First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 102: Return

This Bodhi Seed was considered a good treasure for Shen Mo.

After finding several auxiliary medicines and refining the Bodhi Pill, even though it couldn't guarantee a hundred percent assistance in condensing the original true meaning ahead of time, it was still an opportunity.

However, the Golden Pen in Lu Ming's hand was more attractive to him than the Bodhi Pill.

Lu Ming didn't cultivate the path of talismans and had no use for this item.

But Shen Mo had quite a rich experience in making talismans.

In a few more months, if he worked diligently, he could accumulate enough experience to be promoted to a second-grade spiritual talisman master.

He had purchased various raw materials for refining talisman talismans in the market several times, so he naturally knew how precious and rare a top-grade talisman pen was.

Compared to the probability of gambling on the Bodhi Pill, Shen Mo would rather choose the Golden Pen that he could see, touch, and immediately improve his talisman-making level.

"Shen Junior Brother really wants to make the exchange?"

Lu Ming's face brightened, not expecting Shen Mo to agree.

"Of course, I'm serious."

Shen Mo directly handed over the Bodhi Seed to Lu Ming and made the exchange.

As time passed, Shen Mo and his group spent their last day in the Mountain and River Realm.

When the ten-day period was over, the spatial power of the Mountain and River Realm began to reject Shen Mo and his group.

They were all transported out.

After a dark scene, when Shen Mo opened his eyes again, he found himself in the Qingzhou, within the Mountain and River Valley.

Elder Huang and the others were still waiting outside the valley for the remaining disciples to return.

Some of the eliminated disciples chose to stay and wait for the teleportation array of the large group to return.

But more people directly used their flying vessels to return to the sect and did not continue to stay here.

After all, the time spent in the Mountain and River Realm was too long. For some disciples who were eliminated early, they would have to wait for several days and nights.

If it weren't for people like Elder Huang who were assigned by the sect to wait for all the disciples to return, not many people would have the patience to wait.

However, the disciples from the Ghost Corpse Sect and the Yan Yue Sect who were sent out early using the spatial talisman were still here.

Their sects were far away from this place, and it would take too long and be unsafe to return to their sects individually.

So they could only wait for everyone to come out and rely on the elders to use the teleportation array to return.

"It seems that it's time, everyone is out."

When Shen Mo and the others were teleported out, the elders who had been waiting for a long time also became spirited.

"How was it? What did you gain? Did you explore the tomb that the Peak Master mentioned to you?"

Elder Huang's gaze first fell on Lu Ming.

He was obviously the most concerned and familiar with this newly admitted disciple of the Peak Master.

"The tomb of the Spiritual Talisman Master has been explored. The prohibition power in that tomb is quite strong, and we couldn't open it alone, so we invited disciples from the other two sects to go together."

"We did gain something, but..."

Lu Ming told Elder Huang about his and Shen Mo's gains.

At the same time, he also expressed some regret: "There were five jade boxes, and our Linyang Sect only took two. The remaining three were taken by disciples from the Yan Yue Sect and the Ghost Corpse Sect."

"I wonder what treasures are in their jade boxes."

It was unlikely that the treasures left by the Spiritual Talisman Master would be ordinary.

At the very least, they were on the same level as the Bodhi Seed and the Golden Pen.

"Those disciples from the other sects got lucky."

Upon learning that Lu Ming had to invite disciples from other sects to break the prohibition and let them take most of the jade boxes, Elder Huang couldn't help but feel disappointed.

This was the territory of the Linyang Sect.

Yet it was taken away by two disciples from other sects.

"Never mind, let's return to the sect first!"

After Elder Huang finished speaking, he waved his sleeve and led the team back, bidding farewell to the elders of the Yan Yue Sect and the Ghost Corpse Sect.

Embedding ten middle-grade spirit stones into the teleportation array, a dazzling golden light flashed, and the power of space twisted once again.

A group of people were quickly transported back to the Linjiang Sect.

