by Dragon King
These arrogant Nascent Soul Realm cultivators stayed in the tents obediently, waiting for Herb King Master to appear.
When they saw Hao Ren, they became excited.
“Greetings to Herb King Master from Qingcheng Sect!”
“Greetings to Herb King Master from Chongxu Sect!”
“Greetings to Herb King Master from Guoshan Sect!”
The senior disciples of the sects ran toward the entrance of the valley and released voice transmission notes into the valley.
In fact, no one was sure that Herb King Master of Ethereal Summit could remove the essence-locking note, but after trying all kinds of methods that were useless, Ethereal Summit which was related to the Soul Formation Realm cultivator on Eighth Heaven was their last hope.
They had finally reached the Nascent Soul Realm after hundreds of years of laborious cultivation, but they had dropped to the Core Formation Realm in one night.
It was impossible for them to cultivate from the Core Formation Realm back to the Nascent Soul Realm with the usual method, especially when their realms were locked.
Ding… The moment Hao Ren returned to the valley, he received more than ten voice transmission notes.
Xie Yujia opened the notes one by one and found that the information was the same; they were all begging Herb King Master to show mercy and help them.
Hearing the information, Xie Yujia looked back at Hao Ren and asked for his opinion with her eyes.
“We don’t need their gratitude. Let them find the things we need and trade the notes with them,” Hao Ren said.
“Ok!” Xie Yujia nodded and called out with nature essence, “Listen up! Herb King Master needs 10,000-year-old Black Herb, 10,000-year-old Green Wood, 10,000-year-old Iron Essence Flower, 10,000-year-old Soul Grass, 10,000-year-old Golden Hammer, 10,000-year-old Daphne, and 10,000-year-old Brass Drum Skin. We will help you remove to remove the lock if you have three of one kind of spiritual herbs or three kinds of spiritual herbs!”
Crisp and melodious, Xie Yujia’s voice went out through the valley’s temporary array formation and entered the waiting ears of the cultivators at the valley entrance.
After saying these words, Xie Yujia looked back at Hao Ren and stuck out her tongue bashfully.
Demanding for things in the disguise of Herb King Master was almost like an act of robbery!
Hao Ren smiled and remained silent, thinking that Xie Yujia was not cheeky enough.
Hearing the conditions, the cultivators outside of the valley returned to their respective camps.
These conditions showed that the problem with unlocking their realms could be solved!
“10,000-year-old Black Herb? 10,000-year-old Green Wood?”
In the camps, the masters were surprised to hear the conditions from their Core Formation Realm disciples.
These spiritual herbs were the best materials for making elixirs in the world, and they guessed that Herb King Master was testing their sincerity by demanding these herbs.
“What are you waiting for? Hurry back and search for them!” the masters urged their disciples.
Swoosh… Dozens of lights rose from the camps surrounding Ethereal Summit and flew toward Sixth Heaven swiftly.
Each of the sects on Sixth Heaven had their own treasure palaces containing all kinds of precious materials, and even these masters who were elders or even sect masters were not clear about their full collections.
The dozens of cultivators raced back to Sixth Heaven while the master stayed around Ethereal Summit, afraid that Herb King Master would issue new instructions.
In the past few days, the sects were competing silently and increased their potential offers as Herb King Master didn’t show up.
One sect even prepared to offer hundreds of thousands of spirit stones to Ethereal Summit in exchange for the removal of the essence-locking note.
Such a great amount of resource was almost equivalent to 100 years of accumulation. However, it was worth it if their Nascent Soul Realm master could recover his or her strength before the others.
Some other sects had prepared to offer their dharma treasures in exchange for Herb King Master’s help.
However, none of them had expected that Herb King Master would ask for such spiritual herbs.
Instantly, the area around Ethereal Summit was in a bustle.
Not caring how the sects from Sixth Heaven were going to react, Hao Ren walked to the center of the valley to check on the collapsed spiritual fields.
The spiritual fields that Xie Yujia had worked hard on were damaged by the rocks that fell from the mountains. One-third of the fields were ruined.
