The monthly allowance for ordinary disciples of Daojian Sect is 100 low-grade spirit stones, 10 Huiyuan Pills, and 1 Juling Pill; for inner disciples, it is 300 low-grade spirit stones, 20 Huiyuan Pills, and 2 Juling Pills; for direct disciples, it is 500 low-grade spirit stones, 50 Huiyuan Pills, and 10 Juling Pills.
Among them, the spirit stones come from Daojianmen’s own spirit veins, and the sources of elixirs are two...
Most of the elixirs were purchased from Zhishen Valley, and a small portion was provided by Danfeng. Provided by Danfeng, that is, refined by Qin Ran.
The monthly payment is paid at the beginning of each month, and the time to prepare for the monthly payment is the middle of the previous month.
In other words, on the fifteenth of every month, the Deacon Hall would send someone to ask Qin Ran to get the pills for the next month.
Jian Yuanjie, the elder deacon of the Deacon Hall, was in charge of matters related to elixirs within the sect, and he was usually the one who handed over elixirs to Qin Ran.
Today, he climbed up Danfeng, passed through the deep forest path, and came to the grassland opened up by Qin Ran.
He was already very familiar with Danfeng. He had watched Qin Ran transform Danfeng bit by bit. However, standing here and looking inside, he found that Danfeng was a little different.
For example, why did a huge hole suddenly appear in the middle of the lawn that I worked so hard to cultivate? It's so ugly, what does it mean
Jian Yuanjie was puzzled, so he walked over and saw a mud man digging at the bottom of the pit, so he asked, "What are you doing?"
The mud man at the bottom of the pit raised his head, revealing a pair of exceptionally bright eyes. He glanced at him and replied, "Dig a lake."
Digging a lake? Jian Yuanjie didn't quite understand.
This was a female voice, not Qin Ran. He asked again, "Where is Chief Qin?"
The clay man pointed towards a place called the Research Building without saying anything.
"Okay!" Jian Yuanjie nodded. The girl didn't say much, but she seemed aloof.
He stopped asking questions and walked towards the research building. After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered a rumor that Qin Ran accepted an extremely talented disciple at the Asking Conference. He thought it must be the girl at the bottom of the pit.
He quickly turned around, ready to talk to the girl again and give her a gift or something. After all, he thought he had a decent relationship with Qin Ran.
But just as he turned around, he heard some movement on the chair next to the mud pit. He looked over and saw a white cat with circles of black patterns. But after careful inspection, he realized that it might not be a cat.
The cat jumped onto the chair, adjusted its posture, sat down, raised its head, opened its mouth, and made a sound: "Ah... Ah... Ah..."
The scene was a little weird. Jian Yuanjie touched his head, not knowing what was going on. He was about to ask a question, but the cat closed its mouth rhythmically again.
Lips made the sound of "Meow...Ah...Meow...Ah..."
"What is this?" Jian Yuanjie felt that the cat was talking. This feeling was so strange that it sent chills down his spine.
He didn't want to ask anymore, and had no intention of giving a gift, so he ran straight to the research building...
That’s not right. I haven’t been to Danfeng for just one month. What on earth happened in Danfeng
Arriving at the research building with familiarity, Jian Yuanjie panted and tried to call out, "Junior Brother Qin! Junior Brother Qin?" At the same time, he prayed in his heart that nothing strange would happen again.
His prayers seemed to work. Qin Ran soon appeared on the second floor. He leaned over the corridor railing and called out to him, "Senior Brother Jian."
Seeing Qin Ran, Jian Yuanjie finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I finally found you."
“Is it time to get the pills again?” Qin Ran didn’t know what Jian Yuanjie had just experienced, so he just said, “I didn’t pay attention. I was busy with other things these two days. The pills were refined, but they were not packed.”
Jian Yuanjie jumped up from the ground to the second floor, came to Qin Ran's side, and said, "Don't worry about the pills for now, let's talk about the cat first."
"Cat?" Qin Ran's face changed slightly. He quickly avoided it and looked away. He said, "That's not a cat. It's a Mysterious Spirit Tiger."
