"Junior brother Bai is back?" The senior brother stationed at the mountain gate greeted the two people in front of him softly.
"Yes, senior brother."
The two of them were Bai Qingzhou and Chen Lin. After a night of repairs, they flew all the way back to Xuanyang Gate early this morning.
Bai Qingzhou stepped forward and handed over his waist badge. The gatekeeper brother took the waist badge and looked at it casually before returning it to Bai Qingzhou.
Every time you enter or leave the mountain gate, you need to check your waist badge, and then register it in the entry and exit book. This is the rule of the sect. This will make everyone's entry and exit status clear at a glance and facilitate management.
After the gatekeeper finished registering, he smiled at Bai Qingzhou and said, "I heard that this is your first time to carry out outer sect affairs. Did you encounter any accidents?"
"Thank you for your concern, senior brother. There was no accident this time and it was resolved smoothly." Bai Qingzhou replied.
"Then you have merit points, you can go to Deacon Dai to exchange for something." Senior Brother kindly reminded.
"Well...I do have an idea."
Bai Qingzhou wanted a weapon in his heart. After this battle with ghosts, he found that it was difficult to hit with a spell. It would be different if he had a handy weapon.
The gatekeeper brother suddenly pointed at Chen Lin who was standing aside and asked, "What's going on with this young man?"
"Oh, it's an orphan I brought back. Can you take it with you to the mountain?"
Bai Qingzhou was a little worried, and he didn't know whether he could take mortals up the mountain.
"There is no problem in bringing it up, but you need to talk to Deacon Daiba and ask how to deal with it."
Hearing this, Bai Qingzhou breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you, senior brother, for your advice."
"polite!"
After finishing speaking, Bai Qingzhou climbed up the steps and entered the mountain gate.
Through the thin barrier, Bai Qingzhou couldn't help but take a deep breath of air. The air entered his body along his nose and immediately made him feel relaxed and happy. He could clearly feel the great difference in the aura contained in the air outside and the air at the mountain gate.
No wonder it is said to be a realm of cultivating immortals. Cultivating here can indeed get twice the result with half the effort...
Chen Lin, who was following him, kept looking around, very curious.
Along the way, Bai Qingzhou greeted his classmates softly when he met them. Bai Qingzhou slowly arrived at Gongshan Pavilion and asked Chen Lin to wait outside. He walked in slowly.
After a while, I found Dai Ba, who was waving ink in front of the desk.
"Hey, Junior Brother Bai..." Daiba put the pen in his hand and said with a smile, "You are back so soon. How did you finish the work?"
Bai Qingzhou stepped forward and cupped his hands and replied: "Living up to the training of the sect, the murderer was successfully found in this incident, but... this is not a simple mortal doing evil."
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
"It's ghosts who kill people..."
Bai Qingzhou used concise words to tell Daiba the whole story one after another.
After saying this, Daiba looked a little serious and said: "It turned out to be ghosts causing trouble, and there was also something about the Hehuan Sect."
"What sect is this Hehuan Sect?" Bai Qingzhou was quite curious.
"Hehuan Sect is also a foundation-building sect like us. Their sect is keen on dual cultivation, but I have never heard of them robbing young children. I still need to report this matter to the leader." Daiba said seriously.
"There have been missing children in the small town in the past few years. I suspect that this matter has been around for a long time. If the Hehuan Sect has someone in Dongkou Town who is responsible for this matter, then there are also people in other small towns and even the prefecture..." Bai Qingzhou reminded.
Daiba waved his hand and said softly: "It doesn't matter, I'll inform the head of this matter and he will handle it myself!"
Bai Qingzhou nodded, and then took out various supplies from his arms, including some charms and spiritual papers.
"Deacon Dai, here are the unused charms and [Feiyun Spiritual Paper]."
After saying that, he handed over the things in his hands.
Dai Ba smiled, pushed away the talisman and said, "The talisman does not need to be returned, you can keep it for yourself, but this [Feiyun Spiritual Paper] is really needed." He put the spiritual paper away.
[Feiyun Lingzhi] is the most suitable tool for monks in the early stage of Qi refining. He used it to travel around for a few days. Seeing it being taken away, Bai Qingzhou felt a little reluctant to leave and asked hurriedly:
"Deacon Dai, how much is this Feiyun Spiritual Paper worth? I want to buy one for use."
