Chapter 107: Farewell to Bai Zichun

Ye Qingxuan did not have to wait long.

Just as the tea was brewed, Bai Zichun arrived outside the stone pavilion as a beam of rainbow light.

Seeing that Bai Zichun had arrived, Ye Qingxuan immediately rose, stepped outside the stone pavilion, and bowed, saying, "Disciple Ye Qingxuan greets the Steward!"

Bai Zichun looked at the Ye Qingxuan before him, satisfaction evident in his eyes, and smiled, saying:

"You need not be so formal. It has been over a hundred years, and you have not disappointed me."

The aura surrounding Ye Qingxuan spoke for itself.

For a Fuxiu of the Xuantian Sect, character is paramount; sometimes, excessive haste only yields the opposite result.

Clearly, Ye Qingxuan's calm and unhurried nature, combined with his current elegant and approachable demeanor, showed that he had benefited greatly from these hundred years.

Since this was his first visit, Bai Zichun could not help but inspect the stone pavilion built by Ye Qingxuan, jokingly scolding, "You rascal, you certainly know how to enjoy yourself!"

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan smiled lightly and said, "Disciple merely finds joy amidst hardship! Steward, please!"

With that, Ye Qingxuan led Bai Zichun into the stone pavilion to sit, pouring him a cup of the freshly brewed Jingxin Tea.

Bai Zichun twitched his nose, sniffing the tea fragrance, and could not help but take a light sip. His eyes immediately brightened, and he asked:

"What tea is this? It suits your personality quite well."

Seeing that Bai Zichun also seemed to like Jingxin Tea, the corner of Ye Qingxuan's mouth curled up as he explained, "This is Jingxin Tea. If the Steward likes it, I will give you some later."

"Jingxin Tea?"

Bai Zichun's eyes showed confusion. He glanced at Ye Qingxuan and said:

"You rascal, trying to deceive me? Jingxin Tea is a Grade Two spiritual tea, and I have drunk it before. Although this tea resembles Jingxin Tea, it certainly cannot be Grade Two Jingxin Tea."

Hearing Bai Zichun's skepticism, Ye Qingxuan merely smiled without speaking.

He had not expected that Bai Zichun actually knew of Jingxin Tea's existence. Since he could not explain it, he might as well not explain at all.

Seeing that Ye Qingxuan would not speak, Bai Zichun shook his head, took another sip of the tea in his cup, and savored it carefully.

But after a long while, he still could not identify exactly what tea it was. Thus, Bai Zichun could only look at Ye Qingxuan and said playfully:

"Interesting. I have tasted countless teas, yet today I have been bested by you, rascal."

"If you won't say, then so be it. But when I leave, you must give me more of this tea."

Bai Zichun did not stand on ceremony with Ye Qingxuan. Once he took the tea back, he planned to find a few old friends to taste and appreciate it, boasting about it thoroughly.

Seeing that Bai Zichuan no longer pressed the matter, Ye Qingxuan smiled faintly and said:

"Steward, rest assured. From now on, there will be plenty of this tea."

Having finished speaking, Ye Qingxuan took out a packet of tea leaves and handed it to Bai Zichun, saying, "Take these first, old man. Come find me again when you have finished them."

Ye Qingxuan no longer cared about outsiders' speculations about him. As long as others could not enter the Blessed Land, they would not be able to see through his true trump card.

After many years in the Xuantian Sect, Ye Qingxuan naturally understood the Xuantian Sect well enough.

As long as he remained within the Xuantian Sect, even if others harbored various speculations about him, Ye Qingxuan would not take them to heart.

Facing such matters, he would no longer feel the anxiety and unease he once did; most likely, he would simply laugh it off.

He, Ye Qingxuan, had stolen nothing nor robbed anyone; he walked upright and stood straight. Why should he feel panic and unease, disturbing his own state of mind, due to others' mere speculations?

Even if they saw that he possessed some extraordinary qualities, what of it? As long as he did not leave the Xuantian Sect, he would naturally be safe and worry-free.

Across from him, Bai Zichun, seeing Ye Qingxuan's calm demeanor and carefree attitude, felt his sense of gratification grow even stronger.

After all, Ye Qingxuan was the Fuxiu disciple he had valued most from the beginning.

