Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 15920 Mission
Upon returning to the Qinglan Sect, Chen Feng handed in his mission and then went straight back to his courtyard. As soon as he arrived, he went to the meditation room. If it weren't for the god, he almost wouldn't have made it back. He moved the cabinet aside, knelt down in front of the god's statue, and the next moment he arrived in that space.

Upon entering that space, the statue spoke: "My believer, I will give you a task. If you can complete this task well, I will give you a greater reward."

This was the first time the statue had spoken like this, which startled Chen Feng. He immediately replied, "Almighty God, please give your command."

The statue spoke, "You must develop more believers. The more believers you develop, the greater the rewards you will receive. You performed very well this time, and I will reward you." After saying this, Chen Feng emerged from that space. As soon as he came out, he felt as if his body was on fire, and at the same time, countless spiritual energies entered his body, greatly increasing his strength. Soon, the burning sensation on his body disappeared, and Chen Feng breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes filled with joy.

He then kowtowed to the statue again before moving the cabinet back. After putting the cabinet away, Chen Feng sat in the quiet room thinking about how to develop his followers. It would be difficult to develop them directly by finding someone. What should he do?

Suddenly, Chen Feng had a thought. God only told him to develop believers, but didn't say that he had to develop outer disciples as believers. What if the believers he developed weren't outer disciples, but ordinary people? Wouldn't that be easier?

Upon thinking of this, Chen Feng immediately stood up and flew directly towards the management office. He remembered that the sect had some garrison missions. These garrison missions were very simple, which involved staying in one place for a period of time. Such places were usually mines or herb gardens. These missions were not dangerous, but of course, the rewards were also very low.

Chen Feng looked at the tasks and then chose the task of guarding a mine. Actually, guarding a mine didn't involve much work; it was just watching the miners work below. Those miners were just ordinary people who worked in the mine to earn a living. The reasons for guarding the mine were twofold: first, they were worried about attacks from monsters or ghosts, and second, they were worried that the miners would steal things from their homes. Of course, such things rarely happened under normal circumstances. Therefore, guarding a mine was a low-paying and very hard job, and few people were willing to go there.

Some might say that if you were stationed at a mine, you could keep some ore for yourself, but that's practically impossible. First of all, the mines that outer disciples are assigned to guard are all very ordinary mines, like iron ore. What use would you have for iron ore? Even if you got tens of thousands of kilograms, you wouldn't sell it for more than a few spirit stones. If the sect found out, you would be punished. Besides, you wouldn't have anywhere to sell it. You would have to sell the ore to the sect anyway, but the sect buys it all at a very low price. And when you try to sell it, you'll be checked. If they find out you're stealing ore from the sect, you'll be punished without hesitation. So they have almost no chance to make a profit. Going there is truly a tough job.

However, for Chen Feng, whether it was hard or not was not important. What was important was that he could preach and develop believers, so Chen Feng decided to go there to preach.

After accepting the mission to guard the mine, Chen Feng returned to his small courtyard, took the statue with him, and went directly to the mine. The mine was quite a distance from the main hall, and it took Chen Feng more than a day to fly there.

It was an iron mine in the mountains. The mine had a large mine shaft and some houses outside, including a small building that looked more formal.

Chen Feng landed directly on the small building. As soon as he landed, a person walked out of the building. This person was dressed in the clothes of a Qinglan Sect disciple and looked at Chen Feng with a look of surprise. He asked, "Senior brother, are you here to guard this place?"

Chen Feng nodded and said, "Yes." His attitude remained arrogant.

The disciple, however, didn't seem to care and said to Chen Feng, "Senior brother, please come in quickly. Tell me about the situation here." After saying that, he led Chen Feng into the small building with an indescribable enthusiasm.

Chen Feng followed him into the small building, which was where this disciple lived. The first floor, right at the entrance, was a place that looked like an office, with a desk, a chair, and a few stools. It looked very ordinary and simple.