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"Haha, this small [Feiyun Spiritual Paper] is not expensive. It only costs ten low-grade spiritual stones to purchase."
Bai Qingzhou thought about the four low-grade spiritual stones placed in the yard, which were all his savings from receiving one piece every three months this year. He couldn't help but shook his head. His money was still too little...
Looking at Bai Qingzhou who shook his head, Dai Ba smiled and said: "Don't be depressed. For the tasks you complete this time, you will be rewarded with ten merit points. You can use these ten points to purchase."
Now Bai Qingzhou hesitated, because he originally wanted to use his merit points to exchange for a weapon, and asked: "In addition to buying [Feiyun Lingzhi] with ten merit points, what kind of weapons can I buy?"
Daiba thought for a moment, "As for weapons, with ten merit points, you can only buy [Shangqing Sword] or [Flying Leopard Sword]."
"Then I have to think about it seriously..."
"Don't worry. Merit points will always exist anyway and can be accumulated. If you want to redeem them, just come back."
Bai Qingzhou nodded, put the returned talisman in his arms, and asked, "Deacon Dai, there is one more thing. I brought the orphan named Chen's family up the mountain. How should we arrange this?"
"It doesn't matter, you can take it back to your own courtyard. This will not affect it, but your monthly supplies will not increase. You need to buy the excess food yourself."
"clear."
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"Master Immortal, you are back?!" Ji Si shouted in surprise at the door.
"Yes." Bai Qingzhou smiled.
Returning to the yard where he had been away for a few days, Bai Qingzhou relaxed physically and mentally. He immediately called the housekeeper Li Er and explained Chen Lin's situation. Then he handed Chen Lin over to him and asked him to prepare clothes, bedding and other sundries. He also ordered Ji to leave.
Miss Ji Nian prepares meals.
Back in the room, Bai Qingzhou smiled knowingly when he looked at several storybooks, two swordsmanship secret books, and some women's accessories on the table. They were all bought with money when he was wandering around Ningshui Prefecture last night.
worldly things.
He planned to give it to Ruan Xiuqi and Qin Yihan.
The storybook and secret books were given to Ruan Xiuqi. After all, the storybook about martial arts attracted Ruan Xiuqi the most. In daily communication, Bai Qingzhou naturally understood that he really wanted to become a legendary martial arts hero.
Some hairpins, earrings, pendants and other accessories are given to Xiaohan. Xiaohan is fourteen years old and has started to pay attention to dressing up. Giving her some simple trinkets should make her happy.
After eating the prepared lunch, Bai Qingzhou was satisfied. He finally ate the spiritual rice he had been missing for many days and stretched. He did not plan to meditate in the afternoon, but just lay down and bask in the sun. The busy work these days has made him tired.
A little tired.
"I'll go give gifts tomorrow and just be lazy today."
Then he pulled up a deck chair and lay down in the yard to take a nap.
The breeze blew gently, and the fresh mountain air made people feel drowsy for a while.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed someone standing. When he turned his head, he saw that it was Chen Lin standing there timidly.
"What are you standing there for?" Bai Qingzhou laughed.
"Master Immortal, what should I do here?" Chen Lin looked confused.
"Oh... you can just help Butler Li with some things."
For such a young child, Bai Qingzhou would naturally not arrange any heavy work for him. Moreover, he had just lost his parents and it was still time to heal.
"Oh." Chen Lin nodded, but stopped talking.
"What's wrong?" Bai Qingzhou was a little confused.
"I...I want to learn skills, I want to kill bad guys!" Chen Lin was still stuttering when he started speaking, but when he spoke later, he was extremely firm and his eyes were piercing.
Bai Qingzhou looked at his serious expression and fell silent.
for a long time.
"In this way...next year the sect will have a meeting to ascend to immortality. I will take you there to give it a try. If you have the talent to cultivate immortality, you can learn how to kill people." After thinking about it for a while, Bai Qingzhou agreed.
He doesn't know how to test his potential spiritual roots to see if he can cultivate, so he can only wait for the sect's ascension conference that takes place every five years.
After receiving the reply, Chen Lin returned to the room with deep thoughts, leaving Bai Qingzhou to continue resting in the courtyard.
I do not know how long it has been.
"Brother Bai! I heard you are back?"
Suddenly a man's voice came from outside the door.
Bai Qingzhou opened his eyes.
