There are four valleys and one palace in the Qingyun sect, each with its own duties. While enjoying the resources of the Taoist sect, they also have to provide corresponding rewards.
In addition to practicing, the disciples of the Zhenzhen Valley need to refine weapons for the Taoist sect in return. There are two types of this kind of weapon refining, one is obligatory, which is given back to the sect for free, and the other is when disciples within the sect or even people from other sects ask to come to refine weapons for them in return paid. Forging Zhengu disciples use this second method to earn resources.
What Tie Rukuang asked Fang Xing to be responsible for was to collect a group of refined iron that his disciples had to hand over to the Taoist sect every month.
This kind of refined iron is the basic material used in castings. After nine times of tempering ordinary steel with a secret method, it becomes a kind of refined iron that is difficult to see in common people. Take out any piece of it and forge it to be a magic weapon. In the system of Huazhen Valley, forging refined iron is the most basic part of casting. Only the twenty or so disciples who have just entered Huazhen Valley will be responsible for this work.
That night, Fang Xing chose a vacant cave in Duanzhen Valley to live in. Early the next morning, a little Taoist boy brought a jade book, and there were twenty-one names on it, all of which were needed by Duanzhengu. A disciple who paid fine iron.
Xiao Daotong said: "Under the order of Master, I will send this list to you. There are 21 people in total. Every month, they are responsible for handing over three catties of refined iron to the Taoist sect. This month's sixty-three catties of refined iron , I will collect it from you, and he will personally inspect the fine iron collected, and if one or two items are not suitable, your resources for this month will be deducted, so you can do it yourself!"
After finishing speaking, he stood at the entrance of Fang Xing's cave, staring at Fang Xing without speaking.
Fang Xing grumbled his teeth and looked at the jade book. When he turned his head and saw that the little Taoist boy hadn't left, he said, "I see, you can go back!"
Xiao Daotong said: "I worked so hard to bring you the jade book, so you didn't show it?"
Fang Xing's eyes widened suddenly: "Hey, are you blackmailing me? Believe it or not, I'll beat you up?"
Xiao Daotong said: "Master said that you have made a fortune, so you should give me some rewards!"
Only then did Fang Xing know that Tie Rukuang saw that he had robbed a lot of good things last night, and deliberately let this little boy come to him to take advantage of it. He had no choice but to take a middle-grade spirit stone and threw it over: " Little bastard, get out of here!"
Xiao Daotong's eyes widened all of a sudden, he took the middle-grade spirit stone tremblingly, and sighed: "Good brother, you are so generous!"
But it turned out that although Tie Rukuang said that he could directly ask Fang Xing for rewards, he did not expect Fang Xing to be so generous.
But he didn't know that Fang Xing made such a fuss last night, and he had quite a collection. At least thirty or forty middle-grade spirit stones came into his account. He really didn't lack this piece. In the days when I drank a big bowl and shared money with a big scale, I didn't have much concept of money. I usually spend a lot of money when I have money. I don't realize the preciousness of money until I have no money.
"Stop flattering, get out!"
With a big wave of Fang Xing's hand, he took the jade book and was about to return to the cave.
But the little boy said again: "Senior Brother Fang, since you are so generous, I will tell you another little secret. Master said, after you get the roster, you will definitely think of using force to force them to turn in the refined iron, but if you really If you do this, you will probably not be able to complete this task, and you still need to use your brain more, well, that's the sentence, pay more attention to yourself!"
Said and walked away.
Fang Xing was taken aback for a moment, thinking that there are still things in this world that can't be solved by force
For a while, he couldn't figure out what the little Taoist's last sentence meant, so Fang Xing ignored him, and went out with the Green Dragon and Biyan Saber, and came to the second cave at the entrance of Duanzhen Valley, which is the jade book One of them on the list was an inner sect disciple who had advanced to Duanzhen Valley for half a year. The stone gate was not closed, so Fang Xing walked in directly and called, "Is Liu Huazhang here?"
Inside the cave, behind a stone table, a man in his thirties raised his head and said with a smile, "Excuse me?"
Fang Xing swung the Green Dragon and Biyan Knife in half a circle with a "huh" and shouted: "You don't know me? Then listen to me, the young master just beat Mo Rongying yesterday Fang Xing is also a disciple of Duan Zhengu now, starting from today, I will inspect and accept the fine iron you need to turn in every month, before the deadline comes, if you miss one or two, I will kill you!"
