The Invincible Supreme Medical God-Chapter 1011 - 547: Spirit Wind Bamboo
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After all... no one in the Cultivation World has ever been so extravagant as to enhance the soil spiritually, all for planting ten stalks of spiritual bamboo...
Even renowned masters of spiritual enhancement wouldn't think of doing such a thing; it's simply too wasteful.
Seeing the fusion of spirit bamboo growing well now, Yan Xiaobao felt very pleased. He turned around, continued jogging in the yard, while studying the plants and vegetation in the jade slip.
The sun set, and the sky grew dark. Given that the Spirit Wind Bamboo stalks have grown over a meter tall and apparently haven't reached their full height, it's hard to say... how tall they will be in three months...
That night, Yan Xiaobao finally dropped the jade sliding plate. After strenuous effort, he finally completely remembered all 10,000 types of plants and vegetation. He even found some areas in the medicinal plants' descriptions revealing their conflicts with other medicinal plants.
"Tomorrow morning, I will look at the second volume on plants and vegetation. I wonder what the testing results at the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion will be. Can I really pass?"
Yan Xiaobao shook his chin, flicked his sleeve. He was just about to say some bold words, but felt somewhat anxious. Clearing his throat, he picked up the jade sliding plate again and started studying more. He couldn't shed the fear of problems cropping up during the test. At dawn the next morning, Bai Xiaochun woke early. As soon as he stepped out of his cabin, he looked at the Spirit Wind Bamboo, seeing it standing taller than an average person. He nodded with satisfaction before leaving the yard, heading towards the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion.
Sunlight rose from the horizon, casting beams of light in all directions. The multicolored sunlight dancing through the mist was truly a spectacular sight. Yan Xiaobao hurriedly walked along a path with many other Outer Sect disciples. He didn't recognize any of them, which made him suddenly miss his elder brothers from the oven.
"I wonder how big brother is doing, and the third fatty..." he sighed inwardly, walking for about an hour as the sun rose higher. Finally, he spotted the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion in the distance, alongside ten imposing stone steles set up outside.
These stone steles are the iconic feature of the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion. Green light emanated from them, shooting up a hundred meters or more. It was a stunning sight, like ten giants standing there, completely intimidating.
Words were visible on the surface of the steles, with a ranking system from one hundred to one.
At the top, there were no names, just various images, which were actually the badges of various Outer Sect Pharmacists who had become well-known at the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion.
Each pharmacist had a unique badge, which they used to mark the satisfactory spiritual medicines they concocted. It was a tradition with a long history, an important honor for all pharmacists.
The last time he came here, Hou Yunfei had briefly explained all this. But now, Yan Xiaobao had returned alone, and he couldn't help but stare at the ten stone steles.
The first thing that caught his attention was the eye-catching badge on the first position of the foremost stele.
It was a magical bottle![1]
According to Hou Yunfei, that magical bottle was... Zhou Xinqi's badge!
This name was not unfamiliar to Yan Xiaobao. When he was still a servant, he remembered sitting under the moonlight once, while Fatty Zhang nibbled on a ginseng root and sighed about Zhou Xinqi.
She came from a Mortal Clan, discovered years prior by a high-ranking sect member who sensed she had extraordinary potential. When she arrived at the sect and underwent the formal testing, her innate talent caused a huge stir within the Spiritual Flow Sect. According to sect rules, it's irrelevant how high one's potential talent is; they cannot automatically become an Inner Sect disciple. Hence, Zhou Xingqi was like all others selected from other peaks of the South Shore. They all trained hard in the Outer Sect. Yet, the cultivation resources they could acquire were actually provided by the Inner Sect.
Everyone knew Zhou Xingqi would soon prove herself and become an Inner Sect disciple.
Most importantly, she was very beautiful, which garnered wide admiration from numerous male disciples.
Due to all these reasons, she was very famous on Xiangyun Peak. In fact, the Inner Sect disciples didn't view her as belonging to the Outer Sect. Even the conservative Inner Sect was concerned about her.
As Yan Xiaobao pondered all these things, he suddenly grew curious about Zhou Xingqi. Then he moved from one stone stele to another, closely observing the ten stone steles. Soon, he was almost speechless.
"Zhou Xingqi is amazing. Her name ranks first on eight positions across these ten steles! As for the other two, I don't see her name at all; presumably, she hasn't competed in those!" Yan Xiaobao's eyes swept over all the steles, wide like plates.
By now, the number of disciples gathered around the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion had swelled considerably. Yan Xiaobao stepped away from the steles, finding the spot where he could exchange for the second volume of plants and vegetation in the jade slip. As he looked around, he realized there were indeed many people present, almost as if they'd gathered in advance for some reason. Suddenly, he heard people talking excitedly.
