Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 179 Strategic Grade Pill

While Hou Chunyu was in doubt, the master of Shennong Valley, Nong Weili, the Great Lord at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, appeared in the conference hall.

"I've met the Valley Master!"

Seeing Nong Weili appear, the elders immediately saluted.

"Elder Qin, you are in charge of the Mission Hall, please tell us about this matter." Nong Weili said straight to the point. After all, the elders were summoned here for one thing. Even if Nong Weili wanted to talk about something else, he had nothing to say.

"Yes!"

Hearing this, a middle-aged man stood up and told the story of an alchemist who had recently appeared in the valley and was good at refining top-grade Tuomai Pills.

"Junior Sister Liu, is that person really not you?" After hearing what Elder Qin said, some elders who were still unaware of the situation couldn't help but turn their eyes to Liu Shulan.

In the entire Shennong Valley, the only person who could have such means was Liu Shulan, the 4th-level alchemist.

"no!"

Liu Shulan said unhappily that ever since that Koi Master revealed that he had refined the top-grade Tuomai Pill, she had no idea how many times she had been asked about it.

"That Koi Master is definitely not Junior Sister Liu!" At this time, Elder Qin also spoke.

"Who is that? Lao Qin, could you please finish what you want to say at once?" Upon hearing this, some elders were immediately dissatisfied. This old guy was actually keeping them in suspense.

"You have all heard of this person. He is Gu Mo whom Senior Brother Hou brought here earlier!" After being challenged, Elder Qin no longer beat around the bush and directly revealed the identity of the Koi Master.

"what!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the elders looked at each other in surprise. They obviously did not expect this result. Even if that Koi Master was not Liu Shulan, the 4th-rank alchemist, everyone guessed that it should be a genius alchemist from the alchemy lineage.

But it turned out to be a disciple from the planting lineage.

At this moment, the elders still remembered the information about Gu Mo very clearly. The previous information did not contain any information that he had a talent for alchemy.

"Look at what I'm doing. I just found out about it, too."

Feeling the gazes of the elders, Hou Chunyu glared back. Although Hou Chunyu had already guessed it from Liu Shulan's previous reaction, he was still shocked when it was confirmed at this moment.

"Okay, I called you here now because I want to discuss the matter of this top-grade Tuomai Pill." Nong Weili, the valley master, interrupted the elders who were staring at each other.

"Junior Brother Hou, Gu Mo is from your lineage, you can set the tone first." Nong Weili turned his gaze to Hou Chunyu.

"The best Tuomai Pill cannot be leaked out!"

Hou Chunyu thought for a moment and made a decision. The top-grade Tuomai Pill, which can increase the foundation of a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, is useless for a lone ranger, but for a top sect like Shennong Valley with many disciples, it can definitely be listed as a strategic-level pill.

If Shennong Valley can obtain a steady supply of top-grade Tuomai Pills, then the foundation of the disciples of Shennong Valley will be improved, and there will be greater hope for these disciples to reach a higher level in the future.

It is no exaggeration to say that this top-grade Tuomai Pill is an elixir that can enhance the foundation of the entire Shennong Valley. Although this will take a long time, a top-level sect like Shennong Valley is not considering current interests. Long-term gains and losses are what Shennong Valley needs to consider.

"However, the sect needs to compensate my disciple!" Hou Chunyu changed the subject.

"That's natural!"

Nong Weili nodded, "The sect will purchase the top-grade Tuomai Pill refined by your disciple at the price of a tier 3 pill."

"Valley Master, this is not enough!"

Hou Chunyu shook his head. As Gu Mo's master, he naturally wanted to gain the greatest benefit for Gu Mo. "That true disciple treatment..."

“Elder Hou, you must not push your luck!” As Hou Chunyu mentioned the treatment of a true disciple again, Elder Gu, who had always been at odds with Hou Chunyu, interrupted and said, “Your disciple’s ability to refine the best-grade Tuomai Pills is indeed a huge contribution to the sect, but I think the treatment of a true disciple should be given to those disciples who have outstanding talents in spiritual plant cultivation.”

"After all, many of the true teachings are treasures that can improve the skills of spiritual plant masters. Since your disciple has a good talent for alchemy, why not let him focus on alchemy."

"Elder Gu, according to what you said, the alchemy lineage is not qualified to become the true successor?" As soon as Elder Gu finished speaking, Liu Shulan was not happy. Other elders who were not from the spiritual plant master lineage also glared at Elder Gu.

"I didn't say that!"

The elder surnamed Gu knew that he had said something wrong and hurriedly made up for it. Anyway, he did not agree to give Gu Mo the treatment of a true disciple. He and Hou Chunyu's lineage were competitors. At this moment, both sides had a disciple who became a true disciple. If Hou Chunyu had another disciple who received the treatment of a true disciple, it would be very disadvantageous for his lineage.

