Chapter 281 Brother, I am not afraid of hardship

   "When another batch of water firefly matures, we will be able to enter the middle stage of foundation establishment steadily."

  After Lu Xuan digested the more than 20 years of cultivation, he felt the spiritual liquid in his dantian, and he had an intuition that he was about to touch a new realm.

  From realizing the sharp decrease in the cultivation rewards brought by the spirit firefly grass, and starting to improve its varieties, to obtaining the second-grade water firefly grass, Lu Xuan has received cultivation rewards for no less than forty years.

  But because his bones are too ordinary, he is still a short distance away from breaking through to the middle stage of foundation establishment.

  With his talent, he is definitely one of the bottom ones in the Heavenly Sword Sect.

  For those talented geniuses in the sect, it usually takes ten to twenty years to break through from the early stage of foundation establishment to the middle stage. Those with true-level talents are more likely to break through in less than ten years.

  If Lu Xuan devotes himself to self-cultivation, he may not be able to make a breakthrough in fifty years.

   Fortunately, the existence of the light group greatly shortens the talent gap between each other, and there is even a tendency to strike later.

  From the time he started planting water fireflies to the new batch, it was only a short period of three or four years, and the middle stage of foundation establishment was only a short distance away.

   "Farming makes people progress, I love farming."

  Looking at the Lingzhi all over the mountains and plains, Lu Xuan burst into a smile.

  For the remaining 30 or so water fireflies, he did not use the green wood source energy to ripen them, but let them grow naturally, and then use them to condense the spiritual seeds when they mature.

   "Thirty-five water firefly plants should be able to get no less than 150 spiritual seeds, which is enough. No amount of spiritual power can support the needs of spiritual plants."

   Lu Xuan returned to the house with a lot of light rewards.

   "Junior Brother Lu Xuan, are you there?"

   After resting for half a day, a deep voice came from outside the talisman.

"Here I am."

  Lu Xuan hurried to the foot of the mountain, opened the streamer array, and saw a middle-aged monk with a Chinese face and a serious expression standing straight in front of the array.

  He scanned his spiritual sense a little, and realized that the middle-aged monk's cultivation base was not lower than the middle stage of foundation establishment, and his expression suddenly became more dignified.

   "I don't know what to call my brother? What's the matter with Lu?"

   "Brother Lu can call me Brother Huang."

   "I came here this time to give you a task, Junior Brother. Junior Brother has been promoted to an inner disciple for several years, and it's time to complete the task of guarding the sect."

   "The task of guarding the sect? Brother, please tell me in detail."

   Lu Xuan's heart tightened, and he said respectfully.

   "That's right, this is the obligation that every Foundation Establishment disciple should fulfill."

"The sect has many garrisons in the practice world, which are used to collect resources, guard dangerous places, guard casual cultivators, etc. Most of them need to be garrisoned by foundation-builder monks to restrain some young people, so as not to damage the interests of the sect. "

   "Senior brother Huang, can I not choose this sect garrison mission? Or extend it for dozens or hundreds of years."

  Lu Xuan asked tentatively.

   "Junior Brother Lu doesn't work like this. The garrison tasks are usually assigned to inner disciples who have been in the sect for a few years. After all, the early stage of foundation establishment is completely enough. It would be a waste to use the same sect in the middle stage of foundation establishment."

   "If the younger brother doesn't want to go, it may cause the elder brother of the Discipline Hall to come over to solve it, and maybe he will be punished for it."

   The corner of Lu Xuan's mouth twitched. Although he seldom goes out and doesn't communicate much with his fellow disciples, he also knows the reputation of the Discipline Hall. Once they come over, he will at least peel off his skin.

   "What are the usual punishments?"

  He still had a little bit of luck in his heart. If he only punished the spirit stone or the sword seal, it would not be unacceptable to spend money to eliminate the disaster.

  The words of the middle-aged monk made him feel cold inside.

   "Disobeying the order of the sect is generally punished by confinement for ten years, and you are not allowed to go out for activities within ten years. After the end, you will still be forced to complete the task."

   "Ten years of confinement?"

  Lu Xuan shook his head, if it was closed for ten years, most of the spiritual plants on the mountain would almost wither their mature flowers and fruits.

   "Junior Brother Lu doesn't have to be so resistant, the sect won't let you waste a few years of effort."

   "During the period of stationing, there will be at least three hundred sword seal subsidies every year, and the places where they are stationed are generally small families with casual cultivators, and there is almost no risk. It is rare to hear of fellow sects losing their lives because of this."

  The middle-aged monk saw that Lu Xuan was somewhat reluctant, and explained.

   "Three hundred sword seals per year? That means at least three fourth-grade spiritual seeds can be obtained."

  Since he could not refuse, Lu Xuan could only accept it. Fortunately, the number of sword seals subsidized did not disappoint him.

   "Brother, please tell me the details of where I can be stationed."

"good."

  The middle-aged monk nodded.

   "At present, there are three places for you to choose, Junior Brother Lu."

   "The first place needs to be arrived within three months. A casual repair city that produces several kinds of rare ores is less than a thousand miles away from the Nightmare Mountains. It can subsidize 300 sword seals every year."

   "Although the number of sword marks is the least, but because it is located near the Nightmare Mountain Range, there are many secret places around, and monsters and evil spirits often appear, so it is more popular. There are other inner disciples competing for this opportunity."

   "The second place is located in Xuanyin City, where many large forces are distributed. The sect's right to speak in the city is average, so we need to arrive within one month."

   "Xuanyin City is more than a thousand miles away from the Jiyin Sect. It is easy to encounter evil cultivators. It is the first choice for those who want to temper their fighting ability."

   "Due to the higher risk, there will be more sword seals subsidized. There are 360 ​​sword seals per year."

   "What about the last one?"

   Lu Xuan asked with a frown. He was not very satisfied with the two garrison locations. One was near the Nightmare Mountain Range, and the other was not far from the Extreme Yin Sect. Both seemed to be quite risky.

   "The last one is located near the boundless sea, a large island, which produces some special spiritual objects, sea fish and sea animals, and some rare spiritual herbs."

   "It is said that in the surrounding islands, rare spiritual fluids can occasionally be found."

"But there are not many opportunities there, and the purpose of tempering oneself cannot be achieved, and it is located in a place of bitter cold, so it is usually semi-mandatory to entrust an inner disciple to go there, and the number of sword seals subsidized every year is 320 .”

   "Special sea fish and sea beasts, rare spiritual herbs, and the possibility of discovering spiritual liquid?"

   "The most important thing is that there are no secret realms, monks of the sinister sect, which means that the security is more reliable."

  Hearing this, Lu Xuan's eyes lit up.

   "Senior brother Huang, then I will choose the island near the boundless sea."

   "I am a casual cultivator. I am not afraid of hardships or tiredness. I also ask my senior brother to help me to go to the island to exercise for a few years."

   Lu Xuan said to the middle-aged monk with a sincere face.

  It is safe, reliable and risk-free. You can also see various sea beast spirit grasses. At the same time, it is possible to find the spirit liquid that can grow dragon bone grass. Where can I find such a good job?

   "Junior Brother Lu, are you sure?"

  The middle-aged monk asked with some doubts. It is true that there are too few inner disciples who usually choose that island, and all of them want to stay away from the bitter cold island. Lu Xuan made him a little uncomfortable.

  They all want to look for opportunities, eliminate demons and defend the way, how can anyone take the initiative to move closer to the island of bitter cold.

   "OK OK."

   Lu Xuan quickly responded.

  (end of this chapter)