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

Sword Spirit Peak, Main Hall.

Grayish-white stone pillars supported the high dome.

The surrounding walls were covered with patterns of maidens dancing with swords in various poses.

When viewed in sequence, it resembled a complete set of flowing sword techniques, which was quite peculiar.

At the head seat of the hall, a tall and upright middle-aged man sat upright.

Elder Jian Chen's face was stern, his sword-like eyebrows reaching his temples.

Although he did not speak, his calmness exuded an invisible pressure.

Making ordinary people dare not look directly at him.

To the right of the head seat, a young child sat quietly.

It was Liu Yan, the Heavenly Spiritual Root who had caused so much controversy in Guangji Temple.

In the center of the solemn and dignified hall, Li Lan, A'Hua, and Tie Niu stood.

Li Lan was not as timid and cowering as the two beside him.

He recounted the events that occurred during the trip to Immortal Trace Valley completely and without arrogance.

Of course.

He also embellished many of the details involving his own secret art of 'scattering beans to form soldiers'.

"That's what happened. The Azure Frost Moonpetal Grass was accidentally lost and could not be brought back. Please punish me, Master."

Elder Jian Chen did not speak, tapping the armrest with one hand.

The crisp and rhythmic sound was particularly clear in the silent hall.

Seeing that his master seemed to believe the other party, A'Hua quickly spoke up:

"Master, you must not believe this person's one-sided story."

"Junior Brother Li has many suspicious points in this trip. His intention to frame fellow disciples is obvious. Please investigate clearly, Master!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the hall fell into a deathly silence again.

Elder Jian Chen still did not express any opinion on the matter.

After a long time.

Just as A'Hua was feeling a little restless.

A pair of blade-like sharp eyes swept towards Tie Niu on the side, and Elder Jian Chen said lightly:

"What about you? What do you think of this matter?"

Tie Niu was still immersed in the grief of losing his fellow villager and junior brother.

Obviously, he did not expect that his master would ignore A'Hua and the others, but instead ask for his opinion.

"I…"

Tie Niu became hesitant for a moment.

To be honest, he didn't think so much at first.

Under A'Hua's guidance, Tie Niu gradually believed that Li Lan was the direct cause of Junior Brother Ding's death.

But after listening to the other party's description today.

His views have wavered again.

After all.

The three of them are not only fellow disciples, but also fellow villagers who came out of the same place.

Their relationship can be said to be very close.

On the flying boat to Immortal Trace Valley.

Ding Sanquan was still sighing that Li Lan was generous and did not bear grudges.

To take a step back.

Even without the relationship of fellow villagers, Li Lan had no chance or motive to harm Ding Sanquan.

Just as the other party said.

He wasn't even around when Ding Sanquan died.

On the contrary, A'Hua, after Li Lan's confession, seemed a little suspicious.

When fighting with that Spirit Cloud Sect female cultivator.

Why didn't he use his trump card earlier, but waited until Ding Sanquan died before using the Displacement Talisman to escape?

Elder Jian Chen saw the expressions of the three people in his eyes.

Suddenly.

The crisp tapping sound stopped.

The indifferent voice sounded again.

"Alright, let's just treat this as a lesson. You may leave."

Elder Jian Chen did not explicitly state who he was talking to, and the three of them did not know.

Tie Niu, who never had a backbone, obediently retreated upon hearing this.

A'Hua seemed a little unwilling and wanted to say something more.

But after glancing at Elder Jian Chen's eyes.

A'Hua shivered and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

He had no choice but to swallow his full of grievances and unwillingness.

After glaring at Li Lan fiercely, he retreated helplessly.

As the saying goes, only the person who wronged you knows best how wronged you are.

Li Lan was like this.

Originally, he didn't plan to splash dirty water on the other party.

But this guy lost the upper hand in the infighting during the trip to Immortal Trace Valley and was unwilling to admit defeat.

Instead, he kept chasing after him and biting him.

Li Lan had no choice but to do so in self-defense.

As for what A'Hua's reputation in Guangji Temple will be in the future, and whether he will hold a grudge because of this.

That's all in the future, and there's no need to worry about it now.

Soon.

