Chapter 281 – Brother, I’m not afraid of suffering.
Chapter 281 – Senior Brother, I’m Not Afraid of Suffering
“When another batch of Waterfly Grass matures, we’ll be able to firmly enter the mid Foundation Establishment realm.”
After Lu Xuan finished digesting the increased cultivation of over twenty years, he felt the spirit liquid filling up in his dantian and had an intuition that he was about to touch a new realm.
From the time he noticed that the cultivation reward from the Spirit Fluorescent Grass had drastically decreased and began to improve its varieties, to the time he obtained the second-grade Water Fluorescent Grass, Lu Xuan had gained no less than forty years of cultivation reward.
However, due to the fact that his root bones were too ordinary, he was still a hair’s breadth away from breaking through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
With his natural talent, he was definitely among the bottom of the list in the Heavenly Sword Sect.
For those gifted geniuses in the sect, breaking through to the middle stage from the early stage to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment usually takes one to two decades, and those with True Legend level talent are more likely to break through in less than ten years.
Lu Xuan was afraid that he might not be able to break through in fifty years if he practiced hard.
The good thing is that the existence of the light group, at once greatly shorten the talent gap between each other, and there is even the trend of the latter.
Since he started planting Waterfly Grass, to the new batch, it was still only three or four short years, and the middle stage of Foundation Establishment was already only a stone’s throw away.
“Planting makes one progress, I love planting.”
Lu Xuan looked at the spirit plants roaming the mountains and smiled.
For the remaining thirty-odd Waterfly Grasses, he didn’t use the Green Wood Source Qi to catalyze their ripening, letting them grow naturally, and then using them to condense the Spirit Seeds after they matured.
“Thirty-five Water Glow Grasses, should be able to get no less than one hundred and fifty Spirit Seeds, that’s enough, any more than that would make it difficult for the Spirit Energy to support the demand of the Spirit Plants.”
Lu Xuan returned to the house with a light cluster full of rewards.
“Senior Brother Lu Xuan, are you there?”
After resting for a little over half a day, a low voice came from outside the Rune Formation.
“In.”
Lu Xuan hurried to the foot of the mountain and opened the Flowing Light Rune Formation, and at a glance, he saw a middle-aged cultivator with a country face and a serious expression standing straight in front of the formation.
He swept his Spiritual Sense slightly and detected that the middle-aged cultivator’s cultivation level was no less than the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and his expression immediately became quite grave.
“I don’t know how to address Senior Brother? What’s the important thing you’re looking for Lu?”
“Senior Brother Lu can just address me as Senior Brother Huang.”
“This time I came over to give you a task, senior brother, it has been a few years since you were promoted to Inner Sect Disciple, and it’s time to complete the Sect Residency Task.”
“Sect garrison mission? Please also tell me in detail, senior brother.”
Lu Xuan’s heart tightened and he said respectfully.
“That’s right, this is an obligation that every Foundation Establishment disciple should fulfill.”
“Clans have many residences in various parts of the cultivation world, used to gather resources, subdue dangerous places, guard loose cultivators, and so on, most of which need to be manned by Foundation Establishment cultivators to subdue some small-minded people, lest the clan’s interests be jeopardized.”
“Senior Brother Huang, can I not choose this clan garrison mission? Or extend it for a few more tens or hundreds of years.”
Lu Xuan asked tentatively.
“Senior Brother Lu this won’t work, garrison missions are usually given to inner disciples who have entered the sect for a few years, after all, pre Foundation Establishment is already completely sufficient, it’s a bit of a waste if you use a fellow mid Foundation Establishment disciple.”
“If senior brother doesn’t want to go, it might lead to senior brothers from the Discipline Hall coming over to settle the matter, and perhaps be punished for it.”
The corner of Lu Xuan’s mouth tugged, although he rarely went out and didn’t interact much with his fellow disciples, he knew the reputation of the Precepts Hall, once they came over, he would have to shed at least a layer of skin.
“What kind of punishments would there usually be?”
He still retained a hint of fluke in his heart, if he was only punished with spirit stones or sword seals, it wasn’t unacceptable to spend the money.
