Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 240: Advancement to Shennong Valley True Transmission

After the elders from all the clans arrived, the head of Shennong Valley also appeared and went straight to the point, "This time we summoned you all to discuss Gu Mo's promotion to the True Transmission."

"Elders, do you have any objections?" The master of Shennong Valley glanced at the elders present.

The elders were silent, as they all knew that this time, Gu Mo's promotion was just a formality. If anyone objected now, it would not be the Valley Master who was against it, but Venerable Qing. Therefore, even Elder Gu, who had been opposed before, was silent at this moment.

"Since no one objects, then this matter is officially approved." Seeing that no one objected, the master of Shennong Valley immediately made the decision.

"Valley Master, since Gu Mo has been promoted to the true disciple, does the existing true disciple need to be changed?" an elder asked at this time.

The number of true disciples in a sect is fixed, and this number is determined by the foundation of the sect. For a sect with a weak foundation, the number of true disciples may be only three or five, while for a sect with a deep foundation, the number of true disciples will be more.

The number of true disciples in Shennong Valley has always remained at nine, which is the most suitable number that Shennong Valley has explored over countless years.

Now that Gu Mo has been promoted to the True Disciple, according to tradition, someone needs to come down to maintain the number of True Disciples at nine. This is what the elder meant by asking.

"No need to change, Gu Mo becomes the tenth true disciple of Shennong Valley." The master of Shennong Valley waved his hand. He had asked his master this question before, and what he said at this moment was what his master said at that time.

"Hu~~"

After hearing the Valley Master's words, the elders present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After all, if they really had to replace a true disciple, no one knew whether the next true disciple would be from their lineage.

"Valley Master, increase the number of true disciples, the allocation of this resource..." Soon another elder asked. True disciples are extremely important to a sect. If a quota is suddenly increased, many things will need to be changed.

Among them, the resource issue of true disciples is of paramount importance. The number of nine true disciples is determined by the foundation of Shennong Valley itself. If one more is added now, will there be a problem of uneven resource distribution?

"The resources for Gu Mo's true teachings will be provided by Reverend Qing until the next true teachings competition." The Valley Master of Shennong Valley had already asked his master about the elders' questions and received answers to them, so he answered them smoothly.

The current foundation of Shennong Valley can indeed only cultivate nine true disciples. For example, in the secret realm of Shennong Valley, there is a special spiritual plant called the Nourishing Lotus. When a cultivator enters the Nourishing Lotus to practice, it can not only speed up the speed of absorbing spiritual energy, but also nourish and improve the body.

It allows the cultivation and physique to be improved simultaneously, so that no one of them will fall behind. However, there are only nine health-preserving lotuses in Shennong Valley. In addition to the health-preserving lotus, the number of other special resources in Shennong Valley is also fixed. It is these special resources that limit the number of true teachings.

Now that Gu Mo has been promoted to the true disciple, the Nourishing Lotus obviously cannot be allocated to him. Of course, Venerable Qing will compensate him with other treasures, and the effect will not be worse than the Nourishing Lotus, and may even be better.

This move can also be regarded as a reward. Gu Mo's outstanding performance in the Tianjiao battle this time must be rewarded.

But this is only temporary. Limited by the amount of resources, the number of true disciples in Shennong Valley cannot really break the limit of nine people. Therefore, in the next true disciple competition, the number will return to nine. As for who will be disqualified from the status of true disciple, it depends on everyone's performance in the true disciple competition.

Of course, even if one loses in the True Transmission Competition and loses the True Transmission status, the sect will still retain the treatment of one True Transmission and give the next True Transmission Competition a chance to win it back.

However, this reserved authentic treatment does not include special resources of limited quantity such as the health-preserving lotus.

The true teaching treatment that Hou Chunyu wanted to apply for Gu Mo before was actually this kind of reserved true teaching treatment, but even this reserved true teaching treatment was extremely generous.

Soon the news that Gu Mo had become a true disciple spread rapidly in Shennong Valley.

Regarding this news, any disciple of Shennong Valley who has read the jade slip of information about the battle of the celestial arrogance will not be surprised at all.

Judging from Gu Mo's performance in this Tianjiao battle, if he cannot become a true disciple, then there will be a problem.

"Hahaha, you are worthy of being my disciple." After finishing the meeting about Gu Mo's promotion, Qi Chunde found Gu Mo as soon as possible. After seeing Gu Mo's performance in the Tianjiao battle, Qi Chunde was secretly sweating, not for Gu Mo, but for himself.

Fortunately, he successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, otherwise, he would have been surpassed by his own disciple.

"Hehe, what does my disciple's current strength have to do with you?" Hou Chunyu's voice came. At the same time, a palm-sized figure quickly pounced on Gu Mo. It was Xiaohua.

