Chapter 126

It turned out that Zhan Chen had his eyes on one of the rules: "Every servant can apply to go into closed-door cultivation for half a year every three years. Furthermore, the time spent in closed-door cultivation can be accumulated."

He thought, "I'm only one step away from becoming a Martial Venerable. Why don't I apply to go into closed-door cultivation and break through to Martial Venerable in one go?"

Thus, Zhan Chen immediately stood up and pushed the door open. However, he did not expect to bump into someone.

That person was only a Martial Master with a Martial Perfection cultivation. When he saw Zhan Chen, he felt a sense of familiarity and greeted him, "Brother, you look unfamiliar. I'm afraid you just arrived."

Zhan Chen bowed to him and said, "I am Zhan Chen. May I know your name?"

"Hehe, why are you so particular about etiquette? My name is Ma Shun. I've been a medicine slave here for ten years."

"Then I'll call you Brother Ma Shun."

"Alright, Brother Zhan Chen."

Seeing that he had recognized someone as soon as he left, Zhan Chen had an idea and asked, "By the way, Brother Ma Shun, I have something to ask you."

"Speak."

"I want to apply to go into closed-door cultivation. Where should I go?"

"No way, brother. You just arrived and you want to go into closed-door cultivation?"

"Why? Can't I? "Zhan Chen asked nervously.

"Brother, you don't know the ways of the world. As a newcomer, you should familiarize yourself with others and not stand out. It's best to stay stable for three to five years before asking Chief An for instructions!"

Zhan Chen cupped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you for your reminder, brother!" However, he thought to himself, "Humph! Wait for three to five years? I don't have time to wait! No matter how difficult it is, I have to try. "

Thus, he went straight to find An Ru. After the greeting, An Ru asked, "Zhan Chen, we just parted not long ago. Why are you here again? Didn't you just say that there were no problems?"

Zhan Chen cupped his hands in obeisance and said, "Chief An, I just looked at the 'Holy Maiden Peak Instructions' and found that there was a section about applying for closed-door cultivation. My cultivation has been stuck at Martial Master Perfection for a long time. As long as I go into closed-door cultivation, I will be able to break through in one step.

What Zhan Chen said was reasonable. Breaking through was the most important thing for a cultivator. Thus, the Holy Maiden Peak also gave the servants this privilege.

However, An Ru's face sank. At this moment, Zhan Zhan Chen was asking for a long leave. He was obviously not giving her face.

She was just about to refuse when she saw Zhan Chen calmly looking at her. She couldn't help but swallow the words that were about to come out of her mouth. Instead, she changed her words and said, "Zhan Chen, it's not good for you to ask for leave as soon as you arrived!"

"Chief An Zhan Chen out.. Zhan Out that Zon. Chen's to go. out out out.

An Ru had no choice but to say, "Alright then. Your situation is special. Allow me to report it to the Saintess."

"Thank you, Chief An Out!" Zhan Chen kowtowed and thanked her. However, he suddenly recalled the smug look in Yin Meiru's eyes when she looked at him. He faintly felt that his application wouldn't be approved so easily.

After he left, An Ru went to see Yin Meiru. She told her that Zhan Chen wanted to go into closed-door cultivation. She also observed the Holy Maiden to see how she would react.

"Zhan Chen wants to go into closed-door cultivation?" Yin Meiru was stunned.

Next, the mistress of the Holy Maiden Peak revealed a playful smile. She muttered, "Perfect. I've been feeling bored since I came back. I might as well use him to entertain myself."

Thus, she said to An Ru, "Go back and tell that Zhan Chen to wait for a month. I want to see if he can fulfill his duty and take good care of my spiritual herbs. Only then will I consider whether or not to approve his request."

"Yes!" An Ru retreated. However, when she turned around, a playful expression appeared on her face. The Holy Maiden's attitude towards this Zhan Chen was indeed a little special.

