Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 92 Concentrating Divine Awareness
Spiritual awareness is definitely the most important ability for a cultivator. Only with spiritual awareness can one read jade slips. And many powerful skills and secret techniques can only be recorded in jade slips.

At the same time, spiritual consciousness is also a powerful means of exploration and perception. At this moment, everything within a radius of hundreds of meters is clearly reflected in Gu Mo's mind.

That kind of meticulous perception seemed to let Gu Mo enter a whole new world, which was completely incomparable to observation with the naked eye.

In addition, spiritual consciousness has many wonderful uses. For example, alchemists can use spiritual consciousness to observe the elixir-making process and fine-tune the temperature to increase the success rate of elixir-making.

And now Gu Mo is using the plant perception of a spiritual plant master. With the help of his spiritual sense, he can see the veins of more spiritual plants. Some spiritual plants have hidden vein maps in addition to external vein maps. If the spiritual plant master can discover these hidden vein maps, he can develop and transform the spiritual plant to a deeper level.

And this is already the means of a second-level spiritual plant master. After all, only by entering the foundation-building stage can one condense spiritual consciousness. However, Gu Mo has already condensed spiritual consciousness at the sixth level of Qi Refining. This is not to say that there has been no one before or after, but it is also a rare existence.

"This is the vision of a foundation-building cultivator." His spiritual sense kept scanning the surroundings. At this moment, Gu Mo had a deep understanding of the power of the foundation-building cultivators.

Spiritual consciousness can not only assist in the cultivation of the hundreds of arts, but it can also provide huge improvements in combat, especially when facing Qi-refining cultivators who have not condensed spiritual consciousness. The existence of spiritual consciousness is like a dimensionality-reducing attack.

Therefore, although Gu Mo's current cultivation level is still at the sixth level of Qi Refining, after concentrating his spiritual sense, even if facing a Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivator, Gu Mo still has an advantage, because Gu Mo can use his spiritual sense to directly lock onto a Qi Refining cultivator, and with the help of his spiritual sense, Gu Mo can easily see through the Qi Refining cultivator's attacks.

This is like fighting with a blind man. Moreover, although Gu Mo's cultivation level is only the sixth level of Qi Refining, the spiritual power in his body is the mist-like spiritual power of the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. If he really fights with someone at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, Gu Mo can definitely win.

The current Gu Mo can be considered as half a foundation-building cultivator. As long as Gu Mo liquefies the spiritual power in his body, he will be a real foundation-building cultivator.

Suddenly, Gu Mo's thoughts surged in his mind. What if he got a piece of tier 2 spiritual field now, and used tier 2 sunflowers to directly liquefy the spiritual power in his body, then would he be considered a foundation-building cultivator or a Qi-refining cultivator?

To say that he is a Qi Refining cultivator, Gu Mo has already met all the standards of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, including liquid spiritual power and divine consciousness. But to say that Gu Mo is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, his actual cultivation level is only at the Qi Refining stage.

"Why is this getting more exciting the more I think about it?"

Gu Mo rubbed his head. The thought of possessing all the skills of a foundation-building cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage made his blood boil. This was much more awesome than having a foundation several times greater than that of a cultivator at the same level.

If he wants to achieve this, then Gu Mo needs to get a 2nd level spiritual field as soon as possible.

It just so happens that the upcoming trial of the true teachings is an opportunity for Gu Mo to make a huge profit as a contribution to the sect. If he can successfully push Yuan Niya to the position of the true teachings, then he won’t have to worry about not having a tier 2 spiritual field.

Speaking of which, the true transmission assessment is almost over. Thinking of this, Gu Mo got up and left the spiritual field, ready to check out the latest true transmission assessment ranking.

At the same time, this should also be the final ranking of the first potential talent in the true transmission assessment. Subsequent changes in the ranking will depend on the second trial.

Arriving at the sect square, we saw a huge stone tablet that had been erected here half a year ago, on which was the ranking of many inner sect disciples.

As the final rankings came out, countless disciples from various sects crowded in front of the stone tablet, hoping to get the latest information as soon as possible. This information could be sold for a lot of spirit stones in the market, and the true teachings of a large sect like Qinglu Sect also attracted great attention from the outside world.

After all, this is the core of Qinglu Sect's future. It is no exaggeration to say that the qualifications and potential of these true seeds represent the potential of Qinglu Sect.

Gu Mo looked at the huge crowd in front of him and did not choose to squeeze in because there was no need. With a slight sweep of his spiritual sense, he could see the information on the stone tablet in the distance at a glance.

"Ok?"

