Harvest Inventory

Shen Miaoyin returned to the crowd from Tianyin Peak and subconsciously glanced toward where Luofu Peak was located.

She did not see that familiar figure in her line of sight, causing her delicate brows to furrow slightly.

In all these years, there had only been one man who had shared intimate contact with her and even stolen her first kiss.

Although she knew clearly that she and the other party could never have any interaction or involvement, seeing that he had not come out still left her with a sudden jumble of emotions, an indescribable feeling surging through her heart.

Just then, several more rays of light lit up on the array.

Shen Miaoyin subconsciously looked over, her pupils shrinking slightly. But when she saw that they were merely registered disciples from the other peaks, disappointment welled up inside her.

After several more rays of light flashed one after another, the ancient array began to dim. It was already nearly time for it to close.

Shen Miaoyin unconsciously bit her lip and inexplicably grew nervous.

"What's wrong? Are you looking for someone?" Beside her, the palace-robed elder noticed that Shen Miaoyin's expression was off, so she leaned close to her ear and asked in a low voice.

"No... I'm fine!" A trace of panic flashed through Shen Miaoyin's eyes, and she subconsciously shook her head in denial.

As soon as she finished speaking, the final two figures appeared on the array.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did her tense emotions relax.

This also made the palace-robed elder unable to resist turning her gaze toward the array.

On the Teleportation Array, two young figures—one fat and one thin—appeared.

These two were none other than Zhu Hanwei and Su Shi'er!

Whether the place where they had been was too remote or they had been inside a cave, after Su Shi'er finished organizing his items, he discovered that the Teleportation Talisman had still not reacted after a long while.

Only after quite some time had passed did he belatedly realize what was happening! Fortunately, they had rushed back to the sect at the final moment!

As soon as the two emerged, the array's light completely dispersed. Amid a rumbling sound, the array sank into the ground and vanished.

Since they were the last to come out, everyone present focused their gazes

on the two of them.

Seeing that they were merely a disciple at the second level of the Qi Refining Stage and one at the third level, everyone was only somewhat surprised that they had managed to return alive. They then curled their lips and stopped paying attention.

Facing everyone's gazes, Su Shi'er and Zhu Hanwei simultaneously shrank their necks and hurried to stand behind Lu Mingshi, taking their places at the very back of the crowd.

"Martial Brother, the disciples of your Luofu Peak really are quite capable. Even disciples at the second and third levels of Qi Refining dared to participate in the trial and managed to keep their lives and return. Truly commendable!"

Seeing Su Shi'er and Zhu Hanwei, then looking at the seven people behind Lu Mingshi, Fu Boren immediately began to mock him.

Luofu Peak only had these few people. Even without that arrangement, he could not imagine any reason he might lose.

"Hmph!" Lu Mingshi's face was covered in black lines, and his expression was clearly becoming difficult to maintain. He coldly snorted in displeasure without replying.

His gaze swept over Su Shi'er and Zhu Hanwei, and a trace of disdain and disappointment could not help showing in his eyes.

He still had some impression of these two disciples: one had Mixed Spiritual Roots, while the other had no Spiritual Root. There was no need to think about it; for them to survive, they must have found a place to hide as soon as they entered and stayed there until now.

Disciples like these could not possibly have obtained anything!

His mood had already been poor, and seeing the two of them only made his heart feel even more blocked! If so many people had not been watching, he would have simply driven them away.

Fu Boren's face was wreathed in smiles. Pressing his advantage, he continued with a laugh, "Martial Brother, everyone's out now. Shouldn't we hurry up and inventory our gains? Once we finish, I can take the Hundred Year Cold Jade back and cultivate."

After he said this, the various peaks should have inventoried their gains simultaneously. But at this moment, the other five peaks had no time to do so. From the Peak Masters and elders to the disciples, they all turned their gazes toward Tianhua and Luofu Peaks.

Each of them was brimming with interest, looking as though they were waiting for a good show.

