Chen Mo took a rough look at the various tasks on the jade slip. They are divided into three categories: alchemy, planting, and raising spiritual animals.
If you are not familiar with raising him, rule it out first. Planting tasks required his patience and concentration, and the sect's contribution points were slightly less than those of alchemy, so Chen Mo ranked it second.
Only alchemy is a short-term, high-reward task, and it is also the method he is best at. Therefore, after careful consideration and selection among the jade slips, he first accepted the assignment to work for Alchemist Shen.
"You can actually get five points of contribution in twelve hours?! This is definitely more than 90% of the mission reward!"
As he had nothing to do, Chen Mo decided to clean it up first. In the blink of an eye, the person had disappeared into the cave.
The jade slip has already marked the location of Master Shen's alchemy workshop. It is an independent mountain. It may be the reason for the sect's several secret places. Before he got even close to a hundred feet away, Chen Mo had already encountered eight or nine artificially designed places. The small fog restriction, if it were not for the ray of spiritual consciousness in the jade slip, Chen Mo would not only be slightly injured, but also look embarrassed.
After encountering three more minor attacks from formations, Chen Mo really got closer to the mountain. At the foot of the mountain not far away, there were two graceful female cultivators guarding the way up the mountain. They also noticed Chen Mo. The figure was looking towards him with curious eyes to explore something.
"Who is here?" The beautiful cultivator on the left asked as Chen Mo walked closer.
Chen Mo took out the mission jade slip and waved it in front of the two of them: "I'm here to help Elder Shen. I'd like to ask you two senior sisters to borrow it and let me go up the mountain."
The female cultivator on the right frowned slightly. She didn’t look like Chen Mo knew how to make alchemy, but she still took the jade slip and examined it, which proved that the ugly-looking junior brother was not lying, and left it intact. The jade slip was returned to him.
"Elder Shen's cave is on the mountainside. After you see an orchid heart tree, walk fifty feet north and you will see it. But... let me tell you in advance that Elder Shen's temper is not very good. If you With the thought of making some contribution, it would be better to leave as soon as possible."
Xiu, the pretty girl on the left, had a strange expression on her face when she heard that he was looking for Elder Shen, but she still reminded Chen Mo kindly.
Chen Mo showed a surprised look: "Oh, there is another matter? Senior sister, can you tell me in detail? Junior brother is very grateful."
"It's okay to tell you. They are all things that everyone on Miaodan Peak knows," the female cultivator continued: "This Elder Shen is a foundation-building monk recruited from outside the sect. His alchemy skills are in Fuyun Sect. She is always ranked at the bottom, and her temperament is difficult for outsiders to understand. She doesn’t even have an alchemy boy under her, so I have no choice but to hire you internal and external disciples.”
"That's it." Chen Mo nodded, and then he bowed his hands and said, "Thank you two senior sisters for informing me. Next time my junior brother comes, I will definitely bring some small gifts as a thank you."
Of the two female cultivators, the one on the left is easy to talk to and is very kind to others, while the other is a bit introverted and has nothing to say other than checking Chen Mo's jade slips.
"There is no need for gifts. It would be great if you can give us some contributions to the sect." The female cultivator said half-jokingly. Chen Mo also took her there and then walked to Alchemist Shen's cave.
After Chen Mo left, the female cultivator on the right said complainingly: "Sister, why are you talking to him so much? Anyway, in less than half an hour, he will be knocked down by Elder Shen, and it will be a waste of your time!"
The female cultivator on the left patted her shoulder helplessly: "Xiao Ying, since we are here to guard, we must do our duty as guards. Besides, don't we still have some contributions from the sect every day?"
There are roughly two types of female monks in the world of cultivation. One is a conservative who prefers to live in a corner and does not like fighting. The resources for cultivation are supported by ordinary tasks in the sect. Usually they have a skill or are proficient in weapon refining. , or focus on refining elixirs, and when the heat is sufficient, they will find a well-qualified male cultivator to become a Taoist couple, and they will produce offspring, husband and children.
The next generation of two cultivators of the opposite sex has a much higher chance of giving birth to a child with spiritual roots than ordinary people. This is also one of the reasons why the sect can thrive.
The other type is the radical upward sect. They are no different from male cultivators. They dare to kill people, seize treasures, hunt animals and fight, with the goal of constantly pursuing the way of heaven.
Sun Xing's original plan for Chu Wushuang's life trajectory was the former one. He would provide her with training resources, help her reach the foundation-building stage, inherit his alchemy skills, and then find a righteous sect to train with concentration. If you break through the core formation stage, you can live for hundreds of years longer, and secondly, you can live a stable life.
