Fairy, don't be afraid, I'm about to begin my strategy.

Since his detailed conversation with Daoist He that night, he neither agreed nor refused, leaving Shen Mo completely baffled.

The herb garden remains sealed off, and the rumors are growing increasingly outlandish. It has become the talk of the town among the outer sect members, but everyone's minds remain focused on speculating on herbs.

Almost everyone in the outer sect participated, each displaying their unique abilities in order to obtain more spiritual plants and elixirs.

If you occasionally see an outer disciple on the main peak suddenly bursting into tears or laughing maniacally, don't be surprised. They're not crazy or possessed; they're just excited by the soaring prices.

The prices of spiritual plants and elixirs in the entire Lingyun Sect are now extremely outrageous, generally increasing by more than 10 times.

You can hardly buy any spiritual plants or pills on the market. As soon as they appear, they are snapped up, and even the prices in the canteen have gone up. Not to mention the pills needed for cultivation, many outer sect disciples are almost unable to afford food.

But everyone was holding their breath, and no one was willing to be the first to sell their stock. Every day, they were thinking about one word: price increase!

"Junior Sister Chen, listen to me, the price of these spiritual plants and pills is going to rise even higher, we have to stock up! Given our relationship, how about I share some of my stock with you?"

Young Master Zhao, with his air of wealth and arrogance, transformed into a life mentor, persuading Shen Mo to continue hoarding spiritual plants and pills.

Because Young Master Zhao controls the family's supply of goods, he has been enjoying immense popularity lately, with a group of followers around him at all times.

Those scions of noble families who had once looked down on him were now forced to fawn over him.

Young Master Zhao had shaken off his former dejected and cowardly demeanor; even his back, which had been bent over for many years, seemed to straighten up.

Shen Mo politely declined, saying that the pharmaceutical market was risky and one should be cautious when entering it.

Sure enough, the inner sect suddenly sent a large quantity of pills to the outer sect, and news spread that the herb garden would soon be unsealed.

The outer sect was thrown into a panic, and some people took the opportunity to sell off their inventory, causing the market price to drop from 10 times to about 5 times.

This caused even greater panic, and many disciples who could no longer hold on began to follow suit and sell off their shares.

"Don't panic, everyone. This is normal market fluctuation. The inner sect's inventory is also limited, and the price will rise again sooner or later. Why not take this opportunity to continue stockpiling? As the saying goes, 'Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.' Trust me!"

Young Master Zhao panicked. Many people around him got their goods from him, and now that the price of spiritual plants and pills has plummeted, everyone is pointing the finger at him.

Fortunately, the price did not continue to fall, and even showed a rebound trend, which reassured the disciples who were living in constant fear.

However, this period of prosperity was short-lived. The herb garden suddenly announced its reopening, and the supply from the inner sect had never been interrupted. The prices in the entire herb market finally couldn't hold up and plummeted to about twice their previous levels.

At this moment, even those disciples who had stockpiled huge amounts of goods could no longer hold on and began to sell them off.

Prices have plummeted, falling below the original price and even below it by a considerable margin.

At every moment, disciples on Lingyun Main Peak would suddenly break down, shouting madly: "It's all over, it's all over, I'm finished too!"

Our once-glorious Young Master Zhao has become a rat everyone hates, and now he doesn't dare to leave his house, hiding in the herb garden all day like a coward.

Shen Mo naturally had no time to care about Young Master Zhao's situation, because he suddenly received a notice that he was being transferred to work at Jia Garden.

Could it be that Taoist He has exerted his power?

Without any explanation, after entering Garden A to receive the mission, no one paid any attention to him anymore.

Shen Mo finally had the chance to get close to his beloved senior sister, Lin Zhixia.

In the following days, Shen Mo observed that Lin Zhixia was acting very strangely, appearing worried and absent-minded all day long.

Since he didn't know the situation, Shen Mo chose the simplest approach and went straight to the point.

Under the pretext of asking for advice on magic and spiritual plant cultivation techniques, Shen Mo shamelessly kept getting closer to Lin Zhixia. Fortunately, she didn't reject him, and although they weren't exactly close, they quickly became acquainted.

