Chapter 47

Chapter 47: Beginner Mission

Hua Xuan Zi looked at Wei Yun Xi, who had grown another inch taller and still had a sweet face. She smiled and replied, “The senior brother in charge here had to go out for something and asked me to come help. You’re here to take a sect mission?”

Wei Yun Xi immediately smiled. “Yes, Senior Sister. I’m not sure what would suit newbies like us?”

“Take a look first. These are all sect missions that suit new disciples.

“Your cultivation levels are generally early Qi Refining. You can start with simple missions like planting and cleaning. Once you reach mid-stage Qi Refining, you can take missions like gathering and hunting in the sect’s back mountain.”

Hua Xuan Zi’s suggestion was pretty reasonable.

Wei Yun Xi swept her spiritual sense over the jade slip and basically read all the listed missions. Then she handed the jade slip to Zong Hao so the two of them could look as well, while she continued talking with Hua Xuan Zi.

Over this past year, Wei Yun Xi had changed a lot. The first change was her height. Thanks to eating one milk fruit every day, at six years old she was already 1.3 meters tall, almost the same height as Zong Hao and Zong Yu. She was already starting to look like a young girl.

And because her cultivation increased quickly, her overall temperament changed too. The soft baby fat she used to have had faded, and her looks became more and more like her mother’s. Sweetness and coolness blended together in a way that fit perfectly.

Wei Yun Xi was very satisfied with her appearance. Especially when she smiled, two small dimples would appear at the corners of her lips, making her seem even more harmless. That helped her make some friends in the Outer Sect, and Hua Xuan Zi was one of them.

Hua Xuan Zi was skilled at making blank talisman paper, and she did not cut corners just to earn spirit stones. So Wei Yun Xi had basically become a regular customer there.

Then she would wholesale some of her finished talismans to Hua Xuan Zi to sell. That way, she could earn spirit stones without drawing too much attention. It was a win-win.

At this moment, Hua Xuan Zi lowered her voice and said, “Junior Sister Yun Xi, I suggest you take a mission to plant spirit rice. You don’t need to take too much – just manage three mu of spirit fields. In the beginning, you only need to invest some spirit stones to buy seeds. When it matures and gets harvested after three months, aside from submitting a fixed amount of spirit rice, the rest will be your income. You can keep it to eat or sell it to others.”

Wei Yun Xi hesitated a little. As a transmigrator, her knowledge about farming was limited to books and agricultural TV programs. She had never done it herself.

Hua Xuan Zi naturally saw her hesitation and continued, “There are tricks to planting spirit rice. For example, the first time you plant, you should choose Pearl spirit rice. It has low spiritual energy content, but the yield is high and it’s not easy for bugs to infest it.

“After two harvests, you can try red jing (jing) rice or purple rice. These two types don’t yield as much as Pearl rice, but their spiritual energy content is three times that of Pearl rice, and they can sell for spirit stones too.

“We may be cultivators, but we can’t completely cut off our desire for food. And eating spirit rice is good for the body. Long-term consumption can even help improve cultivation. You can think about it.

“If you really can’t do it, you can switch to another mission next time. Once you take this mission, at the very least you won’t need to take sect missions for three months. It counts as a continuous mission.”

After hearing that, Wei Yun Xi had a plan. She decided to take this mission and try it first. If it did not work out, she could deal with it later. So she nodded and said, “Then I’ll listen to you, Senior Sister. This time I’ll take the mission to plant spirit rice.”

“Good. Give me your identity jade token, and I’ll register it for you. Take your token to Outer Fifth Peak. That’s a separate planting peak. You should be able to see a managing disciple at the base of the mountain. He’ll assign you spirit fields.

“Give the managing disciple a little benefit, and he can assign you a decent spirit field. That way you’ll save yourself a lot of trouble, and you can even take advantage of the spirit-gathering array in the fields to cultivate. It’s killing two birds with one stone.”

Wei Yun Xi nodded as she listened, then quickly handed over her identity jade token. This was the advantage of knowing older disciples – they could pass on the most valuable survival experience and keep you from stepping on landmines.

Hearing this, Wei Zong Hao chose the same mission as Yun Xi. He had fire, wood, and earth spirit roots. Both wood and earth spirit roots helped with farming, so he did not hesitate at all.

Zong Yu hesitated for a moment, then chose a mission to help out in the artifact refining room. He had metal, fire, and earth spirit roots. He wanted to learn artifact refining. His cultivation was not high enough yet, so he planned to work as a cleaning attendant for an artifact refiner first. That way he could gain experience and learn a few basics.

After the three of them took their missions, they stepped aside to wait for Wei Yun Ying and the others.

Wei Yun Ying chose a mission to tend herb fields. Wei Zong Jin chose a mission to clean at Spirit Beast Peak. Wei Yun Qing looked and looked, then picked a mission to sort spiritual herbs at Pill Peak.

After learning what mission Wei Yun Qing had taken, Yun Xi’s eyelid twitched. The other party was clearly preparing to enter the next wave of plot. Pill Peak had Sheng Yu Hong, the male lead.

But when Yun Xi looked at Wei Yun Qing’s height, which was even shorter than her own, she gave up her wild imagination. As long as Sheng Yu Hong was not a pedophile, he should not have any thoughts about a Wei Yun Qing like this.

The six of them talked a bit about their missions, then returned to their residence together, planning to go check their mission locations that afternoon.

No one noticed that as they left, a pair of eyes stared at them fixedly. Only after the six disappeared from the Mission Hall did this person turn around and head inside.

Yun Xi and Zong Hao went together to Outer Fifth Peak that afternoon. At the base of the peak, they saw a thatched hut, and in front of it stood a wooden sign that read “Mission Handover Point.” Right now, some disciples were submitting harvested spirit rice, while others were receiving new seeds. Inside the hut, two managing disciples were busy.

Yun Xi and Zong Hao exchanged a look, then stood in the line for receiving new seeds. A moment later, it was their turn.

Wei Yun Xi smiled before she even spoke. She clasped her hands and greeted him. “Senior Brother, the two of us took the planting mission and came to register and receive spirit rice seeds and planting tools.”

The managing disciple lifted his head and swept them with his eyes. He could tell at a glance that they were newly admitted disciples and probably taking missions for the first time, so he said, “Give me your identity jade tokens.”

“Yes!”

The two of them offered up their identity jade tokens. At the same time, without drawing attention, they slipped a low-grade spirit stone into the disciple’s hand. When they saw him smoothly tuck it into his sleeve, they knew he was an old hand.

Yun Xi continued, “Senior Brother, we were introduced by Senior Sister Hua Xuan Zi. She said the managing senior brothers of Outer Fifth Peak are the easiest to talk to and would definitely guide two newbies like us.”

“So you’re familiar with Senior Sister Hua. She hasn’t been here for a long time. What has she been busy with lately?” the senior brother asked, his tone instantly becoming friendly. It looked like those two low-grade spirit stones had been well spent.

Wei Zong Hao immediately replied with a smile, “Senior Sister Hua has been helping out at the Mission Hall these past two days. She helped us take our missions too.”

“Alright. Come and look at this spirit field distribution map. The green ones are already being planted, and the gray ones are unplanted. You can choose from those. Since this is your first time planting spirit fields, I suggest you each plant three mu. If you take more than that, you won’t be able to manage it.”