Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes: I Possess the Heavenly Book of Merit

Qi Hao didn't even glance at Yu Yan beside him. After hanging up the task, he hurriedly left, not wanting to stay there for even a second longer.

Yu Yan glanced at it and saw that he had five contribution points in half a day, but he didn't know what to do with them.

When asked, the disciple who received him didn't hide anything and openly told him everything about Qi Hao's situation.

A year ago, Daoist Qinglu assigned Qi Hao a task: to take care of an elderly senior.

The person's cultivation level was unknown; all that was known was that he had previously been a steward of Yuanfu Peak, and was originally in seclusion. However, for some reason, he had emerged from seclusion early and was now cultivating in the withered tree dojo.

Qi Hao initially thought it was a great opportunity and rushed over with great enthusiasm, only to be turned away at the first opportunity.

The elder monk blocked the way out of the dojo with vines, preventing anyone from entering.

It was only after Qinglu Daoist heard about it that he personally went to the temple to persuade them to remove the vines.

However, Qi Hao was still patient at that time and was still willing to take care of the other party.

However, after meeting Qi Hao, the old man didn't say anything, but just told him to plant trees, specifically peach trees.

He almost turned a perfectly good deadwood dojo into a peach orchard after planting trees there for a year.

Today is the harvest season for peaches, and Qi Hao thought that this was all a test, and that he would reap the rewards after today. However, the old senior not only did not let him pick peaches, but instead made him uproot all the peach trees.

This isn't a test of people's hearts; it's clearly a way to amuse oneself.

A year has passed, and he has wasted countless hours in this desolate training ground. It has been a completely unprofitable endeavor.

Enraged, Qi Hao turned and left.

But since it was a task assigned to him by Daoist Qinglu, someone had to take over it, which is why he posted this task in the General Affairs Hall.

"Could you please help me take on this task, senior brother?"

No sooner had Qi Hao left than Yu Yan accepted the task he had assigned.

Finally, I understood the specific requirements of the task.

That old man referred to himself as the Hermit, so they called him Senior Hermit.

Although the task was supposed to be taking care of senior colleagues, it had little to do with their daily lives.

This old man practices the "Eternal Spring Gong" and loves planting trees, especially peach trees.

However, after this ordeal, his personality changed. Although he still liked peach trees, he no longer wanted to plant them himself. He would stare blankly at the barren ground every day, and he stopped cultivating. He just sat there blankly.

With no other option, Qinglu Daoist asked Qi Hao to go and help take care of the nunnery, planting trees so that Daoist An could slowly recover.

I wonder what contributions this senior has made to the sect's immortal peak that could cause trouble for the peak master, Daoist Qinglu.

"It should only take about half a day to get five contribution points."

"You can still cultivate and draw talismans in the remaining time."

It seemed like a good job, and Qinglu Daoren gave it to Qi Hao, probably to reduce the time he spent earning contribution points. But he didn't expect that this guy would look down on it and only wanted to get something from An Daoren.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, if the motive is impure.

The reward didn't meet expectations, and in the end, it really broke me down.

Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant.

Yu Yan shook his head.

However, it's good that this task suits me. I can get five contribution points in half a day, and it's a long-term task. I can cultivate on my own in the rest of the time, which won't delay my cultivation too much. I won't lose any contribution points either. It's a win-win situation.

Moreover, he had some experience in planting peach trees, having spent his entire life cultivating them in his previous life.

The next day.

Yu Yan arrived at the Drywood Dojo with the mission token.

This Taoist priest is indeed quite mysterious.

Yesterday, he went to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to inquire, but even Wei Jing's side couldn't find much detailed information. All he knew was that the other party had been in the sect for more than seventy years and was almost the same generation as Qinglu Daoren.

More than ten years ago, he went on a trip and returned to seclusion to cultivate himself. He didn't come out until the year before last.

More than seventy years is a very long time, even for cultivators in the Qi Refining stage.

After all, below the Foundation Establishment stage, even the most powerful cultivators can only live for a maximum of 120 years.

