After returning from Wan Fa Lou, Mo Tian Ge entered a closed-door state again.
First, she found the use of those seeds given by Murong Yan from that "Spirit Grass Compendium", and discovered that several of them were very useful, so she went into seclusion to find the most suitable way to use them. Second, she had been idle for a while, and still had a bottle of Qi Gathering Pills in her hand, it was time to continue her cultivation.
Of course, the closed-door training of a Qi-refining cultivator like her was not like that of higher-level cultivators who would lock themselves in their practice rooms and never come out. They still needed to eat, exercise, and bathe, so Mo Tian Ge's so-called closed-door state simply meant that she spent all her time meditating except when doing those things, and didn't go out for leisure anymore.
Murong Yan gave several packets of seeds, one of which was called the Illusory Flower, a raw material for the Soul-Scattering Powder. Mo Tian Ge spent several days studying the spiritual energy of the seeds and finally managed to make it sprout and bloom in an instant. The fragrance of this flower indeed had an illusory effect. There was also another type of Firethorn, which was much better than the ordinary thorns she held in her hand. It was born with a fire-attribute spiritual energy, and if one wasn't careful to avoid it, they would be burned by its flames.
When she can skillfully use these two kinds of seeds and stabilize the eight-layer boundary, it is considered a temporary release.
At this time, she encountered the biggest problem - no money.
In the mortal world, without money, it's hard to take a step; in the immortal realm, it's not much better, only this time the money isn't gold and silver, but spirit stones.
Moy Tian Ge counted the items in her乾坤bag back and forth, leaving aside the Ling stones for setting up arrays and a bottle of Qi gathering pills that had not been useful yet. There were only a few things that could be exchanged for money. The Ling stone from that An Jia man had long been used by her to buy medicinal pellets. Their spiritual instruments also couldn't be exchanged for money in the Yun Wu Shan market, or else she would have been in trouble. What was left were some spiritual herbs, materials for refining instruments, and a pearl the size of a wine cup.
She asked Second Uncle, and it turned out that Mo Tian Ge had sold all the materials. As for the pearl, even Second Uncle didn't know its use, so he just left it alone. However, those two were Qi-refining cultivators, and the materials on their bodies weren't anything good, so they didn't get much in return. Before long, they spent it all, and she was worried about making a living again. Her spiritual root was poor, so she couldn't take elixirs, and had to use a spirit-gathering array instead. But these required spirit stones; otherwise, according to the sect's allocation, one month's worth of Qi-nourishing pellets would cost five spirit stones. If she wanted to advance to the tenth level, it would truly be a long time from now. However, apart from array techniques, she didn't know anything else, and the money from selling arrays was only enough for Second Uncle's medical treatment.
Another time, when lecturing, he saw the Heaven's Lament of a Long Sigh and asked for the reason. After understanding it, Xu Jingyi was surprised and asked her: "Why doesn't Ye Shidi go to receive his official salary? This is much better than you thinking of ways to make money yourself."
"Ah?" Mo Tian Ge was stunned.
Xu Jingzhi sighed and instructed her patiently, "Why do we risk our lives to enter the sect? Isn't it because of the abundant resources within the sect? Apart from the monthly allocation, the sect also has many tasks for us to complete, which come with additional rewards. Look at me, I didn't cultivate much in the first three months and instead went around completing tasks everywhere, earning a lot of spirit stones, enough for me to seclude myself without worries for half a year."
These words suddenly enlightened Mo Tian Ge, she had actually forgotten that sect disciples have benefits and don't need to think of ways to make a living outside. After slapping her own head several times, Mo Tian Ge temporarily stopped cultivating and started running errands.
So-called chores are tasks assigned by the sect to its disciples. Some things are inconvenient for miscellaneous disciples to do, so they will let formal disciples complete them.
Once again stepping into the main hall of the temple, in the central courtyard, Mochen Song saw his master's uncle for the second time.
She found her master was still in meditation, but another Qi-refining disciple was sorting something out beside him. Seeing her come in, this ordinary-looking male disciple asked: "Are you here to hand over or receive?"
Mo Tian Ge pondered for a moment before reacting, saying: "Sorry to trouble you, senior brother, I'm here on an errand."
The man held out his hand: "Token."
Mo Tian Ge took out his own identity token and handed it over.
