Chapter 922: Leaves as Rewards
With the arrival of the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor at the Pill tower, the whole place had undergone collective changes. Once they had entered the Pill Tower, the Hanging Herb, Evergreen Garden’s lord, Shi Chuan was waiting for their arrival. Behind him were cultivators who focused on plant control who had gathered carrying boxes full of herbs. The moment they spotted the Moon Goddess they all fell on their knees.
{These servants greet the Princess!}
With Lord Shi Chuan on the lead, his subordinates had followed him and kneel on the ground. The Moon Goddess prevented them from actually kneeling when she realized that even the human cultivators behind Shi Chuan actually possessed hints of elven bloodline. But it was so thin that none of the elven features appeared on them.
Lord Shi Chuan presented a space ring and said, "Princess, what you requested are all in this ring. Please accept!"
The Moon Goddess said, "No need to kneel."
Checking through the herbs they had brought, it was even more than she expected. It was all high grade and was prepared fresh. Even a potion that retains its effects was sprayed to keep the herb’s potent sealed within. She is completely satisfied.
Yue Xuexia knows that for elves the most important things for them aren’t pills, even a quarter elf human can leave more that a hundred years paired with their cultivations they live longer than human cultivators. Moreover the fact that the lord of the Evergreen Garden is a half elf wasn’t a secret. It’s that they rarely come out as the elven race is considered a rarity even in the Immortal World.
The Moon Goddess said, "Good work." She waves her hand and takes the space ring from Shi Chuan.
Then she waved her hands for the second time. A few leaves floated in the air. One golden and a dozen silver leaves. Those who don’t recognize it would think it’s an ordinary leaf but for Lord Shi Chuan and his subordinates the moment these leaves appeared their eyes almost popped out of their eyes. With a wave of the Moon Goddess’s hand the silver leaves flew in front of the subordinates of Lord Shi Chuan while in front of Lord Shi Chuan himself was the only golden leaf among the batch.
"This is your reward. Use it well." Yue Xuexia said.
Lord Shi Chuan and his subordinates who received the leaves all carefully took the leaves and hid it like it’s the most precious thing in their lives. There were even tears strolling for their eyes as they almost kowtow before the Moon Goddess.
Frowning for a moment as Yue Xuexia had a bad feeling these elves’ plans to kneel again had to threaten them.
"If you kneel again, I am confiscating your rewards!"
Lord Shi Chuan and his people froze for a moment and can only lower their head and back into a 90 degree one.
"Thank you for such a precious reward, princess!"
"Alright. Go back. I will summon you if I need something else. Return to the Garden," the Goddess of the Moon said.
Lord Shi Chuan nodded his head and took away his people and left the Pill Tower in a hurry. They wanted to return to the Evergreen Garden as soon as possible and entered seclusion. After all, the gift reward their princess had given was enough for them to awaken their elven bloodline. The silver leaves were the leaves from the World Tree sapling from the former mortal world Yue Xuexia came from. While the golden leaf was made from her Elven bloodline after she had awakened it. It possessed the bloodline of the First World Tree, Anastasia, which is also her great grandmother.
For a half-elf like Lord Shi Chuan, this golden leaf will help him fully awaken as a real elf and remove his human bloodline. Though he will not awaken as a full Ancient Elf, he will still have a bit of that bloodline as a real elf. To become a real elf was Lord Shi Chuan’s dream and the Moon Goddess had given him the opportunity for it. As for the silver leaves from a sapling World Tree, though it cannot be compared to the golden leaf in Lord Shi Chuan’s possession, for quarter elves mixed like them, this silver leaf was an opportunity. With it they can at least because they are half-elf like their master, Lord Shi Chuan.
Plus, the golden leaf is too potent for them, if they had used it instead, they would explode on the spot from the rejection of the Ancient Elf Bloodline. At least their master had that bloodline and this golden leaf will help him awaken it fully.
