Just after half an hour, Wang Fu walked out of the side hall.
Feng Dafu had already left, leaving Song Jingtang standing there with his hands behind his back.
"Have you chosen yet?"
"Thank you for keeping me waiting, Senior Brother Song. I have already made my selection." Wang Fu respectfully handed over two books and a jade slip.
In addition to the must-have [Thick Earth Secret], Wang Fu also took the [Basic Talisman Collection] with golden pages. After all, it was the carrier of the golden pages. What if there was something good? Even if there was nothing, this [Basic Talisman Collection] was also indispensable for learning to make talismans.
As for the jade slip, it is a collection of several attributeless, low-level primary spells.
It records a total of five elementary lower-level spells, namely, the Breath Gathering Spell, the Sky Eye Spell, the Object Control Spell, the Invisibility Spell, and the Spirit Fire Spell.
These five spells have no requirements for skill attributes. Although they are only basic and low-level spells, they are very effective and practical even for those with high levels of cultivation.
The Qi-gathering Technique can restrain one's own spiritual energy and hide one's cultivation level, making it impossible for cultivators with lower or similar strength to see one's depth.
The Sky Eye Technique is exactly the opposite of the Qi Gathering Technique. It can see through the cultivation level of others and even has a certain effect on cultivators with higher cultivation level than oneself.
The art of controlling objects, manipulating objects through the air.
The art of invisibility attaches spiritual power to the whole body, turning the body into a protective color similar to the surrounding environment, hiding itself and achieving an effect that is difficult to be detected by the naked eye. Combined with the art of escaping underground, it is simply a magical skill for killing and robbing.
As for the Spirit Fire Technique, it uses spiritual power to create flames, which can release the spiritual fire unique to Qi Refining cultivators. It can be used to refine pills and weapons, and is indispensable for destroying corpses and covering up traces.
"That's right, but you don't have enough merit points. You need ten low-grade spirit stones to make up for it." Song Jingtang nodded and continued, "Use your spiritual sense to activate your token and transfer the merit points to me. Then you can make up for it with spirit stones and leave."
Wang Fu did as he was told, and despite the pain, he transferred the merit points and took out this month's salary from the storage bag and handed it to Song Jingtang.
Song Jingtang flipped his hand, and the ten low-grade spirit stones disappeared. He looked up at Wang Fu who was about to leave, and smiled and reminded him: "Oh, I forgot to remind you that Luoyu Sect disciples, whether inner or outer, have sect duties to attend to, which usually lasts for a year. If you forget, law enforcement disciples will enforce it, but you will have no choice then."
"The sect's general affairs of the outer sect are in the side hall to the left of the General Affairs Hall. You can go and find out for yourself."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Song, for letting me know. I'll take my leave now."
Wang Fu was startled, and hurriedly thanked him respectfully, then left the gate of the General Affairs Hall with a gloomy face. He had a new understanding of this sinister Senior Brother Song. Not only did he drain the wealth he had just obtained, but he also kept something back. If he hadn't brought out three sets of spells from the side hall and used up his monthly salary, he wouldn't have told him about the sect's general affairs.
If no one else tells you, it will be very uncomfortable when the law enforcement disciples come to your door and force you to make the arrangement.
"Just think of it as spending money to ward off disaster."
Wang Fu could only comfort himself in this way.
After walking out of the main door of the General Affairs Hall, Wang Fu prepared to go to the side hall on the left to take a look since he had nothing to do.
There were many outer disciples wandering in and out around the side hall. Wang Fu, like other disciples, walked into the side hall and saw a huge white jade disk hanging in the middle of the side hall. The jade disk was emitting a bright light and displayed a lot of information. The four big words "General Affairs List" were particularly eye-catching. It was obvious that this white jade disk was a very sophisticated magical weapon.
Below the list are the sect affairs that outer disciples need to undertake.
