"This is the Wanzhen Treasure Garden," Yao Bing said to Lou Zhen, Fang Qingxiao, and others.
The Wanzhen Treasure Garden is where the Taishang Sect cultivates spirit plants.
Although it is called a "garden," its area is almost comparable to that of a third-level city in the Great Flame!
The garden is full of spirit plants and immortal herbs, of various elements, various types, and even dozens of Fifth Grade spirit plants!
Yao Bing was tasked with bringing Su Yuan and other Eastern cultivators here for a visit.
After all, as the sacred land of the Southern Continent’s leading Taishang Sect, Su Yuan and others found the tour quite eye-opening.
Yao Bing pointed to a vast bamboo forest that resembled ice jade in front and introduced:
"This is the Jade Bamboo Forest. This type of spirit plant is called Jade Xuan Bamboo, which can calm the mind, dispel evil thoughts, and resonate with the cultivation of swordsmanship and saber skills, accelerating cultivation.
The bamboo comes in five levels: the Second Stage as bean species, the Third Stage as glutinous species, the Fourth Stage as ice species, and if grown to the extreme, it can even reach the Fifth Grade as Glazed Glass Species Jade Xuan Bamboo.
Speaking of which, Sword Master Lou and the others are the most familiar with it."
Beside him, Lou Zhen nodded and smiled, "That’s right, thousands of years ago, Emperor Ye personally came here to the Taishang Sect and took five Glazed Glass Species Jade Xuan Bamboos, so now our Ten Thousand Sword Divine Sect has the Sword Bamboo Sea."
Yao Bing nodded slightly, with a hint of pride in his eyes.
Fang Qingxiao could easily discern that Yao Bing’s words were intended to showcase the prestige and heritage of the Taishang Sect to them.
"So that’s how it is..." Fang Qingxiao gently touched a Jade Xuan Bamboo nearby and chuckled softly, "The Taishang Sect and the Ten Thousand Sword Divine Sect are indeed both great Daoist sects.
With deep roots and countless talents, they jointly maintain order in the Southern Continent and can truly be called the stabilizing force of Blue Sea Star!"
Lou Zhen immediately understood and laughed, "Friend Fang overpraises us, with great power comes great responsibility, just like the issue of demon beasts in the Northern Continent, our Ten Thousand Sword Divine Sect will definitely give our all!"
Yao Bing’s expression suddenly became somewhat awkward.
Yao Bing also understood the higher-ups’ intention and knew that tomorrow these Eastern envoys were to be sent off.
Now Fang Qingxiao was using his words to elevate the Taishang Sect as "the stabilizing force of the Southern Continent as well as Blue Sea Star," which really felt like a slap to his face.
"That’s all." At this moment, a cool voice sounded from the front.
A female cultivator with apricot lips and elegant eyebrows, appearing like a divine figure, slowly approached with her long, dark, and bright hair cascading down her back. It was Mu Kexian.
Elder Zhuoyang, responsible for managing this section of the spirit plants, followed closely at Mu Kexian’s side.
"Yes, Mu Spirit Venerable, thirty-three ice species, nine hundred sixty-six glutinous species, and a Glazed Glass Species that evolved just a few days ago!
A total of a thousand Jade Xuan Bamboos can be fully transplanted to Mysterious Lady Peak within three days!"
Mu Kexian nodded slightly. Recently, her cultivation had been unsettled, so she applied to the sect to select another batch of Jade Xuan Bamboo, and today she came to check on them.
Elder Zhuoyang said, "Mu Spirit Venerable, you actually didn’t need to come in person; you could have sent a disciple instead."
"There are no disciples at Mysterious Lady Peak." Mu Kexian replied expressionlessly.
Elder Zhuoyang was taken aback, then seemed to understand and coughed softly twice.
Suddenly, Mu Kexian looked up and saw a group of people approaching from afar.
"Are those from the Divine Sect and East Continent?" Mu Kexian swept her gaze over the group, her eyes lingering on Su Yuan for a few seconds, "That’s the one who defeated the demon cultivator yesterday."
"Lord Yao," Elder Zhuoyang immediately greeted them with a grand gesture.
Mu Kexian also withdrew her gaze and said to Yao Bing, "Lord Yao."
"Ah, it’s Nephew Mu..." Yao Bing smiled.
But Mu Kexian had no intention of saying more, nodded, and then moved past Yao Bing, continuing forward.
As the new king, Mu Kexian was so aloof that Yao Bing’s face felt a bit awkward, but seeing Mu Kexian pass by without saying much, he kept quiet.
Yao Bing knew that Mu Kexian cultivated the Supreme Forget Emotion, her temperament molded by her cultivation technique.
More importantly, her master, Emei Spirit Venerable, was an Eighth Stage Spirit Venerable!
As long as Emei Spirit Venerable was behind her, Mu Kexian could act as she pleased.
Mu Kexian walked slowly past Yao Bing, Lou Zhen, Fang Qingxiao, Linghu Yao, and Wei Chi without even looking at them.
Yet, as she passed by Su Yuan and Fu Chaosheng, Mu Kexian’s heart unexpectedly skipped a beat!
Mu Kexian paused for a moment, then continued walking...
"So she forgot..." Su Yuan looked back at Mu Kexian’s cool and elegant figure, deep in thought.
...
The next day, just as Fang Qingxiao had predicted.
The Taishang Sect’s Emperor Xuan still had not shown up.
And Ye Xiaose only uttered some formal words about closely monitoring the north and preparing, without any specifics or real plans, nor any intention of cooperation.
Seeing this, Fang Qingxiao did not press further.
His task in the Southern Continent was only to notify and prepare them. Since the notification was delivered, the task was considered complete.
Objectively speaking, at this moment, observing first is indeed more reasonable and prudent.
But by so doing, the Taishang Sect’s standing in Fang Qingxiao’s mind was not as high as the Ten Thousand Sword Divine Sect...