abnabooks Chapter 4: Senior Brother Invites Me to Do a Mission
Chapter 4: Senior Brother Invites Me to Do a Mission
Wang Yan was taken aback.
Di Nan has already done very well, is this Grand Elder still not satisfied?
Wang Yan listened attentively.
Lingya, who broke the news, immediately denied it: "No, it's because they want to select a few more registered students. They probably want to choose one good one to be a formal disciple, and the others will continue to be registered! Anyway, let's give it a try first!"
"That makes sense! I'll talk to my cousin about it then! He'll be very grateful if he gets selected!"
Wang Yan was initially relieved, but soon frowned again.
Something's not right here.
Hu Jingfa, Du Cheng, and Ding Miaolan came to the Temple of Learning to see him one after another. Now, Huolian Peak needs to select more disciples... It's probably not just because Danding Peak, Renyi Peak, and Huolian Peak are short of people.
Dan Ding Peak, Ren Yi Peak, and Huo Lian Peak are known as the three major auxiliary inner peaks of the Yun Ding Sect. The pills, herbs, and weapons they produce are always in short supply.
But we haven't seen them frequently picking people from the third-level spirit sprouts of the outer sect.
"They came to examine me because I wrote the character 'Nai Shen' (耐神). But their rumor that they want to recruit more disciples has absolutely nothing to do with the character 'Nai Shen'!"
"I'm afraid they need to produce a large quantity of pills and weapons, and their manpower is severely insufficient, which is affecting the normal operation of their peak!"
Under what circumstances would all three supporting players have to rush to finish their work?
Wang Yan sensed an impending storm.
"Alright, stop lying down. I saw a steward coming to shoo us away. Get up, let's go back to the thatched cottage."
Upon hearing the rustling sound of someone getting up from the grass, Wang Yan, who was lying down, waited a few breaths before also getting up from the soft grass and returning to the outer sect grass hall area where the second-tier spirit sprout disciples lived.
However, before he even reached the thatched hut where he lived, he could hear Huo Erdan, who shared the hut with him, talking from afar.
"Di Nan, I'm not afraid to confront the mystical beasts, but Wang Yan didn't have a good life at his uncle and aunt's house. Although he's busy all day long in our sect, there's no danger, he eats well, and sleeps soundly."
"You're trying to get him to go out into the wild to gather materials from first-tier mystic beasts? He could be eaten by one at any moment. Even though you'll pay him, he might not dare to go!"
Wang Yan immediately slowed his pace in surprise.
The original owner, Huo Erdan, and Di Nan were from the same village and had a good relationship when they lived in the countryside. However, Di Nan was the first to join the sect, and they had less contact afterward.
Unexpectedly, Di Nan now has a mission from his sect and actually wants to ask me to help in the wilderness?
Wang Yan poured more profound energy into the "eyes seeing in all directions, ears hearing in all directions" combination within his sea of consciousness, listening intently.
The voice was immediately amplified several times, and it was Di Nan's calm reply: "Er Dan, you're wrong. He has a lot of courage to dare to try the mutated Crazy Hemp Grass. Besides, in the sect, the two of you are the people I trust the most!"
Wang Yan raised his eyebrows slightly.
Actually, there's more to the story about tasting the mutated hemp grass than he can say.
After a moment's thought, he strode forward again.
After turning past the bamboo fence, Wang Yan saw Huo Erdan chatting with Di Nan in the yard.
If most of the level-three spiritual sprouts in the Xi Shen Hall are like refined steel, then Di Nan at this moment is like refined steel refined through a hundredfold tempering.
He stood tall and straight, with thick, straight, sword-like eyebrows. His dark brown pupils seemed like a volcano gathering power, and he also possessed a fiery nature that had not yet completely faded.
Huo Erdan looked stronger than Di Nan, but when the two stood together, Huo Erdan looked like a fat and lazy bear, while Di Nan looked like a mutated tiger, full of power ready to be unleashed.
Only those who have joined the sect within the last three years and are at the third level of spiritual sprout are qualified to be selected as nominal disciples of inner sect cultivators, and usually only 20% of them are selected.
