Cultivation: I Studied Abroad in the Modern Era
Chapter 401

Imperial Envoy of the Upper Sect, Piecing Together the Truth

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In that new post, another 25-year-old was added.

Seventh Young Master Zhao Jingfan rarely participates in such major events and showed great excitement:

"Clear Spirit Pill I've heard of it!" he replied, "Wait a minute, I'll go to the door and ask around."

"... wait for me!"

When Zheng Fa looked at Seventh Young Master Zhao Jingfan, it seemed as if he could see this guy hurriedly jumping out the door, and a smile appeared on his lips.

He didn't tell Zhao Jingfan much.

Tianhe Sect, Xie Qingxue and Yan Wushuang are beyond his reach, so he can only hope that the other party will be cautious.

But Zhao Jingfan in the Azure Wood Sect is different - now the leader of the Hundred Immortals Alliance is Zheng Fa!

It's just that he doesn't have time to take care of these sects for the time being.

If Zhao Jingfan goes to check Clear Spirit Pill, I won't say whether there will be any gains, but generally there will be no danger.

There is nothing to worry about.

Sure enough, after a while, Zhao Jingfan sent back a message:

"I went to Scripture Tower to look for it, and even asked the senior fellow students in the building to help me check it out. There are quite a lot of records about Clear Spirit Pill."

After that, Zhao Jingfan posted one by one Pill Formula's travel notes or elixir tips.

He is much braver than Yan Wushuang.

Yan Wushuang and Xie Qingxue were actually very picky when sending out Tianhe Sect's information - they were Tianhe Sect's people after all, and they still had a protective heart for the sect, so they were not willing to show everything to Zheng Fa.

To put it simply, these two spies still have some sense of confidentiality.

For example, Pill Formula Alchemy Techniques and Alchemy Techniques are rarely posted in posts.

Zheng Fa also understands this feeling and even deliberately only talks about reading travel notes.

But Zhao Jingfan is different...

Which sect is not a sect? Pill Formula is not Pill Formula.

We all belong to the Hundred Immortals Alliance, so what's the difference between you and me?

Send!

Brush, brush, brush, the posts are full of information about Clear Spirit Pill.

Zhao Jingfan didn't learn from Dao of Alchemy, so naturally he didn't understand what information was valuable and what information was worthless, so he just posted them all at once.

Zheng Fa also knew that he had tried his best, so he and Xiao Yuying and others started to organize these things separately.

Pill Formula and alchemy techniques are put aside.

The two still focused on some unofficial histories and travel notes.

After most of the day, Zhao Jingfan stopped transmitting data. After all, Clear Spirit Pill is just a kind of elixir, and there is only so much information about this thing in the Azure Wood Sect.

I really searched every corner.

Zheng Fa finished reading these posts carefully, looked up, glanced at Xiao Yuying, and saw Xiao Yuying shaking his head at him, whispering, "Azure Wood Sect I'm afraid they don't have that long history. Judging from the wording, these things are at most thirty thousand years ago..."

Zheng Fa was silent after hearing this.

This is the problem - they are not looking for Clear Spirit Pill, but want to find more clues about Five-Element Orchid from Clear Spirit Pill.

In Zheng Fa's opinion, Clear Spirit Pill is most likely useless against <Nine Mountains Golden Core Method> - after all, even Five-Element Orchid has been hidden in history, so Venerable Tianhe's supporting elixir for <Nine-Turn Golden Core Method> is difficult to miss.

Especially Clear Spirit Pill has some reputation over Xuanwei Realm.

"How's it going?" Seeing that there was no reply from them, Zhao Jingfan asked in the post, "Did you find anything?"

Zheng Fa posted his and Xiao Yuying's opinions in the post.

Zhao Jingfan's reply couldn't hide his disappointment, "Well... but I have searched all over the sect's ancient books and even asked many senior fellow apprentices. All the records about Clear Spirit Pill in the sect are here."

At this time, Yan Wushuang couldn't help it anymore, and asked, "This... Brother Zhao? You seem to be true to your word in the sect? You have a high status?"

"It's quite popular..."

"Your father... is he also Sect Leader?"

"That's not the case."

"May I ask your Excellency, how about Spirit Root?"

"Spirit Root? Same as Zheng Fa, Dual-Spirit Root."

