Chapter 462 - The Two Tasks (1/2)

Alex was handed many empty storage bags at once by the elders.

”Sect Leader told us you would need these too,” one of the elders said.

Alex took the bags and nodded. ”I will need these for sure,” Alex said.  ”Alright, then. I will get on with the work.”

He walked into the Alchemy garden on the side of the inner sect mountain and immediately started picking up all the ingredients that were ready.

That was the only thing he needed to do now. One after another, he picked up every ingredient he could see. Whether they were roots, leaves, fruits, flowers, branch, stem, or any part of a plant that could be used in alchemy, Alex picked it.

The elders kept watching on the outside, while he worked tirelessly on the other side. It took him about an hour and a half to pick up every single ingredient in here and make sure that there were none here that could be harmed needlessly from what he was going to do.

Once he saw that there wasn't anything left, he was finally ready. He walked up to the top of the mountain at the very peak and looked around him. He looked at the sect valley in front of him down below.

He saw the sect leader's mountain on the left and the inner sect disciple's mountain on the right side.

He then slowly turned around and saw nothing but jungle for a long distance until it ended and there were no trees behind there.

'So the desert goes on for quite a long time, huh?' Alex thought. He stopped looking around and checked for a suitable spot.

'Hm, maybe master knows which spot would be better. It might be better to call her,' he thought. So, he took out his talisman and sent a message to her.

He tried to look around and figure out in the meantime, no matter what he did, he couldn't find out at all which would be a good location.

After 10 minutes, Ma Rong came to the top of the mountain, next to Alex.

”You picked up all of the ingredients already?” she asked.

”Yes, master,”  Alex said. ”I need your help a little right now.”

”Regarding?” Ma Rong asked.

”I wanted to know if you have any idea which spot would be better. I think we can put it in any place, but maybe you know more,” Alex said.

Ma Rong kept quiet and looked around to search for a spot. ”I don't see anything special around this place, so we might have to go with anything we want,” Ma Rong said.

”If… if there is no special spot, then we should make one,” Alex said.

”How will you do that?” Ma Rong asked curiously.

”With this,” Alex said as he brought out something from his storage.

Ma Rong saw her disciple pull out a wooden box and slowly open it up. Inside it was a small flower that had 5 petals, all of which were bluish-black in color.

The center of the flower was a little white, but that was the only light color in the entire flower. The moment the flower showed up, Ma Rong felt the familiar aura that was about the same as her, but far more stable and reserved.

Her mind started churning out information until she was left with a single answer that widened her eyes in surprise.

”An Umbra Lotus. Those are incredibly rare. Where did you get one?” Ma Rong asked.

”This was one of the items auctioned off in the Pink Cloud Auction house during the break day in the competition,” Alex said.

”You bought this? This should've been quite expensive,” Ma Rong said.

”Oh no. I tried to buy this, but I couldn't. Zexi kept on outbidding me. But… in the end, it still came back to me,” Alex said.

”I see. So, what do you think we should do? Wrap using the flower?” Ma Rong asked.

”Yeah, I think so,” Alex said.

”Very well, let's try,” Ma Rong said as he reached into her storage bag. There she brought out a small wooden box as well, and slowly opened it.

Alex could see a pill on the inside of the box. Only, it was not a pill. 'Finally, after so many months of waiting,' he thought.