The two sisters guarding Miaodan Peak obviously belong to the former. They have ordinary qualifications and have not thought about high achievements. As long as they are not allowed to go into battle to kill enemies every day, it is a good thing.
"A little contribution is too little! If this continues, when will we be able to break through the twelfth level of Qi refining and have the qualifications to refine elixirs..."
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As for Chen Mo, he indeed saw the orchid heart tree in the direction pointed by the female cultivator, but after walking a few steps to the north, his path was blocked by a white spiritual mist.
"Are you the inner disciple who took over the mission?" To Chen Mo's surprise, the voice that came to his ears was a woman's voice.
Elder Shen's gender is not written on the jade slip. It seems that the person speaking now is the real person who issued the mission.
Chen Mo did not dare to neglect and responded quickly: "It is the disciple."
As soon as he finished speaking, the white spiritual mist seemed to have been penetrated by a sharp sword, drawing a straight ravine in the middle. The billowing white mist surged to both sides. Chen Mo was shocked when he saw it, and he quickly walked through it with rapid strides.
Walking along the guided path, Chen Mo came to the alchemy shop located on the mountainside. What he saw surprised him. If he had to use the most intuitive word to describe this place, it would be chaos!
In front of the pavilion corresponding to the path, a plaque for the alchemy workshop hangs crookedly, as if it has not been taken care of for several years; dried spiritual herbs on the bluestone are placed randomly, and a dozen of them are even stacked together; the resident The door of the residence was wide open. Chen Mo glanced inside through the light. The interior was even more messy.
What made Chen Mo even more embarrassed was the red cloth on the bed. If he saw it correctly, it might be...
"What a loser!" Chen Mo sighed inwardly. He was almost on the same level as Zhuo Qingyang from the Yuncheng Chamber of Commerce that he had seen. No, even sloppier than that old guy!
"What are you doing standing around? Do you want me to invite you in?" Chen Mo was startled, and then he quickly walked into the pavilion facing the hot breath.
A female cultivator with disheveled hair was sitting in the room. Her small almond-shaped face was looking at Chen Mo impatiently. From the appearance, she looked about thirty years old and was wearing a long, floor-length dress. The long skirt with dark purple piping looked like it hadn't been washed for a long time.
"Disciple has met Elder Shen." Chen Mo suppressed the shock in his heart and stepped forward to salute.
"No need to talk nonsense." Elder Shen's behavior style was indeed different from other elders. He pointed in the direction of the messy wooden table in the room and said straight to the point: "There is a herbal jade slip there. I don't recognize 50% of it. Get down the mountain as soon as possible. Don't do it." Take up my time!"
When Chen Mo came, he had already seen the additional conditions on the jade slip. He needed to recognize 300 common herbs in the Qi refining stage before he could receive it.
The storage capacity of a jade slip is about one thousand, which means that the original 30% knowledge is enough, but Elder Shen added some more herbs to reach the 50% standard.
This is also the reason why there are currently no inner disciples who come to help.
In fact, this was indeed the case. The five disciples before Chen Mo were all scolded away like this.
She is not the only alchemist on Miaodan Peak. The alchemists would rather serve as apprentices under the friendly monks than serve this slovenly and grumpy female foundation-building cultivator. What’s more, this person doesn’t have many alchemy skills. Looks tall.
Chen Mo didn't say anything. He walked over and straightened a dozen overturned porcelain bottles on the wooden table. He picked up the jade slip and put it on his forehead. After about ten breaths, he put it down and said to Elder Shen: "This disciple is not talented, that is, I only confessed 99% of the truth, which made Elder Shen laugh."
"Ninety-nine percent?!"
Elder Shen suddenly stood up. She raised her left hand and used a huge suction force to pull Chen Mo to her eyes. Regardless of the differences between men and women, she grabbed Chen Mo's clothes and sneered: "Boy, do you know how to lie to me?" cost?"
As soon as he made a move, Chen Mo noticed the cultivation level of this woman in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, but because he was in a sect, he was not too afraid, and said calmly: "Why should Elder Shen be angry? You can tell right away, right?" ?"
"Okay, come with me!"
Before Chen Mo could react, he was knocked unconscious by Elder Shen's knife. When he woke up again, he had arrived at a spiritual field. Chen Mo slowly opened his eyes, and the soreness in his neck seemed to tell him that everything was wrong. It is true.
"I should have known I wouldn't have accepted this mission! I asked why there was no one around, but I decided to take the lead!" Chen Mo smiled bitterly in his heart and turned his stiff neck, only to find that Elder Shen was looking at him coldly.
"Bring Xiangyinghua out!" Elder Shen said commandingly.
Without saying a word, Chen Mo immediately went in and walked around, and walked out in less than half a stick of incense.