Yan Wushuang seems to have ignored the same five words as Zheng Fa and directly grasped the key points:

"Dual-Spirit Root? Then you... are so bold?"

Zheng Fa finally understood Yan Wushuang's doubts--

Under the sun, Dual-Spirit Root is different from Dual-Spirit Root! Zheng Fa cannot be called Dual-Spirit Root!

You are all young men. You have no background and no qualifications...

Why are you so tough?

"Bold? I work for the Hundred Immortals Alliance leader, and I am upright!"

"..."

Seventh Young Master Zhao Jingfan's reply silenced Yan Wushuang.

Zheng Fa can also understand:

Yan Wushuang and Xie Qingxue, in terms of identity, status and qualifications, are much better than Seventh Young Master Zhao Jingfan.

In fact, Yan Wushuang should have met Zhao Jingfan before, but he didn't seem to have any impression of it. It can be seen that there is a big gap between the two, and Zhao Jingfan probably doesn't take him seriously.

But...

Yan Wushuang The two of them were almost playing The Bourne Supremacy in the Celestial River Sect. They were so frightened that they even had trouble sleeping and eating.

But Zhao Jingfan...

"Wait a minute, I'll ask Sect Leader!"

He seemed unwilling to give in and ran away without saying a word.

He left, but after seeing this sentence, Yan Wushuang didn't reply for a long time, as if he was doubting his life as a spy.

Even Xie Qingxue couldn't help but say:

"Fellow Daoist Zhao... I really envy others."

From the fact that Zhao Jingfan came to Sect Leader when they had a disagreement, everyone can see that his days at the Azure Wood Sect were really nourishing.

Even though Yan Wushuang was a little irritated, he was actually fine, that is, he had been a little depressed recently, but Xie Qingxue was even worse - a talkative person turned into a flower on a high mountain.

Zheng Fa feels that when Xie Qingxue looks at Zhao Jingfan today, he is like a forty-year-old middle-aged man who has been beaten down by life, and sees a youthful twenty-year-old young man--

Obviously the other person has no money and no career, but when you look at him, you feel inexplicable envy.

The valuable thing about youthful spirit is that when you look at this person, you will understand that he has really never been beaten by this world.

Zhao Jingfan still doesn't know that he is deeply envied by the dignified senior sister Tianhe Sect.

In fact, he had suffered some hardships, and even earlier, he had made up his mind to take good care of the Zhao Family and shoulder the responsibility of being the head of the family.

But nothing ever comes of it...

Hundred Immortals Alliance His surname is Zheng!

Not only Hundred Immortals Alliance's surname is Zheng, Zheng Fa is now on an equal footing with Five Sects of Xuanwei!

Everyone knows that Zhao Jingfan and Zheng Fa have a good relationship.

Now that he is in the sect, his status has been improved to the naked eye.

He didn't quite understand, he had clearly planned to fight on his own.

As a result, the speed of my own struggle could not keep up with the speed of my own thighs' ascent...

Zhao Jingfan hurriedly found Sect Master Song of the Azure Wood Sect.

Sect Master Song was dealing with official duties, but Azure Wood Sect was really miserable. How should I put it, thanks to Great Freedom Demon Emperor, Azure Wood Sect was once again full of waste...

This makes Sect Master Song very busy recently.

When Zhao Jingfan first came, Sect Master Song was angry at an unlucky Golden Core disciple. "What's wrong with you? Medicine Garden hasn't fixed it yet?"

"Sect Leader... It's easy to build a garden, but spirit medicine among Medicine Garden..." The disciple lowered his head and hesitated, "I can't get enough."

Zhao Jingfan You will understand it as soon as you hear it--

Azure Wood Sect is out of money!

When Great Freedom Demon Cult was born, they suffered a little, but it was okay at that time: because Nine Mountains Sect blocked it from the beginning, when Azure Wood Sect evacuated, they still had time to organize the resources in the door and save some free money.

But when Great Freedom Demon Emperor comes again, it will be different.

At that time, the sect had just spent a lot of effort to rebuild the mountain gate and organize the Medicine Garden, using a lot of resources and Spirit Stone.

Then when Great Freedom Demon Emperor came, everything went to waste.

Sect Leader It's really hard to feel good these days when I look at those shocking bills.

The senior brother in the room was scolded profusely. Sect Master Song waved his hands while scolding, as if to chase people away. "Why are you standing there? Why don't you go down and do it quickly?"

