Xu Chenglin received a gift from Wang Shusheng, and in a month's time, he cultivated to the third layer of the body in one breath.

Looking at the spirit stone in his hand that had been shattered into powder due to the loss of spiritual energy, Xu Chenglin's face showed pity.

"The second layer of the calcining stage broke through the third layer, not only absorbed two lower-grade spirit stones, but also put on a green gold spirit carp. The aura that needs to be absorbed by breaking through the third layer and the fourth layer is even more huge. ”

The amount of spiritual energy that the spirit fish is rich in is already equivalent to ten lower-grade spirit stones. Breaking through the second layer to reach the third layer, a total of twelve or thirteen lower-grade spirit stones were used, which was undoubtedly a large amount for Xu Chenglin.

"If there was no Brother Wang's spirit fish, it would take more than a year just to break through to the third layer of the calcined body. It's time to receive the spirit stone again, no matter what, let's bring the spirit stone back first. ”

With this in his heart, Xu Chenglin walked towards the place where the spirit stones were issued.

Familiar places, familiar long dragons, familiar fat people, familiar numbers of spirit stones. Looking at the three gray spirit stones in his hand, Xu Chenglin's face no longer had the joy of receiving the spirit stones last time, but a faint sadness on his face.

Sorrow? Yes, sorrow. Right now, he was worried about the spirit stone for next month's cultivation. Last month, there were three lower-grade spirit stones, plus the assistance of the spirit fish given by Wang Shusheng, this month was spent safely, and even the cultivation realm was improved by one level. Now that he has reached the third layer of his body, he should have consumed more spirit stones for cultivation than he had consumed last month. No matter how thick-skinned Xu Chenglin is, it will be impossible for him to continue to accept relief from others next month.

After receiving the spirit stone, Xu Chenglin walked to his small courtyard. Passing by the long queue, he saw that the faces of the people in the team were also happy and worried. Now he finally understood why the person who received the spirit stone had joys and sorrows. But isn't it, people who have abundant spirit stones or those who don't have spirit stones are of course happy to have three spirit stones. However, those who urgently need spirit stones or are not rich in hand, even if they get three spirit stones, it is a drop in the bucket, and their faces are of course full of gloom.

"Forget it, instead of feeling sorry for yourself, you might as well find a way to get through this month. ”

Xu Chenglin sighed as he walked towards his residence.

Seeing that his residence was in front of him, Xu Chenglin suddenly slapped his head and woke up.

"Stupid! There are quite a few quests to take there, and there should be a way to obtain spirit stones. ”

Thinking of this, Xu Chenglin hurriedly turned around and hurried towards the Foreign Affairs Hall.

After a few months of only focusing on cultivation, Xu Chenglin actually ignored the important place of the Foreign Affairs Hall. At the beginning, Wang Xin took him to the Foreign Affairs Hall, and also met Uncle Sun, the steward there. Thinking that it was what Uncle Sun said to him in the end, Xu Chenglin also understood. I think it was Uncle Sun, who already knew that he would return to the Foreign Affairs Hall one day.

When you walk into the Foreign Affairs Hall, everything that catches your eye is so familiar. The Foreign Affairs Hall is as Xu Chenglin saw before, there are two guards in front of the door, people in the house are gathering in twos and threes to discuss something, the task office is neatly patting the long line, the task jade tablet is full of people who come to take the task, and the front of Uncle Sun's counter is as deserted as before.

Looking at Uncle Sun, who was dozing, Xu Chenglin remembered what he had said to the old man before.

"You can come to me for something!"

He stepped forward with a gentle step and saluted the old man. For fear of waking up the old man, Xu Chenglin just saluted, then turned around and walked towards the task monument.

"Well, don't be too busy! Let me see which boy it is, no one has been so polite in a long time. ”

Uncle Sun was half asleep, as if he was talking to himself, and he seemed to be talking to Xu Chenglin.

Xu Chenglin turned around and saw that the old man had opened his eyes. Although the old man's demeanor was lazy, his eyes were indeed mentally abnormal. Xu Chenglin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly called Uncle Sun respectfully.

Slowly sitting up straight from the rocking chair, the old man looked Xu Chenglin up and down.

"Oh, I remember, Xu Chenglin, isn't it?"

"It's the kid, Xu Chenglin has seen Uncle Sun. ”

Xu Chenglin's face was surprised, he didn't expect to meet him in a hurry, this Uncle Sun still remembers himself.

"Very good, very good, respect the elders and know the etiquette, and have not been eroded by the cruelty of cultivation. ”

Uncle Sun nodded and looked at Xu Chenglin with a smile.

"I thought you should have come a month ago, but I didn't expect you to hold on for three months to come, how about it?

Uncle Sun smiled, as if everything was expected.

"As Uncle Shi said, these three months have not been easy. The first two months were okay, but if it weren't for the help of others in the third month, I believe I would have stopped cultivating a long time ago. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Chenglin smiled wryly.

"Hahaha, how can there be no hardship in cultivation, if cultivation is simple and easy, then wouldn't immortality come too easily?"

Uncle Sun laughed, Xu was a little anxious, and he couldn't help coughing a few times.

"Hey, it's good to be young, I didn't think I would see you for three months, you are already a little monk with a third layer of refinement, not bad. At this time, the others are at most the second layer of the tempered body, and you are already very good!"

Uncle Sun looked at Xu Chenglin and couldn't help but smile and admire.

"Uncle Shi praised it falsely!"

"You don't have to be humble, just in the link of inducing qi into the body, it's not unusual to be stuck for a month or two, let alone cultivating to the third level of the refining body. ”

"This time I came to the Foreign Affairs Hall to take on a mission to earn spirit stones?"

