Chapter 328 Deacon of the Farming Institute
Hou Jiangong's words are all good advice. Although the seven major sects are at peace on the surface, the competition behind the scenes is still very fierce. In a place like Chaos Demon Valley that is out of control, it is easy to do something extraordinary, even killing people and stealing treasures is not uncommon, so it is easy to suffer if your cultivation is too low.
But the time of the Chaos Demon Valley trial is fixed, and it will definitely start in six years, so you can only try to improve your cultivation during this period. In six years, even Tian Shengcai is not sure that he can cultivate to the middle stage of Qi Refining, let alone Qingyang, a new outer courtyard disciple.
At this time, everyone couldn't help but think that if this Demon Seeking Order was used in the next Chaos Demon Valley trial, more than 20 years would be enough for Qingyang to improve his cultivation to the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining. By then, he should be sure enough to participate in the trial.
Qingyang also considered this problem. He himself was not sure that he could improve his cultivation to the middle stage of Qi Refining in six years, but this was not a big problem for him. There was only one Demon Seeking Order, and it must not be wasted, so even if his cultivation was not enough, he decided to take the risk. With the protection of the alcoholic bees and the backing of the monkey king of the iron-armed monkey, what is there to be afraid of?
However, it is too early to consider the trial of Chaos Demon Valley now. In five or six years, who knows if there will be any other changes in the meantime? Therefore, it is most important to practice quietly and improve your own cultivation.
Knowing that Hou Jiangong had good intentions, Qingyang bowed and said, "Thank you, Brother Hou. If it weren't for what you said, I would still know nothing about this. After returning, I will go into seclusion and strive to improve my cultivation to the middle stage of Qi Refining before the trial of Chaos Demon Valley."
The four people walked and talked, and unknowingly returned to the outer courtyard. This time they were not out for a long time, but everyone was injured, as if they had escaped from death, and they were all eager to go home, so they went to the outer courtyard hall to file a case and then dispersed.
After returning to his own courtyard, Qingyang directly closed the formation outside and never went out again. During the more than 20 days of the return journey, Qingyang's injuries had all healed, but he was in danger outside and needed to be mentally tense all the time. Now that he has returned to the sect and his own courtyard, his body and mind have finally been completely relaxed.
Three days later, the Farming and Planting Academy sent someone to the outer courtyard to find Qingyang. This time, the head of the Farming and Planting Academy, Uncle Qingyi, personally met him. After some encouragement, he arranged a position for Qingyang as a deacon of the Farming and Planting Academy, which was under the management of Brother Cai. Usually, he was only responsible for the pollination of spirit insects.
Although Qingyang was only a small deacon in the Farming and Planting Academy, his income was very high, 22 spirit stones a year, almost the same as the salary of Brother Cai who managed him in the Farming and Planting Academy, which could be said to be a lucrative job. You know, other outer courtyard disciples only earn a dozen spirit stones a year when doing tasks, and generally only inner courtyard disciples can earn more than 20 spirit stones.
Perhaps, as the deputy headmaster Qing Jing San Ren said, this reward includes a reward for Qing Yang saving many fellow disciples. Perhaps it is also because Qing Yang's spiritual insects are unique and can increase the production of the farming courtyard. This reward includes the reward for increased production, and there will be no separate reward in the future.
Qing Yang has no objection to this. For him, the spiritual stones are secondary. The most important thing is that he can openly release his alcoholic bees to eat spiritual flowers in the future. Of course, the six purple-backed alcoholic bees have to take turns to avoid being discovered. When releasing the blue-backed alcoholic queen bee, you must be more careful not to be seen by someone with ulterior motives.
According to the arrangement of Qing Yi San Ren, Qing Yang does not need to be on duty in the farming courtyard at ordinary times. When the spiritual grass and spiritual grains in a spiritual field bloom and need alcoholic bees to pollinate, Senior Brother Cai will send someone to notify him. Then Qing Yang will temporarily take over the spiritual field, use alcoholic bees to pollinate the spiritual flowers, and take charge of the care. When the pollination is over and the handover is clear, he can leave.
There are dozens of spiritual fields in the Cultivation Institute, large and small. However, many spiritual herbs and flowers have a long growth period, which can be decades, hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years. They often bloom only once every few decades. Of course, there are also some with shorter growth periods, such as spiritual grains that have grown for more than ten years, spiritual herbs and flowers for refining low-level elixirs, etc., which account for about half of the total.
In summary, the Cultivation Institute does not use Qingyang very often every year, only once or twice a year, sometimes not even once, but the flowering period of spiritual herbs and flowers is very long, and they often stay in one place for a year or half a year, so Qingyang does not need to run around often.
The real trouble is the interruption of other teachers and elders. The Cultivation Institute is responsible for the public spiritual fields of the sect, serving the entire sect. In addition to these public fields, many cultivators will open up small spiritual fields outside their caves. The higher the cultivation level, the more they plant. Not to mention others, even Qingyang himself has sown a lot of seeds in the spiritual fields of the small courtyard to cover up his tracks.
When these people heard about Qingyang's alcoholic bees, they would also ask him to help. As for the reward, it was hard to say. The more generous ones might meet him in person, encourage him a few words, and reward him with one or two pills. As for those who were stingy, let alone reward, there was no chance to even get to know him, because they would not show up in person, and would just send a servant to send Qingyang away.
Faced with these people's summons, Qingyang did not dare to have any opinions, and could only help obediently, because his cultivation was low. Fortunately, these spiritual fields were not large in area, and there were not many things planted, so it would not take up too much time. Moreover, those who came to him were generally those cultivators above the foundation-building stage with large families and businesses, and there were not many of them.
People say that the more you know, the more you learn. The more you know, the better your knowledge will be. Unlike the public fields in the farming academy, the spiritual flowers and herbs planted by private people are not just some commonly used and popular spiritual medicines. The spiritual medicines planted by the high-level people in the sect are varied and diverse, almost including all the known spiritual herbs and flowers.
After a period of busy work, it is hard to say about other aspects, but Qingyang has improved a lot in terms of knowledge. Now Qingyang's understanding of various spiritual herbs and flowers has long surpassed those old-fashioned Qi-refining alchemists in the Alchemy Academy, and is not much worse than some foundation-building alchemists.
At the same time, Qingyang also obtained a large amount of spiritual flower pollen and spiritual flower nectar, which is why Qingyang never tires of it. Those stingy foundation-building cultivators may feel that they have taken advantage of Qingyang a lot, but in fact, Qingyang has also gained a lot of benefits from them.
Before he knew it, another five years had passed. During these five years, Qingyang obtained a large amount of spiritual pollen and spiritual nectar to assist in his cultivation. The spiritual fields in the farming courtyard also saw more or less increased production, but the biggest harvest came from the group of alcoholic bees.