Zhao Jingfan paused and hesitated a little - he still had a wink.

Sect Leader is busy and in a bad mood now, so it doesn't seem like a good time to ask him.

But at this moment, Sect Master Song had already sensed the arrival of Zhao Jingfan.

"Jing Fan? Are you looking for me? Is something wrong?"

Before Zhao Jingfan could speak, Sect Master Song asked with a smile.

The senior brother hadn't left yet. He looked at Sect Leader, whose expression suddenly changed from winter to spring. His eyes were blank, and he seemed to be even more hurt.

Zhao Jingfan didn't say anything for now, and saluted solemnly. Now he is a twenty-five-year-old boy. In other words, he even has the intention of being an imperial envoy...

But the more this happened, the more respectful he became in front of outsiders.

After he saluted, he fully explained his intention.

"Clear Spirit Pill..." Sect Master Song touched his chin and frowned, "What do you want to ask?"

"..."

"Sect Leader checked some of his treasured classics and found a piece of news!"

"What news?"

Zheng Fa and Xiao Yuying were refreshed.

Although Azure Wood Sect's background is not deep, Sect Master Song is Nascent Soul after all, and he is definitely the mainstay in the Xuanwei Realm. He is well-informed and extremely good at Dao of Alchemy.

It can be said that his knowledge and understanding of Dao of Alchemy may be greater than all the cobblers in their circle put together.

"Pill Formula of Clear Spirit Pill has indeed been changed."

"Sect Leader said that he heard that among the previous Pill Formula, there was a Spirit Plant called Spirit-Fusing Flower, which was later replaced."

Zhao Jingfan's words made Zheng Fa frown.

Spirit-Fusing Flower?

Isn't it Five-Element Orchid?

"Do you Sect Leader know when this Pill Formula was changed?"

"He's not sure about this either..."

"Spirit-Fusing Flower..." Xiao Yuying slowly pondered for a moment and waved his hand.

There are many more Jade Slip in the palace.

"I have the impression that I have seen this kind of Spirit Plant record before, but I just didn't pay attention to it." Xiao Yuying said while searching for Jade Slip. After a while, he said, "Yes!"

"Spirit-Fusing Flower is here too!"

"There is this one too!"

There were four or five copies of Jade Slip with Spirit-Fusing Flower recorded on them, and Xiao Yuying picked them out immediately.

It's just that there isn't much to note here, and it doesn't even seem to have anything to do with Five-Element Orchid.

She looked at the four or five Jade Slip, frowned, and seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, she said, "The original records of these Jade Slip should be from the beginning of this era."

"Huh?"

Zheng Fa is a little unclear.

"In other words, Spirit Plant like Spirit-Fusing Flower only appeared at the beginning of this era. Previous Epoch doesn't seem to exist. Now, I haven't heard of it."

Xiao Yuying explained, with a hint of meaning in his tone.

When Zheng Fa heard this, he felt refreshed and said:

"Changed your name?"

"Spirit-Fusing Flower, is it Five-Element Orchid?"

Xiao Yuying nodded slowly. "This is very likely."

Zheng Fa waved his hand, and an empty light curtain appeared in the hall.

The name Five-Element Orchid first appeared in the light curtain. There was an arrow after Five-Element Orchid, pointing to Clear Spirit Pill. Clear Spirit Pill was followed by Spirit-Fusing Flower.

There is nothing next to Spirit-Fusing Flower, which seems to express Zheng Fa's hesitation.

This is him sorting out clues.

Five-Element Orchid This thing was deliberately erased from history.

But some elixirs really need Five-Element Orchid, such as Clear Spirit Pill:

The market for this kind of elixir is quite large, and there are many monks in need of it. However, improving Pill Formula is not something that can be done in a day or two.

In particular, some Alchemist may live on these types of elixirs.

Therefore, in order to avoid the taboo of Five-Element Orchid, someone renamed Five-Element Orchid as Spirit-Fusing Flower and recorded it in the classics?

It's just that this kind of name gradually lost its meaning as Five-Element Orchid actually became less and less, and Pill Formula of Clear Spirit Pill was improved. On the contrary, it was somewhat risky, and the name Spirit-Fusing Flower also gradually disappeared.

From a time and logic perspective, this makes sense.

But it lacks a complete chain of evidence, or in other words, solid evidence.

The real hammer was found quickly.

