9 - Earth Vessel Grass -

"Xue Ruo, what do you want to do here? And who is that little boy with you?" The old man who was drinking gin in front of the big door asked without turning his head, he was an old man who was quite rude.

 "This is Xiao Long, the diciple who just joined the sect. Because of his talent, the sect leader gave him the key to a disposable treasure room to retrieve one of the treasures there " Says Xue Ruo casually. To be casual in the presence of an old master with equal strength or even stronger than a sect-master, he seems to have quite a high status in the sect.

 "Oh? The boy had such a talent that the sect leader gave him the key to the Treasury room" The old man stopped his words when he looked at Xiao Long in surprise.

"Was the previous explosion really a Talent Appraiser Stone?" The old man asked in amazement. He had heard the explosion of a Talent Appraiser Stone pretty harsh, but he didn't believe that anyone had talent over violet's. He just thought the stone was too old and damaged by age.

 However, he was a little surprised to see Xiao Long's inner aura and noticed something different. Of course he did not fully believe that this boy had talents beyond violet's, however could not easily be found. Especially on the Eastern Continent, which was judged by the weakest of the Four Continent.

 "The previous explosion was indeed caused by the destruction of a Talent Appraiser Stone" Xue Ruo answered.

The old man held his breath and decided to take a closer look at Xiao Long. Had a talent over violet or wouldn't be proven by time, so the old man just let time prove it.

 “Senior, can I come in now?” Xiao Long was a bit impatient to see what was in the treasure room, but the old man kept him here long enough.

 "Haha, you're a bit impatient, kid. Come in, but I'll be watching you, so be careful not to take any more of what you're supposed to take." The old man laughed with Xiao Long's impatience.

 Xiao Long stepped in front of a huge golden door and drew out the key the sect leader had given him. In the middle of the door is a keyhole, so Xiao Long has the key.

The door was opened when Xiao Long turned the key. Suddenly Xiao Long's eyes were filled with gold, the room was filled mostly with gold. Without a second thought, Xiao Long walked through the less extensive room, and he wanted to find a treasure that would help improve his cultivation.

 There's only one treasure he can take, so Xiao Long doesn't want to choose just because it works for him. There's a lot of useful things for his cultivation here, but it'll just give him a little more leverage, so he doesn't think it's worth it unless there's nothing better.

 "Eh? Why am I sensing faint fluctuations in energy here?" Xiao Long lowered his knees to see what was under one of the shelves. He feels a fluctuation in energy down there, though it's very thin.

Xiao Long shifted the rack and looked surprised at the floor covered by the shelf legs. No wonder he only feels a little fluctuation in energy, but there's a very small formation here, it's a very small formation that can withstand the energy that objects emit. But what is inside of it that its energy is being held back by a formation?

 That small formation is just a low-level formation for him, so he can break it with a little effort. Suddenly an aura of spirituality came out of the box below the formation. The aura spread all over the treasure room and even surprised the old man and Xue Ruo watching him at the door.

 "What is this? What did the boy find?" Intrigued, the old man and Xue Ruo hurried toward the edge of the room. They saw Xiao Long's laughter, and it was nice to see the box that radiates that aura.

"Hey, what exactly did you find out? Why is it emitting so much energy?" The old man asked, but was ignored by Xiao Long.

 Xiao Long held back his laughter and sat cross-legged in front of the box. He draws a very thin Qi through his fingers and begins to draw a small formation on the top of the box, of course the formation he created has higher levels than the previous one.

 The old man, turned away from being ignored by Xiao Long, was surprised to see the finger of Xiao Long drawing with his Qi on top of that little box. He didn't know about formation because only a handful of people knew about formation in the Eastern Continent.

However, he knew what Xiao Long did was not an ordinary thing, because his spiritual energy cannot see the depth of the intricate structure made by Xiao Long.

 However, Xue Ruo was even more surprised than the old man. He didn't expect Xiao Long to control his qi that easily. Normally, qi can only be fully controlled by someone in the realm of Core Formation. But Xiao Long is only a Body Tempering can control its qi better than a Core Formation Cultivator. Besides, Xue Ruo was one of the few people who knew the formation, so he was wondering who Xiao Long was?

 When Xiao Long's fingers stopped, the aura spread back into the small box. Not like before, now that little box doesn't give off a single fluctuation in energy.

Xiao Long took that little box and put it in the Space Ring. When Xiao Long wanted to leave, the old man took him into custody.

 "Boy, tell me what's in that little box?" Curious, the old man asked, but he became so slightly interested in what was inside that he emitted a rich aura.

 "Earth Vessel Grass"  Xiao long's said as he left the treasure vessel, leaving two returning subjects stunned.

 "Wh-what's it really an Earth Vessel Grass? But who hides such high level treasures here?" Xue Ruo looked at Xiao Long, he gave him many surprises this day and this was his biggest surprise.

 "Unmistakably, only Earth Vessel Grass will produce a great aura” The old man didn't expect Xiao Long to find such a treasure here.

Earth Vessel Grass is a well-known high Spiritual Plant on Four Continents. It's the Earth Foundation's most valuable commodity. Consuming the Earth Vessel Grass will have a pure and plentiful qi. Even the qi of the Core Formation cannot be equated with qi from the Earth Foundation's Cultivator who consuming the Earth Vessel Grass.

 However, treasures like Earth Vessel Grass would not be found easily. If you don't, there's going to be genius cultivators everywhere. Earth Vessel Grass was scarce because it was found only in the depths of an Infinite Forest that even experts from the Eastern Continent could not reach. Therefore, the old man said that Xiao Long has good luck.

 "Xiao Long, I have high hopes for you, that you can take the Myriad Flame Sect back to its apex."

"It seems that Xiao Long is the right person" Xue Ruo left the room mumbling. He had a lot on his mind when he met Xiao Long today.

 Luckily, they were both people who understood the condition, so they hid this. Otherwise, we may have more people on our way after Xiao Long to get Earth Vessel Grass. Even the old masters would have wanted it to improve the quality of their offspring.

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 In a cave in the Infinite Forest, Xiao Long sits on a rock and in front of it is a small box that has been opened.

 "With this, I can enter the Earth Foundation domain smoothly " Xiao Long chuckles at the bottom of the box.