Bamboo Mound

He noticed when Liu Ruyan gave him a meaningful look. Although it was subtle, the disciples were able to notice it, and Ning Chang, who was slightly wary because of Liu Ruyan's name, naturally noticed it as well.

"Brother...disciple, obey the order!"

Those outer disciples who were trying to slip away among the crowd froze on the spot when they heard Ning Chang's call to stop. When they heard the punishment, their faces turned ashen. After receiving the order, they fled the square as fast as they could.

Now, Ning Chang had a clear understanding of his responsibilities and powers. He cupped his hands, paused, and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Fa Hong."

Fa Hong smiled and nodded: "Well, you're new here. If you have any questions in the future, you can ask the other elders."

Now that your identity has been proven, go and get on with your business; don't let these trivial matters distract you any longer.

"By the way, wearing your identity jade pendant on your waist can avoid most suspicions. Also, with your cultivation level, it's more convenient to wear the elder's robes most of the time."

Suddenly, Fa Hong thought of something and gently pointed at Ning Chang, giving him instructions.

"What about the clan uniform?" Ning Chang frowned.

He understood the convenience of his current religious robes, but didn't know where to get them.

"Hmm? Tongyu..."

He paused for a moment after speaking the words.

“That’s true. The elders’ robes are all custom-made at the weapon-refining workshop. When you have some free time, you can ask Tongyu to take you there. Don’t be afraid to bother him; he’s always free and has nothing better to do.”

"However, after this incident, it won't be long before the sect starts talking about your status as a Spirit Platform Realm elder, so there shouldn't be any more trouble."

Ning Chang nodded, and then saw Fa Hong take off and disappear.

The person who can address Ning Tongyu by his name is probably an elder from the previous sect leader's time, and is capable of discerning right from wrong.

He summoned Li Jian, who was still standing there, and tossed the jade token to him again.

"Do as we agreed."

"Yes! Elder!"

After receiving the jade token, Li Jian flashed into the interior of the exchange hall. When he came out, he had a spatial bag in his hand.

"Sixteen thousand merit points have been registered in the elder's identity jade tablet. Currently, the elder's jade tablet contains 117,000 merit points."

Ning Chang opened his spatial bag and saw a spiky turtle shell, twice the size of the Spiked Water Turtle he had subdued, lying inside, completely filling the space in the bag!

He put away the spatial bag, then casually opened two thin openings at his waist, tied on his identity jade pendant, before nodding and leaving the square.

Only after watching Ning Chang's figure disappear did Li Jian and his disciples breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, after seeing the jade tablet, he treated it as an elder. Although he had some doubts, he did not do anything out of line, so he was not punished along with the others.

Then he picked up the unconscious Spiny Water Turtle and Water Serpent and flew in another direction.

After leaving the square, Ning Chang took off into the air and headed towards the library, under the watchful eyes of the passing disciples.

He wanted to ask Xie Jun about the specific variety of his Qingling bamboo, as well as other high-quality bamboo varieties, for future enhancement.

He only noticed the pile of green bamboo poles in the corner again when he was organizing his spatial bag.

When he arrived at the library, he found that Xie Jun was not there. It seemed that Ge Shu had called him away as well!

At the same time, the disciples coming in and out of the library naturally noticed Ning Chang and stopped to pay their respects.

Seeing this, Ning Chang shook his head helplessly and agreed to each request. Since Xie Jun was not there, he could only search for it himself.

Stepping into the library, the feeling was distinctly different from when I came here last night!

A scent of old paper mixed with a faint smell of ink wafted over me!

This wasn't happening last night.

He spent the whole night there and went into the document room again in the morning. He was quite sure that he didn’t smell anything at the time!

The library was quiet, but also somewhat disturbed, with only the scattered footsteps of a few disciples echoing in the empty space.

This was also a new auditory sensation. Due to the material of the shoes and his walking posture, there was almost no sound under his feet, so he didn't hear the hollow echo all night.

Like the cultivation technique room, the literature room also had bookshelves with general categories marked on them. However, he had been following Xie Jun's spiritual guidance all morning and hadn't paid attention to the categories above.

Ning Chang walked briskly to the plant classification area, strolling slowly along the bookshelves, her eyes scanning the rows of titles, searching for books about bamboo.

In his knowledge, bamboo is a type of grass, but that's a classification from another world. It's uncertain how it would be classified in this world, or perhaps there isn't such a classification at all.

Ning Chang wandered around for an unknown amount of time before finally finding a series dedicated to plant classification, "Illustrated Compendium of Plants," on the last two rows of bookshelves in the area.

Among them, they selected a book related to bamboo, "Illustrated Compendium of Plants: Bamboo".

Upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that this book on bamboo is rather thin compared to other illustrated collections.

The bamboo described in the text was not as strange or unusual as he had imagined; most of it consisted of the main types and branches he had seen before. Nevertheless, he remained focused on searching for information about the Green Spirit Bamboo.

Or perhaps it's a type of bamboo similar to the "Azure Spirit Bamboo" in his hand. After all, he could only tell it by its appearance; as for the name, he didn't think it could be Azure Spirit Bamboo, since he had named it himself.

"Square bamboo, tortoise shell bamboo, spotted bamboo, white-striped leaves, hairy golden bamboo, purple bamboo, rigid bamboo, yellow-skinned with green veins, green-skinned with yellow veins..."

Most of the bamboo species he had ever seen were included in this book, along with detailed descriptions of their distinctive features and identification methods.

When you turn to almost the last page, the page suddenly goes blank, with the words "Spirit Bamboo" written vertically on it!

Turning the page again, although the content of the illustrations has changed and the size has decreased, the bamboo species on them are still not much different from the ordinary ones on the previous page. Even the name is just changed by adding the word "spirit" in front of it, which shows that it is perfunctory.

In the end, after flipping through the entire book, he still couldn't find any other varieties of spirit bamboo besides these!

This left Ning Chang somewhat speechless. It seemed that for the time being, he could only call his bamboo Green Spirit Bamboo, and he still had no idea about its other characteristics and habits.

At the same time, we also need to create our own improvements and adjustments to the quality!

Ning Chang put the book back on the shelf, sighed, and walked straight towards the door.

After exiting the door, I quickly slipped into the prefab house on the right.

Compared to the previous document preparation room, this one is a bit more lively.

Every now and then, you could hear whispers of conversation.

He wanted to find some papers and reports on the cultivation and improvement of spirit bamboo. Although they were most likely spirit bamboo cultivated from ordinary bamboo, they were all bamboo, and the improvement methods in the same aspects would inevitably be similar!