The sun rises in the sky, and the golden sunshine fills the earth.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Youshan arrived at Long Dahai's small courtyard.
"I inquired about it. Uncle Padmasambhava is a fair man. This time he chose the village and drew lots."
There was some worry in Li Youshan's tone.
After provoking a mad dog who was higher in cultivation than himself, he really didn't know how to deal with it.
"Then it depends on luck."
Long Dahai looked at the nine suns in the sky and his tone was calm.
"Even if the villages are adjacent, a mad dog would never dare to do anything to harm you and me."
Li Youshan looked at Long Dahai and continued: "Dahai, since you have mastered spells quickly, practice more, just in case."
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At nine o'clock in the morning, fifteen pastoralists arrived at the sect's resident hall in Lianhua Township.
They all sit in small groups on futons, waiting for Padmasambhava to arrive.
"Uncle Lotus Master, when we joined the company, we were still disciples of the inner sect. Unexpectedly, we have successfully established the foundation now."
"Yes, yes, Master Padmasambhava has only been practicing Taoism for ten years. He has successfully established the foundation. He will have a good chance of achieving the Golden Elixir in the future!"
"With ten years of foundation building, even those medium-sized sects can be regarded as geniuses!"
"I also heard that Uncle Lotus was known as the Bingrou Fairy. Back then..."
"Ahem!!"
As the second Lotus disciple in front coughed, everyone suddenly became quiet.
Not long after, a tall monk wearing a pure white robe walked in with light steps.
Lotus is her Taoist title, which is only available to Foundation-Building monks.
Having practiced Taoism for ten years, Master Padmasambhava is only twenty-two years old this year. His beautiful face is as beautiful as fifteen or sixteen, with a kind of cold gentleness.
"Fellow Taoists, I have waited a long time. I am Lianhua, the Lord of Lianhua Township. From now on, we will build Lianhua Township together. I hope you can help me a lot."
A gentle yet distant voice sounded, making people want to listen carefully.
At this time, Lotus made a gesture to express gratitude.
The monks sitting there stood up together and returned the same gesture.
He replied loudly: "Stay with the Tao forever!"
Next, Master Padmasambhava said a few words briefly, and then introduced the work of several disciples.
Then, the drawing of lots began.
There are fifteen jade balls in the lottery box. After they are crushed, a slip of paper will appear. On the slip of paper is the number of the village.
Longdahai drew nine, located in the north of Lianhua Township.
Li Youshan drew four and is located in the west of Lianhua Township.
The two villages are far apart.
The village does not have a name. It will take a month for them, the first village mayor, to name it.
After the drawing of lots was completed, everyone went to register and then receive the material vouchers.
Long Dahai registered his village, and then saw Yang Xiong standing nearby with ill intentions.
Long Dahai saw on the registration book that Yang Xiong was the village leader of the eighth village.
Looking at the map next to it, there are two villages separated by a lake and a mountain.
The road between enemies is narrow and we live next to each other.
A light flashed in Long Dahai's eyes, and then he pretended to be nonchalant, ignoring Yang Xiong's proud look.
After taking the voucher, Long Dahai followed Li Youshan to the warehouse to receive the supplies.
These villages are places chosen by the sect to be relatively full of spiritual energy. Special monks have also conducted inspections on what spiritual things are suitable for planting in the villages.
After reading the voucher carefully, Long Dahai briefly learned about his village.
His village will plant five acres of first-grade rice and twenty two types of water-loving fruit trees.
Under normal circumstances, one acre of spiritual rice can be harvested once a year, and twenty-five spiritual stones can be harvested.
Twenty first-level fruit trees, each harvesting one spiritual stone every year.
In ideal conditions, the village in Longdahai can harvest a total of forty-five spiritual stones a year.
The sect collects a certain amount of materials every year, or a fixed amount of thirty spiritual stones.
Finally, Long Dahai can harvest fifteen spiritual stones every year?
This is not enough for self-cultivation, let alone purchasing magic weapons and other items.
Besides, it remains to be seen whether Long Dahai is suitable for growing spiritual plants.
"Fortunately, there is a five-year buffer period. The first three years are exempt from sect tasks, and the next two years only require twenty spiritual stones per year.
Otherwise, the land I own will have to be worked in vain for the first ten years, and I will have nothing left after I hand over the mission materials."
Putting the mad dog matter aside for now, the challenge facing Long Dahai now is to open up rice fields as soon as possible and then plant living trees.
Arriving at the warehouse, Long Dahai collected his supplies.
Fifty kilograms of first-grade spiritual rice nine-grain seeds, ten red fruit seedlings, and fifteen spotted water pear seedlings.
Plus some simple planting tools, and a "First-Level Spiritual Plant Planting Encyclopedia".
The supplies were loaded into a carriage.
This carriage is also a free gift from the sect.
Long Dahai drove the carriage himself and followed Li Youshan back to his residence.
The two families had a lively meal at noon, and then went their separate ways.
Before leaving, Li Youshan gave Long Dahai two spiritual talismans and five spiritual stones.
Then he patted Long Dahai on the shoulder and took his family to the west.
The people given by the sect have been building at the village address for a month and are waiting for their village chief to arrive.
"Second brother, let's go!"
A group of four people walked north.
The journey of pastoralists and farmers is just the beginning.