Chapter 75: Exposed! You

What is a Earth Spirit Spring?

Xu Jingming blinked slightly at the question.

In school, he had read more books on rare flowers and herbs.

But he knew little about other heavenly treasures.

Of course,

even without knowing its name, an S-class heavenly treasure was enough to indicate its value.

“The Earth Spirit Spring is a liquid condensed from the earth’s essence; for low-rank adepts below fourth-rank, it is a miraculous healing remedy.

As long as they’re still breathing, it can almost always save them!

For high-rank adepts above fourth-rank, its effects may be weaker, but it still has powerful healing properties.

Hence, it’s rated as an S-class heavenly treasure—extremely rare.”

Jiang Chuxuan stepped forward with her long legs and stood beside the spring.

Then she knelt down, her silver-white hair falling.

The fullness of her chest was squeezed into an exaggerated shape by her knees.

Yet she paid no mind, focusing intently as she extended her jade-like hand to gently pluck the nearest rare flower and herb.

The plant resembled rice seedlings, its roots soaked in fresh, damp soil.

“The Earth Spirit Spring nourishes nearby flora, transforming them into rare flowers and herbs.

In turn, these rare plants absorb the spring’s essence.

This B-class Qingling Grass should emit a faint glutinous rice fragrance from its roots.

But now it emits a fragrance as pure as spring water—this must be the Earth Spirit Spring.

Bringing the plant’s roots close to her nose, Jiang Chuxuan’s beautiful eyes brightened slightly after detecting the scent.

This string of remarks made Xu Jingming raise his thumb in admiration:

“Impressive—I didn’t know you had such deep knowledge of heavenly treasures.”

It was a genuine compliment.

Though Jiang Chuxuan had merely identified the spring’s origin and characteristics,

the knowledge required behind it was terrifying.

Otherwise, back in school, he wouldn’t have just skimmed through books on rare flowers and herbs.

“Of course—I passed the second-grade alchemist certification in school.”

Jiang Chuxuan stood up, puffing out her chest like a proud rooster.

Few students at the Magic Capital Adept University managed to earn a second-grade alchemist certification.

After graduation, just this certificate alone would make every faction and guild fight over her.

“Still, this small pool of Earth Spirit Spring could produce at least five doses of S-class healing elixir.”

Jiang Chuxuan’s eyes gleamed slightly.

S-class heavenly treasures are almost impossible to value in currency.

A spring capable of producing five doses of healing medicine? Priceless.

Though the Earth Spirit Spring was immensely valuable, Jiang Chuxuan felt no greed.

Instead, she smiled at Xu Jingming and said softly:

“Senior, you can have all of this Earth Spirit Spring.”

Xu Jingming had saved her life; good things naturally went to him first.

“I’ll take four, you take one. Also, we split the rare flowers and herbs evenly.”

Xu Jingming didn’t refuse, distributing it directly.

No one would ever turn down an S-class heavenly treasure.

But it was Jiang Chuxuan who brought him here to find it.

Besides, without her, he wouldn’t have recognized it as the Earth Spirit Spring.

Giving her a share was only fair.

“Thank you so much, Senior.”

Jiang Chuxuan felt no unease at this unfair division.

On the contrary, she beamed with delight that Xu Jingming had given her any share at all.

Her reaction made Xu Jingming nod inwardly.

This temperament was already better than most girls’.

After all, most girls had already turned and run when he’d faced the Digging Earth Dragon alone.

They wouldn’t have rushed forward with Blood-Explosion Pills, wanting to fight beside him like Jiang Chuxuan did.

And this division of the Earth Spirit Spring proved her emotional intelligence was high.

“Earth Spirit Spring should be stored in jade bottles—otherwise, its spiritual essence easily leaks away.

Luckily, I bought a batch of pretty jade bottles earlier; otherwise, I wouldn’t have known how to handle it.”

On Jiang Chuxuan’s finger, as pale as a spring onion, rested a space ring.

The ring glowed faintly, and five jade bottles—slightly smaller than mineral water bottles—appeared out of thin air.

“Senior, let’s fill them together.”

Just as Xu Jingming and Jiang Chuxuan each picked up a jade bottle, preparing to fill them with the spring water,

voices and footsteps suddenly approached from the cave entrance.

“Captain, I’m not saying this, but what good stuff could possibly be in this cave?”

“Heh, not necessarily. From the droppings we saw just now, this must be the den of a third-rank Digging Earth Dragon.”

“Oh? Really? A dragon beast’s den might actually have something valuable.”

“...”

Amid laughter, a group carrying military spotlights entered Xu Jingming and Jiang Chuxuan’s line of sight.

There were five of them, men and women.

At the front stood a tall man, armed with sword and shield, his aura at least third-rank upper tier.

This group was Jiang Chuxuan’s former bodyguard squad.

“Phew, it’s Captain Wang’s team—you scared me.”

Seeing familiar faces, Jiang Chuxuan feigned relief, but her heart sank.

An elite third-rank adept team discovering this S-class Earth Spirit Spring?

Even if they were her own bodyguards, things could get extremely messy.

Though worried, she showed no sign of distress, waving to Xu Jingming beside her:

“Senior, it’s fine—they’re all friends.”

Captain Wang, seeing Jiang Chuxuan, also blinked slightly.

But he quickly recovered, smiling instantly:

“Miss Jiang, we’ve been searching everywhere for you—didn’t expect to find you here.”

As he spoke, he swiftly scanned the entire cave, immediately spotting the pool of water and over a dozen rare flowers and herbs.

His eyes narrowed slightly. “But Miss Jiang, what exactly are you...?”

“Nothing much—we met a fellow student on the way and happened into this cave.”

“By the way, these rare flowers and herbs are quite good quality. Let’s share them all—everyone gets a share.”

Jiang Chuxuan explained with a smile, proactively offering to share the rare plants.

Her tone was calm, showing not a trace of panic.

But only she knew: facing this group of powerful third-rank adepts,

even the slightest slip could mean utter disaster...

As a third-rank upper-tier adept, Captain Wang was a veteran of the wilderness.

He and his squad had committed murder and plunder before.

Of course, only if the profit was sufficient.

Moreover, with his vast experience, he quickly realized these rare plants were at most A-class.

A-class rare plants weren’t worth turning against Jiang Chuxuan, a video blogger with millions of fans.

After all, if she vanished under his protection, it wasn’t just the Public Security Bureau’s investigation to worry about—

just her fanbase alone would be a nightmare to handle.

So he kept smiling and nodded:

“Oh? Really? Then thank you, Miss Jiang.”

Jiang Chuxuan breathed a silent sigh of relief.

Good—she’d fooled them.

But just then, a tall, thin man behind Captain Wang suddenly spoke:

“Captain, something’s off—this pool in the middle looks like the S-class healing remedy, Earth Spirit Spring.”

“Oh?” Captain Wang raised an eyebrow.

This tall, thin man was the squad’s support-type adept.

He was also highly knowledgeable in identifying rare flowers, herbs, and heavenly treasures.

He said this was an S-class earth spirit spring, so there was basically no doubt about it.

He thus narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing at Jiang Chu with a half-smile.

“Miss Jiang, it seems you’re not being entirely honest.”