Chapter 560: Another Gourd

[The usual.] The double said and quickly continued.

[Weapons, ores, pills, immortal grasses, natural treasures, and such. As for what Xiao Weimin got..., I don’t remember the specifics, but most were things that could help him overcome the steps’ trials.] He said and sighed.

[Xiao Weimin is the immortal world’s child of luck, and the way of heaven naturally favours him.]

[It’s expected.] Zhen Yuan agreed.

Shen Xu and the others overheard countless speculations while walking around the city.

As a result, everyone felt a little ready to try but they couldn’t decide without waiting for the elders’ decision.

At this time, the group entered a store, and two people subconciously narrowed their eyes.These people were Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan.

[Ayuan/ Xiaoxu.] The two simultaneously called.

[You saw it too?] Shen Xu asked, and Zhen Yuan gave a slight nod.

[It’s the second part of the qiankun wine gourd.] The man said.

Back in the Tianqi continent, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan went to the black market and coincidentally bought the qi part of the qiankun wine gourd.

After contracting the gourd, Shen Xu received a rich inheritance of ingredients and wine brewing techniques.

As a result, he was not able to brew better wines but also cook more delicious food because of his deep understanding of ingredients.

Unfortunately, the qi part of the qiankun wine gourd could only enrich qi wines like qi replenishing wine, qi cleansing wine, and other wines that touched on qi in one or more ways.

Seeing the unassuming gourd placed among other gourds, Shen Xu was eager to buy it but he didn’t lose his composure.

Instead, he remained calm and accompanied the others to explore the shop’s goods.

When that was done, the group left the shop but Shen Xu secretly released a puppet and let it go back to buy the gourd.

[Ayuan, which part of the gourd do you think it is?] He excitedly asked.

[Soul part.] Zhen Yuan answered and Shen Xu smiled in expectation.

At the moment, he and Zhen Yuan didn’t need body cultivation wines.

After all, they had the divine monsters blood wine, and could continue using it for their body cultivation.

However, they didn’t have many soul resources, and even the soul wines that Shen Xu could brew were based on the materials in the space rather than recipes.

If he got the soul gourd, he would receive its inheritance and would not only gain recipes, but also a deeper understanding of soul materials.

’I can’t wait.’ The double thought.

In the following two days, the group walked around the city; entering shops and tacitly preparing some goods for the Wuhu unknown area.

On the third day, each of the Zhou children received a message on their communication tokens.

"Our stay in Wuhu city has been extended from three months to one year." Zhou Man started and quickly continued.

"The elders want us to explore the unknown area, and use image stones to record the situation. We can later sell these image stones to the clan." She said.

"What about after one year?" Wang Cheng asked.

After all, from what they had overheard, the Wuhu unknown area was a high level blessed place and it would likely take more than one year to get benefits.

Considering this, Wang Cheng felt that one year was too short to achieve much.

"The decision after one year will be based on what we find. There are three possibilities." Zhou Xuan started.

"One, we will board the ship, and continue the journey to Suzhou city."

"Two, the task will end here and the Zhou family will use the teleportation array to rush to Suzhou city. After all, long-term exploration of the Wuhu unknown area needs the clan to prepare properly."

"Three, the escort task will end here, and everyone will do as they wish." He said.

"What about the residency recommendation?" Shen Xu asked.

"The clan will definitely keep its promise regardless of the decision. Although you will not be paid the full amount if the task ends here, the recommendation will be in place when you arrive in Suzhou city." Zhou Xuan said and Zhou Ruyan nodded.

"The task token will serve as your identity when you arrive in Suzhou city." She said.

"Is there a time limit?" Wang Cheng asked.

"Ten years, one hundred years, one thousand years, ten thousand years,..., it doesn’t matter." Zhou Ruyan said, and Shen Xu lowered his head with a meaningful expression.

’How cunning.’ He thought.

In the Zhou clan’s calculation, any master who could safely arrive in Suzhou city was worth befriending and recruiting.

Considering this, the clan didn’t plan to take back the residency promise because it wanted to keep its options open.

After all, there was no restrictions to the number of people that a clan could recommend.

For the Zhou clan, the residency promise was a risk-free investment that could bear countless benefits.

[Xiaoxu, what do you think?] Zhen Yuan asked.

[We should find time to go to the task building to hand over the five-petal blue stock task.] Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

The task was issued in Hefei city and ideally, they should have handed it in over there. That said, the task buildings were related, and the task could be completed anywhere.

However, to receive their reward, they would still need to go to Hefei city.

[We can still receive the reward even if we delay for ten thousand years.] The double said, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

[That’s my thinking.] He said, and quickly continued.

[It would be good if the escort task ends here. That way, we can directly enter the Wuhu unknown area to accumulate cultivation resources.] He said.

[I know what you mean.] Shen Xu agreed.

While the Zhou siblings were resting in the inn, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu went to the task building to hand over the five-petal blue stock task.

As expected, the task was accepted, but they didn’t receive their reward.

Instead, they were given a special token, and asked to take it to Hefei city’s task building to receive their reward.