Chapter 3 The Suspicious Man
After exchanging the Yellow Dragon Pill from Han Li, Ye Changsheng immediately went back and began to practice in seclusion.
In this cold world, without sufficient cultivation, he would not be able to feel safe.
After paying four spirit stones and bribing a disciple of the Baiji Hall consul, Ye Changsheng received a task to hand over spiritual medicine.
"Take care of thirteen five-flowered trees and hand over two hundred fruits every year!"
Well, this is a yearly job.
Unlike other tasks, you need to collect them again every month.
This is in line with Ye Changsheng's expectations. What he fears most now is trouble.
As long as you can practice in peace, that is better than anything else.
After receiving the task, Ye Changsheng moved out of the stone house residential area where thousands of new Qi Refining disciples gathered.
He lived in the medicine garden, which was much quieter.
Without saying anything, he began his retreat.
Three months later, his cultivation had advanced to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
Half a year later, he broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.
A year later, Ye Changsheng reached the tenth level of Qi Refining.
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In Baiji Hall, the consul disciple who had accepted Ye Changsheng's bribe frowned and asked, "Junior Brother Ye, do you still want to continue doing that mission?"
"Yes, is there any problem, Brother Li?"
"Two hundred fruits are required to be handed in every year, and I handed them all in!"
"That's not a problem! But your cultivation level..."
A hint of surprise flashed across Senior Brother Li's eyes .
If I remember correctly, when Junior Brother Ye came to Baiji Hall a year ago, his cultivation level was still relatively low, right?
What level of Qi Refining are you at?
I can't remember exactly, but it seemed pretty low.
Now, he has actually cultivated to the tenth level of Qi training in one go?
So fast?
Even if one has dual spiritual roots, this speed of cultivation seems a little incredible, right?
Ye Changsheng, I have never heard that he is from any big family!
As long as it was a well-known family, Senior Brother Li would know the dual spiritual root disciples in the family.
Ye Changsheng, it seems, is just a casual cultivator!
How can a casual cultivator, without any family support, improve so quickly?
Something is wrong!
There must be something strange about him!
“He must have some method that can speed up cultivation, and this method was obtained after entering the Yellow Maple Valley!” Senior Brother Li thought to himself.
Before receiving this task, Ye Changsheng's cultivation was very low and it didn't seem like he had any adventures.
After receiving this task, his cultivation improved by leaps and bounds.
Could it be that... there is something wrong with this task of looking after the five-flowered tree?
What kind of adventure did the other party have in that medicine garden?
Among the many immortal cultivation stories that Senior Brother Li had read before, there was always a story about a certain protagonist having an amazing adventure somewhere in the sect.
Considering that the other party had paid four spirit stones to bribe him in order to get this mission...
"Junior Brother Ye, have you been practicing in seclusion for the past year?" Senior Brother Li asked calmly.
"Apart from taking care of the five-flowered tree, I have been practicing!" Ye Changsheng was suspicious in his heart, but he still spoke calmly.
Brother Li, why are you asking about his affairs?
"Oh, I see!"
Senior Brother Li nodded, suddenly smiled warmly, and said: "Junior Brother Ye, you don't know that a senior brother has been eyeing this mission of yours for a long time!"
"I don't want to offend that senior brother, so Junior Brother Ye, I'm afraid I can't give you this task anymore!"
Ye Changsheng frowned. What did this Senior Brother Li mean?
Asking for a bribe?
If you want a bribe, there is no need to do this, just say it directly.
After all, the two had already traded once, so they were not afraid of a second time.
"Could it be that he wants to raise the price?" Ye Changsheng began to have doubts.
He glanced at Senior Brother Li and found that he was looking at him meaningfully.
Ye Changsheng's heart skipped a beat. Did he really want to raise the price?
Of course, he is not short of these spirit stones, but it would be very inappropriate if he took out more spirit stones to bribe the other party.
Four spirit stones are already very high.
After all, a Qi-refining disciple of Huangfeng Valley could only receive two spirit stones after working hard for a month.
If he is too generous and his spending is not in line with his status, it will inevitably make the other party have bad intentions.
"This... Senior Brother Li, I can do this task quite smoothly. Can't you be flexible?"
Ye Changsheng looked extremely embarrassed.
He decided to test the waters to see if this Senior Brother Li wanted to raise the price.
Seeing Ye Changsheng like this, Senior Brother Li smiled in his heart.
"Sure enough, he can't give up this mission. There must be something wrong with the five-flowered tree!"
Senior Brother Li had a regretful expression on his face: " Junior Brother Ye, I really want to leave this task to you, but I really can't offend that senior brother..."
The rejection in Senior Brother Li's words was very obvious.
This made Ye Changsheng, who had been paying attention to his expression, even more suspicious.
Not asking for a bribe?
Does he really not want to give me this task?
What exactly does he mean ?
Ye Changsheng would never believe those nonsenses from Senior Brother Li. They were just excuses. He simply didn't want to hand in this task.
It's just a task, why should we get stuck?
Ye Changsheng couldn’t figure it out!
"In that case , please assign me another task, brother!" He no longer insisted.
Seeing that he gave up directly, Senior Brother Li's eyes flashed with surprise.
"He doesn't want that mission anymore?"
But then he understood: "Retreat to advance? Humph, I see through you!"
"I'm afraid that although he gave up the mission on the surface, he will still sneak into the herb garden in secret, right?"
Senior Brother Li is very wise and feels that he has seen through everything.
"Junior Brother Ye, for the sake of our friendship, I will assign you a similar task!"
"Take care of three Fire Cloud Trees and hand in fifty fruits every year. Junior Brother Ye, what do you think of this task?"
Ye Changsheng took a look and found that the medicine garden where the Fire Cloud Tree was located was far away from his original one.
He frowned and said, "Okay, let's do this task. Thank you, Senior Brother Li!"
"You're welcome, Junior Brother Ye!"
Senior Brother Li had a smile on his face, he felt like he saw through everything.
Junior Brother Ye gave up the previous mission just to retreat in order to advance.
After Ye Changsheng accepted the mission and left, Senior Brother Li immediately gave up his mission as the consular disciple of Baijitang and took on the task of looking after the five-flowered tree by taking advantage of his position.
Then, he went straight to the medicine garden!
Ye Changsheng was completely unaware of this.
Who could have expected that the suspicious Senior Brother Li would be able to imagine so much in that short moment?
After changing his mission, he went back to continue his hard training.
However, his practice was not very smooth this time.
After only one month of practice, Senior Brother Li came to visit!
