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Fang Yuancheng originally planned to go to the alchemy room to refine pills first, but unexpectedly someone was attacked by herbs early in the morning - because she saw the password talisman she placed in the herb garden fly over - worried that some naughty disciple had accidentally wandered into her herb garden again, she quickly used the speed talisman and set off without even having time to fix her hair.

This time, the one who issued the command token was the Blood-Red Flower Tree Garden. As soon as Fang Yuancheng arrived there, she saw two children who were not wearing sect robes. They were probably disciples undergoing the entrance trial. She had just seen one of the children with a white snake wrapped around his neck yesterday. He was the one who possessed a spiritual treasure.

There was another child he had never seen before. Fang Yuancheng looked at the injuries on the other little boy and, considering the fact that the Blood-Colored Flower Tree had injured many disciples with fire spirit roots in the past, concluded that this little boy he had never seen before should be the top-grade fire spirit root that Hong Lanying had mentioned.

"Which of you called me here?" Fang Yuancheng asked, somewhat bewildered. She clearly hadn't told the children the password, so how did these two kids know it?

Caihua silently raised her hand, noticing the confusion on Fang Yuancheng's face, and took the initiative to answer: "An elder brought us food, and after delivering the food, he told us that if something happened on the mountain, we could just shout that Juchi was here."

Fang Yuancheng understood. It must have been one of the senior brothers or sisters who came down the mountain to deliver food today, who was worried about the children and told them this password.

Fang Yuancheng didn't ask any more questions, and bent down to check on the injuries of the child with the fire elemental root.

Fang Yuancheng gathered a ball of green spiritual energy in his hand and then injected it into the vine. The vine trembled slightly and released Nolan's leg.

Fang Yuancheng then took out a bottle of medicine from his storage space and poured it on Nolan's leg, stopping the bleeding and allowing Nolan's wound to gradually heal.

"Alright, remember not to take the shortcuts off the main road from now on. Those roads were just for convenience to take care of the herbs. The mountain is full of herbs that I planted. Some herbs are temperamental, like that Blood-Red Flower Tree that entangled you earlier. They will relentlessly attack anything related to fire, which is why you got entangled by its vines when you got here." Fang Yuancheng took out a piece of cloth and wrapped it around Nolan's leg. "Luckily you didn't use your spiritual power, otherwise it would have been even more entangled."

Fang Yuancheng then led the two children toward the main road, reminding them as they walked: "Don't try to take shortcuts. Those paths are ones I made, and only I can walk on them. If anyone else tries to walk on them, they'll definitely be attacked. You're lucky this time, you only encountered the Blood-Red Flower Tree."

Ayaka and Nolan listened, nodding their heads in agreement.

After leading the two children to the main road, Fang Yuancheng waved his hand and said to them, "I'm leaving now. You two keep climbing." Then he jumped up, conjured his Yaoshan Pot, and flew back to the sect in it.

Ayaka and Nolan walked up the mountain together. Although Nolan's leg was injured, he could hop up the mountain on one foot. He said it was a unique skill he had practiced to avoid being beaten by his father and teacher.

However, hopping on one foot is still not as fast as walking on two feet, so Ayaka simply slowed down and walked slowly with Nolan, occasionally helping Nolan to prevent him from slipping.

"Thank you so much, otherwise I probably would have sat there until dark." Nolan said to Ayaka while jumping around.

Caihua said, "It's what I should do. My mother told me that one should be kind from a young age."

Nolan then asked, "What do you want to do after you get up the mountain?"

After thinking about it carefully, Caihua said, "I should become an alchemist. If I can refine pills, I can share some with others."

"You want to be an alchemist? I heard from my dad that alchemists make a lot of money, but I really don't like dealing with herbs. After I go up the mountain, I'll become an apprentice to a weapon refiner. Weapon refiners earn quite a bit, maybe even more than alchemists. When I've made a fortune, I can buy whatever I want to eat without worrying about my dad cutting off my allowance." Although he hasn't officially joined a sect yet, that doesn't stop Nolan from wanting to become a weapon refiner and gain the freedom to eat snacks.

"A weapon refiner, huh? Weapon refiners are amazing. Hmm, I remember seeing one once, completely adorned with gold and silver, so impressive." Caihua recalled that once, when she accompanied a shopping woman on a shopping trip, a weapon refiner was covered in glittering items. In particular, he had a gold chain around his neck as thick as Caihua's arm; just looking at it made her neck ache.

"What's the use of all that gold and silver? They're just mundane things. Food is the most reliable thing," Nolan said with utter disdain. In his mind, food came first.

The two chatted as they walked, which made it less boring.

After walking for a while, on the second platform, Caihua and Nolan saw Wen Meiying and Wang Li, who were exhausted and lying on the ground.

Seeing Wen Meiying sprawled on the ground without any grace, Nolan scoffed, "Hey, look who it is! Who's mocking us down there? I've caught up with you now, and you're still lying here panting."

