Step by Step Ascend to Immortality - Chapter 125 - 115 Start over

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Liu Suiyun and Shan Yunping exchanged a glance and shook their heads, saying, “Senior Brother Liu, when did I say there was a way to enhance the potency of the Sanyang herb?”

Senior Brother Liu scratched his head and carefully recalled the details of his conversation with Liu Suiyun. “It seems I didn’t really mention it. But, Junior Brother Liu, you have to save me. Otherwise, I’ll be dead, and I won’t be able to account to the Peak Master…”

Shan Yunping knew that Senior Brother Liu had practiced the Sanyang Sword Art and was a bit impulsive in doing things. But in just half a day, how did he manage todisturb an Nascent Soul cultivator? “What happened with Peak Master Zhan? What on earth did you do, Senior Brother Liu?”

Senior Brother Liu forced a bitter smile. “Junior Brothers Liu and Shan, this time I’m relying on you to save me. Today, Junior Brother Liu mentioned a good way to increase yang energy, which was to move out half of the Sanyang grass in the spirit herb garden. At that time, I thought this idea was excellent!”

This was hardly a good idea. It was basically an idea that Liu Suiyun casually came up with. Even Liu Suiyun himself thought this method was not feasible afterwards. Not to mention anything else, just during the process of transplanting the spirit herbs, who knew how many Sanyang grasses would die.

It was just that Senior Brother Liu seemed simple-minded and thought things too simply. “After I returned to the peak, I discussed with the fellow disciples, as well as the various disciples and nephews. We all felt that the Sanyang grass provided by your Hundred Herbs Peak has been getting less and less in recent years, and its potency has also been getting weaker. But our Sanyang Peak can never do without the Sanyang grass at any time. The idea proposed by Junior Brother Liu is wonderful…”

“The sect should build another spirit herb garden specifically for planting Sanyang grass to specially support our Sanyang Peak. In this way, the supply of Sanyang grass will be guaranteed! Everyone signed a joint petition, and then a Golden Core uncle wrote a document. The peak master didn’t think much and, after reading and signing it, directly submitted it to the sect leader…”

This Senior Brother Liu was too impatient. Although a spirit herb garden occupied only dozens of mu, Liu Suiyun felt that the resources it needed were not few. And beside him, Shan Yunping immediately said, “Good idea you had, Senior Brother Liu! There are only forty-eight spirit herb gardens on our Hundred Herbs Peak in total. Where is there any room to open a new spirit herb garden…”

“Senior Brother Liu, you know how many spirit stones it takes to open a spirit herb garden, right? At least two hundred thousand! Just to maintain it, it takes thousands of spirit stones a year.”

Senior Brother Liu also said helplessly, “I didn’t expect this matter to cause such a big trouble either. As soon as our petition was delivered to the sect leader, I don’t know how many peaks sent protest letters, saying that we were squeezing their shares. Several Golden Core real people even came to interfere with me…”

Liu Suiyun casually asked, “The share of the Sanyang grass?”

“The Sanyang grass is a small matter.” Shan Yunping said, “But what spirit herbs are planted in the spirit herb garden and how they are allocated is a matter that concerns the rise and fall of each peak. Moreover, for something like building a hundred flower garden, Peak Master Zhan was too reckless…”

Liu Suiyun was somehow an important figure in the Tianji Valley family. Of course, he knew that the competition for resources within the organization had also reached an extremely intense level. Especially for something like construction, sometimes the bosses of several factions would allocate the shares among them cleanly at the beginning of the year. How could they allow everyone to break the existing pattern.

And Senior Brother Liu also said, “Yes! The pressure from each peak came one after another, making me unable to breathe. But the reply document that finally came back from the sect leader was a fatal blow to me!”

“How was it replied?”

“The intention is good, the idea is very good. It concerns the overall situation and must not be mistaken. It is decided that our sect will build a new spirit herb garden. The sect leader will personally organize the construction. The spirit stones will be raised by the Sanyang Peak. The construction progress will be included in the sect assessment…”

Shan Yunping immediately shouted, “Did the sect leader set his eyes on the small treasury of your Sanyang Peak?”

