His earnest, meticulous manner was like that of a model young man hard at work, dedicating himself to the sect.
The women paused, and the woman leading them watched Su Mo with some curiosity.
It was her first time seeing an outer disciple work so earnestly... presumably, he felt an extremely strong sense of belonging to the sect.
"Brother Yan! Brother Yan!"
Seeing that Su Mo seemed not to have noticed these people entering the Medicine Garden, Chen Meiren called out to him twice.
Su Mo raised his head blankly and saw several women in the Medicine Garden. His expression immediately tightened.
The women floated gracefully over to Su Mo, and their leader asked him curiously, "What's your name?"
"Yan Jingshu." Su Mo gave his alias.
"You're Yan Jingshu?" The women immediately looked at Su Mo with curiosity.
Like Chen Meiren, the name Yan Jingshu had spread among the Cloud Sect's outer disciples.
Unlike Chen Meiren, however, although Yan Jingshu had rather arrogantly declared, "The sect's supreme treasures are all mine," during his "words of truth," it had been a kind of confidence in himself, expressing his identification with and sense of belonging to the sect.
Chen Meiren's reputation was utterly rotten, while Yan Jingshu's inspired a measure of admiration.
After all, a young man who wanted to earn supreme treasures as rewards from the sect had lofty aspirations.
"That's me. What's the matter?" Su Mo looked at them, wariness showing in his eyes... These people must be here to steal my Immortal Herbs.
The woman leading them nodded and said to Su Mo, "Do you know the Gilt-Ripple Flower?"
Su Mo nodded.
"I've come on an elder's orders to collect three Gilt-Ripple Flowers. Go and fetch three."
Resistance immediately showed in Su Mo's eyes.
There were only four Gilt-Ripple