The middle-aged cultivator’s words, however, made his heart go cold and clammy.
“Disobeying the clan’s orders is generally a punishment of ten years of confinement, no outside activities for ten years, and when it’s over it will still be mandatory to complete the task.”
“Ten years of confinement?” Lu Xuan shook his head, if he was truly confined for ten years, the vast majority of the spiritual plants on the mountain peaks, their ripened flowers and fruits would almost be withered.
“Senior Brother Lu doesn’t have to be so resistant, the sect won’t let you waste a few years of effort for nothing.”
“During the period of stationing, there are at least three hundred sword seals subsidized every year, and the place of stationing is usually some small clans and scattered cultivators, there is almost no risk, and we rarely hear of fellow disciples losing their lives because of this.”
Seeing that Lu Xuan was somewhat reluctant, the middle-aged cultivator explained.
“Three hundred sword seals per year? That means you can get at least three Fourth Grade Spirit Seeds.”
Since he couldn’t refuse, Lu Xuan could only accept it, and it was good that the number of subsidized sword seals didn’t disappoint him.
“I would also like to ask Senior Brother to give me the details of the locations where I can go to be stationed.”
“Good.”
The middle-aged cultivator nodded.
“There are currently three places for you to choose from, Senior Brother Lu.”
“The first place needs to be reached within three months, a city of casual cultivators that produces several types of rare ores, less than a thousand miles from the Nightmare Mountain Range, and can be subsidized with three hundred Swordmarks per year.”
“Although the number of sword seals is the smallest, due to its location near the Falling Nightmare Mountain Range, surrounded by many secret realms and infested with demonic beasts and evil spirits from time to time, it is instead a bit more popular, and there are still the rest of the Inner Sect disciples vying for this opportunity.”
“The second place is located in Xuan Yin City, spread with many large forces, the sect has an average say in the city, and needs to arrive within January.”
“Xuan Yin City is more than a thousand miles away from the Extreme Yin Sect, it’s easy to run into evil cultivators, and it’s the preferred place for those fellow disciples who want to hone their fighting abilities.”
“Due to the higher danger, the subsidized sword seals will also be higher, with three hundred and sixty sword seals per year.”
“What about the last one?”
Lu Xuan asked with a frown, he wasn’t too satisfied with either of these two stationing locations, one was close to the Nightmare Fall Mountain Range, and the other wasn’t far away from the Extreme Yin Sect, and it sounded as if they both had a considerable amount of risk.
“The last one is located near the Boundless Sea, a large island that produces some specialty spirit items, sea fish and sea beasts, as well as some rare spirit herbs and so on.”
“It is rumored that in its surrounding islands, one can occasionally find rare spiritual liquids.”
“But there aren’t many opportunities there, and it doesn’t serve the purpose of hammering oneself, plus it’s located in a bitterly cold land, so it’s usually semi-compulsory to commission an inner disciple to go there, and the number of subsidized sword seals per year is three hundred and twenty.”
“Specialties include sea fish and sea beasts, rare spirit grasses, and the possibility of discovering spirit liquid?”
“Most importantly, there aren’t any secret realms with insidious sect cultivators, which means the security is more reliable.”
Hearing this, Lu Xuan’s eyes lit up.
“Senior Brother Huang, then I’ll choose that island near the Boundless Sea.”
“I’m a loose cultivator by birth, I’m not afraid of hard work or tiredness, so I’d like to ask senior brother to fulfill my request and let me go to the island to exercise for a few years.”
Lu Xuan said to the middle-aged cultivator with a sincere face.
Safe, reliable and risk-free, as well as being able to see all kinds of sea beasts and spirit herbs, while having the possibility of finding spirit liquid that could cultivate the Dragon Wreckage Grass, where would one find this kind of good errand?
“Master Lu are you sure?”
The middle-aged cultivator asked with some doubts, it was really that the inner disciples who usually chose that island were too few, everyone wanted to stay away from that bitter cold island, Lu Xuan made him a little uncomfortable instead.
All want to go to find the opportunity to remove the devil, which have the initiative to the bitter cold island close.
“OK OK.”
Lu Xuan hurriedly answered.
(End of Chapter)