Chapter 8 The Imperatives of Life
Jiang Shaohang looked helpless. His grandfather Jiang Shuihan has always been disrespectful to the old, relying on his young appearance, pretending to be a qi refining disciple all day long to play tricks, and he has never done anything serious!
"Knowing that he is playing tricks, you must be on guard next time. Let's pick a sword first. ”
"Oh. Qiao Yue straightened her face and saw a bunch of long swords floating above her head. Thinking of Ling Bo's introduction, as long as you enter a meditative state and let down your guard, the destined sword will naturally choose its master.
But the sword in her body ...... Qiao Yue frowned and sat in an open space.
Because of the last experience, Qiao Yue quickly entered a state of empty mind, breathing steadily and long, feeling that she was one with heaven and earth.
The sword in the dantian is still firmly rooted, but it ...... Why does it keep glowing white?
She didn't cultivate, she just meditated, but looking at the appearance of the sword, it was clear that wisps of aura were poured into the sword body.
She looked inward for a long time and found that this sword was not interested in the soybean-sized aura in her dantian, but directly sucked away the aura from the outside world.
Qiao Yue couldn't help but wake up, and opened her eyes to Shangjiang Shaohang's eyes, watching him observe herself carefully.
"What are you doing?"
Jiang Shaohang shook his head, "I said, what's the matter with you, you've been meditating for half an hour, you see." He shook the sword in his hand that was as clear as autumn water, "There is already a sword that recognizes me, why haven't you moved?"
Qiao Yue was also puzzled, her brows furrowed: "Maybe I am the Five Spirit Root, the aura is not pure enough, and the sword is unwilling to follow me?"
"I'm a four-spirit root, a little better than you, but as soon as I meditated, a sword flew above my head. No matter how slow you are, it's pretty much the same. ”
"Why don't you go first? I'll wait. ”
Jiang Shaohang really wanted to practice quickly, and fused with the newly recognized sword, so he also went, and shouted to Qiao Yue before leaving, "Senior Sister Qiao, I'll bring you food at noon!"
As a result, Qiao Yue stayed in the Sword Pavilion for three days, and she didn't sleep, and even the deacon disciples of the Sword Pavilion were alarmed, and persuaded her to give up: "Senior nephew, it seems that you still have nothing to do with the sword, you go back, wait for the cultivation to be high, well, come back in the middle of Qi refining." ”
Qiao Yue could only sigh and go back in good spirits.
Cave No. 435 and Cave No. 436 originally shared the same open space, and as soon as she went back, she saw Jiang Shaohang wielding the sword.
"Senior Brother Jiang. ”
Jiang Shaohang saw that she was depressed, and he also felt that it was not good to play a sword in front of someone who didn't pick a sword, so he quickly put away the sword and said cautiously: "Are you hungry?" I ordered the canteen to deliver food to us every day, which also saves time, that is, I have to pay a spirit stone for errands a month, I will put it on first, and you will pay it back when you go back." ”
Qiao Yue nodded, "Thank you very much, I'm just about to retreat." ”
Jiang Shaohang knew that she was in a bad mood, but he couldn't find anything to persuade her, and he sighed when he saw her lost back enter the cave.
Qiao Yue didn't expect that there were people coming and going in the Sword Pavilion, and it was very strange to see her meditating all the time. A few people got together and talked casually, and slowly spread the word to the entire Sword Sect.
People who don't know the situation know that there is a white-haired child on Yuzhuo Peak, whose talent is particularly poor, and he finally passed the assessment, but he failed in the sword selection.
Qiao Yue listened to the rumors, although she didn't care, she was very annoyed by these voices that were criticizing her.
She was planning to retreat, but she lacked spirit stones.
Retreat is indispensable, but Qiao Yue is penniless, and she can't even afford the pills necessary for cultivation, so she has to go to the deacon hall to find a job.
It's just that the matter of the Sword Pavilion meditating for three days has already spread, Qiao Yue is full of gray hair, and it is not a secret that the five spirit roots are rotten, as soon as she went to the deacon hall, the chief deacon recognized her.
