To Mo Wuji's delight, after Chi Kun left, the youth actually took out one hundred and ninety-one various level five divine spirit herbs, including some scarce ones that were impossible to buy.

These included the Bright Jade Divine Flower, coveted by everyone in the God Continent, a priceless treasure. The Bright Jade Divine Flower was the main divine spirit herb for refining the Divine Jade Pill, a grade five divine pill that allowed World Gods to comprehend the God King realm, making its value immeasurable.

Mo Wuji didn't accept the Bright Jade Divine Flower, but after taking all the other divine spirit herbs, he said, "Thank you. I asked you to come in earlier to show that steward. Now, I, Mo Wuji, guarantee that as soon as I become a grade five Divine Pill King, the first pill I will refine is the Quiet God Pill."

"Thank you, thank you..." The young man was almost incoherent. His talent was poor, and his cultivation was low. He had lived under his sister's protection for many years, leading to an introverted personality and a lack of friends.

When his sister could still speak, she always told him not to reveal any treasures. Now that his sister was about to die, he didn't care about anything else. He was willing to pay any price to heal his sister.

Mo Wuji patted the young man on the shoulder and said, "If you don't mind, call me Pill Master Mo, or Senior Brother Mo. I still don't know what to call you and your sister."

The young man excitedly said, "Big Brother Mo, my sister is called Chi Bing, and I am called Chi Chuan."

To further improve his relationship with Mo Wuji, he neither called him Senior Brother nor Pill Master, but directly acknowledged Mo Wuji as his big brother.

"Take care of your sister. I need to go into seclusion to refine pills." Mo Wuji instructed Chi Chuan and gave some grade three and below divine pills to Shuaiguo. He then returned to the second floor to refine pills in seclusion.

What he lacked wasn't pill formulas, but divine spirit herbs. The pill formula jade slip of the Cyan-Clothed Divine Pill King even contained grade six divine pills. Now that he had divine spirit herbs, his top priority was to break through to grade five Divine Pill King.

...

The difference between a grade five divine pill and a grade four divine pill was more than just one grade. When Mo Wuji was refining grade four divine pills, he had enough divine spirit herbs.

The reason why a pill master who could refine grade five divine pills was called a Divine Pill King was not only because grade five divine spirit herbs were hard to obtain and grade five divine pills were difficult to refine, but also because those who needed grade five divine pills were mostly God King experts.

Restricted by the rules of heaven and earth, becoming a grade five Divine Pill King in the God Continent was basically the limit.

For three whole days, Mo Wuji consumed one hundred and thirty grade five divine spirit herbs and hundreds of various grade four and grade three divine spirit herbs, but he didn't refine a single grade five divine pill.

Each time, just as the pill was about to be formed, the Dao rhythm suddenly collapsed, and the pill aura disappeared.

Even though Mo Wuji was extremely careful with each pill furnace, and he found various reasons after each pill furnace failed, he still didn't refine a single grade five divine pill.

After consuming two-thirds of the grade five divine spirit herbs, Mo Wuji didn't continue refining pills.

First, he didn't have many grade five divine spirit herbs left. Second, he felt that the main reason he couldn't refine grade five divine pills, besides the relationship with his cultivation, was that his flames were too low. His Cyan Cloth Heart was currently at the peak of Immortal Flame and hadn't advanced to Divine Flame.

When Mo Wuji opened the restriction, the person from the Lingxiao Divine Sect who was picking him up had already arrived.

This time, it wasn't Chi Kun, but a cultivator in the mid-stage of the Divine Lord realm, named Zhong Jing, who didn't talk much. Although his cultivation was far superior to Mo Wuji's, he was still relatively polite to Mo Wuji.

After Mo Wuji instructed Shuaiguo and Chi Chuan, he followed Zhong Jing out of Lingxiao City and headed to the Lingxiao Divine Sect.

Lingxiao City was a cultivation city on the edge of the Lingxiao Divine Sect. In less than an hour, Zhong Jing led Mo Wuji into the Lingxiao Divine Sect.

Mo Wuji originally wanted to ask Zhong Jing where he could find treasures that could advance his Immortal Flame, but seeing Zhong Jing's dull appearance, he guessed that asking would be useless.

Perhaps because Mo Wuji wasn't a disciple of the Lingxiao Divine Sect, the place where he lectured was within the Lingxiao Divine Sect, but it was the outermost great hall. This great hall was generally used to teach outer sect disciples cultivation methods, but now it was temporarily used by Mo Wuji to lecture.

Mo Wuji came out of seclusion a little late. When he followed Zhong Jing to the lecture hall, the hall was already full of cultivators.

Mo Wuji casually glanced over. There were at least one hundred people. It seemed that the Lingxiao Divine Sect was also casting a wide net, and in the end, whoever learned well would be allowed to participate in the assessment.

Looking at these one hundred plus people, each of them was surrounded by spiritual rhyme. Although they were all in the God Nurturing realm, these people's talents were obviously top-notch. From these people's cultivation, Mo Wuji could also see that the lowest cultivation here was the seventh level of the God Nurturing realm. The vast majority of the disciples' cultivation was basically at the eighth or ninth level of the God Nurturing realm, or even the half-step Heavenly God realm.

Mo Wuji was only at the fifth level of the God Nurturing realm, and the spiritual rhyme around him was not obvious. He looked like a cultivator with extremely poor talent. But as soon as he entered the hall, most of the disciples in the hall gave Mo Wuji a cupped fist salute to show respect.

