Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

"Ten contribution points?" Shen Hua was slightly surprised.

That price isn't low.

Cultivating on the first level of the Spirit Gathering Array for a day only requires ten contribution points, but asking a question costs just as many. Ordinary disciples can't afford to ask such questions.

But after thinking about it, he decided to ask anyway.

Shen Hua respectfully asked, "Senior, do you know where one can find the thousand-year-old Crimson Essence Ganoderma and the thousand-year-old Golden Vine?"

"You want one that's a thousand years old?"

"That's right, the list only has ten-year and hundred-year items. I want to know about thousand-year items," Shen Hua said seriously.

"A thousand-year-old Crimson Essence Ganoderma, a thousand-year-old Gilded Vine..." Elder Xu stroked his beard and pondered.

After a long pause, he smiled slightly and said, "I know the whereabouts of these two items. However, these are two separate issues, requiring a total of twenty contribution points."

"Twenty it is." Shen Hua handed over his identity jade token.

Elder Xu took Shen Hua's identity jade token, then picked up his own. The two tokens touched lightly, and the twenty contribution points were immediately transferred.

He returned the jade pendant to Shen Hua, who glanced at the balance and confirmed that the points had decreased correctly.

"Let's talk about the thousand-year-old Crimson Essence Ganoderma first. There is no such thing as Crimson Essence Ganoderma in Xuzhou, as it is not produced here," Elder Xu said slowly. "The lower-year ones on the exchange list were all transferred from the main sect."

Shen Hua's eyes darted around: "Could it be that it's at the main gate?"

Elder Xu nodded and smiled, "That's right. The main production area of ​​Crimson Essence Ganoderma is in Jizhou. The General Sect's [Medicine Cultivation Department] specializes in cultivating this kind of spiritual medicine, and there must be quite a few that are a thousand years old."

The Medicine Cultivation Department is the department within the sect responsible for cultivating spiritual herbs. It has a special spirit-gathering array for accelerating the growth of medicinal materials.

This kind of spirit-gathering array is forbidden for cultivators to use; it is only used to accelerate the growth of medicinal herbs.

Many centuries-old or millennia-old medicinal herbs on the market are not wild, but rather matured using formations. As long as the medicinal effect meets the standards, they can be used.

"Do I have to go to the main gate?" Shen Hua pondered to himself.

The journey to the main gate is long, and to exchange for spiritual medicine, you need to accumulate 5,000 contribution points, which is quite difficult!

He suppressed his distracting thoughts and then asked, "Elder Xu, where is that thousand-year-old gilded vine?"

"We have this item in Xuzhou," Elder Xu replied with a smile.

"There's one in Xuzhou?" Shen Hua was slightly pleased.

But soon, he had a bad feeling: there were some in Xuzhou, but not in Taiping Sect of Tan County, the largest sect in Xuzhou. Could it be that...

As expected, Elder Xu replied softly, "However, this item is not in our Taiping Sect; it is entirely controlled by Fang Xiandao."

"The disciples of Fangxian Dao specialize in cultivating the Golden Vine. Many of their Golden Core cultivators' natal magic weapons are made from the Golden Vine."

"It's a pity we've fallen out with Fangxian Dao, otherwise you could go to their sect and see this vine in their herb garden."

"Is that so?" Upon hearing this, Shen Hua's heart sank.

Only Fang Xiandao possesses the Thousand-Year-Old Golden Vine, so how can he obtain it?

To storm into the sect leader's house and force him to hand over the gilded vine? He must be dreaming.

……

After asking his questions, Shen Hua bid farewell to Elder Xu and, with a heavy heart, flew back to his residence on his magical artifact.

Now there's good news and bad news.

The good news is that the origins of all three elixirs have been identified, and at least we know where to obtain them.

The bad news is that they are all quite difficult to obtain.

The Millennium Ice Flower is alright; you can exchange for it inside the sect. By slowly completing tasks and purchasing some contribution points, you can eventually collect enough.

But the other two are more troublesome.

The thousand-year-old Red Essence Ganoderma is far away at the main gate of Julu County. He can't possibly make a trip there, can he?

