Chapter 40 Your Spiritual Plant is a Little Bald
Since her master's herb garden was protected by a restriction, Lan Yue wasn't worried about this guy running out, so she directly opened the system.
"Running around so happily, you don't even know your mother doesn't want you anymore, do you?" Lan Yue sat on a rock, flipping through the information provided by the system and extracting the key points.
"She ran off with her lover a long time ago! The two transformed spiritual plants have been together for ages and are now wandering the world in the secret realm! They just thought you were a burden, so they entrusted you to my master!"
"It's only because my master is kind-hearted that he took you in. If other cultivators had encountered you, you would have been boiled alive long ago! Not even a trace would have been left!"
This time, Lan Yue didn't just sit back and watch the drama unfold. Instead, she deliberately shared what she had seen with the system. After all, it was just a spiritual plant, and there was no need to hide it.
She wasn't worried that the rootless seedling wouldn't understand, because the system clearly stated that it had already begun to develop intelligence and was equivalent to a three- or four-year-old child.
However, after a while, there was still no movement from the other side, which puzzled Lan Yue. Could it be that the rootless fruit seedling did not understand that she was talking about it?
She could only walk over curiously, trying to keep her footsteps as quiet as possible.
A short while later, Lan Yue saw the rootless fruit seedling in the original pit.
The seedling had somehow ended up drooping at the very bottom, its branches and leaves on both sides like a child's arms, folded together, covering its newly grown eyes, crying sadly.
Lan Yue: "..."
I thought this guy was ten pounds heavy, nine pounds rebellious, and couldn't understand human speech, but I didn't expect him to be secretly crying here.
Lan Yue suddenly felt guilty for bullying a child, so she coughed, walked to the pit, and whispered.
"You don't need to be so sad. Look, there's food and drink here, what don't you have?"
"This herb garden is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy on the entire Lingyue Peak. We can eat and drink well here with our master, transform into human form as early as possible, and reach the peak of plant cultivation in the future. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
"You might be able to enjoy being surrounded by beautiful women in the future, what can't you enjoy? If you go back, your mother might just throw you to someone else again. Are you sure other cultivators will treat you well? They might just put you in a pot and boil you right away."
Lan Yue's words only made the plant in the pit cry even more bitterly, causing it to lose many of its leaves.
Lan Yue's eyes lit up. She quietly picked up the leaves and put them into her storage ring.
Rootless fruit trees can not only grind their fruits into powder, but also their leaves into powder. These functions are the same, except that there may be more leaves.
It's okay, this guy is sad anyway, and the leaves around him are falling off in heaps, so this amount is more than enough!
When Yunxi and Yuanshuo arrived, they found Lanyue lying in a pit, picking up fallen leaves from other people's spiritual plants while chuckling to herself.
Yunxi looked at the small bald patch on the top of the spiritual plant and couldn't help but twitch her lips.
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Meanwhile, when news of the Jueling Island ruins reached the other elders, they were all in an uproar.
"What? Our sect's ruins were stolen by others, and even the Azure Stone Sect colluded with them to smuggle the contents of the ruins away! Outrageous! I'm going to Jue Ling Island to guard it right now, and let's see who dares to do it!" The Fifth Elder was furious.
Those are ruins, and ruins are even harder to find than secret realms because most ruins involve inheritance.
The Southern Region suffered severe damage in its early years, and many traditions have been interrupted. The traditions inside the ruins are the most complete, so even if many sects or independent cultivators discover them, they will not reveal them, unless the ruins need more people to open them.
It's become quite common for countless sects to fight each other over newly discovered ruins.
There's a relic right near their sect, how could they possibly give it up to someone else? If anyone dares to cause trouble in secret, it will be an irreconcilable feud!
"Tell all the disciples who heard this to shut up. This matter must not be leaked, or it will definitely alert the enemy." The Fifth Elder's first action was not to check, but to give instructions to all the people he had secretly contacted.
The group of people who were able to hide near Lingyue Peak without being discovered were all highly skilled, being elite disciples of the Nanling Sect. Naturally, they would not harm the sect's interests, and they all patted their chests to guarantee it.
After arranging everything, the Fifth Elder, along with the Second Elder and the Master of the Spirit Weapon Hall, set off with their disciples.
Li Bai was so frustrated that he couldn't go with them that he turned around and went to Lingyue Peak.
However, when he arrived at Lingyue Peak, he found it to be quite lively. Not only were there two more people, but there was also a spirit plant that was running around everywhere.
This spiritual plant is a bit special; its roots are particularly thin, but its big eyes are quite cute, moist and bright.
When Li Bai turned his head again, he suddenly noticed that the spirit plant's head seemed to be a little bald, as if someone had tugged at it.
"You've come too! Come and see the spiritual plants of our Lingyue Peak!" Lanyue picked up the rootless fruit tree sapling that had already gained intelligence, her face beaming with joy.
