Chapter 275

After Xia Zhen spoke up for her, Jiang Nianyi put away the Purple Star Firegrass and no longer asked Hua Hua Changxi to help process it.

She had not expected that Hua Hua Changxi would actually recognize the Purple Star Firegrass and even drag out the matter of outside cultivators. This matter should not receive too much attention; she had to skip over it quickly.

Jiang Nianyi took a quick look at another young male cultivator from the Guardian Families' side and gave him a wink.

Seeing this, a flash of displeasure crossed Feng Feng Zirui's eyes, but he still quickly took out a first-tier spirit herb from his storage ring: "Pavilion Master Hua, could you trouble yourself to give me some pointers on how to process this spirit herb?"

This method of diverting attention was too obvious; Hua Hua Changxi looked at Jiang Nianyi and Feng Feng Zirui, then scanned the expressions of the people present.

She discovered that most people's expressions were very calm.

Seeing this, Hua Hua Changxi became thoughtful.

Everyone present came from powerful and influential families in the capital; perhaps they knew even more about outside cultivators than she did.

She had pointed out the Jiang family's suspected status as outside cultivators, yet their reactions were so indifferent; it seemed they did not care much about this matter.

Since that was the case, there was no need for her to keep harping on it; in any case, she had already given everyone a reminder, and as for whether they took it to heart, that was not something she could control.

Did the others present care that the Jiang family were outside cultivators?

They cared, and yet they did not.

They cared because outside cultivators, after all, came from the outside world, and one could learn more about cultivation and understand more about the outside world through them.

They did not care because outside cultivators were, after all, a minority; in the eyes of most of the noble youths present, they could not stir up any great waves, and at most, they would just borrow the momentum of the Four Spirits Realm's recovery to scrape together some resources to use.

Even the Guardian Families thought the same.

Hua Hua Changxi stopped paying attention to Jiang Nianyi and let her gaze fall upon the spirit herb Feng Feng Zirui had taken out.

The spirit herb Feng Feng Zirui took out was also a rare first-tier spirit herb; after asking about his understanding of the spirit herb, Hua Hua Changxi began to guide him on how to process it.

Seeing the attention of the people in the pavilion being diverted, Gu Gu Jinfan felt somewhat helpless.

She had thought that Hua Hua Changxi pointing out the Jiang family's suspected status as outside cultivators would attract everyone's attention; she had not expected everyone's reaction to be so indifferent.

In her past life, it was the same; the native cultivators of the Four Spirits Realm underestimated the ambition of outside cultivators from the very beginning and did not take them seriously.

Gu Gu Jinfan looked at Hua Hua Changxi, who was focused on guiding Feng Feng Zirui in processing the spirit herb, and felt somewhat disappointed.

Hua Hua Changxi's attack on Jiang Nianyi just now was definitely not without purpose; since she already knew the Jiang family were outside cultivators, she should have done something.

Even driving Jiang Nianyi out of the Medicine Department would have been a good thing.

Yet she did nothing!

Hua Hua Changxi quickly finished guiding Feng Feng Zirui: "Who else needs guidance?" As her gaze swept around, it collided with Gu Gu Jinfan's disappointed eyes.

This person is sick!

Hua Hua Changxi felt a chill at being looked at like that and quickly averted her gaze; just then, someone else took out a spirit herb to ask for guidance.

It was Chu Chu Junhao.

Chu Chu Junhao took out five spirit herbs at once to ask for advice, without any airs of an Imperial Prince, smiling as if bathed in a spring breeze, his attitude also very approachable.

One does not hit a smiling person; such a Chu Chu Junhao was actually not unlikeable.

Hua Hua Changxi looked at Chu Chu Junhao, said nothing, and looked at the five spirit herbs.

As expected of the royal family, their foundation is indeed deep.

Jiang Nianyi had taken out one spirit herb from outside the boundary, while Chu Chu Junhao had taken out two first-tier spirit herbs that grew in the Nine Netherworlds and three rare first-tier spirit herbs that grew in extreme environments.

"I can only teach you how to process these three spirit herbs; as for these two... processing Soul-Returning Grass and Soul-Devouring Grass requires the use of soul power. I can tell you the method of processing, but for the specific operation, I suggest you find a Spirit Platform stage cultivator who can project their divine sense."