Judging from Di Nan's current vitality, it's no wonder that he was chosen as the top disciple of Zhu Ning, the Grand Elder of the Flame Peak of the Inner Sect, after only one year in the sect.
Upon seeing Wang Yan return, Huo Erdan immediately perked up and shouted to him, "Yanzi, you've come at the right time! Di Nan needs to see you."
Di Nan walked over calmly and looked at him: "Wang Yan, in five days, I will be leaving the sect with my senior brothers from Fire Refining Peak and senior sisters from Pill Cauldron Peak to hunt first-tier white-tailed black wolves, first-tier gray-furred long-eared demon rabbits, and first-tier medicinal herbs in Mangshe Mountain. We need reliable helpers."
"I know that you and Erdan both achieved Grade A in the first-tier mystic beast material assessment, indicating a high degree of material integrity. Moreover, we trust each other. I'd like to take you both with me. We'll travel by airship both ways, and if all goes well, we can get there in an hour and return within two days."
"I'll provide you with food and drink, including meat and vegetables, and I'll also pay you an extra two taels of silver and two low-grade Xuanjing crystals per person, based on market prices. I'll pay on the way back."
"Of course, along the way, you two might have to fight against first and second-tier mystical beasts, and I can't completely guarantee that your lives won't be in danger. Are you two willing to go?"
Wang Yan was slightly taken aback.
The fact that people from Dan Ding Peak and Huo Lian Peak teamed up to do this low-level weapon-refining material task... was it a coincidence, or was it because they were short of materials and even had to use the registered disciples?
As he was pondering this, Huo Erdan immediately urged him expectantly, "Yanzi, even if we don't go now, we'll still have to fight the mystical beasts when we advance to the third-level spirit sprout stage. Going now will give us more experience."
Wang Yan frowned and calmly reminded him, "You're wrong. A level three spiritual sprout can use far more protective divine characters than we can, and their strength is also far greater!"
Huo Erdan froze, disappointment flashing in his eyes: "So, you're not going?"
Wang Yan began to quickly weigh the pros and cons.
Mangshe Mountain is located more than 800 miles outside the sect. It is a common training ground for sect disciples, and deep within it are third-tier Xuan Beasts with strength comparable to those in the Condensation Realm.
The outer perimeter of Mangshe Mountain is also filled with first-tier Xuan beasts whose strength is comparable to those in the later stages of the Xuan Dong realm. In addition to the Xuan Wolf and the Demon Rabbit, there are also first-tier Poison Frogs, which Wang Yan cannot deal with at present.
Even Huo Erdan, who had joined the sect a few months earlier, could only manage a draw against this Xuanlang.
But if I say I won't go... well, that's two taels of silver and a piece of mystic crystal!
The first and second level spirit sprouts within the sect are not qualified to receive Xuan Crystals. This is currently his only opportunity to access Xuan Crystals and accelerate his cultivation.
"My town-level sea of consciousness is far less capable of exerting the power of the divine word than my county-level sea of consciousness, so I must find a way to expand it as soon as possible."
"If I can raise ten taels of silver, go to the Divine Inscription Hall of the sect, communicate with the God of Literature, and submit the poems and songs from my previous life, I should be able to receive the first blessing and increase my sea of consciousness by one percent."
"Those poems and songs should be able to rank in the top ten of the sect's Divine Literature Ranking, then I can get at least 10,000 points as a reward, which I can exchange for some pills or weapons, and I can also get back the ten taels of silver."
"Once a divine text that makes it into the top ten of its category is redeemed by other disciples using points, my sea of consciousness can expand by one-thousandth per person. As long as I do this from time to time, my sea of consciousness should expand faster."
"Right now, I only have four taels of silver. Even if I work part-time at the harvesting site every night, I can only earn half a tael of silver each time."
When Wang Yan first transmigrated, he planned to go to the Divine Script Hall to apply for the monthly allowance of ten taels of silver after receiving it half a month later, plus the four taels of silver that the original owner had saved.
But now that Di Nan has extended an invitation, if he does well on the mission, perhaps he can borrow the remaining four taels of silver from Di Nan upon his return, go to the Divine Script Hall to apply for the funds, save some time, and improve his strength more quickly...
Moreover, with senior brothers at the Profound Breakthrough Realm around, safety is greatly increased.