Chapter 78: The Decision of the Great Elder

  "Hmph, what does the sect's reward have to do with this? The reward will still be rewarded!" Xiao Lao's face turned stern as he looked at Song Lao with displeasure.

  "However, have you all forgotten what happened to Yang Shifu's great apprentice back then?" Song Lao's face turned stern: "That female disciple was also supposed to be rewarded at the time, but she provoked other sects."

  At first, I said to talk about it later, but Yang Shijie was stubborn and insisted on sending the Cong Zhidan. As a result, the female disciple who received the Cong Zhidan was soon killed by other sects.

  "This has not only resulted in the loss of a promising disciple, but also wasted a Cong Zhī Dān. You should all know that Cong Zhī Dān is not something that can be compared to Jù Niàn Dān, and you should also understand its preciousness!"

  Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this. Shi Sheng's heart was secretly resentful, but he couldn't do anything to Song Lao, so he could only deeply bury his anger at the bottom of his heart.

  Xiao Zhang seems to want to say something, Da Zhang Lao Cold Yuan finally made a decision, everyone is waiting for Da Zhang Lao to speak, Shi Sheng is silently praying.

  "Song Shidi's words are reasonable. Even if it is a reward, there is no need to rush at the moment. Let's do this: the honorary plaque can be sent to Shi Sheng first, and as for the Congzhi Dan, we will discuss it again after this matter is settled!" As soon as Leng Yuan spoke, Song Changlao suddenly showed a hint of a smile.

  Xiao Lao's eyebrows furrowed, but the other elders didn't have much objection. Firstly, Song Lao's words weren't unreasonable, and secondly, that Shi Sheng wasn't even their own disciple. Who would go against the great elder for someone else?

  "Alright, Elder Liu announced the results and after distributing the rewards, everyone can disperse! Elder Xiao, stay behind, I have something to say!" After the Grand Elder finished instructing, Elder Liu distributed the rewards to the crowd. Shi Sheng only received a honorary plaque and didn't know what the Grand Elder and Elder Xiao said to each other. The crowd then left the grand hall.

  ……

  "What a pity, I was just one step away from getting the Cong Zhidan! You old man, wait till one day I'll chop you into eight pieces!" Shi Sheng said with some anger on his way back to Gu Xiangzai's residence, feeling that Song Lao had been following him, and he would probably not have a good life after this.

  "Shi Shidi, wait a minute!" A clear and crisp voice sounded from behind.

  "Is something wrong, Master Mu Qing?" Shi Sheng's face broke into a smile, no longer thinking about Song Lao's affairs.

  "It's nothing major, we were just about to head out to 'Luoyang Valley' for some training. I wonder if Shifu has any interest in joining us!" Mu Qing rarely showed a smile, and it seemed like he was looking forward to it.

  "Luoyang Valley? Isn't that a very dangerous place?" Shi Sheng naturally knew what Luoyang Valley was, and if he took the direct route home through Luoyang Valley, it would reduce his journey by three or four days. However, the map marked that there were ferocious beasts in that area.

  "It's a natural danger, but there are over ten of us in this group. Even if we encounter some ferocious beasts, we can still fend them off. Besides, we're just on the outskirts, so it's a good opportunity to gain some real combat experience and hunt down those ferocious beasts for their materials, which we can exchange for Xuanjing Jade back at the sect." Mu Qing said.

  "Hunt and kill the fierce beast?" Shi Sheng's heart moved, and he thought that it would be difficult to get the Congeal Branch Dan, Wang Bo didn't have any talismans on him, and the Medicine Garden had been completely destroyed by Jin Ling. Whether he wanted to refine the dan for Lin Wan'er or refine a talisman himself, neither was very possible now. Forming a team to hunt and kill the fierce beast was actually not a bad choice, at least it would be safer than going alone.

  "Not bad, I don't know if Shi Shidi is interested, and besides, with Shi Shidi's strength, we're not afraid of anything, what else can you be afraid of?" Mu Qing said half-jokingly.

  "Hehe, Master Sister is praising Master Brother too much!" Shi Sheng smiled and said: "Alright, since Master Sister has spoken up, then Master Brother will go train with all of you Master Brothers together!"

  "Alright then, it's settled! My sister will come find you in three days!" Mu Qing smiled and turned to leave.

  "It's really decisive!" Shi Sheng shrugged and returned to Gu Xiang Zhai, where Lin Wan'er was feeding Jin Ling something on the wooden table.

