On the system map, the location of the second small red dot is shown as Pingyuan County, which is in the west direction of Yuyang Town and is within the jurisdiction of Chaotian Sect.
Pingyuan County is already a border town in the west of Lushan County, bordering Yunbei County. It is a city under the protection of the Chaotian Sect. There are actually hidden affairs that the Qingshan Sect can complete?
Chaotian Sect, this is the top sect in the Chu Kingdom, even Shenxiao Palace will be afraid of it.
Out of curiosity, Lu Ping spent three days arriving at Pingyuan County.
After entering Pingyuan County, Lu Ping discovered that hundreds of acres of farmland in Pingyuan County were being shrouded by a large 'black cloud'.
When I got closer, I saw that it was not a black cloud, but millions of locusts, densely packed and overwhelming, forming the appearance of a huge black cloud.
Wherever this swarm of locusts passed, the farmland was in a mess, and the crops were eaten away at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving no harvest.
"Locust plague?"
Lu Ping immediately thought of this word in his mind.
At the same time, not only was there a locust plague, Lu Ping also discovered that a large number of monks were joining forces to fight against the locust swarms.
Fire bombs, red flames, and even various magic weapons and talismans emerged one after another, attacking the locust swarms. The scene was very chaotic.
From time to time, some people scurried about with their heads in their arms, and some even sighed sadly, complaining that the locust plague came too suddenly and that this year's harvest might be in vain.
Lu Ping paid close attention to the group of monks. Except for a small number of casual cultivators, most of the monks were dressed in blue and white robes with the pattern of Wuyin Immortal Palace embroidered on their chests. They were all disciples of the Chaotian Sect.
Pingyuan County is under the protection of the Chaotian Sect. At this time, there is a locust plague, and it is not surprising that the Chaotian Sect takes action.
While Lu Ping was watching, the system popped up a dialog box at this time.
Details of the hidden transaction came out.
[Hidden affairs: As the autumn harvest approaches, farmland outside Pingyuan County is being invaded by locusts. In order to ensure that farmland in other nearby towns can harvest smoothly, please help the people solve the locust plague]
[Quantity: 1.5 million to 1.6 million]
[Combat strength: Qi training level one to level eight]
[Status: Pingyuan County has been resisted, and it is expected to finish eating the farmland in surrounding towns and cities in twelve days, leaving Pingyuan County, and continue to encroach on the entire Lushan County]
[Completion reward: reputation 312, one star - work together × 1]
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Assisting people in Pingyuan County to clean up locusts is a relatively simple task.
Monks have many ways to kill locusts.
For example, use fireball to burn massively, refine poisonous elixirs to attract locusts to devour them, or use poisonous mist to clear them.
In short, there are always more solutions than difficulties.
After completion, the reputation points will be considerable.
The key is that there is also a [One Star - Working Together] reward, which can be used by all members of the sect to better deal with the Black Water Black Snake together.
This hidden matter must be handled first.
There should be no delay in cleaning up the locusts.
After completing the last exploration of hidden affairs, Lu Ping thought for a while, and simply opened the system panel, deducted 5 points of reputation, and conducted another exploration of external affairs.
On the map, Lu Ping randomly selected the area to be explored within a hundred miles near Pingyuan County.
After an exploration, the results came out quickly.
[Outdoor affairs: The water source in the upper reaches of the Wujiang River, the eastern tributary of Lingxi River, is polluted, causing the water quality in the middle and lower reaches to deteriorate. Please investigate and solve the source of the Wujiang water source pollution]
【quantity: 1】
[Combat strength: none]
[Status: Wujiang River Pollution]
[Completion reward: 200 reputation, free refresh in the system mall × 1]
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Compared with the first two hidden tasks, which both require fighting, this external task is much easier to complete.
It’s just a matter of investigating the reasons why Wujiang River is polluted and then solving the source of the pollution.
After taking note of this extracurricular matter, Lu Ping stopped staying.
Since the system has released hidden transactions, the locust plague in Pingyuan County will definitely not be solved so easily.
The Chaotian Sect monks in front of them may not be able to clean up the locusts, and they will need help from the Qingshan Sect.
This is all a story for later.
Lu Ping didn't want to watch here, so he controlled his consciousness to float towards Qinglian Mountain.
By the time he returned to the sect, it was already nine days later. Lu Ping took a short rest and prepared for seclusion, then summoned Lu Yuanshan.
"Yuanshan, my father will be in seclusion for two years. During the two years when I am gone, the sect affairs will be hard on you."
When he heard that Lu Ping was going to retreat again, this time, Lu Yuanshan was not as worried as before, and he didn't think it was strange.
"Same as last time, this retreat has three tasks for the disciples to complete."
"The deadline for completion is within two years."
Lu Ping handed over all three external affairs.
Lu Yuanshan memorized them one by one, for fear of missing something.
"While completing these three tasks, you and Zhiwei should spend as much time as possible to practice the Taiyi Tianxu Sword Technique."
"Changfeng's side should also urge him to practice hard and break through to the ninth level of Qi training as soon as possible."
"Two years later, there is an important matter that requires you three brothers and sisters to work together. This is related to the sect's training of foundation-building monks, and there is no room for sloppiness."
Lu Ping briefly mentioned his future plans, but did not mention the Black Water Black Snake.
Before Lu Yuanshan could ask questions, Lu Ping's words rang out again.
"As long as you know about this matter, I will inform you in detail in two years."
"Your main task now is to practice more, practice more, and improve the strength of the sect."
"In addition, my father also has a first-class high-grade talisman, the Lihuotian Sword Talisman, which has never been used."
"You will give this talisman to Changfeng later."
"Changfeng, this kid, has always been reckless. He should always prepare more ways to defend himself."
Lu Yuanshan is in charge of the sect and rarely goes out, so he hardly needs such talismans.
Lu Zhiwei and Lu Changfeng often ran outside and needed talismans as life-saving talismans.
As for Lu Zhiwei, before her last retreat, Lu Ping gave her a Godly Thunder Talisman to ward off evil spirits. She has never used it and still has it.
As for Lu Changfeng, he doesn’t have a first-level high-grade spiritual talisman in his hand, so he might as well give it to him.
After speaking, Lu Ping gave a few words of advice and then ordered Lu Yuanshan to leave.
This is not the first time that his father has gone into seclusion. With his previous experience, Lu Yuanshan also knows what to ask and what not to ask, and there is nothing difficult to accept.
Two years is not a long time.
The current resource development trend of the sect is very good, which is enough to fulfill the three-year agreement in two years and reissue the disciples' salaries.
Judging from the development plan he made, it just caters to his father's ideas - after two years, the sect will prepare to train a foundation-building monk.
After Lu Yuanshan left, Lu Ping turned on the [Retreat] function of the system, set the time to two years, and then went into retreat.
Lu Ping actually wanted to take a good rest during this retreat. When he woke up, the sect's condition would be much better.
Lu Ping still felt quite happy when he woke up and saw that his sect was getting better and better.
On the third day of Lu Ping's retreat.
A piece of news spread from Pingyuan County to Qingshan Sect, and then spread throughout Lushan County at an extremely fast speed. This chapter has been completed!