Starting from Spirit-Fusing Flower, they searched the previous data again, and they soon made new discoveries.

Xie Qingxue sent a paragraph, which is a fragment:

"Using Spirit-Fusing Flower as the main ingredient, Frostleaf, Spirit-Transforming Grass as supplements, and... can make a great elixir that is extremely useful for our cultivation. Unfortunately, Spirit-Fusing Flower is also rare."

"Fairy Xie? Where does this record come from?"

"An ancestor of my Tianhe Sect!" Xie Qingxue replied with a little excitement, "There are some very incomplete things in them, some of them even sound like gibbering, and no one has ever noticed them."

"I didn't expect... it was so simple?"

Zheng Fa asked in confusion, "Simple?"

"Of course it's simple. A few travel notes and a few words can recreate a piece of history that has been erased..."

"I know Five Sects's strength better than you do. They want to hide something... it's really hard for others to find."

"But you... are so fast."

It can be seen that Xie Qingxue's words are full of exclamations.

These words are not false, aside from other things, who can figure out the history of <Nine-Turn Golden Core Method> and Venerable Tianhe?

Think again about the Xie Qingxue lineage...

They are working so hard now that they still haven't figured out what happened to <Nine-Turn Golden Core Method>.

It seems that Patriarch Shouzhong knew the truth about <Nine-Turn Golden Core Method>, but later, either due to caution, other reasons, or various constraints, he did not pass it on.

Now, only a few words are left.

As a result, Zheng Fa led a group of people to find out a hidden history from some miscellaneous records.

The contrast is enough to show that Xie Qingxue is a piece of trash.

Naturally, it is enough to make Xie Qingxue break through the defense...

Zheng Fa turned around and glanced at Xiao Yuying. Xiao Yuying seemed to feel Xie Qingxue's surprise, and raised the corners of his mouth with a little pride.

The benefits of leaving Xiao Yuying are evident at this moment.

What is different from others is that Zheng Fa actually values the knowledge in this woman's mind more than others marvel at Magnetic Rail Body's profound blessings as Xiao Yuying.

Even the position Zheng Fa established for the other party is Professor Archaeology!

In his opinion, Xiao Yuying at least has the preliminary capabilities of a historian, especially her analysis of texts and architectural styles, which has brought a lot of benefits to this research.

This cannot be said to be a modern concept. In Modern World, from ancient times to the present, there is actually no lack of research.

But the problem is...

Xuanwei Realm doesn't value this ability at all!

This method of acquiring knowledge only through data collection, textual research and even field archeology is rarely seen among the Xuanwei Realm and Zheng Fa. As far as he knows, only Xiao Yuying has had some involvement.

In other words, maybe some monks have this awareness in practice.

But as a subject, Xuanwei Realm may still have a long way to go in this regard.

Xiao Yuying was a little confused. Not only did he not show any joy, but he kept looking at Zheng Fa.

"Xiao Fairy?"

"I kind of believe what you said."

"Huh?"

"You can make such a discovery without relying on cultivation or fighting, just relying on pure knowledge and analysis... Mortals can do these things. Your idea may actually have some possibility of success."

"Xiao Fairy... Isn't this your credit?"

Xiao Yuying was silent for a while, and said in a tone that said I didn't know I was so powerful, "I didn't know I had this ability before."

"..."

Zheng Fa I understand, Magnetic Rail Body is so easy to use, Xiao Yuying she doesn't need these fancy things!

Indeed, in the eyes of monks, how can this kind of textual research skill compare to Divine Sense and cultivation level?

Perhaps this is the most fundamental reason why this knowledge has not developed in the Xuanwei Realm.

But...

"Xiao Fairy You don't believe me?"

"..." Xiao Yuying blinked and suddenly smiled, "I just want to see if you can make it."

"... What if it doesn't work?"

"No, it won't be too late to escape when the time comes. I have my master... it should be fine."

Zheng Fa is about to break through the defense.

This is equivalent to doing business together. You feel anxious every day, thinking that everyone is in the same boat and afraid of going bankrupt. However, your partner tells you that if you go bankrupt, she will have no choice but to go back and inherit the family business...

Zheng Fa doesn't want to talk about this topic anymore.

He looked at that Pill Formula and called Zhao Jingfan in the post, "Did you just say that you Azure Wood Sect are very poor recently?"

(End of chapter)

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