This includes looking after spirit beasts, tending spirit fields, raising spirit insects, cultivating spirit herbs, guarding various mountain gates and branch halls, inspecting the sect, refining low-level magic tools and elixirs, making talismans, handling some miscellaneous matters inside and outside the sect, and guarding some of the sect's industries outside...
The pay is meager.
In short, the sect's miscellaneous affairs are those chores in the sect that are the most thankless, tiring and dirty, and most importantly, they generally take a lot of time to complete.
For example, the general affairs officer who raises spirit insects must first receive a spirit insect from the General Affairs Hall, and raise it with spiritual power and unique spiritual objects for a period of one year. Only when the requirements are met and the spirit insect is advanced can he get a certain reward. If the spirit insect dies, there will be a punishment.
Wang Fu finally understood that with all these sect affairs, the time for cultivation would be greatly reduced. Especially for ordinary disciples, there was a high probability that they would be stuck in endless sect affairs, wasting a lot of their time and contributing to the development of the sect.
Of course, if you have a good background and are wealthy enough, you can buy a brand new low-level magic weapon, elixir, or even a spiritual insect of the same species, and hand it in when it is due, and it will be considered as completing your chores for the year.
But there are very few disciples who are so wealthy.
Wang Fu touched his chest and felt more and more fortunate that he had the small tripod with him.
"It turns out that life in the Immortal Sect is not as free as one pleases. It is restricted by various rules and regulations. But even so, why do people still flock to join the Immortal Sect?" Wang Fu looked at the various chores on the jade disk and sighed in a low voice. It seems that the life of a formal disciple is not as good as he imagined.
"Why? Of course it's for building a foundation, for a powerful inheritance, and for the illusory path to immortality."
A voice came from beside Wang Fu.
This is a young man standing upright. He is dressed in a black robe and carries a pitch-black long sword on his back. He has thick eyebrows and lowered eyes, and he does not smile. He looks as if he wants to keep away from strangers.
"Building a foundation?"
The Foundation Establishment Stage is still a long way off for Wang Fu.
"The foundation-building pill is used to build the foundation for the adult path, and the Great Xia earth veins are used to build the foundation for the earth path. Both of these are in the hands of the six major immortal sects."
The young man with thick eyebrows sneered, "If you don't join the Immortal Sect, you will eventually become just a bigger ant. Even the Immortal Cultivation Clan that even the independent cultivators dare not offend will have to rely on the Immortal Sect."
"The six great immortal sects are the kings of the Great Xia Immortal Cultivation World."
"The king of the world of immortals..." Wang Fu was secretly shocked. When he looked up again, he saw that the young man with thick eyebrows had gone far away, leaving only a lonely and arrogant figure.
"What a strange person..."
After leaving the side hall, Wang Fu took out a map from his storage bag and followed the instructions on the map to come to one of the many residential areas on Feiyun Peak, mainly because this place was the largest marked on the map.
An entire mountain range.
Courtyards can be seen everywhere, scattered on the cliffs of the mountains. Some of the courtyards are even half suspended in the air. Disciples use magic to move around, and each jump can be several feet away.
Wang Fu shook his head. He didn't dare to live here, so he could only choose some other place.
Finally, he found an empty courtyard in a slightly flat place. He activated the token, a flash of light appeared, and the courtyard's restriction formation opened automatically. Only the owner of the courtyard holding the token could enter.
The courtyard is fully equipped with a living room, bedroom, study, kitchen... everything you need. It is much better than Baicao Valley and Heimu Cliff, just like the difference between a small bungalow and a big villa.
It was already noon and Wang Fu's stomach had already begun to protest. Fortunately, there was some leftover rice in the kitchen, so Wang Fu started a fire and started cooking. After half an hour, the rice was cooked and smelled delicious.
"Hey, this rice is a little different from Xiaodongfeng's..."
Smelling the aroma, Wang Fu couldn't help but take a bite, and then his eyes lit up: "Spiritual rice, haha...it's actually spiritual rice. I didn't expect that the spiritual rice cultivated by menial disciples is so common here..."
At this moment, the heaviness coming from the sect's mundane affairs was swept away.