Dev said he wanted something in return, as he had given them the painting for free, so he wanted to make sure they bought the bath powder at a good price. After a little conversation, Julie said he couldn't charge her more, and since it was hard for Dev to find, he didn't want it. She thanked her and started to leave, when Dev stopped her and said, "It's okay, take this! It's something I give away for free to all my customers who buy here." Though in his heart, he was saying to himself, "I thought you guys didn't buy anything, but since you're farmers, I can't upset you." He wasn't angry, just sad, but he didn't show it on his face. Julie took the item and left with her friend.
A little while later, they returned to the place where the children were being recruited and found that the process had already been completed, and most of the children had been selected. They were happy about this and then Julie ordered an elder to leave and then they left.
At the shop, Dev was eating his lunch and when he realized that the cutivators were gone, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh that's great, although the loss isn't huge, they really robbed me." He didn't think much about it after and continued to concentrate on his noodles.
While on a mountain not so far from dev's town a girl with her servant was wandering around and going up the mountain, her maid asked her "miss why are we going to this mountain this is not really safe, you know your father would be very angry about this and it wont be good for you oh no wait miss are you trying to run away from the house? but usually that happens when the parents tell their children for marriage without their will but your parents aren't doing anything so, then why? oh yeah could it be that you want to be self dependent and strong yes but no miss you are so lazy how could you be" before she can continue she felt a very murderous aura towards her from her miss so she stopped and her miss with very red evil and angry eyes in angry voice said, i am not lazy and I can do everything on my own if you don't want to come with me then you can go back but shut your mouth martha, martha shutted her mouth but still said i was just saying truth and you know it too, it annoyed her miss forcing her miss to give martha some nice punches before they continued their venture up the mountain, as they continued to go up, the weather was changing too much,it got dark clouds in whole sky like going to rain but then as they got higher they went into mist and thought the visibility was low but could see sky changing too as it turned dark blue then as they crossed mist martha asked her miss where are they, to this her miss said if I'm correct then this is very close to the location i want to go to and I'll be able to find that treasure which i saw mentioned in that old scroll...
A few buildings stood firmly among the mountains. It looked like a large mansion or a small village with well-built buildings. At the entrance of the mansion were the words "White Immortal Sect." Some elderly men with long beards were strolling around, chatting with each other. Elder Mo. Almost all of this year's recruting have been done, and the only team left to return, that is led by the leader's disciple. I thought she was good, but this is her first time recruiting. Do you think she'll be able to find some good disciples for our sect?
Elder Mo replied with yes, he had seen her practice and how well she helps others. She's smart and kind. What worries me isn't that she can't recruit or find good disciples, but that in her kindness, hope julie doesn't recruit anyone weak.
Hearing this, Elder Ruhu sighed, "Yes, you're right. What do you say about this leader?" The third person walking with them looked at them and said, "Don't worry, she's my disciple and knows she can't make any decisions about the sect lightly. And even if something happens, no one will be able to join until they're accepted by the elders. I received a letter from them saying they have some good children to join and they're coming now. They'll be back by tomorrow.
And by the way, Did Elder Mo find the herbs I asked for?"
Elder Mo replied, "Yes, Leader, although it was difficult for us to get it because it's either very expensive or not easily available, it wasn't too difficult for us."
Elder Ruhu laughed, "Haha, Leader, don't worry, she's your daughter after all and our next leader. We hope she takes over your position soon so we don't have to see this ugly old man's face every day." "Yeah, I think she'll take over in the next 10 or 20 years, and you're too old anyway, old man," Elder Mo added.
His words hurt him, he was so angry that he yelled, "I'm not that old yet, you bastards," and he continued got to beat them.
Back to Dev, he had a piece of wood in his hand and was staring at it as if contemplating something. Then he got up and went for his toolbox, opened it, took out some tools, and began making some dots on the log. Using the tools, he slowly began to cut the log into something...
After a while, the wood had become small pieces. He continued his work, and after a few hours, those small pieces had become chess pieces, and with another piece of wood, Dev had made a chessboard.
Dev sighed, "Finally, I have a new chessboard and pieces to play with." I made them, oh no, I forgot to color them, oh Dev, you… how will you recognize them while playing?" He then colored them and started playing alone.
The game was progressing very slowly as he considered the best move to defeat himself. After a while, he sighed and said to himself, "When the system was here, I had someone to play with, but now who should I ask to play chess with?"
He sighed and continued, as he placed a piece, a wooden piece sounded. Then, from other player side, he picked up a piece and placed it, saying, "This is the mountain trap I've created hmm, but the way to break it is to" "moving the mountain under golden sky." He placed the piece, a soft sound emanated from it. It grew louder as it went far and it landed on the mountain the woman was daring to climb...
The next day, Julie and Lily arrived at the sect, and when their ship landed, the leader arrived with the elders. Julie and Lily bowed to them respectfully, and then the leader told them all to rest, and that the final test would begin in five days. He then looked at Julie and asked her how the trip went, to which Julie replied that everything was fine and that she guarantee the leader and the elders would be happy with the performance of new students. The leader told them to rest as well.
Julie and Lily went to rest with the others. Afterward, elder mo looking at the leader said, judging by their confidence, and it seems your daughter brought some very good students. I saw some of them, and they look great.
I sensed a very strong spiritual root in some of them. I think they're good.
At this, the leader laughed and said, "Yes, you're absolutely right, whose daughter is she after all?" At this, the elder mo laughed and said, "Who's daughter she is? Of course she's her mother's daughter, just like her mother talented, unlike you." Hearing this, the other elders laughed too, and the leader's face fell again.
At night, leader was walking around his house in the sect and Julie was also with him, talking about how her day, how the trip had been.
At this moment, Julie remembered what the senior had said and told the leader about Dev, what had happened there, how he had solved her problem, and so on. Hearing this, the leader was quite surprised. How could this have happened? He then thought to himself, "The gift I ordered is useless now. Well, let's not talk about that, it's good she's cured now".
Then he asked, "Was that senior really that good and so powerful? How did you find him? Tell me everything about him, I want to know."
Julie then began to tell things one by one: how she and lily went to his shop, she didn't know, and there they saw that painting, it was a beautiful painting, they froze there by that painting and it caputured them in it, then how the senior came and when the senior came the painting's magic vanished, then they escaped, and then the senior saw the poison that had been damaging her body and had affecting her spiritual root and practice. Furthermore, the senior also gave him some other things.
Hearing this, the leader was even more shocked but still being little doubtfull about Dev he asked, "Do you have that painting as you said? If so, where is it? Give it to me".