Chapter 26: The Disciples' Obligations

Qin Yi wanted to approach that person and try to fish the latest information from him.

But what is this? The feeling of "Don't go near him, he's hopeless!" in his heart.

In the end, he looked away from that guy and looked for someone else.

To his surprise, he found a familiar figure among the crowd here.

Gao Peng!

Qin Yi had not seen this person since the first day in the outer sect. He thought this guy was out on a mission.

Who would have thought he would see this guy in this place.

Well, since they were acquaintances, it wasn't a problem for him to ask Gao Peng.

Qin Yi came over and called him out, "Brother Gao!"

Gao Peng, who was suddenly being called out, reflexively looked at the person who called him.

It turned out to be a new disciple who had only arrived at the outer sect a few days ago.

Gao Peng greeted him with a smile, "Brother Qin, it's been a while."

"Yes, it's been a while, Brother Gao. I thought I would never see you again." Qin Yi looked at Gao Peng's eyes with a bit of emotion.

Gao Peng twitched his mouth.

Are you cursing me to die outside?

"Where, I just went on a small mission outside. By the way what are you doing here, Brother Qin?"

In fact, with his status and cultivation being four levels higher than Qin Yi's, he did not need to act politely. However, he was used to being friendly to anyone he associated with, so there was no reason for him to be unfriendly toward Qin Yi.

"There are a lot of people here, so I joined the fun." Qin Yi replied with a grin.

"I heard that a rare treasure appeared in the Rejuvenate Pond. Of course, I don't have a greedy thought. After all, with my current cultivation base, it only makes me die faster if I have such a thought. I'm just curious about what kind of treasure it is and who is the one who will get it."

Gao Peng did not think too much about Qin Yi's words, but he and Qin Yi seem to have a similar goal here.

"Brother Qin is right. I'm also just having fun here, but I heard that there is not such a rare treasure here; it's just a rumour made by the disciples."

"No treasure?" Qin Yi looked surprised by the news he had just heard, then he asked, "If there is no treasure, why are so many people guarding the Rejuvenate Pond?"

Gao Peng smiled and said, "Although there are no rare treasures here, the water in the Rejuvenate Pond itself can be considered a treasure. It can not only heal but also restore lost spiritual energy and stamina, and neutralize poison. What's more, its efficiency is comparable to Rank 2 pills."

"No matter how you see it, the water is like a combination of a Rank 2 Healing Pill, a Restoration Energy Pill, and a Detoxification Pill. You know, the average price of a Rank 2 pill is 150 spirit stones, yet that water is worth over 150 spirit stones."

"We poor outer sect disciples, who wouldn't want to get that many spirit stones just by selling a bowl of water? Some of the disciples who came earlier were lucky to get a few water bottles, but I was too late. When I arrived, the Rejuvenate Pond was already guarded strictly by the Outer Sect Elder's disciples."

So, those disciples were indeed sent by the elder...

Qin Yi more or less understood the gist of this incident.

Even though the water in the Rejuvenate Pond was precious, it was not something that ordinary disciples could seize.

Everything within the sect naturally belongs to the sect.

He looked at Gao Peng and asked confusedly, "So, since you can't get anything, why are you still here?"

Hearing this question, Gao Peng smiled wryly: "After seeing such free and idle wealth, who would want to give up easily? I'm just waiting for someone to take the initiative to make a fuss, and I'll take the opportunity to steal a few bottles of rejuvenation water."

Qin Yi was shocked; this guy is so bold.

He wants to catch fish in muddy water, but is that even possible?

Not to mention this pond is under the watch of an elder.

Wouldn't it be dangerous if you were found out?

Although he thought so, he did not try to oppose or stop Gao Peng's silly plan.

This thing is the problem of poor disciples.

Scheming and stealing were typical in the cultivation world.

As Gao Peng's friend, all Qin Yi can do is silently support him.

Who cares whether it's a success or a failure? Qin Yi will still perform the extraction on him anyway.

Qing Yi did not say anything, but here Gao Peng opened his mouth again and asked.

"By the way, you haven't received a mission from the Mission Hall, have you?"

Qin Yi shook his head.

He naturally did not forget about the Mission Hall; it was just that he wanted to focus on training first before taking his first mission.

After all, he had initially assumed that going on the mission might be dangerous with his current strength.

Therefore, he wanted to train first so that he would have the ability to take care of himself if he encountered danger on his first mission.

"You probably don't know that every disciple is required to carry out a mission twice a month. As an experienced person, I think you should take one mission early because it will be troublesome if you delay it until the last minutes." Gao Peng said.

Obligatory?

Qin Yi was a little taken aback.

He had never heard of it.

Well, who can be blamed? He had just arrived at the outer sect and still knew too little about the sect's rules.

He also had no one to ask other than Gao Peng, who left the sect after their first meeting.

Qin Yi asked tentatively, "What happens if I don't complete two missions in a month?"

"Do not worry too much about it! The sect won't be too strict on disciples who neglect their obligations. However, you will still get a penalty. As for the penalty, that is to deduct 100 of your merit points for each uncompleted mission."

Gao Peng broke into a smile upon seeing Qin Yi's nervous face. He playfully said, "But I do not think you have any merit points left in your Merit Card. Therefore, the sect will cut your resource distribution in half in the next month."

Qin Yi froze instantly when Gao Peng mentioned his merit points.

As expected, this guy knew something about him being cheated in the Treasure Pavilion!

Otherwise, how could this guy know the number of merit points he currently has.

This jerk.

He didn't warn him beforehand.

If Gao Peng did, his merit points wouldn't be fooled by the strange elder in the Treasure Pavilion.

Hateful!

Speaking of merit points, the amount Qin Yi has on his Merit Card is quite sad.

This happened because the system was incapable of extracting other disciples' merit points.

The system could only extract Merit Cards, but not its merit points.

Welp, it can't be helped; merit points aren't some sort of spiritual energy or anything; it's just an ordinary number.

That's why Qin Yi's merit points did not increase in the slightest, even though he had extracted many Merit Cards from his fellow disciples.

'Looks like I'll have to pick my first mission early. Brother Gao is right, it would be troublesome if I did it at the last minutes.' Qin Yi thought in his heart.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask Gao Peng about one most important thing: "Brother Gao, is going on a mission that dangerous?"

That's it.

If it's dangerous, he'd better get cut off his resources.

That's much better than his life being cut off.

"Oh, you do not have to worry too much about that either. Not all missions are required to go to dangerous places. Many missions require you to stay within the sect, such as managing the garden, guarding something, being an errand boy for certain people, and so on." Gao Peng patiently explained it to Qin Yi.

The mission of managing the garden?

Qin Yi's eyes lit up instantly.