Starting as a spiritual plant master, may I eventually become the master of all lands.

"Senior Brother Song, it's been three years! You've already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining! I'm not mistaken, am I?"

Yao Wengang looked Song Chuan up and down, and said incredulously.

"To be honest, junior brother, I come from a Foundation Establishment family. My elders have given me many pills to help me break through my cultivation level. But I've used them all up, so I'm here to buy more."

Song Chuan smiled.

"No wonder. I was wondering how Senior Brother, with his four spiritual roots, could cultivate so quickly."

Yao Wengang suddenly realized.

When Song Chuan first met this man, he immediately noticed his naiveté. If it were a cunning and shrewd fellow, he probably wouldn't have believed the excuse he had made up.

He quickly changed the subject, saying, "Junior Brother Yao hasn't answered yet, what are you doing here?"

Yao Wengang scratched his head: "After I broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, I was assigned here to help Senior Brother Qin manage the shop."

He then glanced at the second floor and whispered, "Senior Brother Song, is there anyone in your area who looks down on someone like you who brought the Spring Sprout Token?"

"No, I'm usually alone." Song Chuan's heart stirred.

"That senior brother is really lucky. Someone like me with three spiritual roots is still ostracized in the alchemy hall. If I hadn't been assigned here, I would have already reached the fifth level of Qi Refining."

Yao Wengang smiled wryly.

Song Chuan sighed, "Junior Brother Yao, do you think a sect or a family is better?"

Yao Wengang hesitated for a moment, then said quietly, "Of course, the sect is better."

Song Chuan nodded: "Our cultivation level as Qi Refining cultivators is so low that a temporary difference in cultivation level doesn't determine anything."

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother. I will keep it in mind," Yao Wengang suddenly said, bowing.

Song Chuan waved his hand and asked, "I came to buy Earth Element Pills. Do you have any here?"

"These are Five Elements Pills for breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining, and they're all kept by Senior Brother Qin. I'll go up and ask him now."

After saying that, Yao Wengang ran up to the second floor.

A moment later, a man in his mid-thirties slowly walked down from upstairs, with Yao Wengang following closely behind.

This man is at the eighth level of Qi Refining; he must be the Senior Brother Qin that Yao Wengang mentioned.

The man glanced at Song Chuan: "I heard Junior Brother wants to buy Earth Element Pills?"

"Greetings, Senior Brother. My name is Song Chuan. I was just about to buy two Earth Element Pills."

"Two pills? One pill is enough for someone with three spiritual roots. Could it be that you have four spiritual roots, Junior Brother?" Senior Brother Qin asked.

Song Chuan was slightly angry. This person was going too far by directly asking about his spiritual root.

However, having witnessed the fickleness of human relationships, Song Chuan still spoke gently:

"Senior brother is right. I do indeed have four spiritual roots, so I would like to buy one more for future use."

Senior Brother Qin smiled slightly: "There are relatively few people who specialize in earth magic, but we do have a few Earth Essence Pills. However, each of these pills costs eighty spirit stones. Does Junior Brother Song know this?"

Song Chuan didn't say anything, but took out a small cloth bag from his storage bag and handed it to Senior Brother Qin.

Senior Brother Qin took the cloth bag and scanned it with his divine sense; it contained a total of one hundred and sixty spirit stones.

He glanced at Song Chuan with some surprise, then patted his storage bag, revealing a porcelain bottle in his hand, which he tossed to Song Chuan.

Song Chuan opened the porcelain bottle, inside were two yellow pills the size of longan fruits, which were the Earth Element Pills.

He was overjoyed and put it away.

"If Junior Brother Song needs anything else, Junior Brother Yao will take care of you."

After saying that, Senior Brother Qin turned around and went back to the second floor.

After watching Qin's figure disappear, Yao Wengang spoke:

"Senior Brother Song, you're really rich! One hundred and sixty spirit stones!"

