The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 545 - 313 Time to Add Some Help_2

He remembered what Ning Xiaoxian had said: a bank in Pian State had changed its surname to Ning, so he speedily went to arrange a loan using the token left by Ning Xiaoxian. However, he was mercilessly refused, with the reason being that ever since the bank was allocated to Ning Xiaoxian by Miluo, the former Store Manager had washed his hands of it, leaving the bank in a leaderless state. Even with Ning Xiaoxian’s token in hand, Qi San couldn’t find anyone with the authority to withdraw money for him.

Ning Xiaoxian felt a surge of anger rising from the depths of her heart upon reading this.

When the bank was under Miluo’s command, it must have followed his orders without any disobedience. Who would have thought that after it was handed over to her, and due to Ning Xiaoxian being too busy to manage it in Pian State, such a small vacuum period was exploited by the bank’s Store Manager. She could guess without even thinking that before leaving, the Store Manager must have tampered with the bank’s accounts and embezzled a significant amount of public funds.

After all, that was her money! Any hand daring to steal from her pocket should be chopped off!

Changtian was sitting across from her, leisurely brewing tea, finding the situation very amusing as he watched this girl’s face turn an iron blue with green flames flickering in her eyes. "What do you plan to do?" he said, sipping his tea. Mmm, it was indeed good tea; if it could be sold publicly, the income in Spirit Stones would surely be incessant.

Ning Xiaoxian sulked for a good while over her lost silver, but eventually calmed down and stopped grinding her teeth: "The problem with Fatty Qi is that he is a mortal. No matter how well he calculates his business affairs, not to mention bandits, he wouldn’t have any measures against Immortal Demons. That’s my negligence, making him work for me without providing the necessary conditions." She sighed, "After all, we are short of hands." If she had more resources to utilize, she wouldn’t be so stretched thin everywhere. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Changtian slowly lifted his gaze to her: "Do you really think we are short of hands?"

His words carried a hidden meaning! Ning Xiaoxian glared at the faint teasing smile in his eyes for a long, long time, and then she herself smiled:

"You’re right, we should have plenty of hands. I’m truly foolish, guarding a treasure mountain without taking advantage of it!"

His girl, as always, was so sly. Changtian inwardly praised her, then turned to Ning Yu and saw that he too seemed to have understood, his face wearing a warm and elegant smile.

Next, Ning Xiaoxian went to the Fifth Floor and played with Ali for a while before she took out the seeds of the Miao Xiang Flower and scattered them onto the soil, commanding, "Accelerate growth, immediately."

The soil cheerfully accepted the seeds, wrapping them in its layers, then sprouted, grew shoots, branched out, and sprouted leaves, and in just around ten seconds, a lush green plant had already grown. The Miao Xiang Flower plant was not tall, reaching just to her chest. The soil accelerated the plant’s growth as she had requested, until flower buds hung all over the branches, before it stopped.

Ali had been playing in this garden for several days, but the soil’s rate of stimulating each Spirit Grass was precisely calculated by Ning Yu to maximize efficiency and would never be as rapid as it was now, so she was completely mesmerized by such a spectacle, reaching out to touch the flower buds and murmured, "How fragrant."

Ning Xiaoxian was speeding up the growth of the Miao Xiang Flowers to experiment. She plucked a few buds and smiled, "When it blossoms, it will be ten times more fragrant." The buds were aromatic but unopened, perfect for fragrance crafting. If they were allowed to bloom fully, it would be too late. She opened the ancient recipe for fragrance crafting given by Fu Yunzhang and studied it carefully, her brow furrowing more and more.

"Changtian. This recipe should be correct, so why does the incense it produces smell foul?"

Changtian released his Divine Thought to scan the scroll several times, falling into deep thought.

"Never mind, let’s produce it first." She had an idea in her mind, but whether it could be realized still depended on the efficacy of the recipe.

To brew this strange fragrance, a total of thirty-six ingredients were needed. Although none of them were particularly precious, the sheer number was massive.

"Ha! It even requires the bear bile of a musk bear, fortunately, I have some in stock!" She followed the recipe to take fifty flower buds and began the refining process with the Fu Yu Tripod. It was fortunate that she had been attentive in collecting various Spirit Grasses and miracles along the way; the storage room on the Fifth Floor was stuffed by her with several cabinet compartments full of things. Bear in mind that the cabinet compartments contained vast storage bags to fill them to the brim, and Ning Xiaoxian had put in a lot of effort.

The crafting of this spirit incense took half an hour. When the furnace was opened, Ali felt darkness before her eyes and nearly fainted.

It was really too repulsive! Ning Xiaoxian remembered seeing fisherman drying seafood by the seaside back in Huaxia; although it was unbearably smelly then, the essence of the Miao Xiang Flower she had now extracted was ten times smellier!

The foul odor was so overpowering that even Ning Xiaoxian held her breath and hurriedly sealed the black paste-like substance into a Jade Bottle.

"Sister Ning, I’m going down!" With her nose pinched, Ali’s voice was nasal, and then she rushed towards the Transmission Array. Her physical body did not possess Divine Skills, so she could not hold her breath for too long, but felt that if she took one more breath, she would certainly faint.

Fifteen minutes passed, and the Fifth Floor was still permeated with the overwhelming stench. This odor was so dominating that it lingered on endlessly, something the ancient recipe hadn’t warned about. Ning Xiaoxian was on the verge of tears and had to ask Changtian to order the God Demon Prison to stir up a strong wind to blow away the terrible fumes.

"You smelled it too, right?" she asked Changtian, receiving a very depressed "Hmm" in response. Changtian’s sense of smell was a hundred times more sensitive than hers, so he probably suffered a great deal.

"I feel like this recipe should be feasible, so why does it smell so bad?" She was extremely troubled and commanded the soil to quicken the bloom of a Miao Xiang Flower. The tender blooming flower exuded layers of allure, with the deep color of fresh blood as well as pure white innocence, most importantly, its scent was fabulously fragrant, not only refreshing the heart and mind but also enhancing the operation speed of surrounding Spiritual Energy by a level. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to cast your recommendation and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)