Looking at the sad look on Xu Chenglin's face that had not disappeared, Uncle Sun had already guessed the purpose of Xu Chenglin's trip.

"As Uncle Shi said, a disciple who cultivates the third layer of the refining body, and if he wants to continue cultivating, he needs a lot of spirit stones to support him. Helplessly, the disciple was shy in his pocket, so he had to find a way to earn some spirit stones first. ”

Xu Chenglin spread his hands, looking indescribably helpless.

"Well, wealth, husbandry, dharma, and land, these four things are all important to a practitioner. For now, wealth is more important to low-ranking monks like you. What is wealth? For ordinary people, it is money, and for us cultivators, it is spiritual stones and heavenly treasures. Sometimes, we are no different from ordinary people. ”

The two of you talked to me one by one, and slipped away quietly for more than half an hour.

"Look at me, I've lost track of time. When people are old, there are a lot of words, and before you know it, you have been delayed for more than half an hour. ”

Uncle Sun was like an ordinary old man, looking at Xu Chenglin with a kind face.

"Uncle Sun is talking about all the experiences he has experienced, and what he has taught is even more valuable, and I am too late to be grateful. ”

Xu Chenglin also smiled back and thanked Uncle Sun with a fist.

"You kid don't have to compliment me, now I can only talk to you little guys. I think so, it's not a waste of your time. ”

Uncle Sun smiled and slowly took out five pieces of jade slips of different colors and delicate from his arms.

"Come, these little things, as a reward for chatting with me. ”

Uncle Sun handed the five pieces of jade to Xu Chenglin, and looked at him with a smile on his face.

Seeing the five exquisite jade slips, Xu Chenglin knew that this thing was not simple, so he reached out and took out one of them and looked at it carefully.

"Uncle Sun, what is this?"

Before Xu Chenglin finished asking, Uncle Sun explained with a smile.

"These five pieces of jade slips are task jade slips. For the tasks issued on the task tablet, each task will have a task jade slip, and of course there will be many task jade slips for large tasks. And the five task jade slips I gave you are a bit special. Not only do they pay well, but they also get special rewards for their good performance. ”

Xu Chenglin looked at Uncle Sun, he didn't understand why these tasks were given to him, and what were the special rewards.

Xu Chenglin was straightforward, so he asked directly.

"Dare to ask Uncle Sun, why were these tasks given to me?"

"Oh, I can't believe you're suspicious. It's okay, there's nothing wrong with being cautious. Didn't you say it before, as a reward for you to chat with me? Practice, cultivate to the last bit of humanity is gone, and it is rare to meet a person who has not been corrupted by human nature. It's even more rare that someone wants to chat with the old man, and I am happy with the old man. Are these reasons enough?"

Uncle Sun looked at Xu Chenglin with a smile on his face, but this smile was somewhat funny.

Looking at Uncle Sun's expression, Xu Chenglin frowned. Uncle Sun's words, Xu Chenglin obviously didn't believe it. Xuan Ling's advice told him not to forget at all times, no profit can not be early, and the kindness of others may not be true, but there must be a plan.

As if he had seen through Xu Chenglin's heart, Uncle Wang shook his head helplessly.

"Boy, what do you have that is worthy of my plot? What do you do when you are young and always frown? What is there that you can't get by? The heart of guarding against people is indispensable, but it is also time-divided, few elders in the sect will be unfavorable to you, and it is another matter if you leave the sect. ”

"Yes, I have something worth trying against, I'm just a little monk. ”

Thinking of this, Xu Chenglin's heart was relieved, and his brows relaxed.

Xu Chenglin bowed deeply to Uncle Sun, and Uncle Sun nodded with a smile.

"The kid's spiritual sense is not enough, and he can't read the content on the task jade slip. I wonder if Uncle Shi can tell the kid about the content of these task jade slips, and what is the so-called special reward?"

Xu Chenglin held the five task jade slips in his hand and bowed to Uncle Sun.

Uncle Sun smiled and swiped lightly in the air with one hand. I saw the five pieces of jade slips in Xu Chenglin's palm slowly flying in front of his eyes, and the jade slips were arranged in a row according to green, yellow, white, blue, and red.

"These five jade slips are the task jade slips issued by the Spirit Plantation Garden, the Medicine Refining Workshop, the Rune Hall, the Thousand Machine Pavilion, and the Hundred Refining Hall. As for the special reward, it is very tempting. ”

Uncle Sun sold the special reward, and Xu Chenglin raised his eyebrows slightly.

"What kind of reward is it that makes this old man so mysterious?"

As if he had seen through Xu Chenglin's question, Uncle Sun smiled and gave the answer.

"The five quest jade slips correspond to the five cultivation skills, and the special reward is that you can learn the corresponding low-level skills. ”

Xu Chenglin's eyes lit up, and there was a bang in his head. The tasks corresponding to the five quest jade slips can actually learn the corresponding five cultivation skills.

The five task jade slips given by Uncle Sun seem to be to give him a preliminary understanding of these five cultivation skills, so that he can choose the direction of his future cultivation path. How precious is this stepping stone to the cultivation of the arts? To put it bluntly, this is an opportunity for the cultivation to get on the right track.

Xu Chenglin took a few deep breaths, and finally suppressed his excitement. Just as he was about to say something, Uncle Sun waved his hand.

"Boy, there are many skills in the cultivation world, and mastering one is enough to mix in the cultivation world. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that you can't chew more than you can, so think about it yourself and which cultivation technique you want to study. ”

Xu Chenglin looked at the task task jade slip in his hand, and solemnly put away the task jade slip.

"Let's go back and think about it!"

After Uncle Sun finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to Xu Chenglin and sat back on the bamboo chair. Xu Chenglin was also interested, bowed to Uncle Sun, and then left quietly.