"Master, you can't say that." Qi Chunde scratched his head in embarrassment. Qi Chunde indeed owed a lot to Gu Mo for his teachings. However, Qi Chunde felt that he should be able to give Gu Mo some guidance on the practice of this new technique.

"Okay, you three go to the secret realm, the Valley Master is waiting for you." Hou Chunyu was just talking casually and didn't really mean to blame Qi Chunde. After all, it was Qi Chunde who discovered the genius Gu Mo, and this credit alone was enough.

"Yes!"

Qi Chunde wiped the embarrassment from his face and quickly fled with Gu Mo and Xiaohua.

Only the true disciples and elders can enter the secret realm of Shennong Valley. However, the first entry requires the permission of the valley master. After entering the secret realm once, the aura will be engraved on the secret realm stone tablet, and then you can enter and exit freely.

Speaking of which, after Xiaohua and Qi Chunde became elders, one was busy planting flowers for Gu Mo, and the other was busy practicing and exploring the follow-up of new skills. Neither of them had ever been to the secret realm.

This time, taking advantage of the opportunity of Gu Mo becoming the true disciple, we can go together to see the true heritage of Shennong Valley.

"Go show off to that old guy named Gu."

Looking at the three people who disappeared, Hou Chunyu also went towards the cave of his old rival. He cultivated two Nascent Souls and two True Disciples for the sect. This contribution was definitely great.

"I've met the Valley Master!"

Gu Mo, Qi Chunde and Xiaohua saluted the master of Shennong Valley who had been waiting for a long time. Behind the master of Shennong Valley was the secret realm of Shennong Valley.

Gu Mo had heard of this secret place many times. Today, he finally had the chance to see it in person, which made him very curious.

The master of Shennong Valley nodded slightly, then took out a jade-like leaf and injected magic power into it. Suddenly, a door made of vines appeared.

"Go in, I have arranged for someone to take you to visit the secret realm." The head of Shennong Valley waved to Gu Mo and the other two. "Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Mo and the other two immediately stepped into the door made of vines.

The moment he stepped into the vine door, Gu Mo felt as if he had passed through a barrier, and the next moment, a lush forest appeared before his eyes.

In this forest, there are countless spiritual plants that Gu Mo has never heard of. Some of these spiritual plants are rare spiritual plants that have become extinct in the outside world, and some are special spiritual plants cultivated by the ancestors of Shennong Valley.

The nourishing lotus was cultivated by a powerful spiritual plant master from Shennong Valley. Unfortunately, so many years have passed and no one has been able to reproduce the nourishing lotus.

With so many spiritual plants, the spiritual energy they absorb and exhale is terrifying. Therefore, the concentration of spiritual energy here is many times that of the outside world. The speed of practicing here is definitely much faster than that of the outside world.

It can be said that this cultivation environment alone is already an excellent resource, not to mention other more precious resources.

"Junior Brother Gu Mo!"

As Gu Mo was amazed at the many new and exotic spiritual plants and rich spiritual energy in this secret realm, a familiar voice came. The person who came was Ji Xinglan, Hou Chunyu's young disciple and one of the true disciples of Shennong Valley.

Logically speaking, Ji Xinglan is Gu Mo's uncle, but now Gu Mo is also a true disciple, and the status of both of them are equal, so Ji Xinglan also calls him junior brother.

Ji Xinglan called him that, which made Gu Mo's seniority rise by half a level, because Qi Chunde was Ji Xinglan's senior brother, which meant that Gu Mo went from being Qi Chunde's disciple to his junior brother. It must be said that Gu Mo's rapid strength had messed up the seniority.

"Senior Brother Qi, you have to work hard and don't let Junior Brother Gu Mo catch up." Ji Xinglan naturally saw Qi Chunde and couldn't help laughing.

As someone who had personally participated in the Battle of Tianjiao, Ji Xinglan was more aware of Gu Mo's performance in the Battle of Tianjiao. The most outstanding performer in this Battle of Tianjiao was naturally Lin Wu from Dayan Sword Sect, but Gu Mo's performance was definitely second.

"Junior brother, you should be the one who works hard, but you've been caught up." Qi Chunde rolled his eyes at Ji Xinglan. Ji Xinglan's performance in this battle between Tianjiao and the true disciples was pretty good. This was also due to the help of Lin Wu, who cooperated with him to kill a true disciple of the Demon Sect.

But compared with Gu Mo, he was obviously far inferior. Gu Mo finally used the help of special spiritual plants to directly withstand the attack of a Nascent Soul Demon Lord, and that was a Nascent Soul Demon Lord who was promoted through the true teachings.

