Chapter 121: Lenient
After the three made a plan, they left the tent and met up with Li Futian and Wang Xue’er.
"Are you ready?" Li Futian asked.
"We are ready." Jiang Yue answered for the collective.
"Good."
With that, the group of five walked to the gathering point.
This walk took a quarter of an hour, and when they arrived, more than twenty people had already gathered.
Most stood in groups, and others were standing alone.
However, everyone was watching each other.
In the world, blue star cultivators were supreme.
Below blue star cultivators were gold stars, silver stars, bronze stars, and finally iron stars.
Until the current generation of origin forging realm cultivators, the Cangxing world had not produced many talents.
Given that, it was rare for so many silver star cultivators to gather in one place.
Now that they did, everyone took the opportunity to check out the competition.
"Ouyang Shu is also here." Jiang Yue whispered and used his head to point to a certain place.
Yu Nianzhen looked at the place and saw a young man of the same age.
He hadn’t seen the person for more than five years, but he remembered him from the ten-storey pagoda.
As if sensing the stare, Ouyang Shu turned about and saw the two.
He nodded his head in greeting, and the two nodded back.
Although they belonged to the same sect, they didn’t know each other well.
At this point, their relationship was only enough to help each other if they encountered each other in trouble.
Neither side would risk their lives for the other.
"He is strong." Yu Nianzhen commented.
Jiang Yue nodded and said, "excluding the two of us, he should be the leading figure of our generation in the Sea Cloud sect."
Yu Nianzhen agreed with that but didn’t dwell on it.
Instead, he looked around and observed the leaking qi presence of the gathered people.
"What do you think? Do you feel any threats?" Jiang Yue asked.
"There are several strong people, but I don’t feel any threat from them."
Jiang Yue also looked around but frowned in the next moment.
He also noticed three or four cultivators whose qi presence was as powerful as his own.
Although these people were not malicious at the moment, Jiang Yue still felt a threat from them.
’I need to become stronger.’ He thought in chagrin.
In irritation, he pinched Yu Nianzhen’s waist, but the other just looked at him in question.
When he saw this, Jiang Yue only felt more irritated, and he huffed before he managed to calm himself.
’Wait until I master lullaby to a higher level.’
At this time, a commotion was heard from the front, and they all turned to see a group of people.
The group had ten people, and Jiang Yue recognised three of the ten.
Two of them were Jin Xuan and his concubine, who escaped from the underwater garden.
A metre from the two was Bai Ruyue.
She had also noticed them and was looking over with a bright smile.
"Welcome, fellow Daoists." The female concubine spoke.
Her voice was amiable, but it carried a hint of arrogance.
However, no one cared about this.
In the end, they were all here for resources.
Other than the prize of half a grain of star sand, there would be herbs and materials from the killed enemies.
"My young master is Jin Xuan, the second young master of the Jin family in the Great Artisan city." She introduced.
Some people had heard of the Jin family and looked at Jin Xuan in admiration.
Of course, most of this admiration was for the capability of the Jin family and not Jin Xuan himself.
However, with his identity as a member of the Jin family, everyone was assured that the person could take out so many grains of star sand.
Still, one could not be careless about this matter.
"Can we see the star sand?" Someone shouted.
The female beside Jin Xuan was not happy to hear this.
She was about to say something when Jin Xuan stopped her.
"Huang San, show them the sand."
The female hesitated for a moment and then removed a small clear jar from her storage ring.
The jar was filled halfway, and crystal-like sand shone when sunlight fell on it.
"I want to inspect it." Another said.
This time, even Jin Xuan frowned.
However, there was nothing to be done.
Several people inspected the star sand, and when everyone was satisfied, the small jar was handed over to one of the leaders of the allied forces.
"If everyone is satisfied, we would like to discuss the conditions." Huang San said, and everyone settled down.
"The mission this time is to retrieve a herb from a medicinal field controlled by a small enemy group." Huang San explained.
"Before we explain more, we want an oath that you will hand over the herb if you get it."
Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen looked at each other when they heard this.
In a task like this, it made sense for the issuer to ask for an oath.
However, making an oath was not a simple matter.
If someone failed to live up to the oath, their qi could deviate and attack their body.
At best, they would be crippled, and at worst, their descendants and even reincarnations would be affected.
After considering this, everyone was understandably hesitant.
"You can be assured that we only need that one herb. All other herbs and loot will depend on one’s own ability."
Everyone was slightly relieved when they heard this.
However, they weren’t relieved enough to make the oath.
After all, no one wanted to throw their life away for half a grain of star sand and a few stalks of rare herbs.
"What is the wording of the oath?" Wang Xue’er asked.
"We only require the person who takes the herb to hand it over." Huang San said.
Once again, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen looked at each other.
The terms were surprisingly lenient, but the two were not relieved.
They felt the matter couldn’t be as simple as it sounded.
After all, there were many ways to get around such an oath.
With such an oath, one could hand over the herb on the front foot and then steal it on the back.
If the two could see this issue, Jin Xuan and his group should also have seen it.
That they still went ahead with the plan meant something was not right.
However, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen didn’t care about this.
For the time being, they only wanted the star sand and were not reluctant to give up the mysterious herb targeted by Jin Xuan.
’We only need to be a little more careful, and everything should be fine.’ Jiang Yue thought.
He looked at Yu Nianzhen, and the other nodded his agreement.
After everyone made their own calculations and plans, thirty people swore to hand over the herb.
When the oath was in place, Huang San smiled and whispered something to Jin Xuan.
Jin Xuan nodded and removed a shell from his storage ring.
"Is that a recording shell?" Jiang Yue muttered when he saw what Jin Xuan held in his hand.
The shell was only the size of his palm and was a shiny white that glowed with the noon sun.
Jin Xuan gave the shell to Huang San, and the female cultivator injected a strand of qi into it.
"Please take a good look at the herb." She said.
At the same time, an image appeared in the air.
The herb was half a metre tall.
It looked like purple cabbage, but the middle part held a fist size purple fruit.
When he saw it, Yu Nianzhen felt his heart skip a beat.
He didn’t know the herb, but he felt a sudden yearning for it.
"Let’s try to grab its roots." He whispered to Jiang Yue.
Jiang Yue looked at him and then nodded.
If they only took the roots, they wouldn’t violate the oath.
For other people, the roots were useless, but not for Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
As long as they had a part of the herb, it could be replanted in the jade box.
With a few more spirit stones, the roots would sprout and mature in no time.
’Spirit stones...’ Jiang Yue sighed when he thought of this.
He was aware that Yu Nianzhen’s sudden desire for the herb was due to the jade box.
However, all the plants desired by the jade box were not simple.
If they were lucky enough to grab the roots, the situation would probably end up like it did when they planted the brown stone.
’We need a solution soon.’
Yu Nianzhen must have noticed his worry, and he stretched his hand to rub Jiang Yue’s head.
He understood the consequences of not feeding the jade box with enough spirit stones.
However, he really wanted the purple cabbage and didn’t want to let it go.
"We will figure it out, don’t worry." He said to Jiang Yue in a low voice.