Wen Meiying's already flushed face turned even redder, and he roared at Nolan with all his might, "Get out!!!"

Nolan hopped on his good leg to stand in front of Wen Meiying, wanting to see what kind of expression Wen Meiying had.

Unexpectedly, Wen Meiying grabbed Nolan's good leg and pulled him to the ground, causing Nolan to fall face-first to the ground.

The two little boys lay on the ground and tried to slap each other on the head, but they didn't manage to hit each other's heads.

Caihua glanced at the two boys fighting, then walked over to Wang Li, squatted down, and asked, "Third Miss, are you alright?"

Caihua wasn't used to calling Wang Li by her real name, so she simply continued to call her Wang Li by the way she was addressed in the mansion.

Wang Li raised her head. Her once clean clothes were now covered in dust, obscuring their original color. Her hair was a mess, her original hairstyle almost falling apart. Her face was flushed, and tears welled in the corners of her eyes; she looked like she was about to cry.

"Don't lie on the ground anymore, get up first. You'll have trouble breathing if you keep lying on the ground." Caihua said, and helped Wang Li up and sit on a clean rock.

As soon as she sat down, Wang Li burst into tears.

Wang Li cried as she said, "I miss home. I wouldn't feel like this at home."

Caihua didn't say anything, but took out a handkerchief to wipe Wang Li's tears. Then she found her old wooden comb, took down her terribly messy hair, and combed Wang Li's hair back to its original style. Finally, she hugged Wang Li.

After going through this whole process, Wang Li seemed much calmer. Suddenly, she felt hungry and took out a steamed bun from her bosom, putting it in her mouth and biting into it.

Seeing that Wang Li had calmed her down, Caihua checked the sky. It was already noon, and she figured someone would come down to bring her lunch soon, so she sat down to rest.

Fang Yuancheng returned to the sect, prepared a meal for the new disciples, and went back to the alchemy room to refine a batch of pills when he saw his senior sister, Lin Yuqing, walking towards him from the door.

"Senior sister, what's wrong? I didn't break into your brothel while drunk this time." Fang Yuancheng said as he added firewood to the alchemy furnace—the last batch of pills almost failed because of insufficient firewood.

Lin Yuqing said with a smile, "Didn't you say that you mainly consider personal chemistry when accepting disciples? Master said that this time you're going down the mountain to deliver food, and you should tell us which child you feel a connection with. We'll leave that child with you then."

"I already said, it depends on fate! It can't just be that I find them pleasing to the eye, the kids have to find me pleasing too." Fang Yuancheng was unwilling. She just wanted to refine pills, and then after those kids climbed the mountain, she would find one who was hardworking and could endure hardship to go through the motions.

Lin Yuqing seemed to have anticipated Fang Yuancheng's refusal, and she grabbed Fang Yuancheng's waist as she walked out, saying, "Oh dear, we've arranged the meal delivery schedule, and now it's your turn. Hurry up and get going! I still need to make beautiful musical instruments and jewelry for my future apprentice!! Hurry up!!"

Fang Yuancheng struggled for a moment after being dragged by Lin Yuqing, but finally gave up. After all, Lin Yuqing was the strongest among their generation. Although she was a music cultivator, she could still smash someone's head with her pipa and leave them unconscious for three days before they slowly woke up. Fang Yuancheng didn't want to be smashed on the head by the pipa and then lie in bed for three days, otherwise everyone in the sect who hadn't practiced abstaining from grains would have to go hungry.

Fang Yuancheng resigned herself to her fate and went down the mountain with a basket to deliver food to the children. She flew down the mountain on Yaoshan Pot and soon saw four children on the second platform.

Fang Yuancheng flew to the second platform and then discovered that she had seen all four children before.

Upon seeing someone arrive, the children all stood up and bowed. Fang Yuancheng waved his hand, telling them not to bow.

Then, Fang Yuancheng took out four sesame seed cakes that he had made in advance from the basket and said to the children, "You eat first, I'll go down the mountain to deliver food to the others."

The children politely thanked Fang Yuancheng for bringing them the food.

Fang Yuancheng continued down the mountain and finally saw that a large number of the children were still waiting for her at the first platform.

"Those four kids I just saw are really fast crawlers. My senior brothers and sisters are lucky to have found such a treasure," Fang Yuancheng thought, after distributing the cakes to the children.

After delivering the food, Fang Yuancheng used his light-footed skill to walk up the mountain, taking the opportunity to check on the herbs he had planted by the roadside. When he reached the second platform, he found that the four children had already gone up.

Fang Yuancheng suddenly became interested. She concealed her presence and slowly followed behind the four children.

Fang Yuancheng looked at the four children and saw the boy with the best fire spirit root and the boy with the best wood spirit root chasing each other ahead.

The girl with the top-grade metal spiritual root was slightly behind the two boys, but she still seemed unwilling to give up and kept climbing.

The girl who possessed the spiritual treasures of heaven and earth was relatively less competitive, following behind the three people at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.