"Friend Chi, I'll take this matter. When is the assessment?" Mo Wuji said without the slightest hesitation.

In a certain sense, Zhong Di could also be considered his master. Without the Immortal Mortal Technique, he could still find a way to cultivate meridians given time. But Mo Wuji was very clear that without the Immortal Mortal Technique, he might have turned into dust before even finding a method.

So, Zhong Di didn't have the substance of a master, but the spirit of one.

Now that he had come to God Continent and found Zhong Di, the creator of the Immortal Mortal Technique, he naturally had to go see him. To visit Zhong Di's Mortal Land, he had to join Nirvana Learning Academy. According to Chi Kun, joining Nirvana Learning Academy was difficult, so planting Azure Dew Rice became Mo Wuji's simplest and most direct path.

Hearing Mo Wuji's reply, Chi Kun immediately said with delight, "Pill Master Mo, although this matter hasn't been finalized, according to Nirvana Learning Academy's rules, it should be soon. Perhaps by the time we reach Upper God Land, Nirvana Learning Academy's competition will have already begun. Even if it hasn't started, Pill Master Mo, if you enjoy planting Azure Dew Rice, you can first get a prime piece of land at my Sky High God Sect..."

Mo Wuji smiled and said, "Friend Chi, how about this? I'll set up a pill store in the God City outside the sect. When the assessment begins, I'll directly represent Sky High God Sect in the assessment, how's that?"

Mo Wuji really didn't want to join Sky High God Sect again, nor did he want to keep planting. If it was a quiet place with a top-grade God Spiritual Vein allowing him to continue planting Azure Dew Rice, that would be acceptable. After all, planting Azure Dew Rice was very beneficial to his cultivation technique and state of mind.

But who knew when Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment would start? What if the assessment started just when his Azure Dew Rice was about to mature? Should he harvest it halfway through?

Whether he harvested it or not, it wouldn't be good for him, so he simply decided not to plant Azure Dew Rice.

Moreover, Mo Wuji now understood his Immortal Mortal Technique even more thoroughly. He cultivated the Mortal Dao. As long as he maintained the ordinary red heart of the common people, his cultivation state of mind would not be affected. Whether it was planting Azure Dew Rice or opening a small shop, the principle was the same.

That was the first reason. Secondly, Mo Wuji was very clear about how many resources he needed for cultivation. Before, his cultivation hadn't progressed much, not only because his mortal state of mind had problems, but also because he lacked dense God Spiritual Energy for cultivation.

In Little Sky High Village, he first cultivated on a superior-grade God Spiritual Vein with a spiritual gathering array. Later, he cultivated on a top-grade God Spiritual Vein. After cultivating on a top-grade God Spiritual Vein, Mo Wuji realized even more the importance of cultivation resources to him. Opening a pill store, besides improving his Pill Dao level, could also gather a large amount of cultivation resources for him.

Before, in Little Sky High Village, in just a few months, he had accumulated a large amount of high-grade God Crystals and a pile of various refining materials and medicinal herbs.

"Then let's go to Sky High City, just outside Sky High God Sect." Chi Kun valued Mo Wuji very much, and he would almost unconditionally fulfill any request Mo Wuji made.

"Thank you, Friend Chi, but I still need to represent Sky High God Sect in the assessment competition. So, when opening a shop in Sky High City, I hope to appear in disguise." Mo Wuji stood up and cupped his fists in thanks.

In Sky High City, Mo Wuji planned to frantically collect cultivation resources. His Pill Dao was about to enter the Fifth Grade God Pill King realm. If he didn't frantically collect cultivation resources, he simply wouldn't have Fifth Grade spirit herbs to practice with.

God Domain and God Continent were separated by the Sea of Annihilation, making it difficult for even God Kings to appear, so Fifth Grade spirit herbs were naturally scarce as well. This was related to the laws of heaven and earth. As for Sixth Grade spirit herbs, each one was a treasure.

Once he collected resources separately, he might offend people or even attract covetous eyes. So Mo Wuji's idea was to earn a sum and leave under the protection of Sky High God Sect. Once he reached Nirvana Learning Academy, it was hard to say whether he would have the chance to come out and earn cultivation resources again.

"Haha, it's up to Pill Master Mo." Chi Kun laughed heartily. He guessed that Mo Wuji was concerned about his identity as a Fourth Grade Grand God Pill Master. In reality, Mo Wuji didn't need to worry at all. In Sky High City, there were still some Fourth Grade Grand God Pill Masters.

He wouldn't say this. By agreeing to Mo Wuji's request, he was also doing him a favor.

"Friend Chi, this Azure Dew Rice is what I've saved up, I'll give it to you." Only at this point did Mo Wuji take out ten pounds of top-grade Azure Dew Rice.

Chi Kun couldn't wait to open the cloth bag that Mo Wuji handed him. Even though it was the second time he had seen this Azure Dew Rice grain covered with light gold patterns, he was still excited. "It's indeed top-grade Azure Dew Rice, good stuff, really good stuff. Pill Master Mo, as long as you can plant this kind of Azure Dew Rice during the competition, you definitely won't lose points in the Azure Dew Rice category."

"Friend Chi, rest assured, I'm confident in this." After Mo Wuji finished speaking, he took out another cloth bag and said to the inner cabin, "Here's another ten pounds of Azure Dew Rice, I'll give it to Friend Yu."

A crisp voice came, "Thank you, Pill Master Mo."

Then Yu Ruo's slender figure appeared on the deck, accepting the bag that Mo Wuji gave her.

