The road is vague

Chapter 32 Enlightenment Peak

night.

Li Mo came to the main hall of the training hall.

This time he did not see Uncle Ding Wei among the monks on duty, so he handed the mission badge to an unfamiliar uncle.

"Very good. A total of ten points of contribution to the sect have been recorded in your name. This is your spiritual stone reward for last month."

"Thank you, uncle."

Although the reward was only one spirit stone, Li Mo still accepted it with joy.

After returning to the dormitory, Li Mo opened the storage bag and looked at the eleven spirit stones inside. He couldn't help but hesitate. Should he use these spirit stones to practice and improve his cultivation?

After hesitating for a long time, Li Mo gave up the idea.

Firstly, after he circulated the Great Circulation through the ethereal dream, the speed of his cultivation had far exceeded that of his peers, and he had now reached the late second level of Qi training.

In about a month at most, he would be able to reach the third level of Qi training. There were no assessments in the near future, so he was not in a hurry to improve his cultivation level quickly.

Secondly, these spirit stones are of great use to him.

Even if you purchase a lowest quality alchemy furnace, you will need at least dozens of spirit stones.

And if he wants to master the basic thunder spells now, he can also spend spirit stones to ask senior disciples in the training hall for advice, or use them to buy magic tools. In addition, spirit stones are also needed to travel to various places by flying boat. There are places to spend money everywhere.

To him, the two spirit stones he had consumed during his previous practice were truly too extravagant.

“We’re facing the problem of making money again.”

Li Mo once thought that he had regarded money as dirt.

Now it seems that he just hasn't broadened his horizons during his time in the Eighteen Mountains.

So he planned to find a senior student in the training hall tomorrow to learn a low-level elementary lightning spell.

At this time.

Li Mo couldn't help but think of another question.

Why did Qin Yue, the deputy head of Jubao Hall, do this?

"Could it be that she did this on purpose, deliberately trying to win over the scattered disciples?"

After tossing and turning for a long time, Li Mo still couldn't figure it out and fell asleep unknowingly.

That night he once again entered a vague dream, which still exuded an ancient and desolate atmosphere, without much change.

After Li Mo completed three big cycles in his dream, his magic power increased a lot. Then he woke up slowly, yawned and opened the wooden window. The morning sun shone on his face, making him feel warm. Ma Ling happened to be outside.

"Li Mo, good morning!"

"Good morning."

Li Mo looked at the time. It was already noon. After washing up, he opened the door.

"Let's go and get our rotation tasks together."

"what?"

Li Mo was surprised for a moment, then followed Ma Ling to the hall.

Niu Li and Yang Guang had been waiting here for a long time. When they saw Li Mo and Ma Ling coming over, they waved and greeted them together.

The four of them got together.

Niu Li laughed and said, "Li Mo, last month you were on duty every night, and the three of us practiced martial arts together. Ma Ling kept complaining that it was boring and kept saying it would be great if you were here, so this time we took the rotation with you. Ouch!"

Ma Ling patted Niu Li on the back with her chubby big hands, and he paid the price for his talkativeness.

Yang Guang explained, "I heard from senior disciples that if you accept daily rotation tasks at the same time, there is a high probability that you will be assigned to the same group."

Li Mo couldn't help but think of his daily rotation tasks last month. He was almost involved in the fight between the two acting leaders. He is still scared.

It would be a good choice if you could carry out the mission with a few friends and take care of each other.

So he, together with Ma Ling, Niu Li and Yang Guang, took on the daily rotation tasks for this month, and then the four of them got together again.

Ma Ling looked at everyone, seeming a little nervous.

"I'm in charge of fetching water from the kitchen of the monastery. What about you?"

Niu Li looked surprised.

"I'm also assigned to the kitchen of the training hall, but I'm responsible for chopping wood!"

Yang Guang continued, "Me too! I'm just responsible for tidying up the plates."

Finally it was Li Mo's turn, and all three looked at him.

Li Mo held up his badge and said, "It seems that this is indeed true. I am also assigned to the kitchen of the training hall, but I am responsible for cooking."

"Ha ha!"

