After Li Yan had a plan in mind, he was silent for a while, then he looked up at the Star Moth.
"So as a guest elder, what do I have to give, and what can I get?"
"Guest elders don't need to do anything on weekdays, you just need to practice on your own. You can receive 100 spirit stones every month, which is twice as much as those foundation-building deacons.
Although you don't need to do anything at ordinary times, once the sect needs you to do something, you must do it well, otherwise there will be corresponding rewards and punishments, and everything will be based on the sect's rules and regulations.
Of course, these things are all within your capabilities and will not be forced upon you. I will be able to give you the detailed rules of reward and punishment for the guest elders later, so you can take a look at them first.
In addition, you have higher authority to read and practice the treasured classics and techniques within the sect, but currently this is limited to the Foundation Establishment stage.
If you want to see higher and more powerful skills, you must wait until you become a true elder. There is only one condition to become an elder, and that is to condense the golden elixir.
Oh, one more thing. If you need a Jindan cultivator to help you refine the magic weapon this time, I can help you once for free, but only this time.
Therefore, there are many benefits to becoming a guest elder of our sect, and you can do it. 'Falling Star Valley' is not a stingy sect."
After saying this, Xingming waved his sleeves and a jade slip flew towards Li Yan. After Li Yan took the jade slip, he put it directly on his forehead.
I found that what was engraved inside was indeed the guest elders’ detailed rules of rewards and punishments.
Li Yan didn't know whether "Falling Star Valley" had had guest elders before. If not, then the jade slip in his hand was tailor-made for him.
He quickly glanced through the rules and regulations in the jade slip. The rules and regulations were just as Xing Ming had said. There really were no requirements that were too extraordinary.
At most, it specifies in detail that if a guest elder fails to complete a task, in addition to being punished by not being allowed to receive any spirit stones for three years, he must also complete three tasks of the same level within three years.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. How can a sect provide you with free food and shelter? Everything is equal.
“Based on the strength I have shown now, I am indeed stronger than the foundation-building cultivators in the sect, but in fact, it is more appropriate to arrange a deacon position for me.
To put it bluntly, the 'Guest Elder' is just a figurehead without any power. He doesn't want to let me go, but he wants to use me without giving me any real power."
Li Yan also quickly figured out the meaning of this so-called guest elder, which was to make him a stronger fighter.
"Senior, I can agree, but I have a request."
Li Yan seemed to be observing the contents of the jade slip repeatedly. After a long while, he slowly spoke.
"Oh, tell me about it!"
Xingming raised his eyebrows, and for a moment he didn't know what he was thinking.
“If I fail to refine my own magical weapon this time, then when I need to collect materials again later, I hope that the sect can use some connections to find them for me, or directly purchase them for me.
Of course, the spiritual stones for these materials will eventually be paid by me, I wonder if that is okay."
Li Yan was certainly confident about refining the magic weapon this time, as he had been preparing for it for a long time.
But apart from the "You Wuxian" branches, the jade-horned snake, and the Bingyun Feather, which he was sure would not be used up, the rest of the main and auxiliary materials were uncertain. It would be strange if Li Yan did not take the opportunity to propose some conditions.
After hearing this, Xingming saw that the other party did not make any excessive demands, so he immediately nodded.
"That's no problem, but whether you can find the materials you want depends on luck. This sect can't guarantee anything, so we can only do our best!"
After saying this, he looked at Li Yan meaningfully. He was already certain in his heart that the magic weapon refined by Zhang Ming must be extraordinary.
If the other party's life magic weapon was ordinary, he would definitely have prepared several raw materials. Asking the sect to inquire about the raw materials also shows that Zhang Ming is still wealthy.
"It seems that his master left him a lot of good things before he left!"
The first thing that Xing Ming thought of was that Zhang Ming's wealth was given to him by others. For a foundation-building cultivator to refine a life-saving magic weapon, more than 90% of it would have gone bankrupt.
… …
The heavy stone door behind him slammed shut with a loud rumbling sound, and Li Yan looked around.
After reaching an agreement with Xing Ming about the guest elder, there was no need for Xing Ming to personally take charge of the subsequent matters.
As for Li Yan's appointment as a guest elder, the ceremony will be held after he refines his own magic weapon and comes out of seclusion.
Li Yan held a jade slip with a message given by the Star Moth in his hand. Under the surprised eyes of the guarding disciples, after a strict inspection, he entered the underground "Star Shattering Cave".
First, the conditions for opening the underground "Star Crushing Room" have not been relaxed yet. Not many people use the underground "Star Crushing Room", and there are many vacant refining rooms.
Secondly, Li Yan did not want to arouse other people's speculation, so he simply hid his cultivation to a level that the guarding monks could not see at all, making it even more difficult for others to see through his identity.
What surprised the guarding monk even more was that the jade slip did not specify how long the door should be open to this person. This was also the result of Li Yan's final discussion with Star Moth, which forced the guarding monk to deal with it carefully.
The look he gave Li Yan was full of caution and doubt, but the jade slip actually contained the clan leader's voice, so after repeated confirmation he let him go.
In fact, when Li Yan mentioned that he didn't know how long it would take to refine it, Xingming frowned and remained silent.
The fire poison in the "Star-Breaking Chamber" is so powerful that a foundation-building alchemist and weapon refiner usually would not stay in it for more than a month.
If he continues to insist, there is an 80% chance that the fire poison inside will kill him at any time.
