Chapter 70: The Execution Hall
"Wonderful! Senior sister is really smart, and she actually thought of this method of swinging a hammer. Yuan Ming's thoughts turned in his heart, and he complimented him.
"Don't talk nonsense, how can I come up with this method, it came from the hand of a refining master in this sect a hundred years ago, that master was born weak, in order to make up for the lack of strength, he whimsically created this method." Chen Wan's face turned slightly red, and she shook her head and said.
"I see, I don't know the name of this refining master? Is it still in the sect today? Yuan Ming asked curiously.
"Master Heimu is one of the best genius refiners in this sect in the past hundred years, but unfortunately many years ago, for some reason, he disappeared mysteriously, if he is still here, the refining level of my Biluo Cave will definitely not be at the same level as it is now." Chen Wan looked regretful.
Yuan Ming was not interested in refining weapons, so he couldn't understand Chen Wan's thoughts, so he instead thought about the exorcism.
He has been getting started for half a month, and he also has some basic understanding of Biluo Cave, and Chen Wan said that the Guizang Pavilion is the place where Biluo Cave stores spells, secret arts, and exercises.
Biluo Cave is quite sloppy in the preaching and teaching of its disciples, except for the inner disciples who are included in the elders and cave masters, ordinary registered disciples who want to learn new exercises and secret arts, they all go to the Guizang Pavilion to redeem, and then participate in enlightenment on their own.
As an official institution of the sect, the Guizang Pavilion is no better than Toad Valley, where it is impossible to barter in exchange for spells, and it needs to use something called "contribution value".
For new registered disciples, the sect will give them 20 contribution points to gain a foothold in the sect, but it will not be officially distributed until the end of the month.
Yuan Ming can also get some contribution points when he works in the fire workshop, but he can't get it until the end of the month, so he can't exchange any spells for the time being.
"Don't think too much about it, although it is theoretically feasible to use the exorcism technique to assist in forging, it is difficult to do in practice, because although this technique is easy to get started, it is not easy to combine it with the power of the flesh and use it in refining weapons, at least for Qi refining period cultivators. Many congenitally weak people in this sect have also tried this method, but very few of them can succeed, so you can weigh it yourself. I still have something to do, so I'll go first. After Chen Wan reminded Yuan Ming, she wanted to turn around and leave.
"If Senior Sister Chen is fine, can you take me to the Xing Deacon?" Yuan Ming stopped the other party.
"The tasks issued by the Xingzhitang are not simple, the slightest carelessness will be life-threatening, you have just started, it seems too early to pick up the task now, it is better to wait for a while." Chen Wan frowned and persuaded.
"It's okay, I'm just going to take a look, and I don't necessarily take the task." Yuan Ming waved his hand, and the next moment he felt a strange cold instantly gushing out from his back, and he couldn't help but shiver.
"What's wrong with you?" Seeing this, Chen Wan asked a little strangely.
"I didn't ...... It's fine, maybe I'm catching a cold. Yuan Ming touched his nose and vaguely caught a glimpse of a silver figure flashing on a big tree outside the foundry house.
"Still going?" Chen Wan asked.
"Let's go." Yuan Ming retracted his gaze and said.
The two of them left the fire and walked down the hill, and soon came to a valley in the middle of the three peaks, and in the valley stood a gray stone tower, very tall, but divided into three levels.
At the entrance of the stone pagoda stands a stone pillar with three large red characters written on it.
There are people coming in and out of the door of the executive hall, which is quite lively.
Xingzhitang is the place where Biluo Cave publishes bounty tasks, where Biluo Cave disciples can undertake tasks and earn contribution points.
The contribution value has a very large effect, not only can you exchange it for spells and exercises in the Guizang Pavilion, but you can also go to other places to exchange for pills, talismans, spiritual materials and other things.
Yuan Ming had heard of this place for a long time, and he had been busy practicing forging and cultivation before, and today was the first time he came.
"Okay, I've brought the place, I won't talk nonsense, you can take care of yourself." After Chen Wan finished speaking, she turned around and left.
Yuan Ming stood in place, looked at the gray tower for a moment, and was about to step in.
"Senior Brother Yuan Ming, are you here to take over the mission?" A timid voice came from behind, but it was Kikige.
"Senior Sister Qiqige, I'll come over to familiarize myself with the environment, Senior Sister is going to take on a task?" Yuan Ming didn't have a bad impression of Qiqige, and replied with a smile.
"Hmm." Qiqige was very shy, and as soon as she made eye contact with Yuan Ming, she immediately lowered her head.
"Then let's go in together, it's my first time here, and I still want my senior sister to guide me in some places." Yuan Ming said.
"Okay." Kikige spat out a word and walked in with her head down.
Yuan Ming also walked to the deacon hall, the space inside is quite large, enough to be a hundred zhang square, the first thing that catches his eye is a long stone platform, in which sit two old men wearing deacon clothes, are registering for the disciples who have received the task.
Next to the stone platform stands a white jade stele seven or eight zhang high and three or four zhang wide, on which the forbidden means show the tasks of the sect.
More than a dozen Biluo Cave disciples gathered around the stone stele, basically registered disciples, talking in a low voice about the contents of the stone stele.
"There aren't many people here, I thought there would be a lot of disciples coming here to take on tasks." Yuan Ming said.