After the people from the Hanging Herb Garden had left, the people from the Pill Tower were all bewildered. In their eyes, those are just leaves. They couldn’t understand why Lord Shi Chuan and his people would be delighted to receive it as payment for those high grade herbs from the Evergreen Garden.
The Immortal Sun Emperor glance at the Pill Tower Master and the two Grand Elders behind them and said,
"What are you still looking for? Carry the herbs in. That is something you would use for today’s lesson," said Shen Jueyang before walking together with Yue Xuexia who was heading to the elevator.
Pill Master Han Siyu, Grand Elder Li Houye and Grand Elder Su Kan were stunned at first and finally woke up when they saw that the Divine Doctress was about to take her leave. They immediately commanded the disciples waiting inside the building to carry the boxes of herbs.
"Disciples, come and carry the boxes and bring them to the Alchemy Hall," Pill Tower Master Han Siyu commanded.
The remaining four disciples include Senior Brother Lin Qiye and Murong Yan. Following the command of the elders, they can only carry the baskets with them and chase after the elders who followed after the Pill Tower Master and two Grand Elders. On their way, they noticed that the elders were talking to one another because of those leaves that were given by the divine doctress to Lord Shi Chuan from the Evergreen garden.
"Hey! What do you think those leaves the Divine Doctress gave to Lord Shi Chuan and his subordinates?"
"Their eyes glowed and even cried when they received it."
"Those people never made changes to the limit of herbs they can provide even when we promise to give them pills and Spirit Stones."
"That is definitely not an ordinary leaf."
"But what can a leaf even do?"
"That... I don’t know, maybe only Lord Shi Chuan and his people know the answer."
Listening to the murmuring of the ordinary elders behind them, Grand Elder Su Kan couldn’t help but whisper to his two sworn brothers after staring at the pair who was walking ahead of them.
"Lao Li, Lao Han, what do you think?" Grand Elder Su Kan asked.
The two glance at him as if asking him what is wrong with him.
Pill Tower Master Han Siyu asked, "Think about what?"
"Are you talking about those leaves that Lord Shi Chuan treated as treasure?" Grand Elder Li Houye said.
Grand Elder Su Kan nods his head, "What do you think? Is that leaf important? Is there something special about it?"
"Except for a powerful bloodline and Element of nature, I noticed nothing else," Pill Tower Master Han Siyu said.
Grand Elder Li Houye thought for a moment and analyzed. "Lord Shi Chuan is a half elf. Even if he looks younger than us three, in reality he is three times older than us. Elves don’t have desires for material things like golds, pills or spirit stones. They only love nature. It’s already surprising that Lord Shi Chuan is willing to sell his herbs in exchange for seeds."
"For him to cry over the leaves, I can only think of one thing. But such things had been extinct and had been destroyed by the Immortal Star Emperor. It is impossible that it still exists in this era."
"Are you talking about that thing? Those things were burned down to their very roots. There is no way even a sapling survives."
Pill Tower Master Han Siyu immediately knew what Grand Elder Li Houye was talking about. On the other hand, Grand Elder Su Kan was still out of loop. Using his brain isn’t something he is used to doing. He could only scratch his head and then asked his sworn brothers to explain it to me in simple terms.
Grand Elder Su Kan asked, "Brothers, what the hell are you guys talking about?"
Pill Tower Master Han Siyu and Grand Elder Li Houye both looked at him at the same time. Meeting his confused and innocent gaze, they knew that he didn’t understand anything about their conversation even though he was listening to all the details himself.
Sigh~
"Lao Su, there is only one thing in this world that is considered treasure by the Elven race. I’m sure you know about it too," Pill Tower Master Han Siyu said.
Grand Elder Li Houye added, "The biggest tree in existence and the one that was burned down to ashes by the Immortal Star Emperor hundred years ago."
"You are not talking about the World Tree aren’t you!?" Grand Elder Su Kan exclaimed.