Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 14: Money Comes from All Directions

Wei Xi's career plan and his plan to lie down and do less homework were both severely damaged.

But with Wei Xi's current strength, there really wasn't much that could be done to improve these two things. Fortunately, even if things didn't improve, Wei Xi wouldn't feel any grief or anger.

But there was one problem that really stopped Wei Xi from laughing: she had no spirit stones left.

When Wei Xi realized this problem, she was using the magic weapon given to her by Master Han to tutor Senior Sister Xie. At this time, three months had passed since she joined the Qingcheng Sect.

Han Xianshi's last big move not only dealt a heavy blow to the Qingcheng Sect's gambling operations, but also severely damaged his own health. The Qingcheng Sect's magic master touched himself and asked Zhao Dazui to make a corn-curled beard. He stopped Han Xianshi's series of reform activities and forced him to rest in bed.

Initially, Immortal Master Han was putting up a desperate fight, but the head of the Magic Sect confronted her directly, questioning her if she wanted to live any longer. He then sent a pigeon to the head of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect. Gao Ming first sent a message to his senior sister via a spirit crane. The specifics of the message were unknown, but it was known that Immortal Master Han, upon hearing it, quietly took to her bed to recuperate.

Immortal Master Han's bed rest and recuperation allowed the Qingcheng Sect to return to its original state.

Especially the Wen Dao Hall, where different batches of disciples from various factions come to attend half an hour of classes every afternoon and then the hall is empty.

After two months of theoretical classes, Qin Feng and the others began to practice the techniques on their own. Only Wei Xi, having failed the monthly exam, obediently accepted the one-on-one tutoring from Senior Sister Xie.

Senior Sister Xie wasn't exactly a rote-teacher like Han Xianshi; she enjoyed interacting with her students. Unfortunately, even with the help of a scroll, Wei Xi's communication with Senior Sister Xie was still much slower, so the two of them weren't progressing very quickly.

Wei Xi could only study the division of states, "Inducing Qi into the Body", "Secret Scroll of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect: Beginner Disciple Edition" and the grudges and entanglements among the major sects with Senior Sister Xie in the empty Wen Dao Hall.

Heavy snow fell one after another, and Wen Dao Hall became colder day by day.

The tutoring session was almost over when Wei Xi was replacing the third spirit stone on the cowhide scroll.

By communicating with others through cowhide scrolls, Wei Xi's literacy level improved significantly, and his calligraphy skills with and without pens also improved.

Wei Xi suddenly realized that Master Han had only given him three spirit stones.

This means that once the spirit stones are used up, he will have to go back to the state of gesturing, which is equivalent to all the members of the Qingcheng Sect becoming Qin Feng. After all, thanks to the efforts of Senior Sister Xie and Zhao Dazui, except for Qin Feng who is illiterate, Wei Xi's communication with others is mainly through cowhide scrolls.

But Wei Xi was so poor that she had nothing except what the Qingcheng Sect and Qin Feng had given her. "You want her to go find Immortal Master Han, who's bedridden and recuperating?" Wei Xi shuddered.

Ever since she had seen Master Han's flock of crows—although Wei Xi liked crows very much—she felt embarrassed and a little afraid when facing Master Han.

Moreover, judging from Master Han's teaching method, she should like disciples who can support themselves, and giving Wei Xi three spirit stones was considered a great mercy.

"What are you thinking about? Your hand is pricked," Qin Feng's voice rang out. Wei Xi only then felt the dull pain in his fingertips. "Let me see!"

Qin Feng took Wei Xi's hand in his and examined it carefully. "Luckily, it's not pierced. I don't know where you get so much worry every day. You can even be so lost in thought when you're altering clothes."

Qin Feng released his hand and continued to play with her jade nine-ring bracelet. She was wearing pajamas with her hair loose, looking comfortable and relaxed under the lamp.

Wei Xi bit the thread. Her craftsmanship was taught by Wei Li, so naturally it was not bad at all. After putting the cotton-padded jacket away, Wei Xi showed Qin Feng the cowhide roll next to the pillow.

"What do you want me to see?" Qin Feng lazily tugged at the jade ring in the middle, his eyelids slightly raised.

Wei Xi pointed at the spirit stone embedded in the groove, then pointed at himself and shook his head.

Qin Feng was now able to accurately guess what Wei Xi meant by these gestures. "You're out of spirit stones?" Qin Feng put down the toy in his hand, crawled to her cabinet on his knees, took out a purse and handed it to Wei Xi. "I have some here, use them first!"

Wei Lao San and his wife were farmers. Her father and aunt would have to pay back half a bag of flour they borrowed, so Wei Xi naturally didn't dare to accept Qin Feng's spirit stones. She shook her head and refused. Qin Feng, who was very kind to his friends, pushed the purse towards Wei Xi. "Why are you being so polite? These are my share of the Huaixin Sect's disciples. The quality of the ones my previous master gave me was quite good. When Ju State converts the rent into spirit stones and sends them to me this year, I'll save some good ones for you."