The four of them looked at each other and smiled.

After checking the time, the four of them arrived at the kitchen early.

The mission time this time is divided into two parts, namely the morning hour of Si and the afternoon hour of You.

Although the workload of the task was greater, the task time was shorter. So Li Mo understood why the people on Qingming Mountain only had simple meals every day.

Firstly, the monks on the mountain do not compete for food, and secondly, the disciples who are responsible for the rotation tasks have varying skills.

Only simple food can bring uniform taste.

After the four people arrived at the kitchen, more than a dozen people came one after another.

One of the senior disciples seemed to be the manager here, giving orders to everyone.

"Those carrying water should stand over there, those carrying firewood should stand over here, and those washing brushes should stand over here..."

After everyone stood in an orderly manner, Li Mo was shocked to find that Zhang Guoyin had also come to his side.

"Uncle Zhang, are you also responsible for cooking?"

"Li Mo, it looks like we'll be on duty together this month."

Zhang Guoyin stood beside Li Mo with a smile. There were four people in charge of cooking this time, including Li Mo, Zhang Guoyin, a man and a woman.

The kitchen manager was assigning tasks to the disciples who were responsible for chopping wood and fetching water, so the four people in charge of cooking introduced themselves to each other and got to know each other briefly.

After Li Mo and Zhang Guoyin finished introducing themselves, the only female disciple began to introduce herself.

"Hello everyone, my name is Lu Cuicui. This is my first time cooking. Please give me your guidance."

"what?"

Finally, the male disciple let out a light exclamation.

"My name is Zhao Dongpu. If I just cook simple meals, I have no problem. But your name is Lu Cuicui. Are you from the Lu family, one of the four great families?" Upon hearing this, Li Mo couldn't help but think of Lu Ci and Lu Song from Jubao Hall, and his face changed slightly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Cuicui nodded in agreement.

"Well, I know that many independent disciples have opinions about us disciples from aristocratic families, but please don't misunderstand. Our Lu family has always set an example and is wholeheartedly dedicated to the Lingmu Sect. We have never abused our power for personal gain or sought personal gain."

Li Mo quietly looked at the girl named Lu Cuicui.

She had two buns on her head, willow-shaped eyebrows, bright eyes, red lips and a beautiful face. She had the delicate and pretty appearance of a beautiful girl from a small family, and she was wearing a nondescript turquoise crane cloak.

When talking about the Lu family, her expression was particularly focused, as if she wanted to set an example, and she looked quite innocent.

Seeing this, the three of them didn't know what to say.

Then came the busy times.

I have to say that simple meals are so easy to make. You just need to wash the coarse grains a little, then put them in water, add some coarse salt, wait for the water in the pot to boil, and you're done.

Next is boiling tea and vegetables, also all in water, which doesn’t require any technical skills.

It’s just because preparing meals for hundreds of people is a physically demanding job, which is really too much for the elderly Zhang Guoyin to handle.

"I'll do it!"

Li Mo, who had good physical strength due to his martial arts training, took the initiative to take on Zhang Guoyin's cooking task.

"This... is really thankful for you."

Zhang Guoyin sighed, turned to look at Li Mo, and expressed his sincere gratitude.

When Lu Cuicui saw this, she looked surprised.

"Li Mo, have you practiced martial arts before?"

Zhao Dongpu, who was making tea and lighting a fire, looked at Li Mo when he heard this.

Li Mo nodded in acknowledgment, but he did not sense the aura of a martial artist in Lu Cuicui, and could not help but frown slightly.

"Well, you also practice martial arts?"

Lu Cuicui did not hide anything and explained with a smile.

"I don't, but some of the disciples from aristocratic families, because they can't practice cultivation before they reach adulthood, and many of them are not interested in learning things like alchemy, talisman making, weapon refining, puppetry, and rune prohibitions, are asked by their family elders to practice martial arts. Firstly, it can strengthen their bodies, and secondly, it can put their knowledge into practice."

Her answer confirmed some of the news Li Mo had heard before.

