Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 4: Jiatai Market (Major Repair)
The inner sect senior brother maintained a calm demeanor, skillfully flicking his sleeve to store the spiritual stone away.
After carefully rubbing and weighing it in his hand, a satisfied smile finally appeared on his serious face.
Arranging miscellaneous tasks was different from arranging cave dwellings.
Once the cave dwelling for outer sect disciples was set, it was difficult to change.
Only by being promoted to the inner sect could one select a new cave dwelling rich in spiritual energy.
Or one could only move to the seven main peaks to practice after reaching the foundation establishment stage, or be assigned a small spiritual mountain within the sect to open a cave dwelling.
Therefore, the “benefit” fee was somewhat expensive; usually, it took more than ten spiritual stones to arrange for a slightly better location, which was normal.
However, these miscellaneous tasks occurred every three months; although they only required one or two spiritual stones, they provided a steady flow like a trickle.
The inner sect senior brother was very satisfied, seeing that this younger disciple was so understanding, his tone became more courteous.
“It’s only natural for a junior brother with a particular skill to want to choose a task he is good at!”
“Utilizing everyone’s talents, I completely understand,” he continued.
“In the future, when the junior brother collects tasks, just come to me here; I will take care of the arrangements for you.”
“By the way, my surname is Qian, you can call me Senior Brother Qian.”
Senior Brother Qian said with satisfaction, his tone considerably warmer than before, contrasting sharply with his earlier indifference.
After speaking, he flipped through the task ledger in his hand.
“Let’s see, the pharmacy at Dingzi 17 is still missing a disciple to take care of the spiritual herbs.”
“This task lasts for a month; junior brother, please go here.”
As he spoke, he assigned Liu Yu the task of managing the spiritual herb garden.
The Yuan Yang Sect’s spiritual herb garden is divided into four levels: A, B, C, and D.
These correspond to the nascent soul stage, golden core stage, foundation establishment stage, and qi refinement stage, respectively.
This corresponds directly with the realms of immortal cultivators; for example, the D-level garden generally plants spiritual herbs suitable for the qi refinement stage.
After registering, Senior Brother Qian explained some important points to note and handed Liu Yu a Bronze Token.
With this token, one could activate the formation restrictions of the spiritual herb garden, and it needed to be returned after the task ended.
“Thank you for the arrangement, Senior Brother!”
Liu Yu took the token, chatted with Senior Brother Qian for a few more moments, then cupped his hands and turned to leave the Administrative Hall.
After this period of contemplation, he had a vague idea in his mind about how to utilize the Immortal Abode's efficacy to rapidly improve his cultivation.
Although the Immortal Abode had the miraculous effect of speeding up the ripening of spiritual herbs, Liu Yu did not plan on frequently selling spiritual herbs for spiritual stones.
Such actions would be tantamount to seeking death!
At most, he would ripen a few spiritual herbs as his “first bucket of gold,” but afterward, unless necessary, he wouldn’t directly sell spiritual herbs.
In the mysterious cultivation world, various strange spells appeared endlessly; if high-grade spiritual herbs were frequently circulated in the market, it would definitely attract the attention of certain “interested parties.”
Even though he could disguise himself in appearance or sell in different locations, he was afraid he still wouldn’t escape the investigation of those who were keen.
No matter how careful he was, it was hard to avoid leaving behind traces.
At that time, he would surely suffer through a bout of “soul searching!”
Therefore, after much thought, Liu Yu decided to refine elixirs himself, quickly improving his cultivation without attracting attention.