Even if he runs over there, he still needs to buy 5,000 contribution points. Are contribution points really that easy to buy?

The most difficult to deal with is the thousand-year-old gilded vine.

Only Fang Xiandao has Xuzhou in his possession, so how is he going to get his hands on it?

Asking players from Fangxiandao to help with the exchange? How is that possible?

Let's not even talk about the fact that Shen Hua doesn't know any Fang Xian Dao players. Even if he did, and the other party were willing to help him exchange it, a treasure of the Millennium Gilded Vine level would require at least an inner disciple status to exchange for.

In Fangxian Dao, becoming an inner disciple is the same as in Taiping Sect; both require becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

He can't just wait for the Fangxiandao players to successfully establish their foundation, can he?

If we really wait, it could be more than ten years!

"Sigh, what should we do?" Shen Hua sighed repeatedly, at a loss for what to do.

He flew back to his cave on a magical artifact.

At this moment, to his left was the towering Yellow Heaven Palace, and ahead lay the Sixteen Offices of Taiping.

But upon seeing the Yellow Heaven Palace, a sudden inspiration struck Shen Hua!

"Yes, that seems like a good idea!" A brilliant thought popped into my head.

He immediately changed direction and flew straight towards the Yellow Heaven Palace.

……

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, in the side hall next to the main hall.

After finishing his official business, Zhang Ning walked slowly to the side hall and met Shen Hua, who was waiting there.

"Deacon Xia, the disciples said you have something important to discuss with me?" she asked bluntly.

At the same time, a disciple standing nearby offered two cups of spiritual tea, placing one on Shen Hua's desk and respectfully handing the other to Zhang Ning.

Zhang Ning took the teacup and sat down opposite Shen Hua.

Shen Hua said solemnly, "Sect Leader, I do have something important to report."

"Go ahead," Zhang Ning said, taking a small sip of the spiritual tea.

"It's like this, I recently acquired a rare spiritual herb, the thousand-year-old Spirit Candle Grass..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Ning spat out a mouthful of tea with a "pfft".

Her eyes widened, her face filled with astonishment: "What did you say? Thousand-year-old Spirit Candle Grass? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"Absolutely true." Shen Hua sat up straight and carefully described the appearance and unique fragrance of the medicinal herb.

Zhang Ning listened attentively to Shen Hua's description.

At first, I didn't believe it.

But after listening to some of it, she not only believed it, but became more and more excited as she listened. The description clearly indicated that it was the Thousand-Year Spirit Candle Grass!

This herb is a key ingredient for Nascent Soul cultivators to break through their cultivation level. Many Nascent Soul cultivators have been stuck at their bottleneck for many years because they lack this herb and have never been able to refine a breakthrough pill.

She herself is stuck at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage and has been unable to advance to the middle stage. What she lacks is the Thousand-Year Spirit Candle Grass!

I never expected that this magical herb would be delivered right to my door!

Looking at Shen Hua, Zhang Ning felt that he was becoming more and more pleasing to the eye.

She asked gently, "Deacon Xia, where did you obtain this Spirit Candle Grass?"

The other person's tone suddenly softened, which made Shen Hua feel uneasy.

The usually imposing Zhang Ning suddenly became demure and delicate; who could resist that?

However, he quickly composed himself.

Zhang Ning might not understand what a "duplicate" was, but Shen Hua still gave a general explanation.

Through Shen Hua's explanation, Zhang Ning barely understood that Heaven had probably created a place of opportunity specifically for people from beyond the heavens, and the spiritual herbs were obtained there.

After hearing this, Zhang Ning was very proud.

A month ago, some elders in the sect opposed recruiting people from outside the heavens, feeling that the Taiping Sect was in a time of crisis and that recruiting a bunch of early-stage Qi Refining disciples from outside the heavens would only be a burden.

Despite opposition, she managed to recruit over three thousand disciples from beyond the heavens.

Now it seems that this choice was indeed correct! Deacon Xia has arrived with his Thousand-Year Spirit Candle Grass!

If she hadn't recruited disciples from beyond the heavens back then, she would be kicking herself now to see Xia Ye bringing the Thousand-Year Spirit Candle Grass into another sect!