“Greetings to Herb King Master from Liu Heng of Qingcheng Sect! We have three Iron Essence Flowers!
A cultivator’s resonant voice came in from the outside of the valley.
“Little White!” Hao Ren called.
Little White understood Hao Ren’s order and flew out of the valley before coming back with a box in its mouth.
Xie Yujia opened the box and looked carefully, finding that there were indeed three 10,000-year-old Iron Essence Flowers, but they were not alive.
“Give them this.” After taking out the Iron Essence Flowers from the box, Xie Yujia placed one essence-unlocking note into the box and handed it to Little White.
The Core Formation Realm cultivator of Qingcheng Sect who was waiting outside the valley saw the snow lion flying out and tossing a box at him.
He caught the box with both hands and opened it cautiously.
In the box, the three Iron Essence Flowers disappeared. In their place was a golden dharma note.
The other cultivators who were standing near the entrance looked at the object the senior disciple of Qingcheng Sect got from Ethereal Summit with envy and doubt in their eyes.
631 The Super Note…
Seeing the nearby cultivators sneaking glances at him, the Core Formation Realm cultivator closed the box quickly and flew toward Qingcheng Sect’s camp on a flying sword.
As a big sect with a long history, Qingcheng Sect had abundant resources. After the war in the cultivation world hundreds of years ago, Qingcheng Sect had worked hard and brought up lots of powerful masters. That was why it had stood firmly on Sixth Heaven.
When they came to Ethereal Summit this time, they almost moved half of the treasures from their sects here, including great dharma treasures, rare cultivation techniques, advanced elixir furnaces, and the precious spiritual herbs.
While the other sects rushed back to Sixth Heaven to look for the things Herb King Master demanded, Qingcheng Sect had immediately taken out the 10,000-year-old Iron Essence Flowers and rushed to Ethereal Summit.
The senior disciple of Qingcheng Sect rushed into the tent of his master, Suyang Master, with the box in his hand.
If it were in the past, the disciples would be accused of being disrespectful for coming in without permission when Suyang Master was cultivating.
Now that he had fallen to the Core Formation Realm, Suyang Master wasn’t in the mood. He raised his hand and asked, “How did it go?”
His tone was laced with anxiety, not sounding like a dignified master.
“This is the object that Herb King Master gave us!” The senior disciple of Qingcheng Sect presented the box to Suyang Master.
With shaking hands, Suyang Master opened the box and found a golden note in it. More accurately, it was a yellow note made with the most common paper.
Among the sects on Sixth Heaven, Sky Mountain Sect was the most versatile one, but it didn’t mean that the other sects could do nothing but cultivate. For example, Qingcheng Sect had a deep understanding of dharma notes.
Qingcheng Sect had the most knowledgeable dharma note masters on Sixth Heaven while Sky Mountain Sect had the best elixir masters and spiritual beast masters.
Although Suyang Master wasn’t an expert on dharma notes, he wasn’t strange to them as a Nascent Soul Realm master of Qingcheng Sect. At one glance, he knew that the notepaper
was ordinary, usually used by the cultivators on Fifth Heaven.
However, when he looked carefully at the patterns on the notepaper, he found that they were exquisite.
“Hurry up and call your uncle-masters in here.” The more he looked, the more unusual he felt about the note. Thus, he ordered the disciple in front of him to get other masters.
There were five Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in Qingcheng Sect. Suyang Master was the most powerful at top-tier Nascent Soul Realm, and each of them had an independent tent.
Very soon, the other four masters of Qingcheng Sect rushed into Suyang Master’s tent.
They looked envious when they saw the object from Herb King Master. However, due to their lower realm and ranking, they must give Suyang Master priority to use it.
“Look at the note carefully,” Suyang Master pushed the box to them and said cautiously.
After all, as a top-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, he wanted to study the object from Herb King Master before using it.
The four masters leaned over and looked down at the note in the box. Since the dharma note came from Herb King Master and was very precious, they didn’t dare to touch it with their hands.