Now seeing that Ye Qingxuan seemed to be developing quite well, without any negative emotions arising from becoming a Fuxiu, and still able to maintain his original heart and forge ahead,

he was naturally extremely gratified.

Reaching out to accept the tea leaves Ye Qingxuan handed him, and seeing that quite a bit of time had been wasted, Bai Zichun finally got to the point, saying, "It is getting late. Give me the Jingling Trees so I can tally them up and allocate Alliance Contribution Points to you."

However, Ye Qingxuan did not rush to produce the Jingling Trees. Instead, he asked in return, "Steward, I wonder, what is the price for Jingling Trees above Grade One?"

"Hmm?"

Bai Zichun was slightly puzzled, but eventually he spoke to explain:

"According to the unified purchase price of the Alliance, a Grade One Jingling Tree is worth 9 Alliance Contribution Points, a Grade Two Jingling Tree is worth 90 Alliance Contribution Points, a Grade Three Jingling Tree is worth 9,000 Alliance Contribution Points, and a Grade Four Jingling Tree is worth 90,000 Alliance Contribution Points."

"The value of 1 Contribution Point is equivalent to one Low-Grade Spirit Stone, but materials within the Alliance can only be exchanged using Alliance Contribution Points."

Alliance Contribution Points are mostly obtained only when undertaking missions for the Di-Xuan Realm Alliance.

Those who form their own teams to descend to lower realms and hunt the Green Demon Clan do not receive Alliance Contribution Points, because the corpses and cultivation sources of the Green Demon Clan are the best rewards.

However, to encourage the enthusiasm of cultivators within the Di-Xuan Realm to hunt demons,

after the Di-Xuan Realm opens spatial channels to the subsidiary demon realms of the Green Demon Realm, it will freely provide spatial anchor formation plates for cultivators entering the demon realms to return to the Di-Xuan Realm, eliminating their worries.

After understanding the value of the Jingling Trees, Ye Qingxuan had a clear idea in his mind.

The Grade Three Jingling Tree is a threshold; its price increases a hundredfold compared to the Grade Two Jingling Tree, while the value of the Grade Four Jingling Tree is only ten times that of the Grade Three Jingling Tree.

However, according to the current purchase price, although cultivating Grade Four Jingling Trees takes a longer cycle, it is still more cost-effective to cultivate Grade Four Jingling Trees. Taking out the storage bag he had prepared long ago and handing it to Bai Zichun, Ye Qingxuan casually said, "Steward, inside here are one hundred Grade One Jingling Trees and five hundred Grade Four Jingling Trees."

The Grade One Jingling Trees are mainly for deceiving outsiders; the Grade Four Jingling Trees are the real bulk.

Not fearing outsiders' speculations is one thing, but what needs to be concealed must still be concealed. One must give outsiders a reasonable direction for their imagination, after all. The five hundred Grade Four Jingling Trees were not all the Grade Four Jingling Trees in the Qingxuan Blessed Land; Ye Qingxuan had only taken out half.

Since the Jingling Trees provide excellent auxiliary effects for the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, purifying some negative energy that occasionally arises, Ye Qingxuan did not intend to touch the other half.

Hearing the quantity Ye Qingxuan mentioned, Bai Zichun hurriedly checked the storage bag Ye Qingxuan had given him, then exclaimed in surprise, "How do you, rascal, have so many Grade Four Jingling Trees?"

Facing Bai Zichun's inquiry, Ye Qingxuan had already thought of an explanation. He smiled slightly and said:

"In recent years, when I had nothing to do, I arranged for someone to open a small shop in the sect's market. I did not expect the business to be quite good. These Grade Four Jingling Trees were purchased by the shop on my behalf."

Hearing this, Bai Zichun looked deeply at Ye Qingxuan, but did not ask any further questions.

Although Ye Qingxuan was somewhat beyond his expectations, as long as he did not violate sect rules or harm the Xuantian Sect, he would not interfere excessively.

After becoming a Fuxiu, Ye Qingxuan could only sit motionless in one place.

Under such circumstances, the fact that Ye Qingxuan could still obtain so many Grade Four Jingling Trees was a testament to his own capability.

