Chapter 619: Three Generations of Senior Disciples

"Excellent, you've successfully guided the root systems of these two tea trees to connect. Soon, this Enlightenment White Tea should be able to upgrade to a high-grade second-tier."After Zhuo Ming finished her work, Chen Mobai came over to inspect and praised his beloved disciple profusely. In terms of spiritual plant cultivation, Zhuo Ming's skill level is among the top third-tier spiritual planters, even when compared to those in the Immortal Sect. Some fourth-tier cultivators might even be inferior to her in specific aspects."It's all thanks to Master's excellent teaching," Zhuo Ming replied modestly.

"Master," Luo Yixuan's eyes lit up after hearing about the Enlightenment White Tea's unique upgrade method, "Since Senior Sister Zhuo has mastered the Earth Mother technique, can we also transplant a third-tier tea tree from the Xuefeng Bai Clan? I'm thinking of the famous Snow Needle Immortal Bud.""Your master never bullies others by relying on power," Chen Mobai replied, tapping Luo Yixuan with his finger. Although this junior disciple was well-behaved, her thinking was purely that of a local from the Eastern Wilderness. Even after all these years of teaching, some of her innate tendencies would occasionally emerge.

Chen Mobai waved his hand, signaling everyone to follow him as he took the lead."How are Junior Niece Xue's injuries?"

In addition to the seven-tier spiritual rice, the Fire Spirit Rice, which yields two harvests a year, was now available for every disciple to consume daily."Agree for now."

He had received a mission to infiltrate the Daan Mountain Store and steal some core secrets.This type of ink, which was portable, ready-to-use upon opening, and despite its average quality, offered stable, impurity-free performance, had completely dominated the high-end spiritual treasure market.

Naturally, Chen Mobai couldn't personally manage every single store. As the largest enterprise under Elder Liu, many disciples of the Zhou Dynasty God were eager to join the Daan Mountain Store, becoming branch managers and staff. Currently, over a hundred Qi-refining cultivators were at Chen Mobai's disposal.The Daan Mountain Store, being a prominent establishment, had encountered several theft incidents over the years. Among these incidents, one occurred within the territory under the Zhou Dynasty God's command, specifically in Xiao Kingdom. Afterward, Xiao Nanshan, who was guarding the area, was scared half to death. For half a month, he continuously led his cultivators, without rest, to scour Xiao Kingdom repeatedly. Even the major families in Xiao Kingdom were panicking, conducting self-inspections for fear of traitors within their ranks, and offering assistance to Xin Shaolu.When Xin Shaolu went to handle the matter afterward, Xiao Nanshan personally apologized and compensated dozens of times the value of the stolen talismans in spirit stones.At least after this incident, no one dared to steal from the Daan Mountain Store under the Zhou Dynasty God's purview again.Because if anything went wrong, finding the thief was best, but if not, a group of rogue cultivators would be killed as scapegoats. This led to rogue cultivator groups in the Eastern Wilderness secretly issuing bounties: anyone who dared to plunder the Daan Mountain Store's goods would face a joint extermination of their entire clan for three generations.

Elder Liu had just returned when Yue Zutao brought up the incident. When he came to see the Enlightenment White Tea and saw the sect members present, he naturally mentioned it."Let's maintain our reputation for now. A price increase isn't necessary, but we can stop giving away talismans and spiritual treasures as freebies."It was precisely because of this that Xue Ting admired them from the bottom of her heart.Next, Xin Shaolu would use the Daan Mountain Store to collect tea trees from various parts of the Eastern Wilderness that were not yet present on Daan Mountain. Because each tea tree would vary due to different soil, climate, and ley lines, and Xin Shaolu was only one person who rarely left Daan Mountain, they needed to find another specialized talent to be responsible for this area.

If one couldn't become a second-generation disciple, becoming a third-generation senior disciple was also a good choice!"Why are you here?"

"Then I want to join the Divine Wood Sect."However, he had always been very restrained; such a saint-like state was out of place in the chaotic Eastern Wilderness. Given Chen Mobai's current status and position, if he casually expressed his desire for the Snow Needle Immortal Bud to his subordinates, it was estimated that the Xuefeng Bai Clan would proactively dig up the thousand-year-old tea tree and deliver it to his door, without even needing the Divine Wood Sect to intervene.

"Alright, everyone is here. Take this wooden token. Later, you'll come with me and Junior Sister Zhuo to the tea garden on the mountainside, where we'll test your spiritual plant cultivation skills.""As the chief graduate of the Longevity Academy, are you still short of spirit stones?"

After Elder Liu formed his core and largely stopped accepting Qi-refining disciples, their attention turned to Chen Mobai and Fu Mo.Song Huang rolled his eyes and came up with an excuse based on her words.Fu Mo, however, didn't care about anyone's opinion and led the way towards the tea garden on the mountainside."Isn't Junior Sister Zhuo already there? She arrived earlier than you."

Xin Shaolu heard his call and immediately flew over.Among them, influenced by Elder Liu, Chen Mobai's recruitment focused not on the highest cultivation levels, but on those with agile minds.They were clearly all there for the three new employee positions at the Daan Mountain Store.Everyone present couldn't help but show shock. They hadn't expected such an inconspicuous person from the fields to be the Zhou Dynasty God's foremost spiritual plant cultivator.Although Chen Mobai had some knowledge in spiritual plant cultivation, he still carefully invited Fu Mo to assess the skill level of this group.

