Immortal Refiner

Lingyun Sect is where the sect affairs hall is located.

"Senior Brother Xu, you are here to take on a sect mission again. I remember, didn't you just complete a mission from Elder Jin? Why didn't you take some more rest?"

At the entrance of the hall, a thin figure wearing a white robe walked into the sect affairs hall, and the disciples immediately recognized him.

This person is Xu Xia, who has attracted Li Qing's secret attention. He has a fairly handsome face, a tall and thin figure, and an indifferent temperament.

After Xu Xia heard this question, he hugged his fists towards the disciple who was on duty in the affairs hall in front of him: "I didn't expect that Junior Brother Lin is on duty in the affairs hall today. I am not very talented, so I can only work hard to take on more sect tasks." Accumulate your contributions in exchange for the second Foundation Establishment Pill."

"Now my cultivation has stagnated at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage. Without the Foundation Establishment Pill, I would never dare to rush into the Foundation Establishment Stage."

Junior Brother Lin smiled kindly and expressed his understanding. At the same time, he felt a lot of admiration for Senior Brother Xu in his heart.

He had accumulated so much contribution to get a foundation-building pill, but in the end it failed to build a foundation. If it had been him, he might have been depressed for a long time.

But this senior brother Xu quickly cheered up and continued to become a task maniac, constantly entering and leaving the sect affairs hall, taking on various tasks to accumulate sect contribution points in exchange for the second Foundation Establishment Pill.

This is the biggest difference between sect disciples and outsiders!

In the outside world, a Foundation Building Pill is hard to find in the world, just like a precious elixir.

But within the sect, it can be redeemed with sect contribution points.

Of course, the sect's foundation-building pills are not infinite, and it is impossible for disciples to exchange them without restraint.

The contribution points each disciple spends in exchange for the first Foundation Establishment Pill is not that much, but if he continues to redeem it in the future, the contribution points he needs to accumulate will double and become more and more.

So generally speaking, each Qi Refining Stage disciple can exchange for at most three Foundation Establishment Pills in his lifetime, because the contribution points required for the fourth one will be massive. Even the elders in the Foundation Establishment Stage saw this. My eyelids twitched.

"Haha, Junior Brother Lin, do you know if you have any new tasks recently?" Xu Xia asked with a gentle smile.

The junior brother named Lin nodded quickly and said, "Yes, I recently heard that there seem to be traces of remnants of the Shangqing Sect in the Xiling area. They should be a few monks in the late stage of Qi Refining. Therefore, the sect ordered a purge. Task!"

"Senior Brother Xu, do you want to think about it? This is the number of contribution points for this cleanup mission!"

After saying that, Junior Brother Lin made a gesture.

Seeing this gesture, Xu Xia's eyes lit up, revealing a heart-pounding look.

With a full sect contribution of 180 points, it is rare to find a mission with such a generous reward.

For some ordinary purge missions involving monks in the late stage of Qi Refining, they can only contribute a hundred or so points at most, and rarely more than a hundred and fifty points.

This time, perhaps because it involves the remnants of the Shangqing Sect, the rewarded contribution points are so generous.

Xu Xia pondered for a while, and then made his decision.

"I have a few close friends within the sect. In order to ensure safety, I can recruit one to perform the task together."

Thinking like this, Xu Xia decided to take over this task.

"Well, I'll take over this task!" Xu Xia made a decision after pondering for a while.

Although the purge missions generally assigned to inner disciples like them are not very dangerous, for the sake of safety, it is always better to bring in a fellow disciple to join the team.

After all, no one knows whether there will be some other accidents in this mission, so it is always right to seek safety.

Junior Brother Lin smiled and said, "Okay, Senior Brother Xu, please give me your identity badge, and I will record this mission in your name."

"In addition, a foundation-building elder has issued a task to collect materials. The location is also in the Xiling area. Do you want to take it together?"

From this point, it can be seen that Xu Xia's inner disciple has quite good interpersonal relationships. Junior Brother Lin even reminded him of this matter.

Xu Xia naturally had no reason to refuse.