If Ji Xinglan were to resist such an attack, he would surely die.

Qi Chunde's words froze the smile on Ji Xinglan's face, and he immediately changed the subject, "Junior Brother Gu Mo, Senior Sister Xiaohua, I will take you to visit the secret realm."

"Okay, okay!"

Hearing this, Xiaohua nodded repeatedly. She had been curious about this place for a long time.

Under the leadership of Ji Xinglan, the group passed through the forest in front of them. Along the way, Ji Xinglan also introduced those rare and strange spiritual plants to Gu Mo.

Almost every kind of spiritual plant has a detailed method of cultivation. If you are interested in a certain spiritual plant and want to cultivate it, you can directly apply for the relevant cultivation method.

Of course, some spiritual plants are too old, or the spiritual plant masters who cultivated them did not leave any relevant inheritance, and there are no first-hand cultivation methods. Shennong Valley will try its best to make up for the missing cultivation methods.

But there are a few spiritual plants that are difficult to replicate even if there are methods to cultivate them.

"If I had known that there were so many spiritual plants in the secret realm, I wouldn't have to go out looking for them." Qi Chunde couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the countless spiritual plants.

However, Qi Chunde's practice of the martial arts he created made him lose the qualifications to become a true disciple. Without becoming a true disciple, he could not enter this secret realm, and naturally he would not have the opportunity to obtain these resources.

Of course, Qi Chunde just sighed and had no regrets in his heart. After all, if he had stayed in Shennong Valley, he would not have achieved what he has today.

Qi Chunde knew very well that he could achieve his current success because, firstly, he had a chance to obtain a piece of the spiritual root of heaven and earth, and based on that spiritual root of heaven and earth, he created the name of the Master of All Laws. Secondly, he accepted Gu Mo as his disciple. Without the support of Gu Mo's solar essence, he would not have been able to successfully break through.

And neither of these can be obtained by staying in Shennong Valley.

He did not have this treatment, but Gu Mo did. Qi Chunde still had some spiritual roots of heaven and earth, which were enough to extract gene fragments. The essence of the sun originally belonged to Gu Mo, so if Gu Mo wanted to cultivate the Golden Elixir Dao Seed, the difficulty would definitely be much lower.

Moving forward, Ji Xinglan and the three of them soon passed through the dense forest and came to a valley. “This is the true origin of Shennong Valley,” said Ji Xinglan.

Although Shennong Valley is named after a valley, to outsiders, Shennong Valley is just a towering tree and has nothing to do with a valley at all.

Now Gu Mo finally understood that the "Valley" in Shennong Valley refers to the valley in this secret realm.

After entering the valley, the concentration of spiritual energy around increased again, because the spiritual plants in the valley were all above level 3, and there were many ancient species among them. Gu Mo had basically only seen those in some ancient books. At this moment, these rare spiritual plants appeared in this valley.

Among them was the Sunlight Glaze Flower that Gu Mo was very familiar with, and it was a 4th-level Sunlight Glaze Flower. Unfortunately, there was only one 4th-level Sunlight Glaze Flower. In addition, there were several 1st and 2nd-level Sunlight Glaze Flowers nearby.

“Junior Brother Gu Mo, you are really amazing. You can actually cultivate the Sunlight Glazed Flower. You don’t know that this Sunlight Glazed Flower has been here for who knows how many years, and we have only bred a few first and second level ones.” Ji Xinglan naturally knew about Gu Mo’s achievement in cultivating the Sunlight Glazed Flower.

Knowing the difficulty of cultivating Sunlight Glazed Flowers, Ji Xinglan was shocked that Gu Mo was able to cultivate Sunlight Glazed Flowers. Also, the Sunlight Glazed Flowers that Gu Mo had previously exchanged for sect contributions actually came from here.

"You are now a true disciple. If you need it, you can directly apply for this 4th-level Sunlight Glazed Flower. I think the sect will agree." Ji Xinglan pointed at the 4th-level Sunlight Glazed Flower. With Gu Mo's achievements in cultivating Sunlight Glazed Flowers, the sect would definitely not refuse him as long as he asked.

"Is it really possible?"

Hearing this, Gu Mo's eyes lit up. He didn't need the Sunlight Glass Flower, but this thing was an important cover for concealing his Sun Essence. Gu Mo already had a 4th-order Sunlight Glass Flower on hand. If he got another one, he could take out more Sun Essence without attracting attention.

“Of course, this is also the treatment of true disciples. Anyone who wants to research and cultivate new spiritual plants and needs a mother plant can find a suitable spiritual plant here and then submit an application.” Ji Xinglan said as a matter of course.

(End of this chapter)