Tong Yan glanced at the cultivation limits and got up to sign up. The minimum requirement for this task was the middle stage of foundation building, and the maximum was below Nascent Soul. She was right in the middle.
Just after talking to the registered disciples, someone suddenly called her from behind, "Uncle Tong!"
She turned around and saw that it was He Zhaoyu. The young man showed his white teeth and looked at her with a smile.
"Uncle Tong, are you here to take over the mission? I wonder if I can form a team with you." The young man asked straightforwardly.
"This..." Tong Yan did not agree immediately. He Zhaoyu's cultivation level was not high enough to meet the conditions. Going to the mine was obviously too dangerous and would be a hindrance.
Before she finished speaking, He Zhaoyu also understood the hesitation in her tone, and suddenly looked disappointed.
"My cultivation level must be too low, which makes my uncle feel like a burden."
Tong Yan couldn't refute for a while, and remained silent for a moment before explaining: "I took the mission to go to the mine. The risk factor is very high. If you don't have enough cultivation, it will be very risky to go there."
"Uncle, are you concerned about your disciples?" He Zhaoyu's eyes were filled with joy, mistaking her explanation for concern.
"...Let's forget it." Tong Yan, who didn't want to talk anymore, stopped talking and turned to leave.
When she walked away, He Zhaoyu, who seemed to be focusing on selecting tasks, pointed to the task of going to the mine and asked the registered disciple to add his name to it.
Wucenxi Mine is too far away from the sect, and the disciples who have received the mission will gather together and take the spirit boat there, so it doesn't matter even if Tong Yan refuses to agree to form a team, as long as they sign up for the same period, they will definitely be in the same team.
In the evening, He Zhan came back. Tong Yan mentioned to him that she would go out to practice for a month. She originally just wanted to tell him, but He Zhan was quiet for a while and offered to go to the mine with her.
He Zhan persuaded her plausibly: "Everywhere you go is an experience. If Sister Yan can go, I can go too, and together we can take care of each other."
In this regard, Tong Yan said that it made sense and could not be refuted!
When she was about to be convinced, He Zhan said that he had encountered a bottleneck, his cultivation was progressing slowly, and he needed to go out to find opportunities for breakthrough.
In this way, Tong Yan had no reason to oppose him.
When He Zhan wanted to leave, Xiao Lou naturally refused to leave. The two of them ran to register their names the next day and waited to gather and set off three days later.
The meeting point was next to the lotus pond in the outer gate square. Tong Yan and the three of them brought all the things they had gone out with and rushed here either early or late. At this time, nearly ten people were waiting by the lotus pond. Most of these people were in the process of building cultivation.
There was only one Jindan disciple among them at the top of Ji Dingfeng.
The waiting disciples saw Tong Yan and the three of them coming. Some were surprised, others looked at them, and some didn't look at them, not caring who came.
All the faces that caught my eye were unfamiliar faces, so there was no need to go out of the way to say hello if you were not familiar with them. The three of them calmly found a place to wait for the remaining people.
After waiting for almost another quarter of an hour, the number of people in the team had grown to eighteen. The Jindan monk in charge of leading the team came over with a booklet.
He cleared his throat and began to check the number of people. "Lu Yun." The monk at the end responded and walked up to everyone.
If he met someone, he would continue to read. If no one responded, he would write it down with a pen.
"Zhao Qing, Tong Yan, He Zhaoyu." The three of them responded one by one. When Tong Yan heard the name following his own name, he couldn't help but froze for a moment. He looked towards the location of the young man's voice and looked away after just one glance.
Although this trip is dangerous, he insists on going, so what does he want to do with her?
After counting the number of people and informing them of some important points, the team finally set off.
The flying boat shuttled through the sea of clouds, and the vast mountains, rivers and land lay at their feet. When they looked down, they suddenly felt that their hearts were a little more open.
After hearing Team Leader Xu read out her name and gathering information from people who had met her, everyone else in the team knew that the childish words were those of Luo Huafeng, so after boarding the flying boat, someone came to talk to her.
After all, they had to work together in the next month, and others took the initiative to find him, so Tong Yan also took advantage of the opportunity to chat with them.
Just after dealing with a disciple, He Zhan arrived at some unknown time. He imitated Tong's words and sat on the board of the boat, looking at her with a bit of dissatisfaction in his glass-like eyes.
"What's there to talk about with them? Sister Yan, why do you have to deal with them on your own?" They just fancy her status as a direct descendant and want to curry favor with her. Why bother to deal with people with impure motives.
Tong Yan stretched out a finger and pushed his forehead reproachfully, "That's not what you said. It will take a few hours for the flying boat to arrive at Wucen River. The journey is long. Talking to others and distracting your mind will make you feel that time has passed.
Hurry up."
He Zhan's words seemed a bit contemptuous of others, not even his own family. Such words could easily offend others when he went out.
He Zhan certainly understood the truth, and he also knew that there was deep concern behind her reproach, but he just hated those unimportant people occupying her time.
"It turns out that Sister Yan is bored, so I will talk to you here so that you won't be bored anymore."
Thinking that he could follow Tong Yan every step of the way, He Zhan's exotic blue eyes were filled with joy.
But before he could be happy for a moment, a voice he hated sounded.
"Uncle Tong, how are you doing? Is it okay for me, disciple, to sit on the deck of this boat?" Without turning around, He Zhan knew that the owner of the voice was He Zhaoyu, his annoying brother who should have died long ago.
"It's up to you." Tong Yan turned his head and looked at the person, then said it calmly.
It's not like she was responsible for the decking of the boat, so he could sit on it whenever he wanted.
He Zhan next to him lowered his head, his smile disappeared completely, and a fierce look flashed in his deep blue eyes.
As soon as she finished speaking, Tong Yan turned around. Her cold attitude made He Zhaoyu's eyes flicker, and his eyes glanced at He Zhan who was sitting next to her, intentionally or unintentionally.
He sat familiarly three steps away from Tong Yan. As if he didn't know He Zhan, he glanced at him lightly, then looked very embarrassed and explained to Tong Yan why he came to the mine.
"...I can't learn the side sects like array talismans well. Apart from the spiritual stones that the sect issues every month, I have no other income. Usually I can only do a lot of sect tasks to earn spiritual stones, but I can
Most of the tasks I do are not very profitable, and no matter how much I do, they can’t compare to a trip to the mine, so I took the risk and signed up to follow.”
He was talking about the current situation of many sect disciples. The cultivation journey of the lower class disciples has always been very difficult.
The resources handed down by the sect are very limited, and they can barely maintain basic cultivation. If you want to obtain more cultivation resources and improve your cultivation, you must take on tasks or engage in other side projects to make money.
It's okay for those who have some talent, they can achieve success in their studies, and make a living by relying on one skill. However, if they can't learn anything, they can only do tasks frequently.
Probably because he had misunderstood that she cared about him before, but he secretly signed up again after she left. He felt that he had failed her for all her hard work, so he came to explain.
After figuring out the reason He Zhaoyu wanted to explain to him, Tong Yan thought for a while and said, "Since you have decided to come, you must be well prepared. The mine is no safer than the sect, so be more careful."
The words of concern made He Zhaoyu's smile become more obvious, and his gratitude was beyond words. "Uncle Master cares so much about his disciples. Zhaoyu will never let him down. I will definitely follow Uncle Master when we are in the mine."
Let’s take steps to resist foreign enemies together.”
I don’t know which of my words expressed the childlike words that asked him to follow me:???