The villain is right beside me

The shock of the change of the third leaderboard had not lasted long, when the next day, the leader of the fourth Spiritual Pattern Tower changed!

This speed of advancement in the rankings attracted the attention of not only the disciples of Tianfu Peak, but also the disciples of the other three sects. They began to pay attention to the change of rankings in the Lingwen Tower on Tianfu Peak.

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Another month passed, and the symbol of one man and one mountain appeared again on the fifth Lingwen Tower. The name "Master of Immortal Pattern" spread thoroughly within the sect.

Not only the disciples and elders in the sect, but even the four major branches outside have heard about it and want to come and see this mysterious Master of Immortal Patterns.

"As long as you are willing to show up, I, Gu, will personally accept you as my disciple!" The head of Tianfu Peak promised in public.

However, if Mu Qing appeared in public, he would definitely become the target of public criticism.

Many disciples of the Spiritual Pattern School were jealous of him as the Immortal Pattern Master. Now that he was in charge every day, he couldn't even take the exam.

As for?

Mu Qing understood that the noise he made was not big enough. If the impact was bigger, so big that they could not surpass it, these jealous guys would shut up.

"Master Xianwen has completed the assessment of the fifth Spiritual Pattern Tower. I really hope that he can become the first among the nine towers."

"I wonder if this Immortal Pattern Master is a handsome young man or a beautiful lady?"

"That's wrong, Master, the Immortal Pattern Master might be an old man."

In a spiritual attic, a bald old man sat at a table, and an old man in black made tea for a beautiful woman in front of them. Behind the beautiful woman stood a woman with her head lowered, being very respectful to the two people in front of her.

The old man in black said, "It has been a long time since our sect has seen such a bustling atmosphere."

Chairmaster Mo smiled slightly and said, "This Immortal Pattern Master is indeed amazing. He has already ranked first in the five rankings in less than a year. It seems that his talent is much higher than that of Junior-Junior Brother Yixuan."

The bald old man twisted his beard and asked doubtfully, "But I checked all the disciples in the entire sect, and I haven't found this gifted spirit pattern master. Could it be that he is someone's last disciple?"

Chairmaster Mo shook his head and said, "I never knew that senior brother had accepted a new disciple recently."

The old man in black suddenly remembered something and said, "It can't be... No, it's impossible."

"What happened to Senior Brother Li?"

This old man is Master Li of the spiritual pattern and weapon cultivation lineage. He is also a spiritual pattern master, and he cultivates the lineage of refining spirits and refining weapons.

"Nothing." Master Li suddenly thought that this Immortal Pattern Master had only appeared recently, and he should be a disciple who had just entered the sect not long ago. Among the disciples who had recently entered the sect, there was only one person who was most likely to be the master! But he quickly rejected this idea.

If a useless immortal root with seven attributes had such attainments in spiritual patterns, Li Gongwei would rather believe that a cultivator in the Wheel Sea Realm would accept him as a disciple.

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There are three directions in the spiritual pattern path: one is refining talismans, one is refining formations, and one is refining spirits.

Mu Qing asked, "Can't we cultivate in three directions at the same time?"

Lao Wang: "...Yes, as long as you have talent and endless lifespan." This sentence dispelled Mu Qing's idea.

The reason why the path of spiritual patterns has to be subdivided is because the lifespan of a cultivator is ultimately limited. Whether it is refining talismans or refining formations, each path is vast and the learning process is endless, and all require painstaking and diligent study.

Lao Wang found that if Mu Qing was serious, learning the spirit patterns would be easy, but he also didn't think Mu Qing wanted to achieve full cultivation. He was only in the opening stage now, and even if he was lucky enough to break through the building stage, he would only have a lifespan of 250 years at most. For a cultivator, years was too fast, just a blink of an eye.

Mu Qing looked at the spiritual patterns on the black iron sword in his hand. He already had a solid foundation in spiritual patterns, but if it came to actual practice, he was confident and wanted to give it a try.

To draw spiritual patterns on a treasure, one does not need a spiritual pen for drawing talismans, but a carving knife.

Clearly, he had neither.

“If you don’t have a carving knife, just buy one.” Lao Wang said it as if it was as simple as eating.

The carving knife can also be said to be a treasure, but Mu Qing has not accumulated many spirit stones in the past year, so he doesn’t know if it is enough.

Mu Qing asked someone and found out that the most common low-grade treasure costs twenty spirit stones. But if it is a carving knife, the meaning is different. The cheapest price for a finger-sized carving knife is 40 spirit stones.

Mu Qing looked at his savings and felt depressed. He had never received any sect mission in the past year and had to live on the disciple allowance he received every month. He couldn't even afford a small carving knife.

Not to mention the carving knife, even the magic brush is not cheap.

"Go and see if you can earn some spirit stones on the sect mission."

Baiqiao Hall, which is specifically used to issue sect missions, is one of the places where most disciples frequent.

There were some wooden tablets in Baiqiao Hall, and some characters were written on them with spiritual light, just like a modern projector. The unfinished tasks were written on them, and they would disappear when the tasks were taken away or completed. These characters moved slowly like a scrolling screen.

