Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
An hour later, spring light glittered as butterflies and insects fluttered around on the medicine farm. A soft breeze rippled through the flowery ocean and brought out the earthy scent of freshly-plowed soil.
Chunwa and Qiuchan’s mouths were agape while they froze, looking like two little scarecrows. Their tiny faces were as stoic as pale porcelain, while their four eyes had opened wide in shock like glass marbles.
One of them stared straight at Xiao Ran, while another looked at the medicine farm at a loss for words. It felt like ages had passed and things had changed…
Xiao Ran was still Xiao Ran and seemed useless other than being handsome, but the medicine farm was no longer how it used to be in the early morning.
The medicine farm of nearly 700 square kilometers had been thoroughly weeded and was so clean that there was not a single pest. They had all been exterminated by Xiao Ran.
Even the beneficial ones had been caught along with the pests by Chunwa and Qiuchan, but hoverflies, lacewings, and nine-spotted ladybugs had been picked out to be released back into the garden.
If pests were easy to distinguish, the same was not true for weeds.
The Hundred Herb Hill was rich in spiritual energy, and the weeds looked as healthy as spiritual herbs there. In addition to long-term manual selection, the weeds that had survived to this date shared an incredibly similar appearance to spiritual herbs.
Even so, they were no match for Xiao Ran.
Hanbai Grass, which looked very much like Hanling Herb and had a good camouflaging ability, was also dug out fully.
Was this what their master had meant by telling them to make sure they weeded the place clean?
The patch of barren land of around 700 square meters on the west side of the medicine farm was even more jaw-dropping.
Xiao Ran had used a fifth high-tier farming method that Chunwa and Qiuchan did not know, Furrow From, and dug up the fertilizing soil and redworms from the depth of the barren land.
He had also dredged the underground drain and drawn the only underground water in the mountain to the land, so the girls did not have to draw and carry water every day…
In a short hour, Xiao Ran had completed Chunwa and Qiuchan’s daily workload, and the quality was so high that it baffled both of them. They could not even comment on it!
Both girls felt their minds go blank.
Upon suddenly recalling something, Qiuchan turned to Chunwa.
“Wawa, didn’t you say you’d consider marrying Junior Brother when you grow up if he helped with the weeding?”
Chunwa panicked immediately.
“Even—Even if he knows how to weed, I can’t marry him when I grow up… After—After all… I’m just a frog!”
Meanwhile, by the Purple Maple Ridge east of the Hundred Herb Hill…
Noticing that it was about time, Lingzhou Yue turned to the maple forest, only to discover that the medicine farm had been sorted out by Xiao Ran.
Although she had spent decades learning about herbs and alchemy on the Hundred Herb Hill, she was as inadequate at managing the medicine farm as a bao vendor who did not understand art. She merely thought that Xiao Ran had done a good job tidying up the land.
Her lack of culture prompted her to make an ever-relevant compliment.
“My disciple is great, isn’t he?”
She guzzled some wine and boasted to Yinyue Zhenren.
Xiao Ran, who was far away on the farm, actually gained two DP.
“Congratulations, you’ve earned 2 Devotion Points! Total: 30 Devotion Points.”
It had worked. Being filial to his Senior Uncle for his master equaled indirectly being filial to his master.
Xiao Ran was comforted by this fact. His farming effort and exhaustion had been completely worth it.
Ah, this lovely medicine farm! It looked like he would have to farm more for his Senior Uncle in the future…
“Master?”
Lingzhou Yue, who chugged wine with large strides while walking in the maple forest, paused, realizing that Yinyue Zhenren was not following her but was standing dumbly by the ridge.
Her gentle gaze scanned the maple forest and locked on Xiao Ran, who was on the farm.
Lingzhou Yue was puzzled.
Her master was not a licentious person. Although Xiao Ran was handsome, there was no reason for her to be so enraptured.
“Master, what’s wrong?”
Yinyue Zhenren stared harder.
In the end, Lingzhou Yue walked back to her and stealthily pinched her lean stomach, calling out, “Master!”
Startled, she suddenly said with a straight face, “Commandment Elder will definitely harp on the Sword-Wielding Mountain for what happened with the Wraith and your disciple. You might have to find another disciple.”
