Chapter 22: Qingchuan's Worries

  "Is it really that much?" Qingchuan seemed startled and didn't dare reach out to take it.

  "Here, I have plenty more." Ishikawa forced it into Harukawa's hand.

  "Is this a gift from Yun Lao?" Qingchuan still couldn't believe it.

  "Just take it and use it, but don't tell anyone else about this, including your master. Otherwise, everyone will know that I have so many elixirs and spirit stones, and they'll be jealous to death." Ishikawa said with a half-joking tone.

  The two were like siblings, and for these things, Ishikawa still trusted Harukawa, but just to be on the safe side, he reminded him.

  "Stone Brother, I definitely won't go out and spread it around." Qingchuan put away the dan medicine and ling stone, and suddenly seemed to remember something: "I originally came this time to help Stone Brother with some sect tasks, but looking at this situation, Stone Brother shouldn't need to do any sect tasks anymore, right?"

  " Sect mission?" Ishikawa suddenly remembered, the Chief Elder had said that a certain amount of sect missions must be completed. If Qingchuan hadn't mentioned it, Ishikawa almost forgot.

  "Are you going to do it too?" Ishikawa looked at Harukawa with some puzzlement. She was, after all, the only disciple of Master Seiyo.

  "It's a must, after all, completing sect tasks is a kind of training, and it will be very helpful for future outings to collect medicine or enter ancient ruins to search for treasure. So I have to complete enough sect tasks every month, otherwise Master will punish me by not letting me eat." Qingchuan stuck out her tongue playfully.

  "Then tell me about the sect's task first." Ishikawa knew that he couldn't avoid doing the sect's task, so for now, he would ask Harukawa to understand it a bit. Besides, Harukawa should be more familiar with the sect's tasks, and they could choose simpler ones when receiving them.

  Qing Chuan heard that Ishikawa had a question to ask her, and puffed out his small chest: "The so-called sect mission is just a general term. In fact, the sect mission is to make contributions to the sect. Some tasks require receiving, while others do not need to be received. For example, guarding the mountain gate or taking care of a certain elder's cave task requires receiving. These tasks are simple and can come into contact with the elders. Although the sect's contribution is less, many people rush to do it. I estimate that this kind of task won't even reach us. In addition, you can also hand over spiritual grass and spiritual ore. As long as a certain amount is handed in every month, it can be considered as completing the sect's contribution."

  Ishikawa nodded, and Harukawa explained very clearly that the school was just using this name as an excuse to let these inner disciples do their jobs, such as guarding the door or searching for herbs. Under the guise of training, they were serving those foundation-building cultivators.

  To put it bluntly, outer disciples serve inner disciples, and inner disciples serve the elders of the foundation-building period.

  "These tasks are to be handed over once a month, but there is another place that is different from these. If you go there, you won't have to hand them over for several years." Qingchuan said mysteriously.

  "Is there a task like this?" Ishikawa pretended to be very interested, greatly satisfying Harukawa's desire to show off.

  That's what happens when you become a miner. The Water Spirit Sect has thousands of inner sect disciples, but those who can stay in the sect generally come from wealthy families with close ties to the sect. There are also some people who cannot receive guard duties and cannot hand over enough spiritual grass and minerals, so they have to go to the mine to work as miners for the sect to extract raw ore. Then, other disciples in the sect will refine the raw ore into spirit stones or mysterious iron and other materials. It's said that it's extremely hard labor, and once you go, it's rare to be able to return.

  "There's still something like this." Ishikawa didn't expect that Mizu no Mon had another mine.

  "Stone Brother, you won't consider this task, will you?" Qingchuan joked, apparently not thinking that Ishikawa would take the task: "Alright, it's getting late, I have to go back, or else Master will scold me again."

  "Alright, I'll be living here from now on. If you're free and have nothing to do, feel free to come visit me anytime." Ishikawa stood up and saw Harukawa out.

  As soon as the ban was lifted, Ishikawa saw four people standing outside, and the leader was unexpectedly Hua Xiong.

  "As expected, you're here." Hua Xiong's expression changed slightly as he said to Qingchuan, "Qingchuan, junior sister, you should come here less often. If Yan Shifu finds out, it won't be good."

  Qingchuan's face sank: "I love going wherever I want, what business is it of yours?"

  Several cultivators from the second and third layers of the Qi Refining stage behind Hua Xiong also chimed in, "Qingchuan Shijie, we can all see Brother Hua's intentions towards you. Why bother with a useless first-layer Qi Refining cultivator?"

  Ishikawa's face changed slightly, these people are really hateful. Originally, Ishikawa followed the principle of doing less rather than more, and didn't want to bother with these flies. If Hua Xiong and others spoke nonsense to Ishikawa, Ishikawa would absolutely not take it to heart, because there was no need to get angry with this group of people.

  But they did so to Qingchuan, and Ishikawa couldn't control himself anymore.

  This is still in front of Ishikawa, if Ishikawa wasn't here, what could they say?

  Qingchuan is alone and unsupported at Shuiling Gate. Although he claims to be Yan Changlao's only disciple, as the sole disciple of Yan Changlao who only accepts one student, how much can Yan Changlao care for Qingchuan? Just by looking at these people's attitude, Shi Chuan already has a general idea.

  What can be tolerated and what cannot be tolerated.