"Senior Nephew Qiao, are you going to take a task?" In order to make a living, ordinary Qi refining disciples would come out to take on tasks to maintain their cultivation. So the chief deacon also guessed that Qiao Yue was here to earn spirit stones.
"Uncle Shi, I can't help it. I don't know what your mission is?"
The chief deacon pointed to a task card beside him, "Which one you like, take the wooden card away, show the wooden card when the task is completed, and I will give you the corresponding reward." ”
Qiao Yue approached the quest card and looked at the dense wooden cards on it.
The top ones can only be done during the foundation building period, and it is useless for her to think about it. Looking at the Qi Refining Period tasks below, Qiao Yue carefully selected.
Collect morning dew, water spiritual grass, clean the animal garden, and run errands in the canteen. These tasks are very cumbersome, a waste of time, and the pay is small, but Qiao Yue is only in the early stage of qi refining, and now she doesn't know how to do magic, so she has to find pure manual labor.
Collect morning dew before dawn, water the spiritual grass in the morning, clean the animal garden in the afternoon, and run errands in the canteen at noon, just right, no delay!
She was in dire need of spirit stones, so she could retreat early, so she wasn't afraid to take on more tasks. A task is settled on a monthly basis, it is three spirit stones a month, four tasks, you can earn twelve yuan a month, for qi refining disciples, a month of retreat is more than enough, and then come out to make money, and then cultivate...... In this way, life is full, and it does not affect cultivation.
Qiao Yue took the four wooden cards, and thinking that it was morning, she immediately ran to the elixir garden according to the wooden cards.
Spirit grass is a necessary material for alchemy, and the pill is the greatest auxiliary for a monk, although sword cultivation does not rely on pills, but for monks with insufficient qualifications, pills are life-saving straws, and spirit grass is the root of straw!
There are many wolves and few pills, and the supply exceeds demand, so no matter where the spirit grass is, it is a scarce resource, so you have to be careful to serve it.
The elixir garden located at the foot of Yuzhuo Peak was already guarded by the disciples of the Deacon Hall, and when she saw Qiao Yuelai, she first looked at her for a long time before opening a forbidden place that was haunting in light, and the medicinal fragrance in the garden overflowed.
"That piece is the lowest-grade spirit grass, just carry water and water it. How much watering depends on the brand. ”
Following the deacon's instructions, Qiao Yue walked across the ridges and stopped in front of a piece of spiritual grass.
It is not difficult to water the spiritual grass, but anyone who is careful can do it, but this work is boring and boring, and ordinary monks are unwilling to do it, so they can only be handed over to a little disciple like Qiao Yue.
At noon, Qiao Yue walked into the hot dining hall and saw that the room was full of oil smoke.
"It turns out that monks cook similar to mortals...... Qiao Yue muttered quietly, and was tapped on the shoulder vigorously, seeing that it was an eight-foot man, with a face full of flesh, a complexion like charcoal, revealing white and flawless teeth, and smiling at her.
Qiao Yue was secretly stunned, how could this person look like a big black tower, strange and scary. But she's also like the Big White Tower, in fact, it's not much better than this black buddy.
"Little girl, you're also here to run errands in the dining hall, right?" said Daheita in a rough voice.
Seeing Qiao Yue nodding, he laughed: "Me too!" But they think I'm ugly, and I'm afraid of scaring people, so I asked me to find someone to go with." By the way, my name is Ah Hei, what is your name, is it called Ah Bai? ”
"My name is not Ah Bai, my name is Qiao Yue. "This big black tower looks scary, but it still speaks very friendly. Qiao Yue herself has suffered from her appearance, so naturally she will not discriminate against people because of her appearance, not to mention that Ah Hei is still very honest and honest.
Hei laughed and grabbed a large package from the ground. The package contained hundreds of small wooden barrels, and the weight was staggering.
Qiao Yue thinks that she has enough strength, but the package is taller than her, and how to move her back is thanks to this Ah Hei.
