Chapter 101: The Delicate Tulip
After truly beginning his training, Su Mo finally experienced the joy of possessing a top-tier cultivation talent.
It was incomparable to ordinary talent. Even without using his new self-created training method, Su Mo felt that he could advance by four or five levels within a year. Such speed was a privilege only those with the highest cultivation talent could achieve.
For example, in the original story, Xiao Wu advanced from level 29 to level 40 in just two years, without consuming any immortal herbs. Tang San would likely have achieved similar progress had he not used the immortal herbs.
On top of this, Su Mo possessed his self-created training method. After finishing meditation-based cultivation, he could continue training using this method.
With his current physical strength, Su Mo's speed using his new training technique wasn't much slower than traditional meditation.
After all, while Su Mo was only a Soul Elder, his physical strength was already at the level of a Soul King, giving him a natural edge in cultivation speed.
"If I work hard, I have a chance to reach level 40 and become a Soul Ancestor within a year!"
Su Mo felt a surge of excitement in his heart.
"Rongrong, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect's martial spirit has always been limited to level 79, right? Can't your Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda evolve, just like my martial spirit?"
After proving his impressive cultivation talent to Ning Rongrong, Su Mo inquired about the possibility of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda's evolution.
"Hmm… because of flaws in our martial spirit, the highest we can reach is level 79 Soul Sage. This has always been the regret of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect."
"For many years, we've been searching for a breakthrough, but we've never found one!"
Ning Rongrong paused and continued, "However, long ago, one of our ancestors found a treasure that allowed the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to evolve! It transformed into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda!"
Hearing this, Su Mo's interest piqued. "Do you know what kind of treasure it was?"
"If you do, I'll do my best to find it for you someday!"
"It's not that simple. The Seven Treasures Glazed Sect has been searching for it for years, but we've never found anything like it!"
"My father told me what it looked like, but I… I forgot. Oh, wait! I think it's some kind of plant!"
Ning Rongrong's tone brightened slightly as she recalled the records. However, she quickly grew disinterested again, not believing that something her sect had failed to find for so long could possibly appear now. Moreover, since she hadn't yet reached her cultivation bottleneck, she hadn't paid much attention to it.
"Silly girl, how can you be so careless about something that could help evolve your martial spirit?"
"Next time you go home, make sure to ask your father clearly. Who knows? Maybe you'll be lucky enough to find it one day!"
"But before that, you need to know exactly what this treasure looks like!"
Su Mo said calmly, though excitement surged within him. If it really was a plant, then there was a high chance it was one of the immortal herbs. However, he maintained a composed demeanor as he spoke to Ning Rongrong.
It seemed the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect indeed had a record of this immortal herb.
It wasn't surprising. Since the sect's ancestors had once evolved the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, it would only be natural for them to leave clues behind.
Now, all Su Mo needed was for Ning Rongrong to find out exactly what the treasure looked like.
"Alright, I'll ask my father about it when I go home in a few days!"
Ning Rongrong nodded, beginning to take the matter more seriously.
If Su Mo could find a miraculous plant to enhance his own cultivation talent, then the legend of her ancestor evolving the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda must be true!
The very next day, Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect.
The sect was close to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, so Ning Rongrong often visited home during her time there. With Elder Yan secretly protecting her, Su Mo saw no need to accompany her.
After all, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect was Ning Rongrong's home, not Su Mo's. Naturally, he wouldn't visit without a reason.
"Su Mo, look! This is the treasure recorded in our sect's archives. Just like the plant you absorbed, it's also a plant—but while yours was a grass, what I need is a flower, one that looks a bit like a tulip!"
When Ning Rongrong returned, she brought back a treasured diagram from the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect depicting the treasure that could upgrade the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
"You don't know how shocked my father and the others were when I told them about your encounter…"
As she handed the diagram to Su Mo, Ning Rongrong began recounting her sect's reaction. She described how Ning Fengzhi and the elders had been utterly stunned after hearing about Su Mo's miraculous opportunity.
Of course, once their shock wore off, they were naturally delighted. Seeing Su Mo achieve such fortune was something they were happy to witness.
"Let me see…"
While Ning Rongrong was basking in the pride of recounting her father's amazement, Su Mo opened the diagram and began examining it closely.
One glance was all he needed.
The treasure absorbed by the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect's ancestor was indeed an immortal herb, just like the one Ning Rongrong needed.
The flower illustrated in the diagram was identical to the one Su Mo already possessed in his storage—the Delicate Fragrant Tulip (Qiluo Tulip).
"There's no mistake. This flower… it's called the Delicate Fragrant Tulip."
As he looked at the tulip-like illustration, Su Mo's memory was jolted, and he finally recalled the name of the herb Ning Rongrong was destined to absorb.
Unfortunately, this was the only immortal herb name he could remember. The details of the others still escaped him.
But that didn't matter. For Su Mo, this was enough. He was determined to help Ning Rongrong complete the evolution of her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda as soon as possible.
After recognizing the Delicate Fragrant Tulip, Su Mo felt no urgency regarding the other immortal herbs.
"I didn't expect that the treasure capable of evolving the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda would turn out to be a flower. I'll remember this. If I come across it, I'll make sure you get it!"
Su Mo smiled as he finished examining the diagram.
At the same time, he couldn't help but find it amusing how, in the original story, Ning Rongrong had failed to recognize the Delicate Fragrant Tulip when Tang San presented it to her. She had clearly seen the diagram before, so there must have been some impression in her memory.
It was likely that Tang San's overwhelming display of rare flowers and herbs had made Ning Rongrong overlook it entirely, dismissing the tulip as just another exotic plant.
"There's no way we'll have such luck. The Seven Treasures Glazed Sect has searched for it for so many years without success!"
Ning Rongrong's tone betrayed her lack of faith in Su Mo's words.
"You never know. If there's one thing I'm good at, it's having extraordinary luck!"
Su Mo laughed heartily, his confidence evident.
In his mind, however, he was already planning how to deliver the Delicate Fragrant Tulip to Ning Rongrong without raising suspicion.
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