Chapter 273

Chapter 273: Boss Shen, the AAA Treasure Wholesaler

When people saw Shen Sang Ruo had Teleported more things out, they all looked over, curious about what amazing treasure she might have found this time. But when they saw those “crystal balls,” their expressions matched Daoist Wu Wei’s puzzled look.

Immortal Lord Chang Li reached the five crystal balls and used Spiritual Power to float them to him, studying what lay inside. If Shen Sang Ruo treated them so carefully, they could not be ordinary.

Sure enough, when he saw clearly, his eyes opened a little wider. His voice carried a trace of hesitation as he said: “A Miniaturized Spirit Vein?”

His voice was not loud, but everyone present was at least a Nascent Soul or even a Divine Transformation Cultivator, so hearing him clearly was easy. For a moment, faces all around shifted in shock.

Daoist Wu Wei reacted the fastest. He darted to Immortal Lord Chang Li’s side and asked in a rush: “What did you say? There is a Spirit Vein?!”

“Not just that,” Immortal Lord Chang Li replied, pointing to the five crystal balls and identifying them one by one as he said: “This one is a Spirit Vein.”

Then he nodded toward another and said: “This one should be various ores.”

The Elders of Ninghua Sect’s Sword Cultivators Branch and Artifact Forging Division lit up like it was New Year. It was theirs. It was finally their turn to be fed by the Young Sect Master.

Nearby, Heavenly Sword Sect and the Artifact Forging Sect were struck speechless.

Artifact Forging Sect Master Liang Yue pushed through the crowd, examined the crystal ball with the ores in detail, and drew in a sharp breath. Then she looked up, eyes a bit red, breathing quick, and hurried straight to Li Qing Wen like a long-lost sibling. She grabbed his hand so tightly that Li Qing Wen froze and stammered: “Sect Master Liang…”

Liang Yue cut him off and said: “Fellow Daoist Li, once Linglong Pavilion is rebuilt, you must leave a share of those ores for our Artifact Forging Sect. However many Spirit Stones it takes, our Artifact Forging Sect can pay!”

She cut a bold figure. The Artifact Forging Sect was not short on money.

“Okay, okay,” Li Qing Wen answered before his mind caught up.

Quick-thinking as always, Liang Yue had seen among those ores several she had searched for for years. She had to get them. So she went straight to preordering with Li Qing Wen, who was working with Ninghua Sect. Even though Linglong Pavilion had just suffered a devastating disaster, she was sure it would be rebuilt.

From her reaction, everyone could tell how valuable those ores were. Faces around the field turned complicated. They were really Miniaturized ores.

People crowded forward, surrounding the areas for Ninghua Sect and Linglong Pavilion, using Divine Sense to probe those crystal balls. Even the Flying Cloud Sect crowd came over. The scene was lively like never before.

Immortal Lord Chang Li continued, then paused on purpose to glance at the Flying Cloud Sect people before he raised a brow and said: “This one is a Living Spirit Tea Tree.”

Its huge root system had been dug out intact. The palm-sized tea tree in his hand had been Miniaturized who knew how many times. Even if no one could be sure of the original size, it was definitely bigger than the one found by Flying Cloud Sect, at least a few dozen meters tall.

Someone in the crowd murmured, dazed: “How many tea leaves would that produce…”

It would be enough for everyone in Ninghua Sect to wash their marrow a hundred and eighty times. Spirit Tea Leaves were so rare in the Cultivation World that a single bud was hard to find, and yet Ninghua Sect looked ready to do wholesale again. On this, Shen Sang Ruo quietly declared in her heart: [Please call me Boss Shen, the AAA treasure wholesaler.]

In front of this Miniaturized giant, Flying Cloud Sect’s Living Spirit Tea Tree was nothing at all.

Shen Dao Chen and the others in Flying Cloud Sect had only felt proud for a moment before Ninghua Sect crushed them again. The one who brought that crushing was his former daughter and their former Disciple, Shen Sang Ruo.

Heat rushed to Shen Dao Chen’s head, almost burning away his reason. Even when Shen Sang Ruo had helped Ninghua Sect take first place from Flying Cloud Sect before, he had not been this frantic.

The Spirit Vein, the ores, and that huge Living Spirit Tea Tree should have been Flying Cloud Sect’s. Now they had all gone into Ninghua Sect’s pocket. He was about to explode.

He ground his teeth and snarled inside: [Shen Sang Ruo, you really are something.]

He never thought she would forget her roots like this, caring neither for Flying Cloud Sect nor for him as her father. He also knew clearly that with these treasures, Ninghua Sect would no longer fear Flying Cloud Sect’s targeting. In all this steady nourishment, in less than ten years, Ninghua Sect could become the number one sect in the Cultivation World.

That was exactly what he did not want to see.

His blood surged again and again. With a cold, sneering tone, he said: “A Living Spirit Tea Tree like this has likely grown for many years, nurtured by the world’s Spiritual Qi. If Ninghua Sect keeps it for themselves like this, I fear it will not live long inside Ninghua Sect.”

High-quality spirit plants all had very strict needs for their environment, and the Living Spirit Tea Tree was no exception. Back then, Flying Cloud Sect’s tree had needed countless spiritual liquids, including most of the sect’s Spirit Spring Water, just to keep it alive for three months.

“For their own gain, Ninghua Sect truly stops at nothing, making the Cultivation World lose a precious spirit plant,” he added, accusing them of draining the pond to catch fish.

To others, he only sounded jealous and petty, picking a fight. They felt he was not worth answering.

But after Immortal Lord Chang Li checked the last two crystal balls, he was full of confidence and chose to answer anyway. With a curl of his lip, he said: “Rest easy, Sect Master Shen. My little Disciple does not act like the Flying Cloud Sect. She is far more thorough. What you can think of, how could our Sang Ruo not think of it?”

He kept calling her “my little Disciple” and “our Sang Ruo,” proud and challenging, and that made Shen Dao Chen and Master Ling Xiao clench their fists even tighter. In their minds, those things were obviously supposed to be theirs.

Immortal Lord Chang Li lifted his hand and said: “Please look at the remaining two crystal balls. One holds a Spirit Spring with a spring eye. The other holds a tract of land.”

He added calmly: “Judging from the spirit plants growing on that land, the Spiritual Qi inside is very rich. The Living Spirit Tea Tree was likely dug out from that land.”

The spirit plant, alchemy, and medicine divisions took one look and then hugged each other, crying with joy. They had known it. The Young Sect Master had not forgotten them. Thank you, Ninghua Sect. Thank you, Young Sect Master.

People from Alchemy Sect chimed in with energy, eager to preorder with Fellow Daoist Li too. They vowed to question the Artifact Forging Sect, understand them, and then surpass them.

Now, almost every division in Ninghua Sect had treasures of their own. Thanks to Shen Sang Ruo’s tireless effort, the Elders of Ninghua Sect were all out of their minds with happiness.

Shen Dao Chen stared in disbelief. Immortal Lord Chang Li smiled and asked, every word clear: “Sect Master Shen, are you saying that with a Spirit Vein, a Spirit Spring, and Spirit Soil already nourished by them, our Ninghua Sect still cannot keep a Living Spirit Tea Tree alive?”