The disciple led Chen Feng to the desk, then took out an account book and a spatial bag, handing them to Chen Feng. He said, "Senior brother, please look at this. This is the account book, and this spatial bag contains the ore. The sect sends someone every month to collect the mined ore. Senior brother, please check the numbers to see if they are correct." Chen Feng nodded, picked up the account book, and looked at it. He found that the account book was very simple, simply recording how much iron ore was mined each day and then giving a total. The latest record for the month was also written in it, showing a total of 23,000 jin of ore mined. Chen Feng then picked up the spatial bag and looked at it. Sure enough, there was a pile of ore inside. He took out a piece of ore, weighed it in his hand, estimated the weight, and confirmed that it was correct. He then nodded to the disciple and said, "The account book is correct."

The disciple nodded and said, "That's good. I'll pack up and leave. Before I go, there's something I need to tell you, senior brother. Although this is a mine, there's no profit to be made here. The miners won't steal ore because there's nowhere to sell it. They know exactly how much ore they can extract each day. There are only a little over a hundred miners here, and among them, there are ten foremen. These ten foremen will report to us once a day how much ore each person has mined. They'll record it and report it to us. We just need to keep the accounts; there's nothing else. You don't need to do anything either; just keep these records." "Alright, as long as the accounts match, the sect generally won't interfere here. However, there's one thing I must make clear to you, Senior Brother: if you ever want to leave, you must report to the sect in advance. You can only leave after the sect finds a successor. Otherwise, you'll have to stay here until the sect finds a successor. But because no one in the sect wants to guard the mine, it's very difficult to find a successor. I heard the longest wait was over a year. I reported it three months ago, and you're only now taking over. If you want to leave, then report in advance."

Chen Feng nodded, and the man went straight upstairs. He came down quickly, nodded to Chen Feng, and said, "Then, senior brother, I'll be going now." After saying that, he walked out of the small building without looking back and flew away, as if he didn't want to stay there for even a minute longer.

Chen Feng looked at him but didn't say anything. He carefully walked around the small building. The building only had two floors. The first floor had a study, an office, and a living room. The second floor had his bedroom and a meditation room. The area was quite large. The entire building was made of stone and looked very sturdy.

Chen Feng was satisfied with the condition of the small building. He then walked out of the building. He hadn't seen anyone here before, so he wanted to see if there was anyone here.

He walked out of the small building and saw many low stone houses outside. These stone houses looked very ordinary and had nothing special about them. Chen Feng looked around and saw that there was no one in any of these stone houses. So Chen Feng slowly walked towards the mine.

The mine was located on the mountainside. From a distance, the entrance already looked quite large, but upon closer inspection, it became clear that the entrance was even larger than he had imagined. The entrance was about ten zhang high and fifteen zhang wide, semi-circular in shape, and pitch black inside.

Chen Feng entered the mine. Once inside, he found that the area was much larger and the ground was very flat. The walls of the mine were covered with traces of excavation. There were ten stone tables in the cave, and behind each stone table was a chair. There was a person sitting in each chair, but they were all sleeping on the chairs, so it was very quiet.

Chen Feng glanced at the group of ten people. They all looked quite old. On each stone table, there was a notebook and a pen.

Looking at the ten people, Chen Feng knew they must be in charge. He coughed lightly, his voice not loud, but it clearly reached their ears. The ten people who were sleeping were immediately awakened. They raised their heads in confusion, and when they saw Chen Feng, they were all stunned. Then they all stood up and bowed to Chen Feng, saying, "Greetings, Master."

Chen Feng nodded and said, "I'm the new garrison commander. If you need anything in the future, you can come to me." All ten people responded. Chen Feng didn't say anything more, turned around and left the mine. He didn't want to go deeper into the mine; there was no need. He decided to just go back to the small building and wait.

After returning to the small building, he first settled the statue, and then he began to cultivate. He cultivated until nightfall. When night fell, a series of noises came from the mine. Chen Feng stood up, walked to the window of the small building, and looked in the direction of the mine. He saw people coming out of the mine. These people were all wearing coarse cloth clothes, which looked very tattered. Each of them carried an iron pickaxe and a large bamboo basket on their backs. They walked out of the mine while talking and laughing.

Soon those people returned to the stone houses, and then they came out to fetch water to wash themselves. Afterwards, some of them gathered together to chat.

Once no one else came out of the mine, the ten managers emerged and headed straight for the small building. Chen Feng went downstairs and waited for them in his office. He wasn't familiar with the mine's operations yet, so he planned to observe the procedures for a few days before proceeding with his own plans.