Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 820 - 527: Treasure: Green Bottle!

Cheng Fengxiao didn't know about the "Soul Channel", and at this moment, he was feeling a lingering fear: "Zhou Shun is a fourth-rank Divine General, and you actually managed to escape from his hands!"

After the fear, came shock.

He looked at Yan Chuan, truly unable to imagine that his disciple had grown so quickly.

When they met at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, Yan Chuan had just proven his Innate Dao. As a result, after only half a year of not seeing each other, when they met again, Yan Chuan could easily escape from the fourth-rank Divine General Zhou Shun.

Such capability!

It's immense!

"I've always been good at Qinggong, escaping is my specialty," Yan Chuan said with a smile. At this moment, he was relaxed, having successfully brought back his master, no longer fearing the worst, he breathed a huge sigh of relief. Now, there would be no more heartbreaking partings.

"Running fast is also a skill," Cheng Fengxiao sighed. He thought he had a fortuitous encounter, but who would have thought he still couldn't keep up with this disciple of his. Thinking of this, he hesitated and said, "I have a treasure on me, I don't know if Zhou Shun chasing me was related to it?"

As soon as he mentioned the treasure, Cheng Fengxiao immediately remembered something else and hurriedly said to Yan Chuan, "I have developed a medicinal garden in a hidden valley a thousand miles outside Lishan on Little Cong Mountain. The garden has two meticulously cultivated spirit plants, one is the 'Ni Chang Grass', 166 years old, also known as 'Beast-attracting Grass'. It has thirteen cylindrical, curled leaves, and every hundred years a leaf unfurls. It emits a peculiar scent that becomes stronger with each unfurled leaf and can attract higher-ranked Alien Beasts and stimulate their reproduction. The other plant is 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo', which grows a section every hundred years and matures in a thousand, and can be used to make sword-type magical weapons, serving as the primary material for seventh-rank Divine Weapons."

Ni Chang Grass!

Heavenly Thunder Bamboo!

This was the highest rank of spirit plants that Cheng Fengxiao could find within the Lishan Sect. Among them, 'Ni Chang Grass' was something Cheng Fengxiao nurtured for fun, as there were no other high-rank spirit plants to cultivate. As for 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo', it was cultivated especially for Yan Chuan: "Chuan'er uses a sword, and the 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo' can be made into a sixth-rank magical weapon once it matures, and after further nurturing, it has the potential to grow into a seventh-rank Divine Weapon."

Although Cheng Fengxiao was limited in ability, he never forgot to do good for Yan Chuan.

But—

"With heavenly calamities now rampant, I worry that 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo' will be destroyed!"

Cheng Fengxiao was anxious.

The medicinal garden doesn't matter.

'Ni Chang Grass' was just a toy, it doesn't matter either.

But the 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo' was a grand gift he prepared for Yan Chuan, cultivated over half a year, costing quite a bit. If destroyed, Cheng Fengxiao would be heartbroken!

"..."

Yan Chuan was in a dream-like state while listening.

Ni Chang Grass?

Heavenly Thunder Bamboo?

Seventh-rank Divine Weapon?

Zhou Shun chasing the treasure?

Wait, wait!

This is all too chaotic: "Master, don't worry, I'll go to Little Cong Mountain first to have a look."

166-year-old Ni Chang Grass.

158-year-old Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

These two spirit plants were quite valuable, and after clarifying the location with Cheng Fengxiao, Yan Chuan quickly used Wang Zhengyi's "Soul Channel" to return to the Mountain and Sea Realm again.

An hour later.

Yan Chuan returned.

In his left hand, he held the root and soil of 'Ni Chang Grass', and in his right hand, he carried, also with root and soil, the 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo': "Luck was on our side, the medicinal garden remains intact."

Even with the calamity having descended for a day, the vast landscapes of the Mountain and Sea Realm were not entirely burned by the fiery disaster from the heavens, not truly 'fully covered' or 'without gaps'.

Fiery disaster from the heavens.