Lin Zhixia is the kind of person who looks cold on the outside, but is actually very easy to get along with.

No matter how attentive Shen Mo was, Lin Zhixia always remained wary of him, her inherent aloofness leaving Shen Mo helpless.

You can sense that Lin Zhixia is hiding something, but obviously you don't have enough goodwill towards her, and she's not willing to be honest with Shen Mo yet.

Since he was unwilling to talk about it, Shen Mo could only unleash his financial power: spending real money!

[Spend 100 spirit stones to unlock a private message for the character Lin Zhixia.]

[Information 3: Lin Zhixia seems to know some inside information about the incident involving the medicinal plants in the herb garden.]

[Information 3①: Lin Zhixia discovered that the large-scale death of spiritual plants in the herb garden seems to be related to the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass.]

[Information 3, Part 2: Lin Zhixia admired Deacon Zhao's achievements in cultivating spiritual plants, and thus sought to become his apprentice, but was politely refused.]

[Information 3, Part 3: Lin Zhixia inadvertently discovered that Deacon Zhao had been diligently researching the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass.]

Looking at the information he had obtained through in-game purchases, Shen Mo fell into deep thought.

Could it be that he actually guessed right? The problem with the medicine garden really lies with this Deacon Zhao.

Shen Mo then conducted a detailed investigation into the crucial information about the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass.

Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass is a rare and exotic spiritual plant that grows in the Abyss of No Return.

This spiritual plant is a strange and poisonous creature, extremely sinister and domineering. Once it takes root, it devours the life force of the surrounding spiritual plants like a gluttonous beast clinging to the ground.

At first, the affected spiritual plants show no obvious abnormalities, except that the tips of their leaves turn into ominous grayish-white spots, which then spread like ink stains. Within a few days, the entire spiritual field will turn into a lifeless wasteland.

After reading the introduction about the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass, Shen Mo felt a chill. Would anyone really be willing to cultivate such a vicious plant?

Everything has its profit, and since Steward Zhao is involved with the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass, he must have something in mind.

Shen Mo examined the effects of the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass once more.

Once the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass has fully matured, it will emit a captivating and alluring fragrance. The scent appears serene, but it penetrates directly into the sea of ​​consciousness, specifically attracting ferocious beasts and evil insects. Anyone who gets close will instantly lose their mind, becoming a walking corpse and willingly walking into its trap. Even powerful individuals at the Spirit Realm, if unprepared, will find it difficult to escape its soul-controlling fate.

Even True Monarchs of the Spirit Realm are not immune. It's so strange. No wonder the inner sect attaches such importance to it.

That's not right!

Although the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass has an incredibly powerful effect, Steward Zhao dared to plant it in the Lingyun Sect. What's the difference between that and courting death?

Leaving aside the fact that there are many powerful cultivators within the Lingyun Sect, the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Herb itself is extremely dangerous, and once planted, it will inevitably be exposed sooner or later. Moreover, judging from the current situation, it seems that it has already been exposed.

Now that he's been exposed, why is Steward Zhao unharmed?

Therefore, Shen Mo specifically sought out Young Master Zhao, who was still hiding in the herb garden and dared not leave, to verify the matter. To this day, Steward Zhao remains safe and sound.

The inner sect's announcement regarding the herb garden incident simply stated that the spiritual plants in the herb garden were infected with some kind of mutated toxin, without providing further explanation.

Weird!

If the inner sect didn't find the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass, how did Deacon Zhao escape the investigation?

Shen Mo clearly remembered that Deacon Zhao was only a Crystallization Realm cultivator.

Crystallization Realm? No, that's not it!

Why would a cultivator at the Crystallization Realm dare to plant the Nine-Turn Soul-Eating Grass? Isn't he afraid that he will be controlled by this spiritual herb first?

It's messy and weird!

Shen Mo felt that he was missing some crucial information, and he couldn't connect the clues from before and after.

Indeed, information is the most important thing!