I saw a fat figure leaping over the courtyard wall gracefully, flying in the air
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After stopping for a moment, it landed firmly on the ground.
It was Ruan Xiuqi who never left the door.
Seeing him coming, Bai Qingzhou didn't say anything and threw the two storybooks on the table in front of him.
Ruan Xiuqi took it and took a look.
"Remnant Blood Sword! Chen Jiadao! I've wanted to read these two story books for a long time!" He looked very surprised, with a smile on his face.
"Hey, I know you like it. Here are two mortal swordsmanship secret books. Let's practice them tomorrow." Bai Qingzhou pointed to the two books on the table.
"Swordsmanship!" Ruan Xiuqi put down the storybook in his hand, hurriedly walked over, opened the book on the table, and read it carefully.
After watching for a while, Ruan Xiuqi said happily:
"That's right, practicing boxing and kicking all day is not as fun as practicing some swordsmanship."
"You watch slowly, I'll take a nap." After saying that, Bai Qingzhou closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Okay, then I won't disturb you anymore. I'll go back to my room and take a look!" Ruan Xiuqi looked excited.
He went up the mountain more than a year ago and has not come down since. He has also gone to Daiba many times to ask him to arrange some affairs for him so that he can go down the mountain to play, but every time Daiba told him that he did not have the mental capacity yet.
Refuse for mature reasons.
So this time Bai Qingzhou brought back his favorite storybook secret book, so he was naturally very happy.
As Ruan Xiuqi left, Bai Qingzhou fell into a deep sleep after a short while, feeling comfortable.
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No words for a day.
The next day, Bai Qingzhou got up early, washed briefly, then picked up the trinkets and went out.
I walked slowly to the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion and sneaked in to give Xiaohan a surprise.
"Huh? Where are the people?"
In front of the desk where he usually sat, there was no Xiaohan, but a young man instead.
Bai Qingzhou stepped forward and raised his hands and asked, "Senior brother, are you on duty today?"
"Yeah, I just came here for my shift."
"Do you know where the usual Xiaohan has gone?"
"I haven't heard of this. Maybe it's because I don't have any business arrangements, so I'm in my own yard."
"Okay, thank you, senior brother."
He turned around and left the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion and walked towards Xiaohan's yard.
At Xuanyang Sect, each outer disciple will arrange more or less specific tasks to do, such as guarding the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion, sitting in the Gongshan Pavilion, guarding the mountain gate, managing the herb garden, etc.
Since Bai Qingzhou is a new disciple, he is not assigned to do these things at the moment. He just practices at home or attends lectures on weekdays.
Xiaohan was a disciple who entered the Immortal Conference three years ago. He is already considered an old man. Although he is young, he still has to start doing various chores in the sect.
Not long after, Bai Qingzhou arrived at the door of Xiaohan's yard, stepped forward and knocked gently, and then there were footsteps inside the door.
"Eh? Master Bai Xian!"
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman. Over the course of a year, after becoming familiar with Xiaohan, Bai Qingzhou naturally also knew the people in Xiaohan's yard. This person was the housekeeper of Xiaohan's yard.
"I'm looking for Xiaohan."
"Okay, please wait a moment, I will report it now!"
After a while, Qin Yihan walked out of the room, yawning, and kept mumbling: "What are you doing, Bai Qingzhou, you stayed up so early in the morning when you came back."
Bai Qingzhou joked: "What time of day is this? You still haven't gotten up yet."
"Hmph! Finally I don't have to go to the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion to be on duty, and I'm not allowed to sleep in for a while." Qin Yihan snorted.
"Cultivators must not be lazy. Now, this is the gift I bought for you when I came down from the mountain this time." After saying that, he sent the trinket hidden behind him to Xiaohan.
"ah!"
Xiaohan suddenly became sober, and hurriedly stepped forward to check the jewelry. He also took a hairpin from it and inserted it into his head to try it out. He asked with a smile:
"Bai Qingzhou, do you look good?"
Looking at Xiaohan's youthful smile, Bai Qingzhou said happily: "It looks good."
"Bai Qingzhou, you are so kind. Remember to bring a gift when you go out!" Qin Yihan said with a smile.
"Hey, just try it slowly, I'm going back to practice." Seeing her happiness, Bai Qingzhou waved his hands with satisfaction, turned and left.