Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh-Chapter 52: Is It Really Land Reclamation?

Entering the Outer Sect, Chu Ning walked towards Zhuang Yunde’s residence with familiarity.

Unexpectedly, he saw Mu Ling halfway.

"Junior Brother Chu, I’ve heard that you’ve come to deliver your harvest recently."

Mu Ling looked at Chu Ning with a slight tilt of her head, smiling knowingly.

Chu Ning, no longer bewildered and cautious as before, directly took out talisman paper from his storage bag.

"I was planning to visit Senior Brother Zhuang first before finding you, Senior Sister. These are the talisman papers after turning in my seasonal contribution to the sect. I’m not sure if you need this many, Senior Sister."

Mu Ling’s eyes immediately lit up, "How many?"

"3000 sheets," Chu Ning replied.

"So many, then I won’t be afraid of making mistakes..." Mu Ling said with a hint of excitement, but then quickly restrained herself.

Her expression slightly softened, then she reached out to brush her hair.

"Now, I can practice talisman making properly."

They quickly finalized the deal, and Chu Ning handed over the 3000 talisman sheets, receiving 60 spirit stones in exchange.

As for discounts or other considerations for buying in bulk, Chu Ning never thought about asking.

If he doesn’t earn this money, who will?

Seeing Mu Ling about to leave with the talisman papers, Chu Ning quickly spoke up:

"Senior Sister Mu, I’ve gotten familiar with buying talisman paper from various merchants at the market recently.

I should be able to get more supplies. Would you like to buy some more, Senior Sister?"

"Buy! Buy!"

Mu Ling immediately exclaimed upon hearing this.

"Buy as much as you can."

After shouting, she thought for a moment and said, "I have 3000 sheets here, so perhaps next month, you could buy more."

Chu Ning nodded and said to her, "Then I’ll help Senior Sister buy 1500 sheets each month."

He still had 7900 sheets of talisman paper in his storage bag.

Selling 1500 sheets a month to her for four months would use up 6000 sheets.

He would still have 1900 sheets left for himself.

These talisman papers, Chu Ning planned to keep for personal use.

After all, he was preparing to participate in the promotion examination.

If, according to what Mu Ling hinted earlier, there’s a chance to obtain the talisman making technique after promotion,

these talisman papers could be used for practicing talisman making, which Chu Ning thought would be sufficient.

After all, he couldn’t be as wasteful as Mu Ling.

Mu Ling nodded, and then took out 10 more spirit stones from her storage bag and handed them to Chu Ning.

Combined with the regular allocation to Chu Ning, this amounted to 32 spirit stones.

"Then buy 500 more sheets each month."

After saying this, she took out 3 more spirit stones and handed them with the rest to Chu Ning.

"Thank you for your hard work during this time."

Chu Ning accepted the spirit stones and watched Mu Ling’s cheerful departing figure, internally clicking his tongue at her extravagance.

But earning spirit stones felt really good.

With the 3 extra spirit stones added to this month’s commission, he had a total of 5 spirit stones.

What did this mean? Even Qiu Shunyi and others, after turning in their harvest to the sect, wouldn’t usually get this much from a season of farming.

But on second thought, for someone with a Golden Core Stage big sister, these spirit stones were really nothing.

Chu Ning accepted it with a peaceful mind.

Putting all the spirit stones into his storage bag, Chu Ning arrived at Zhuang Yunde’s courtyard.

Upon seeing Chu Ning, Zhuang Yunde wore his usual smile.

"Oh, Chu Ning is here. I was just about to visit your area this afternoon."

"Senior Brother Zhuang, I’m here to deliver my harvest." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Chu Ning said as he took 3500 talisman sheets and an additional 11 spirit stones from his storage bag.

Zhuang Yunde laughed cheerfully and asked, "Met Mu Ling again?"

Chu Ning nodded, "Yes, I sold the extra talisman papers to Senior Sister Mu."

Zhuang Yunde didn’t say much, skillfully putting the items into two separate storage bags.

Chu Ning straightforwardly expressed his purpose for coming.

"Senior Brother Zhuang, is it here that I register for the Zone C promotion examination?"

"You want to participate in the promotion examination?" Zhuang Yunde was slightly surprised at first.

After glancing at Chu Ning, his expression turned slightly surprised.

"Oh, you’ve reached Qi Refining Fourth Layer, which indeed meets the promotion criteria."

Zhuang Yunde looked at Chu Ning with a smile.

"Junior Brother reached Qi Refining Fourth Layer within a year and a half of entering the sect. Your cultivation speed is quite fast."

Chu Ning cupped his hands towards him.

"Thanks to your guidance, I earned some spirit stones, and most of it was spent on improving cultivation. I officially reached the Middle Stage of Qi Refining last month."

Zhuang Yunde then nodded slightly and said:

"You really are suited for the Cyan Wood Evergreen Technique, and with the aid of spirit stones, your speed is naturally faster."

Turning his tone, he continued:

"But the promotion examination is not something I can decide. You need to register with Steward He, who must agree for you to participate."

"Steward He Changyou?" Chu Ning asked for confirmation.

Zhuang Yunde nodded again, "Considering you reached Qi Refining Fourth Layer in just a year and a half after entering the sect.

In addition to your good mastery of spells, Steward He will likely agree.

However, the competition is intense, so be mentally prepared."

Chu Ning earnestly stated, "So I’m planning to use spirit stones to further improve my cultivation in the upcoming half month."

"Whether I can get promoted or not, I hope Senior Brother Zhuang can continue to look after me." Chu Ning said this sincerely.

To be honest, although he had a golden finger, achieving his current cultivation speed and income was indeed largely due to Zhuang Yunde.

Though it was a mutually beneficial transaction between them, he still felt grateful.

Upon hearing Chu Ning’s words, Zhuang Yunde’s face was more filled with smiles, but then he said with some emotion:

"I really want to take better care of new junior brothers like you, but I’m afraid I won’t have the chance soon, as I’ll be leaving."

Surprised by this, Chu Ning asked, "Senior Brother, you’re leaving?"

Zhuang Yunde nodded, hesitated a moment, and finally said:

"Junior Brother, you’ve been in the sect for a year and a half.

You should have heard that every one or two years, the sect organizes a group of Qi Refining Stage disciples to go out for missions."

At this point, Chu Ning suddenly remembered what Shang Zhaoxiang had mentioned before and blurted out:

"Are you referring to what’s rumored externally, that the sect found a treasure land elsewhere to develop, so many servant disciples were assigned there?

But I heard it was the servant disciples who were sent. Are you going there to manage things, Senior Brother?"

Zhuang Yunde nodded and then shook his head.

"I’m indeed participating in this, but not as management.

Also, what you’ve heard is not accurate. Initially, the inner and outer sect disciples were assigned there.

Only when they were short on hands did they involve the servant disciples."

"Short on hands?" Chu Ning softly repeated this phrase, then voiced the doubt that had lingered in his mind.

"Senior Brother Zhuang, is the sect really sending so many Qi Refining Stage disciples to develop land?

How come I’ve never heard of any senior brother returning?"

Upon hearing Chu Ning’s question, Zhuang Yunde’s expression became somewhat complicated.

Seeing his expression, Chu Ning had a vague feeling that he had stumbled upon a secret.