The moment Gu Mo released his spiritual sense, a passing foundation-building deacon couldn't help but glance over. Then, his eyes were full of confusion, because he didn't see any other deacons nearby.

"It's weird."

The foundation-building deacon, who gained nothing, glanced at the stone tablet in the distance with his spiritual sense and then floated away.

"Hu~~"

Seeing this, Gu Mo outside the crowd couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He released his spiritual sense, and the outer disciples and menial disciples present were unaware of it, but the foundation-building deacon who had also condensed his spiritual sense could sense it.

"It seems that we cannot use spiritual sense to detect foundation-building cultivators." Gu Mo secretly took note of this. As a cultivator of Qi Refining, he did not know much about many aspects of foundation-building. This was a case of his strength growing faster than his knowledge.

"Buzz!"

At this time, the communication jade talisman on Gu Mo's body vibrated. It was a message from Yuan Niya. Immediately, Gu Mo set out for the sect's mission hall. The mission hall here was not the small mission hall on each peak, but the mission hall belonging to the entire sect.

All tasks involving leaving the sect or tasks at the foundation-building level need to be accepted here. The small task halls on each peak can only handle tasks within the scope of each peak.

The missions of the true trial can only be accepted in the mission hall here.

Yuan Niya asked Gu Mo to go to the mission hall for the purpose of the true test mission. The inner disciples who successfully passed the first test would then need to draw the second experience test mission. At the same time, the helpers found by the inner disciples also needed to go to the mission hall to register.

"I hope Senior Sister Yuan's luck is a little worse." Gu Mo said secretly on the way to the mission hall.

Because the trial tasks are randomly selected, it means that if you are unlucky, you will be selected to perform some difficult tasks. However, the more difficult the task, the higher the evaluation you will get after completing it. Therefore, those who are truly capable would rather hope to have worse luck and be selected to perform difficult tasks, so that they can distance themselves from other competitors.

Yuan Niya obviously belongs to the group with strength. After all, she ranked fourth in the assessment of true talent potential. Such a result is absolutely amazing for Yuan Niya, who has only been in the field for a few years.

During the past six months, with the help of Gu Mo and Chu Feifei, two major cultivation plug-ins, Yuan Niya's ranking rose from sixth to fourth, and her cultivation also reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Of course, if there were no example of He Shaogang, Yuan Niya’s performance would have caused an even greater shock.

Unfortunately, He Shaogang, the inner disciple who joined the sect the latest, occupied the first position from the beginning until the end.

Such extraordinary talent made many elders of the sect look at him with surprise, and many elders even regretted giving such a good seedling to the sect master. If they had known that this boy was so extraordinary, they would definitely compete with the sect master.

Compared to the amazing talents of the two inner disciples who joined the sect the latest, the performance of the other inner disciples was average. Of course, average does not mean bad. They all showed their potential and talents, but they did not give people an unprecedented sense of impact like He Shaogang and Yuan Niya.

Among them there was an inner disciple who was originally ranked fifth, but he dropped directly to tenth in this assessment. If he does not have an outstanding performance in the upcoming true disciple trial, he will miss out on the position of true disciple.

This inner disciple was naturally Ye Yuqi. While others were cultivating hard to increase their foundation during the assessment period, he, who had already lost everything, could only watch helplessly. He even dared not let anyone know that he was already a pauper. If you ask where all his resources went, it would be difficult to explain.

"Junior Brother Gu Mo, here!"

When Gu Mo arrived at the mission hall, he saw two beautiful girls, one big and one small. They were Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei.

"Congratulations, senior sister, for getting the fourth place!" Gu Mo congratulated with a smile.

"Humph!"

Hearing Gu Mo's congratulations, Yuan Niya's brows were filled with satisfaction. This time she rushed to fourth place, and her master praised her a lot.

Of course, the help of Gu Mo and Chu Feifei is also indispensable. Without their help, Yuan Niya would not be able to reach her current height.

Ranked fourth in the true teaching assessment. Although not among the top three, this is already an extremely high level. It is the fourth among all the inner disciples of the entire Qinglu Sect.

"Sister Niya, let's go and draw the tasks. If we're late, the good tasks will be snatched away by other senior brothers and sisters." Seeing that Yuan Niya wanted to continue showing off in front of Gu Mo, Chu Feifei urged helplessly.

After not seeing Gu Mo for a few days, Chu Feifei always felt that Gu Mo had become a little different. Although it seemed that Gu Mo was still at the hateful second level of Qi Refining, Chu Feifei felt that Gu Mo had become more mysterious.

"Yeah, let's go!"

