After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 96 isn't finished yet; I'll write it tomorrow.

Having read many novels about the cultivation world, she was new to it and interested in all professions: alchemist, weapon refiner, formation master, talisman master, and beast tamer!

all!
Because she thought they were extremely handsome.

Unfortunately, my abilities don't allow it!

Aside from the fact that array formation mastery was somewhat related to her design major, she was simply powerless to do anything else.

Even if she has some talent, her useless five spiritual roots severely limit her!

She has accomplished nothing to this day.

Jiang Run's gaze swept over Bai Lu, his eyes filled with scrutiny.

The egret didn't avoid his gaze; instead, it smiled at him when their eyes met.

"Since you're not an alchemist, what use do you have for this pill formula?" Senior Brother Jiang Run's voice carried a hint of doubt: "Although my pills aren't very useful, they're not something you can just casually refine!"

Bai Lu smiled slightly, a sly glint in her eyes: "Senior Brother Jiang Run, although I am not an alchemist now, it doesn't mean I won't be one in the future. Moreover, I am very optimistic about the potential of this hair growth pill. I believe that with a little improvement, this pill will have enormous value in a specific market."

Jiang Run raised an eyebrow, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with her statement, "It doesn't mean I won't become an alchemist in the future." Is being an alchemist something cheap? Is it something anyone can do?

But he was curious about the "specific market" that Bailu mentioned: "What's your opinion?"

The pill was originally made by accident, and Jiang Run didn't expect it to make much money, but if it could, who would complain about having too much money?

"I wouldn't call it insightful, but I really love your formula! I accidentally cut my hair short, and after taking your hair growth pill, it returned to its original state in no time. To prevent a recurrence, I'd like to buy your formula to keep on hand, is that alright?"

Bai Lu looked sincerely into Jiang Run's eyes, but the latter merely raised an eyebrow, seemingly not believing Bai Lu's explanation, and asked, "Selling it to you isn't out of the question, but how many spirit stones are you willing to pay?"

Bai Lu smiled sheepishly: "To be honest, I'm currently short of money. I hope my senior brother can give me a fair price!"

Jiang Run nodded, seemingly easy to talk to, but his words sent a chill down one's spine: "Then let's make it a thousand low-grade spirit stones!"

Egret: "..."

The hair growth pill sells for thirty low-grade spirit stones each, and the pill formula sells for one thousand low-grade spirit stones!
Senior brother, please calculate how many batches of pills you need to sell to earn back the spirit stones you bought this pill formula. Besides, you've been selling ten pills for two years, brother! How could you even ask for that?!

I thought you were kind-hearted because of your kind face, but who knew you would actually be such a black-hearted bastard!
It seems that calling him "senior brother" repeatedly failed to evoke even a shred of camaraderie among his fellow disciples. This price... it can't be said to be worthless, but it's just that the thought of having to pay such a large sum of money is like a knife to the heart for someone as poor as Bai Lu!
"Could you... make it cheaper?" Bai Lu tried to bargain, after all, every spirit stone saved was a priceless treasure in modern times!

Jiang Run had a gentle smile on his lips, but he still cruelly shook his head.

Egret: Okay.

With what he wanted in someone else's hands, Bailu, a greenhorn with no negotiation skills, had no choice but to reluctantly pay up.

However, just as he brought the spirit stones, Yun Xinghu suddenly appeared in the Pill Pavilion. He walked towards Bai Lu with a smile and said to her, "Lu Lu, my master and Uncle Gu Xing want to see you. Do you have time to come to the main peak with me?"

"Yes, please wait a moment."

Bai Lu guessed that the phone had been handed over to the two big shots, and immediately perked up. With their support, the phone's sales could flourish everywhere!

Despite the pain in her eyes, she quickly handed the bag containing a thousand low-grade spirit stones to Jiang Run: "This is a thousand low-grade spirit stones. Please write down the pill formula for me as soon as possible, senior brother. I have something to attend to."

"One thousand low-grade spirit stones?"

Yun Xinghu frowned. He had come to the Pill Pavilion to buy pills, but what kind of pill cost a thousand low-grade spirit stones? This was no longer a low-grade pill. However, Lulu was so strapped for cash that she still wanted to buy it, so she must be in urgent need. He hurriedly asked, "What kind of pill did you buy? It's so expensive. Tell me, and I'll see if I can refine it."

"You're an alchemist?"

The egret was pleasantly surprised; one second it was thinking about improving the elixir formula, and the next second it was delivered right to its door.

