Chapter 15: Vision Range Upgrade

During the afternoon, Liu Jinzhi of the Qixi Festival Sect took a few disciples out for a trip.

Liu Jinzhi had a cultivation base of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer and her sub-profession was a Spiritual Plant Master. She was very particular about planting in the Spirit Fields and often brought the Spirit Rice and other Spirit Flowers and Grasses they grew to the Market outside Magpie Mountain to sell.

However, Liu Jinzhi had another reason for going out today.

Because of Su Wuchen’s attack, the Qixi Festival Sect had ultimately suffered significant losses. Their manpower was much less than before, and there were gaps in the personnel for some of the sub-professions.

Liu Jinzhi had previously represented the Qixi Festival Sect in external trade. She knew quite a few people and was also aware that life was hard for some low-level Cultivators. So, this outing was not only intended for trading but also to see if she could bring some people back to the Qixi Festival Sect to strengthen the sect.

The Qixi Festival Sect was a low-level Immortal Cultivation Sect, born from the idea of mutual assistance, but everyone in the sect still hoped the sect could flourish.

Even Tong Shishi felt this way. If the sect could develop better, she wouldn’t mind giving up her position as Sect Master.

Su Xiaoyu was very curious about the Market outside Magpie Mountain. Based on the information she had gathered so far, it seemed like a rather large Market, with a constant stream of Cultivators from various sects and schools as well as Rogue Cultivators.

Unfortunately, her current Vision Range couldn’t extend to that Market yet. She didn’t know how much Faith Value she would need to spend to upgrade her Vision Range to see it.

“Right…”

Su Xiaoyu had almost forgotten. She currently had 136 points of Faith Value, more than enough to upgrade her Vision Range once and see the effect.

Sitting in her Wheelchair, she reached into the Diorama Box and touched the box wall at the edge.

Immediately, a line of golden text appeared on the box wall, asking her if she wanted to spend 100 points of Faith Value to increase her Vision Range by one zhang.

“Yes.”

Su Xiaoyu chose to confirm.

When her voice fell, the golden text on the box wall vanished. The environment inside the entire Diorama Box didn’t seem to have any visible changes.

But when she placed her hand on the east side of the box wall again, the environment inside the Diorama Box shifted a little towards the east, and a small section of the west side environment disappeared.

Su Xiaoyu continued to place her hand on the east side box wall, but this time the environment no longer changed. Instead, the prompt asking if she wanted to spend Faith Value to upgrade her Vision Range reappeared.

Seeing this, she withdrew her hand and tried touching the west side box wall. This immediately caused the environment inside the box to shift, moving a little towards the west.

She also tried the north and south sides, and the same shift could happen.

“So that’s how it is!”

Su Xiaoyu understood now.

The one-zhang Vision Range increase for 100 Faith Value was actually an all-directional Vision Range increase. It could increase the internal Vision Range of the Diorama Box by one zhang in all four cardinal directions—east, south, west, and north. And as long as she placed her hand on the box wall, she could move her Vision Range in the designated direction.

As for her total observable field of view, it was still limited to the scope of the Diorama Box.

For Su Xiaoyu, this was enough. It filled her with anticipation. If she had enough Faith Value in the future, she could even bring the entire Cultivation World under her observation.

Quietly committing these details to memory, Su Xiaoyu continued to watch the daily cultivation routines of the people in the Qixi Festival Sect.

…

In the blink of an eye, evening arrived.

Wind blew loudly out the open window. Even though it was currently summer, the night wind carried a slight chill.

Having just finished dinner, Su Xiaoyu tidied up the trash, then pushed her Wheelchair to close the window. After that, she came back to the side of the Diorama Box to continue watching the environment inside.

“Hm? They’re finally back?”

Su Xiaoyu’s gaze landed on the southeastern part of the Diorama Box.

There, a gray Flying Boat only three zhang in length was flying towards the Qixi Festival Sect. Inside the Flying Boat were Liu Jinzhi and the others.

Flying Boats could only be manufactured by Artifact Refining Masters at the Foundation Establishment stage or above. Thus, this Flying Boat was quite expensive for the Qixi Festival Sect—it was their only Flying Boat. The Qixi Festival Sect had only bought it back then by pooling all their Spirit Stones together.

A Flying Boat of three zhang in length was considered small. Right now, Su Xiaoyu was using her Magnifying Glass. Through the windows of the Flying Boat, she could faintly see many people crammed inside. There were significantly more people returning than had left.

It seemed the Qixi Festival Sect was about to get some fresh blood.

In a short time, the Flying Boat arrived at the square of the Qixi Festival Sect.

…

After the Flying Boat landed, the hatch opened. Liu Jinzhi, graceful in temperament but slightly thin in frame, walked down.

Seeing the Sect Master Tong Shishi and the others outside, Liu Jinzhi revealed a smile: “Mission accomplished.”

More people walked down from the Flying Boat.

Besides those who had left with Liu Jinzhi, the rest were unfamiliar faces. They all looked quite young, their eyes filled with curiosity about the Qixi Festival Sect.

Tong Shishi came forward: “Welcome, everyone, to the Qixi Festival Sect. I am Tong Shishi, the Sect Master. Since you have all come to the Qixi Festival Sect, I assume you are prepared to join this sect, right? If anyone has any objections, you can voice them now.”

As she spoke, Tong Shishi also looked at a woman behind Liu Jinzhi.

That was a woman with a round face. She wasn’t tall and was dressed plainly, not very eye-catching. But Tong Shishi knew this woman named Zhu Qian was actually a very outstanding Spiritual Plant Master.

Previously, during Su Wuchen’s attack, the Qixi Festival Sect had suffered many losses, including quite a few Spiritual Plant Masters. Although the most skilled Spiritual Plant Master, Liu Jinzhi, had fortunately survived thanks to the Divine Medicine bestowed by the Heavenly Maiden, the many Spirit Fields around the Qixi Festival Sect couldn’t be handled by Liu Jinzhi alone. Adding appropriate personnel was necessary.

The main purpose of Liu Jinzhi’s trip to the Market this time was to find suitable Spiritual Plant Masters to come back and help her. Among them, Zhu Qian was someone Liu Jinzhi already knew. Before leaving, Liu Jinzhi had mentioned that her main goal this time was to see if she could persuade Zhu Qian to join the Qixi Festival Sect.

From the looks of things, Liu Jinzhi had succeeded.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Tong Shishi smiled and began making arrangements for everyone.

Liu Jinzhi then said, “Sect Master, I also arranged for some Mortals to wait for me at the Market. I’ll go now and bring those people over.”

Because of the Flying Boat’s size limitations, some people couldn’t come along all at once.

This was also part of the plan. Tong Shishi wasn’t surprised: “Sorry for the trouble. By the way, have those people all been tested for Spiritual Roots?”

Liu Jinzhi replied, “Some have been tested for Spiritual Roots, and some haven’t. I plan to bring them back first, and we can test their Spiritual Roots inside the sect anyway.”

Tong Shishi felt this was fine. After all, the Qixi Festival Sect did have Five Elements Orbs.