This Liu Huazhang was stunned for a while, then smiled all over his face, and said: "So that's the matter, don't worry, little senior brother, this is a task handed down by the Taoist sect, and it has to be done every month, how dare there be any difference? Before the deadline, it must be offered!"
"Um... as long as you know!"
Fang Xing was also taken aback, he didn't expect him to be so talkative, so he put the knife away embarrassingly.
He originally thought that after such a commotion last night, Duan Zhengu would definitely not deal with him very much, and maybe someone would take advantage of this incident to get rid of him, so he came over aggressively, just wanting to directly show off the thunderous means and show off his power. In case someone would mess with this matter and make him unable to complete the task, but Liu Huazhang's performance surprised him a bit.
"Okay, I'm leaving, hello, hello everyone, as long as I complete the task on a regular basis, I will report back!"
Fang Xing picked up the knife, confessed to Liu Huazhang, and then went out.
"Little brother, walk slowly..."
Liu Huazhang greeted him courteously from behind, but Fang Xing looked at him suspiciously.
After leaving Liu Huazhang's cave, Fang Xing walked to the second person's cave on the jade book.
"Hey, is Wang Datong here? I'm a new disciple of Duan Zhengu who entered the valley..."
"Oh, so it's Brother Fang, but you're talking about fine iron? I heard you say it yesterday, I promise it's okay..."
"Er... as long as there is no problem, hand it in on time..."
"It must be, it will never delay such a major event, Brother Fang, don't worry..."
After leaving the second cave, Fang Xing became even more puzzled, wondering if the people in Duanzhen Valley are so easy to talk to
If this is the case, then how difficult is it to do this task, is it too simple
The doubts in his heart became stronger and stronger, Fang Xing entered the third cave, and it was still the same. The disciples living in this cave were more talkative, and they offered Dan tea as soon as they came in, and asked Fang Xing to sit down politely. The big knife in his hand was too embarrassing to use it to scare people, and he directly talked about the confiscation of refined iron. This disciple also slapped his chest, saying that there is absolutely no problem, and he must pay on time!
I went to more than a dozen companies in the morning, and each of them said so. It seemed that they were lucky, but the more Fang Xing thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
"The easier it is to collect refined iron, the old man Tie won't use this to test me, and I just beat their brothers yesterday, even if this group of people is not bloody, it is impossible for them to be so polite to me... "
Holding a big knife, Fang Xing squinted his eyes, thinking as he walked.
"Since it's impossible, this group of people must have some shady intentions to plot against me..."
In this area, he has never hesitated to regard people as worse, and the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks it is possible.
"How will these bastards plot against me?"
Fang Xing thought about it silently, and felt that there might be countless tricks, and he didn't know which one the other party would use. Finally, he made up his mind, made a decision, and walked back to the first cave. Seeing Fang Xing turned back, Liu Huazhang, a disciple of the school, was startled for a moment. Fang Xing smiled and said, "Junior brother Liu, the master gave me a new order just now. He needs this batch of refined iron urgently. So the time has been advanced by ten days, and on the thirteenth of next month, all the fine iron will be collected, so thank you!"
The disciple named Liu Huazhang was slightly startled, and said, "Isn't there still a few thousand catties of refined iron in the valley? How can Master use our newly refined few catties in a hurry?"
Fang Xingdao: "How do I know so much? Anyway, the time has come earlier!"
Liu Huazhang smiled wryly: "Brother Fang, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish it in thirteen days. We also need to practice!"
Fang Xing glared, made a false plan with his big knife, and shouted: "I don't care if you practice or not, before the 13th of next month, the fine iron must be handed over. If there is no problem, a generous reward will be given. If there is any problem, Big knife speaks to you!"
This Liu Huazhang was taken aback, thinking that when he left his cave just now, this little bastard was quite easy to talk to, why did he suddenly change his face? Could it be that someone leaked the plan we discussed last night? Thinking in his heart, but his face remained calm, he respectfully said: "Since Brother Fang Xiao said so, Junior Brother will naturally follow suit..."
"That's good!"
Fang Xing snorted coldly, took the big knife and left, and continued to look for the second family.
After finding all twenty-one caves, Fang Xing was relieved after saying these words one by one.
Confiscating the refined iron ten days in advance gave him ten days of buffer time. If something went wrong, he would have a chance to remedy it.