Judging from the number of people on both sides, everyone had already roughly guessed the result.

No one thought Luofu Peak still had any chance of winning!

However, such a good show was rare, and everyone still wanted to see just how great the disparity between the two sides would be.

Of course, there was one exception.

Shen Miaoyin swept a discreet glance at Su Shi'er and could not help feeling speechless.

Su Shi'er stood at the very back of the crowd, his neck retracted and his face creased with worry. Anyone who knew the truth—and anyone who did not—would assume from this appearance that he had gained nothing at all.

But she knew very well that in this trial, if one spoke of who had obtained the most things, there was no one else besides Su Shi'er.

"Hmph! Let's inventory them!" Lu Mingshi's expression was somewhat awkward as he called out weakly.

At this moment, he could not help feeling vexed.

If I had known, I should have admitted defeat directly just now!

With such a disparity in numbers, this was practically a public execution for him.

But matters had already reached this point. Admitting defeat now would only be even more humiliating, so he could only brace himself and continue.

"Haha, then our Tianhua Peak will go first and make a fool of ourselves!"

Fu Boren laughed heartily, his face beaming, then turned toward the people behind him and called out loudly:

"All right, bring over the Storage Pouches on you. Don't think about hiding anything. There's a spirit-detecting array in this valley, so the Storage Pouches on you should all have spiritual power marks."

"After the Spiritual Materials are handed over, the sect will take fifty percent. The remaining fifty percent will be returned to you after we go back."

As Fu Boren spoke, the disciples before him immediately sprang into action. They took out their respective Storage Pouches and lined up to walk toward Fu Boren.

Only then did Su Shi'er notice that everyone's Storage Pouch had lit up with a spiritual power symbol the size of a fingernail.

The Storage Pouch on him was no exception.

However, when his gaze fell on the Storage Ring on his finger, delight filled his heart.

The Storage Ring looked plain and unremarkable, without the slightest fluctuation of spiritual power, let alone any spiritual power symbol.

Could it be that this spirit-detecting array can't detect this Storage Ring? Excellent! Fortunately, I transferred all the good stuff into this Storage Ring beforehand.

Su Shi'er secretly rejoiced. He had already made up his mind that unless the Peak Master discovered it, he absolutely would not voluntarily hand over this Storage Ring.

With his mind settled, he continued observing the situation at Tianhua Peak.

He saw disciple after disciple taking out the things inside their Storage Pouches and placing them on the ground.

After Fu Boren nodded, they put the things away again one after another, then handed their Storage Pouches to Fu Boren.

The disciples of Tianhua Peak were all quite strong, and their gains were also abundant.

Only a few disciples had failed to meet the standard and could submit merely three or five Spiritual Materials. Most of the disciples had still found a dozen or more, even dozens.

Among them, a small portion of disciples had actually found hundreds or even thousands of Second-Grade Spiritual Materials, eliciting a burst of astonishment from the entire crowd.

Fu Boren stood at the front of the crowd, grinning so broadly that his mouth nearly split from ear to ear.

When he saw Ye Liangchuan step forward, his spirits rose even more. The Spiritual Materials from the Spiritual Plant Garden numbered in the tens of thousands!

Ye Liangchuan could not feel happy in the slightest. He had wanted to tell Fu Boren about it long ago, but had never found the opportunity. When it was his turn, he hurriedly lowered his head and took out more than five hundred Second-Grade Spiritual Materials, placing them on the ground.

"Five hundred?! What happened?" The corners of Fu Boren's mouth twitched slightly, his smile instantly stiffening as he cast him an inquiring look.

"Master! Something unexpected happened when I went to the Spiritual Plant Garden..." Ye Liangchuan hung his head dejectedly and hurriedly told Fu Boren what had happened in the Spiritual Plant Garden.

After he finished, he conveniently handed over the Purple Lightning Sword as well. "This disciple failed to handle matters properly. I ask Master to punish me!"