“Oh, Brother Teng, please elaborate.”
Chen Mobai was instantly interested.
“Junior Brother Chen, your spiritual root talent is outstanding, and at such a young age, you have already reached the late stage of Qi Refining. I assume you would also strive for the position of a true disciple, after all, only by becoming a true disciple can one qualify to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills.”
Teng Jie’s words were reasonable. Chen Mobai hesitated for a moment, but did not hide his intentions and nodded directly.
“With Junior Brother Chen’s age and talent, your future is bound to be limitless. Brother Liu from our Spirit Plant Division failed his Foundation Establishment last month, and his realm has fallen. He should be stepping down from his position as a true disciple in the next few days.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Jun’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, but thinking about the three hundred contribution points he had loaned to Brother Liu for the Foundation Establishment Pill, he kept silent.
“Among the twenty-four true disciples of the sect, our Spirit Plant Division will at least have one spot. After Brother Liu’s failure in Foundation Establishment, he has been seriously injured and owes a lot of sect contributions. He definitely cannot return to the ranks of true disciples until he has paid off his debts.”
“After Brother Liu, the one who should be promoted to a true disciple in the Spirit Plant Division is probably Brother Li Li. However, he is only a temporary replacement, and his actual talent and ability are even inferior to Brother Liu’s.”
“If Junior Brother Chen joins our Spirit Plant Division and works hard for ten years, by the time the next batch of Foundation Establishment Pills are refined, and you have reached the perfect stage of Qi Refining, whether it’s competing with Brother Li Li or earning another true disciple spot for our Spirit Plant Division, it would be better than being alone in the wilderness.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai was moved.
Indeed, although the Shenmu Sect’s exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills only requires ten thousand sect contribution points on the surface, there are many hidden rules in reality.
For example, true disciples have priority.
And among the true disciples, there is a ranking order.
And among the rankings, those who have not undergone Foundation Establishment have a higher priority than those who have failed once.
According to Chen Mobai’s original plan, he intended to challenge a true disciple with no background during the sect competition after reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining in a few years, and replace him.
However, after hearing Teng Jie’s words, he realized that if he did so, even if he succeeded, wouldn’t he become a true disciple with no background in the eyes of other disciples, who could be challenged?
If he joined the Spirit Plant Division, although he might be a bit busier, at least he would have a tree to shelter him from the wind and rain in the Shenmu Sect.
However, isn’t it a bit too early to join now?
Chen Mobai was still hesitating. He was currently focused on reaching the perfect stage of Qi Refining and really didn’t want to waste time on other things.
“Junior Brother Chen, there’s another key point to exchanging for Foundation Establishment Pills, I wonder if you’ve considered it.”
At this moment, Teng Jie spoke again.
“It’s the sect contribution points, right?”
Chen Mobai was quick to understand and pointed out the key point.
Teng Jie nodded and explained the details to this new sect disciple.
“The setting of sect contribution points is linked to spirit stones. The value of most sect tasks is equivalent to the number of spirit stones, which means we need to earn ten thousand spirit stones for the sect in order to accumulate enough sect contributions to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill.”
“However, among all the sect tasks, there are a few exceptions. Because they are limited by their small scale, low yield, and no one is willing to do them, yet they are indispensable to the sect, the Hall of Rewarding Goodness adjusts the contribution ratio to guide sect disciples to undertake these tasks.”
“This field is one of them.”
“Other tasks require one spirit stone for one sect contribution point, but farming requires nearly a year to harvest. During this period, one needs to constantly use the Spirit Needle Technique to kill insects, the Rainfall Technique to irrigate, and also prevent attacks from birds and beasts. The output is not proportional to the input, which has led to the abandonment of hundreds of acres of spirit fields in our Shenmu Sect. All disciples who understand spirit plants have applied to cultivate medicinal fields.”
“Because the value of a single first-grade top-quality medicinal herb is equivalent to the yield of an acre of spirit field.”
“After Qi Refining cultivators have cleansed their marrow and changed their tendons, in order to avoid being tainted by the mundane, they eat spirit rice in addition to Inedia Pills. If no one is willing to farm, should we let the Foundation Establishment elders or even the two ancestors do it themselves?”
“So, in order to guide disciples to farm, the sect has specially adjusted the sect contribution for farming to ten times the normal amount. But even so, many disciples choose to give up after farming for a year, feeling that the input is too much and the output is not enough.”
“If Junior Brother Chen is willing to show off his skills, even if you can’t take care of too many spirit fields by yourself, you can guide some new disciples and take a tenth of the contribution when the harvest comes.”
“In this way, after ten years, you might not even need to borrow from your fellow disciples when it’s time to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills.”
After hearing this, Chen Mobai was completely moved.
So, the benefits of farming are so great?
However, this was mainly because his farming techniques from the Immortal Gate were superb, coupled with the abundant spiritual energy in the Giant Wood Ridge.
“Since Brother is so sincere, I would be rude to refuse.”
At these words, the three of them looked at each other and laughed.
So, Chen Mobai followed the two of them to the Shenmu City in the center of the Giant Wood Ridge.
This was the only place in the Giant Wood Ridge where mortals could live, because outside the city was the vast thousand-acre medicinal field, which was also the heartland of the Shenmu Sect.
There were many spirit herbs, and the Spirit Plant Division was short of hands, so some ordinary spirit herbs were left to the mortal descendants of the disciples to take care of.
All three halls and twelve divisions had offices in Shenmu City, and nearly eighty percent of the disciples of the Spirit Plant Division were here taking care of the medicinal fields.
After Lu Jun and Teng Jie handed over the Jade Sprout Spirit Rice in their storage bags to the steward in charge of collection, they completed a division task.
After the Spirit Plant Division confirmed the receipt, Chen Mobai swiped his Shenmu Sect disciple’s badge at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, and found that he had gained 458 sect contribution points.
Although one sect contribution point was equivalent to one spirit stone, the price would rise by about twenty percent in private transfers.
“Junior Brother Chen, please wait here with Brother Teng for a moment.”
Although he was invited, he still needed to inform the leader above.
Lu Jun walked in with a smile on his face, but came out with a strange expression almost immediately.”Junior brothers, let’s go in together.”
They walked into a large hall filled with many chairs, where quite a few people were seated.
Underneath a huge map, three people sat in a row, each with a different expression, sipping their tea.
Below them, seven or eight disciples from the Shenmu Sect were seated on both sides. The one leading on the left had a pale face, seemingly severely injured. The one leading on the right had a dark yellow skin, with thick hands and feet, resembling an old farmer.
After Chen Mobai and his companions entered, a chubby Foundation Establishment cultivator pointed to the empty seats in the corner. Lu Jun immediately led them to sit there and listen.