Magma underground.

They erupted, spreading widely, but in specific areas of ten miles or a hundred miles, some became dead zones, while others had no trace of a single spark, still vibrant with life.

Heavenly Calamity.

The eruption and distribution seemed patternless on the surface, at least Yan Chuan couldn't discern any.

But in any case—

"It's good that the spirit plants are fine!" Seeing the doomsday scene at Danhu Realm, Cheng Fengxiao originally had no hope, never expecting his 'Ni Chang Grass' and 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo' to be safe and sound.

Cheng Fengxiao was delighted.

But after his initial joy, he suddenly gave a bitter smile: "'Ni Chang Grass' and 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo' require a lot of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. I tried cultivating them in Great Yan, but even with the 'Little Green Bottle', it's hard for them to mature. Only in the Mountain and Sea Realm can they be cultivated."

Now that the Mountain and Sea Realm has turned into a hellish place, where can these two spirit plants be cultivated?

"This matter is simple." What was immensely difficult for Cheng Fengxiao was a breeze for Yan Chuan: "In Tan Valley Realm, there are seventeen major cities. Not counting the expansion of new districts, almost every old district has arrays, somewhat capable of withstanding heavenly fire and suppressing earth fire. For me, taking a city and opening a few acres of medicinal gardens or plots is not difficult." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

In terms of personal strength and the manpower and resources he could mobilize, Cheng Fengxiao and Yan Chuan were not on the same level. Plus, the master and disciple had not been together for long, so Cheng Fengxiao truly couldn't think from Yan Chuan's perspective. He marveled, "Conquering a city and breaking through is like a fantasy tale to me, but to you, it's simpler than having tea."

This disciple!

Incredible!

Yan Chuan didn't intend to show off in front of his master, he was just being honest. Actually, compared to these two spirit plants, Yan Chuan was more interested in the treasure on his master's body, which nearly blinded Lu Yuru.

Without Yan Chuan needing to ask, Cheng Fengxiao took it out himself: "It's this 'Green Bottle'."

It was a slender-necked, deep-green round bottle that could be held in one hand, with exquisite dark green leaf patterns on its surface, exuding mystery: "I picked this up under Four Saints Peak after we parted at Lishan. The bottle can condense 3 drops of Spiritual Liquid each day, storing up to 21 drops. One drop of Spiritual Liquid, when diluted, can make a whole acre of annual herbs fully mature. But for high-rank spirit plants like 'Ni Chang Grass' and 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo', one drop can at most accelerate their growth by a year. I've named this bottle 'Green Bottle'."

Green Bottle!

The Green of the Green Emperor!

Looking at this 'Green Bottle', its ability to accelerate the growth of spirit plants can vary according to the plant's rank. For ordinary herbs, simply diluted spirit liquid can expedite growth—a drop can ripen an acre, all at one-year maturity.

However, if it involves high-ranked spirit plants like 'Ni Chang Grass' or 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo', each drop of spirit liquid can only foster one year of growth.

"The upper limit of using spirit liquid to cultivate spirit plants is one year per day. With 'Ni Chang Grass' or 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo', regardless of whether you water them with one, two, or three drops daily, their growth cap remains one year," Cheng Fengxiao added, which is one limitation of the 'Green Bottle' and the spirit liquid.

There's another layer of limitation: "Herbal plants that naturally grow within a year can only be hastened to one year's growth at most; they cannot continue to mature beyond this cap—the upper limit that spirit plants can grow to is the same limit imposed by the 'Green Bottle' and spirit liquid."

Forcing a herb like Yellow Spirit that only grows for one year to mature into ten or a hundred years?

That's impossible!

Cheng Fengxiao deduced from multiple trials, "Even with 'Ni Chang Grass', it can only be accelerated to 1300 years' maturity, while 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo' can be hastened up to a thousand years."

In other words, the 'Green Bottle' merely speeds up the growth of spirit plants without breaking their growth ceiling.

