The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 532 - 307: Fake vs. Fake

Tu Jin’s clone looked at the Jade Token and shook his head: "Sorry, the Green Jade Token can only be exchanged for ’Miraculous’ grade Spirit Grass. Junyang Grass is of the ’Precious’ grade; your token cannot be used to exchange for it." The Xuanji Sect categorized herbs into three grades: ’Miraculous’ grade being the lowest, ’Precious’ grade being intermediate, and ’Treasure’ grade being top-grade. In fact, there is also an ’Exotic’ grade above these, but as this clone holds a lowly position and limited knowledge, I have never seen it.

Upon hearing this, Ning Xiaoxian couldn’t help but glance at him: Tu Jin, you’re not actually stationed to guard this medicine field. Just give him whatever herb he wants and send this ’plague’ packing to avoid any needless complications.

Tu Jin transmitted a message back to her: "If we’re going to put on a show, let’s make it look convincing. If we forcibly exchange it, it might draw even more suspicion." She helplessly rolled her eyes inwardly. Was this guy getting so nervous that he turned foolish?

The leader frowned and said with a serious bow: "An epidemic has started to spread in both the central and southern regions of the Nan Zhanbu Continent over the past half-month, with a vast number of mortals falling sick. The elders of our sect have urgently sent us to obtain Junyang Grass to refine into medicinal elixirs. I implore my fellow junior brothers and sisters to make an exception. Every minute, countless mortals are dying!" His tone was very sincere.

Ning Xiaoxian was slightly taken aback. She had indeed heard about the outbreak of the epidemic on the continent in recent days, but she was unaware that the virus had spread so fiercely. It seemed that she had been out of the loop due to her constant travel. "It seems I need to pay attention to building up my manpower and gathering intelligence from now on," she thought to herself.

She stepped forward and pretended to speak to Tu Jin’s clone: "Junior brother, saving a life brings boundless merit. Since it serves the great purpose of treating this epidemic, wouldn’t an occasional exception do no harm? Junyang Grass is quite easy to grow here." In truth, even in the Extremely Yin Land, cultivating Junyang Grass was quite difficult. She was being generous at someone else’s expense, a typical case of not knowing the pain of standing and talking.

Since she put it that way, Tu Jin had no choice but to make his clone play along with her act, pretending to ponder and said: "What the junior sister said makes sense. Well, let this be an exception!" He knew nothing about the Alchemy Dao and couldn’t recognize what Junyang Grass looked like, so he had to add another line, "Junior sister, you go ahead and pick fifteen sprigs of Junyang Grass for him."

She briskly agreed, took the Jade Box from the clone’s hands, walked into the medicine field, and took out the jade knife to harvest the herbs. Junyang Grass was a small, fiery red plant that wilted as soon as it was removed from the soil, so she skilfully cut the grass a half a foot from its root and removed it with the attached soil to keep the grass fresh. As she light-heartedly harvested the grass, she asked the leading man, "How should I address this senior brother from Tianling Sea Pavilion?"

The man smiled and said: "My last name is Fu. And you?" He had quite the attractive smile.

"My last name is Tan." She again used Tan Qinghe’s surname as a cover for herself, "You mentioned earlier that there was an epidemic spreading in the central and southern parts; when did it start?"

He replied gravely: "There were sporadic cases of the illness among mortals half a month ago, which at the time neither the Immortal Sect nor the Demon Sect paid much attention to. However, this epidemic is extremely ferocious; in just over ten days, the number of impacted has reached over a hundred thousand. Taking a small town in Bing State as an example, in just a few days, the entire town was wiped out by the disease, not a single soul left!"

This epidemic is terrifying! Her hands paused for a moment before she quickened the pace of harvesting. Ning Xiaoxian, who had been dealing with medicinal herbs for a long time, performed each cut and dug each plant swiftly and rhythmically, as if dancing to a beat. The cultivator named Fu couldn’t help but take a few extra glances at her and praised, "It seems that Junior Sister Tan has quite the profound understanding of the Alchemy Dao."

"Not at all, you flatter me," she casually replied. And just then, Changtian reminded her, "Someone else is coming."

She felt irritation within her heart. Why were there so many people coming and going from this medicine field? If this continued, she might reveal her true identity even before finding the Cold Devouring Fish.

The fifteen sprigs of Junyang Grass were quickly harvested, and she placed the herbs into the Jade Box, closed the lid, and passed it over.

Cultivator Fu spoke solemnly, "We at Tianling Sea Pavilion are eternally grateful for your great kindness!" He reached out to take it.

Everyone present just hoped he would take it and leave quickly.

She handed the box over, Cultivator Fu reached out his hand, and just as he was about to touch the Jade Box,

Exactly at that moment, a loud shout came from the sky: "Don’t give it to him, they are impostors!"

The three words "impostors" thundered in the hearts of everyone present! Ning Xiaoxian’s hand holding the Jade Box instinctively retracted. Cultivator Fu also heard the shout, and his expression instantly turned cold as his right arm swelled up, and he firmly grasped her forearm! Then, a powerful surge of Spiritual Power emanated from her forearm, firmly locking down the flow of energy in her body! He was a Great Cultivator at the Void Refining Stage, and his decision was very sudden; his movements were extremely fast and precise, and she surprisingly did not manage to dodge.