noffsinger Chapter 7 Extensive Search
Chapter 7 Extensive Search
Could it be that Wei Dachuan took the opportunity to steal the elixir?!
That must be it. He was afraid of being discovered and searched, so he hid here.
Haha, you went to great lengths, only to end up benefiting me.
I wonder what Wei Dachuan's expression will be when he finds out the truth. I'm really looking forward to it.
Shen Li unceremoniously put away the pills, erased all traces, and left quickly without looking back.
......
Shen Li returned to the secluded cultivation place, sat cross-legged, and took out a Spirit Gathering Pill.
The pills were round and smooth, emitting a faint medicinal fragrance.
Shen Li thought to himself: I have never taken such a precious elixir before.
I never expected to get two bottles today.
He then swallowed it.
As soon as the pill entered my stomach, a warm sensation spread out instantly, flowing along my meridians to my limbs and bones.
Shen Li immediately activated the "Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique" to guide the flow of medicinal power.
The spiritual energy and medicinal power intertwined, like two streams flowing into a river, surging endlessly within the body.
The spiritual energy in his dantian had already reached a bottleneck, and now, under the stimulation of the medicine, it became even more abundant.
The meridians were repeatedly washed, and every acupoint was trembling slightly.
Shen Li remained calm and focused, embracing the essence of the universe.
After an unknown amount of time, the sky began to lighten.
A slight rumble suddenly came from within him, as if some kind of constraint had been broken.
The spiritual energy surged into the dantian like a tide, its capacity several times larger than before.
The second level of Qi refinement was completed naturally.
Shen Li opened her eyes, exhaled a long breath, and a smile appeared on her lips.
To progress from the first to the second level of Qi cultivation, according to the original "Qi-Guiding Technique," it would take at least another six months of arduous practice.
Now, with the top-tier cultivation technique, the Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique, and supplemented by the Spirit Gathering Pill, he broke through in just a few days.
He put away the jade bottle and was about to continue consolidating his cultivation when a series of urgent bell tolls came from afar.
Clang!
The continuous tolling of bells echoed through the night sky.
Shen Li frowned: This was the summoning bell from the Miscellaneous Service Hall.
Why are we suddenly gathering so early in the morning? Could something have happened?
Suddenly, a possibility occurred to him: Could it be because of the Spirit Gathering Pill that Wei Dachuan buried?
His theft of the elixir has been exposed?!
Nine times out of ten, some preparations must be made.
Afterwards, he hid all his belongings, including jade slips, pills, and spirit stones, leaving only two spirit stones in his storage bag for future reference.
If you have nothing on you, it will only make you look like you're trying to hide something.
After doing all this, he hurriedly went to the main hall of the servants' quarters.
The hall was already packed with people.
All of the hundreds of miscellaneous disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect had arrived, forming a dense, dark mass.
Liu Jincai, the steward of the miscellaneous servants' hall, stood in the center, his face gloomy, and he did not say a word.
The servants whispered amongst themselves, discussing the matter.
"What happened? We're all assembled so early in the morning."
"Such a large-scale operation, could it be that they've discovered another undercover agent?"
"Who knows? Judging from Deacon Liu's expression, this is no small matter..."
Shen Li stood calmly in the corner, observing the situation.
Once everyone had arrived, Liu Jincai spoke in a deep voice: "Quiet. Two bottles of Spirit Gathering Pills went missing from the alchemy room last night."
Liu Jincai's gaze was sharp as he swept it over the crowd and continued, "They suspect that it was someone from our miscellaneous servants' hall who did it in the alchemy room."
A stone stirred up a thousand waves.
"What? Stealing the elixir?"
"Who's so bold? Are they out of their mind?"
"They dare to steal from the alchemy room? They're asking for death..."
Shen Li remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she sneered: As expected, it was this matter. Wei Dachuan was truly audacious.
Liu Jincai said coldly, "Whoever did it, step forward now, and you might still be spared your life."
If I find out, according to the sect rules, it's a death sentence.
The hall was deathly silent.
Liu Jincai waited for a while, and seeing that no one confessed, he coldly said, "No one confesses, right? Then search them. Everyone, stand still and accept the body search."
Furthermore, I have already sent men to search your residence.
Before he finished speaking, several disciples stepped forward and began searching each of them.
However, after a busy morning, the result was disappointing; nothing was found.
Of course they couldn't find it, because Shen Li had hidden the elixir.
Shen Li glanced at Wei Dachuan and saw that he looked normal, with a slight smugness on his lips.
Seeing this guy's expression, Shen Li was in a great mood: Wei Dachuan, let's see if you can still laugh when you find out the pills are missing.
The search yielded nothing, and Liu Jincai stood in the center of the hall with a gloomy expression.
When pressure comes from above, he always has to make a gesture to let those above know that he is not just going through the motions.
He glanced around and announced in a deep voice, "From today onwards, the menial tasks will be redistributed."
Everyone, pull yourselves together and do your jobs well.
If anyone tries to cheat, steal, or embezzle, don't blame the rules for being ruthless!
After saying that, he waved his hand, and the disciples immediately stepped forward to assign tasks to each of them.
Shen Li stood in the crowd, observing coldly.
Previously, Wei Dachuan relied on Chang Xiaojing to always be assigned easy and lucrative jobs.
However, Liu Jincai was clearly suspicious of the theft from the alchemy room and directly threw him into the back mountain to cut down ironwood.
Wei Dachuan's face stiffened, but he didn't dare to talk back and reluctantly accepted the task.
When it was Shen Li's turn, Liu Jincai's gaze fell on him, and he suddenly raised an eyebrow: "Huh? Shen Li, you good-for-nothing, you actually advanced?"
Although his cultivation level of the second level of Qi Refining was not outstanding among the servants, it could not escape the eyes of the steward.
Shen Li lowered his head and said, "I broke through by sheer luck."
Liu Jincai gave a noncommittal "hmm" and said indifferently, "In that case, I'll give you an important task: take care of Field No. 7, the Spirit Gathering Herb Garden."
"You can do it all by yourself, right?"
Shen Li frowned slightly: One person taking care of an entire medicinal herb garden?
This guy is clearly deliberately making things difficult for me.
But he wasn't surprised.
Other servants would regularly offer Liu Jincai gifts, but he himself was always short of money and never did.
As a result, every time tasks were assigned, the dirty and tiring work fell to him, but the pay was pitifully low.
This time, it's just the same old trick.
Although Spirit Gathering Grass is a low-grade spiritual herb, it is the main ingredient for refining Spirit Gathering Pills, and its consumption is extremely high.
A typical medicinal herb garden requires at least three people working in shifts to properly manage, including watering, fertilizing, pest control, and harvesting.
Making him work alone now is clearly a way of not giving him any time to hone his skills.
In the past, this job would have been a real rip-off.
But now, he possesses the Nine Revolutions Evergreen Technique, a technique that uses plants as a medium to absorb their essence.
Elixirs contain far more spiritual energy than ordinary herbs and plants.
Cultivating in the herb garden not only allows one to absorb spiritual energy openly, but also provides an opportunity to tend to the spiritual herbs, achieving two goals at once.
More importantly, he no longer had to sneak off to the back mountain.
Liu Jincai, oh Liu Jincai, you are truly my soulmate.
Shen Li was overjoyed, but remained outwardly calm, even deliberately showing a troubled expression: "Steward Liu, there is a lot of work to be done in the medicine garden, and I'm afraid I can't handle it all by myself."
"Could you arrange for another person to help?"