Since you can have the opportunity to carry out two missions in one trip, you must take them on at the same time.

Xu Xia said gratefully, "Thank you so much, Junior Brother Lin!"

After saying that, Xu Xia handed his identity badge to Junior Brother Lin and asked him to register these two tasks in his name.

At this moment, a hidden aura fell into Xu Xia's identity card, and no one noticed it.

"Okay, I wish Senior Brother Xu a smooth journey in advance!" Junior Brother Lin returned the badge to Xu Xia.

After receiving the badge, Xu Xia did not forget to thank Junior Brother Lin again before leaving, and then left the Sect Affairs Hall without stopping and began to prepare for this mission.

After watching Xu Xia leave, Junior Brother Lin, who was on duty at the affairs hall, breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but pinch the sweat off his face.

When he turned around, he found a tall figure beside him.

Lin Qi knelt down before he could even see the tall and straight figure's face clearly.

"Ancestor Wuji, my disciple has awarded the task to Senior Brother Xu!"

This person was Li Qing. He nodded, and then said: "Well, good job, no secrets were revealed."

"Remember to keep this matter a secret, this is your reward!"

As he said this, Li Qing left a piece of middle-grade spirit stone on the table and walked out of the sect's affairs hall.

Before Lin Qi could express his gratitude, Li Qing's figure had already disappeared.

He put away the middle-grade spirit stone with pure spiritual energy and found that he had unknowingly broken out in a cold sweat on his back.

"What happened to Senior Brother Xu that made the Wuji Patriarch personally issue him a task?"

"Hiss, is he the illegitimate son of the Wuji Patriarch? That's not right, Senior Brother Xu's surname is Xu, I remember that the Wuji Patriarch's surname seems to be Li"

A storm was set off in Lin Qi's head, but he could not figure out what the Wuji Patriarch's intention was.

However, he understood one thing, that this matter must be kept secret! This was something that the Wuji Patriarch personally told him, and he dared not disobey it no matter what he said.

In order to go out of the sect to carry out the mission this time, Xu Xia prepared for two full days in the sect before setting off.

During this period, he bought several first-class talismans, and also asked a trusted fellow disciple to set off together, which can be said to be fully prepared.

However, he did not know that this mission was specially set for him by Li Qing, and the tests he would encounter along the way would definitely not be that simple!

Xiling is the name of a mountain range west of Qingling Domain. The distance from Lingyun Sect is not short, and it takes a long way to travel.

This is a mountain range with thin spiritual energy, which can be regarded as sparsely visited.

However, this originally ordinary mountain range is home to some peculiar ancient pine trees.

These ancient trees are not spiritual trees, but some ordinary ancient trees with extremely long ages.

But perhaps it is precisely because of the long years that the pine cones of these ancient pine trees have become the favorite of some rat monsters.

Many monks who raise rat beasts will collect some such pine cones to feed their monsters.

It is also for this reason that Xiling has attracted the attention of many monks.

Some poor monks, who have no special skills, will choose to come to Xiling to find ways to pick some fresh ancient tree pine cones to sell to those monks who raise rat monsters.

Although they can't exchange for a few spiritual stones, the advantage is that they don't cost much to pick, but the journey is long and the time cost is more.

In the world of immortal cultivation, there are still many people who raise low-level monsters like treasure-hunting rats.

And the two tasks that Xu Xia took on this time were related to these ancient pines.

Among them, the collection task was that an elder of Lingyun Sect wanted to collect some fresh ancient tree pine cones to feed his gold-hunting rats.

And the clearing task was that some remnants of Qi-refining disciples of Shangqing Sect who survived by chance occupied Xiling and robbed many casual cultivators who came to pick pine cones for profit.

Generally speaking, casual cultivators who need to rely on ancient tree pine cones to make a living are basically the bottom of the world of immortal cultivation, and their combat power is not outstanding.

But after doing this kind of thing more and more, many casual cultivators disappeared in a short period of time, and the news was exposed.

Both tasks are real, not that Li Qing deliberately forged them, he just thought that this task is more suitable for investigating this inner disciple.