He verified it and confirmed that the identity token was fine, then threw over a jade tablet: "The white ones are all unoccupied, as long as you meet the requirements."
The stranger's song enters the divine consciousness, and all the different affairs appear in his mind.
These errands can be roughly categorized into three types: one is to guard and transmit within the sect; two is to go out and find something; three is to guard the Ling Stone Mine and run a shop. The first type of errand is quite popular, thinking about the attitude of the disciples guarding the Wanfa Pavilion that day, the reward is good and it's within the sect; the second type has rich rewards, but it's more difficult and requires luck; the third type takes up a lot of time and is far away from the sect, which is not what Ah Tian Ge wants, being outside for a long time, although there is plenty of time to cultivate, but the spiritual vein outside is definitely not as good as that within the sect. In this way, only the first type can be chosen.
Mo Tian Ge looked up and smiled: "Shixiong, I want to take on this task of collecting heavenly dew."
"Oh?" The disciple looked at her a few more times, but since the reward was not high and it was quite troublesome, very few people were willing to do it. Of course, he wouldn't have any objections either. He took out a jade token, recorded something on it, and handed it over: "Alright, you go to Beifeng Zhengyang Temple to find Master Wang Qiao, they'll tell you what to do."
Mogentian took over the jade plaque, thanked him and galloped towards the North Peak without stopping.
She didn't mind having a better job, but after looking around, all the good jobs were taken. This one was a bit of a hassle, but at least it was on North Peak, where the spiritual energy was dense. Spending some time practicing there every day might be even better than practicing on South Peak.
With the jade token in hand, the journey to North Peak was unimpeded. The south and north peaks of Yunwu Mountain were separated by several hundred zhang, with a deep chasm in between. Disciples who practiced internal energy couldn't fly through the air, so if they used light body techniques to travel from South Peak to North Peak, it would probably take half a day. However, senior masters had set up an iron chain bridge between the two peaks, greatly facilitating the disciples' comings and goings. Crossing the bridge only took a moment, and one could reach North Peak.
Upon arriving at the North Peak, Mo Tian Ge immediately felt that the spiritual energy was several times denser than the South Peak. Cultivating in such a place would undoubtedly yield much better results. Moreover, the North Peak was heavily guarded, with Foundation Establishment cultivators patrolling and powerful array formations restricting access. With Mo Tian Ge's expertise in arrays, he could only discern that this formation was part of the same set as the Yunwu Sect's Mountain Guardian Grand Array - a nested array, to put it simply. According to conventional wisdom, the innermost array had the power to split mountains and oceans, a final, desperate move that would destroy everything.
Mó Tiān Gē found the Zhengyang Temple, and explained to the guarding disciple that she was looking for Wang Qiāo Shīshū. The person pointed to a side hall. She walked over, looked around, and inside there was only one disciple who had cultivated his energy to the tenth level, which made her feel puzzled.
This disciple was a female cultivator, around twenty years old, with a beautiful appearance - most female cultivators were not ugly, as they had some unconventional methods to beautify themselves, and their bodies had spiritual energy, making their skin white and clean.
The female disciple turned around and saw her, asking: "Who are you? What brings you here?"
Moy Tian Ge was busy with his duties and greeted him politely, saying: "Sister, I've been tasked with collecting heavenly dew and have come to find Master Wang."
"Oh, come on in. I'm his apprentice, just tell me."
Moyan Song heard this and handed over the jade token she had just received to her.
He checked without error and then smiled: "It's actually Young Master Ye, I'm Wang Qianyi, just tell me about this matter from now on."
She also surnamed Wang, and from her tone of voice, it seemed that she had a close relationship with Master Wang. Mo Tian Ge responded with a "yes", then asked: "Please tell me, Master Sister, how do I do this?"
Wang Qian handed her a few jade vases and said, "Tianlu, it's the dew that hasn't dried yet in the early morning with spiritual energy. Every day at 3 am and 4 am, go to the forest to collect dew, fill up and bring it back. Remember, only take the dew from clean spiritual grass, don't take any others."
"Got it." Mo Tian Ge took the jade bottle and asked again, "I wonder how many bottles we need to collect in a day?"
Wang Qian smiled and said: "You can collect one bottle a day, it's already good. You just go, come to me at 5 am every day, whatever you have is whatever you have."
