Chapter 102: Have you found the spotted ginseng?

  Leading Li Ruo to a small hall next door, the two sat down beside a stone table. Xie Wenmei asked respectfully, "Senior brother, what do you want to exchange this time?"

  Li Ran nodded silently, thinking: 3000 points, Iron Essence is a must-have. If I can make Xiao Jian evolve to the fifth wave of Peak and Valley, my sword intent will be much stronger. As for the remaining points, let's see if I can match them with a set of medicinal herbs. If I can refine another furnace of Spiritual Elixir before the competition, my skills will improve even further, and the hope of getting a good ranking will be even greater.

  Li Ran Dao raised his head: "Tie Jing, bring me two."

  Xie Wanmei nodded vigorously and said quickly: "Okay, a total of 2800 points, after discounting to 80% off, it will only take 2240 points."

  Li Ran Dao nodded: "Can I take a look at the list of spiritual medicines? I'll choose and match them myself."

  "Go!"

  Xie Wanmei readily agreed, got up and went out. Before long, she brought a thick volume and spread it in front of Li Ruo: "Brother, this is the list of most of the spiritual medicines in our Cang Zhen Pavilion, which has just been updated. You see, those with a tick indicate that there are stocks in the pavilion now. These ones without ticks may not have been included or might have been exchanged away by others."

  Li Ranno drew his sword and nodded in gratitude to Xie Wenyu, then found the spiritual medicine section from the list, and then found the rare medicine catalog. He flipped through it with his fingers, and the pages of the volume flowed rapidly under his fingertips. Li Ranno was too familiar with spiritual medicines, and he could tell what kind of medicine it was and what kind of medicinal properties it represented just by glancing at the diagram briefly.

  Xie Wanmei saw Li Ran's knife-like speed of flipping through the pages and stood on one side with her delicate mouth tightly covered.

  Suddenly, Li Ruo's hand paused heavily, and his eyes flashed with a bright light. He flipped the album to a page, where he saw a picture of a spiritual herb that looked like a tree root, topped with several mushroom-like flowers. Li Ruo's heart beat rapidly as he recognized it at a glance - this was not the Flower Spot Ginseng, but the divine-moving grass, a spiritual herb commonly known in the cultivation world as the God-Moving Herb.

  Li Ran's knife quickly spread out the page in front of him, and he saw that a faint hook had been drawn on this spiritual herb, which was almost imperceptible if one didn't look closely.

  Li Ruo raised his head and asked Xie Wanmei, "Is this herb available in our pavilion?"

  Xie Wanmei hastily came forward, took a closer look, and nodded firmly: "Yes, this should be something that someone newly brought into the pavilion yesterday."

  "Was it just sold yesterday?"

  Li Ran's heart was filled with joy.

  Flower Spotted Ginseng, the main medicine for refining the Divine Movement Pill, cannot be missing. And the Divine Movement Pill is an extremely rare existence in the cultivation world, worth a fortune, and having one pill can increase the chances of a cultivator breaking through the Divine Movement stage by at least 30%.

  If you can gather all the medicinal herbs for this Spirit Payment Pill, then breaking through the Divine Movement Stage will be much easier.

  But the hardest thing to find in this spiritual elixir is this Flower Spotted Ginseng. Who would have thought that I would encounter it today by chance? In the eyes of those who truly understand medicinal herbs, if they were to discover this Flower Spotted Ginseng, no matter how high the price, they would have to get their hands on it. Even if they didn't need it themselves, they could probably sell it for a sky-high price. And yet, this spiritual herb is still here, which means that nobody who truly understands herbs has seen it.

  Li Ran's heart suddenly became eager as he thought of this, and he lowered his head to look at the price. The price was 800 points. It seemed that the person selling this Lingzhi didn't know its value either. He raised his head and beckoned to Xie Wenmei:

  "I want to buy this spiritual herb."

  Xie Wanmei saw Li Ran's eagerness and smiled, nodding her head. She looked down and said in a soft voice, "After the discount, it's 640 points, plus those two iron essences, that's a total of 2880 points."

  Li Ran swiftly pulled out twenty-nine purple knives and handed them over, asking: "Can't you hurry up and bring the things, I'm in a rush."

  Xie Wanmei smiled and handed two silver knives to Li Ran, nodding: "I'll get the list submitted as soon as possible, but there have been too many people coming to exchange things these past few days, so I'm afraid Brother will still need to be patient. By the way, Brother, in the past few days, many other peaks have also had a lot of people exchanging for spiritual objects at Cang Zhenyue, so it's very possible that what you bought was already taken by someone else in the previous batch, so I also can't guarantee that all the items you bought are still available."

  Li Ran Dao felt some anxiety in his heart upon hearing this.

  If I had hesitated for just one step, and missed the opportunity to meet that rare flower, I'm afraid it would have been too late to regret. He nodded and said: "I understand, I'll wait here, Junior Sister, please help me hurry up and deliver the list."

  Xie Wanmei quickly walked out, Li Ranno sat there with a nervous heart.

  If he hadn't discovered this Lingzhi, he knew that such a spiritual medicine was hard to come by and wouldn't have held out so much hope. But now the spiritual medicine was right in front of him, only one step away. If someone else were to buy it first, that would be too regrettable.

  Time seems to have passed so slowly.

  Li Ran occasionally walked out of the side hall, looking at the crowd surging into the Treasure Pavilion, with even greater anticipation in his heart.

  "Hasn't the person who went to Zhenfeng Peak to fetch things returned yet? Why is it taking so long this time?"

  Li Ruo's knife was pacing back and forth in the side hall, his ears perked up to listen for any sound from outside. Suddenly, he heard a light and quick footsteps coming from outside the hall, his heart skipped a beat, and he hastily took two steps forward, just as Xie Wenmei walked in with only two iron tokens in her hand.