"What do you think of this child? Isn't he exceptionally talented and gifted?" Lan Yue had accepted so many of his leaves yesterday, so now she was extending her affection to him as well.
Li Bai paused for a moment, then said tactfully, "To be honest, I'm a bit bald..."
Lan Yue felt a lump in her throat: "Don't say anything, or the child will start crying again."
Before she could finish speaking, the spirit plant, which had been so happy just moments before, suddenly seemed struck by lightning. It quickly swung its two short legs to a pool of water, and upon seeing its own appearance, it felt extremely aggrieved and lay down by the pool to cry.
Even when Yunxi came over with spirit stone powder to comfort her, it was no use; she just cried her heart out.
"Stop crying, the more you cry, the balder you'll become." Lan Yue helplessly picked up the crying little spirit plant.
The rootless fruit tree sapling was even more heartbroken upon hearing this. In order to avoid going bald at such a young age, it stopped sobbing and buried itself in her arms.
Lan Yue: "..."
"By the way, did your master send you here again this time?" Lan Yue was no longer surprised that someone from Lingyue Peak had come again.
It seems that Lingyue Peak is a place of great fortune, and her master's strength is indeed formidable, otherwise why would everyone want to send themselves here?
"What? My master sent it over?" Li Bai was still a little puzzled. No wonder he couldn't find anyone these past two days. It turned out they had all come to Lingyue Peak.
"So you don't have any spirit stones left?" The sect leader and Elder Yuan, who were staying in front, had already sent over quite a few spirit stones.
If it wasn't delivered by someone else, then wouldn't there be no spirit stones?
Lan Yue felt quite regretful when she thought about this.
"Forget it, we're friends, so don't worry, the landlord won't charge you this time."
Li Bai, who had just understood, was speechless.
"I heard that our sect is going to have a new secret realm!" Li Bai excitedly recounted what he had heard.
However, Yunxi looked at him with a sympathetic gaze, which puzzled Li Bai.
Seeing that the three guys didn't seem surprised at all, he suddenly realized that the news about the secret realm must have come from Lan Yue. He was just showing off here; wasn't that like trying to teach a fish to swim?
So what exactly happened? How did he miss it again?
Li Bai looked indignant. He made up his mind to live on Lingyue Peak from now on, so that he could hear the latest gossip every moment!
No wonder the sect leader and Elder Yuan had already sent these two guys over; they must have planned this all along!
Li Bai was filled with deep regret.
Yunxi on the other side pretended that nothing had happened, and Yuanshuo was even more innocent.
Only Lan Yue remained mysterious.
[Lan Yue: Hahaha, Senior Brother, your source isn't very reliable. You've even turned ruins into a secret realm! It's true what they say, rumors can spread far and wide!]
Li Bai, sitting opposite him, looked heartbroken. It wasn't that his source was bad; it was his master who told him that the sect would have a new secret realm soon.
It turns out even his master was deceiving him!
Li Bai felt as if his heart had fallen to the ground and shattered into two pieces, so badly that they couldn't be put back together.
[Lan Yue: It seems the sects discovered the ruins beforehand in this fanfiction? That's pretty good. In the original story, those Qing Shi Sect members not only stole the ruins but also turned around and framed the Nan Ling Sect disciples during the Four Regions Tournament. They should have been taught a lesson long ago!]
[Lan Yue: They're just a bunch of sects colluding with the Demon Realm. If anything happens, they'll be the first to betray their allies!]
[Lan Yue: Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore, it's just bad luck! If I encounter this again, I'll definitely secretly remind my senior brothers and sisters.]
Lan Yue yawned and handed Li Bai a small shovel.
"Let's go shovel dirt!"
"Shovel soil?" Li Bai was still immersed in the anger of the Qing Shi Sect when he suddenly heard about shoveling soil, and he was a little confused.
"Yes, of course we'll shovel dirt and build villas for Erdan and the others!"
What is a villa?
"A very luxurious and unique house!"
"Do I have such a luxurious house?" Li Bai asked expectantly, as he was planning to stay here.
Lan Yue said thoughtfully, "If you want to compete with them for the house, that's not impossible."
As long as you can beat them.
Li Bai: "..."
Forget it, he should just build the house himself. Otherwise, if he tries to steal one, a whole bunch of spirit turtles will fly over and beat him up.
While they were shoveling soil, several more disciples flew away from outside Lingyue Peak. They were furious with the Qing Shi Sect and had heard that the sect might be colluding with the Demon Realm, so they hurriedly flew back to complain.
Lan Yue sensed the fluctuations again and stared blankly at the distant forest.
[Lan Yue: Looks like I was wrong again. It's my fault, though. Lately I've been thinking the male lead is coming out soon, and now no matter where I look, I feel like he might be hiding there.]
Lan Yue sighed inwardly. It seemed that she might not be asked to stand guard in the future, otherwise the whole team would be wiped out.
…
The male lead is actually going to appear?
The people around immediately perked up their ears, and even the two that had flown halfway stopped and secretly hid back.