"The resources of the true teachings are indeed a bit tight. How about this, the sect will let your disciple choose an additional treasure." Seeing that everyone was about to quarrel again, Nong Weili quickly made the decision.

As the master of the valley, Nong Weili needs to balance the interests of each branch. Of course, Gu Mo did not grow up practicing in Shennong Valley since he was a child, which makes Nong Weili feel uneasy about Gu Mo.

As for the treatment of true teachings, this involves many core secrets of Shennong Valley. Nong Weili cannot expose these core secrets to a disciple who cannot be completely trusted.

Of course, Gu Mo's refining of the top-grade Tuomai Pill is a great contribution to the sect. The sect will not treat Gu Mo unfairly and will purchase unlimited quantities of the top-grade Tuomai Pill refined by Gu Mo at the price of a level 3 pill.

In addition, Nong Weili thought that asking Gu Mo to go to the sect's treasury to select a treasure was absolutely a sign of sincerity.

The top-grade Tuomai Pill is, after all, only a first-grade pill, and the rise and fall of a sect are determined by only a handful of the top cultivators.

Of course, the top-grade Tuomai Pill can increase the probability of giving birth to top-level powerhouses in the sect hundreds or thousands of years in the future, but the time is too long and the probability cannot be determined.

After all, for a cultivator to grow from the Qi Refining Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage, there are too many difficult hurdles to overcome, and how many people can eventually become a Nascent Soul True Lord?

"Yes!"

Seeing the Valley Master make the decision, Hou Chunyu sighed inwardly. He knew that Gu Mo's lack of experience in cultivation and growth in Shennong Valley would be a hurdle for him to become a core disciple of Shennong Valley.

"Ok?"

Seeing Hou Chunyu stop like this, Liu Shulan was a little surprised. She was still expecting Hou Chunyu to show the tree stump spiritual plant cultivated by Gu Mo.

Once this tree stump spiritual plant appears, it will definitely shut up Elder Gu and shake the Valley Master. As an alchemist, she knows too well how important this spiritual plant called the Torch Stump is.

With the help of this special spiritual plant, Shennong Valley can achieve tremendous improvement in alchemy and weapon refining.

But now it seems that Hou Chunyu either didn't know that Gu Mo had this special spiritual plant, or he knew about it but was not going to announce it now, and was planning to take it out in the spiritual plant master competition in Shennong Valley.

As the top sect of spiritual plant masters, Shennong Valley holds a spiritual plant master competition every few years. The content is that the spiritual plant masters bring out the spiritual plants they have cultivated and compete to see whose spiritual plant is better.

Moreover, this competition was open to spiritual plant masters from outside the sect. Although Shennong Valley was the top spiritual plant master sect, there were still many spiritual plant masters outside. Standing still was obviously not a good strategy, so Shennong Valley opened up the conditions for other spiritual plant masters to participate in the competition. In several sessions, spiritual plant masters from outside the sect gave a huge shock to the geniuses of Shennong Valley.

Let those geniuses know that there are always people better than you.

Thinking of this, Liu Shulan didn't say much. After all, if the matter of Gu Mo's torch stump was exposed now, it would have a great impact on his participation in the competition.

"Junior Sister Liu, what's the matter?"

Yuanying Zhenjun's perception is so sharp that Hou Chunyu naturally sensed Liu Shulan's gaze. Hou Chunyu was a little confused about this.

"no!"

Liu Shulan rolled her eyes at Hou Chunyu, turned around and left, "Humph, you're pretending pretty well."

"what's the situation?"

Hou Chunyu was confused after getting a cold stare for no reason, but since she was his beloved junior sister, it was okay.

Without thinking too much, Hou Chunyu left quickly. He also had to inform Gu Mo of the decision of today's meeting.

With Hou Chunyu's attainments in the art of wood, he came directly to Gu Mo's leaf courtyard with just a thought. However, there were restrictions on leaf courtyards with people, and one could not directly enter the courtyard without the owner's consent.

Hou Chunyu came suddenly at this moment and naturally did not inform Gu Mo in advance, so he also needed to knock on the door.

"Coming!"

Soon a crisp voice was heard from the courtyard. Hou Chunyu felt a headache when he heard this familiar voice.

Who would understand? The daughter that I had raised for hundreds of years was kidnapped by a young man who had only been there for a few days. That feeling was so painful.

"Eh? Master, why are you here?"

While Hou Chunyu was lamenting in his heart, the yard door was opened, and then Xiaohua with a flower on her head appeared. When she saw Hou Chunyu, Xiaohua blinked her big eyes.

"If I'm not coming, are you not going to go home again?" Hou Chunyu said unhappily.

