Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 53 Unfortunate Fang Yuhe
Liu Bingxuan waited for a moment. Fang Yuhe came out of the Soul Condensation Realm with a confused look on his face and said, "Strange, I don't see any new tasks posted."

Liu Bingxuan smiled and said, "Perhaps Elder Chengguang was delayed by something."

Fang Yuhe nodded and said, "Then you stay here with me for a while, I'll go check it out later."

Liu Bingxuan smiled and said, "I was just about to ask you some questions about cultivation."

The two exchanged their cultivation experiences and lessons. After a quarter of an hour, Fang Yuhe entered the Soul Realm again, but still did not find any new tasks.

Liu Bingxuan said, "Could there be something wrong in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall? Let's go and ask about it right away."

Fang Yuhe stopped him and said, "Going there so hastily to ask makes it seem like we're deliberately pushing Elder Chengguang. It's bound to make him unhappy. It won't be too late to ask when the servant comes tomorrow."

Liu Bingxuan responded, "Brother, you are really thoughtful."

The next day, Liu Bingxuan estimated the time and came to Yunjian Villa again.

The two chatted for a while, and the servant who announced the news yesterday came again and told Fang Yuhe that a new task had been issued.

Fang Yuhe asked, "Why haven't yesterday's tasks been posted?"

The servant was surprised and said, "The elder was wondering yesterday why Master Fang didn't accept the mission, but Zhou Qing accepted it instead."

"He actually snatched it away!"

Liu Bingxuan said in annoyance.

Fang Yuhe smiled and said, "He's lucky. It's just a one-time mission, don't worry about it. Please wait here for a moment. I'll go check today's missions and distribute the ones that belong to you."

After saying this, he entered the Soul Realm.

A moment later, Fang Yuhe emerged from the Soul Condensing Realm, his face looking even more confused. He said, "There's no mission."

Liu Bingxuan's face darkened as he said, "Don't tell me that Zhou Qing snatched it away again."

"Once could be considered a coincidence, but he snatched it away twice in a row. I think there must be something fishy going on."

Fang Yuhe pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "He's anxious."

"How to say?"

Fang Yuhe said, "In the past month or so, he has only received two missions. How could his fellow students not be anxious? And if they were anxious, how could they not complain to him?"

"He must have been getting anxious from everyone's complaints, so he resorted to a desperate measure and decided to stay in the Soul Condensing Realm for twelve hours a day, waiting for missions to be announced and then accepting them immediately."

"Although he can receive missions this way, his personal cultivation will be completely cut off. I want to see how long he can hold on."

"Just wait and see. Within half a month he will give up and come to me to beg for peace, asking me to give him some alms when I assign him tasks."

Liu Bingxuan smiled and said, "Brother, that's a good idea. Let's just watch the fun."

The two of them then calmed down and waited for the day when Zhou Qing could no longer hold on.

As usual, the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall sent servants to report the news every day. After receiving the news, Fang Yuhe immediately entered the Soul Realm as usual, but he did not see any new tasks.

Fang Yuhe knew that Zhou Qing was holding on, so he was not in a hurry, but waited patiently for Zhou Qing to compromise.

But after half a month, the situation still showed no improvement.

Liu Bingxuan couldn't bear it any longer. He hadn't gained anything in the past half month. After his eldest brother's monthly allowance of spirit stones was used up, he ran out of spirit stones, which caused his cultivation speed to slow down a lot.

So that day he came to ask Fang Yuhe, "Brother, is that kid still holding on? When will this end?"

Fang Yuhe was also a little anxious, but he didn't want to show his weakness in front of his junior brother, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, he will definitely give in in a few days."

But another half month passed, and there was still no sign of a new mission in the Soul Realm.

According to the news from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, every time a mission is released, it is picked up within a few breaths. This has been the case for the past month.

This means that Fang Yuhe's guess was correct. Zhou Qing was indeed in the Soul Realm all the time, so he could ensure that he could take on the task in time.

But how could he actually do this without practicing for a whole month?
This is simply unbelievable.

Being the eldest brother is to obtain more resources, exemption from examination for becoming an entry-level disciple, and more attention from the sect, not to waste one's own practice, but purely to contribute to others.

Zhou Qing is not the kind of person who would rather delay his own cultivation than be angry with them.

Fang Yuhe began to suspect that something was fishy.

He whispered a few words to Liu Bingxuan and asked him to find out whether Zhou Qing had taken any tasks recently. In the end, he learned that Zhou Qing had almost only taken tasks from the Equipment Refining Institute in the past month.

The tasks in the Equipment Refining Academy are generally the type that are heavy but not well paid, so the disciples don’t like to take them.

According to Liu Bingxuan's investigation, Zhou Qing was always happy to go to the Equipment Refining Institute to work.

At that moment, Zhou Qing was in the weapon refining academy, helping to decompose the destroyed magic weapons.

Fang Yuhe was shocked and immediately rushed to the General Affairs Hall to ask Elder Chengguang to release today's tasks in advance.

Chengguang laughed and said, "Why, sending someone to notify you wasn't enough, and now you want me to issue the task in front of you?"

Fang Yuhe said: "Disciple just wants to verify a guess."

Chengguang didn't refuse. He sorted out today's tasks, went to the tower to issue the tasks, and then came back and said, "Okay, the tasks have been issued. Whatever you want to verify, it's time to come to a conclusion."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yuhe immediately entered the Soul Realm and found that the mission had already been taken away.

He looked at Liu Bingxuan and said hurriedly, "Go to the Refining Institute immediately and see if Zhou Qing is still there!"

Liu Bingxuan immediately obeyed the order and went there.

The Equipment Refining Institute is located in Qingyun Mountain, not far from the General Affairs Hall.

Liu Bingxuan returned a quarter of an hour later. He asked doubtfully, "Brother, Zhou Qing has been there the entire time. According to a close friend from the Refining Institute, Zhou Qing was completely focused on his work and only lost himself in thought for a moment."

"That's strange. He seems to know exactly when a mission is released and then immediately takes it. Brother, what on earth is going on?"

Fang Yuhe's face turned pale and he said angrily, "You ask me, who should I ask?"

He felt like he had been slapped hard in the face.

He vowed that Zhou Qing was holding on and would give in within half a month. However, the reality was completely the opposite. During this month, while Zhou Qing monopolized all the tasks, his own work was not delayed at all.

It was him, on the other hand, who was fooled around by others, just like a clown on the stage, and could only be laughed at.

Fang Yuhe had never suffered such a big setback when competing with his peers in his life.

Not to mention, Zhou Qing is his junior, several years younger than him.

Fang Yuhe walked out of the general affairs hall without saying a word.

Liu Bingxuan hurriedly followed behind and asked, "Brother, where are you going?"

Fang Yuhe still said nothing, but Liu Bingxuan soon knew his plan because he was heading towards the weapon refining academy.

Qimen Hall is located on an independent peak in Qingyun Mountain, some distance away from other peaks. This is because Qimen Hall often experiments with new things, which may cause unpredictable damage if not handled with care.

In order to prevent other people from being implicated, they had to be isolated to a certain extent, but they could not be isolated too far away. After all, Qimen Hall was a key component of Qingyun Sect's strength. If a major disaster really happened there, the masters of the sect would need to provide timely rescue. If they were too far away and rescue was not timely, it would be too late to regret.

(End of this chapter)