Upon entering the mountain gate, the elders of the Sunrise, Moonlight, and Star Peaks separated and returned to their respective peaks with their disciples.

Inside the Purple Cloud Palace on the Star Peak.

Elder Huang returned with a group of disciples from within the peak to report to the peak master.

Peak Master Zhou Shili sat on a cushion in the center of the palace.

After receiving Elder Huang and the group of disciples who came to report, he casually encouraged them for a few words and then let everyone leave.

Only Lu Ming and Shen Mo were left behind for a private conversation.

"Is there something special that the peak master wants to discuss?" Shen Mo was quite surprised when he heard that the peak master wanted him to stay.

Previously, because they belonged to different factions, they didn't have a chance to get back the Qiankun Bag from Cao Ren.

Now he just wanted to retrieve the Qiankun Bag as soon as possible, convert the spiritual herbs he collected from the mountains and rivers into money, and purchase cultivation resources.

Why would he suddenly be asked to stay alone with Lu Ming?

Although he was puzzled, Shen Mo didn't dare to ask.

He stood quietly in front of the hall, waiting for the peak master's arrangement.

"Lu Ming, while you were in the mountains and rivers, you must have encountered the outstanding disciples of the Yan Yue Sect and the Gui Shi Sect, right?"

"I had some contact." Lu Ming nodded.

"In your opinion, how do the new inner disciples of the Yan Yue Sect and the Gui Shi Sect compare?"

"They are quite outstanding."

Although Lu Ming had an arrogant personality, he had to admit that the outstanding disciples of the Yan Yue Sect's Xiao Linger and the Gui Shi Sect's Li Chen, Xun Tian, and other talented disciples were not inferior to him.

They even surpassed him in some aspects.

"The new disciples of these two major sects are not the true top talents of the Five Great Sects."

Zhou Shili rubbed his temples and said lightly, "I heard that the Tianjian Sect has produced a naturally born sword body this year."

"At the Tian Shan Convention in half a year, you will represent the sect. That naturally born sword body is your true rival."

"The Tian Shan Convention?"

Shen Mo listened quietly to the conversation between Lu Ming and the peak master, carefully searching his memory for information about this Tian Shan Convention, but it seemed that he didn't know much about it.

And it seemed that the reason why the peak master asked them to stay seemed to be related to this matter.

Seemingly aware of Shen Mo's confusion, Zhou Shili glanced at him and said, "This kid seems to be unaware? Lu Ming, you explain the details of the convention to him."

"Among the new disciples of the three peaks this year, only you two performed the best. The Linjiang Sect has already secured two spots for you in the Tian Shan Convention."

"In the next half year, you must diligently cultivate and strive for good results at the Tian Shan Convention. It will also benefit the Linjiang Sect in terms of gaining some industrial benefits this year."

"If you achieve something, the sect will reward you when you return."

After speaking, Zhou Shili waved his hand, indicating that the two could leave.

"Senior Brother Lu, what exactly is this Tian Shan Convention?" Shen Mo was completely confused from beginning to end.

The peak master inexplicably asked him to stay, but didn't say anything to him, only mentioning that he had secured a spot for the Tian Shan Convention.

"Don't you know about the Tian Shan in the Zhongzhou region of the Chi Yan Kingdom?" Lu Ming was quite surprised by Shen Mo's confusion.

It seemed that he didn't know anything about the Tian Shan Convention.

"Tian Shan?"

Shen Mo thought for a moment and shook his head.

In fact, he didn't know much about the information in the Chi Yan Kingdom.

The original owner had been confined within the Linjiang Sect since birth, living a secluded life for decades, and had never left the sect.

Not only did he not leave the sect, but he also knew very little about the outside world.

He would occasionally hear some information from Uncle Chen, who was in charge of leading the new disciples to hunt and kill monsters.

But it was all limited to some knowledge of the wilderness in the Linjiang Mountains and various insights between different cultivation realms.

(End of this chapter)