Chapter 41: New Formation Flags Completed, The Treasure Girl Xiao Qingyu
The morning sun had just risen.
Wang Xiu emerged from his secluded cultivation chamber, comfortably exhaling a breath of turbid air.
He glanced at the pond in his courtyard.
Hmm.
Those lotus seeds had already sprouted, growing quite well, which proved that Wang Xiu's guess was completely correct.
As long as Yellow Spring water was present, Soul-Nourishing Lotus could thrive anywhere.
Counting the days.
There should be over a dozen new Soul-Nourishing Lotuses that had matured in Bright Moon Mountain. He needed to find time to harvest them.
After all.
A single Soul-Nourishing Lotus was worth at least three thousand spirit stones. If they withered after the flowering season passed, that would be a tremendous loss.
Buzz~
Just as Wang Xiu was calculating, the transmission token at his waist began to sound.
It was Xiao Qingyu.
Wang Xiu formed a hand seal, and suddenly Xiao Qingyu's cool and beautiful face appeared before him.
However.
At this moment, Xiao Qingyu seemed rather unhappy, her face covered in layers of frost: "You'd better give me an explanation."
Wang Xiu: ???
Seeing Wang Xiu's bewildered expression, Xiao Qingyu's face radiated intense killing intent: "Do you need me to remind you?"
"Wang Xiu!"
"It's one thing for you to fail your basic mission on time!"
"But when our Divination Peak finally got a junior sister, you corrupted her too! Such a simple soul-salvation and burial mission, and she also missed the deadline?"
"Steward He waited for you in Maple City for three whole days."
"If the mission disciples in Maple City hadn't applied an ice preservation talisman to the corpse in advance, his father's body would have grown moldy by now."
Looking at Xiao Qingyu's manic expression, Wang Xiu couldn't help but twitch his lips.
This, this... how awkward!
Previously, when accepting the vengeful ghost mission at Bright Moon Mountain, Wang Xiu had also taken on a burial mission for Steward He's father in Maple City for Jiang Ling'er.
As a result.
Too many unexpected things happened—a Core Formation tiger demon, a sealed passage to the underworld, and Ji Yan tearing through space to send them home.
With all this back and forth.
Steward He's mission was accidentally forgotten.
Wang Xiu understood Xiao Qingyu's anger now, as this wasn't the first time.
Before.
Wang Xiu had failed many missions due to delays, though mostly because he hadn't returned to the sect on time after completing tasks.
Later, Xiao Qingyu learned from her mistakes and began reminding Wang Xiu like an alarm clock every time, and there were no more delays.
But look at this!
She had just resolved Wang Xiu, this "Sleeping Dragon," and now Spirit Turtle Peak had produced another "Fledgling Phoenix."
Another mission failure due to delay.
But this time it wasn't because they failed to return to the sect on time—it was because they returned too early, without even doing the mission, and just came back.
Putting himself in her shoes.
Wang Xiu felt that if he were Senior Sister Xiao Qingyu, he would definitely have murderous thoughts right now.
"Senior Sister, please don't be angry!"
Wang Xiu wiped cold sweat from his brow and said, "I'll rush over at top speed right now to perform the soul salvation in Maple City with Ling'er."
Xiao Qingyu shook her head: "No need to bring her!"
"To appease Steward He's resentment, the sect has decided to make an exception for him this time, arranging for a true transmission disciple to perform the soul salvation and burial for his father."
"Since this is your Divination Peak's responsibility, you'll have to make the trip yourself!"
"After all, you're no stranger to soul salvation and burial work—you've done it plenty of times before."
Fair enough.
Wang Xiu grinned: "Alright! Senior Sister, just watch! This time, your junior brother definitely won't let you down!"
Hmph!
The anger on Xiao Qingyu's face finally dissipated somewhat as she said with mild annoyance, "At least your attitude is good. Before you leave, come to the Mission Hall first."
"Your Four Symbols Formation Flags have been refined. Things haven't been peaceful in Maple City lately, so bringing the formation flags will be safer."
