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

Chapter 278 Too Smooth

As usual, Chen Lan said something after they finished their work.

The disciples were completely bewildered.

Huh? You want to collect fruit too?
But thinking about it, it's true that the fruit is worth some money.

So everyone obediently went to collect the fruit.

"Ahem, please hand over the big, dark-colored lemons." Chen Lan saw her disciples picking out the small, ugly ones and quickly added, "You won't be at a disadvantage. As compensation, you don't need to hand over the first thing you find."

Is this for real?!

Some disciples were about to frown when they heard this and were overjoyed.

Although the lemon fruit can be sold for some money, it is insignificant compared to other things in the secret realm. Any one of those spiritual herbs, plants, or animal hides is more valuable than the fruit.

Now that Chief Chen is actually using the large fruit to exchange for the benefits to come, they're definitely going to make a killing!

The disciples were overjoyed, fearing she might go back on her word, and hurriedly picked out the largest fruit.

"These are huge! They're the biggest ones on the tree I picked from!"

“Mine is big too. I picked it from the top of the tree. It’s a deep color and smells delicious.”

"Mine too! I specifically picked the sun-facing fruit; it's sure to taste delicious!"

"Peak Master Chen, I don't like fruit, please take all of these with you!"

"I handed over all of mine too, hehe."

Some people might not be interested in this kind of food, while others noticed that Chen Lan liked it very much, so they deliberately tried to please her and simply handed over all the fruit.

Chen Lan accepted everything offered, taking whatever came her way and naturally storing it in her immortal abode.

This fruit is naturally what Junior Sister loves to eat.

Junior Sister's favorite fruit is sweet and sour. Many spiritual fruits are mildly sweet or purely sweet, and although she likes them, she doesn't like the sweet and sour flavor of the Hu Ning fruit as much.

Chen Lan had picked some fruit herself, but her strength was limited and it wasn't enough for her junior sister to eat.

If we miss this secret realm, it will be difficult to find the same quality of lemon fruit outside. Anyway, things in the immortal mansion can be stored indefinitely without affecting the taste and texture, so why not let everyone help out?

However, Chen Lan also knew that her junior sister was very picky about food. She would definitely not like small or ugly fruits, so naturally she would choose the best of the best.

Mo Jiuwei was so happy in the immortal mansion that her eyes were practically splitting open with joy.

[Hehe, I've struck gold! So many lemons! I'm going to eat them for the rest of my life!]

[This is truly a high-quality product; if we can't finish it, we can sell it for a little extra money!]

Chen Lan chuckled and shook her head.

Although she wasn't usually fierce towards her disciples, she was mostly serious. The disciples rarely saw her smile with such kindness and gentleness, which amazed them.

What is Chen Fengzhu thinking about? His smile is so beautiful and captivating.

It was as if she were a completely different person from her usual self!
On this day, Chen Lan was traveling with her disciples when she suddenly overheard Mo Jiuwei's words—

The people from Wuya Sect have arrived.

[I should remind Senior Sister Chen that we can proceed as planned.] After thinking this, Mo Jiuwei, as the two of them had agreed, stretched out her chubby little hand and patted the ground.

They took five shots in a row before stopping.

Chen Lan immediately became wary.

For many days, she has maintained contact with the squad leaders of other teams, and so far seven teams have discovered traces of Wuyamen.

As Mo Jiuwei said, the Wuya Sect would make some marks after searching for the Xianlai Sect team, but would not take direct action; they would simply follow them for a period of time.

The time spent following them seemed to be solely for figuring out the temperament of the team leader and the composition of the team members, as well as roughly guessing the route each team would take.

In addition, they would also target one person in each team, drug them when they were separated from the team, and then extract important information from them while they were in a daze.

After asking the questions, only one or two people will be sent to follow behind, while the others will continue to search for other Immortal Sect teams.

The reason for having the entire team follow them, extracting information, and then leaving someone behind to leave was to avoid alerting the Xianlai Sect during the process.

It's clear that if they accidentally alert the squad, they intend to wipe out the entire squad in one fell swoop!

Because their team had three hundred people, while the Xianlai Sect team only had one hundred, and there was also a big difference in strength between the two sides, if they were to force a fight, it seemed that the Xianlai Sect would only face certain death.

However, so far, everything at Wuya Gate has been going "smoothly".

The tracking, interrogation, and marking were all "successfully" carried out. Along the way, they had successfully extracted information from the Seventh Squad without alerting anyone in the team.

Such a smooth process obviously made the people of Wuya Sect lower their guard. In their eyes, the Xianlai Sect was just a bunch of rookie rabble that they could easily wipe out with a wave of their hand.

Because of this, they became increasingly careless in their actions, and on several occasions, ordinary disciples in the team noticed something amiss and reported it to the captain with some apprehension.

However, the captain dispelled their suspicions with just a few words, and they assumed that he was just another cultivator who happened to be passing by.

In reality, all of this was just a charade orchestrated by the people of the Immortal Sect. The disciples who were briefly abducted were indeed drugged, but they were not key figures at all, so how much information could they possibly reveal?
The people of Wuyamen were overjoyed and thought everything was going smoothly.

Mo Jiuwei had always followed Chen Lan, and her ability to foresee the future made it easy for her to cooperate with Chen Lan. So last night, the Xianlai Sect had already devised a plan.

Once the Wuya Sect members catch up with Chen Lan's team, they can begin the "counter-hunting" operation.

"Alright, everyone's tired, let's take a break for now," Chen Lan suddenly stopped and turned around to say.

The disciples were somewhat surprised, because Chen Lan usually only let them stop after noon, and this was the only time they had taken a break in the middle of the journey, except for the evening.

Why are you up so early today?
However, no one raised any objections. They were all a bit tired anyway, so getting some rest wouldn't hurt.

"There's something I need to tell you all. We'll be traveling a lot today, and we might not be able to stop tonight," Chen Lan added.

"Ah? What!"

"Why? Why does it take so long to travel?"

"Ouch, my leg..."

The disciples wailed in despair.

If you don't even rest at night, you'll be exhausted!

Every day, they either bent over digging for spirit herbs or fought with their fellow disciples against demonic beasts. You know, fighting is very physically demanding!
Unfortunately, the team leader kept giving everyone less and less rest time after the event, so they could only travel while panting for breath.