12dz Chapter 8 Big disaster today
Chapter 8 Big disaster today
Liu Jincai waved his hand impatiently and said in a grand manner, "Young man, you should temper yourself more in order to become a great man."
I believe in you, you can definitely do it.
However, I will conduct regular inspections, and if any medicinal herbs are damaged or the harvest is insufficient, the sect rules will be followed to punish such behavior without exception.
Shen Li feigned a helpless acceptance: "Yes, I will do my best."
Liu Jincai snorted coldly and waved for him to leave.
Shen Li received the token from the disciple in charge and turned to leave the hall.
The medicine garden is located on the mountainside of the mountain where the miscellaneous service hall is located.
The herbs planted here are all low-grade spiritual herbs. The servant disciples are too weak to manage high-grade herbs.
The true sacred sites for spiritual plants are all located on Bixia Peak, and are managed by inner disciples.
Shen Li followed the mountain and found field number 7, character C.
The surrounding area was full of rocks, with only a small, flat piece of land that had been cleared to become a medicinal herb garden.
Due to the hard geology and thin spiritual energy, this medicinal garden is significantly more dilapidated than other medicinal fields. The leaves of the Spirit Gathering Grass inside are yellowing, the growth is uneven, and the quality is far inferior to that of other places.
But Shen Li took a liking to this place at first sight.
Because this place is secluded enough, it's perfect for his cultivation.
He once again marveled at Liu Jincai's "thoughtfulness".
In just one afternoon, Shen Li settled down in the medicinal herb garden.
He worked diligently and meticulously, weeding, loosening the soil, and watering.
I was busy until midnight, when no one was around and the moon was high in the sky.
Shen Li looked around to make sure no one else was there before digging a simple cave in the pile of stones next to the medicinal field and sitting down cross-legged.
He activated the Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique to consolidate his newly broken-through cultivation.
Spiritual energy converged from all directions.
This time, it felt completely different.
The field of spiritual herbs is filled with a rich spiritual energy from the plants, far purer than that of the ordinary forests behind the mountain.
Although those spirit-gathering herbs were not growing well, they were still spiritual plants, and the spiritual energy they contained was far beyond that of ordinary plants.
The spiritual energy passed through the medicinal field, was filtered and purified by the Spirit Gathering Grass, and transformed into the purest wood spiritual energy that flowed into Shen Li's body.
The mixed spiritual energy generated during the practice nourishes the surrounding spiritual herbs.
With each breath, Shen Li became one with the entire medicinal herb field.
He was secretly amazed.
Cultivating in this medicinal field is more than twice as fast as cultivating in the back mountain!
If Liu Jincai knew that the "hard work" he had carefully arranged had turned into a treasure trove for cultivation, I wonder what he would think.
Shen Li smiled with satisfaction and continued to calm his mind, focusing all his energy on circulating his cultivation technique.
......
The night was as dark as ink, and the stars and moon were without light.
Wei Dachuan crept furtively to the big willow tree on the back hill, his face brimming with barely suppressed excitement.
As he dug, he muttered under his breath, "Pah! It's just two bottles of medicine that's gone. Why won't they let me into the alchemy room? How stingy!"
Then, a smug smile appeared on his face: "Hehe, it's fine if we don't go! With these two bottles of Spirit Gathering Pills, breaking through to the fourth level of Qi Refining is a sure thing."
However, the smile on his face froze.
The soil was turned over, but the two jade bottles that were expected did not appear; only an empty pit remained.
Wei Dachuan was dumbfounded.
He quickly dug a few more feet deeper, but still found nothing.
"Where's my elixir?!" he growled angrily. "Who?! Which scoundrel stole my pill?!"
He searched frantically on the spot until he was covered in mud, and finally had to accept the cruel reality—the elixir had really vanished.
Wei Dachuan's face was ashen, his chest heaved violently, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.
His face contorted in agony as he pounded the ground with his fists: "Beast! Don't let me find out who you are, or I'll tear your soul apart and grind you to pieces!"
Finally, he took a deep breath, accepted reality, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Damn it! I've been incredibly unlucky lately. No way, I have to find someone to beat up tomorrow to vent my anger."
Then, a thin figure naturally came to mind: "That Shen Li, he should pay me back the spirit stones he owes me. It's time to go and 'take care' of him."
The thought of Shen Li being beaten black and blue by him actually eased Wei Dachuan's frustration, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.
......
As dawn broke, Shen Li awoke from her cultivation.
After practicing for a night, the spiritual energy within my body improved further, and I felt completely comfortable.
He glanced around the herb garden and noticed that the previously withered and yellowed Gathering Spirit Grass had returned to its normal green color and was growing vigorously.
It seems that the effect of the Nine-Turn Evergreen Technique in nourishing plants is even better than expected.
He was secretly pleased when ancient characters quietly surfaced in his mind:
The divination result has been updated.
Today's divination result - Very inauspicious.
Suitable: Not suitable for any activity.
Avoid: Day and hour clash.
[Divination: This morning at breakfast, you encountered Wei Dachuan, who was furious because he had lost his elixir, and were severely beaten.]
Shen Li looked at the divination text, her feelings instantly becoming complicated: Wei Dachuan, you bastard. Why are you taking your anger out on me after the pills are lost?
Okay, I stole the pills, but you didn't hit the wrong person.
However, your attitude towards people makes me very unhappy, and I don't want to see you again.
So Shen Li sat cross-legged and thought to himself: Today is not a good day for anything, so I will stay in the herb garden and cultivate, and not go anywhere else.
Time flies when you're practicing.
A day and a night pass in the blink of an eye.
The next morning, Shen Li stretched his limbs, and another burst of golden light flashed in his sea of consciousness:
The divination result has been updated.
Today's divination result - Very inauspicious.
Suitable activities: Taking a son-in-law, taking a bath.
Taboos: Shaving one's head, erecting a monument, breaking ground, installing a gate, digging a canal, and praying for offspring.
[The divination reads: Tonight, in order to escape Wei Dachuan, you came to the Purple Bamboo Forest behind the mountain, where you stumbled upon the affair between inner disciples Liu Mozhen and Song Yali. The two silenced you, and your path to immortality was severed.]
Shen Li gasped, a chill running down her spine: two terrible omens in a row!
Beaten yesterday, silenced today? The path to immortality severed?
Luckily I have a system, otherwise I wouldn't even know how I died.
Liu Mozhen? Song Yali?
What exactly is going on between you two?
It's just an affair, what's the big deal? Why kill someone to cover it up?
After a moment's thought, he had a guess in his mind.
Could it be that these two are like Li You and Xu Meng back then—one of them has a Daoist partner, and that partner is no ordinary person, so they need to eliminate them completely?
Thinking of this, Shen Li shook her head.
The Demonic Sect is indeed quite chaotic.
But speaking of which, why do you inner disciples always run off to our servants' territory when you're having an affair?
Do you think this is a brothel?
He made a couple of sarcastic remarks, and his expression gradually became serious.
The divination clearly states: I went to the Purple Bamboo Forest to avoid Wei Dachuan, and then I stumbled upon their adultery.
In other words, I won't die if I don't go to the Purple Bamboo Forest.
But the key question is: why should I avoid Wei Dachuan?
Could it be that Wei Dachuan couldn't find me, so he came directly to the herb garden?
You went to great lengths to find me; you're really persistent.