  Ishikawa Nodou said: "A few big men like you, harassing a girl every day, what kind of skill is that?"

  "Hold on, your cultivation isn't high, but your tone is quite big." A second-layer Qi Refining cultivator stepped forward with a sly smile and said: "Don't think that just because you're an inner sect disciple now, we'll treat you like a person. As long as you've been an outer sect disciple for even one day, you'll forever be a tool, a tool for us inner sect disciples to use as we please!"

  "You!" Qingchuan's small face turned pale.

  Ishikawa coldly said: "A few self-righteous, unskilled guys, what can you do besides fooling around every day? It's just that your lives are good, born in a slightly better family, and you have a place to live in Shuilingmen. I really feel sorry for your parents, how did they have such bad luck to give birth to a few useless people like you?"

  Hua Xiong's face turned red with rage, and he pointed at Shi Chuan, shouting: "Who did you say is a waste?"

  Hua Xiong has been in the Water Spirit Gate for seven or eight years, although he was accepted as a disciple by Master Sun, his talent is indeed limited. Until now, he still hasn't entered the Pre-Heaven stage, which is his biggest failure. Every time he returns to his family, he will be ridiculed by his peers in the family.

  Ishikawa had just hit his weak point.

  "You, you, you, and you! All four of you are useless." Ishikawa said loudly: "Can't I make myself any clearer? Coming to bother Akakawa every day, truly shameless."

  "You want to die!" Hua Xiong drew his treasured sword and was about to charge forward.

  Those monks hastily pulled Huaxiong, saying in a low voice: "Brother Hua, although this place is remote, it is still within the Shuiling Gate. If we fight here, we will definitely be punished. Moreover, letting him suffer a physical punishment here would be too easy for him." After that, they whispered a few more words into Huaxiong's ear.

  Ishikawa has entered a state of prenatal awareness, and his hearing naturally surpasses that of many others. He barely managed to hear these few sentences.

  They actually wanted to invite Ishikawa to a duel outside the gate, and even if they didn't kill Ishikawa, they had to leave some disability for Ishikawa.

  Several 16- or 17-year-old kids actually had such a vicious heart, and Ishikawa couldn't help but feel indignant.

  Hua Xiong burst out laughing and said: "Shi Chuan, you little brat, if you have any guts, meet me at the back mountain in three days for a duel. If you win, I'll never bother Qingchuan again. But if you lose, you'll crawl around the inner gate three times and then roll back to the outer gate."

  Ishikawa smiled coldly, and with his current cultivation, he was absolutely far above the few of them. Even if Ishikawa just released the Tianyuan Puppet, these people would not be able to withstand it.

  "It's just a bet, but I think the stakes are a bit light. If you lose, not only can't you disturb Qingchuan, but also you have to crawl around the teahouse three times."

  Qing Chuan grasped Shi Chuan's arm and said, "Shi Ge, what's the point of comparing with this kind of person? Let's just ignore him."

  Hua Xiong heard Qing Chuan say this and hastily said: "Alright, it's settled then. Three days later, whoever doesn't come will be considered the loser. Don't try to welch on the deal at that time."

  Hua Xiong and several others left with a flourish.

  Qingchuan's eyes were slightly red, and she scolded: "Shitou Ge, you didn't have to provoke these people for me."

  "Don't worry!" Ishikawa patted Harukawa's shoulder.

  Suddenly, a faint voice echoed in Ishikawa's mind: "Good kid, you've actually found a way to control the Earth Mother Stone. However, you're still too inexperienced, and this spiritual energy is not enough to seal me away. Tell me the method of controlling the Earth Mother Stone, and I might spare your life."

  Ishikawa was slightly startled, and hastily divided a thread of his consciousness to inspect the spiritual shield on the outside of the Tohfu, the Xianfu. Indeed, there were some gaps in it. Ishikawa hastily threw in several spirit stones.

  "Qingchuan, don't worry about this matter anymore. I have some other things to attend to at the outer gate."

  After seeing off Qingchuan, Ishikawa quickly rushed to the outer gate. As soon as Ishikawa threw in a few pieces of Ling Stone, the spiritual energy on the Ling Stone was immediately absorbed by the Tu Fu to maintain its protective shield, and Lin Feng's curses also disappeared at the same time.

  Inside the immortal mansion, there is also a considerable amount of loose spiritual energy, especially on top of the yellow earth below, where there is quite a bit of spiritual energy. However, the immortal mansion is in a state of slow circulation.

  The spiritual energy produced by the decomposition of those abandoned artifacts slowly merged into the yellow earth, and then slowly circulated in the immortal mansion.

  If Lin Feng charged like that once or twice a day, the immortal mansion would be fine, but Lin Feng was frantic and didn't stop charging for a moment. The innate spiritual power in the earth mansion couldn't keep up at all.

  Just now, Ishikawa threw in a few pieces of spiritual stones, and the spiritual power was quickly utilized by the immortal mansion. However, this is not a long-term solution. The spiritual stones on Ishikawa's body are limited, and at this rate of consumption, after a few days, Ishikawa will have no more spiritual stones to throw in.

  So Ishikawa hurriedly went to the outer gate, those abandoned artifacts could also provide a large amount of spiritual energy. Moreover, disassembling waste spirit artifacts could also obtain a large number of refining material.