At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

Time flies, and the years pass swiftly.

Another six months have flashed by.

"No! I won't lend it! Get lost! Don't bother this old man!"

An extremely angry roar echoed throughout the Scripture Pavilion.

Li Lan touched his nose and walked out of the main hall helplessly.

If you don't want to lend it, then don't. Why shout? It makes me look like I'm bullying a senior.

Li Lan looked up at the sky, a hint of worry on his tender face.

It has been almost a year since he embarked on the path of immortality.

He didn't have a clear understanding of cultivation resources before.

After a year of tempering, Li Lan finally understood that this stuff really burns money.

His monthly salary of a mere eight taels of spirit sand...

Using it to buy cultivation resources is like stirring a big vat with a toothpick.

Entering the Art Pavilion requires spirit sand, making the spell-casting auxiliary materials for "Scattering Beans into Soldiers" requires spirit sand, and buying Qi Refining and Yuan Cultivating Pills for cultivation also requires spirit sand!

It's no exaggeration to say that in this world of cultivation, it's difficult to move an inch without spirit sand.

So Li Lan quickly figured it out.

He had to make money.

Therefore, he would come to the Scripture Pavilion from time to time to borrow money from Zhou Huairen.

Anyway, he already owed him two favors, so he didn't mind owing him another four, five, six, seven, or eight.

The first few times were okay. For the sake of Elder Jian Chen, the old man would still give him some.

But later, it didn't work.

His attitude towards Li Lan clearly declined sharply, almost to the point where he wanted to kick him out the door as soon as he saw him.

A penny can stump a hero.

Li Lan felt quite emotional.

However, after touching the increasingly numerous sandalwood spirit beans in his storage bag,

his mood became much lighter.

After six months of hard work, Li Lan had also accumulated some trump cards, and now he could be considered to have some self-preservation ability.

"Uncle Zhou, this nephew will take his leave now. I'll come to see you again another day."

Li Lan cupped his fist respectfully towards the Scripture Pavilion and said loudly.

"Get out!!"

Automatically ignoring Zhou Huairen's highly emotional interjection,

Li Lan made a Daoist salute and was about to leave.

At this moment,

a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

"Junior Brother Li."

Li Lan looked in the direction of the voice and found that Tie Niu had come to his side at some point.

Standing next to Tie Niu were two other people.

One was A'hua, the eldest disciple of Elder Jian Chen, whom he had met several times.

The other looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment.

"Master has ordered the four of us brothers to go to Immortal Trace Valley together to carry out a mission for the sect."

"Junior Brother Li, quickly prepare yourself, we will set off immediately."

It was not Tie Niu who spoke, but A'hua, the cultivator with thick eyebrows, and his tone was unquestionable.

Li Lan was not surprised by his attitude.

After all, Li Lan had been declining this sect mission for nearly a year.

During this period,

the disciples under Elder Jian Chen took turns trying to persuade him, but they were all casually dismissed by him.

Even a clay figure would definitely get angry at Li Lan's arrogant attitude.

Now that the one-year period was approaching,

A'hua had already made preparations.

As long as this kid dared to utter half a word of refusal, he would not hesitate to take action and carry out the sect rules on behalf of his master.

But he didn't get his wish.

This time, Li Lan didn't hesitate at all and unexpectedly nodded in agreement.

"This junior brother naturally wouldn't dare to disobey Master's orders."

"To tell you the truth, this junior brother had already prepared in advance and has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Senior Brother, time is of the essence, let's set off now."

The other party's agreement was so straightforward that A'hua felt somewhat uncomfortable.

He felt as if he had punched cotton, and a mouthful of stuffy air was stuck in his chest and he couldn't spit it out.

Seriously.

Did this kid take the wrong medicine?

How did he suddenly become so cooperative?

If you had this awareness earlier, would we have had to run to your broken forest every now and then for the past six months?

Having no reason to flare up, A'hua could only force a smile.

Gritting his teeth, he said:

"It's good that Junior Brother Li is prepared."

A'hua stroked his storage bag with one hand and took out a shuttle.

This object grew in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it had grown to more than ten feet long.

Although it was not as grand as Elder Jian Chen's immortal boat, it was no problem to accommodate four people.

Just before boarding the shuttle,

the cultivator who looked somewhat familiar came up and said with a flattering expression:

"Junior Brother Ding Sanquan greets Senior Brother Li."

"This junior brother's broken mouth has no filter. I said some nonsense to Senior Brother Li before. I hope Senior Brother will forgive me for the sake of being from the same hometown."

"This little bit of spirit sand is a token of apology. I hope Senior Brother will accept it."

Li Lan suddenly realized.

He had seen this person before. He was one of the mortals who used to hang around Tie Niu a year ago.

He didn't expect that among those people, someone could actually break through to the first level of Qi Refining and join Jian Chen's sect.

This really surprised him.

It seemed that Ding Sanquan's spiritual root aptitude should be better than his.

Originally, Li Lan didn't intend to talk to the other party. He would just nod and acknowledge him.

But when he heard the words "spirit sand," he immediately changed his attitude.

"So it's Junior Brother Ding. No wonder you look so familiar."

"I was momentarily blind and didn't recognize you. I hope Junior Brother Ding doesn't mind."

"Why be so polite, Junior Brother Ding? Let the past be the past. Li has never taken it to heart."

While saying polite words, Li Lan readily accepted the storage bag.

He skillfully weighed it and smiled even more.

Eight taels of spirit sand. This guy is quite willing to spend money.

With this spirit sand, he would be able to make the next batch of spell-casting auxiliary materials soon.

"It's good that Senior Brother Li doesn't blame me."

Ding Sanquan secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

After joining Elder Jian Chen's sect,

he had heard his senior brothers mention Li Lan more than once.

This made Ding Sanquan, who had just broken through to the first level of Qi Refining, even more nervous.

He was afraid that the other party would settle old scores with him and make things difficult for him, so he had always planned to apologize.

Now that he finally found an opportunity and the other party decided to let bygones be bygones,

Ding Sanquan was finally able to put his heart back in his stomach.

A'hua, the cultivator with thick eyebrows, silently injected the power of his cultivation into the shuttle.

With a low rumble, the shuttle carrying the four slowly left the ground and gradually disappeared into the sky.

Li Lan didn't idle along the way.

He secretly inquired in detail about the sect mission they were going to carry out and the situation of Immortal Trace Valley, the destination.

He wanted to be well-informed.

In the world of cultivation,

spiritual veins are an extremely important cultivation resource for both rogue cultivators and immortal families.

Some spiritual vein mines with a large area can not only be mined for spirit stones, spirit sand, and other things for trading,

but also can be used to plant spiritual herbs, spiritual trees, and other important resources nearby.

When these spiritual plants mature,

whether they are used for trading, for the sect to make pills, or as rewards for disciples, they are good choices.

The spiritual energy around the spiritual veins is exceptionally rich, and it can also play a crucial role when cultivators break through bottlenecks.

Immortal Trace Valley was originally a spiritual vein under the jurisdiction of Guangji Temple.

After years of mining and use, the spiritual energy here gradually disappeared.

The sect later abandoned it.

However,

although spirit stones and spirit sand can no longer be mined here, many of the spiritual plants planted in the past are still there.

Now that so many years have passed, some of the spiritual plants that were not easily taken away have also matured.

The main task of Li Lan and the other three on this trip is to pick as many spiritual plants with a long enough age as possible and bring them back.