That night, Zhan Chen was summoned. An Ru told him Yin Meiru's reply.

After Zhan Chen retreated, he muttered, "It seems like Yin Meiru is unwilling to let me go into closed-door cultivation. Her so-called inspection of the spiritual fields is just an excuse to find fault with me. I need to quickly master the method of taking care of those spiritual herbs so that she won't be able to find fault with me!"

Thus, the next day, Zhan Chen went to the spiritual field that he was in charge of and began to inspect it. There were 1300 stalks of fourth-grade spiritual herbs and 100 stalks of fifth-grade spiritual herbs planted in this field. At the end of every month, an emissary from the palace would come to this field to collect the matured spiritual herbs and record them down.

As for Grade Four and Grade Five Elixirs, not only were they extremely precious, they also had a very long growth period. Even with the superior conditions of Holy Maiden Peak, a Grade Four Elixir needed five years to grow from a seed into a Elixir, and a Grade Five Elixir needed more than ten years.

If they were moved to a normal environment, their growth cycle would be more than ten times longer than before!

"This is Dragon Seeking Wood, a high-tier fourth-grade wood-attribute spiritual herb. It needs to be watered with mountain spring water five times a day, and it also needs to frequently search for ores rich in wood-attribute spiritual Qi. The wood shavings can only grow well after being buried in the soil.

"This is Brilliant Flame Flower, a mid-tier fifth-grade fire-attribute spiritual herb. It can only be watered once a week. Not only does it need to be fed with ores rich in fire-attribute spiritual Qi, it also needs to be heated up by a spiritual formation every day to raise the temperature of its surroundings, simulating the environment and temperature of a volcano."

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Zhan Chen identified the spiritual herbs one by one and used different methods to cultivate them. There were as many as 30 types of spiritual herbs in this spiritual field, and every single one of them had a different cultivation method.

From sunrise in the morning until sunset in the evening, Zhan Chen was constantly busy in the field. Only when night fell did he barely manage to finish his work for the day.

When he got back, he fell asleep from exhaustion. The next day, he rushed to the spiritual field early in the morning. After carefully inspecting all the spiritual herbs, he finally revealed a gratified smile. Everything was maintained well, which meant that his efforts had not been in vain.

Thus, he mustered up his energy and threw himself into his new work. He had to perform well for at least a month, so that that witch Yin Meiru would not find fault with him.

Gradually, Zhan Chen began to familiarize himself with the work here, and his work efficiency increased significantly. When he had time, he would also visit other spiritual fields and ask for advice. Unexpectedly, he had gained a lot of knowledge about spiritual herbs.

That night, Zhan Chen returned to his dormitory, but he could not fall asleep. He could not help but take out the book he had obtained in the True Martial Secret Territory,《Yazhai Elementary Alchemy》, and thought, "I did not expect that I would have such a harvest while I was a medicine slave at Holy Maiden Peak."

"The spiritual herbs in that fellow Yin Meiru's medicinal field are really too rich. If I can use these spiritual herbs, I am afraid that most of the medicinal pills in this alchemy manual can be refined. I don't have to hope for anything else, but as long as I can refine a few types of fourth-grade metal-attribute medicinal pills, it will definitely be of great help to my cultivation. "

"It's a pity that the spiritual herbs here cannot be touched..."

Thinking of this, he subconsciously took out the gray alchemy furnace from his Qiankun bag, picked up the formation breaking tool, and continued to break the restrictions on it. Over the years, whenever he had time, he would take it out and fiddle with it, using it as a way to kill time.

Under his unremitting efforts, more than half of the restrictions on the alchemy furnace had been broken, but as long as the last restriction was not broken, the alchemy furnace would not reveal its true appearance.

Time passed in this tense and fulfilling atmosphere, day after day, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

On this day, Yin Meiru really did bring a group of people to the spiritual herb field, in the name of inspecting the work, which caused a burst of exclamation from the medicine slaves.

