Xu Chunniang's mind moved, and the three elements of spiritual energy of water, earth and wood emerged from her fingertips. They mixed together, and soon gave rise to the two elements of spiritual energy of gold and fire, which successfully gathered into the five elements of spiritual energy.
She held her breath and began to transform the ice spiritual energy from it.
At the beginning, there was only a faint trace of ice spiritual energy, but as time went on, the ice spiritual energy became more and more, and the speed of transformation became faster and faster.
In the end, all the spiritual energy was successfully transformed into extremely pure ice spiritual energy without any impurities.
Xu Chunniang no longer hesitated, and used the ice spiritual energy to condense the ice explosion technique and sent it into the rune that had been prepared long ago.
The spiritual energy roamed over the cold blue runes and finally fell silent.
Success!
Xu Chunniang felt more alert. It seemed that the method taught by the talisman master was indeed effective.
She continued to refine ice explosion talismans with all her strength, and refined twenty in one breath before she stopped.
Out of the twenty Ice Explosion Talismans, a total of six were successfully refined, with a success rate of an astonishing 30%.
Looking at the six ice explosion talismans in front of her, Xu Chunniang couldn't help but sigh.
Uncle Master Zhu Jiancai truly deserves the title of master. He can enable people to achieve such a huge improvement by just casually saying some techniques and tricks of refining talismans.
If she were to rely on her own exploration, she would need at least a month of practice to increase her success rate by 10%.
Since she still had 100 points of contribution to the sect, Xu Chunniang no longer had to accept any commissions or tasks and could concentrate on her cultivation.
In the days that followed, she practiced in the cave with peace of mind, and studied the art of talismans in depth, striving to successfully refine high-quality talismans after mastering most of the mid-quality talismans.
There is no time in spiritual practice. In the blink of an eye, seven and a half years have passed.
Over seven years, Xu Chunniang has grown from a young nun to a person who has shed her immaturity and naivety and has become much more stable and composed.
Xu Chunniang stepped out of the cave with a feeling in her heart. She had been practicing Taoism for sixteen years since she left home at the age of eight to join the Xiaoyao Sect.
She started out as an ordinary girl, from learning to read and write to drawing Qi into the body, and now has reached the late eighth level of Qi training. She is only one step away from breaking through to the ninth level of Qi training. It has not been easy along the way.
But every step is down to earth and taken extremely steadily.
After Xu Chunniang left the cave, she walked towards the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.
It’s time to hand in contribution points every year.
After paying her contribution points last year, she only had 14 contribution points left. After this year's share was deducted, only the last two points were left.
Starting from tomorrow, Xu Chunniang will take on commissions and earn contribution points.
When they arrived at the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, she was at the end of the line.
When it was Xu Chunniang's turn to pay contribution points, Zhang Donglai took her disciple token and a gloomy look flashed in his eyes.
Clearly nine years ago, this ugly girl was only at the fifth level of Qi training, but after just nine years, she has already reached the middle stage of the sixth level of Qi training.
There is a fierceness in this ugly girl's eyes. I think it won't take too long for her to break through to the seventh level of Qi training.
As time goes by, her cultivation will only get higher and higher.
Since the two have become enemies, they cannot be easily reconciled.
Killing her while her cultivation was low and she was still unfertile was also a way of understanding his concerns.
Zhang Donglai's brows relaxed slightly, with a sinister look in his eyes.
For this overseas mission to the mortal world, he happened to have two recommendation spots on hand, and he could give one to this ugly girl.
Once she leaves the Xiaoyao Sect, they will arrange for two people to kill her.
Thinking of this, Zhang Donglai no longer hesitated. He took Xu Chunniang's token and operated it before throwing it back to the counter.
Xu Chunniang put away the token and walked out. She felt that the look in Zhang Dong's eyes when he looked at her was full of malice, as if he had done something.
But she didn't know what he did specifically.
After thinking for a while and still unable to figure it out, Xu Chunniang put the problem aside. If the enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers; if the water comes, we will block it with earth. No matter what tricks he uses, we will just deal with it.
She put her thoughts aside and stepped into the commission hall.
The manager of the Entrusted Hall was changed a few years ago. The previous black-faced manager, after being defeated in the outer sect competition, went into seclusion in order to break through the foundation-building stage, and died soon after.
The person in charge now is a female cultivator named Huang who is at the ninth level of Qi training.
Xu Chunniang glanced around the commission hall and walked directly to the middle area to check the commissions.
The commissions in the middle area are aimed at disciples in the late stage of Qi training, so they are more difficult and the benefits are relatively increased several times.
She scanned the screen in front of her. Most of the commissions were long-term, taking at least five years, and some even as long as ten years.
But there is also a department commission that is short-term, and you can get contribution points by completing the corresponding requirements.
Seeing the ten-year "overseas assignment", Xu Chunniang's eyes narrowed slightly.
The sect has strict rules, and leaving the sect to accept an external mission is the only chance for Qi-cultivating disciples to leave the sect openly.
I have been practicing Taoism for sixteen years, and that means I have been away from home for sixteen years.
She hasn't seen her parents for a long time, and it's impossible for her to say that she doesn't miss them.
Once you embark on the path of cultivation, you cannot expect everything to go as you wish, and you can only suppress your longing for your family deep in your heart.
However, the "outside mission" requires one to have the seventh level of Qi training to accept it, and her current level of cultivation is not enough.
Xu Chunniang shook her head. It seemed that she could only wait for an opportunity in the future before accepting any overseas assignments.
She moved her eyes downwards and landed on the commission to "strangle the monster".
"Strangle the monster: Disciple needs to go to the Black Moon Demon Cave to strangle the monster. Each time you strangle a monster, you can get corresponding contribution points. This mission is quite dangerous, please accept it with caution."
She looked carefully and found that she could get 5 contribution points by strangling a fourth-level Qi training monster.
The higher the level of the monster you strangle, the more contribution points you will get.
Xu Chunniang thought about it and prepared to accept the commission.
On the one hand, she can practice with these monsters and test the power of the top-grade talismans, and also see if her magic has become rusty after not using them for so long.
Secondly, you can earn some contribution points.
If you are lucky, it only takes a few months to earn contribution points for the next ten years.
After making up her mind, Xu Chunniang retracted her gaze and turned directly to Manager Huang's office, ready to accept the commission to "strangle the monster."
Manager Huang glanced at Xu Chunniang but didn't say much.
Many disciples at the sixth level of Qi training would also accept commissions to strangle monsters, just to earn more contribution points so that they could spend more time practicing.
However, most of these disciples died in the Black Moon Demon Cave and became food for the monsters.
For those who are lucky enough to survive, it is common to have missing limbs.
She took the disciple token and was about to operate it when her eyes narrowed slightly. "You have already accepted the commissioned task and cannot accept it again."
Xu Chunniang was stunned. "What?"
Steward Huang returned the token to her and said calmly, "You have accepted the sect's commission for an outbound mission. You will be assigned by the sect to guard the secular world soon. Come back in three days. The sect will arrange your destination."
After saying that, she closed her mouth, looking as if she didn't want to say more.
Xu Chunniang put away the token, her eyes filled with thought.
She clearly had not accepted any commission, so why did Manager Huang say that she had accepted an external commission