Chi Kun looked at Yu Ruo in surprise. He knew that Yu Ruo never accepted anything from anyone. Even if it was the best thing, she wouldn't accept it for no reason. He didn't understand why Yu Ruo would accept these ten pounds of Azure Dew Rice from Mo Wuji.

Top-grade Azure Dew Rice was indeed precious, but with Yu Ruo's status, she could naturally obtain it. Moreover, Yu Ruo herself didn't know how much top-grade Azure Dew Rice she had eaten. Would she care about these ten pounds of Azure Dew Rice?

Mo Wuji naturally didn't know what was going on. He was in a good mood seeing that Yu Ruo and Chi Kun had both accepted his gifts.

There was a saying that accepting a gift makes you obligated. These two should have some status in Sky High God Sect. Since they had accepted his gifts, they would definitely have to help him out in Sky High City in the future.

...

Little Sky High Sect in Lower God Land. Not many people cared about Mo Wuji's departure. What more people cared about was Sect Leader Xi Lingru's decisive actions.

Almost the moment Mo Wuji left, Xi Lingru killed 32 people in Little Sky High Sect, including 4 World Gods, 7 God Lords, and 21 Celestial Gods. Moreover, the crimes of each person killed were announced, and none were wrongly killed.

Only some people with certain qualifications knew that almost all of the people killed were closely associated with Jing Wei. At this moment, all the elders or peak masters of Little Sky High Sect were shocked. It turned out that the Sect Leader wasn't unaware of Jing Wei's actions, he just hadn't taken action. Now that Jing Wei was killed, the Sect Leader's thunderous actions left no one out.

Under normal circumstances, a sect doing away with so many experts would definitely cause some chaos, but Little Sky High Sect not only didn't have the slightest chaos, but was even more stable and united.

After doing all this, Xi Lingru didn't feel much happiness in his heart. At this moment, he returned to his residence and sat in silence.

Jing Wei's actions in Little Sky High Sect were nothing more than a clown in his eyes. The reason why he hadn't taken action was not only because he respected Jing Tian very much, but also because he wanted to wipe out all the restless guys in the sect in one fell swoop.

What made him unhappy was Mo Wuji's departure. If he had known that Mo Wuji was a quasi-God Pill King, he would never have let Mo Wuji leave.

From beginning to end, Xi Lingru had a bigger dream in his heart. His dream was definitely not what he said, to rely on Sky High God Sect, but to completely break away from Sky High God Sect and then become a true great sect in God Continent.

But now, Little Sky High Sect only had him, a God King, with low strength. Even if they went to Upper God Land, they had to rely on Sky High God Sect to gain a foothold.

If one knew Xi Lingru's thoughts, it wouldn't be difficult to understand why Xi Lingru regretted and was unwilling to let Mo Wuji leave.

He knew better than anyone how useful a quasi-God Pill King, who might even advance to a Fifth Grade God Pill King, was to the rise of a sect.

Moreover, Mo Wuji's aptitude was low, making him easy to control. This kind of talent was almost impossible to find even with a lantern, but now he had slipped away from under his nose.

This was also why he quickly eliminated all the parasites in the sect. Because the elder in charge of these sect affairs was a World God elder who was very close to Jing Wei. The news that Mo Wuji was a Grand God Pill Master had long reached the hands of this World God elder. According to the rules, this elder should have reported to him immediately.

Not only did this elder not report to him, but he reported to Jing Wei instead. Because of this, even though Mo Wuji ignored Jing Wei, Jing Wei was the opposite of his usual纨绔子弟 (wan ku zi di, playboy) appearance, suppressed his anger towards Mo Wuji, and repeatedly tried to win him over. Jing Wei also knew the usefulness of a quasi-God Pill King to him.

Xi Lingru shook his head. Everything had advantages and disadvantages. While he kept this kind of sect parasite, he should have expected that one day these parasites would endanger the sect's safety.

He didn't know how long he sat there in silence before Xi Lingru sighed and took out the bag of top-grade Azure Dew Rice that Mo Wuji gave him.

This was also something he admired about Mo Wuji, before leaving, he didn't forget to give him something in return.

This bag of top-grade Azure Dew Rice weighed a full 20 pounds. After opening it, Azure Dew Rice grains with light golden stripes appeared before his eyes. The refreshing fragrance that penetrated the heart and lungs made him feel very comfortable just by smelling it.

Casually picking up a handful of Azure Dew Rice grains with light golden stripes, Xi Lingru's mood finally improved a bit.

A black bag actually appeared from the light golden striped Azure Dew Rice. Xi Lingru grabbed the bag and reached out to open it.

The bag was also filled with Azure Dew Rice grains, but this bag of Azure Dew Rice grains didn't have light golden stripes, they were all golden. An even purer fragrance that made his whole body feel more comfortable came over. Xi Lingru's mouth was half-open, and he was completely stunned.

Even as a God King, he had never seen this kind of pure golden Azure Dew Rice grains.

Similarly, as a God King, he knew very well what kind of Azure Dew Rice grains he held in his hand. This was definitely not top-grade, but extreme-grade Azure Dew Rice grains that surpassed top-grade.

This bag weighed a full two pounds!

Xi Lingru suddenly stood up, and he felt his scalp tingling. If he had known that Mo Wuji had really planted extreme-grade Azure Dew Rice, even if he offended the envoy of Sky High God Sect, he wouldn't have sent Mo Wuji away.

What should he do now?

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