Elder Shen spread out his left hand, grabbed it out of thin air, and asked Chen Mo doubtfully: "Where are the flowers?"
"Why should Elder Shen make things difficult for the disciples? There are 1,200 herbs in the entire medicine garden, but there are no fragrant flowers at all. How can I bring them out?" Chen Mo looked unhappy.
Of course, he would have been beaten to death long ago if he dared to show such expressions to other foundation-building monks, but the difference in front of her was that she didn't seem to care about it, so Chen Mo's move also had a sense of testing.
Elder Shen's expression remained unchanged and he said, "Maybe I remembered it wrong. Just go pick another black gold flower and bring it back!"
After hearing this, Chen Mo returned to the spiritual field. This time the time was shorter than the previous time. He came back with five flowers of different colors, including the black gold flower named by Elder Shen.
"Boy, are you asking me to guess that the flower is a black gold flower!" Before Elder Shen could wait for Chen Mo to say anything, he jumped forward with a blast, hitting Chen Mo with a small bulge visible on his head.
Chen Mo cursed in his heart, which foundation-building elder is as ignorant of etiquette as she is? He lost his politeness at the moment: "Who told you that I didn't know? The black gold flower remains poisonous for half a year after being picked. As an alchemy elder, don't you know?"
"I condensed the remaining herbal combination and soaked the black gold flower to quickly remove the poison and reach the ideal state. Is this wrong? No wonder the disciples in the sect said that although you, Elder Shen, are beautiful, your alchemy skills are a mess. It turned out to be the case today when I saw him! This disciple has little knowledge and cannot shoulder the important responsibilities of Elder Shen, so I won’t accompany you!"
Chen Mo cupped his hands and clasped his fists again. He was somewhat aware that what he said before was too serious, and he was afraid that the other party would make things difficult for him, so he temporarily changed his words and flattered him, and said in a retreat.
Chen Mo's answer was a cold snort and the same blow as before. He was knocked unconscious again and brought back to the mountainside of Miaodan Peak.
When he opened his eyes again, he was already lying on the ground of the alchemy workshop. His cultivation at the twelfth level of Qi Refining was no different than paper in front of the foundation-building monks. Elder Shen looked down and said with a smile: "There is nothing we can do. The mission has been sent out for a month, and you are the only one who meets the conditions, so I’ll make do with it and make a furnace for the Heaven-Building Pill!"
Chen Mo had already stood up at this moment, looking at the woman in front of him without fear, and said: "How much will my sect's contribution points be?"
"Of course it's the number of five people, but the premise is that you cooperate well. If you delay my furnace of elixirs, you won't have to go anywhere within a year!" The more Elder Shen looked at this ugly young man, the more satisfied he became. Said with a smile.
Chen Mo had heard of the Heaven-Building Pill, which was a spiritual elixir used to repair hidden wounds in the body during the foundation-building stage. The lowest-grade, low-grade Heaven-Building Pill cost around 2,700 spirit stones, which was quite expensive.
"Similar to the Heaven-Building Pill, one furnace can produce anywhere from ten to twenty pills. Let's calculate based on the lowest one. If you harvest 27,000 spirit stones at a time, after excluding the cost of the spirit grass, you should be able to have enough left over. After about eight thousand spirit stones, the sect will take away another 70%, and the rest will belong to the individual..."
Chen Mo roughly calculated the income from this alchemy. Not counting the additional contribution points, Elder Shen could have gained more than two thousand spirit stones this time, which made him feel hot in his heart as he was already short of money.
The process of refining the Heaven-Building Pill must be fast, especially the steps of catalyzing the spiritual grass and condensing the medicinal liquid. Elder Shen cannot multi-task, so she hired several herbal apprentices to help her make the pill together.
"Boy, what's your name?"
The sky was getting dark. Since returning to Miaodan Peak, Elder Shen had found some jade slips to familiarize him with, including some simple tips on how to make alchemy. The most important thing was that she was afraid that he would make a mistake, so every process had to be deduced.
This furnace of the Heaven-Building Pill was her last hope. Since the pill refining had failed three times in a row, the amount of damaged herbs was already a huge price. If it failed again this time, the Fuyun Sect would cut off her supply of herbs.
If it were other monks, they could barely handle it if they found someone else to help her, but with her bad temper, no monk in the entire Miaodan Peak would be willing to help.
Elder Shen's temperament was not like this. She was originally an ordinary cultivator in Wei State. Due to an adventure more than ten years ago, she accidentally entered a place where a great master in the alchemy world was enshrined. By chance, she inherited After taking away the three foundation-building pills, one beauty-preserving pill and this senior's alchemy skills left in the cave, her temper became moody.
Of course, no one knows all this, including the leader who classified her as the Fuyun Sect.
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