Chapter 226: Mission
Not surprisingly, Qianxue was favored by Elder Water and was able to stay in the Water Palace.
The side hall of the Water Palace is inhabited by human monks like her, a total of more than 20 people, all of whom are fire spirit roots or monks who are good at fire attribute exercises.
The side hall is huge, with nearly 100 rooms, more than enough to accommodate more than 20 people.
The people who lived next door to Qianxue were all monks in the early stage of foundation building, one was named Niu Hai and the other was Zhang Yu, who was recruited by Elder Shui a few years ago.
The other monks were a little far away from them, so the three of them tacitly formed a small group and often exchanged some cultivation experiences.
After a long time, Niu Hai and Zhang Yu both saw that Qianxue's knowledge was far above them, but her temperament was extremely light, and she rarely went out of the house.
Despite this, they all have a lot of respect for Qianxue, and faintly regard her as the core of the small group.
From the first day of her stay, Qianxue knew the reason why Elder Water recruited the Fire Spirit Root Cultivator: Elder Water wanted to refine a furnace of the best elixir, and he needed to subtly control the direction of the fire spiritual power, naturally the more monks the better, and each person was responsible for controlling a part.
Elder Shui hadn't gathered the raw materials for the pill yet, and their group of people was just a choice for her to be prepared.
In addition to helping with alchemy, some tasks will be assigned from time to time in the Water Palace, and the difficulty of the tasks determines the number of rewards after the completion of the task.
Although the water palace does not force the monks to do the task, many monks still take the initiative to take the task, because sometimes the reward of a task is very rich.
There is only one rule in the Water Palace: each person is only allowed to receive one task at a time, and they are not allowed to fail, and if they fail, they will be expelled from the Water Palace.
When receiving a task, you can register with multiple people, and the steward will divide the reward equally.
Qianxue is not interested in tasks or anything, and the only reason to stay here is to find an opportunity to get close to the matriarch of the Yu clan and ask her about her senior sister.
But after more than half a year, she still couldn't find a chance, so she simply closed the door, and after arranging the prohibition of cutting off her divine sense, she hid in the gray world and waited for the opportunity.
On this day, she suddenly sensed a transmission note coming from the door of the Water Palace, so she took it off and crushed it, and Niu Hai's voice came out: "Qiandaoyou, please come out to discuss something." ”
Qianxue walked out of the door and found that Zhang Yu was also there, and said with a smile: "What are you going to do?"
Niu Hai and Zhang Yu prepared a table of tea and snacks in the courtyard, invited Qianxue to sit down, and poured a cup of tea for her.
Qianxue knew that they must have asked her for help, and said with a smile: "If you don't make things clear first, I won't dare to drink this cup of tea." ”
Niu Hai and Zhang Yu glanced at each other, and Niu Hai said: "That's the case, the Water Palace recently released a task, promising to reward each person with a superb spirit weapon after completion, and we want to take this task." ”
Qianxue smiled: "You can just go by yourself, why do you have to inform me?"
Niu Haidao: "Qiandaoyou don't know, there were three monks who took over this task before, but it failed, and those three monks have been expelled. In view of this, the rest of the monks are now in a wait-and-see mode, and the water palace has increased their remuneration quite a bit. ”
Hearing this, Qianxue already understood their intentions, and they planned to use her strength to complete the task. She doesn't care about that, it's good for her to have more contacts here.
So he asked, "What is the task?"
Zhang Yu said: "That's right, Elder Shui has recently gotten a few seeds from nowhere, and it is said that they are very cherished seven-colored flower seeds......"
"Seven-colored flowers!" Qianxue said in surprise.
Zhang Yu's eyes lit up: "Have you heard of this flower?"
Qianxue realized that she had slipped her mouth, and hurriedly said: "I have read it in an ancient book, but I have never seen a real seed." ”
"Which ancient book?" Zhang Yu asked.
"Forgot the book. Qianxue said without red eyes and heartbeat.
Zhang Yu was a little disappointed, and continued: "The three monks took a seed before, and after half a year of hard work, they finally let the seed take root and sprout, but they withered and died inexplicably. ”
Chiyuki guessed that one of the three monks accidentally touched the rhizome, and that person didn't want to be responsible, so all three of them were expelled from the water palace.
She was still a little curious: "Why would such a valuable seed be recruited by issuing tasks?"
Zhang Yu said with a smile: "Now all palaces are trying to cultivate these seeds, but unfortunately, all kinds of attempts have failed. The talents in the Yu clan had to recruit talents to solve their doubts. ”
Qianxue muttered, "I don't necessarily have a way, if I fail, you will all be expelled." ”
Niu Haidao: "Wealth and danger are sought, as long as you are fifty percent sure, we are worth a try." ”
Qianxue nodded slowly, she actually wanted to break the current embarrassing situation through this mission. Maybe there is a chance to meet the matriarch of the Yu clan, and this opportunity cannot be missed.
The three of them discussed and decided, and then went to the hall where the task was issued in the Water Palace, and reported the task to the steward.
The steward frowned and said, "If the three of you are not completely sure, I advise you to go back to your home, there are not many seeds left in the Water Palace, and you can't consume them." ”
Niu Hai hurriedly said: "Steward, please rest assured, if there is something wrong, we are willing to be punished." ”
The steward sneered: "I'm afraid you can't bear it!"
"What do you mean?" Niu Hai was puzzled.
"Hmph, in view of the fact that there are too few seeds, once the person who takes over this task fails in the future, he will not only drive away from the Water Palace, but also abolish his cultivation. ”
Niu Hai and Zhang Yu glanced at each other, both showing pale colors, this punishment was inevitably too heavy.
They were still hesitating, so they heard Qianxue say, "Well, we will take over this position." ”
The two of them were startled and said hurriedly: "Qiandaoyou, don't you want to talk nonsense! When did I agree?"
Qianxue glanced at them: "Didn't you just say that wealth is in danger?"
Niu Hai's face turned red: "The previous failure was only to be driven away from the Water Palace, and his life was not affected." Now it's about to abolish cultivation, and it's no different from death, and I can't afford it. ”
Zhang Yu also said: "Yes, if you want to die, don't drag us down!"
Qianxue said: "Are you absolutely unwilling to participate?"
Niu Hai and Zhang Yu said in unison: "Not bad!"
Qianxue turned to the steward and said, "I'll take this task alone." ”
The steward looked at Qianxue in surprise, knowing that she would be severely punished for failure, and dared to take on the task, but it was conceivable that she might really have the means to successfully cultivate the seven-colored flower.
The steward didn't know that Qianxue was actually not sure at all, and the reason why she dared to take on this task was because even if she accidentally failed, she could still quietly hide in the gray world for refuge. What's more, with her strength, no one here may be able to help her.
The steward didn't know what to do, and as soon as he told Elder Shui about Qianxue's registration, Elder Shui was also surprised, and immediately ordered the most fertile land in the hands of the Water Palace to be handed over to Qianxue to take care of, and sent someone to guard it.