Suyang Master turned the note over with two fingers and found no marks on the back. It was an ordinary note.
“Did you all get a good look at it?” Suyang Master asked them.
“Yes,” the four masters answered as one. As Nascent Soul Realm masters of Qingcheng Sect, they had precise understandings of dharma notes. Among them was Luyan Master, the mid-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivator who was the dharma note master at Qingcheng Sect.
“Liu Heng, try it on me,” Suyang Master looked at the senior disciple and said slowly.
He looked calm but was nervous deep inside. On the one hand, he was afraid that the dharma note would lose its effect if he delayed using it. On the other hand, he was worried that the dharma note might have side effects since his nascent soul was still intact despite his lowered realm.
As the first sect that got the dharma note, Qingcheng Sect must try it first!
Suyang Master put the note into Liu Heng’s hand.
Liu Heng’s hands shook slightly since this dharma note came from Herb King Master at the cost of three precious 10,000-year-old Iron Essence Flowers, and he had to use it on Suyang Master, the most powerful cultivator in Qingcheng Sect. If anything happened in the process…
“Don’t worry. You have the highest realm among us!” Suyang Master said as he stared at Liu Heng.
The other four masters of Qingcheng Sect stood on both sides with their eyes on Liu Heng.
Gritting his teeth, Liu Heng placed the dharma note in his palm and released his nature essence steadily.
With widened eyes, the other four masters stared at the change of the dharma note in Liu Heng’s hand intensely.
The patterns on the yellow notepaper began to brighten little by little, which was a scene that the masters had seen countless times.
However, they were tensed up this time.
“Excuse me!” The note shot out from Liu Heng’s palm.
Suyang Master closed his eyes as he sat on his bed steadily.
The dharma note shot a golden light into the spot between Suyang Master’s eyebrows.
As the senior disciple of Qingcheng Sect, Liu Heng was the future sect master of the sect, and his strength was great. Drawing dharma notes and using dharma notes were the basic skills of Qingcheng Sect disciples, and Liu Heng made no mistake in using the dharma note.
Suyang Master who had fallen to top-tier Core Formation Realm shook while the invisible chains on his important meridians were suddenly shattered.
The suppressed nature essence of top-tier Nascent Soul Realm was suddenly released!
Boom!
The tent exploded into pieces!
“Hahaha! Hahaha!”
Suyang Master let out exhilarated laughs while he shot into the sky, stepping on a green light.
Pushed down to the ground by the violent nature essence, Liu Heng and the other four masters stood up quickly and looked up into the high sky.
Suyang Master’s realm had been recovered!
The other sects which had been watching Qingcheng Sect uneasily suddenly saw a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator shoot up into the sky from the camp of Qingcheng Sect.
Herb King Master of Ethereal Summit had unlocked Suyang Master’s realm!
Bang! Suyang Master shattered a distant mountain with a dharma treasure!
All the cultivators in Qingcheng Sect’s camp cheered.
The cultivators of the other sects shivered.
The presence of top-tier Nascent Soul Realm engulfed an area with a diameter of 500 kilometers around Ethereal Summit!
After launching his nature essence into the high sky, Suyang Master regained his composure and flew toward the entrance of Ethereal Summit.
During his excitement, he had forgotten that this was the territory of Ethereal Summit, and he would be in trouble if he displeased Herb King Master.
The Core Formation Realm cultivators from the other sects who were waiting at the entrance immediately gave way to him when they saw Suyang Master flying over.
“Senior, thank you for saving me!” Suyang Master cupped his hands and bowed slightly while he spoke with respect.
The surrounding cultivators looked at Suyang Master in disbelief. After all, Suyang Master was a top-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, and he was lowering himself significantly by addressing himself a junior in front of Herb King Master.
The valley was silent, and no response came from it.
At this moment, Hao Ren was fixing the damaged spiritual fields.
Enveloped in the abundant essence of the valley, Hao Ren felt like some of his nature essence had returned, reaching the realm of half Kan-level.
The dozen snow lion cubs that had spent two days in the valley in fear instantly surrounded Xie Yujia with tears in their eyes.
