Xu Chunniang put away her sword, looked at the Earth Heart Lotus that was blocked behind the old woman, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Then let's split this earth lotus in half each."
The old woman didn't look very happy. She had been guarding here for more than a hundred years and finally waited for the Earth Heart Lotus to mature. How could she be willing to let someone take half of it away
Especially in the past few years, the Earth Lotus lacked spiritual energy and almost dried up and died several times. She took great efforts to save it and greatly shortened the growth time of the Earth Lotus.
Just when the Earth Lotus was about to mature, this kind of person showed up and did not play by the rules.
"Girl, this is not very honest. Just now you asked me how I could hide it from your consciousness, and I told you the truth. Should I give this Earth Heart Lotus to you?"
"If I remember correctly, Senior just said that he would give me some of this Earth Heart Lotus."
The old woman glanced at the earth lotus with a look of pain on her face, "This earth lotus has thirteen petals in total. I will give you three petals."
Xu Chunniang shook her head. She was not stupid. Although the petals of the Earth Heart Lotus could increase one's cultivation, its lotus seeds were more precious and were a holy product for detoxification.
"How about this, the thirteen petals are yours, and the lotus seeds are mine."
"no!"
The old woman was anxious. "The lotus seeds are very useful to me, so we can't divide them like this. Let the lotus seeds be mine and the petals be yours."
“At our level, if we cannot break through to the Spiritual Transformation stage, it is useless to have these thirteen petals.”
Xu Chunniang thought for a moment and suggested, "Why don't we split it in half?"
"No! I have worked hard to protect this Earth Heart Lotus for hundreds of years. You are a newcomer, and you want to take half of it just by talking?"
The old woman's face was filled with anger, and she gnashed her teeth and said, "Then why don't you just destroy the Earth Heart Lotus? No one of us wants it, and then we can see for ourselves!"
Seeing that the old woman was fighting desperately, Xu Chunniang coughed lightly and tried to persuade her.
"Don't be impatient. I'm not saying that we have to divide it this way. If you don't agree, we can discuss it again. How can we destroy such a good earth heart lotus?"
The old woman's expression eased a little and she snorted coldly. She was unwilling to destroy the Earth Heart Lotus.
"Then tell me how to divide it specifically."
"I will only take one of the three lotus seeds, and six of the thirteen petals. How about that?"
The old woman thought for a moment, still somewhat reluctant.
But she knew that it was not easy to get two lotus seeds, so she nodded and said, "Okay, but I want to take it first."
Xu Chunniang smiled and said, "Okay, but you can only take one petal and one lotus seed at a time, and you can't take more. If you take too much, the fire in my hand won't allow it."
Hearing this, the old woman was very unhappy.
She originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get the Earth Heart Lotus in one go, but now it seems that this method is not feasible.
After carefully picking a petal and a lotus seed, the old woman said impatiently, "It's your turn."
Xu Chunniang didn't care about her attitude. She took out two jade boxes and put the picked petals and lotus seeds in them.
The two of them picked the lotus flowers, and soon the originally blooming earth lotus was plucked out, leaving only a bare lotus stem.
Following the lotus stem, Xu Chunniang looked at the mud at the bottom of the pond and said to herself, "I wonder if there are lotus roots underneath."
"We have picked all the lotus flowers and lotus seeds, so where do the lotus roots come from?"
The old woman pulled out the lotus stem, and sure enough, there was no lotus root on the root.
She put away the lotus stem and glared at Xu Chunniang, "You are so lucky."
Xu Chunniang coughed dryly, "You made such a big noise that it disturbed all the underground rivers and spiritual springs nearby. I don't know what happened, so I followed the underground river to find this place."
There was a look of regret in the old woman's eyes. The earth lotus was about to mature, and in order to avoid any more trouble, she wanted to ripen it as soon as possible so that she could pick it earlier.
If she had known this, why would she have gone to such great lengths to ripen it
"Never mind, these two lotus seeds are barely enough, it's a bargain for you, little girl."
The old woman shook her head and said this, then disappeared from the spot.
There was no one around, but Xu Chunniang was not in a hurry to leave.
The old woman was able to evade her spiritual sense. Who knows if she really left, or was hiding, waiting for an opportunity to strike
You should always be on guard against others, and it’s better to be cautious.
After staying in the cave for several days and confirming that the old woman was really gone, Xu Chunniang returned to the "Jin Guangzong" on the mountain along the original route.
The young man I saw that day was practicing sword, while the old man who was building the foundation was persuading Shen Miaoling about something.
"Today is already the fourth day. I told you that your master would never come back, but you still didn't believe me."
Shen Miaoling was silent at first, but she was really annoyed by what she said, and couldn't help but say, "But I eat the spiritual rice of your Jin Guang Sect, and it seems that it is not as good as what my master gives me. Are you really a famous sect?"
The old man choked and said, "Your master even has such high-end stuff as the teleportation talisman. Who knows which cultivation family he is from. It's normal for him to have some wealth. You can't deny our Jin Guang Sect because of this.
How about it, have you considered it, do you want to take me as your master?"
As the old man was speaking, he saw Shen Miaoling’s expression in front of him slightly changed, and he listened in a certain direction.
The old man looked over in confusion, his expression changing slightly.
It turned out that the female cultivator who left a few days ago came back.
Then, didn't someone hear what he just said
The old man touched his nose and explained unnaturally.
“Well… I saw that you had been gone for a few days and had not come back, so I thought you were unwilling to join our Jin Guang Sect, so you left.
You came back because you have considered joining our Jin Guang Sect? As long as you join the sect, I will make you the left guardian!"
Xu Chunniang shook her head speechlessly. This was the first time she had seen a sect with only two people.
"My apprentice and I have similar talents, so we won't hinder your sect's future."
Seeing that the two disciples he had finally abducted were about to leave, the old man became anxious.
"No, no, you don't know much about our sect. Once you live in the mountains for a while, you will know how much benefit there is in joining the Jinshan Sect."
The old man caught a glimpse of the sword she was carrying on her back, and his mind moved. He then began to persuade her in a gentle manner.
"I see you seem to be a sword cultivator? If you want to learn sword, then coming to our Jinshan Sect is the best choice.
It is no exaggeration to say that our Jinshan Sect's swordsmanship completely crushes the Wanjian Sect! If you don't believe me, just look at my apprentice. I taught him swordsmanship myself, and he has a bit of my sword power!"
As the old man finished speaking, the young man who was practicing sword fell to the ground with a thud.
He climbed up with a red face, patted the mud off his body, and looked at the old man with a look of bewilderment.
The old man was very disappointed. "How many times have I told you that you should concentrate when practicing sword skills? You are distracted again!"