Ingenious?

"Let's see based on my memories this is probably the right path, I only need to continue following this map and I'll arrive there before noon. Good thing that my predecessor is gathering Qi strands in his dantian so I can break through and I won't easily get tired with my body's vigor being stronger so I can probably run faster without getting tired easily" Li Wei said while quickening his pace so suddenly.

He also observed his surroundings, he has been running for an hour and he has already entered the woods and he has passed by some mountains on his way. He has also strap his sword and its sheath in his left so that he can pull it easily if a beast suddenly attacks him.

"I can already see the mountain that contains those spirit grass after all I clearly remember how the mountain looks like since I've gone in there for many times already" Li Wei smiled since he knew he just needs to find those spirit grass and he'll be able to solve some of his problems. He also slowed down his pace now that he needs to observe more of his surroundings.

"I'll be lucky if I can find just a single stalk of it, that's enough until the sect examination is however that is still inefficient. I need to find more of it to make my life easier" Li Wei said while focusing on his surroundings.

The tree in this cultivation world is so tall and big. Well, most of the things that you can observe in cultivation worlds are always enlarged and also, there are a variety of wildlife species. The most difficult part is finding the spirit grass is on differentiating it from normal grass.

Every living thing has a qi in it even if it is just a small amount. Being able to differentiate these ingredients and sometimes treasures is an appraiser's job. However, everyone can actually appraise a treasure or herbs. It's just that you need a wide knowledge.

"A spirit grass is sharp-pointed and is always in a V shape, just like how a normal grass looks like. However, the point of the spirit grass is sharp, just like a dagger. So what differentiates a spirit grass from normal grass is that because of the condensation of qi into it the point of the spirit grass became so sharp that it can cut some soft things if they came into contact with the point of the spirit grass." Li Wei suddenly smiled since for him differentiating it is easy, even though he didn't have the skill to appraise these herbs he still has an ingenious way of knowing which is a spirit grass.

Li Wei suddenly takes out a very soft clothe that he has in his storage ring and he deliberately sticks it to the point of the grasses however it still haven't cut through the clothe so he continued doing it for a long amount of time until it is already afternoon and it will be night in two hours.

"I managed to find six spirit grass and that is enough, for now, it is better if I go back and sell it to the alchemists however selling six spirit grass is going to brought me trouble," Li Wei said. Selling one stalk of spirit grass is already enough for some people to be jealous about it however selling six stalks is too much.

One stalk of spirit grass can be used to create many pills along with other ingredients so selling six of it will guarantee a great sum of money. However, if Li Wei sold all of them at once some people will probably think that Li Wei found a good spot to find those spirit grass.

However, the place that Li Wei searches the spirit grass is actually not the best place where the herb grows. The quantity and quality of Qi in here is not good so it is not always certain that there will be spirit grass and that is also the reason why there are no beasts in here since these beasts will find good places where the qi is good for there cultivation.

Danger also comes from harvesting these herbs since most of the time beasts are guarding these herbs since it will be helpful for their cultivation. What drives these beasts to cultivate is their instincts. Only beasts at a high level can be a spirit beast and at that time they will be terrifying since they will have their spiritual wisdom that comes from their bloodline.

Imagine a weak bird having spiritual wisdom suddenly and then only for it to know that it comes from the bloodline of the phoenix, it will wreck havoc in this world for sure.

"It will be night soon so it is better if I go back now since beasts at night is more dangerous than at day however I still need to rest and it will be better if I eat my food now since I haven't eaten it earlier" Li Wei reminded his self and he sat down in big rock that he found. He also relaxes his body and his mind since finding these spirit grass is arduous with the status of his body's strength.

After some time Li Wei stood up and stretch his body, ready to run in his fastest pace since it will be better if he can go back earlier. After finishing his stretching he runs at a pace that will make sure that he will arrive in the town in a short period of time.

The sun is about to set when Li Wei arrives in the town and the first thing he did is visit the alchemist association. Every place that has a huge gathering of people and cultivators will have it.

Most of the time the alchemist association is being run by the sect disciples of the sect that owns the territory. Even though this is Qing Dynasty's territory however that is only in name since the sect can pretty much disobey the royalty if they want.

Even if the Qing Dynasty is strong, it will still suffer some losses if it fought the sects in their land. That still doesn't mean that the sects can just do whatever they want to the Qing Dynasty, so the thing that the sects do is to take over the territory that isn't being directly controlled by the Qing Dynasty.

So those places that the sect have taken over is just a territory of the Qing Dynasty in name and they have no real power over it.

Anyways after entering the alchemist association Li Wei can smell the various scent of herbs that are being concocted. The smell is pretty good and it gives Li Wei a nostalgic feeling when he entered the alchemist association the first time in the game.

Li Wei can already hear people talking about their own business when he suddenly heard a piece of interesting information.

"Did you know that the trash Xiao Jing of the Xiao clan is going to become the disciple of an elder in the Valley of Delights?"

"Yeah, I heard of it! To think that a guy with a broken spirit root can still be chosen to be a direct disciple of an elder of a sect something must be wrong with that elder"

"Right, the elder probably thought that he has some kind of a heaven-defying talent since he managed to concoct a basic pill"

"The elder must be blind so it's no wonder that he got taken in"

"That must be it because if he can be a direct disciple of an elder with his damaged spirit root then all of us can be the sect master here"

Li Wei heard them talking loudly and laughing. They look drunk and it can be seen that there intention here is not good and that they will only bring trouble.

Although they are disrespecting a sect elder of the Valley of Delights no one stood up since they are known for being the local bully her, they are the henchmen of the Fire Dragon Gang.

The disciples of the Valley of Delight can't do anything about it since they are outnumbered and this is a rural area. They are not even the outer disciple of the sect so they can't fight them since they are just workers of the sect and they need to do various tasks just to be an outer disciple to learn martial arts. The sect branded them as people that have the lowest talent but can still be useful.

The disciples also know that they are just provoking them with some nonsense. Even though they still can't believe that their elder accepted trash however they still didn't dare to slander the sect elder since they know what the elder is capable of.

The disciples of the Valley of Delights just thought of them as a bunch of lizards with that thinking. The real Fire Dragon will probably be ashamed if it knows that he is the symbol of the organization of these bunch of retards.

"What an idiot" Li Wei muttered to himself while smirking. He knows Xiao Wei, people think of her as a boy since not many have seen her, and the fact that the family of her fiancé canceled their agreement that they made back then is enough to make people think that she is a boy.

Many people think she is a boy since canceling a marriage agreement happens most of the time in this cultivation world however, if the girl is trash the agreement is still going to take place most of the time as long as she is a beauty, It's just that the girl will just be a bearer of his child but he can still take a concubine. This is a very rare situation that have fooled many people to believe that she is a boy.