Chapter 3755 — The Chief Steward of the Pill Hall
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 3
After all, the Spirit Jade Hall did produce spirit jade, but at least it still treated spirit jade as spirit jade, stationing heavy guards at every site. Here in the Spirit Herb Field, though, things were quite the opposite: spirit jade was strewn about like so many stones, and from the look of it the supervision was far from strict. No one here seemed to regard these spirit jades as anything precious at all. Their sole purpose for existing was to release spiritual energy in service of these spirit herbs—nothing more.
Beyond his surprise, however, Wei Zhao felt no greed. Given his circumstances, if he ever had the chance to come here, pocketing a few pieces of spirit jade would be a mere lift of the hand. But doing that sort of thing too often would inevitably lead to trouble.
If Wei Zhao wanted to earn a large amount of spirit jade in a short time, refining pills was clearly the faster route. A single top-grade Foundation Establishment Barrier-Breaking Pill, once sold, would fetch a thousand spirit jade—far more reliable than such petty pocket-picking.
Of course, if he truly meant to sell pills, he would have to appear under the identity of Lin Er, which still carried a fair amount of risk. Unless driven to it by necessity, the ever-cautious Wei Zhao would not do such a thing.
Moreover, even under a concealed identity like Lin Er's, it was impossible to keep frequently putting large quantities of pills on the market. That would certainly draw the attention of interested parties, and the loss would outweigh the gain.
What Wei Zhao needed to do was raise his rank—cultivate, and cultivate again—striving to earn the chance to go to the Middle Island as soon as possible and meet Zhang Lifeng.
After the newcomers had waited a while, the chief steward of the Spirit Herb Field finally arrived at his leisure: a middle-aged man whose every line was exceedingly soft, a softness made all the more pronounced by his manner and movements. In the parlance of the secular world, such a soft-featured man was, in fact, a sissy.
What slightly surprised Wei Zhao was that Xu Lingchong was nowhere to be seen this time. During the previous two trial stages, that young master had personally come to oversee the proceedings each time, all for the sake of doing Wei Zhao in.
It seemed that Li Zhengming's intelligence had been correct: Xu Lingchong, Meng Jueming, and the rest had temporarily given up on the idea of scheming against him directly. Instead they had chosen to advance by retreating, planning first to sound out his true strength and only then strike the killing blow.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Hu Yunfeng, the chief steward of the Spirit Herb Field ordered a box brought over. Then, in a voice so soft it made one's skin crawl, he began explaining to the newcomers the specific rules of this trial stage.
Still, grating as the sissy's voice was, it had one merit: he explained things thoroughly and precisely, at least allowing the newcomers to understand completely, with nothing left vague.
"Newcomers all, inside this box are forty kinds of spirit herb seeds, common and not so common. Oh, pardon me—the seeds are all still in the cultivation room. What's in here are merely the tags for you to draw."
"According to the rules of your newcomer trial, each of you must randomly draw at least ten kinds of spirit herb seeds from here, one seed of each kind. If you wish, you may even take all forty kinds. At the same time, I will give each of you a seed cultivation vessel to take back and plant and cultivate."