Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 91 Koi Metamorphosis (Seeking First Order)
The true transmission assessment kicked off under the attention of everyone in the Qinglu Sect. Unfortunately, the true transmission assessment was a closed-door assessment. Except for the sect master and peak masters, no one else was qualified to watch the true transmission assessment.

After all, the true teaching assessment contains a lot of content, involving many secrets of each assessee, so it is naturally not convenient for too many people to know.

The sect has set up so many assessment contents, and the purpose is very simple. True disciples are already the core personnel of the entire sect, the future golden elixir seeds, the candidates for the sect master and the masters of each peak, and the people who control the future of Qinglu Sect. With such an important identity, the assessment cannot be simple.

Only the most outstanding inner disciples are qualified to become true disciples.

However, the details of the assessment cannot be leaked, but the rankings of the inner disciples participating in the assessment will be updated every day so that the disciples of the sect can know.

The one ranked first now is He Shaogang, the inner disciple who joined the sect the latest.

He Shaogang's cultivation level is not the highest, but the true teaching assessment tests potential and foundation, so the early or late entry will not have much impact on the assessment results.

But even so, He Shaogang was able to suppress a group of inner disciples who had reached the great perfection of Qi refining or even the foundation-building stage. What a talent and potential he had.

After He Shaogang, the names that are familiar to everyone are those who have always been at the top of the inner sect disciple rankings.

But soon a new name appeared and was directly ranked 6th. This person was also an inner disciple who had only been in the sect for a few years.

"Not bad, it ranks 6th."

Gu Mo was a little surprised to see Yuan Niya's name ranked 6th, but then he thought, Yuan Niya had accepted the baptism of his perfect level cleaning technique, and her foundation was 6 times that of the same level. With such a deep foundation, she was ranked 6th, which was enough to show that Qinglu Sect's inner disciples were full of talents.

His eyes continued to move downwards, and there were some unfamiliar names. Gu Mo didn't pay much attention to the inner disciples. However, at the 9th position, Gu Mo saw a familiar name, Ye Yuqi.

Because of Chu Feifei's previous incident, Gu Mo learned about Ye Yuqi from Yuan Niya. At that time, Yuan Niya said that this person could be ranked 5th among the inner disciples. This time he dropped directly to 9th. If he drops one more place, he might miss out on the true teachings.

There are only nine places for true disciples in Qinglu Sect. The top nine in the comprehensive ranking can be the true disciples.

Therefore, all inner disciples will try their best to squeeze into the top nine positions. Of course, the current ranking is only temporary. With the subsequent assessments and the second stage of the true trial, this ranking will still change.

But the current ranking is already very valuable for reference.

"Humph!"

Ye Yuqi glanced at the latest ranking, snorted coldly and turned away. He had expected this ranking because while other inner disciples were consuming a lot of resources to consolidate their foundation, he was giving all his resources to the assassination organization.

And the person he wanted to kill was Yuan Niya.

The reason is simple. Only if Yuan Niya dies can he get Chu Feifei. The strange fragrance on Chu Feifei's body is related to his path. Yuan Niya's act of snatching Chu Feifei away will undoubtedly cut off his path. This is definitely a feud that will not end until one of them dies.

Of course, Ye Yuqi would not attack Yuan Niya on his own. If he was discovered, the lightest punishment would be expulsion from the sect, and he would most likely be slapped to death by the elders of the Law Enforcement Hall.

It happened that he had discovered a base of an assassination organization in the market town not long ago, so he had the idea of ​​sending members of the assassination organization to kill Yuan Niya. Of course, many assassination organizations would not accept the mission of attacking the inner disciples of a large sect like the Qinglu Sect.

Ye Yuqi also took the mission with the attitude of giving it a try, and the assassination organization actually accepted it. Then they signed the contract very smoothly. If the other party did not execute the contract after it was signed, the consequences would be very serious.

However, in order to complete this task, Ye Yuqi also paid a lot of treasures, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he went bankrupt. But in Ye Yuqi's opinion, it was all worth it. Only when Yuan Niya died could he get Chu Feifei.

As long as he can get Chu Feifei, with the help of the strange fragrance on her body, Ye Yuqi will be sure to improve his nasal ability to a higher level. By then, he will be the undisputed number one among the inner disciples.

As for the risks involved, Ye Yuqi felt that he had done a good job of disguising himself. It was not the case that if he and Yuan Niya had a little conflict, she would not suspect him if something happened to her. Besides, this matter concerned his own path, so even if there were some risks, it was acceptable.