“Here is your food…” Xie Yujia squatted and took out dozens of elixir pills from her ring before feeding them.
Crack… The snow lions swallowed the pills like eating peas while they bumped each other with their rumps, fighting for the food.
Seeing the damaged spiritual fields, the Lu sisters ached inside. Copying Hao Ren, they took off their shoes and socks, rolled up their pants, and helped repair the fields.
Their white feet stepped into the moist soil, leaving a series of small footprints.
“Gongzi!” They crossed the muddy fields and jumped into the water fields with their legs looking like newly sprouted lotus roots.
With his pants pulled up to his knees and sleeves rolled up to his elbow, Hao Ren bent down and tossed the rocks from the fields.
These spiritual fields were the result of Xie Yujia’s hard work since she had tended to them alone. Although she didn’t say anything, Hao Ren knew that she must be very sad about them when they were destroyed.
Lu Linlin and Lu Lili straightened the spiritual herbs in the cold water. They had never done such chores before, but they didn’t mind the dirty work as long as Hao Ren was happy.
“Master, please help my junior brothers unlock their realms. Qingcheng Sect is willing to offer 100,000 middle-tier spirit stones to trade for one dharma note!”
Suyang Master continued shouting outside the valley.
Most of the sects on Fifth Heaven didn’t even have 100,000 middle-tier spirit stones, and only Qingcheng Sect which had three spirit stone mines could offer such a big deal.
Xie Yujia who had been feeding the snow lion cubs turned to look at Hao Ren.
“Ignore him.” Hao Ren waved his hand.
Nodding, Xie Yujia slowly rolled up her pants and took off her shoes and socks before walking to the spiritual fields with her bare feet. Her white skin and pretty legs brought envy in Lu Linlin and Lu Lili.
With full bellies, the dozen snow lion cubs followed Xie Yujia closely like a string of baby ducks.
Outs
ide the valley, Suyang Master received no response from Ethereal Summit and returned to his camp reluctantly.
The Core Formation Realm cultivators from the other sects exclaimed silently, “Ethereal Summit is indeed powerful and can ignore a top-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, and the latter didn’t dare to show any resentment!”
Swoosh! The moment Suyang Master of Qingcheng Sect flew away, a white carriage flew over.
“Duan Ye, the Sect Master of Sky Mountain Sect, hopes to see Herb King Master!”
632 Apology?!
The cultivators near Ethereal Summit all looked up.
The Sect Master of Sky Mountain Sect, Duan Ye, stood in the front of the carriage with his hands cupped.
Dozens of white carts followed the white carriage!
The spirit beasts pulling the carriage and carts looked similar to horses and tigers. With flames on their hooves, they were powerful. They were Di Beasts, the spirit beasts that only Sky Mountain Sect had.
Although this kind of spirit beasts didn’t have high intelligence nor great combat abilities, they were very strong and had great endurance, perfect for pulling heavy things.
These large carts shook and creaked under the pulling of the strong Di Beasts. It was obvious that they were full of objects.
The smaller carriage in which Duan Ye stood on landed at the entrance of Ethereal Summit steadily.
The nearby cultivators made way for him.
Despite his Core Formation Realm, Duan Ye could reach the Nascent Soul Realm anytime, so most of the other cultivators regarded him as a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
Since the place around the valley entrance wasn’t big, the following carts hovered in the high sky in six rows and six columns after Duan Ye’s carriage landed
With flames gushing out of their mouths and their paws, the Di Beasts panted while the 36 big carts made of white jade hovered in the air. It was a magnificent sight.
“I, Junior Duan Ye, the Sect Master of Sky Mountain Sect, failed in educating my daughter who offended Senior. I’m here to apologize!” Duan Ye walked down from the carriage and said, “We offer 12 10,000-year-old snow lotuses, 300 10,000-year-old Lingzhi Mushroom, 400 mature Eight-Leaves Grass, 300 top-tier flying swords, one black jade elixir furnace… and 100,000 top-tier spirit stone. We hope that you will accept our apology!