The Path to Immortality

"Reporting to the deacon, this disciple will be a handyman in that formation hall."

Fang Ping pointed to one of the bamboo slips.

Array hall handyman: Go to the outer gate array hall and help cut the spiritual jade for making the array plate. At least two hundred pieces need to be cut, and the sect will be rewarded with twenty contributions.

Deacon Zhao glanced at it, nodded and said, "A handyman from the formation hall, right? Remember to finish it as soon as possible. The deacon from the formation hall was still urging me to do it yesterday."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took down the corresponding bamboo slip from the wall.

He picked up the pen and wrote down Fang Ping's name and the handyman he picked up on the account book, and then handed over a voucher for entering and exiting the outer gate array hall to do the handyman work.

Fang Ping took the voucher and said, "Thank you very much, deacon!"

Deacon Zhao was too lazy to respond, picked up the Taoist book again, and just waved his hand, indicating that he had nothing to do and get out of here.

Quickly leave the formation hall.

It wasn't until he was very far away that Fang Ping looked back.

However, there were many people on Tiandu Peak, so he said nothing and went straight to the formation hall.

Although it is said to be a formation hall, in fact, there are not many formation talents in the outer sect. The purpose of opening this hall is mainly to do errands and menial jobs for the Luoyang Sect's inner gate formation hall.

For example, in the task that Fang Ping accepted, all the cut spiritual jade was to be sent to the inner sect.

However, large pieces of natural jade will have some leftovers after cutting.

These scraps are useless because they are small, irregular in shape, and difficult to use for other purposes. In the end, they are basically thrown away as scrap.

Fang Ping's consideration in choosing this task was simple. In fact, these spiritual jade wastes were not really worthless. Some scrap materials with relatively good quality can be exchanged for money if you save enough.

Although it may only be one or two spiritual stones, it is still a bit of income, which can be used by the outer disciples to supplement their family income.

………

A quarter of an hour later.

Fang Ping arrived at the remote array hall located on the south side of Tiandu Peak.

After showing his credentials to the two outer disciples guarding him, Fang Ping entered the small courtyard of the array hall.

Several outer disciples who have received the same mission are busy here. When he heard the footsteps, he was only slightly distracted and glanced at it before refocusing on the work in front of him.

This chore is very simple. Use magic power to cut large pieces of natural spiritual jade into the shape of formation disks and formation flags.

It may not sound difficult, but it actually consumes mana, and requires a certain level of precision in mana control.

A slight mistake or a wrong cut may affect the entire finished product.

If the final pass rate does not meet the standard, the handyman will be judged as unable to complete, and all the work will be in vain, and he may even be punished!

"Are you a new disciple?"

At this time, a disciple of the formation hall wearing a white robe from the inner gate walked out of the house.

After confirming Fang Ping's identity and learning that he had never taken over this chore before, the Zhentang disciples couldn't help but frown.

"I've never done this before, why did you suddenly pick it up today?"

He complained a few times in front of Fang Ping, but there was nothing he could do.

I could only give a few instructions based on the rules and told Fang Ping some cutting techniques and specific standards. Then, regardless of whether Fang Ping understood or not, he went back to the house on his own.

“Outer disciples, it’s really difficult!”

Fang Ping sighed secretly in his heart, found a seat, and first observed the operations of the other outer disciples. Then he picked up a large piece of spiritual jade tablet, marked it with a tool, and used his magic power to activate the Xiao Geng Golden Technique. Cut it bit by bit.

Lingyu is not a very solid thing, but Fang Ping's strength is only at the second level of Qi training, and his magic power is meager.

The [Five Elements Sutra] he practiced was also a popular technique.

It is quite laborious to rely on the power of the Five Elements Sutra to cut the spiritual jade.

After all the hard work, only half an hour later, Fang Ping's mana was close to running out.

You can only pause your work, sit cross-legged and meditate on the spot, and recover quickly.

Among the other outer sect disciples, there was one who was at the third level of Qi training and was able to hold on longer. The other second-level Qi training disciples have similar magical power to Fang Ping.

One person was even worse than him and started meditating early.

After such intermittent work, Fang Ping was able to cut out more than a dozen array disk blanks at the end of the day.

At this rate, he would have to be busy in the formation hall for at least ten days. During this period, due to the continuous consumption of mana, the progress of practice was very minimal!

"If this continues, when will I be able to advance to the middle stage of Qi training?"

When the day's work was coming to an end, the third-level Qi training disciple couldn't help but sigh.

These words seemed to resonate with several disciples present.

One of them said with deep emotion: "Being an outer disciple means doing chores at least four times a year, and occasionally there are some unexpected tasks that need to be dealt with. Originally, the cultivation qualifications were not good, and there were no resources. Now I don't even have time to practice. I can’t guarantee that this is such a bully day... Sometimes when I calm down and think about it, those casual cultivators may not be free and easy.”

However, complaints are complaints.

If he really wanted to leave the Luoyang Sect and become a free and independent cultivator, no one present would be willing to do it.

No matter how hard the outer disciples of Luoyang Sect work, they are still much better than casual cultivators.

Not only is safety guaranteed, but you can also tap into the spiritual energy emanating from the second-order high-grade spiritual veins on the main peak of Cangyue Mountain.

Although after the cultivation and consumption of several Jindan ancestors and foundation-building monks in the sect, as well as the layers of interception by the magic circle, by the Tiandu Peak, the concentration of spiritual energy was only that of the first-order mid-grade spiritual veins. level, but even so, it is not comparable to other regions.

"You're just a handyman, why are there so many complaints?"

At this time, the inner sect disciple who was sitting in the formation hall before came out again.

He looked at them arrogantly and said, "When you become an inner sect disciple, the number of chores you are assigned will be halved immediately. When you become a true disciple, you will be exempted from ordinary chores. Before you complain, think about why you have been in the outer sect for so many years and have you been practicing hard?"

This is a bit like "Why don't you eat meat?"

Several outer sect disciples were angry, but they didn't dare to openly contradict an inner sect formation hall disciple with a promising future. They immediately agreed and were about to disperse.

"What's the hurry? Come back and clean up these wastes."

The formation hall disciple stopped them in a bad mood, pointed to the leftovers on the ground, and then he brushed his sleeves and robes, raised his head and walked away quickly.

Fang Ping and others looked at each other and could see each other's helplessness, so they had to come back to continue cleaning.

Of course, during the cleaning process, the disciples who did chores here were not idle either.

While cleaning up, each of them picked out a few pieces of relatively good-looking jade from the scraps, or jade that was discarded because of minor mistakes during cutting.

These waste jades can no longer be used to make array plates, but if they are only used to practice engraving array patterns, they are basically the same as complete jades.

In the market, sometimes poor array apprentices would buy these waste jades at a low price to practice.

After the few people tacitly divided the waste jades equally, they smiled at each other and left.