After scanning the list, Gu Mo returned to his own little house. The assessment of the true teachings would take at least half a year to complete. There was too much content to be assessed, and it had to be kept confidential, so the assessment took a very long time.

However, this is good news for Gu Mo, because it gives him more time to prepare. Half a year is enough for Gu Mo to improve his combat power.

“This is about to transform!”

Gu Mo squatted beside the paddy field. A golden koi swam over happily, smacking its lips and asking for food from Gu Mo.

The koi was fished out of the water. Now there were only a few red scales on the belly of the koi. After being fed with the essence of the sun from time to time in the past few years by Gu Mo, the koi finally reached the time of transformation.

Gu Mo was looking forward to seeing what changes would happen to this koi carp that he had fed with the essence of the sun after its metamorphosis. However, one thing was certain: the metamorphosis of this koi carp would be different from that of ordinary koi carp. After all, ordinary koi carp were all red, with a few being white or red and white. As for the golden koi carp, it seemed that they had never appeared.

"Here, I'll give you something good."

Gu Mo took out a portion of level 2 solar essence, ready to use this high-quality solar essence to assist the koi's transformation.

Seeing the Level 2 Sun Essence that Gu Mo took out, the koi opened its mouth in excitement. Seeing this, Gu Mo directly stuffed the Sun Essence into it.

The next moment, the koi seemed to have eaten boiling magma, and it swam rapidly in the paddy field. Perhaps it was because it swam too fast, but the koi's fins and tail had trailing shadows.

No, it's not a streaking image, it's the koi's fins and tail growing, turning into a phoenix tail similar to that of a goldfish. The koi drags its long phoenix tail and swims in the paddy field, looking like a fairy in the water, full of stunning beauty.

Suddenly, the koi swimming in the water jumped lightly and jumped out of the water, but after jumping up, the koi did not fall back down. Instead, it used the spiritual energy between heaven and earth as water and swam in the air.

At the same time, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to have received some kind of call and began to condense rapidly. Then it turned into a huge dark cloud. The koi's golden phoenix tail flicked lightly and rushed directly into the dark cloud, constantly shuttling through it.

At first glance, it looked like a golden dragon was making clouds and rain. Just as this thought came to Gu Mo's mind, the spiritual rain began to fall.

"This is... the Small Cloud and Rain Technique, and it is at the Great Perfection stage."

Gu Mo looked at the roaring spiritual rain with astonishment in his eyes. This koi had just been promoted to a real spiritual beast, but it had actually directly comprehended the spell of Small Cloud Rain, and it was at the great success level.

It is not surprising that pseudo-spiritual beasts awaken innate spells after being promoted to real spirit beasts, but most of the innate spells awakened by spirit beasts are entry-level. Only a few spirit beasts with strong bloodlines can awaken innate spells at the mastery level, and as for the great success level, it is absolutely extremely rare. Only those spirit beasts with noble bloodlines can directly awaken innate spells at the great success level.

“Could it be that this person has really awakened some kind of true dragon bloodline?” Gu Mo looked at the koi swimming happily in the dark clouds and couldn’t help but think of the words of the vendor who sold him the koi.

Of course, Gu Mo would not think that he had found a bargain by buying a koi with true dragon blood. This should be the effect of the sun essence. It was the sun essence that induced the power deep in the koi blood. As for whether it was the legendary true dragon blood, Gu Mo could not judge, but it should at least be very powerful.

If you are not very powerful, it is impossible to directly awaken the innate spell of the great success level.

Gu Mo has only just mastered the Xiao Yunyu Jue, which is at the great perfection level. This means that in the future Gu Mo can completely hand over the task of managing the spiritual field to Koi.

It just so happened that Gu Mo was going to follow Yuan Niya to complete the mission of the True Transmission Trial. He was also worried that the spiritual field would be abandoned without anyone to manage it. Now this worry was obviously unnecessary.

He waved to the koi carp that were having fun in the dark clouds. The next moment, the koi carp came to Gu Mo with its long light golden tail and circled around him.

Gu Mo reached out and touched the smooth and delicate scales of the koi, then took out a spiritual contract, which was a spiritual beast contract produced by the Beast Taming Peak.

Before, the koi was just a pseudo-spiritual beast and could not sign a formal spiritual beast contract. Now that the koi has been promoted to a real spiritual beast, it can naturally sign a spiritual contract with Gu Mo.

Gu Mo cut his finger and squeezed out a little blood, then wrote his name on the spiritual contract. Then the spiritual contract burned and turned into a stream of light that shot into the koi's body.

Koi did not resist this spiritual contract, so the spiritual contract was completed smoothly.