"The disciples of the sect spend most of their time doing their own work in the hall, and the rest of the time is spent cultivating, and there are not many people who come to the hall to take over the task." Kikige whispered.
"That is to say, coming to the office to take on tasks is similar to doing random work." Yuan Ming made an analogy.
"You can say the same thing." Kikige was slightly stunned and said.
Yuan Ming nodded and looked at the stele.
There are various tasks on the stele, the simplest is the task of delivering letters and running errands, which is basically a letter written by a disciple of Biluo Cave to his family.
This kind of task is not dangerous, but the reward is pitiful, and there are only one or two contribution points.
The slightly higher reward is some gathering tasks, going to some dangerous places to collect spiritual grass and spiritual materials, or hunting fierce beasts, obtaining fierce beast materials, etc., and the contribution value of the reward ranges from a few points to dozens of points.
There are also tasks with higher contribution value, and the danger level is not to collect spiritual materials, and hunting fierce beasts is comparable.
Yuan Ming's gaze fell on the task with the highest pay, this was a killing task, and the target of the killing was not a fierce beast, but a monk named "Ma Xingkong".
According to the introduction at the back of the task, this person is a defected disciple of Biluo Cave, and his cultivation has reached the peak of qi refining, and he has a spirit beast whose strength is comparable to that of the foundation building period.
"Senior Sister Qiqige, do you know this Ma Xingkong? Listening to the name, it seems to be from the Central Plains? Yuan Ming asked.
"I know one thing, this person is indeed from the Central Plains, it turned out to be a disciple of the Beast Control Hall, it is said that he was born as a furry beast slave, and was personally brought into the sect by Elder Mengshan, and he suddenly defected more than a year ago, and he has not been caught so far." Kikige was no longer so shy and talked more.
"No matter how powerful this Ma Xingkong is, he is just a Qi Refining Period cultivator, and Biluo Cave actually spent a thousand contribution points to arrest him?" Yuan Ming asked puzzled.
"I don't know about that." Kikige shook her head.
Yuan Ming just asked casually, quickly put it behind him, and continued to check the stele task.
Naturally, he didn't come here today just to see, if there was a suitable task, he wanted to try it out and earn some contribution points.
You don't have to think about the task of running errands and delivering letters, the contribution value is too small, and this kind of task takes a lot of time, it takes ten days and a half months for any one of them, and he still has to work in the fire workshop, and it is impossible to leave for so long.
Yuan Ming targeted those collection tasks, and quickly took a fancy to one.
"Collect Fire Jade: Go to Tari Volcano, collect Fire Jade, and exchange every five pieces for one contribution point, which can be completed in a team."
After Yuan Ming entered Biluo Cave, he deliberately inquired about the nearby geography and heard of Tali Volcano, which is only about 100 miles away from the mountain gate of Biluo Cave, and half a day is enough time to come and go.
This task can be completed in a team, and it is not very dangerous, which is just right for him.
"Senior Sister Qiqige, you are busy with you, don't worry about me." Yuan Ming said to Qiqige.
Kikige nodded, turned his head to look at the stele, and quickly walked to the long stone platform to take over the task and leave on his own.
Yuan Ming saw Qiqige leaving, so he went to the stone platform, took out the identity plate and handed it to a black-clothed deacon: "I want to take the thirty-fifth and collect the task of Huopu Jade." ”
"Huo Puyu's tasks are all done in teams, and there is a team that is recruiting, do you want to join it?" The black-clothed deacon took out a white jade talisman, tapped it on Yuan Ming's identity plate, and asked expressionlessly.
"I'm willing to join." Yuan Ming said immediately.
"Very good, the team is over there, you can go straight over." The black-clad deacon handed back the identification plate and pointed his hand towards the corner of the hall.
Yuan Ming looked in the direction of his finger, and the four Biluo Cave disciples were standing there, all of them were registered disciples, and there was an acquaintance in the middle, but it was the bald head Agoura.
His brow furrowed slightly, but he quickly stretched out again and walked over.
Noticing someone approaching, all four looked over.
When Agoura saw Yuan Ming, he looked stunned.
"This junior brother also took over Huo Puyu's task? Hehe, raw face, I don't know which disciple it is? A beautiful young woman wearing silver ornaments looked at Yuan Ming for a few moments and asked, looking like the leader of the four.
This woman is in her early thirties, her facial features are quite kind, she wears a string of silver bracelets on her wrist, which seems to be not mortal, and an emerald green spirit beast bag hangs from her waist.
Next to the young woman stood a big dark-skinned man, wearing a piece of animal skin on his upper body, exposing half of his chest, with a red tiger head tattoo carved on his shoulder, and holding a black iron rod with a thick bowl in his hand.
The last person was a young man with triangular eyes wearing a felt hat, with an indifferent expression and an expression that was incompatible.
"In Xia Yuan Ming, a new disciple of the Fire Refining Hall, I have met a few fellow disciples." Yuan Ming saluted.
"Fire Refining Hall? Agoura, it's your side? The beautiful young woman looked at Agoura.
Agoura smiled reluctantly at the young woman, and when she turned to Yuan Ming, her face became gloomy, and she said coldly: "Yuan Ming, you have only been in Biluo Cave for half a month, and I am afraid that you don't recognize the three roads of the sect. ”
Yuan Ming's brows furrowed, Agoura was targeting him again, he didn't remember when he offended the other party?