He had a kind face towards Yu Bao just now, but once he returned to the bamboo house, Lu Xiaotian's expression suddenly darkened.
The reason why he chose to live in this barren mountain with thin spiritual energy was because he considered the several spiritual objects in his body and the need for frequent alchemy refining, and he did not want to fall into the eyes of someone who was interested. After all, whether it is feeding the ice silkworms with centuries-old red ice mulberry leaves, the herbs needed for frequent alchemy, or refining a large amount of animal spirit pills to enhance the leopard's strength.
Once Yu Bao stays nearby for a long time, he will definitely notice something is wrong.
I didn’t expect this money gift to be so shameless and unscrupulous. He actually sent Yu Bao here clearly to force him to submit. It would have been fine if he was just an ordinary monk.
But once he showed something was wrong, it would be easy for Qian Dali, a foundation-building monk, to punish him.
"We can only hope that Yu Bao will stay nearby for a while and then leave, otherwise we will have to find another way." Lu Xiaotian thought this way.
In the following days, Lu Xiaotian opened up several spiritual fields like an ordinary monk and sprinkled many spiritual grass seeds. Then he tried to make several furnaces of "Qi Condensing Pills", but because Yu Bao was watching from the side and could not concentrate, several furnaces of the pills were all wasted. I just made a few batches of animal spirit pills and gave them to leopards.
In addition to alchemy, Lu Xiaotian also took on several chores in the Miscellaneous Hall to earn spiritual stones. Yu Bao was also consulted on many questions.
"Could it be Master Qian's illusion? Lu Xiaotian is just an ordinary monk and didn't show anything strange. Master Qian is such a weirdo." Yu Bao watched Lu Xiaotian flying to other handymen by Linghe as usual. place, muttering to himself.
But at this time, Lu Xiaotian, who was sitting on Linghe's back, felt his heart sink to the bottom. He underestimated the patience of the foundation-building monks. Maybe Yu Bao just gave the money as a gift for an idle chess piece that was of little use. After all, the foundation-building monks had no use for many things in the past. Just taking out some of them would be enough for Yu Bao to replace them. He works hard. For a whole month and a half, he behaved like an ordinary monk. He only made a few batches of pills, and then relied on the previous Qi Gathering Pills to practice. It's just that the sixth level of Qi refining consumes a lot of Qi gathering pills, and the remaining ones are not enough to sustain the subsequent cultivation needs.
Now there is a method for refining the Qi Condensing Pill, but Yu Bao is always watching, but he cannot continue to refine the pill like before. Otherwise, if he refines dozens of furnaces of pills in a month, even a fool can figure it out. has a problem. After all, the spiritual grass needed by others to make elixirs cannot be matured in the barrier with spiritual stones like he can. It is already a very high frequency to be able to refine more than a dozen furnaces of elixirs in a year.
"It seems that we have to think of other ways." Lu Xiaotian thought to himself, otherwise Qian Dali has a lifespan of about three hundred years, and he can afford to delay it for a few years. If he has delayed his cultivation in the past few years, he will miss the best opportunity. It’s time to build a foundation, and I’m afraid there will never be any hope of building a foundation in the future.
"Hey, Junior Brother Lu, here to pick up the handyman again."
As soon as Linghe stopped at the door of the Hall of Miscellaneous Workers, Luo Kang, who was responsible for assigning servants to other disciples at the door of the hall, saw Lu Xiaotian and said hello with a smile. Lu Xiaotian has taken on many tasks with him in the past month and a half, and Lu Xiaotian, who has a calm personality, has completed them well.
There are also risks involved in running errands in the Miscellaneous Hall. For example, last month, a disciple in the Qi Refining Stage managed the spiritual herb garden for a Foundation Establishment Master Uncle, causing a rainbow spirit grass to suffer great damage to its spiritual energy, which angered the Foundation Establishment Master. Uncle Master Lei Lei was so angry that he not only severely punished the unlucky Qi Refining disciple, he even went to the Hall of Miscellaneous Workers and cursed him. But it frightened several fellow apprentices in the Miscellaneous Hall.