Xiling is a long way from Lingyun Sect, and cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage cannot support long-distance flights, so they will spend more time on the ground.

This journey is suitable for Li Qing to set up an investigation for him.

Dongwu Town, this is a small town where mortals gather, and it is an important node connecting the two cities, so there are many travelers and merchants coming and going.

"Brother Xu, let's rest in this town." The Lingyun Sect disciple who was traveling with Xu Xia suggested.

Xu Xia thought for a while, and then agreed to this proposal.

The cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage cannot do a complete fasting, and they have been supported by the fasting pills all the way.

But if they haven't eaten hot meals for a long time, they will naturally have a lot of appetite.

Xu Xia nodded and said, "Well, we have traveled half of the way and are exhausted. It's time to find an inn to rest for a day."

"But remember, we are leaving the sect to perform tasks. We must not cause trouble and we must not show off in mortal towns!"

The accompanying junior brother smiled nonchalantly, "I know, I know. It's the sect's rules. How dare I violate them?"

As they said that, the two entered this busy mortal town and found an inn to stay.

And in a place they could not perceive, a tall figure emerged.

"You are quite honest. You know to abide by the sect's rules when you travel. But if you only rely on these, you can't become the head of the sect!"

Li Qing thought for a while, and the figure disappeared again.

The next day, in an inn in Dongwu Town, Xu Xia and the others, who had rested for a whole day, set off again.

At this time, a sad voice came out from a gambling house.

"Boss, stop gambling. This is the money for my child's medical treatment and medicine!"

Instantly, the woman was responded to by a middle-aged man's angry roar:

"Get out, don't interfere with my betting, I'm going to bet big this time!"

However, the woman continued to cry in the gambling house: "This is the last bit of money in the family. My poor child hasn't had a good medicine for several days. The medicine residue has been boiled again and again. How can my child's cold be cured!"

"Humph, if you don't have money, go ask my father-in-law for it. That old man can't just watch his grandson die of illness, right?"

"By the way, I want more silver. I don't have much capital, how can I make a profit?"

As he spoke, the gambling table had already opened, and the man did not win as expected.

He was furious, thinking that his wife had ruined his luck. He kicked the woman out with a red eye.

The people in the gambling house couldn't stand it anymore, and finally sent people to carry the crying woman out of the gambling house.

On the street, this scene happened to fall into the eyes of Xu Xia and the others.

They stopped and looked at the woman who was sitting on the street crying, and they felt a little sympathy in their hearts.

"Alas." Xu Xia sighed lightly, walked to the woman silently, took out a few silver coins and stuffed them into the woman's hands.

"Uh? Thank you, benefactor, thank you!" The woman squeezed the silver coins tightly, and laughed before wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

However, this scene somehow fell into the eyes of the man in the gambling house. He was obviously losing a lot of money and ran out with big strides, trying to snatch the few silver coins from the woman's hand.

"Give it to me!" The middle-aged man shouted fiercely.

The woman clenched her palm tightly and refused to let go no matter what. She just said in a trembling voice with fear: "Boss, our child is really going to die of illness, so stop it!"

Snap!

She was responded with a crisp slap, and the pedestrians on the whole street heard the slap.

In an instant, a blood-red palm print appeared on the woman's yellow cheek, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

The middle-aged man bared his teeth and threatened: "Dare not to listen to me? Give it to me!"

"My luck is here. When I win money, what medicine can I not afford?"

"Hurry up and bring the silver over!"

However, the woman refused to let go no matter what she said. She lowered her head and tightly grasped the few silver coins in her hand.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man finally couldn't stand it anymore. He started punching and kicking, using all his strength for each blow.

Finally, the woman couldn't bear it anymore. She finally let go and handed over the silver tremblingly.

"Damn it, what did you do before? You have to be beaten up before you will behave!"

The middle-aged man muttered while taking the few silver coins he had and walked into the gambling house, ignoring the bruised woman.

Xu Xia and the others who watched all this couldn't help but clench their fists, obviously unable to bear the anger in their hearts.