Chapter 699: Dilemma Of The Two Disciples (1/2)
Hearing what the two disciples said, Lin Mu perked his ears.
”Who can we look for that senior brother? I don't think we know any formation master of that level.” The junior brother asked.
”Hmm… our options are indeed limited. Plus, with the time limit we have, I don't know if we will be able to find one in time either.” The senior brother said.
”But I don't want to fail the very first task Master gave me. If I fail this, who knows how many decades will pass before he will allow me to leave the sect.” The junior brother said, feeling a bit unwilling.
”Master will understand. This was supposed to be a relatively easy task, but the current situation has made it complex. The thousand year old Hong Lin wood has suddenly become high in demand in the past year or so.
Even the empire and several sects asked for it, if I remember correctly.” The senior brother replied.
”No senior, I at least want to try till we can't. Going back like this is not something I want to be remembered as by the master.” The junior brother said, his tone firm.
The senior brother looked at his junior brother's face and sighed to himself.
~Sigh~
”Fine… we shall try.” The senior brother replied.
”YES! I have faith that we will be able to find a way.” The Junior brother said.
The senior brother sank into deep thought while the junior brother kept his silence so as to not disturb. Lin Mu on the other hand, was intrigued to learn the fact that it wasn't just him and Jing Luo that were looking for the thousand year old Hong Lin trees.
'This thing seems to be in a far higher demand than I thought… but why?' Lin Mu wondered.
Jing Luo wanted the resin of the Hong Lin trees and to get the resin they would need the trees, which also meant that there would be the wood to accompany it. While Jing Luo himself didn't have any particular need for the wood, the resin could only be obtained from a live tree.
To verify this, Lin Mu decided to contact Jing Luo using the communication jade slip.
”I just learned that we aren't the only ones looking for thousand year old Hong Lin trees. In addition to these disciples, apparently the empire and several sects also bought the thousand year old Hong Lin tree wood.” Lin Mu said.
”Oh? That's rather strange. Even though the Hong Lin tree wood is useful for spirit weapons and tools, they aren't something that can't be substituted for other materials. I can't tell why this is suddenly so much in demand that even the empire and other sects want it.” Jing Luo replied.
”Perhaps if we know exactly which sects bought it, we might get a better idea of it.” Lin Mu stated.
”Guess we will need to talk to these two in the end.” Jing Luo spoke.