"The Saintess has actually come to our ordinary spiritual herb field!"

"That's right, Her Highness the Saintess usually only goes to her private medicinal field, who would have thought that she would appear here!"

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In the field, the medicine slaves were discussing among themselves.

Seeing Yin Meiru coming over with her entourage, the medicine slaves stopped what they were doing, looked at her with infatuation, and shouted enthusiastically, "Long live the Saintess!"

In the face of these low-level people's worship, Yin Meiru would not even look at them. She had only one goal, and that was Zhan Chen.

The group of people went straight to the spiritual field that Zhan Chen was in charge of and stopped.

Zhan Chen was already waiting by the side of the medicinal field, bowed to them, and said in a clear voice, "I am Zhan Chen, and I pay my respects to the Saintess!"

Yin Meiru glanced at him and saw that he was also looking at her calmly, and she could not help but sneer in her heart, "Humph, Zhan Chen, you have just arrived, and you are already giving me a difficult problem. Today, see if I don't teach you a lesson!"

So, she asked with a sullen face, "Zhan Chen, last month you told me that you wanted to apply for secluded cultivation, is this true?"

"Replying to the Saintess, this is indeed true."

"Humph, you have some guts, wanting to be a thorn the moment you arrive!"

"This one is only following the rules of the Saintess Peak," Zhan Chen replied in a manner that was neither servile nor overbearing.

"You!" Yin Meiru's expression suddenly changed, but Zhan Chen's reply was reasonable. In front of so many people, if she were to be stubborn and argue with this little medicine slave, it would damage her image.

So, a trace of mockery appeared in her eyes, and she said, "Alright, I want to see how well you are taking care of my spiritual medicines."

"Saintess, please examine them carefully," Zhan Chen bowed again, he already had a card up his sleeves.

So, following this, Yin Meiru led a group of entourage and carefully examined the spiritual medicines in Zhan Chen's field, one by one. Although the medicine slaves nearby were curious, they did not dare to come forward and watch, and could only bury their heads in their work.

However, the more Yin Meiru investigated, the more depressed she became. She thought to herself, "I didn't expect this Zhan Chen to be such a talent! Normally, medicine slaves would be at a loss for what to do after working for a month, and it was inevitable that they would make some mistakes. But this Zhan Chen took care of this place in an orderly manner. It seems that he has put in a lot of effort. "

She couldn't help but turn her head to look at Zhan Chen's calm face, and she became angry again, "No! I won't let this fellow pass so easily. This time, I'll make him kneel at my feet! "

Thinking up to this point, Yin Meiru's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness. Her finger moved slightly, and a fiery red light streaked across a spiritual medicine that was about to mature in front of her. The speed of the light was so fast that it exceeded the reaction of everyone present.

In the next moment, the spiritual medicine bent over and fell to the ground.

A trace of complacency flashed in Yin Meiru's eyes, but she put on a pained expression and asked, "What happened to this Silver Spoon Flower?!"

An Ru, who was standing beside her, took a step forward and came to the front of the Silver Spoon Flower to take a look. She cried out, "Your Excellency Saintess, it was broken by someone!"

"How is that possible?!" Zhan Chen, who was standing behind her, hurriedly rushed forward. Looking at the spiritual medicine, his mind went blank. He remembered that this Silver Spoon Flower was still fine this morning.

He heard Yin Meiru's sneer coming from behind him, "Humph! Zhan Chen, do you have anything else to say? "

Zhan Chen remained silent.

Yin Meiru asked An Ru, "An Ru, how many primordial stones do you think this Silver Spoon Flower is worth?"

"Your Highness, at least 300 upper grade primordial stones." Although An Ru felt it was unfair for Zhan Chen, she had no choice but to answer honestly.

"Zhan Chen, if you can take out 300 upper grade primordial stones, I will let you go." At this time, the demonic woman's complacency had reached its peak.

Zhan Chen muttered, "I don't have money."