"It's all pieced together from various sources, including some from my family," Song Chuan said casually.

"I also need to buy some pills to restore my vitality. Junior Brother Yao, could you recommend some to me?"

Half an hour later, Song Chuan came out of the medicine hut and turned into the adjacent artifact pavilion.

He sold the mouthparts of the first-tier iron needle ant to the people of the artifact pavilion for ten spirit stones.

According to the people of the Artifact Pavilion, if it was taken while the iron needle ant was still alive, it would be worth thirty spirit stones.

He saw that the artifact store also sold insect sacs, so he reluctantly spent twenty spirit stones to buy one.

He also inquired about the value of a first-tier demonic insect's insect crystal and what Hejin was.

To his astonishment, a single insect crystal could fetch fifty or sixty spirit stones.

The insect crystals of special demonic insects can even sell for over a hundred.

Insect crystals are highly valuable not only because they are the essence of first-tier demonic insects, but also because not all first-tier demonic insects possess insect crystals.

Only a small number of first-tier demonic insects will give birth to this creature.

What shocked him even more was the lotus gold, a specialty of Hexi County, which was born from the roots of certain spiritual lotuses.

It is an extremely rare material for refining artifacts, and it is only used in the magical treasures of Core Formation cultivators!

On the way back, he patted the insect sac with a wry smile:

"Insect crystal plus gold... I don't know if I'll be able to afford to raise you once you break through to the first rank."

The orchid insect doesn't like entering the insect sac, but that won't do; the spirit stones can't be wasted, so he forced it to go in anyway.

He sighed. Of the spirit stones he brought from his family, plus the salary he had accumulated over the past three years, he now had less than eighty left.

This was after he hadn't bought anything outside of himself for three years, which gives you an idea of ​​how difficult it is for a Qi Refining cultivator at the bottom.

A moment later, he returned to Canxiang Garden. Just as he was about to enter the wooden house, the garden's array shook and opened on its own.

His expression changed slightly, and he turned to look.

Three people were standing in mid-air.

One is Xuan He with his long, flowing beard, and the other is Cheng Tu.

The two men stood on the left and right, respectively, while the man in the middle had a blank expression and a bitter look on his face. He looked to be only in his forties, but he was shrewd and reserved, with bright and piercing eyes.

Xuan He and Cheng Tu stood on either side of this person, looking respectful and attentive.

Core Formation cultivator!

Judging from Xuan He and Cheng Tu's appearance, this person is very likely to be that Master Ku Zhuo.

Song Chuan hurriedly stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Junior Song Chuan greets the three seniors."

He was on high alert, knowing that if he didn't handle these three people well, especially Master Kuzhuo, he might be kicked out.

Xuan He looked at Song Chuan with a strange look in his eyes, then nodded.

Cheng Tu glanced at Song Chuan with a grin, but soon raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

The man with the bitter expression didn't even glance at Song Chuan.

The man with a sorrowful expression looked around the garden, his eyes seemingly filled with reminiscence.

He flew straight up to the pond, gazing at the lotus flowers, his eyes filled with even more reminiscence.

"This is the spirit lotus that Can'er planted back then."

The man with the bitter expression murmured something in an almost inaudible voice.

He then landed on the ground and began to stroll in the garden.

Xuan He and Cheng Tu stood with Song Chuan, waiting quietly. Cheng Tu would occasionally glance at Song Chuan.

After strolling around the garden, the man with the bitter face picked a bright red flower and tucked it into his temple.

Song Chuan felt a chill run down his spine. The other flower this person was wearing was the Red Flame Orchid, which had almost been destroyed by the Blue Honey Aphid three years ago.

Thankfully, they were saved!

The man with the bitter expression nodded, uttered two words, "Not bad," and strode towards the wooden house.

A moment later, his voice came from inside the cabin: "Come in, all of you."

Xuan He went first, followed closely by Cheng Tu, and Song Chuan followed behind Cheng Tu as they entered the wooden house together.