Bamboo Mound

"Then it's decided. Wang Yi and the other person will be responsible for picking the new 'Yaoxiang' herbs in the secret realm."

Ling Ao nodded, thus concluding the matter.

"If there is nothing else that needs to be discussed beforehand, you may leave."

Seeing that the group had stopped talking, Ning Tongyu let the four of them leave the secret realm.

After receiving their orders, the four men departed one after another to prepare for their respective tasks.

Ning Tongyu watched their retreating figures, then turned to Ning Chang and said, "Brother Chang, once the new Yao Xiangcao successfully replaces the original Yao Xiangcao in the pill formula, its value will be immeasurable, probably about 20% higher than its current price!"

And from now on, for every pill containing the new herb "Xin Yao Xiang Cao," a proportional share of the profits will be credited to your account.

"I don't need to worry about selling these pills, do I?"

Ning Tongyu smiled and said, "Naturally, there is a unified exchange hall within the four sects, and the Spirit Treasure Pavilion outside the sects is responsible for transactions with the outside world."

Ning Chang was slightly taken aback and asked with some doubt, "Besides the four sects, are there other cultivation lineages in the outside world?"

Ning Tongyu nodded and patiently explained, "That's right. Besides the four sects, there are many independent cultivators and some ancient families with lineages. Because they don't have the rich and integrated resources of the four sects, they have a great demand for various pills. The pills produced by our Medicine King Valley are of superior quality and have always been highly sought after."

These people will use all sorts of resources to buy our pills, including but not limited to spirit stones and various spiritual items.

Disciples within the four sects use merit points to exchange for pills.

These merit points will eventually be credited to your name after being converted and calculated.

This is also the reward and symbol of your status as the manager of New Remote Vanilla.

Ning Chang listened and sensed that something was amiss.

"But before I came, I didn't sense any particularly special spiritual energy fluctuations in the cities of Wangzhou Kingdom. Most of them were disciples in twos and threes, and there were no large groups of cultivation families gathered together."

"Haha, you certainly won't find them in the cities of the mortal realm!"

Ning Tongyu smiled and explained again, "How can a noisy place like a city provide a place for those families to cultivate in peace?"

"Moreover, in crowded places, even if no one is cultivating, the spiritual energy content in the space will be reduced without anyone noticing."

They're all deep in those ancient mountains and forests, atop those pristine spiritual veins!

"Are there alchemists among those independent cultivators and families?"

"It existed a long time ago, but I'm not sure about now, but it probably doesn't."

"As for the reason, Brother Chang, why don't you make some guesses?"

Ning Tongyu kept it a secret with great interest.

"Let's not even go into guessing; I only realized it after I had already asked the question."

He shook his head. "Even without a monopoly, considering the scale of spiritual plant cultivation and the large group of alchemists in Medicine King Valley, who can uniformly release their products into the market, there is absolutely no room for alchemists from outside to survive!"

"As expected, it's no challenge for you, Brother Chang!" Ning Tongyu smiled. "But Brother Chang may not know this, although alchemists are called alchemists, alchemy is just one category among many. The spiritual liquid I just used... no, that's not right, it was created by heaven and earth."

The various potent elixirs and powders we use in our cultivation are also the work of alchemists!

"Spiritual liquid and spiritual powder? Aren't they similar to pills? It's just that their appearance is different. Is it a matter of the materials?"

"Um..." Ning Tongyu pondered for a moment, and felt that what Ning Chang said was indeed not wrong.

"Indeed, some spiritual plants cannot be combined and are thus used as loose powder, while others cannot be separated or require a unique way of use and are thus transformed into spiritual liquid. However, in most cases, they are condensed into pills."

"Oh..."

...The two remained silent for a while before Ning Changcai asked again.

“I noticed that Brother Tongyu’s newly planted Yaoxiang Grass is growing rapidly. Shouldn’t we wait for the spiritual plant to pass through the germination period on its own before we can force it to grow?”

"Won't this have any effect on Haruka?

"Oh? Haha, I naturally understand. It's normal for Brother Chang to misunderstand since he's new here."

"I did not use any methods to accelerate growth. The fast growth rate of the Yaoxiang Grass is due to the effects of the Nine Heavens Primordial Liquid that I used."

"Nine Heavens Primordial Liquid?"

Ning Tongyu nodded.

"Yes, the Nine Heavens Primordial Liquid is the most precious and powerful culture medium among all the materials discovered so far!"

"It is naturally grown and nurtured by nature, and only one medicine bottle's worth can be obtained every hundred years! It can make spiritual plants grow rapidly without losing their efficacy, and even improve their grade and cause mutations!"

"I see. What a wonderful spiritual object. Using it on the Yaoxiang Grass is definitely worthwhile."

Ning Chang stared wide-eyed and slowly nodded in approval.

"Is this item sold in the exchange hall? If so, how many merit points does it cost?"

He had already planned that if he had the ability to obtain the Nine Heavens Primordial Liquid, he would use one drop at a time on the Green Spirit Bamboo, and after several applications, he might be able to upgrade to the Transformation Realm or even higher!

At that time, I will no longer need to cultivate offensive spells; I can rely solely on bamboo leaves to reach the end!

In this way, I won't need to bother improving within the same grade according to Wang Ban's records anymore; I can directly upgrade the grade to solve all my needs!

But Ning Tongyu immediately poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

"No, the Nine Heavens Primordial Liquid is only available once every hundred years, and each sect leader of Medicine King Valley serves a term of one hundred years. In other words, the Nine Heavens Primordial Liquid is exclusively for the sect leader, so there is no stock in the exchange hall, and naturally there is no merit point system."

"That's it..."

"I have only served for a little over twenty years, and I have already exhausted the existing reserves. If you need it, Brother Chang, I can give you 20%, or if you are interested, you can run for the next sect leader of Medicine King Valley in seventy years."

"No, no, that's not necessary..." Ning Chang quickly refused, then fell into deep thought.

"Born naturally and nurtured by nature...born naturally and nurtured by nature...how exactly does that mean they are born?"

He murmured, as if asking a question, or perhaps questioning himself.

"I don't know either. The location is in a valley within the Sect Master's Trial Realm. Ge Shu should have already told you about the Sect Master's Trial Realm. The Nine Heavens Primordial Liquid is contained within the clouds and mist of that valley. It is captured by an array and gathered in one place before it can be used."

"Are there any other ways to improve the grade of spiritual plants?" Knowing about the Nine Heavens Primordial Liquid, it doesn't seem right to ask him to slowly make minor improvements.

"Of course, there are plenty of them. It's just that different plants require different formulas. I don't know what kind of plants you want to cultivate. I happen to have some free time, so I can help you with that to pass the time."

Ning Chang quickly waved his hand, "It's bamboo, but I can do this myself. I won't trouble Brother Tongyu with such a small matter. I'll come to you again if there's anything important."