  "Asheng, you're back? Jinling's injuries seem to have almost healed, I touched its leg and it didn't cry out, looks like nothing serious!" Lin Wan'er said excitedly.

  "No kidding!" Shi Sheng rolled his eyes: "It's sucked the Wang Bo medicine garden dry, all the good medicine has been swallowed by it, I reckon even a dead person could be revived, let alone those minor injuries on its body!" Shi Sheng sat down listlessly.

  "What's wrong? Is everything all right today?" Lin Wan'er seemed to have noticed something and asked with concern.

  "It's nothing!" Shi Sheng smiled and didn't want Lin Wan'er to worry: "By the way, Jin Ling, remember that day you could turn into a palm-sized size, what was going on? Why can you only turn into finger-sized now? Can you change your size at will?"

  "Really?" Lin Wan'er's eyes lit up: "Jin Ling really has this skill? Quickly transform and let me see, hehe!" Lin Wan'er said with some expectation.

  The thumb-sized Golden Ling let out a gleam of teeth, dropped the banana in his hand, nodded with some pride, puffed out his chest, and a yellow aura flashed around him. In Lin Wan'er's astonished and curious gaze, Golden Ling's body slowly grew larger until it reached the size of a palm, about half a foot tall. However, after a moment, no matter how hard he tried, his body could not grow any further despite the golden light flashing outside.

  Squeak squeak!

  At this time, Jin Ling looked at his own body with some helplessness, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied, but also helpless, and gave Lin Wan'er a "I did my best" look.

  "Are you a demon or not?" Shi Sheng furrowed his brow, Wang Bo and the elder of Lian Qi Ge had both said that Jin Ling's body didn't have any demonic energy, but how come Shi Sheng felt like Jin Ling was a little monster.

  Otherwise, the speed of running away is easy to explain, but this change in size is absolutely not something that ordinary beasts can do. Could it be related to eating Wang Bo's medicinal materials? Shi Sheng couldn't help but think deeply about it.

  Squeak! Jinling's body flashed with golden light, shrinking rapidly like a deflated balloon until it was the size of a finger. He hastily shook his head to prove he wasn't some kind of monster.

  "Whatever, I knew you wouldn't say anything even if I asked. Even if you did, it's not necessarily the truth, and besides, you can't speak properly!" Shi Sheng ignored Jin Ling and turned to Lin Wan'er: "Sister Wan'er, three days later, I'll be going to Luoyang Valley with a few fellow disciples to hunt down ferocious beasts."

  "Luoyang Valley? I've heard from a few seniors that it's very dangerous there, and even recently someone from our school went to train there and was devoured by the wild beasts!" Lin Wan'er said worriedly.

  "How did you know?" Shi Sheng asked in surprise.

  "Heh heh, you think Wan'er stays at home all day? Sometimes she goes to the sect's market to buy rice and daily necessities, and also exchanges with some fellow disciples. Of course, she would know some news."

  However, we don't have much silver left, everything here is very expensive, and most of them don't use silver at all, they all use Xuanjing Jade. I inquired about it and found that there's nothing I can do with my small skills!" Lin Wan'er let out a light sigh.

  "Hey, don't worry, I'm not going to go make a fortune right away, it's just that Wan'er's medicinal dan is going to take some time." Shi Sheng said with some apology.

  "It's okay, Sister Wan'er isn't in a hurry!" Lin Wan'er indeed didn't mind much.

  "Alright, I'll go back to my room and get ready first. We won't eat dinner yet, we'll have it with Wan'er sister tonight!" Shi Sheng said, then ran back into the house, taking out the ancient scroll that Wang Bo had given him earliest and began to flip through it.

  "Silver wolf skin, high-grade talisman material! Unicorn deer, top-grade talisman material! Pure white tiger skin, mid-grade talisman material!" Shi Sheng's eyes lit up.

  "Hey, Master Mu Qing will probably sell all these materials and then I'll have to buy the finished talismans at an inflated price. Why don't I just buy these useful beast skins at a low price and keep them for making talismans?"

  Useless materials, sell them and exchange for some Xuanjing jade, buy some immature medicinal materials at a low price, ripen them and then refine the Nian Dan. In this way, not only can save a lot of Xuanjing jade, but also easily solve the problem of talismans and medicine.

  "Who knows, maybe after practicing the alchemy techniques, I'll be able to refine the Cong Zhī Dān myself. Then, let's see what Song Lao has to say. Even if I encounter Huo Wei, I won't have to worry!" Shi Sheng said thoughtfully. (End of this chapter, next chapter is even more exciting!)

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