  Li Ran's face suddenly changed color, and all his hopes in his heart were quietly dashed.

  Xie Wanmei handed the iron essence over to Li Ruo's hand: "Senior brother, this is the iron essence you wanted, and also that strain of flower-patterned ginseng..."

  Xie Wanmei shook her head.

  Li Ran's heart sank, and he knew he was probably going to be disappointed. He still held onto the last thread of hope and asked, "What about Huaban Can? Has it been found?"

  Xie Wanmei sighed and frowned, saying: "It's been found, but in the register, there are five kinds of spiritual medicine called Huaban Can, all with different appearances. I can't describe them clearly either. The gray-clothed person who picked the medicine won't know which one to take."

  Li Ran couldn't help but smile wryly.

  There are indeed several types of Chrysanthemum, but only one is truly called Shen Dong Cao by the cultivators, and the others are collectively referred to as fake Ginseng. I was anxious just now and forgot to explain these things, I wonder which one that disciple who took the thing would find suitable.

  However, after going back and forth like this, if he is allowed to run again, it's unknown how much more time will be wasted. The longer the delay, the greater the chance that someone else will buy it first.

  Li Ran's eyes widened in anger at himself for being careless, and he said anxiously: "Take me to see that junior brother who took the thing, I'll describe it to him in detail. Right, when will he go past again next time?"

  Xie Wanmei said: "Because we need to collect everyone's orders and then go together to pick them up, so he won't leave until half a time later."

  "Half an hour?"

  Li Ran's heart grew more urgent.

  Wait another half an hour and such a treasure will probably be gone for real.

  Without speaking, Xie Wenyu smiled and continued: "Senior brother, are you in a hurry for that Flower Pattern Ginseng? Don't worry, we don't have to wait until next time. I told that junior brother at the time that this Flower Pattern Ginseng was wanted by a Golden Sword senior brother. That junior brother exclaimed at the time: Could it be Li Rendao? I said yes, and that junior brother excitedly took all five spiritual medicines back with him, letting you personally go over to select them, taking out the ones you want, and he'll send the rest back next time."

  "Is it so?"

  Li Ruo heard this and was both surprised and delighted, at the same time feeling a strange sense of emotion. He had not expected that just by achieving some success, he would win such support and adoration from everyone.

  With this, Li Ran's heart was completely at ease, and he felt a warmth in his chest. He sincerely thanked Xie Wenyu: "Thank you, Shifu, and thank that fellow disciple too!"

  Xie Wan's eyebrows and eyes flowed with charm, and she smiled as she led Li Ruo Dao out of the side hall to a warehouse at the back of the first floor. A grey-robed disciple was checking various spiritual objects that had been brought over. He turned his head and saw Xie Wan leading Li Ruo Dao in, and he ran over with great joy, using force to salute:

  "Long time no see, Master Flameblade!"

  Li Ran Dao hastily returned the courtesy and thanked him again, following the man in gray to a corner where five different spiritual medicines were displayed. At a glance, he recognized the flower-spotted ginseng he needed and picked it up from the ground with great joy.

  Something that can be encountered but cannot be sought, with this principal medicine, the other matching medicines will be much easier to find. Once the Divine Movement Pill is formed, one's grasp of entering the Divine Movement stage will be even greater.

  He let out a long sigh, and Li Ran couldn't help but laugh at himself. Having lived two lifetimes, he had thought that the anxiety of just now was truly real; it seemed that when faced with something precious right in front of one's eyes, no one could escape being ordinary.

  The points were used up in an instant, with more than 90% gone, leaving only over a hundred points remaining.

  There is only one Washing Marrow Dan that can be used to increase cultivation power, as well as a single stalk of Cang Er Zi and a single stalk of Huo Lian Peng. These two stalks were found in the Misty Valley last year and have been kept unused due to their ordinary medicinal properties.

  Li Ran thought to himself: This over a hundred points, I also can't waste it. Buying some ordinary medicine and fully refining the medicinal properties of these two plants should be enough for me to make a big leap in my cultivation. Adding that one Washing Marrow Pill, I should be able to guarantee that my cultivation will reach the tenth level of Jingyuan Jin.

  Trouble you again, Xie Wenyu and Li Ran became much more familiar with each other, and Xie Wenyu was no longer so restrained, smiling as she helped Li Ran gather the necessary items.

  Li Ruo Dao brought back a heavy package, feeling extremely satisfied and excitedly bid farewell. Upon returning to Xuan Huo Cave, he was naturally questioned by Ma Kong Tu Shuang and others. When they heard that Xiao Chang Lao had personally promised to accept Li Ruo Dao as his disciple if he could achieve a top ten ranking in the Gray Robe Competition, everyone in Xuan Huo Cave couldn't help but feel shocked and envious.

  This time, Li Ran didn't need to think of a way to escape on his own, Ma Kong hastily urged him to hurry up and cultivate.

  There are still five days before the big comparison, he urged Li Ruo to work hard in these five days, making full use of every moment of every day, striving for some progress in the next five days.

  Looking at Li Ruo's knife smiling and leaving, Ma Kong frowned to inform the crowd that if there was no urgent matter of 100,000 fires, no one should go to disturb Ruo Knife. The crowd nodded in unison, knowing that for Li Ruo Knife, the big comparison five days later is the most important moment of jumping through the dragon gate, and once jumped past, he will be taken in by Dan Sheng Xian and his entire identity will change completely.

  The entire Xuanji Mountain, how many cultivators in green robes are still searching for their own way of cultivation.

  Being able to become Dan Sheng's personally taught disciple means that Li Ruo Dao has entered the true core of the entire sect from now on, becoming one of the few core disciples.