“That’s right, that’s right!” Senior Brother Liu was almost driven to death by this reply from the sect leader. “The sect leader means that our Sanyang Peak will raise spirit stones to build a new spirit herb garden, but the specific construction will be handled by the sect. If our Sanyang Peak drags thehind legs of the construction of the spirit herb garden, the sect assessment can only be unqualified. And there just happens to be such a sum of spirit stones in the account of the peak. After the sect leader replied, this sum of spirit stones was frozen…”

All the benefits were taken by the sect, and only the Sanyang Peak was responsible for raising the spirit stones. Naturally, the Sanyang Peak did not agree with such a reply. “Now our peak and the sect are arguing. Now the view has changed…”

“Before, the sect thought that one spirit herb garden of Sanyang grass was far from enough. At least three were needed. They suggested building a new spirit herb garden every few years. Now they have changed their mind. One is enough as long as enough potential can be tapped! ”

Shan Yunping asked, “But didn’t you just submit the petition for building a new spirit herb garden?”

“That’s why I’m looking for Junior Brother Liu’s help!” Senior Brother Liu said very eagerly, “We are trying every means to overthrow this petition. As long as it can be proved that there is a way to enhance the potency of the Sanyang grass, we can keep this sum of spirit stones. Junior Brother Liu, besides moving out half of the Sanyang grass, do you have any other ways? I know you must have a way. Come with me to see the peak master!”

Liu Suiyun didn’t expect that a casual remark of his own would have such a big impact. “Senior Brother Liu, I don’t have any ideas. I was just talking casually. I’m such a small fry. If I see Peak Master Zhan and can’t come up with an idea, I won’t be beaten to death by Peak Master Zhancasually.”

Senior Brother Liu regarded Liu Suiyun as his life-saving straw. “Junior Brother Liu, I know you must have an idea! Junior Brother, we brothers are easy to talk to. Now I just need you to help me come up with an idea to prove that this spirit herb garden of the Hundred Herbs Peak still has potential to be tapped. There is no need for practice…”

Liu Suiyun understood that as long as it was theoretically feasible and didn’t need to be actually operational, but he still didn’t want to get involved in such a conflict. “Senior Brother Liu, you overestimate me! Instead of looking for me, it’s better to fight for the construction of this spirit herb garden.”

“Our peak is also preparing to fight for this. Our Sanyang Peak provides the spirit stones. The construction project with the richestOil and water can’t go to outsiders, right?” Senior Brother Liu said helplessly, “But the strength of our Sanyang Peak in the frontline battle is top-notch. As for construction, we can’t do it well at all. I’m afraid we can’t compete with the sect. By then, we’ll becomeTaken advantage ofand be given some projects with littleOil and water to deal with.”

“So our peak master sent me out to definitely prove that the spirit herb garden still has the potential to be tapped, just because their Hundred Herbs Peak didn’t work hard enough!”

Shan Yunping immediately interjected, “How did our Hundred Herbs Peak not work hard enough!”

“All right, all right!” Senior Brother Liu said helplessly, “Junior Brother Liu, I heard that Aunt Shen is planning to plant spirit tea on Tianwu Peak again and is looking for good tea seeds everywhere. Although this matter will probably not succeed again, but senior brother can give you a convenience…”

“Presumably you also know that Tianwu Peak was once the dojo of True Person Xingde. True Person Xingde had opened a tea garden on Tianwu Peak and is said to have grown a lot of good tea leaves!”

True Person Xingde was that great cultivator of the Supreme Demon Sect. The time of his deeds is no longer traceable. It is only known that he was at least six or seven hundred years earlier than True Person Beihe.

After the Shenxiao Sect wiped out the Tianhe Sect, it not only renamed the Tianhe Sect as the “Supreme Demon Sect” but also took all the scriptures of the Tianhe Sect into the inner treasury, so that the history of the Tianhe Sect is almost impossible to trace. Liu Suiyun’s entire impression of this True Person Xingde was that he had once opened a tea garden on Tianwu Peak and grown good tea leaves.