"Cultivate and grow spiritual herbs, ten contribution points."

"Complete the care of the monster circle, contribution points 18."

"Assist in refining a treasure, thirty-seven contribution points."

You can go to Baiqiao Hall to receive tasks. Next to it is a Merit Hall, where contribution points are exchanged for rewards. Mu Qing first went to the Merit Hall to take a look. He saw that he could receive magic tools, elixirs, carving knives and everything else there.

Many disciples had contribution points on their identity cards, but Mu Qing's contribution point was only zero, which meant he hadn't done any tasks.

It was also his job to look after the animal sanctuary, but because he was not there during the last emergency, the elders deducted his contribution.

Mu Qing looked at it and selected a task to help refine the formation: "Hello, Senior Sister, please help me get the task No. 88 in Volume A."

"Okay." There were countless counters with bamboo tubes behind her. She searched among the bamboo sticks below and pulled out one of them. She seemed to cast some spell and the bamboo stick immediately flew automatically to a platform. She followed the bamboo stick and took out the bamboo tube from it.

Inside the bamboo tube was a purple bamboo sign. She asked, "What's your name, brother?"

"Muqing, Mu of shepherds, the blue sky of blue."

She took out a pen and wrote Mu Qing's name on the sign. The words disappeared after she wrote them. She handed the sign to Mu Qing and said, "Put your fingerprint on it."

Mu Qing curiously pressed his thumbprint, and sure enough, a clear line appeared on it. What is this? A fingerprint reader? He asked, "How do I use this brand?"

"I see this is your first time to receive a mission. Listen carefully. These mission bamboo cards are all made of the same purple sand bamboo. They are divided into two types: mother and child. The one in your hand is the mother card. If you lose the card, you can find the child card, but it will be useless if you are out of range. You must pay for it."

The senior sister said calmly, "In order to prevent these tasks from being messed up, you take the sign to the designated place and give it to the person in charge. When you complete the task, they will take the initiative to help you erase your traces on it. Then you put the sign back here and I will give you contribution points. The fingerprints on it are to prove your identity."

Mu Qing played with the bamboo card with interest and asked casually, "Who made such a convenient thing?"

The senior sister's expression turned serious and she said, "This is not something you should know!"

Being able to use each person's fingerprints to verify identity is quite advanced in the world of immortal cultivation.

Seeing her serious look, Mu Qing didn't ask any more questions and withdrew his curiosity.

Mu Qing found a task of repairing the formation issued by an elder. It required a good foundation in spiritual patterns, but the reward was quite generous, one hundred contribution points!

Among the five peaks of the Lingwen lineage, Xingluo Peak is the most famous for its formations, and many of the sect's mountain protection formations were repaired by them.

Gao Wangzhong is the elder with the highest formation skill in Xingluo Peak and even in the entire Lingwen lineage, but he has a weird temper and is moody.

When Mu Qing arrived at the door of Elder Gao's cave, he heard a loud roar coming from inside.

"You can even draw the formation wrong! You are still the peak master's disciple? Go back to the Spiritual Pattern Tower and rebuild it! Get lost!"

"Each of them is so disturbing. This, this, this... all these assumptions are nonsense! Unrealistic! Get out of here too!"

One or two disciples were kicked out of the door and flew away. Mu Qing was sweating profusely as he watched at the door. This was too domineering.

However, the more this happened, the easier it was for Mu Qing to negotiate.

"Elder Gao, I, the disciple Mu Qing, have been tasked with repairing the formation, and I have come to lend a helping hand."

"Mu Qing? I don't know him. Please go away." A voice of dissatisfaction came from inside the door.

Mu Qing was stunned. It seemed that this elder had a strange temper. He stood at the door and watched for a while, then said, "The elder's illusion array is real and fake. He put a fake door in front of us. I think the elder's cave is not here. It should be hidden somewhere else."

There was no response from inside, so Mu Qing continued, "There is an illusion array outside to make it look real, and there is a nine-curve coiled dragon array inside to make it a maze. I dare not rush in easily. Elder, please open the door and we can talk frankly."

"Okay!" After two shouts, the gate in front of Mu Qing disappeared like smoke, leaving only a wall. On his left was a fog, which dispersed, revealing the road leading inside.

Just as Mu Qing was about to step in, he suddenly stopped and said, "Since the elder wants to test me, why bother me? Although the cloud and mist formation is simple and easy to identify, there is also a killing formation hidden inside. I am afraid that once I enter, I will be struck to ashes by the cloud and thunder formation."

There was no more sound from inside, and the fog completely dissipated, revealing an attic.

A figure flew down from the building. He looked short because of his hunched back. He looked at Mu Qing with a hint of impatience: "You are just at the initial stage of enlightenment, a new disciple? When did Lingwenmai have a disciple like you?"

"I am not a disciple of the Lingwen lineage, and I do not belong to any lineage." Mu Qing said with a smile.

"A servant disciple?" Elder Gao said without any disdain, "Come in. You have passed my test."

Mu Qing smiled and followed him into the attic without explaining anything.