He just couldn't understand what was so good about Gu Mo's place. His yard was a 4th-level spiritual land, while Gu Mo's was only a 3rd-level one.

"Woo~~ Master, you didn't play with Xiaohua, so Xiaohua came to play with Junior-Junior Apprentice-Nex Xiaomo, and Xiaohua even made new friends." Hearing this, Xiaohua said aggrievedly.

As she spoke, Xiaohua brought Xiaoli over. The petite and cute Xiaohua was holding a golden koi that was as big as herself, which actually gave off a beautiful meaning of a boy holding a koi.

"what?"

Hou Chunyu, a True Lord in the late Nascent Soul stage, actually felt a hint of a mysterious opportunity and luck when he saw this scene.

Unfortunately, the concept of chance and destiny is extremely obscure and unknown even for Yuanying Zhenjun.

"Okay, it's Master's fault."

Looking at the aggrieved Xiaohua, Hou Chunyu could only surrender. As a Yuanying Zhenjun and the master of a lineage, he was indeed very busy. Especially after Xiaohua reached the peak of the third level and his cultivation could no longer advance, Hou Chunyu also stopped cultivating Xiaohua.

Because Xiaohua's realm has reached a bottleneck. If she doesn't break through the bottleneck, any training effect will be very weak. In order to break through and become a demon king, Xiaohua needs to find her own opportunity.

Suddenly, Hou Chunyu seemed to understand something. The opportunity and luck he had just sensed might be a sign that Xiaohua had found a breakthrough.

"Xiaohua, you can come here to play whenever you want from now on." Thinking of this, Hou Chunyu naturally would not stop Xiaohua from coming to Gu Mo to play.

Although no one knows why Xiaohua found the opportunity for a breakthrough here with Gu Mo, the opportunity and fate are too mysterious and no one can explain it clearly.

"Great!"

After getting permission from her master, Xiaohua cheered excitedly.

"Uncle Xiaohua, what's wrong?"

Gu Mo, who was refining medicine in the house, heard Xiaohua's cheers outside. He immediately stopped refining the medicine and went out to check the situation.

"I've met Master!"

When he saw Hou Chunyu, Gu Mo hurriedly saluted.

"You little guy, how dare you still remember me, your master?" Seeing Gu Mo, Hou Chunyu glared at him. It was obvious that Hou Chunyu was angry because Gu Mo did not tell him that he could make pills. If he had known it earlier, he could have done more for Gu Mo.

"???"

Gu Mo looked at Hou Chunyu with a puzzled look on his face until Hou Chunyu told him what had happened. Then Gu Mo suddenly understood. He was helpless about this. Who would have thought that he just refined an elixir and alarmed the top leaders of Shennong Valley.

"From now on, you don't have to accept any more missions for the top-grade Tuomai Pill. The sect will purchase your top-grade Tuomai Pill, and you can go to the sect to choose a treasure." Hou Chunyu told Gu Mo the sect's decision.

In this regard, Gu Mo seemed to have no choice but to accept it. Fortunately, the reward given by the sect was quite good.

"Hehe, my dear disciple, this will be good for you as well." Hou Chunyu coughed lightly. Although he was not very satisfied with the reward given by the sect, he naturally wanted to make up for the sect at this moment and not let Gu Mo complain about the sect.

"That top-grade Tuomai Pill is of great significance. If you continue to refine it, once your identity is exposed, you will inevitably be targeted. Now the sect will help you conceal your identity and purchase unlimited quantities of your top-grade Tuomai Pills. You can avoid the risk of your identity being exposed and still get the reward for refining the pill."

"Also, the sect has given you a chance to choose treasures. Did you know that there are spiritual tools and even spiritual treasures in the sect's treasury? Of course, if you want to obtain spiritual tools and spiritual treasures, you must have enough vision."

Both spiritual tools and spiritual treasures have given birth to spirits, and their spirits already possess the awareness of self-protection. Without a master, spiritual tools and spiritual treasures will conceal their own spirituality to preserve themselves.

This is the origin of the self-concealment of spiritual beings.

Therefore, if you want to find a spiritual weapon or treasure, you must have a very strong affinity with it, and the spirit in it will actively call you, or you must have a sharp eye and be able to recognize a spiritual weapon or treasure in a self-obscure state.

But regardless of whether or not you can find spiritual weapons or spiritual treasures, the sect gives you the opportunity to choose a treasure, which is guaranteed to be a treasure of the highest grade magical weapon level. This kind of sincerity is indeed sufficient.

"Thank you, Master!"

Gu Mo bowed to Hou Chunyu to express his gratitude. He knew that his master must have contributed to his getting these rewards. Otherwise, as a Jindan disciple who had just started, he would at most get the normal reward of the top-grade Tuomai Pill, and might not even get the reward of the extra treasures he could choose.

(End of this chapter)