Hearing this, Chu Chu Junhao's eyes flickered, and the expressions of the others present also fluctuated.

Just as Xia Xia Ziyang had said before, Hua Hua Changxi wanted to test their strength through the content they asked for advice on; they could also use rare spirit herbs to test Hua Hua Changxi's strength.

She recognized the spirit herbs that grew in the starry sky outside the boundary, and she also recognized the spirit herbs that grew in the Nine Netherworlds.

The level of the medicine and alchemy inheritance Hua Hua Changxi had obtained was even higher than they had imagined.

Wen Wen Lanzhou thought of his master, who was currently sprinting toward the Spirit Platform stage and urgently needed soul plants for assistance, and could not help but ask: "Pavilion Master Hua, the 'Complete Guide to First-Tier Spirit Herbs' does not mention first-tier soul plants; what is the reason for this?"

Hua Hua Changxi had not wanted to answer, but upon discovering that the person asking was a fellow disciple of her Hua Shiniang, she paused and explained: "Soul plants and spirit plants are not in the same category."

Hearing this, the eyes of the crowd flickered once more.

Xia Xia Ziyang suddenly said loudly: "Pavilion Master Hua's selfless sharing of the 'Complete Guide to First-Tier Spirit Herbs' and the 'Complete Guide to First-Tier Spirit Herb Processing' is truly the act of someone with high moral character; we all feel admiration."

Hearing these words, many people present showed strange expressions.

Xia Xia Ziyang continued.

"Nowadays, many cultivators are stuck at the Infant Transformation stage and cannot break through to the Spirit Platform stage; the main reason is that alchemists do not understand soul plants and cannot refine the corresponding breakthrough pills."

Speaking to this point, Xia Xia Ziyang suddenly stood up and bowed ninety degrees to Hua Hua Changxi.

"Pavilion Master Hua's actions are all for the sake of promoting the development of medicine and alchemy; if she can help Infant Transformation stage cultivators break through, it will not only accelerate the recovery of the Four Spirits Realm but also enhance the overall strength of the Four Spirits Realm's cultivators."

Uh...

Everyone understood Xia Xia Ziyang's meaning, and also understood why he had suddenly praised Hua Hua Changxi so highly.

This is wanting the soul plant inheritance in Hua Hua Changxi's hands!

You know, the Four Spirit World is currently in the early stage of spirit world revival, and the highest realm is only the Spirit Condensation stage and the Out-of-Body stage. So far, no one has reached the Dao.

Such combat power cannot resist the invasion of outside cultivators.

A secret realm connected to the Star Sea, doesn't that mean that outside cultivators can enter the Four Spirit World along this Star Sea secret realm?

Gu Xing asked in a deep voice: "Little Friend Jiang, I wonder where the secret realm connected to the Star Sea is?"

Jiang Nianyi was numb from the burning gazes of the three people: "Where the secret realm is, I don't know either. My ancestor didn't tell me."

Worried that the three would really go to Jizhou to find the Jiang family ancestor, Jiang Nianyi added: "Maybe I remembered wrong. This Purple Star Fire Grass was not obtained in the secret realm."

Hua Hua Changxi smiled: "Purple Star Fire Grass only grows in the starry void, not

Everyone looked at Hua Hua Changxi one after another, waiting for her reaction.

Hua Hua Changxi gave Xia Xia Ziyang a faint look, then averted her gaze to look at Xia Zhen: "Senior Xia, the disciple your Xia family cultivated has poor eyesight."

"I have high moral character?"

"I really don't know how he saw that; does high moral character have even the slightest bit to do with me?"

Saying this, Hua Hua Changxi looked at Xia Xia Ziyang again: "Your ability to judge people is too poor; open your eyes and see clearly—I am the same as you all, a selfish and self-interested person."

"Promoting the development of medicine and alchemy? Enhancing and strengthening the power of the Four Spirits Realm?"

Hua Hua Changxi looked at Xia Zhen: "Do the Guardian Families care?" She then looked at Gu Xing and the others, "Do you care?"

"Since it's something none of you care about, why do you think I would care?"

After finishing, she stood up.

"Today's lecture ends here!"

Watching Hua Hua Changxi's back as she walked away quickly, Huo Huo Yunxiao clicked his tongue twice: "She's a ruthless person; when she gets ruthless, she even curses herself."