"Well, although I'm not a high-level alchemist, I can refine regular pills."

Yun Xinghu said that he had not wasted his nearly ten years of seclusion. He had learned both what he should and shouldn't have learned.

Some people are arrogant, while others are humble. Yun Xinghu is definitely the latter. Bailu dares to assert that his alchemy skills are certainly not low. So she once again urged her senior brother Jiang Run to write the pill formula.

This time, Jiang Run's hands moved faster than his brain, and he immediately pushed the spirit stone back: "No need, no need... If Junior Sister likes it, I'll give it to you silently! What spirit stone? Don't be so formal!"

In a few swift movements, Jiang Run handed a still-wet prescription to Bai Lu, urging, "Junior Sister, hurry up and go see the Sect Master with Uncle Xinghu! Don't keep the Sect Master and Uncle Gu Xing waiting!"

Bai Lu held the pill formula, blinked twice, and could tell that Jiang Run, who used to be so insistent on fixed prices, now regarded spirit stones as dirt. Knowing that she might have some connection with Xing Hu or the sect leader, he actually refused to accept the money!
It's all thanks to Yun Xinghu and the sect leader.

But no matter what, the money still had to be given. After several rounds of back and forth between "here you go" and "no," Senior Brother Jiang Run finally gave in to Bai Lu and took a spirit stone: "Since you insist, I'll just accept it as a token!"

Bai Lu ultimately didn't give away the 999 spirit stones. She thanked Jiang Run, then put away the pill formula and followed Yun Xing to the main peak.

Today is another day to save 999 spirit stones.

Jiang Run clutched the small spirit stone, staring at the direction where Bai Lu and Yun Xinghu had long since disappeared. He nudged Yi Feng and sighed deeply, "Why didn't you tell me that Bai Lu knew Uncle Xinghu?!"

He caused him to charge a sky-high price of a thousand low-grade spirit stones for a useless pill formula, which greatly affected Junior Sister Bailu's first impression of him!

Now look what's happened! Even Master Xinghu's first impression has been affected!

Yi Feng's expression was also blank, his mouth agape: "I didn't know about this, how am I supposed to tell you..."

To be honest, he was completely baffled. He had known Bailu for at least seven or eight years. He was the one who sold her the pills that caused her poisoning, including the pills that helped her detoxify later. But he had never heard of her having any relationship with the sect leader's beloved disciple!

Although Yun Xinghu didn't make a big fuss when he returned to the sect, the sect leader wouldn't let it go. He convened a sect-wide meeting within two days and had his beloved little disciple make an appearance at the meeting to tell them that his little Xinghu had returned! Now, who in the entire Bu Liuxing Sect doesn't know Yun Xinghu?
Moreover, not only does she know Martial Uncle Xinghu, but the Sect Master and Martial Uncle Gu Xing also want to see her! It was Martial Uncle Xinghu who personally came to invite her!

In such a short time, what did this little egret do to earn the audience of two powerful figures from the sect?

Yi Feng wondered if he was being too out-of-the-box with information!
……

The little egret had never had the chance to go to the main peak. The further it went, the more it could feel the richness of spiritual energy. Its restless wood spirit root actually began to absorb spiritual energy on its own. From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, and then with the help of the Cloud Star Guardian Sword, it went up to the top of the mountain. The egret went from the second stage of Qi Refining to the third stage of Qi Refining.

Breaking through this bottleneck was easier than drinking water.

She secretly observed Yun Xinghu's expression and, seeing that he showed no unusual reaction, knew that he was unaware of her secret breakthrough.

Yun Xinghu led Bai Lu into a grand hall, where Sect Leader Wang and Gu Xing were sitting on the prayer mats at the head of the table, each holding a mobile phone and looking at it with furrowed brows. They had just finished reading one page and were turning the page!

Hearing the noise, the two looked up together and put their phones down.

"A white egret, right?"

Sect Leader Wang beckoned to the egret: "Come, sit down—"

"Thank you, Sect Master—"

Bai Lu took small steps to the futon beside Sect Leader Wang and knelt down, carefully observing his expression: "Did you want to see me about something?"

Sect Leader Wang picked up his phone; the screen had gone black after its designated time. He fumbled around a few times, then turned it on and handed it to Bai Lu, pointing a finger: "I want you to explain what this means—"

Bai Lu sat on the futon, looking at the phone shoved in front of her. The screen was currently displaying a page full of novel titles.