The two of them walked out of the dining hall, and Ah Hei pointed in a direction and said, "We will deliver the rice from the four hundred to the five hundred cave mansions." I'll only go to the door, and you'll send me in. Otherwise, when people saw me, they were so scared that they couldn't even eat. ”
Qiao Yue laughed out loud, Ah Hei was not annoyed, and scratched his head, "You are a good person, you are not afraid of my appearance." ”
"Brother Hei, look at me, I'm not much better than you. "It's just that she looks better, everyone is a cultivator, and they won't be afraid of her because of her white hair, at most they are a little repulsive.
Delivering food all the way, after No. 436, when Qiao Yue handed the wooden barrel rice to Jiang Shaohang, Jiang Shaohang was dumbfounded.
"You are short of money and lack of money, and you are not afraid of delaying your cultivation. ”
Qiao Yue lowered her voice, very dissatisfied with Jiang Shaohang's non-cannibalistic fireworks, "I'm not like you, but no one has given me the resources to cultivate." What do you want, but you can't earn it yourself?"
"It seems that you are also forced by life. Jiang Shaohang opened the meal, smelled the aroma of incense, and deliberately spread the fragrance to Qiao Yue's side.
"Hey!" Qiao Yue was already hungry, and when she smelled the fragrance, she quickly swallowed her saliva, "I won't tell you, my buddy is still waiting!"
Seeing Qiao Yue leaving in a hurry, Jiang Shaohang wondered, she had only been out for a morning, so there was an extra buddy?
Qiao Yue and Ah Hei both have strange appearances, but they are very close to each other, and they talk more happily than Jiang Shaohang. Only then did she know that Ah Hei was also a five-spirit root, both of whom were twenty years old, and their minds were not mature enough, almost as old as her ten, and even more simple and lovely than her.
"Brother Hei, how many tasks have you taken?" Qiao Yue held the rice bucket in her hand, scooped out a spoonful of food, and ate it quickly.
Seeing that the package behind him was empty, after delivering the hundred barrels of food, Daheita breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his sweat with a hand towel. I also took out food to eat.
"I'll do this, I can't do anything else, I live on three spirit stones every month. Hey, Qiao Yue, how many did you pick up?"
Qiao Yue looked up at the sun and knew that it was time to go to the Spirit Animal Garden, "Alas, I picked up four." Gotta catch up with the next one. ”
After packing up the rice bucket, Qiao Yue stuffed the bucket into the package, "They will put the bucket at the door after eating, you can just go and get it, and you don't need to meet them." With that, he ran as fast as he could.
Ah Hei was very reluctant to this little white girl who didn't dislike him, and waved his arms and shouted: "Hey, tomorrow at noon, let's still deliver food together......
"Got it!" Qiao Yue shouted at the top of her voice as she ran towards the hill in the Spirit Beast Garden. It's fun to talk to Hei, and she's not tired of working, she really doesn't want to work alone with so many rice buckets.
The work of the spirit animal garden is easy to do, and the spirit beast is led by a special person to release the wind, so she takes the opportunity to go into the cage to clean it. The spirit beasts are basically a little smart, and the filth is fixed, so this work is not as disgusting as she imagined.
It's just that a few female cultivators who are in charge of walking the spirit beast have little ability and no small temper, seeing that Qiao Yue is a child, she looks weird and has low cultivation, so she bullied her a lot.
For the sake of Xiuwei's face, Qiao Yue endured and endured. Listening to a group of female nuns talking about clothes and jewelry all day long, she was jealous and confused, and her head was big.
Where there are many women, there are many right and wrong, and there are also many delicate female cultivators in the sword cultivation, not to mention these few who do miscellaneous work, in addition to being a long-tongued woman with melon seeds, and being satisfied with three spirit stones a month, what else can they do.
Qiao Yue secretly made up her mind, in the future, she would go to places where there were more women, and nothing would become something. I hurriedly quit my job next month, so as not to be troubled with this group of warblers and swallows.