If the tasks arranged are done well, their lives will naturally become more comfortable. Lu Xiaotian has a good record, so Luo Kang is more familiar with Lu Xiaotian than other monks.
"Senior Brother Luo, do you have a long time, a stable position, and don't have to run back and forth every day to do errands? Even if you eat, sleep and practice in a handyman place, it will be no problem. I run back and forth every day, just renting Linghe's spiritual stone. It’s a big expense.”
Lu Xiaotian asked as he got off Linghe. His purpose was naturally not to work somewhere, but to get rid of Yu Bao's eyeliner who was looking upset.
"How long?" Luo Kang asked.
"A year and a half is no problem." Lu Xiaotian said.
"Okay, let me look for it." Luo Kang took out a book that recorded the miscellaneous matters of Lingxiao Palace.
"Well, in the Linglian Peak Region, Master Qin planted a piece of Yunlin Fruit. The fruit will only mature after ten years of growth. However, this fruit is very popular with all kinds of demon birds. Due to the prohibition of protecting the mountain, it consumes too many spiritual stones. So Master Qin Uncle needs manpower, let alone one year, there is something to do in ten years. He only needs to be responsible for driving away the demon birds. There are also some spirit birds raised in Lingxiao Palace. However, the matter is quite complicated, and at least three people are needed. The disciples took turns, guarding the orchard all the time. The last one who was punished was because of a moment of negligence, and a few Yunlin fruits were eaten by the demon bird. Master Qin was punished and sent off the mountain. Now there is a vacancy for one person. , do you want to go? The spiritual stones are still very generous. There are fifty spiritual stones every month."
Luo Kang looked at Lu Xiaotian and said, Lu Xiaotian has a calm temperament and perseverance, which is quite suitable for such a job.
"The reward is indeed generous, but the work is too cumbersome. You always have to keep an eye on the orchard, which affects your practice too much." Lu Xiaotian shook his head and refused directly.
"Well, Uncle Hu, a master in the Lingyin Peak Domain, wants to build a red yu magic weapon. The red yu needs to be repeatedly tempered from a large amount of yu ore. The more you work, the more you get, but as long as you can endure hardship, it costs forty or fifty yuan a month. There are also spiritual stones. It’s just quite boring.”
Similar to a blacksmith in the world, who also delays his cultivation, Lu Xiaotian also shook his head.
"In the end, only the mining work is left. It's also a lot of hard work, but the ones who are a little bit oily usually go deep into the underground caves, often without seeing the light of day for ten days or even a whole month. Very few monks can endure this loneliness." Luo Kang shrugged and said, "You are really hard to take care of today."
"What kind of minerals can be mined?" Lu Xiaotian asked with a sudden thought when he heard that he was going to go deep into the underground cave.
"Our Lingxiao Palace sect has been established for tens of thousands of years. Naturally, we control a wide variety of mineral deposits, including black iron ore and black copper mine, which are used to refine weapons, as well as hematite ore and tungsten tungsten mine. There are also various spiritual stone mines. Recently, A little further away is the Baixiaoshui Lingshi Mine, the Gukou Daojin Lingshi Mine, and the farther away is the Heishuizhai Mine."
Luo Kang warned, "Junior Brother Lu, don't say I didn't remind you. Mining is also a lot of work, and the spiritual stones exposed on the ground have long been mined. Only by going deep into the mines can you get the spiritual stones. The mine has been mined for at least a thousand years, and there are countless holes in it. It's bad luck, but not enough ore can be mined. It wastes time. If you have the idea of hiding spiritual stones, give up as soon as possible and enter the mine. The cave can only carry the storage bags distributed by the supervisor. It cannot hide anything at all. Usually some of the brothers who have entered the mine complain so much that they give up after working for a while. Moreover, there may be life-threatening danger inside. "