There were also some farsighted individuals from various sects who, seeing the threat of Daan Mountain Store's dumping of industrialized talismans, were trying their best to stop it.Now with the entire Eastern Wilderness as its customer base, Xin Shaolu's puppet factory was operating at overcapacity year-round and still couldn't meet the demand.With insufficient supply and demand outweighing production, Xin Shaolu suggested whether they should raise prices and control the market.However, faced with the industrial talismans produced by the puppet factory—soft, fine-textured, pure white, flawless, and uniformly thick—even disciples from major sects like the Five Elements Sect and Huantian Valley often disregarded traditional practices and secretly purchased and used them.

Currently, roughly forty percent of all rogue cultivators were using the talismans and spiritual treasures from the Daan Mountain Store. The Five Elements Sect and other major sects were still able to maintain control, at least openly supporting their own talismans and spiritual treasures.The Daan Mountain Store had now truly spread across all fourteen nations of the Eastern Wilderness. Even the Five Elements Sect, Huantian Valley, and even Yunmengze had branch stores.To recruit various talents, as soon as a notice was posted in the Second-Tier Pavilion, many Qi-refining disciples would immediately come, allowing him to choose freely. They aimed to sell the Daan Mountain Store's talismans and spiritual treasures to places like Dongwu and Dongyi. Now that the market had been established, traditional talisman and spiritual treasure producers in the Eastern Wilderness had either been forced to become dealers for Daan Mountain Store or change professions due to its impact, making the practice of giving away freebies unnecessary.

Just as some people were admiring and commenting on the various spiritual rice types on Daan Mountain, Chen Mobai's escape light descended, and everyone immediately saluted him.These were all second-tier Azure Jade Spiritual Rice, and ever since Elder Liu became the sect master, eighty catties were distributed to Qi-refining disciples every year. Benefiting from the abundant supply of spiritual rice, the disciples of the Zhou Dynasty God also found that breaking through their cultivation realms seemed genuinely easier than before. Eating spiritual rice daily—that was something all disciples of the Zhou Dynasty God wouldn't have even dared to dream of ten years ago.Through the benefit of spiritual rice, Elder Liu's prestige completely surpassed that of anyone else within the Zhou Dynasty God in the minds of the lower-tier disciples.

"Senior Brother has arrived too, so let's go."However, Elder Liu shook his head. "Sending the Buddha to the West" implies seeing a task through to the end. "You've been recovering for half a year. Let the sect thoroughly recuperate on Daan Mountain before returning."The sect also felt it was inappropriate to remain on Daan Mountain as outsiders. After hearing Elder Liu's words, they felt it was time to leave and took the opportunity to bid farewell.Upon hearing this, the sect leader's lips curled into a slight smile as he thanked Elder Liu.

Who knew that upon arriving, he would see Han Zhiling there as well? That day, thirty-eight Qi-refining disciples from Xin Shaolu arrived at the foot of Daan Mountain.Song Huang couldn't help but ask back, "Was that really a coincidence?"So, after joining the Zhou Dynasty God, he had always taken on short odd jobs. It wasn't easy, but when he saw Chen Mobai's recruitment notice appear on the Second-Tier Pavilion, he immediately rushed over."Then, good luck to you!"Han Zhiling genuinely believed Song Huang's words and offered encouragement to her classmate and fellow graduate from the Longevity Academy who had also joined Xin Shaolu.However, who in the entire Zhou Dynasty God wouldn't want to join Daan Mountain?Just then, a gentle voice sounded in their ears.

One of them, who seemed to know Chen Mobai, stood by him with a wooden token and politely asked.Chen Mobai believed that the thieves of the Daan Mountain Store were likely not the group of rogue cultivators who had been wiped out, but he still gave Xiao Nanshan face and let it be.No matter where he went, he was treated as an honored guest.Of course, there were still many bold individuals in the Eastern Wilderness.

A month later, the group of rogue cultivators responsible for the theft was found by Xin Shaolu, and every single one of them was utterly annihilated.

Just then, Chen Mobai had just posted the notice for recruiting cultivators skilled in tea tree spiritual plant cultivation, and very quickly, over thirty qualified names were delivered to him by the people from Xinshao Pavilion."The Daan Mountain Store recruits clever and capable disciples through the Second-Tier Pavilion every year. See if there are any worth cultivating.""As Liu Wenbai instructs.""Let's wait another two months. I will reply to Sect Master Zhu.""Hmm, that's good. Sect Master Zhu of the Blowing Snow Palace has learned about Qi Cuizhen's defection. She heard that you were rescued by our sect and specifically wrote a letter to express her gratitude, also mentioning that she wants to take you back for healing.""The Divine Wood Sect is here!"

Some Qi-refining disciples who had just been pointing at and commenting on the spiritual rice in the fields turned pale.By then, their group had already entered the tea garden.Chen Mobai, however, frowned and said something, then called out to a village girl nearby wearing a straw hat, who was observing an acre of newly hybridized spiritual rice in the spiritual field."Yes, Xin Shaolu, should we wait for Elder Zhuo here?"

After the usual gathering, Chen Mobai led Xin Shaolu to the immortal peach tree.Chen Mobai also mentioned that many merchant associations from outside the Eastern Wilderness had proposed collaborations with him.Xin Shaolu truly experienced the benefit of "a big tree providing good shade" (meaning, enjoying the protection or influence of a powerful entity) while doing business outside these past years.Some wild tea trees in Giant Wood Ridge that possessed spiritual energy had long been moved to Daan Mountain by Xin Shaolu. It was precisely because of this that the Enlightenment White Tea was able to upgrade to the second tier so quickly.The master and disciple discussed the current situation of the Daan Mountain Store. Over the years, thanks to the excellent talismans and spiritual treasures produced through industrialized methods, they had completely captured the high-end talisman market across the entire Eastern Wilderness.