The contract was completed, and Gu Mo felt a happy emotion through the spiritual contract. With the spiritual contract as a medium, Gu Mo could roughly feel the emotions of the koi. In addition, the koi could also convey some simple content through the spiritual contract.

After becoming a spiritual beast, the Koi's intelligence has also been greatly improved. If the Koi can continue to improve in the future, it will not be a problem for it to speak human language.

"From now on, you can be called Xiaoli."

Since it has become his spiritual beast, Gu Mo feels that he should give the koi a name. However, Gu Mo is not good at naming, so after much thought, he finally came up with the name "Little Carp".

However, Xiaoli seemed very happy with this name.

"Junior Brother Gu Mo, this fish is so beautiful."

Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei looked at the little carp that were making clouds and rain over the spiritual field, their eyes filled with amazement.

"This is my spirit beast, don't even think about it." Gu Mo would never give Xiaoli away. This is his right-hand man in managing the spirit fields. He is proficient in the Little Cloud and Rain Technique at the great success level. This alone is stronger than many senior spirit farmers.

"Hmph, I don't care. What kind of fighting power can a fish have?" Yuan Niya curled her lips. Water-type spirit beasts are not for her. What she likes are fire-type spirit beasts with strong fighting power.

"Aren't you taking the true teaching assessment? How come you have time to come to me?" After revealing the issue of the spirit beast, Gu Mo was full of doubts about Yuan Niya's arrival.

"Assessments are not held every day. You can just go and take the assessment when it is your turn." Yuan Niya said indifferently.

There were many items in the true transmission assessment, which led to slow progress. Yuan Niya naturally couldn't just sit there and wait, so she dragged Chu Feifei to find Gu Mo to practice.

If they take advantage of this time to improve their strength, perhaps their ranking will be able to move up further. This is true not only for Yuan Niya, but also for the other inner disciples.

Naturally, Gu Mo would not refuse this, as he was now not far from condensing his spiritual consciousness.

Time passed, and half a year went by in a flash. During this half year, Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei would come to Gu Mo from time to time, and each time they would stay for a few days.

It is said that Yuan Niya has obtained permission from her master and it is no problem for her not to go back for a few days.

This also meant that the three of them would sometimes practice for several days at a time. With a long period of practice, the effect would naturally be very obvious.

For example, Yuan Niya was only one step away from entering the sixth level of Qi Refining. Without having to worry about the side effects of the Heart Fire Sutra, Yuan Niya used all the methods that could increase the speed of cultivation. In addition to the Spirit Dispersing Array that increased the concentration of spiritual energy, she also added the assistance of elixirs.

With sufficient resources, Yuan Niya's cultivation speed can be said to have skyrocketed, which also made Yuan Niya move up one place in the true transmission assessment to the 5th position.

If Yuan Niya can break through and enter the sixth level of Qi Refining before the end of the true transmission assessment, this ranking should be able to rise by one more place.

As for Gu Mo, his progress was also not slow. At this moment, Gu Mo felt that his soul was unusually condensed, as if something was sprouting. Gu Mo knew that this was a sign that his divine consciousness was about to condense. Now he just needed an opportunity to condense the divine consciousness that only foundation-building cultivators could possess from his soul.

Yuan Niya and Gu Mo were able to make such great progress thanks to a breakthrough by Chu Feifei, who broke through from the early stage of Qi Refining to the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Today, Chu Feifei has received the promise from the elders of the Law Enforcement Hall and has the treatment of an inner disciple. She has no shortage of resources, and the change in her talent brought about by the stimulation of her special physique makes Chu Feifei's cultivation speed no slower than Yuan Niya's.

So during a practice, Chu Feifei's realm broke through, and then an even more intense strange fragrance burst out. It was during this burst of strange fragrance that Yuan Niya and Gu Mo made such great progress.

Apart from the improvement in his soul, Gu Mo's cultivation did not improve much. He only went from the initial sixth level of Qi Refining to the sixth level of perfection. He was slightly stuck at the bottleneck between the middle and late stages of Qi Refining. However, with Gu Mo's foundation, it shouldn't take long for him to break through.

Taking this opportunity, Gu Mo used the solar essence he harvested every day to buy upgraded plants.

Looking at the plants he had accumulated over the past six months, Gu Mo suddenly felt relieved. At this moment, Gu Mo was slightly stunned, and a special wave burst out from his brows. In an instant, everything within a radius of hundreds of meters was in his eyes.

“This is… Divine Consciousness!”

After a moment of surprise, Gu Mo's eyes showed surprise.

　There will be more later in the evening.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)