Chapter Eighty-Eight, Tasks
If you want to go from Dongzhou to Xizhou, you must pass through Nanzhou, which is the most prosperous and wealthy in the five continents except for Zhongzhou, and Nanzhou is like spring all year round, which is the most concentrated area of immortal cultivators and sects.
Since Xie Qingning and the others have received the points task in the clan, they have to complete the specified task within the specified time, and the time set for their trip is one year, and the amount of spiritual herbs and elixirs and demon beast skins and flesh and blood that need to be collected is also clearly stipulated, and the most important point is to record the route along the way, the general scenery around and the relevant information of the various immortal cultivation families and sects, so that the Xie family can record it in the archives and improve the information, so that the children of the Xie family can learn more useful knowledge in the school.
Therefore, the integral task will exist in all immortal cultivation families, and the amount of information and cultivation resources collected by the young disciples through their experience determines the strength and heritage of each family, and the strength of the strength determines the number of casual cultivators, so that the entire family will become stronger and gradually gain the recognition of other immortal cultivation families.
Natural experience is a very important thing for all immortal cultivation families and sects, and the number of disciples who go out to practice every year is also quite amazing, so it is not surprising that you will meet disciples from your own family or other families along the way, which can be regarded as increasing knowledge and enriching experience, but more about exchanging and learning and promoting each other.
Of course, a big family like the Xie family not only relies on experienced disciples to do the above things, especially Xie Huazhao and Xie Qingning are also disciples of three rooms and four rooms, and each room will secretly explain some things for them to do.
For example, Xie Qingning received a booklet quietly sent by the fourth uncle Xie Zhonghuai, which recorded in detail all the stores and personnel information of the fourth room in the east, south, west, and north of the four continents, and instructed her to enter the store whenever she passed by the store to be familiar, and by the way, she flipped through the account book, and if there were substantive opinions and suggestions, they could also be put forward for the reference of the shopkeepers of each store.
Of course, Xie Qingning knew that Xie Zhonghuai didn't deliberately give her a problem, but hoped that she could build a bridge of communication with all the shops and people in the fourth room through this trip, and these things would be more convenient and faster for her to take charge of the affairs of the fourth room in the future or get more information from these people, it was better than if she didn't know anything and offended someone in the local area and caused endless trouble.
And she believed that Xie Huazhao must have received a similar task from the third room, but of course it was inconvenient for her to ask, so she did not disclose the information she had about the fourth room.
"Seventh sister, do you know that Hua Ling also wants to come out with us to practice, but unfortunately the fourth uncle won't let her, and she will return in vain, I heard that it is very sad." When he was in a hurry, he was quite bored, so Xie Huazhao drove his horse to Xie Qingning's side by side and walked side by side with her, and found a topic to talk to by the way.
"Really? The fourth uncle probably wants her to prepare for the Immortal Competition, right? After all, she is a reserved place, and the four rooms should be very concerned. Xie Qingning replied calmly, but she was very grateful in her heart that Xie Zhonghuai did not agree to let Xie Hualing follow, she didn't want to wear a hypocritical mask every day to deal with this sister who was different from the outside.
"What about you? You don't really plan to get a spot on your own, do you? When it came to the matter of the Immortal Competition, Xie Huazhao's expression became a little more solemn, and he asked quite seriously.
"Why not?" Xie Qingning raised his eyebrows and looked at him, the banter in his eyes reminded Xie Huazhao of her anti-heaven qualifications, and remembered that she was still in the middle stage of foundation building without any signs of breakthrough, she couldn't help scratching the back of her head and smiled quite awkwardly.
"Third Brother Xie, you wait for me, I have something to say to you." Suddenly there was a voice from behind Lan Zhihua, with a little caution and flattery, but it still made Xie Huazhao roll his eyes, his legs grabbed the horse's belly, and quickly ran past Xie Qingning, chasing Lan Yongzhi, who was walking in the front, and made Lan Zhihua, who had just caught up, pout, looking a little aggrieved and unwilling.
Xie Qingning looked at her delicate and lovely appearance, remembering that she was blocked by her when she came out of Lanling City three days ago, Lan Yongzhi's persuasion for a long time had no effect, and she could only take her with her fate after a long time of ineffect, and she would come to Xie Huazhao's side as long as she found an opportunity, obviously the goddess had a heart, but unfortunately King Xiang had no dream, but it brought a bit of cheerfulness to this experienced team.
"Zhihua, don't pay attention to him, the more you pay attention to him, the more energetic he becomes, men are like this." Xie Qingning has no opinion on Lan Zhihua, who has no heart and a straightforward personality, and after getting along for a few days, he also feels that this girl is not bad-hearted, but she is just a little willful, so she deliberately mentions her a few words, so as not to be hurt by love in the future.
Lan Zhihua moved her resentful gaze back from Xie Huazhao's back, gritted her teeth, and revealed two small pear vortices on her cheeks, making her round face look more innocent and cute, she thought for a while before asking, "Seventh sister, are you ...... Are all laughing at me behind my back? ”
"Oh? Why are we laughing at you? Xie Qingning asked deliberately.
"Because...... Because Third Brother Xie always ignores me, and I always chase him. ”
"How so? It's that guy who doesn't understand sex, what does it have to do with you? ”
"Really?" Hearing this, Lan Zhihua's eyes instantly lit up, "Do you really think it's Third Brother Xie's problem?" ”
"Of course," Xie Qingning smiled very sincerely, so he won the joy of the little girl who painted Lan Zhihua, and since then he has stuck to her side and asked long and short questions, tirelessly, although Xie Qingning felt a little noisy, but he was not disgusted.
Xie Qingning has no biological brothers and sisters, but Xie Hualing, the only sister she recognized in her previous life, ruthlessly betrayed her, and it is difficult for her to fully trust anyone in her life. And she originally only believed in Xie Huazhao, after all, in her previous life in Xie Mansion and in the years when she lived in Lanling City, only Xie Huazhao took care of her many times, so she would repay the favor.
It is also because of her trust that Xie Huazhao paid equal trust, and the relationship between the two will gradually heat up to the point where they are not brothers and sisters, but they are better than brothers and sisters.
Lan Zhihua is half a year younger than Xie Qingning, but he is innocent, and he has been well protected by his family since he was a child, so he doesn't know the sinister world, and he is not very good at hiding his emotions.
What's more, there are only the two of them and the four women in this team, Bangzheng and Yanyu, and the latter two abide by the rules of master and servant, and they can't say anything to Lan Zhihua, so she can only rely on Xie Qingning's side, like gummy can't get rid of it, Xie Qingning simply accepted this fact and took care of her as a sister, and the relationship between the two sublimated a lot.
After another three days, everyone finally stepped into a relatively wealthy city in Nanzhou, and after many days of tiring travel and overnight sleep in the mountains, they all let out a cheer of joy when they saw the towering city tower in front of them.
After all, being able to find an inn to take a hot bath, sleep peacefully, and eat a delicious meal is something that everyone has been thinking about for several days. Especially for Lan Zhihua, who loves beauty, he can't wait to rush into the city immediately, take a perfume bath, and have a good beauty sleep.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that the gate of Dangyang City was strictly forbidden for some reason, and the people who entered the city blocked outside the city gate lined up in a long line, which made people feel very strange.