"Xuan Ming Spirit Tiger?" Jian Yuanjie thought of the Xuan Ming Spirit Tiger from a few days ago and asked again, "Xuan Ming Spirit Tiger? It... it seems to be learning to speak..."
Qin Ran had a complicated expression and was silent for a while before he sighed, "Why do you think I'm hiding here?!"
After being discovered by his stupid disciple kneeling in front of Zhuifeng and calling it mother two days ago, Qin Ran felt ashamed to face the people of Jiangdong and has been hiding in the research building for two days.
"Why?" Seeing Qin Ran's complicated expression, Jian Yuanjie became even more nervous and asked.
Qin Ran remained silent for a while before he said, "The pills are not packed. Come with me and we will check them together."
Although he knew something must have happened, since Qin Ran avoided talking about it, Jian Yuanjie didn't dare to ask more.
He took the storage bag and went with Qin Ran to the third floor where the pills were stored to check and pack the pills.
Qin Ran is in the foundation-building stage, and is only responsible for three kinds of elixirs: a Juling Pill that improves the foundation-building stage's cultivation, a Huiyuan Pill that quickly restores mana, and a Bigu Pill for fasting. There are 300 pills of each kind.
"Junior brother, you have been stuck in the late stage of foundation building for many years. Have you found the opportunity to form a pill recently?" Jian Yuanjie asked.
Qin Ran shook his head and said, "My talent is not good enough, so it's not surprising that I can't form a pill."
"Your talent is good enough, and you also have a mid-grade water spirit root..."
Jian Yuanjie sighed as he checked the elixir, "It seems that you still can't get over the shadow of Uncle Wang's failure to survive the tribulation, and you have developed a fear of the heavenly tribulation. In fact, the tribulation of thunder is nothing to be afraid of. With your aptitude, the most you can do is a minor tribulation of thirty-nine, which is easy to survive."
Qin Ran listened to Jian Yuanjie's words, and thought of the scene of his master's soul being torn to pieces by the thunder. He remained silent and said nothing.
The two of them checked and packed the pills very quickly. It didn’t take long for them to finish. Jian Yuanjie tied the storage bag around his waist and said to Qin Ran:
"I often say that the pills you refine are better than those made by Zhishen Valley. I am not complimenting you, but telling you the truth. I sincerely hope that you can form a pill soon so that you can refine pills for the Golden Core Stage. I really don't want to suffer the humiliation of Zhishen Valley anymore."
"I'll try my best." Qin Ran nodded in response.
As the two were talking, Qin Ran escorted Jian Yuanjie out of the research building and walked outside.
Outside on the lawn, Li Shiyin was still digging a hole. Zhuifeng stopped howling and curled up in a chair to sleep.
"What is the purpose of digging this pit?" asked Jian Yuanjie.
"Dig an artificial lake." Qin Ran explained, "At the same time, it will also help the apprentice consolidate his cultivation."
Jian Yuanjie finally understood, and he said, "But that was a girl..."
Qin Ran remained silent.
The two of them walked across the grass, and Qin Ran accompanied them all the way to the forest entrance, watching Jian Yuanjie leave.
Compared with Huang Feiyu, Jian Yuanjie seemed more polite and did not fly directly to Danfeng on a cloud.
However, Qin Ran looked at Jian Yuanjie's departing back with a complicated look in his eyes.
The first rule in the world of immortal cultivation is to never trust anyone.
Jian Yuanjie thought he had a good relationship with him, but in the final analysis it was just about interests... It was because of the elixir.
Jian Yuanjie was not a friend. Qin Ran had never told him that he was exploring the limits of the foundation-building period, the quality of his mana, the amount of his mana, his control over his mana, and the strength of his body...
It’s not that he can’t form the elixir, it’s that he doesn’t want to.
“Meow… Meow…”
While he was thinking about something, something suddenly hit his calf, which was a little stinging. Qin Ran looked down and saw Zhuifeng holding his leg with his front paws, looking at him with a pair of round eyes and calling "Meow... Meow..."
"Huh?" Qin Ran was confused. What was this little thing doing
“Meow meow…” Zhuifeng called again.
Qin Ran gradually came to his senses. No way! ? This little cat is not talking to him!
He couldn’t have shouted “Mom”!!!