Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 51 Inner Gate Followers
"really?"

When Chu Feifei heard that Gu Mo was willing to use water spirit rice as a reward, her heart began to pound with excitement. This was a good thing that could not be bought even with spirit stones. Apart from exchanging a small amount with sect contributions, there was almost no other channel to obtain it.

Because the water spirit rice produced by Lingzhitang has basically been reserved by the inner disciples of the sect, it is never the turn of the menial disciples. Even for the outer disciples, it is difficult to get it without the help of some connections.

"Of course!"

Gu Mo nodded. The Water Spirit Rice, which was very precious to other people, was just so-so in Gu Mo's eyes. He did not need the help of the Water Spirit Rice to improve his cultivation. As for the effect of the Water Spirit Rice in warming the meridians and nourishing the body, it could also be as strong as the perfect level of cleansing magic.

At most, leave some for tasting.

After getting Gu Mo's promise, Chu Feifei immediately took out the array plate buried in the spiritual field, then took out various tools and began to repair it for Gu Mo with full concentration.

At the same time, Yao Shifeng also returned to Fu Feng's mission hall.

"Senior Brother Yao!"

When they saw Yao Shifeng, several menial disciples came up to greet him. If Gu Mo and his companions were the team Yao Shifeng had formed in the menial disciple area, then these menial disciples were the team Yao Shifeng had formed in Fu Feng.

Yao Shifeng's purpose of raising a new team was also very clear, that is, to attract investment. On the surface, Gu Mo and others thought that Yao Shifeng only had 100 spiritual stones funded by them, but in fact Yao Shifeng received funding from two teams. This was enough to greatly increase Yao Shifeng's cultivation speed.

Moreover, Fu Feng's team can help Yao Shifeng complete daily tasks, so that Yao Shifeng can concentrate on cultivation. Therefore, Yao Shifeng asked others to complete the task progress delayed by the party.

Taking the blank talisman handed over by a errand disciple, Yao Shifeng completed today's task and then led everyone out of the mission hall.

Yao Shifeng gained benefits, so naturally he had to pay something back. However, what he paid back was guidance on cultivation and talisman making, which were very important for those new disciples who were doing menial tasks.

With a senior brother willing to instruct them, the newly-initiated menial disciples naturally chose to follow Yao Shifeng.

Especially when Yao Shifeng broke through the second level of Qi Refining, those menial disciples became even more excited, and they all felt that there was a future in following Yao Shifeng.

"Everyone, I suddenly had some insights today. I'll talk to you all after I come out of seclusion." Yao Shifeng bowed to everyone. He needed to absorb the insights in his heart as quickly as possible. It would be a pity if he missed it.

"It's okay, Senior Brother Yao, your matter is more important!" the errand disciples said hurriedly.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Yao Shifeng returned to his room, then took out a pill and swallowed it. Afterwards, a violent medicinal power burst out, making Yao Shifeng's face turn pale.

In order to increase his cultivation speed, Yao Shifeng bought a pill with extremely powerful medicinal properties from a casual cultivator in the market town. This medicine is not only cheap, but also contains several times more medicinal properties than pills of the same level. The disadvantage is that the medicinal properties are too powerful and taking it can easily damage the tendons and veins.

Damage to tendons and veins is no small matter, it will damage the foundation of a cultivator. Take Yao Shifeng for example, he used this powerful elixir to break through to the second level of Qi Refining within two years, but the price was damage to his meridians, which made Yao Shifeng's spiritual power only 90% of that of an ordinary second level Qi Refining cultivator.

This is still the case when the damage to his meridians is not serious. If Yao Shifeng continues to take this kind of medicine, then his meridians will be damaged more and more seriously. By then, even if he can step into the third level of Qi Refining, it is estimated that the spiritual power in his body will only be 70% to 80% of that of a normal third level of Qi Refining.

But Yao Shifeng still chose to continue taking the pill, because he didn't want to remain unknown. He wanted to break the shackles of being a menial disciple, and he needed to show everyone his strength. Only when he became stronger could he get more resources, and then he would consider how to repair his meridians. Taking a deep breath, Yao Shifeng suppressed the severe pain caused by the violent spiritual power in his meridians and began to practice.

……

“Phew, it’s done!”

Chu Feifei wiped the sweat from her forehead and handed the repaired array plate to Gu Mo. Gu Mo took the array plate and buried it back in the spiritual field. Then, he activated the array plate.

The first thing to be activated was the illusion array, and a layer of hazy mist enveloped the spiritual field. Then another defensive array on the array plate was activated. In an instant, a thin curtain of light enveloped the spiritual field.

Even though this light curtain is very thin, it can withstand the attacks of cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining. Although the spiritual power of the spirit stones in the array will be exhausted after a few attacks, the strength of this defense array is definitely acceptable.

If they are in the early or middle stages of Qi Refining, they can definitely hold out for a longer time. If Gu Mo can replace the spirit stones on the array plate in time, he can completely keep the enemy out.

"Fairy Chu's craftsmanship is indeed amazing."

After testing the effect of the array, Gu Mo nodded with satisfaction, "When the Shuiling rice matures, I'll leave a few pounds for you."

"A word is a deal!"

Chu Feifei said with a smile. This was the first pot of gold she earned with her own skills. Although Gu Mo had given her a lot of help and even financial support, Chu Feifei was still very happy. After all, this meant that she could earn more cultivation resources by herself in the future.

After completing the repair of the array disk, Chu Feifei left. She had her own tasks and could not leave for too long. This was also the constraint of the menial disciples. They had to complete a quota of tasks for the sect every day. They could not have relatively free time like the outer disciples.

And Gu Mo also started his daily life of farming, practicing, and exploring the black fog space again.

As the defense of the spiritual field increases, Gu Mo also plans to add 5 more sunflowers, bringing the number of sunflowers to 15. With the ten sunflowers he currently owns, it only takes 5 days to collect the solar essence needed for one sunflower, and the time will become shorter and shorter afterwards.

While Gu Mo was hiding in the spiritual field and practicing silently, a piece of news spread among the menial disciples of the entire sect.

The sect master's new disciple, a genius with superior spiritual roots, wants to recruit a few followers from among the menial disciples to help him with some trivial matters.

As soon as the news came out, all the chores disciples were excited. It was normal for inner disciples to recruit followers. By letting the followers help with some chores, the inner disciples could focus on cultivation. After all, wasting precious cultivation time on those trivial matters was the biggest waste.

Becoming an attendant of an inner disciple is definitely a great opportunity for many menial disciples.

Even quite a few outer disciples were eager to try. For an outer disciple, becoming an attendant of an ordinary inner disciple was not very attractive, but becoming an attendant of the sect master's personal disciple was a different story.

(End of this chapter)