That idiot from the Sword Sect turned out to be a lucky charm.

Chapter 117 Generous Rewards

Thinking back on his time with Lin Zhifeng, Lin Jun, and the others these past few days, Ding Mo found these junior disciples quite interesting. Surprisingly, he felt more at ease with these former troublemakers than with the elite disciples.

The elder instructed his beloved disciple to go back and rest well, and that the matter of the reward would be discussed in detail later.

Ding Mo agreed and went.

The First Elder and the Seventh Elder went straight to the council hall.

This time, Ding Mo and the others not only brought honor to the Sword Sect, but also huge economic benefits. The amount of high-grade spirit stones they received this time alone amounted to tens of millions, which was almost the same as the Sword Sect's annual surplus. Naturally, the elders were also delighted.

Furthermore, the First Elder and the Seventh Elder debated with the scholars, arguing their case and securing benefits for them, with each of them receiving a million high-grade spirit stones.

Once this news is announced, won't those brats be ecstatic?

The nine elders gathered for a meeting, and the other seven were pleased to learn the whole story.

The Sixth Elder teased the Seventh Elder, saying, "You always say Lin Jun is unreliable, but isn't this a great compliment to you? We were all young once too, and we were all a bit mischievous. We'll grow out of it. I'm very gratified to see these younger disciples making such great progress over the years!"

The Ninth Elder chimed in, "I've noticed that these children have all become quite different and promising since they started getting close to Lin Zhifeng. In my opinion, there are no bad children, just different methods of education. The power of role models is also very important. With outstanding disciples like Ding Mo and Lin Zhifeng guiding them, they've put their minds on the right path."

The Grand Elder laughed heartily, "Indeed! This time when I went there, I found that these children are well-mannered and know how to behave. Although they are still a bit lively and unruly, they are truly remarkable. Given time, their achievements may not be inferior to those elite disciples. My beloved disciple, Ding Mo, has changed quite a bit in personality after going out with them a few times; he's become more down-to-earth. Excellent! Excellent!"

Since these disciples have performed so well this time, it would be unreasonable not to give them some substantial rewards.

The nine elders discussed it and decided to grant them an immense stroke of luck.

In a few years, the Eternal Night Forest will open. Each of these children was given an admission ticket as a reward from the Sword Sect for their mission.

The Eternal Night Forest belongs to the entire cultivation continent and is said to contain countless rare and exotic flowers and herbs. These flowers and herbs are all excellent materials for refining elixirs.

Because plants also need a certain growth period, the Eternal Night Forest only opens once every hundred years.

All sects on the cultivation continent were allocated different numbers of entry slots based on their size.

For a top-tier sect like the Sword Sect, there are a full thousand admission tickets.

However, compared to the Sword Sect's massive disciple base of millions, these thousand cards are simply not enough to go around.

When the Eternal Night Forest opened last time, most of those who entered were at least at the Nascent Soul stage. A few exceptionally talented Nascent Soul disciples were also granted entry, but they were extremely rare.

The Sword Sect is quite generous to give Lin Zhifeng and his group over twenty admission tickets at once.

Everyone was overjoyed to learn that the reward was so generous, and Lin Jun and the others were especially delighted.

Everyone said, "Now we've got the money for the Nascent Soul Pill! Looks like we need to get back to cultivation. Who knows, maybe we'll all become awesome Nascent Soul cultivators someday!"

Hearing them say this, Lin Zhifeng felt gratified that these latecomers finally knew they had to work hard; on the other hand, he discovered a new business opportunity—he had the formula and materials to refine the Divine Transformation Pill, and it was a high-grade pill produced by the system without any impurities.

Since someone has to earn this money, let's keep it in the family!

Moreover, Lin Zhifeng's Nascent Soul Pills are even better than those refined by alchemists outside, and he can offer his brothers a good price, truly achieving a win-win situation.

Lin Zhifeng made up his mind and discussed the matter of the Divine Transformation Pill with Lin Jun alone.

He only said that he had connections to get high-quality Nascent Soul Pills, and that if the brothers needed them, they just needed to prepare the materials for one Nascent Soul Pill and 500,000 high-grade spirit stones.

Upon hearing about this wonderful opportunity, Lin Jun readily agreed, "Thank you so much, Lin Jun. I'll go talk to them and have them send the materials to you once we've collected them all."

Lin Zhifeng said, "There's no rush. After all, the materials for the Nascent Soul Pill aren't easy to gather. Anyway, we're all still a long way from breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, so we'll talk about it later."

Lin Jun said, "None of us dared to even think about breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. It's just a lucky coincidence that we received this reward. This million spirit stones came at the perfect time. Plus, with the spot to go to the Eternal Night Forest, isn't it like even the heavens are on our side?"

Lin Zhifeng had long wanted to find out about the Eternal Night Forest, so he asked Lin Jun, "Senior brother, do you know anything about the Eternal Night Forest? Tell me about it! I really know nothing about it."

Lin Jun knew that Lin Zhifeng had been mentally challenged in the past and naturally did not understand these things, so he told Lin Zhifeng all the information he knew about the Eternal Night Forest.

It turns out that the Eternal Night Forest is located on a small island in the south of the cultivation continent. It was discovered in ancient times when the major sects explored the cultivation continent together.

There is no daytime there, only nighttime.

Although there is no sunlight, the moon there is always a full moon for some reason, and it is unusually bright, illuminating the entire Evernight Forest as if it were daytime.

Some researchers have studied the Eternal Night Forest and discovered that it is not of the same origin as the rest of the cultivation continent. The moonlight there possesses a special energy that allows the plants in the Eternal Night Forest to grow rapidly.

It is said that this energy also affects humans and animals. In the early years, some cultivators practiced there, but the results were not ideal - most of them later went astray and became possessed by evil spirits, and only a few people were said to have greatly increased their power.

However, no one dared to gamble on such a low-probability event, so in the end, the major sects joined forces to seal off and guard the Eternal Night Forest. This was to prevent those who wanted to take shortcuts from making foolish mistakes and to give the rare flowers and plants in the forest time to recuperate.

After listening to Lin Jun's introduction, Lin Zhifeng speculated that the Eternal Night Forest might be a similar secret realm from another world.

The moonlight there must be a type of radiation that modifies the cells and genes of organisms. Plants, with their strong adaptability, grow wildly under the radiation. Animals, on the other hand, likely undergo mutations, which is why they go mad or even become possessed.

"Since the environment there is not friendly to humans, I'm afraid there will be a limit to how long we can stay after we go in?" Lin Zhifeng asked.