While at the mobile phone store, she had the clerk download a series of fantasy novels. The titles were decided by her and her friends; they were all rather unlucky, featuring either the destruction of a sect or the death of its leader.

She cleared her throat and read aloud: "After the sect was destroyed, Sect Leader Wang went mad with killing," "After the sect was destroyed, Sect Leader Wang began to go mad and collect scraps," "A fallen sect, the sect leader's desolate path of scavenging," "The sect's lingering regrets, the sect leader's endless desolate years," "The sect leader's final struggle in scavenging"—

"Alright, alright, alright!"

Gu Xing couldn't bear to listen any longer and, unable to look directly at Bai Lu, propped his forehead up, intending to have him recite the book title with great emotion, as if giving a speech.

Sect Leader Wang rubbed his temples, looking exasperated, and asked, "Am I destined to spend the rest of my life collecting scraps?"

The egret touched its nose, hesitant to speak.

She has achieved her goal.

After all, she had specifically asked Yunxing to let Sect Leader Wang and Uncle Gu Xing see these things "unintentionally".

Everything was going smoothly, but she didn't know where things went wrong, which would let these two big shots know that the phone was related to her, even though she had already told Yun Xinghu!

Sect Leader Wang had a terrible headache—

Previously, his young apprentice had foolishly insisted that he read these storybooks. Fine, let him read them; it was just a child's filial piety, so it didn't matter. But once he started reading, his heart started pounding non-stop.

With such an obvious "hint," it was hard for him not to think about his own sect and himself.

What's wrong?

The sect has a foundation of over ten thousand years—although it has declined somewhat now, how could it be easily destroyed!
As a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator with at least a thousand years left to live, how could I be dying?

hehe--

It would be better if you died! If you don't die, you'll have to go scavenging for scraps!

He probed indirectly, but Xinghu insisted that he got the "phone" from the secret realm. However, when asked for more details, he could give a detailed answer, but his logic was not rigorous, which made him suspicious. So, after asking a few more questions, he learned that he had returned with an outer disciple named Bailu.

Bai Lu was a name that Sect Leader Wang was not familiar with before, but he had become familiar with it in recent days. The matter of Hanba was related to her, and the first thing Xing Hu did after returning to pay his respects to him was to go find Bai Lu.

It was only then that he remembered his youngest disciple had a childhood sweetheart in the sect, so he hurriedly asked Yun Xinghu to call Bai Lu over—

He was slightly injured while escorting Yunxing into the secret realm, and went into seclusion after returning. When he came out, it was already a year later. He felt like he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it until now. His little apprentice had been nagging him to take good care of his Lulu. He had forgotten such an important thing!
He forgot that his subordinates, seeing him act this way, naturally followed suit and gradually paid less attention to Bai Lu. If the sect leader had asked him questions from time to time, Bai Lu wouldn't have lived such an obscure life.

So much so that when Sect Leader Wang heard the name White Egret, he felt it was extremely unfamiliar, as if he had never heard it before.

But now, he has no choice but to see the child.

Bai Lu kept her eyes down, secretly glancing at Yun Xinghu with a questioning look, wondering if he had let something slip. The two shared this tacit understanding. Yun Xinghu shook his head; he didn't know why his master had suddenly called her over.

"Stop flirting here." Sect Leader Wang snorted, "Bai Lu, I'm asking you a question. Am I destined to spend the rest of my life picking up trash?"

Bai Lu quickly waved his hand: "Sect Master, what are you saying? With your wisdom and martial prowess, how could you possibly go and collect scraps!"

"Then tell me what's going on with these stories?!" Sect Leader Wang pointed at the book titles on his phone and accidentally clicked on one. The opening scene was—Sect Leader Wang, dressed in rags, kneeling in front of the ruins of his sect, crying with snot and tears all over his face!
Sect Leader Wang: "."

I've never been this dirty in my entire life!

Bai Lu pursed her lips, wanting to argue again, but she knew it was pointless. So she steeled herself and asked, "Have you read all these storybooks?"

Bai Lu's gaze shifted between Sect Master Wang and Martial Uncle Gu Xing. The two giants of the sect were scrutinizing her with their eyes. She had only one feeling in her heart—what was bound to happen was bound to happen!

She had seriously considered this a long time ago. If she went directly to the sect leader and Uncle-Master Gu Xing and said, "Our sect will be wiped out in a year, but we don't know who our enemies are!"

(End of this chapter)