The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 893: Strength Breakthrough

The core members of the Ninth Bureau are now mainly small sects like Zi Ling’s and a large number of loose cultivators.

Among these small sects, Zi Ling’s sect, now only three members strong, could be considered the smallest of the small.

Even though Hong Fang Zhenren was quite powerful and more skilled in talismanic formations, he had no advantage among the many sects.

Taking care of Nine Truth Palace was solely because Nine Truth Palace was too dominant, and the Ninth Bureau clearly still had needs from Nine Truth Palace, which is why this exception was made. But if the same concession were offered to Zi Ling’s sect, then the members of the Ninth Bureau would likely find no role in future discoveries of such natural treasures.

This was the stance of the Ninth Bureau on this matter.

But in fact, Li Qing felt that this was only a relative rule.

Firstly, he could be sure that not all members of the Ninth Bureau would, like him, report such matters.

Monopolization was the way to go!

But blame it on Li Qing for not having the ruthlessness to take lives with a flick of his hand.

But since things had already been arranged this way, Li Qing thought he must not leave Zi Ling empty-handed.

As long as there was a share for witnesses, he was too lazy to bother about other big-picture political manipulations.

"There shouldn’t be any objections now, should there?" Huan Ling Ji surveyed the crowd and asked seriously.

However, her slightly tilted enchanting posture and the thick allure in her eyes made it impossible for Li Qing to sense any seriousness. This woman, whatever she said, sounded like seductive sweet nothings.

"Let’s divide it this way; I’ll do it," Jing Yan said indifferently.

The power struggles at the macro level seemed to irritate her as well.

Her palm smacked, and suddenly several small bottles hovered in front of her. Then, an invisible air wave spread out, and droplets of water flew out of the spring, suspending around her.

Jing Yan lightly tapped several times, and the droplets fell straight into the bottles.

Li Qing couldn’t tell what material the bottles were made of, but anything Jing Yan brought out was bound to be no ordinary item.

"Twelve bottles, a hundred drops each; this is the limit we can do," Jing Yan said. "If we extract more, we would damage it fundamentally, and then this thing might just run away."

Wu Shan suddenly lamented, "This is truly wasteful. I’ve been watching for several days, and those people were taking it out by buckets. Now it’s our turn, and we can only count by drops."

"If we had kept all that stuff, we could have gotten liters each; just thinking about it pains me!"

"Stop howling," Li Qing said. "When you found it, why didn’t you just buy the water? Why bother to buy the spring? Or you could have found another reason, pretend to be a researcher, say the water is toxic, and that would have resolved the issue smoothly. Your mind, old man, seems a bit rigid, always thinking about the most exhausting way!"

Looking at the somewhat meager results, he felt a bit depressed too.

After all that fuss, everyone could only wet their mouths and couldn’t drink heartily.

Wu Shan stared straight at Li Qing, suddenly stomped hard on the ground, and then lamented heavily, "How did I not think of that? If the water was toxic, who would dare drink it anymore or use it to water livestock? I am really stupid!"

"I see that now," Li Qing murmured. "I was intending to gulp it down to see what was so magical about it, but now, I can only use the tip of my tongue to taste it."

"Speaking of which, you should have already treated this thing as water and drunk it, right?"

Wu Shan looked slightly stunned and then smiled shyly, "I did drink, but unfortunately I didn’t have any containers at hand, and I didn’t dare to collect it. Otherwise, I might have been able to keep a stock."

Whether his words were true or false, probably only he knew.

But whether it was Li Qing or Jing Yan and Huan Ling Ji, none of them intended to delve deeper into this matter.

It was quite commendable for him to share it, and to covet the little he had secretly saved up would be rather unbecoming of a great sect, not quite ethical.

Jing Yan waved her hand lightly, and all the bottles and jars flew in front of Huan Ling Ji, "You distribute it."

Huan Ling Ji thought for a moment, first gave a bottle to each Li Qing, Zi Ling, and Wu Shan, then divided the rest into three, and asked Jing Yan, "Senior, is this distribution okay?"

"I have no objections," Jing Yan replied nonchalantly as she picked up her three bottles.

"Since senior has no objections, then let’s distribute it this way," Huan Ling Ji said, "As for how the production of the Hundred Trees Spirit Spring will be distributed next, the bureau should make another arrangement, so I’ll refrain from speaking further."

Zi Ling clutched her bottle tightly and whispered to Li Qing, "Qingzi, what effects does this thing have?"

"The old man didn’t seem to mention it, I don’t know either," Li Qing shook his head.

After all the commotion and discussions, Li Qing still hadn’t really understood the effects of this substance, but unless something unexpected happened, it should still enhance cultivation.

However, since it could be compared to Earth Spirit Spring Water, its speed of enhancing cultivation should be quite fast.

"The main effect of the Hundred Trees Essence is to expand Divine Sense and strengthen physical strength!" Huan Ling Ji said with a slight smile, quietly winking at Li Qing.

"Completely consuming these hundred drops could make the physical strength of someone at the Qi Cultivation Stage comparable to the Peak of Foundation Building and equip them with the strength to contend on a physical level against the Foundation Establishment Stage. However, the enhancement of Divine Sense varies from person to person. Some may advance rapidly, while others may only see effects similar to taking a single Elixir," she explained.

Li Qing, watching her suggestive eyes, couldn’t help but chuckle lightly.

This woman, though she seems desperate as if clinging to life if asked to immediately consummate, consistently tries to seduce me, clearly in need of sorting out.

Enhancing physical strength and Divine Sense seems to be exactly what he currently needs.

The Undying Technique he practiced was focused on physical strength; perhaps this spring water could make him more pain-resistant and accelerate the cultivation of the Undying Technique.

"I’ll try it first." Li Qing was genuinely curious about the effects of this substance and directly opened the bottle, which felt like jade but was not, and poured a mouthful into his mouth.

However, he did not dare to drink much, only sipping about a quarter of it.

The feeling of drinking the spring water was like taking a big gulp of mint essence.

That cool sensation started in the mouth, then travelled down the throat, quickly spreading throughout his limbs.

As the coolness spread, it seemed to instantly clear his mind.

The sensation was odd, hard to describe, but Li Qing felt as if he had suddenly become smarter, his vision clearer and brighter, as if his eyesight had suddenly surpassed its limits.