Saying this.
The cool goddess snapped off the communication, clearly still quite displeased.
Cough, cough.
Wang Xiu scratched his head, feeling indeed rather awkward.
However, having the Four Symbols Formation Flags refined so quickly did exceed his expectations.
Summoning the Black Tortoise Mirror.
Wang Xiu shot toward the Mission Hall, soon finding Xiao Qingyu with a face full of resentment in the true transmission disciple reception room.
"Senior Sister, please don't blame me, please don't blame me. There really were extenuating circumstances."
Wang Xiu smiled as he pulled out a small bag of spirit stones from his robes and presented it to Xiao Qingyu: "For the sake of these spirit stones, please forgive me!"
Hmph!
Taking the brocade bag filled with spirit stones and weighing it—at least several dozen—Xiao Qingyu's expression finally improved somewhat.
Whoosh~
Light flickered from the storage jade ring in Xiao Qingyu's hand as four flags flowing with divine radiance shot out, landing before Wang Xiu.
Clearly.
These four flags were worlds apart from Wang Xiu's previous formation flags in quality.
The flagpoles were cast from refined profound iron, indestructible, and the flag surfaces were woven from Golden Core stage celestial silkworm silk, exuding a premium quality at first glance.
The formation flags unfurled.
The Four Symbols divine beast patterns on the flag surfaces were lifelike, condensed from endless law imprints, seeming as if they might pounce out at any moment, inspiring awe in all who beheld them.
"Your Soul-Nourishing Lotuses have excellent quality and medicinal efficacy."
Xiao Qingyu said calmly: "These past few days I've been to many places and inquired about quite a bit of information."
"Not only did Master Ouye from the Artifact Peak have soul damage, but Master Zhuge from the Formation Peak and Master Gongsun from the Pill Peak have also suffered soul injuries."
"So."
"I discussed with them and had Master Gongsun ask the Pill Peak's head Lu Baicao, Master Lu, to personally refine the Supreme Soul-Supplementing Pill to heal the souls of these three senior uncles."
"This way the pill quality can be optimized, the quantity maximized, and there's an excuse to waive the labor fee."
Wang Xiu: ???
I have to say.
The Sect Master's lineage truly had experience in getting the Pill Peak to work for free.
The dignified head of the Pill Peak was thus exploited for free labor, yet couldn't complain—after all, his Pill Peak people also needed to share in the pills.
No wonder.
Master Lu Baicao was always complaining: selling himself on the streets would be better than selling medicine in the Three Pure Immortal Sect—this was purely working for love!
"As for Master Zhuge and Master Ouye, those connections were useful too."
Xiao Qingyu said calmly: "The Artifact Peak and Formation Peak have a long-term cooperative relationship. Normally, refining a set of formation flags requires collaboration between both parties."
"Therefore, formation flags are more expensive than ordinary magical artifacts."
"But all three senior uncles hoped to receive more of the Supreme Soul-Supplementing Pill after it was completed, so they were quite enthusiastic when refining the formation flags for 'me.'"
"The flagpoles and flag surfaces all used premium materials."
"The Four Symbols divine beast formation diagram on them was arranged by Master Zhuge, who gathered over a dozen idle Formation Peak senior uncles to jointly set up the formation."
"Therefore."
"This set of formation flags could be completed so quickly, and each one is a premium treasure among premium magical artifacts, almost approaching the threshold of spiritual artifacts."
"In terms of price."
Xiao Qingyu stroked her white chin, estimating: "Each formation flag is worth at least 8,000 spirit stones or more. The complete set of formation flags has a combined value approaching 40,000 spirit stones."
Forty thousand spirit stones!
This was definitely an enormous figure, enough to make countless cultivators gasp.
Consider this.
The four Soul-Nourishing Lotuses Wang Xiu provided, even if each sold for 4,000 spirit stones, would only total 16,000 spirit stones.
From 16,000 to 40,000—one could imagine how much the value had multiplied.
...
Senior Sister Xiao is truly a treasure girl.
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