Chapter 404: Chapter 316: Purple Mark Pill and Star Disc_2
Copper mining, five days for eight contribution points.
Duan Rong’s gaze swiftly moved over this, his brows instantly furrowing deeply.
Why is it all recruiting laborers?
Duan Rong suddenly scanned the bottom of the notice board, where a notice was posted, and the task’s contribution points were as high as sixty.
Duan Rong looked carefully and saw it read: Recruiting two registered disciples, in the space-distorted canyon forest, set up nets to assist in capturing one primordial beast cub. Note: This task carries a certain degree of danger, please consider carefully.
"Space distortion? Primordial beast cub?" Duan Rong’s eyes flickered, quickly contemplating the meaning of these words.
Just then, Duan Rong saw Pan Yong and Yin Cong already walking towards the corner ahead, and he immediately quickly caught up with them.
Yin Cong walked, but his eyes kept darting around...
Pan Yong was surprisingly patient in explaining things to Duan Rong, which was not typical of his temperament!
"What’s this kid’s background?" Yin Cong couldn’t help but glance at Duan Rong behind him with the corner of his eye.
The three of them traversed the iron chain across the valley and arrived at another peak, where the Medicine Pavilion was located.
Though called the Medicine Pavilion, upon closer examination, it was nothing but a set of simple and old buildings.
The three arrived at the entrance of the Medicine Pavilion, Duan Rong pondered for a moment, but couldn’t resist asking, "Brother Pan, is there any other way by Master Shang’s side to get cheaper pills?"
Duan Rong asked because he intended to acquire some pills from the Medicine Pavilion to take back.
He needed pills right at the moment for his cultivation.
If there were other means, he wouldn’t have to be ripped off at the Medicine Pavilion.
Upon hearing this, Pan Yong awkwardly smiled and said, "There’s not. You still need to use contribution points at the Medicine Pavilion to exchange for cultivation pills."
As they spoke, they had already reached the entrance of the Medicine Pavilion.
They showed their sect cloud scroll to the gatekeeper and then entered the Medicine Pavilion.
Pan Yong stood at the plaza before the Medicine Pavilion and said to Duan Rong, "Junior Brother Duan Rong, feel free to browse around and get familiar with the environment while Yin Cong and I go to the warehouse to submit the pills we’ve refined."
After Pan Yong finished speaking, he walked to one side.
Yin Cong deliberately lagged a few steps behind, and said beside Duan Rong, "None of us has it, so we can only exchange at the Medicine Pavilion. Only he has it because Master Shang privately gives it to him."
Yin Cong winked at Duan Rong, pointed to a nearby row of buildings, and said, "Registered disciples exchange pills over there."
After saying this, Yin Cong quickly chased after Pan Yong.
Duan Rong watched Yin Cong’s back, contemplating the truth of his words. "We all don’t have it, only he has it."
After thinking for a while, Duan Rong turned and walked toward the row of buildings Yin Cong pointed at.
It was a row of low buildings nestled in the corner, with three rooms and three signs hanging: Pills, Herbs, Medicine.
Duan Rong’s eyes moved and pushed open the door to the pill room.
Two hours later, Duan Rong walked out from the herb room, his face dark.
In his hand, he clutched a brown porcelain bottle, which he exchanged for twenty contribution points in the pill room, containing twenty Yang Pills.
Duan Rong glanced at the medicine room beside him and chose not to enter.
This Yang Pill was just the most common pill, yet required twenty contribution points to exchange for a bottle.
A registered disciple, without taking tasks at the Guanglu Institute, can’t sustain their cultivation!
Duan Rong suddenly thought of Fan Yuanhai and Zhu Qunxiang, who were merely at the True Qi Realm First Level and Second Level.
It showed that registered disciples couldn’t possibly focus solely on cultivation in these three years; most of their time was spent running errands for the sect!
Duan Rong suddenly felt that this was somewhat akin to conscription in his previous life.
Only those who can advance to become outer disciples can stay and be considered part of the sect.
The others, three years later, merely end up being dismissed from the sect and scattered across Jianghu.
Though they passed the Talent Selection Conference and were chosen as registered disciples, which people from their hometown Xianggu County deem as leaping into the dragon’s gate and being favored by the heavens, in the sect, they’re still just dust at the lowest tier.
Duan Rong stood at the entrance of the Medicine Pavilion, having stayed inside for two hours. Pan Yong and Yin Cong must have already left, as they were simply going to the warehouse to hand over pills.
Duan Rong stood there, furrowing his brows slightly.
He thought his path to self-made pill refining was evidently not ready; to avoid hindering his cultivation progress, he’d undeniably need to return to the Medicine Pavilion to exchange for pills.
Thus, earning contribution points became the priority.
Duan Rong suddenly recalled the task rewarding sixty contribution points.
Sixty points could exchange for three bottles of Yang Pills!
"...two registered disciples...set up nets to assist in capturing...primordial beast cub..."
At this moment, Duan Rong still remembered a few crucial pieces of information from that task.
"I wonder how Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan are doing? This task could be taken with them together. Two people going also provide some mutual support."
Although there were Pan Yong, Yin Cong, Chen Hu, these veterans, Duan Rong didn’t even consider following them.
Firstly, they might not be willing to take him. Secondly, Duan Rong didn’t trust them.
Having nothing to do at the moment, and since it was still early, Duan Rong decided to check on Xiao Yu and Ximen Kankan.
Duan Rong traversed the iron chain from the Medicine Pavilion’s mountain back to the cliffside of the Lower Courtyard, walking along the cliff edge until he reached the iron chains disappearing into the fog where Ximen Kankan and Xiao Yu went.
At the cliffside, Duan Rong hesitated slightly, but chose to first head towards Ximen Kankan’s iron chain.
Duan Rong slid down the iron chain and leaped, landing at the mountainside of a peak.
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