Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 228 Cave Mansion
Huang Bing leaned forward slightly and reminded him, "Outer sect elder, the sect does not have a quota for cultivation resources."

In ordinary sects, the outer disciples mainly do miscellaneous tasks, such as maintaining the sect from top to bottom, welcoming guests, and preparing for events. The outer sect elders are the ones who lead the disciples to coordinate and implement these tasks.

Usually, those with limited talent who cannot compete with others in cultivation rely on their efforts to improve the sect's status or obtain resource allocations.

However, due to its special origins and weak foundation, the outer sect elders of the Changjing Sect do not receive any cultivation resources, and it is obvious that they will have a lot of work to do.

Pei Xia quickly replied, "The necessities for cultivation should be earned by oneself, without the sect providing them. However, I'm new here, and I'm afraid I might not be able to do some of the sect's odd jobs properly..."

These are all minor matters. With so many people in the canal gang, one more Pei Xia won't make a difference.

Since it was said to be the karma left behind by his junior brother, and with Dugu Nong's influence, Huang Bing was originally afraid that the other party would make exorbitant demands and he would lose face.

Pei Xia's humility, however, earned him some admiration.

Huang Bing stroked his beard and pondered for a moment: "In that case, I will also give Senior Dugu face. I will send someone to deliver a Hunling Pill to you in a while. As for the location of your cave, you can choose any of the mountains in my Changjing Sect. As long as it is unclaimed, you can use it."

That would be excellent.

Pei Xia was about to express her gratitude when she suddenly remembered the request that Dugu Nong had made. She paused and said, "Sect Leader, before I left, Senior Dugu mentioned to me that his relationship with our Uncle Hu was very rare. I hope that the Changjing Sect can spread the word about the return of the wooden plaque. It would be a wonderful story."

Huang Bing hadn't expected this, but it wasn't hard to understand.

I heard that Dugu Nong is a cultivator at the Heavenly Consciousness Realm. He is probably quite famous in the Seven States. At their level, they often fall into the predicament of having no hope of attaining enlightenment and turn to pursuing popularity. I guess he also wants to make a name for himself in the Eastern States.

Huang Bing naturally agreed with a smile, and then sent his disciples to accompany Pei Xia to complete the entry procedures and select a cave dwelling.

Emerging from the main hall of the treasure ship, Pei Xia took a deep breath. The matter had gone so smoothly this time that he couldn't help but wave his arm.

On the contrary, Huang Bing's thin disciple glanced at him with a look of disdain.

After all, objectively speaking, Pei Xia's situation is generally referred to as "getting in through connections."

Pei Xia pretended not to notice and asked with a smile, "Haven't you asked for my name yet, senior brother?"

"My surname is Li, you can just call me Senior Brother Li."

"Oh, Senior Brother Li, thank you for your trouble."

Standing outside the main hall, Senior Brother Li glanced at the scenery on the mountainside. Perhaps thinking about how he would have to take Pei Xia to explore the mountains and find a cave later, a hint of annoyance appeared on his face: "Let's go, I'll take you to register first, and get your cave number and disciple robes."

The structure of Changjingmen is quite complex, after all, it originated from the Caobang (Grass Canal Gang), and its underlying architecture is very chaotic.

But it is simple in a way, because it has a thin foundation and a short history, so many of its aspects are straightforward and not lengthy.

Although Senior Brother Li disliked Pei Xia, he had to take his master's mission to heart. He took Pei Xia to register and introduced him to the various branches and facilities of the sect along the way.

Pei Xia was mainly focused on the Spirit Medicine Garden and the Hall of Merit.

The former is easy to explain. A spirit herb garden is for planting spirit plants and medicinal herbs. Almost every sect has one, but the plants grown there vary depending on the sect's level and resources.

As Pei Xia walked by, she took a sniff. It seemed unlikely that she would be able to dig up any jade ginseng or Xuanji grass from the medicine garden at Changjing Sect.

The latter, the Hall of Merit, is actually a task board for posting recruitment notices. However, in ordinary sects, this is just a small hall, mostly dealing with internal sect matters, with rewards agreed upon in advance, such as pills and spiritual materials.