"I've heard from the elders in my family that mastering a decent set of martial arts skills will not only help you achieve relatively better results in the annual assessments during the first two years of studying at the training hall, but if you can cultivate basic martial arts to perfection, it will also be of great benefit to your future training."

Li Mo suddenly had an idea.

He remembered that after he had mastered the "Three-in-One Sword Technique" in Anle City, he found that his spiritual perception had improved a lot, and even his sensitivity to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had increased a little.

Could this be the great benefit she mentioned?
After the Si hour, breakfast ends.

After being busy in the kitchen for an hour, everyone can finally have a good rest.

Ma Ling, Niu Li, Yang Guang and Li Mo gathered together again, and everyone's face was full of fatigue.

"Going to practice martial arts?"

"go!"

Li Mo and three others came to a secluded place near Wudao Peak in the back mountain to practice martial arts. After more than half an hour, everyone was exhausted and dispersed.

Ma Ling invited Li Mo to go to Shenshu Square to see the spiritual birds, but Li Mo refused on the grounds that he wanted to learn thunder magic.

The Wudao Peak on the back mountain is divided into three parts.

One is the main peak of Wudao Peak, which is the place where the Qigong disciples practice magic.

One is one of the many branch peaks of Wudao Peak, which is used to develop private caves for the foundation-building monks of our sect.

One is the so-called back mountain, which is a continuous mountain range with beautiful scenery, surrounding Qingming Mountain and Wudao Peak. It is said that it has been occupied by the Jindan Hall Master and Jindan worshippers of Lingmu Sect.

Then, after Li Mo walked around Wudao Peak alone, he was about to go to the training hall, but he saw his new friend Lu Cuicui studying something alone. He immediately showed curiosity on his face and walked over to say hello.

"Fairy Lu, what are you doing here?"

When Lu Cuicui heard what was going on and saw that it was Li Mo, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"So it's you. I thought it was my brother. You scared me. If he saw the puppet I made, he would definitely laugh at me."

"puppet?"

Li Mo became even more curious.

As he got closer, he saw a crude, ugly wooden figure somersaulting on the ground.

"Is this puppetry?"

Li Mo couldn't believe his eyes.

The thing in front of him looked so ugly, like a broken bench with a head and a turtle shell on its back, but it could actually act according to Lu Cuicui's instructions, which was really magical.

Lu Cuicui's face turned red and she felt a little embarrassed.

"I'm sorry to embarrass you."

Li Mo realized his own gaffe and quickly waved his hands, fearing that the other party would misunderstand him.

"No, no, Fairy, you misunderstood. This is the first time I've seen puppetry. It feels magical, really magical."

After hearing this, Lu Cuicui was a little surprised.

"Aren't there many wooden oxen and flowing horses at the foot of the mountain?"

"what?"

Then, from Lu Cuicui's explanation, Li Mo finally understood that the wooden oxen and flowing horses that could be seen everywhere in Anle City were actually evolved from puppetry. So he hurriedly explained that he grew up in a small town and had never seen wooden oxen and flowing horses before.

"So that's it."

Lu Cuicui seemed to be lost in thought.

"I heard that the farmers living at the foot of the mountain work very hard, as do the workers in the ore mines. If we could use wooden oxen and flowing horses to do their work, they wouldn't have to work so hard."

As far as Li Mo knew, many wealthy prefectures and counties in Qian State had already achieved what Lu Cuicui said.

"Unfortunately, although our Lingmu Sect is also proficient in puppetry, we are not the best in Qian Country. The puppets of Shenji Sect and Guilei Sect are truly unrivaled in the world. In addition, the Zaizao Sect of Lu Country and the Wangu Sect of Ling Country are also extremely skilled in puppetry."

Li Mo's heart moved when he heard this.

He knew that there were twelve major sects in the territory of Qian Kingdom. Not to mention the Tuxing Sect that betrayed him a hundred years ago, he had already known about the Lingmu Sect, the Shengding Sect, and the Tianfu Sect before. Now he had heard of the Shenji Sect and the Kuilei Sect. He didn't know what the remaining seven major sects were.

This Lu Cuicui has good intentions, so you can ask her about it.

(End of this chapter)