This time, however, the ordinary disciples did not dare move.
Spirit Mushrooms were a benefit for ordinary disciples, and the core disciples did not really fight them for those. As for Longevity Tree Leaves, the elders and senior brothers did not care much either; if you were lucky enough to pick up one or two, it was perfectly reasonable, a case of finding a bargain someone had missed.
This could also be considered an established custom.
But Longevity Tree Bark and Longevity Fruit were not things ordinary disciples could lay their hands on.
"Longevity Tree Bark is not to be privately hidden. All of it goes into the public storehouse." Senior Brother Yuze also came back to himself at this point and immediately shouted, "Anyone who disobeys will be expelled at once, have credits deducted, and be placed in confinement."
Hearing this, although the ordinary disciples were greedy for it, they could only honestly withdraw their gazes and resume gathering Spirit Mushrooms.
Fortunately, although they had no share of the Longevity Fruit and Longevity Tree Bark, the Spirit Mushrooms beneath the tree were growing delightfully well because of the Spirit Tide. Not only were there many of them, they were also larger than in previous years and of better quality.
Before long, the three of their back baskets and hand baskets were all filled with Spirit Mushrooms.
And just as they were picking Spirit Mushrooms, several figures wearing the robes of core disciples also appeared beneath the Longevity Tree. Among them was Senior Brother Jinshan.
The current Senior Brother Jinshan was already a little over seventy. He had grown a beard that represented authority, and his whole person had become much more mature and steady.
However, he was not the oldest among them.
Beside him were several core disciples who