According to Senior Brother Li, Changjing Sect has a strong foundation in canal transport and the well-developed water network of Maizhou. Therefore, in addition to handling its own sect's difficult and complicated matters, Dianji Hall also undertakes bounties from outsiders. In addition to the agreed-upon items, the reward also includes a "Dian'e" that is used internally within the sect.

At the Changjing Sect, the plaque can be used to exchange for spiritual herbs and materials, elixirs and magical artifacts, and even to borrow cultivation techniques and secret skills from the sect's library. If Pei Xia is truly an ordinary outer sect elder, he will probably have to rely on this plaque if he wants to turn his life around in the future.

Before long, Senior Brother Li helped Pei Xia complete the registration and receive his cave dwelling token and outer sect elder's robes.

But when he looked up at Han Youzhi and Lu Li beside Pei Xia, he couldn't help but frown: "What about these two..."

Pei Xia quickly said, "Ah, this child is one of my apprentices. I found her on the road because I felt sorry for her."

Senior Brother Li scoffed without any attempt to hide his disdain: "With your cultivation level, you dare to take on disciples? You're misleading young people... What about the other one?"

When his gaze fell on Han Youzhi, Senior Brother Li deliberately kept his tone indifferent, but a fleeting glint of heat still flashed in his eyes.

Han Youzhi has a graceful figure, full and shapely, with long legs and a curvaceous figure. Even when she is wearing ordinary training clothes, she is still hard to look away from.

See, all those with connections are the same. Even when they go out to cultivate themselves, they still have to bring along top-quality women. Bah!
Pei Xia didn't care about other people's opinions at all, and gave the answer that would minimize nagging: "A confidante."

"Humph."

"Humph."

Two hums, one from Senior Brother Li and one from Han Youzhi.

After completing the formalities and stepping outside, Senior Brother Li pointed to the distant mountains: "These fifteen mountains all belong to our Changjing Sect. Take a look, pick a direction, and I'll take you to find a cave dwelling."

To some high-level cultivators, a mountain is a cave dwelling, but in reality, a mountain is very large and can easily accommodate more than a dozen cave dwellings. If people don't intentionally visit each other, you might not even know who your neighbors are until you die.

Instead of pointing to the towering mountains, Pei Xia gestured with her chin toward a distant mountain valley: "I think the spiritual energy there is quite rich. Shall we go take a look?"

Senior Brother Li widened his eyes slightly.

Your spiritual perception is somewhat problematic.

However, he was too lazy to remind Pei Xia, so he nodded in agreement and led Pei Xia down the mountain.

The Changjing Sect claims to have over a dozen mountains as its territory, but this is really just a display of foolishness and greed. In a blessed land with abundant spiritual energy, some people have one mountain peak while the sect has fifteen. To put it bluntly, they have a poor foundation and can't find a good place, so they just fenced off a large piece of land on the riverbank to pretend to be very impressive.

The place Pei Xia chose was even less respectable.

After walking half a day along the mountain path, lifting the branches revealed a very pleasant view.

This should be a valley with a stream, clear springs, green trees and round stones. Although some thorns and vines have grown nearby, it is clearly a large open space that can be used for any purpose once cleared.

The spiritual energy is too thin.

Senior Brother Li looked up at the surrounding mountains and into the distance: "This place should be not far from some senior uncle's cave. There might be an array set up to absorb spiritual energy."

Indeed, Pei Xia sensed it as soon as she arrived; there was a flow of spiritual energy around her. But it was alright; this formation was of low grade and its efficiency in drawing spiritual energy was extremely low, so the impact was minimal.

Senior Brother Li looked around again: "Shall we choose this spot?"

Pei Xia affirmed again.

He didn't press the matter, but simply mentioned, "If you need to open a cave, I can get a few cultivators to help you when I get back. It won't be hard to find people to calculate the quota for them. Don't worry, Master instructed that this amount will also be charged to our main peak."

(End of this chapter)