Purple-Gold Legend

"My heavens! Did Elder Bai Zhi give me a bomb?"

Jiang Hao sat on the balcony, staring in shock at the black-and-white seed the size of a quail egg in his hand.

Cold sweat seeped out without him even realizing it.

He had appraised the seed he received yesterday, and the result was:

[Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower seed: At the dawn of primordial chaos, a flower was born between heaven and earth. After endless ages, heaven and earth became distinct, and the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower bore fruit, then shed its seeds. This is one of those seeds. Bury it in soil and water it with one bowl of water each day, once a day. It will take root and sprout after seven days.]

Jiang Hao had seen the name Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower before, but not anywhere else.

He had encountered it through appraisal as well.

It was precisely why Senior Sister Yun Ruo had come to the Heavenly Sound Sect.

In other words, the other traitors and undercover agents might have come for it too.

"Now that the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower is in my hands, is everyone going to set their sights on me?

Once it takes root and sprouts, will I have to watch my surroundings every moment?

But if I don't plant it... can I withstand Elder Bai Zhi's wrath?"

At that moment, Jiang Hao felt as though he had been dragged out to serve as fishing bait.

"Phew..."

He let out a heavy breath, feeling rather helpless. One wave had yet to settle before another rose.

He had thought that earning money would let him ward off danger for a while. Who would have expected a pair of jokers to land straight in his lap?

"The Demonic Sect really isn't a place fit for humans."

Shaking his head, Jiang Hao went into the courtyard, found a suitable spot, and planted the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower seed.

Then he looked at the fence nearby and thought about renovating it, enclosing the courtyard with stone to keep others from seeing the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower.

After planting the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower, he took out a bowl and watered it.

He paid no attention to whether the bowl was large or small.

"I can only take things one step at a time. If all else fails, I still have a chance to fake my death and escape."

Afterward, Jiang Hao left the courtyard and headed for the Spirit Medicine Garden.

He began collecting today's bubbles.

There were two blue bubbles.

[Cultivation +1]

[Vital energy +1]

[Strength +1]

[Spirit +1]

[Endurance +1]

As time passed, Jiang Hao felt that his strength had indeed increased somewhat.

Planting and harvesting like this every day, he truly had no idea what heights his strength and spirit would reach.

For now, they were somewhat better than those of others at the same stage.

At noon, after tending to some of the medicinal plants in the Spirit Medicine Garden, Jiang Hao went to the sect's market to set up his stall.

Everything went smoothly this time. All five Foundation Establishment-grade Spirit Talismans sold.

The total came to twenty-one spirit stones.

His profit was eleven spirit stones.

Since the same person bought them all, he had given her a discount.

"Speaking of which, how many more Blazing Fire Talismans do you have?"

The person asking was the buyer who had purchased all the Spirit Talismans, a senior sister at the Foundation Establishment middle stage.

There was a fierce edge to her eyes and brows. Her features were regular, and her appearance was ordinary by the Heavenly Sound Sect's standards.

"How many do you need, Senior Sister?" Jiang Hao asked.

"Fifty, within three days," Leng Tian said seriously.

Jiang Hao shook his head and said regretfully:

"I can't do that."

Leaving aside the fact that his success rate was nowhere near that high, even if it were, he could only make ten in a night.

Making talismans also consumed spiritual energy, especially after activating his divine ability.

"Then, within three days, I'll buy however many you have, up to fifty. Here's the deposit." Leng Tian tossed Jiang Hao ten spirit stones.

"I'll do my best." Jiang Hao nodded.

Although other talismans were more profitable, being able to sell them and being unable to sell them were two different things.

As long as he improved his success rate later, the returns would be decent.

As for why she wanted so many Blazing Fire Talismans, that was not something he should ask.

Over the next few days, Jiang Hao settled down to making talismans.

Since he no longer had any tasks in the afternoon, that time was now free.

He devoted all his time to making talismans.

He could make fifteen attempts a day.

On the first day, he succeeded eight times; on the second, nine times; and on the third, ten times.

That made twenty-seven Blazing Fire Talismans in total.

He received eighty-one spirit stones. With costs of forty-five spirit stones, his profit was thirty-six.

Together with everything he already had, he now possessed two hundred and fifty spirit stones.

Nearly a hundred in income in less than two weeks-he would never have dared imagine that before.

Another four days passed.

After that, he rarely sold all his Spirit Talismans, but he could still earn a profit of a dozen or so spirit stones every day.

His savings also reached the three-hundred mark, putting him roughly a third of the way to his goal.

It had only been half a month.

Barring any mishaps, he would be able to scrape together a thousand spirit stones. At that thought, a great stone lifted from his heart.

In the courtyard.

Over the past few days, Jiang Hao had also replaced the enclosing wall, blocking the view from outside.

At night.

Jiang Hao was still making talismans.

But just as he was about to make the final stroke, a strange phenomenon erupted. A wave of invisible spiritual energy swept past, setting the talisman ablaze on the spot.

The sudden change was startling.

Especially since the spiritual energy originated in the courtyard.

"It's been seven days. Is the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower about to sprout?"

Jiang Hao had kept this matter in mind all along, but he had not known that a strange phenomenon would occur.

When he reached the balcony, he saw invisible ripples sweeping through the courtyard like the wind.

Fortunately, their effects did not extend beyond the courtyard, or he would have been in mortal trouble.

Who knew how many traitors had their eyes on this flower?

The phenomenon did not last long, for Jiang Hao saw a tiny shoot poke out of the soil and sway gently twice.

That was nothing worth being surprised about. What happened next was the truly astonishing part.

After the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower sprouted, the fluctuations of spiritual energy vanished, and a purple-gold bubble appeared.

This bubble was one of those unique to the panel.

But Jiang Hao had never encountered this color before.

Purple-gold.

What would it be?

For a moment, Jiang Hao felt a little anticipation.

Dawn was just breaking. He leaped down from the balcony and approached the Heavenly Fragrance Dao Flower.

The purple-gold bubble rose and merged into his body.

[Purple-Gold Legend +1]