But Li Yan finally insisted on asking for such a long time. Xing Ming thought about the other party's physical body that could be compared with the golden elixir, and finally agreed.
They didn't want to let Zhang Ming go, but if he died in the "Falling Star Valley", he could only rest in peace. As for how much earth fire Zhang Ming could consume, it was just a magic weapon refined by a foundation-building cultivator, and he couldn't control too much earth fire.
After trying to persuade him several times, Xing Ming saw that Zhang Ming was still determined to do so, so he finally agreed. At most, he could collect his body later, but he couldn't let him leave like this.
The "Star-Breaking Chamber" is located about four thousand feet underground, directly on the back of the "Star-Breaking Fire Jade Vein", the largest cultivation resource in Falling Star Valley.
The walls of the room were shining with golden green light, and the entire stone room was protected by a magic circle. Otherwise, with such high temperature here, any rock would be melted into ash.
This stone chamber is about fifty meters in size, which is considered very spacious and can store enough materials for refining any magic weapon.
A soft white light emanated from the top of the stone chamber, and as the white light emanated, streams of materialized fire aura gushed out.
That was the result of the formation restriction automatically operating, causing the fire spirit energy in the air to be emitted.
As long as there is spiritual energy, even if it is thousands of feet underground, it will not feel depressing at all.
There are a total of twelve "Star-Breaking Rooms" underground, six of which are wood spiritual energy alchemy rooms, and six are fire spiritual energy weapon refining rooms.
Of course, choosing the "Star-Breaking Chamber" with the same spiritual energy is not an absolute thing. Some people can choose the fire spiritual energy to refine some kind of extremely yang elixir.
Or you can choose to use wood spiritual energy to refine a magical weapon that can control the soul, which is also fine.
The huge stone chamber was almost empty, with only a purple, coiled dragon-shaped object standing in the middle.
After its upper body was raised high, the huge dragon head lowered again, and a pair of emotionless eyes looked down at Li Yan, as if indifferent to all living beings.
Li Yan slowly walked around the giant dragon-shaped object and stroked it with his hand. It was not hot at all, but rather warm.
There is no feeling of roughness on the scales that are as big as the palm of your hand.
"I wonder what material this is made of?"
Li Yan carefully observed with his spiritual sense for a while, but still couldn't figure out what these materials were.
But judging from its dragon head, dragon whiskers and claws, Li Yan could be sure that it was cast according to the fourth-level sacred beast "Amethyst Dragon".
"Amethyst Dragon" is a legendary sacred beast, and its bloodline is incomparable even to the little purple dragon elephant.
Legend has it that they are born at the fourth level, which is the Nascent Soul stage among humans, so they are called fourth-level holy beasts. When they reach adulthood, they can easily reach the "fusion" realm.
They seldom need to practice cultivation, and all they do is eat and sleep. However, once they reach a certain age and need to advance to a higher level, they will devour large amounts of natural treasures.
That is a huge amount, so apart from sleeping, they are constantly collecting treasures from heaven and earth.
This clan of theirs also has a common problem of high-level ferocious beasts or holy beasts, that is, their life breath is too strong and can be easily sensed by the laws of heaven and earth.
It is extremely difficult to reproduce offspring every time, so in the eyes of 99% of cultivators, the "Amethyst Dragon" only appears in classics.
After observing for a while, Li Yan turned around again and came to the front of the "Amethyst Dragon", looking up at the drooping dragon head.
Before he entered the "Star Crushing Room", he had been told how to use it by the monks on duty on the ground.
Li Yan stretched out his spiritual sense, and a jade-colored coral rose out of the storage bag.
With the infusion of spiritual power in his hands, a red light of fire shot out from the top of the coral into the dragon's wide-open mouth.
The moment his spiritual power hit the dragon's mouth, the giant dragon, which was originally like a dead object, immediately changed.
First, a red color appeared in its emotionless eyes, as if two balls of blazing flames suddenly rose up.
Then the purple light on its body began to spread rapidly from the dragon head to the whole body and became brighter. In just an instant, every purple scale on its body was lit up like a purple lamp, and the whole body quickly became crystal clear and dazzling.
Just as the purple light illuminated the last scale at the tip of its tail, a low dragon roar came from the dragon's head that was raised high.
Then a long dragon of red flame with golden color spurted out. The moment Li Yan opened the restriction, the earth fire that he had longed for finally appeared in front of him.
The entire scene in the stone chamber suddenly became distorted, and everything became unreal.
Li Yan felt a surge of heat coming from his mouth and nose. The fire-type spiritual energy visible to the naked eye in the stone room instantly filled the entire world and danced in the room like stars.
Li Yan stood there motionless, with black spiritual power flickering all over his body.
In his eyes, the huge coiled dragon that was so close to him had been twisted and deformed into a hideous shape due to the high temperature, like a peerless ferocious beast coming to the world.
Li Yan's spiritual sense directly penetrated into the long flames rolling down from above.
After a moment, Li Yan casually took out a middle-grade magic weapon from the storage bag on his waist, and with a flick of his finger, the middle-grade magic weapon was shot into the flames.
If Xing Ming saw this scene, he would immediately say something like "Zhang Ming is such a spendthrift".
Magical instruments are second only to magic treasures, and for a second-rate sect, they are extremely precious.
There are several magical instruments in the decorative storage bag on Li Yan's waist, but he doesn't look heartbroken at all.