It was just that after True Person Xingde fell, the tea garden on Tianwu Peak had already been deserted. By the time the Shenxiao Sect attacked thehanging mountain, the ancestral court of the Tianhe Sect, there wasn’t a single tea tree left on Tianwu Peak. Naturally, there was also no detailed record of how True Person Xingde opened the tea plantation.

But now Senior Brother Liu told Liu Suiyun, “Before his death, True Person Xingde left behind eighty-seven volumes of ‘Xingde’s Notes’. On our Sanyang Peak, there are just three volumes ofFragments. Although they don’t quite match the cultivation methods of our Sanyang Peak and have little reference value, our past peak masters all regarded them as precious books and kept them secret, never showing them to outsiders…”

Liu Suiyun had already helplessly shaken his head. Just hearing the name of True Person Xingde, one knew that it was completely the opposite path from the cultivation methods of the Sanyang Peak. But the past Sanyang Peak masters kept it secret and let these three volumes of notes slowly fade away in time. “Why keep it secret and not show it to the outside world?”

“Because this is the only copy in the world. Besides our Sanyang Peak, there is no second one…”

Liu Suiyun had already despaired for this reason. But what he cared about was whether there were records about the tea garden on Tianwu Peak in these three volumes of notes. “Are there any records about tea planting in these three volumes of notes?”

“I don’t know because I haven’t seen them!” Senior Brother Liu told Liu Suiyun, “But if you help senior brother with this favor, senior brother will find a way to let you go in and read them once. Of course, the corresponding benefits cannot be less!”

The benefits cannot be less, and it’s not even known if there are records about the tea garden on Tianwu Peak in these three volumes of Xingde’s Notes. And one can only read them once. And Senior Brother Liu even sold a huge favor. But Liu Suiyun made a prompt decision. “Okay! How many spirit stones does it take to read it once?”

“No hurry, no hurry!” Senior Brother Liu didn’t expect that Liu Suiyun was even more anxious than himself. “Help senior brother deal with the current difficulty first. Do you have any ideas?”

Liu Suiyun said casually, “That’s easy. Senior Brother, go and get a Fire-attribute Golden Core and bury it at the bottom of the root system of the Sanyang grass to ensure that this Sanyang grass is full of pure yang energy.”

This method had a certain theoretical feasibility. But the price of a Fire-attribute Golden Core made this method have no operational feasibility. Maybe after this Golden Core was buried, who knew how many people would have the idea of stealing it.

But Senior Brother Liu showed a happy expression. “This idea is good, this idea is good! But it’s not enough in weight. Toshellingthe Hundred Herbs Peak and attack them for being inefficient, a more weightytrump card is needed. It’s best to have some practical feasibility!”

He looked at Liu Suiyun with expectant eyes, while Shan Yunping on the side could only keep silent. And Liu Suiyun soon smiled slightly. “Senior Brother, do you think a method with practical feasibility is only worth this price?”

He said confidently, “Senior Brother Liu, I want to borrow the three volumes of ‘Xingde’s Notes’ of your peak to read!”Note: Some words or phrases in the original text that are more in line with Chinese cultural context or have no exact corresponding words in English are translated or explained as closely as possible to convey the meaning. For example, “disturb” is translated as “disturb” in a more general sense here; “Oil and water” is translated as “benefits” in a context where it means the advantages or gains; translated as “someone who is taken advantage of” to express the meaning of being made a fool or being in a disadvantageous position where one suffers losses; is translated as “attack” in a more figurative sense to match the context of a strong criticism or offensive action; is translated as “killer move” to imply a powerful or decisive measure. And is translated as “fragmentary volumes” to indicate incomplete or partial volumes of the book. Also, is directly translated as “Xuan Kong Mountain” as it seems to be a specific place name in the fictional context without a more accurate established English name.