Mo Wuji knew that his cultivation was the lowest here. He also cupped his fists and said, "As the saying goes, among three people walking together, there must be one who can be my teacher. If we talk about cultivation, everyone is higher than me. If we talk about planting Green Dew Rice, then I am stronger than everyone. When discussing how to plant good Green Dew Rice, I would like to ask everyone to talk about their understanding of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

The listening disciples were so quiet that they didn't even breathe. Mo Wuji knew that this wasn't respect for him, nor was it respect for the knowledge he was imparting on planting Green Dew Rice. In other words, if the Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment didn't require assessing the planting of Green Dew Rice, no one would pay attention to him standing here.

However, Mo Wuji didn't think that his ability to plant Green Dew Rice was worthless. Just based on the method he created of grafting with Five-Leaf Grass, it wasn't something that ordinary people could think of.

Five-Leaf Grass could allow Green Dew Rice to grow five ears of rice, and the yield would be several times higher. Moreover, Mo Wuji believed that the reason why Green Dew Rice could be balanced in the five elements was because he used Five-Leaf Grass for grafting.

More importantly, Mo Wuji vaguely felt a kind of Great Dao in the planting of Green Dew Rice. Although he hadn't completely comprehended this Great Dao yet, he believed that he would eventually comprehend it one day. Therefore, he would definitely not impart all of his skills in planting Green Dew Rice to more than one hundred people at once.

Just as Mo Wuji was thinking about how to phrase it, and that he could only teach twenty people at most, a disciple stood up. He cupped his fists at Mo Wuji and said, "Pill Master Mo, this disciple is Chang Haoji, a true disciple of Ao Yifeng, and would like to make a suggestion. Please allow Pill Master Mo."

Although the words revealed respect, Mo Wuji heard the greatest disrespect. In the God Continent, there was no such thing as a Rice Master, only a rice grower. Ordinary disciples would generally address their teaching master with "Master" after their surname. The normal address for Chang Haoji should be Master Mo, not Rice Master Mo.

Chang Haoji called him Rice Master Mo to show respect on the surface, but in reality, he looked down on rice growers. He came here to learn rice planting entirely to cope with the Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment.

"Master Mo, this person is a genius junior of the Chang family in Lingxiao City. The status of the Chang family is similar to that of the Ao family in Lingxiao City..." A sudden voice transmission fell into Mo Wuji's ears. Although the voice transmission was very erratic, Mo Wuji still saw that the transmitter was a short young man, also with the strength of the ninth level of the God Nurturing realm.

Mo Wuji understood why the other party was transmitting his voice to him. He was worried that he would offend Chang Haoji and be unable to survive in Lingxiao City.

"Speak," Mo Wuji said expressionlessly. This voice transmission made him more cautious. He must ask later if there were any members of the Ao family. If there were, he would definitely kick them out.

"Rice Master Mo, we are here to learn how to plant Green Dew Rice for the upcoming Nirvana Learning Academy assessment. Rice Master Mo also knows that the Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment not only requires planting Green Dew Rice, but also arrays, talismans, pills, tools..." Chang Haoji spoke very quickly, almost stating his views in one breath.

Mo Wuji directly interrupted Chang Haoji and asked indifferently, "So?"

Chang Haoji obviously felt that Mo Wuji was a little displeased. He simply said, "My idea is, why doesn't Rice Master Mo directly explain all the methods of planting Green Dew Rice in half a day, and then we can ask Rice Master Mo separately if we don't understand anything? This will save a lot of time to learn the other arts. After all, planting Green Dew Rice doesn't involve various rules and is the simplest."

Chang Haoji's meaning was very clear. Planting rice was something that mortals could do. How could it compare to pills, tools, talismans, and arrays?

Mo Wuji nodded and said amiably, "This suggestion is good. It can save your time. As for my time, there is no need to care. Are there any others who have the same opinion as Chang Haoji? If so, please stand up and let me get to know you."

As soon as Mo Wuji finished speaking, at least forty or fifty people stood up. Obviously, these people all thought that Chang Haoji was right. Planting rice was something that mortals could do, and there was no need to waste too much time.

"Then, are there any people who think that this view is wrong, and instead think that planting Green Dew Rice is related to the rules of heaven and earth? If so, please also stand up," Mo Wuji said again.

More than thirty people stood up again.

Mo Wuji nodded again, "Then, what are the views of the other fellow daoists who didn't stand up?"

"We are here to learn about Green Dew Rice, so before learning, we don't know whether the planting of Green Dew Rice is related to the rules," a female cultivator replied.

"Very good. Then I will tell everyone now that my Green Dew Rice planting is really related to the rules. So, please leave here those disciples who think that it is not related to the rules, and please also leave here those disciples who did not stand up. You are not suitable to become my disciples," Mo Wuji said calmly.

"What do you mean by this?" Chang Haoji's face turned cold.

Following that, a female cultivator at the ninth level of the God Nurturing realm who hadn't stood up also said calmly, "Master Mo, my name is Di Jie. We are here to learn, and before you teach us, we naturally don't know whether the planting of Green Dew Rice is related to the rules. I don't know why Master Mo wants us to leave?"

Those who could sit here were all geniuses of the sect. Which one didn't have a background? They were giving Mo Wuji face, but that didn't mean they could be called upon and dismissed at Mo Wuji's whim.

(The second update is here, asking for monthly ticket support.)