Fu Boren's face was cold, and the temperature in the air seemed to drop a few degrees, but he didn't speak immediately!
The Spirit Plant Garden had so many spirit plants, yet someone managed to intercept them. This was something he never expected.
Taking a deep breath, he glanced at the other peak leaders. His gaze lingered slightly when he saw the elders of Heavenly Unique and Heavenly Melody Peaks.
In his view, if anyone had such capability, it would most likely be those two peaks.
However, the situation had already occurred, and looking for trouble was definitely not an option.
After pondering for a moment, he finally took the Purple Thunder Sword and spoke calmly, "Alright, it's normal for unexpected things to happen in such matters. It's not your fault! You've worked hard to gather so many spirit materials."
"The sect competition in ten years will not only have various heavenly treasures but also Foundation Establishment Pills. At that time, you'll need to lead your fellow brothers and work hard!"
"Rest assured, Master! By then, I will give it my all!" Ye Liangchuan, relieved, vowed with determination.
Fu Boren nodded, signaling the disciples behind him to continue.
Heavenly Splendor Peak had the most people, over a thousand went, and more than five hundred returned. It took nearly an hour to complete the tally.
Over five hundred disciples managed to find more than forty thousand second-level spirit materials. On average, each person had nearly a hundred.
Although there was an unexpected incident at the Spirit Plant Garden, Fu Boren was still very satisfied with this result.
As long as he could obtain that Hundred-Year Cold Jade, he was confident in achieving the Golden Elixir stage. It would somewhat make up for the losses!
Turning to Lu Mingshi, he laughed, "Senior Brother Lu, according to our previous agreement, your Luofu Peak needs to gather at least four thousand spirit materials to win."
"So, can you do it?"
As he spoke, everyone turned to look in the direction of Luofu Peak.
This amount made the leaders of each peak envious! Such a large number of spirit materials was definitely a bountiful harvest!
But this also meant that Luofu Peak's chances of winning were even slimmer!
Everyone from Luofu Peak instinctively held their breath, not daring to make a sound. They were afraid that making a noise at this moment would upset the Peak Lord.
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Lu Mingshi, even more so, had a face as dark as coal, unsure of how to respond.
The harvest from Heavenly Splendor Peak far exceeded his expectations.
Three thousand spirit materials? With the few guys behind him, what a joke?
Gathering three hundred would already be considered good!
The only one who didn't react was Su Shi'er, who was quietly putting everything he could into his storage ring.
It didn't matter if he couldn't do it, but if he could, everything he saved would be his own. This part wouldn't need to be handed over to the sect!
"Senior Brother, why aren't you speaking? Are you planning to admit defeat directly? But since things have come to this point, shouldn't you tally up and let us all see what Luofu Peak has gained!"
"Otherwise, people might say Luofu Peak can't afford to lose!" Seeing Lu Mingshi not responding, Fu Boren smiled even more happily.
He and Lu Mingshi were old rivals, and he would never miss a chance to see the other embarrassed.
"Hmph! You old scoundrel, what's there to be smug about!"
Lu Mingshi kept a stern face, glaring fiercely at Fu Boren, then turned to look at his people.
"Alright, everyone, take out the materials you've collected. Winning or losing doesn't matter, let's show everyone so no one says we can't afford to lose."
After Lu Mingshi finished speaking, his gaze fell on Han Yu.
Han Yu raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the people from Heavenly Splendor Peak, showing some discontent.
With a wave of his hand, a pile of spirit materials appeared before everyone's eyes like a small mountain.
"One thousand two hundred and three spirit plants?! Not bad, well done. In terms of individual performance, you're already the best among the seven peaks!"
Seeing this, Lu Mingshi reluctantly perked up and patted Han Yu's shoulder in encouragement.
Such a performance also made everyone take a few more glances.
But everyone knew that each peak had its trump cards in this trial, and having one or two such disciples was not surprising.
After Han Yu stepped down, Xiao Yue also took out her harvest.
Much less than Han Yu, only over six hundred second-level spirit materials.
The remaining servant disciples were even worse, each reluctantly taking out their own harvest.
The most anyone found was thirty. The least was a disciple at the third level of Qi Refining, who had teamed up with Zhu Hanwei at the beginning, and found no spirit materials at all, even losing his storage bag.
This infuriated Lu Mingshi, making him blow his beard and glare, wishing he could slap the guy to death.
When it was Zhu Hanwei's turn, he quickly took out ten spirit materials, earning a nod from Lu Mingshi.
After all, a disciple without even a spirit root finding so many spirit materials was already surprising.
Soon, only Su Shi'er was left from Luofu Peak.
"Senior Brother, there's only a kid at the third level of Qi Refining left, is there any need to tally?" Before Su Shi'er could take anything out, Fu Boren suddenly spoke up again.
"This is Luofu Peak's business, none of your concern," Lu Mingshi retorted irritably.
"I'm not meddling, but the spirit materials you've collected so far are less than two thousand, such a big gap. What... are you expecting this kid to help you turn the tables? Better not waste time, just give me the Hundred-Year Cold Jade!"
Fu Boren smiled at Lu Mingshi, urging him.
No one was surprised by this result.
Everyone turned their gaze to Fu Boren, and a few elders couldn't help but show envious looks.
That was the Hundred-Year Cold Jade!
Though not as valuable as a Low Grade Spiritual Artifact, it was still a very rare third-level spirit material, hard to come by.
Fu Boren was also one of the rare dual spirit roots of water and fire. As long as he refined this Hundred-Year Cold Jade, breaking through to the Golden Elixir stage was just around the corner.
"Hmph! You old scoundrel, in such a hurry to reincarnate! Even if you want the item, wait until Luofu Peak finishes tallying!" Lu Mingshi's mouth twitched as he spoke irritably.
Knowing he was going to lose, he still wanted to delay, not letting Fu Boren have his way.
"Fine, as you wish!" Fu Boren said with a smile, confident in his victory, not getting angry.
Lu Mingshi's gaze fell on Su Shi'er, his expression not pleasant, and he spoke indifferently, "Kid, take out all your harvest!"
Su Shi'er stepped forward. At this moment, everyone's attention was on Lu Mingshi, and no one noticed this small character.
Lu Mingshi even shifted his gaze elsewhere, only wanting to delay time and make Fu Boren's victory less satisfying.
Su Shi'er didn't mind, taking out the storage bags he had prepared.
Over twenty storage bags, he injected True Essence into each, taking out the materials inside. The storage ring's space was limited, and it also contained the corpse of a second-level demonic beast. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken out so many spirit materials.
A large number of spirit materials fell to the ground, quickly piling up into a colorful small mountain.
Hundred-year ginseng, hundred-year astragalus, hundred-year lingzhi... each with no less than a hundred.
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