Only three people were left in the hall.

Li Lan did not take his leave for a long time, nor did he speak.

The scene fell into silence again.

After a while.

Elder Jian Chen said lightly:

"Why haven't you left yet?"

Li Lan cupped his hands and made a Daoist salute: "Reporting to Master, although the matter of the Immortal Trace Valley trip is over."

"But the many spiritual herbs picked during this mission for the sect have not yet been handed in."

"Therefore, this disciple does not dare to leave without authorization."

In addition to the Purple Sandalwood Spirit Beans and those spellcasting auxiliary materials for making spiritual paper and spiritual ink.

Li Lan also picked many spiritual herbs of different ages according to the sect's mission requirements.

These things are not of much use to him at his current level.

It is better to hand them over to the sect now and exchange them for some much-needed spirit sand.

"Since that's the case, then hand them over."

Li Lan obeyed, respectfully holding up the storage bag containing the spiritual herbs.

Without seeing any action from Elder Jian Chen, the storage bag flew up into the air and fell into his hands.

Elder Jian Chen only glanced at it before throwing the storage bag aside.

"Hmm, although it has not reached the level of completing the sect's contribution, it is still more than half, which is more than the two of them combined, not bad."

Before Li Lan could ask how many cultivation resources he could exchange for.

Elder Jian Chen's next words made his heart tremble.

"However, there is still one less spiritual plant, isn't there?"

"Where is that fifteen-year-old Azure Frost Moonpetal Grass? Why isn't it inside?"

Li Lan's expression did not change, and he looked quite puzzled and said:

"Master, didn't this disciple say it before?"

"That spiritual herb was thrown into the river and drifted away with the current."

"Now that I think about it, it should have fallen into the hands of those Spirit Cloud Sect cultivators."

Elder Jian Chen seemed not to have heard his explanation and said lightly:

"Although that spiritual herb is of good age, it is of no great use to you."

"It is more practical to exchange it for some cultivation resources."

"This master can give you what you need."

"You don't have to worry too much about this year's and next year's sect contributions."

"A first-grade mid-grade magic tool, don't you want this thing?"

"If the Miao family kid is reluctant, this master can give it to you."

"The right to use a lower-grade spiritual vein outer cave for twelve hours, plus three hundred taels of spirit sand."

"You can go to Qing Shifang to inquire. Other cultivators are unwilling to offer such a price for a fifteen-year-old Azure Frost Moonpetal Grass."

Li Lan only felt that his throat was a little dry.

It wasn't because he was surprised that the other party knew what he and Miao Chenfeng had talked about.

If he couldn't even guess this, then Elder Jian Chen would have lived in vain for so many years.

What really surprised him was that every condition offered by the other party was difficult for Li Lan to refuse.

To put it exaggeratedly.

Elder Jian Chen was like a worm in his stomach.

He said everything that he currently most desired and lacked.

There is no need to mention magic tools.

After seeing the power of magic tools in Immortal Trace Valley, Li Lan wanted this thing the most.

Spirit sand, as a hard currency circulating throughout the entire cultivation world, no cultivator would say that they don't need it.

The most important thing is the right to use this lower-grade spiritual vein cave.

Except for the Heavenly Spiritual Root.

The path of cultivation for all other spiritual roots is not smooth, and there are more or less bottlenecks.

Among them, the pseudo-spiritual root of four attributes is even more so.

If it is said that the true spiritual root can be roughly divided into a major bottleneck every four levels during the Qi Refining stage.

Then the pseudo-spiritual root can be called, thirteen levels of Qi Refining, one hurdle per level.

Since being promoted to the first level of Qi Refining a year ago.

The meridians in Li Lan's body were like they were clogged.

No matter how hard he tried, his cultivation progress was always abnormally slow.

After arriving at the abandoned spiritual vein in Immortal Trace Valley.

Borrowing the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth there, he felt that his meridians were like they were dredged, and his progress was rapid.

The abandoned spiritual vein is still like this, so how much help can a normal spiritual vein bring to cultivators?

Li Lan had always wanted to experience it for himself.

But due to the conditions for entering a normal spiritual vein for cultivation being too harsh, he could only give up.