Although somewhat curious, seeing that Ye Qingxuan had no intention of saying more, Bai Zichun did not press further and instead began calculating Ye Qingxuan's alliance contribution points:

"One hundred first-grade Pure Spirit Trees, worth 900 alliance contribution points; five hundred fourth-grade Pure Spirit Trees, worth 45 million alliance contribution points."

Speaking thus, Bai Zichun glanced at Ye Qingxuan once more and said with a joking expression, "You are now so wealthy and powerful; shall I round off the zero for you?"

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan gave an embarrassed smile and said:

"The steward is joking. These alliance contribution points may look like a lot, but for a disciple, they are not easily spent!"

After letting out a breath, Bai Zichun stopped teasing Ye Qingxuan, took out a scroll of listings, and handed it to Ye Qingxuan, saying:

"This lists the items available for exchange with alliance contribution points; take a look."

Ye Qingxuan took it, opened it, and saw that it contained all kinds of magic treasures, elixirs, array discs, and talismans, and even seventh-grade Origin Elixirs were available for exchange.

The seventh-grade Origin Elixir could directly increase one's cultivation base without side effects, differing little from the Origin feedback of the Earth-Myst Realm, and its price was extremely high.

Ye Qingxuan's contribution points were not even enough for a fraction of its cost.

After scanning through the list, Ye Qingxuan's gaze fixed upon the Spirit Vein Source.

Although the Earth-Myst Realm and the Green Demon Realm had only been at war for a year, the Earth-Myst Realm Alliance had not acquired few Spirit Vein Sources in the lower realm.

The prices listed for Spirit Vein Sources of each grade were: one first-grade Spirit Vein Source required 100,000 alliance contribution points per piece.

One second-grade Spirit Vein Source required 1 million alliance contribution points per piece.

One third-grade Spirit Vein Source required 10 million alliance contribution points per piece.

One fourth-grade Spirit Vein Source required 100 million alliance contribution points per piece.

The Spirit Vein Source not only contained vast energy and elemental laws within itself.

Moreover, once installed, it could automatically open nodes connecting to the Chaos and the Void, continuously absorbing Chaos and Void energy, transforming it into spiritual energy, condensing spirit stones, and even assisting the world in accelerating the accumulation and transformation of its Origin.

Within Ye Qingxuan's Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land.

Each time a Spirit Vein Source was integrated, it could instantly boost the energy of the Blessed Land considerably and add another Spirit Vein, increasing the Blessed Land's efficiency in transforming the Origin.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Qingxuan spoke:

"Steward, this disciple wishes to exchange for five second-grade Spirit Vein Sources and four third-grade Spirit Vein Sources."

Hearing what Ye Qingxuan wished to exchange for, Bai Zichun was not surprised.

As the steward of the Blessed Land Cultivation Institute for many years, he naturally understood the importance of Spirit Vein Sources to a Blessed Land.

So Bai Zichun simply nodded and said, "Very well. I will deliver the Spirit Vein Sources to you tomorrow."

Afterwards, Bai Zichun took out his own token and performed a series of operations; Ye Qingxuan's disciple token trembled slightly.

After checking, Ye Qingxuan found that 900 alliance contribution points had been added, along with a record of the nine exchanged Spirit Vein Sources pending delivery.

Having finished all this, Bai Zichun did not delay further, directly took flight and left Ye Qingxuan's Qingxuan Blessed Land, heading toward the Blessed Land of the next Blessed Land Cultivation disciple.

However, for other Blessed Land Cultivation disciples, Bai Zichun's attitude underwent a complete reversal.

His face was cold; throughout the conversation, he acted with strict official formality, not even sitting down.

The entire process took very little time.

This was normal, however. Having served as steward for many years, if he conducted business with prolonged pleasantries like he did with Ye Qingxuan, who knows how much cultivation time would be wasted? Therefore, for cultivators, efficiency comes first.

Except for a few close associates, they did not engage in time-wasting social formalities.

It was not that they were incapable of such social formalities, but rather that most cultivators, though appearing to have long lifespans, faced extremely tight schedules.

The struggle for the Immortal Dao allows no negligence.

Those with insufficient talent, if they slacken even slightly, may fall at the threshold of the next realm, regretting it for the rest of their lives.

(End of Chapter)