Wei Xi refused to accept it, and Qin Feng knew Wei Xi's personality a little bit, so he didn't force her. Wei Xi gestured to ask her if there was any way to earn some spirit stones.

Qin Feng put the purse aside and watched Wei Xi pick up the cotton trousers and start to alter them with his chin on his hand. In the past few months, Wei Xi had gained weight and grown taller in the Qingcheng Sect, and the clothes Qin Feng had given her before no longer fit her.

"Earn spirit stones?" Qin Feng couldn't sit still, so she picked up the scissors and started cutting the lamp flowers - she was forced by Senior Sister Xie to reduce her training time, otherwise she wouldn't be in the room watching Wei Xi alter her clothes at this time.

"We all have to earn our own money now. For example, Qian Liangfeng helps Elder Qingniu calculate the weather every day. He is very accurate in reading the stars, and Elder Qingniu cherishes him more than Zheng Xing, and gives him a piece of high-quality spirit stone every month."

Wei Xi's eyes lit up when she heard there was a chance. She grew up in the countryside and she felt uncomfortable sitting in school every day. But when it came to making money, she was very enthusiastic.

Seeing her like this, Qin Feng touched his nose and said, "Oh, right, you've been taking extra classes at Wen Dao Hall for the past month. I forgot to tell you that the world of cultivation has its own task system."

"You, a cultivator of average combat power, would just pay spirit stones to other cultivators to collect herbs for them, isn't that resource allocation?" Qin Feng grabbed his hands twice. "This kind of difficult task is usually posted at Fengyu Villa."

"There are also private connections between sects. The owner of Fengyu Villa is smart. Seeing the huge market for sects, he simply found a few famous weapon refiners to refine a shared panel. Each sect has a bronze mirror, which can be used to post and accept tasks."

"Of course, cultivators like us aren't yet qualified to be accredited with the Fengyu Villa badge. Most sects also have restrictions on who can use the Fengyu Mirror. Only those in the Qingcheng Sect who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage can issue and accept missions from the Fengyu Mirror."

"I've secretly taken a look. Our sect's mirror is made of very high quality because Elder Flower participated in the refining of the Wind and Rain Mirror. It's impossible to fool people with it."

Wei Xi took great pains to draw the Qi into her body yesterday. She had barely touched the threshold of Qi training. By the time she was able to take on tasks, she would have suffocated to death. She squinted her eyes and looked at Qin Feng.

"Well, but normally sects would give their disciples some spirit stones. The Qingcheng Sect provides food and accommodation, but they are extremely poor. Naturally, they can't give spirit stones to 100 disciples every month."

Qin Feng curled his lips, obviously dissatisfied with the behavior of Qingcheng Sect.

"So all disciples have to support themselves. Disciples take missions within the sect or through Fengyujing. Now we are helping the entire sect with odd jobs. You only have two days left to finish your theoretical courses, so you can come over too."

Wei Xi started counting numbers. "Um," Qin Feng smiled a little embarrassedly. "I wanted to practice swordsmanship, so I chose a job watching over the back mountain. They all took the easy ones. I'm sorry, sisters."

Wei Xi shook his head, spread his hands and asked her what was left. Qin Feng grinned.

"One spirit stone a month for cleaning the mountain gate, and one spirit stone a month for catching mice. Also, the old disciple of Bailu Pavilion just passed away yesterday, so the headmaster asked the six new people to take turns to be the night watchmen at Bailu Pavilion. Each person will be given one spirit stone every quarter."

Wei Xi nodded, and she even looked at Qin Feng with some pity.

Qin Feng was born into a wealthy family and of course she suffered a lot, but she really didn't understand the hardship of the working people. Sweeping the mountain gate and catching mice were nothing. As soon as Wei Xi could walk, she started helping her family with farm work.

For her, sweeping the stairs at the mountain gate is just a matter of walking a few more steps. Simple, repetitive mechanical labor that does not require any brainpower is exactly the job Wei Xi has always dreamed of. She would have no objection if you asked her to sweep the stairs in Qingcheng Sect for the rest of her life.

Wei Xi discussed with Qin Feng that she would keep watch for Qin Feng. Qin Feng was not short of money and she could use the excuse of keeping watch to practice sword. After confirming that the two people's watch orders would not be consecutive, Qin Feng agreed.

With the matter of earning spirit stones on his mind, Wei Xi listened to the lectures very seriously for the next two days.

Senior Sister Xie, who was unaware of the truth, felt that Wei Xi had become more motivated, but she couldn't help but worry that this child would become the second Qin Feng.

Fortunately, Wei Xi was just pretending and passed the test with a mediocre score. Under the eager eyes of Zhao Dazui and Senior Sister Xie, he ran to the Frost Palace to find the senior sister on duty to receive the task.

(End of this chapter)