Lingzhou Yue was confused. “Why are you suddenly talking about this, Master?”
Yinyue Zhenren’s expression went soft before she forced herself to act like a master.
“I mean, your disciple… Can you give him to me?”
Blurgh!
Lingzhou Yue spat the wine in her mouth on Yinyue Zhenren’s chest.
It had never crossed her mind that her precious master, whom she had failed to win over despite cultivating with her for decades, would be wooed by her new disciple.
Was she not dashing enough? Or was her chest so ample that her master was jealous?
No… Her master was not like that!
Lingzhou Yue snapped her head around.
Had Xiao Ran impressed the God of Pills by farming?
This dude could build a house and farm? Had she picked up a god?
Even though she loved her master from the bottom of her heart, a marvelous disciple who was useful everywhere could never be given away!
Besides, would her master still keep her in her mind if she gifted Xiao Ran to her?
“Sorry, Master. My disciple’s too much of a loser. He’ll stay a mortal for his entire lifetime. I can’t cause you trouble.”
Yinyue Zhenren truly did not mind.
“Didn’t he say he wanted 100 ten-year longevity-extending pills just now?”
Lingzhou Yue tried to grab Yinyue’s delicate shoulders, saying seriously even though her breath smelled of alcohol, “No. Way!”
…
The biggest and tallest mountain among the peaks of Zongzhi Mountain was the central mountain.
The central mountain was where the Sect Leader stayed and where the sect affairs were tackled.
There was a sword tower at the peak made of green rocks that rose into the clouds. The tower was long, thin, and sharp like a sword. When the wind blew, it made the whistle of a sword cry ring through the sect, perking up and stirring the solemnity of the disciples.
The sword tower was called Ruling Tower and was the center of Zongzhi Mountain’s power.
The top floor of the Ruling Tower was where the Elder meeting would be held.
The Elder meeting was the highest class of management meeting in the sect. It was also how Zongzhi Mountain’s final decisions were made. Only the Sect Leader, Elders, and Direct Disciples could participate in the Elder meeting.
The hundreds of Trainers, over a dozen Chief Trainers, and the Sub Sect Leaders did not qualify to sit in on the meeting.
The meeting time was approaching, but not everyone was there yet.
Lingzhou Yue and Yinyue Zhenren, the beautiful master and disciple pair who were also called Yue Belles, were chatting in the foyer.
Unlike their usual chatter, any topic that Lingzhou Yue mentioned today would be forcefully diverted to Xiao Ran by Yinyue Zhenren in the end, as she cited that she needed to prepare a dissection for Xiao Ran as soon as possible…
Chunwa and Qiuchan were also asked by Yinyue to tail Xiao Ran and guide the new person around.
Devoted to their task, the two girls introduced the Sect Leader, the Sword-Tempering Elder, the Sword-Wielding Elder, the Medicinal Elder, the Commandment Elder, and their Direct Disciples to Xiao Ran. The Commandment Elder was the most annoying person among them!
Since said Elder had yet to arrive, both girls hissed and bared their fangs as they recounted in painstaking detail the long list of the Commandment Elder’s faults—not that Xiao Ran listened attentively.
Standing in the spacious and solemn hall, Xiao Ran felt like he was floating with an inevitable sense of nervousness.
Looking around, he noticed that the Ruling Hall’s ceiling was supported by five large pillars and had no windows on the four walls. The hall was merely fenced up with four lines of stone swords.
On the walls with the stone swords, complex red and black spiritual patterns were carved. The setting of the interior somehow hinted at the truth of the Dao.
Xiao Ran stood rooted there and spent a long time looking at them.
Even with his Maximum Level Construction sight, he could hardly pick an obvious flaw from the four rows of the sword fence. There was just room for improvement on some insignificant details.
Suddenly, a hunched elderly person with a dim gaze carrying a sword case on his back appeared less than half a meter away from Xiao Ran.
He looked very old, as though he had a foot in the coffin, and the only sign of life seemed to be the glowing spark deep in his eyes.
Xiao Ran was shocked, but the elderly man spoke first.
“Who are you?”