Protect Our Chief-Chapter 545 - 34: Young Clan Leader! Do Not Let Down My Beloved Daughter

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However, this time the ordinary disciples did not dare to act.

Spirit Mushrooms are benefits for ordinary disciples, and the core disciples do not compete for them much. As for Immortal Tree Leaves, the elders and senior brothers also do not mind. Picking up one or two by chance is reasonable, considered as picking up the leftovers.

This is also an accepted convention.

But as for the Longevity Tree Bark and Longevity Fruit, these are beyond what ordinary disciples can touch.

"Longevity Tree Bark must not be privately hoarded; it all counts towards the public treasury." At this moment, Senior Brother Yuze also reacted, immediately shouting, "Anyone who violates the order will be expelled, with academic credits deducted and put into confinement."

Hearing this, although the ordinary disciples were envious, they could only honestly withdraw their gaze and resume collecting Spirit Mushrooms.

Luckily, although the Longevity Fruit and Longevity Tree Bark are not theirs, the Spirit Mushrooms under the tree, due to the Spirit Tide, grew abundantly, not only in number but also larger in size and of better quality than in previous years.

Soon, the baskets of the three people were filled with Spirit Mushrooms.

And while they were harvesting Spirit Mushrooms, a few figures wearing core disciple robes also appeared under the Longevity Tree, including Senior Brother Jinshan.

Nowadays, Senior Brother Jinshan is over seventy years old, his face adorned with a beard that signifies authority, making him appear more mature and steady.

However, he is not the eldest among them.

Beside him are several core disciples who seem notably older, conservatively estimated to be around eighty or ninety, or even over a hundred, each with profound and unfathomable cultivation.

The Eternal Spring Valley has always been rich in talent; most disciples prefer to stay home and cultivate fields, study various plants, going unseen for ten years or more, which is common.

Now with the Spirit Tide erupting, bringing various anomalies to the Longevity Tree, it suddenly drew out many deeply submerged core disciples.

And as these core disciples appeared, five or six middle-aged people dressed in Elder’s Attire also flew in from various directions, landing under the Longevity Tree.

Most of the elders in Eternal Spring Valley tend to stay home, usually buried in their own territories without much activity. Yet now, disturbed by the Longevity Tree’s commotion, they’ve all emerged.

"Such a powerful Wood Element Spirit Tide," the elder with the most potent presence among them, seeing the spectacle before him, couldn’t help but stroke his beard and sigh, "This elder hasn’t seen a Spirit Tide of this scale in over two hundred years, and to even produce an extra Longevity Fruit. Truly rare~"

His hair and beard are entirely black, his head adorned with an ink-green Jade Crown, making his face appear merely middle-aged, yet he is already over three hundred years old, being one of the most senior elders in Eternal Spring Valley.

"The eruption of the Spirit Tide is a good thing~" Another elder with equally jet-black hair and beard laughed heartily, "Thus, the growth speed of various Spirit Plants in our Eternal Spring Valley will accelerate."

The Longevity Tree is rooted in the Top-Grade Wood Spiritual Vein, nurtured by it, and every few years, it expels excess Profound Spirit Qi it cannot absorb, thereby forming a "Spirit Tide."

Since this Profound Spirit Qi has been pre-transformed by the Longevity Tree, it can be directly absorbed by plants, greatly benefiting the growth of Spirit Plants.

This "Spirit Tide" is also a major feature of Eternal Spring Valley.

And these elders with hair and beard entirely black, who never seem to age, are another major feature of Eternal Spring Valley.

Due to the characteristics of the "Eternal Spring True Technique", the elders generally have longer lifespans, with most Celestial Human Realm elders living up to four hundred years. If given the chance to consume a Longevity Fruit, surpassing the extreme lifespan is not out of the question.

However, as Longevity Fruits have the function of extending lifespan, they’re often immediately targeted by various big shots upon appearance. Although the elders of Eternal Spring Valley have an advantage of location, they may not necessarily receive any.

Thus, the Changchun Ascendant always has to secretly collect them each time and save them.

As they spoke, these five or six elders had already mingled into the crowd.

Senior Brother Jinshan quickly brought the disciples over to greet them individually. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Greetings to the elders."

"Ah, it’s Jinshan~" The elder with the ink-green Jade Crown smiled as he stroked his beard, "I heard from the master that the mundane matters of Eternal Spring Valley are now handled by you?"

"Reporting to the elder," Senior Brother Jinshan promptly bowed and answered with steady poise, "Jinshan only handles some minor affairs for the master. Any major decisions still rely on the elders."

All these years, he has been striving to change his sly demeanor, aiming for his charm to approach Wang Shouzhe, hoping to find a girlfriend soon. Moreover, after years of cultivating and emulating, he believes he has achieved seventy to eighty percent of Senior Brother Shouzhe’s charisma.

However, although he appears calm on the surface, he can’t help but feel puzzled. If it weren’t for the elders being too homebound and lazy, why would the master leave mundane affairs for him to handle?

"That’s good." Hearing this, the elder with the Ink Jade Crown nodded, "Since the master is not here, this extra Longevity Fruit shall be mine."

Yet, just as he finished speaking, the other elders disagreed.

"How can this be?"

"The ownership of the Longevity Fruit, isn’t decided by you alone!"

In the blink of an eye, the elders began arguing, each desiring this Longevity Fruit.

It is expected, as Heavenly and Earthly Treasures capable of extending lifespan are rare in this world, with the Longevity Fruit appearing once every hundred years, only occasionally encountered during a Spirit Tide outbreak to yield one more, providing a relatively stable source.