Only if—

"If I were to enhance this 'Green Bottle' and raise it a rank, would the spirit liquid it produces break the growth limit of spirit plants?"

Yan Chuan speculated.

But this remains unverifiable.

Not to mention that even with the 'Green Bottle' that nearly blinded Lu Yuru's 'Wisdom Eye', Yan Chuan doesn't possess enough spiritual strength to whimsically enhance his current two sixth-rank miracle items.

'Green Bottle'?

We'll watch and wait!

Yan Chuan smiled at Cheng Fengxiao: "The limitation of the 'Green Bottle' doesn't really count as a limitation. Right now, returning to the Lishan Sect is out of the question; if Master is interested in alchemy, I'll develop a large medicinal yard in Tan Valley Realm for him, arrange the necessary manpower, have someone build an alchemy room, and search far and wide for alchemy books. Spirit liquid is precious; no need for Master to use it on common herbs, such a waste. I'll procure ordinary herbs, and the spirit liquid should be reserved to cultivate higher-ranked spiritual medicine, thousand-year-old or even ten-thousand-year-old high-rank spirit medicine, or spirit plants. Each is worth more than millions or tens of millions of pounds of ordinary herbs!"

"Haha!"

"Very well!"

"Then I'll gladly benefit from the disciple's resources!"

Cheng Fengxiao laughed heartily. Picking up the 'Green Bottle' led him to discover his deeper interest in alchemy beyond martial arts; cultivating herbs, spirit plants, processing medicinal materials, refining elixirs—the fields of medicine, fire control, hand skills, and other aspects of alchemy fascinated Cheng Fengxiao more than he had ever imagined.

Alchemy!

This is far more interesting than practicing martial arts!

Everyone has hobbies.

Not having a hobby is a hobby!

And for Cheng Fengxiao, he initially thought his hobby was to operate the Martial Arts Hall and cultivate Martial Arts, yet now it's clear that expanding the Hall was his grandfather's aspiration, the earnest practice of martial arts was for the Hall's prosperity—in truth, alchemy is what truly captivated him.

He's found his direction!

...

Yan Chuan and Cheng Fengxiao conversed from Zhou Shun's 'criminal motive' to the 'Green Bottle', and eventually looped back to Zhou Shun: "The 'Green Bottle' is undeniably a treasure; if Zhou Shun's interest lies solely in the Green Bottle as the reason for focusing on and restricting Master, why doesn't he just seize it outright?"

Cheng Fengxiao is but a negligible Postnatal Realm, and Zhou Shun's prowess and influence could effortlessly eliminate Cheng and confiscate the 'Green Bottle' easier than squashing an ant.

Is surveillance and confinement necessary?

Hence—

"I suspect Zhou Shun is unaware of the 'Green Bottle'. Not only wasn't he aware before, but he also did not just recently learn about it; his targeting of Master may not be due to the 'Green Bottle' but another reason entirely!"

What then does Cheng Fengxiao possess that lures Zhou Shun, so much that he keeps Cheng close, 'casting a long line to catch a big fish'?

"Green Bottle."

"Star Stone."

"Neither is plausible."

Cheng Fengxiao glanced at Yan Chuan: "Could it be the Great Yan he covets?"

Yan Chuan shook his head.

Star Gate's existence is bound by an oath of iron rules, no one would divulge information about it or Great Yan to Zhou Shun.

Aside from these, what indeed might Cheng Fengxiao possess to attract Zhou Shun?

Or perhaps.

Could Zhou Shun purely cherish Cheng Fengxiao having buried his elder brother, wholeheartedly treating Cheng kindly simply with a slightly 'overbearing president' approach?

Yan Chuan was bewildered.

Cheng Fengxiao was equally puzzled.

"Forget it!"

"Let's not think about it for now!"

"We shall wait for the chance to revisit Lishan Sect and ask Zhou Shun directly to clarify."

"If it's sincere, I'll wallop him good."

"If he bears ill intentions, I'll seek revenge."

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