Hearing this, Yuan Niya also reacted, and then took Gu Mo and Chu Feifei into the mission hall. At this moment, many inner disciples came to the mission hall. Their purpose was the same as Yuan Niya's, which was to draw trial tasks.

Similarly, many inner disciples are accompanied by helpers, and very few inner disciples choose to fight alone. The completion of the trial mission is not just about fighting. It includes the collection of mission intelligence and the search for mission targets.

If all these tasks are done by one person, a lot of time will be wasted, but if there are one or two helpers, a lot of time can be saved, and the speed of completing the task can also improve the evaluation. This can completely cover the lower evaluation caused by having an assistant.

Since the mission hall was filled with inner disciples participating in the trial, it was inevitable that they would meet some familiar faces.

"Junior Sister Yuan, congratulations."

Ye Yuqi looked at Yuan Niya who was approaching and said with a gentle smile. It seemed that she had completely forgotten the previous unpleasantness.

"Humph!"

Yuan Niya glanced at Ye Yuqi and ignored her. This girl didn't know how to flatter.

Ye Yuqi kept smiling at this, and then turned her gaze to Chu Feifei and Gu Mo behind Yuan Niya. Ye Yuqi had been coveting Chu Feifei for a long time, but the appearance of Gu Mo made Ye Yuqi slightly stunned.

"This junior brother must be an extraordinary person to be appreciated by junior sister Yuan." Ye Yuqi looked kind. If it were any other outer disciple, they would feel extremely honored to face such kindness from an inner disciple.

Unfortunately, Gu Mo, who had now successfully condensed his spiritual consciousness, had such a strong perception that he could easily see the murderous intent hidden under Ye Yuqi's kind face.

Gu Mo was too lazy to pay attention to this guy who was smiling but hiding a knife. If this wasn't the sect's mission hall, if it was outside, Gu Mo might have taken action directly. With Gu Mo's current strength, he was fully capable of crushing the other party.

Gu Mo’s indifference made Ye Yuqi furious. He could still tolerate Yuan Niya’s ignoring him. After all, Yuan Niya had the potential she showed to be qualified. But why should Gu Mo, an outer disciple at the second level of Qi Refining, rely on him?
However, thinking that the two would not live long, Ye Yuqi's anger slowly dissipated. He bowed and turned to leave.

"cut!"

Looking at Ye Yuqi leaving, Yuan Niya curled her lips, then took the two of them to the counter to register Gu Mo and Chu Feifei, so that the two of them could participate in her trial mission as assistants.

"Boss Yao!"

At the registration office, Gu Mo saw an acquaintance, Yao Shifeng.

Hearing this familiar name, Yao Shifeng turned around and saw Gu Mo and Chu Feifei, "I am no longer your boss." After a moment of distraction, Yao Shifeng slowly shook his head.

Yao Shifeng knew a lot about Gu Mo and Chu Feifei. After all, collecting sect intelligence was one of his duties as He Shaozhu's follower.

But after the farewell dinner that year, he and Gu Mo and others cut ties.

"Hey!"

Seeing Yao Shifeng's distant attitude, Gu Mo sighed in his heart and for a moment he no longer had the desire to continue the conversation.

"Senior Sister Yuan, are these two the assistants you recruited?" A young voice was heard in the silence, followed by exclamations from all around. It was obvious that the identity of the visitor was not ordinary.

She is not ordinary and she calls Yuan Niya "senior sister", so her identity is obvious. Because among the inner disciples, only He Shaogang entered later than Yuan Niya.

"Yes, Junior Brother He, have you recruited an assistant?" Seeing that it was He Shaogang, Yuan Niya's tone was somewhat vigilant. After all, this man was a very strong competitor.

"of course."

He Shaogang nodded. Yao Shifeng, who came here to register at this moment, was his assistant, responsible for collecting intelligence for him and studying the content of the mission. The more He Shaogang used Yao Shifeng, the more comfortable he felt with him.

"This must be Junior Brother Gu Mo."

After talking to Yuan Niya for a few words, He Shaogang's gaze turned to Gu Mo. The main reason why he came over to greet Yuan Niya was for Gu Mo.

He Shaogang had not expected that Gu Mo, a chess piece, would become Yuan Niya's assistant in this true teaching trial. This was another surprise that Gu Mo brought him after he was promoted to an outer disciple and became a spiritual plant master, and it was the biggest surprise.

With Gu Mo as an insider, the success rate of the plan to kill Yuan Niya can be increased to at least 90%. In this true transmission assessment, Yuan Niya has improved two places in just half a year. This potential is too terrifying. If she is given another few decades, she will definitely become a giant in Qinglu Sect.

(End of this chapter)