Upon arriving at the withered tree dojo, the concentration of spiritual energy around them suddenly increased, leading Yu Yan to speculate that the spiritual energy here was probably close to that of a second-tier spiritual vein.

Despite such spiritual energy, no forests grow here, and no plants survive.

Only a few withered trees stood there forlornly, and above them, a few black crows could be seen, occasionally letting out a few mournful cries.

"Didn't they say Qi Hao planted a bunch of peach trees? I thought it was already a peach orchard, how come it looks like this now?"

Yu Yan looked toward the large courtyard where the nun lived.

Outside the courtyard wall, a layer of withered vines covered the entrance, obscuring the door and making the path ahead even more difficult to see.

No wonder Qi Hao didn't want to continue after a year. Staying in such a depressing environment for too long would probably cause mental problems.

"Well, since we're already here, let's go see what's going on."

After confirming his identity with the guard's disciple, someone led him to the back of the courtyard, through a back door that only reached his shoulders, and along a long corridor before he arrived at the backyard.

The area is covered with peach orchards, and the air is filled with the fragrance of peaches.

An elderly man with white hair, dressed in a plain Taoist robe, stood in front of the tree. His face was pockmarked and his original features were not visible.

He reached out slightly towards the peach tree, and in the blink of an eye, the peaches on the tree withered and fell, and the green leaves fluttered down. In no time, the entire tree had become a dead tree.

"Oh……"

Upon hearing the Taoist priest's self-deprecating smile, Yu Yan roughly understood why the priest could no longer plant peach trees by his own hands.

"Senior An, I am Yu Yan. Qi Hao has other urgent matters to attend to, so I will help you plant the trees from now on."

"Yu Yan?"

Upon hearing his voice, the nun who had been staring at the withered tree in front of him turned around and cast a strange look at him.

After a period of silence, he nodded slightly.

"Then go ahead and plant it."

The nun shook her head, waved away the withered wood, and walked into the room.

Along the way, wherever they went, peach trees withered and turned into dead wood, their lives thus spent.

"He was practicing the 'Eternal Spring Technique,' and it seems he suffered a qi deviation during his breakthrough, ultimately ending up like this."

Yu Yan thought to himself as he reached out and took the storage bag handed to him by the disciple leading the way.

Enter your spiritual energy to open it, and you'll find it filled with peach saplings.

"This storage bag was given to Qi Hao by Senior Qinglu. It can be used to temporarily store living things. The storage bag belongs only to this dojo. If you want someone else to take over your mission in the future, please leave this storage bag behind."

"Understood, thank you."

After giving some instructions, the disciple who led the way turned and left, leaving Yu Yan alone, looking at the withered branches and fallen leaves in the courtyard.

"Let's clear away all that from the past first."

……

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye before Yu Yan finally finished cleaning everything up.

He originally intended to use a cleansing talisman, but whenever he activated it with his spiritual power, there seemed to be an unseen force suppressing it, making it unusable.

Left with no other choice, Yu Yan had to clean it up himself.

He was about to plant the first sapling when he was stopped by the Taoist priest.

"That's all for today. You can go home now. Come back at the same time tomorrow."

Yu Yan looked at the sky; it was noon.

We agreed on half a day, and it really did take half a day.

But he was happy with it.

Unlike Qi Hao, Yu Yan didn't expect the old Taoist priest to give him any benefits; he was just trying to earn contribution points.

If the other party tells you to leave, just leave on time; there's no need to be overly attentive.

"Then I'll take my leave."

Yu Yan got up and left.

Before leaving, I glanced one last time at the withered tree outside the courtyard.

This place is really strange, not only because of the Taoist nun's cultivation method, but also because of the environment here.

However, these are not things I should care about.

Now he just needs to continue cultivating step by step, wait to accumulate enough contribution points, and then go to the General Affairs Hall to exchange for "First-Tier Mid-Grade Talisman Meditation".

The goal of entering the inner gate is not out of reach.