Three seconds later.
The "Eastern Star Chart" transformed back into a piece of beast skin and flew back into the cave.
The sky full of "Starlight" slowly dissipated.
Daoist Jin Mo opened his eyes, still wanting more.
In those three seconds, he had absorbed a large amount of "Starlight." Although he hadn't comprehended the "Starlight Physique," it had greatly aided his cultivation, allowing him to vaguely sense the threshold of the "Nascent Soul mid-stage realm."
The old Taoist was in a good mood.
"Heh heh, thank you all for sharing your starlight with this humble Taoist..."
Daoist Jin Mo thought to himself.
As a dignified grand elder of the "Heavenly Mystery Sacred Land," he absolutely could not be outdone by the cultivators from the "Eastern Barren Mountains!"
As for spiritual energy, he was helpless.
However, he had heard that the "Eastern Barren Mountains" were barren and produced almost no good spiritual herbs.
This was an area where he could show off.
The old Taoist's eyes darted around, and he took out three grains of "Dragon Tooth Rice" from his spatial ring.
This spiritual rice was incredibly precious, a specialty of the Ji family, with a price but no market.
As the grand elder of the "Heavenly Mystery Sacred Land," he only received one grain per year.
He would never ordinarily bring it out.
But this time, to avoid losing face, he had gone all out and brought out all his stock, all three grains of "Dragon Tooth Rice."
"To thank you all, this humble Taoist will share these three grains of spiritual rice!"
The old Taoist said, smiling proudly.
Heh heh, you bumpkins, you've never seen this before, let me broaden your horizons today!
Spiritual rice!
A treasure!
More precious than spiritual pills and elixirs.
Heh heh, these "Eastern Barren Mountains" bumpkins would surely be wide-eyed and exclaim in wonder.
"Wow, is this the legendary Dragon Tooth Rice? How amazing!"
"Senior Jin Mo, you actually have the legendary Dragon Tooth Rice, you're incredible!"
"Our respect and admiration for Senior Jin Mo flow unendingly like the Yangtze River, and uncontainably like the Yellow River!"
...
The old Taoist fantasized wildly in his heart, letting out a lewd chuckle of "hehehe."
The entire place was silent.
The atmosphere was inexplicably eerily quiet.
Only the old Taoist's unpleasant laughter could be heard.
Kong Xiao Xian
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Her delicate and lively little face was flushed with embarrassment.
This was too humiliating!
She really wanted to find a hole to crawl into!
"Master, what are you doing?"
Kong Xiao Xian stomped her tender little feet and, in a coquettish tone, sent a "sound transmission" to Daoist Jin Mo.
Daoist Jin Mo was still immersed in his "beautiful fantasy," unable to extricate himself.
"Heh heh, my disciple Xiao Xian, you don't know, this Eastern Barren Mountains is poor in resources, they haven't seen many good things. It's normal for them to react a bit intensely upon seeing such a supreme spiritual item as Dragon Tooth Rice..."
Kong Xian Er
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Master, have you had too much to drink?
Where are they excited?
They're clearly very calm, very composed, and even looking at us with the eyes of someone who pities an idiot, okay?
At this moment, Daoist Jin Mo also snapped back to reality.
Eh, eh, eh, something's not right, their reaction is not right!
According to the normal script, shouldn't they be excited, ecstatic? Why are they all so calm?
They aren't even excited to see Dragon Tooth Rice. These "Eastern Barren Mountains" bumpkins have a slightly higher level of "pretending to be cool," don't they?
Daoist Jin Mo gritted his teeth and thought to himself.
It must be that these guys haven't seen good things and don't know the preciousness of "Dragon Tooth Rice."
Daoist Jin Mo cheered himself up in his heart. As long as he clearly explained the preciousness of "Dragon Tooth Rice," they would surely go crazy for it!
Yes, it must be like this!
Daoist Jin Mo cleared his throat and slowly began to speak.
"Everyone, do you know what this is? Dragon Tooth Rice..."
True Person Qing Feng and the others all nodded.
"We know, we know, we're too familiar with it!"
Daoist Jin Mo chuckled, "Since you don't know, let this humble Taoist tell you all about Dragon Tooth Rice... Eh, eh, eh, no..."
Daoist Jin Mo stopped mid-sentence and suddenly widened his eyes. He had come back to his senses.
"What did you say? You know Dragon Tooth Rice? How do you know Dragon Tooth Rice?"
Chong Xuan Zi stepped forward and pointed towards the cave, saying.
"Dragon Tooth Rice? There's plenty of it over there!"
Daoist Jin Mo glanced at the location of the cave and saw six towering trees growing there, their trunks like coiled dragons, their branches lush and verdant, emitting dense spiritual energy.
The trees were covered in clusters of "Dragon Tooth Rice."
At this time, the "Dragon Tooth Rice" had not yet matured, carrying a hint of astringency.
On this one tree alone, there were at least ten thousand grains of "Dragon Tooth Rice."
Six trees, a total of sixty thousand grains of "Dragon Tooth Rice!"
Daoist Jin Mo
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Mouth agape!
Struck by lightning!
His worldview shattered once again!
"Dragon Tooth Rice" could only grow up to three meters at most, right? What the hell were these six towering trees over thirty meters tall?
And, each "Dragon Tooth Rice" plant could only bear three fruits at most, so what the hell were these dense clusters of over ten thousand fruits?
Daoist Jin Mo felt his world view collapse. The scene before him was too fantastical, too unreal!
He couldn't believe it!
Deeply shocked, Daoist Jin Mo didn't know how long it took before he barely came back to his senses.
The old Taoist gave two dry laughs, still unwilling to admit defeat. He forcefully tried to save face by saying.
"Although there are many Dragon Tooth Rice here, spiritual rice values quality over quantity. With such a large quantity, the quality is likely questionable..."
Yes, that's right!
A towering tree bearing over ten thousand grains of "Dragon Tooth Rice" would surely be of poor quality.
Daoist Jin Mo could feel that although the "Dragon Tooth Rice" on the towering trees had not yet matured, its aura was very different from the "Dragon Tooth Rice" in his hand.
His "Dragon Tooth Rice" was meticulously cultivated by the Ji family, and its quality was top-notch!
Daoist Jin Mo continuously encouraged himself, constantly building his "psychological defenses," trying to piece back together his shattered worldview.
Unforeseenly, Chong Xuan Zi, who was beside him, stuffed a special grain of "Dragon Tooth Rice" into his hand.
"Senior Jin Mo, our kind of Dragon Tooth Rice is called Sage Dragon Tooth Rice!"
Sage Dragon Tooth Rice?
Holy crap!
What an arrogant name, it sounds fake just hearing it!
Daoist Jin Mo grumbled in his heart. He casually took the "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice," wanting to see just how inferior this "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice" was.
Then...
Wow!
Such a rich spiritual energy!
Wow!
The spiritual rice seems to contain the aura of a true dragon, it's too powerful!
Wow!
If you listen carefully, you can even hear the voices of "ancient sages" chanting scriptures and the Tao...
...
Daoist Jin Mo held the "Sage Dragon Tooth Rice" and let out a series of exclamations.
At this moment, his performance was more like that of the "Eastern Barren Mountains" bumpkin he had just described.
His unworldly demeanor was exceedingly cute and naive!
Some of the not-so-discreet Golden Core powerhouses around them covered their mouths and giggled.