to walk on. The terrain is narrow and the road is rugged. Most importantly, there are too many forks in the road. You have to choose a fork in the road every few steps.

"left!"

"Go straight!"

"Left." Mo Jiuwei pointed to the road with her little finger, choosing the direction for them.

After wandering around like this, before we could even see the berries, we could already smell them.

"Wow, it smells so good, my mouth is watering."

Even the younger Meng Ling couldn't stop drooling; her eyes were sparkling with anticipation.

Now, without Mo Jiuwei pointing out the direction, they had already found the location of the large berry tree on their own.

This is a crooked tree with its roots embedded in the cracks of rocks. Because of the obstruction of the rocks, it grows in a very strange shape.

But this does not prevent it from flowering and bearing fruit. The tree, which is as tall as three people, is covered with green fruits the size of fists, many of which have turned pink.

Pinkish berries are a sign of ripeness, while those that are completely green are unripe.

"Great! There are at least thirty or forty ripe ones on here!" Du Yue looked up and counted them, becoming happier with each count.

Alright, with these, their trip wasn't a complete waste.

Yi Xingyun leaped up, picking the largest and ripest fruit in his hand. "Uncle-Master, this is for you."

We should respect the elderly and care for the young. Although the junior sister is the most popular, we cannot ignore the elders.

"You're so thoughtful. You can have this one for Jiuwei. I'll pick mine myself." Liu Feng smiled, then jumped up and picked one in each hand.

"Jiuwei, eat up." Yi Xingyun said with a smile as he handed the food to her.

But Mo Jiuwei gently pushed Yi Xingyun's hand, which happened to push the fruit in front of Chen Lan, "Lan, eat."

Chen Lan was stunned, her heart softened suddenly, and then her eyes reddened.

As Chen Lan grew to value Mo Jiuwei more and more, she felt a void being filled in her heart. Now, she felt an intense heat rising within her, as if something hot was about to burst forth.

She patted Mo Jiuwei's head with a slightly hoarse voice, "Jiuwei, be good, you eat this, your senior sister can pick the food herself."

Mo Jiuwei chuckled and started biting herself.

Although her little teeth weren't as good as an adult's—others could take a big bite, but she could only take a small one—she still enjoyed eating it.

"Mmm, how sweet!"

She took a bite, and her mouth burst with juice. The sweetness was mixed with a hint of sourness, which perfectly balanced the pure sweetness and created a unique flavor.

Everyone picked some fruit and ate one or two each. They then wanted to put the rest in a basket to take back to Xu Yihan on the way back.

They only picked the ripe ones, leaving the unripe ones untouched.

Although no one comes here now, perhaps they will wait for someone destined to come.

"A Celestial Abode!"

Mo Jiuwei noticed they were using baskets and promptly reminded them.

"A celestial abode?" Liu Feng turned to look at her.

Mo Jiuwei nodded heavily.

[The immortal abode can be stored indefinitely and won't lose its flavor.]

After all, a celestial abode is no ordinary space.

Everyone was delighted and handed it over to Mo Jiuwei for safekeeping.

Ignore the title; that's for the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)