Chapter 149: Chores

After hearing these words, Han Li naturally kept them firmly in his heart.

"Since you've collected your things, follow me to see the disciples who teach the techniques!" After Uncle-Master Wang finished speaking, he took Han Li and soared on his magic tool again.

This time, the distance they flew was even closer, and in the blink of an eye, they landed at the foot of a nearby mountain. There was a huge stone building built against the mountain, and the stone plaque in front of the building had the three golden characters "Technique Pavilion" written on it. And there were some young disciples coming in and out nearby, which was quite lively.

This time, Uncle-Master Wang didn't say anything and walked in first, with Han Li following closely behind. Some disciples obviously recognized this Uncle-Master Wang and kept bowing and greeting him, and Uncle-Master Wang also nodded and signaled with a smile. It seemed that his popularity in Yellow Maple Valley was truly not bad.

After entering the stone building, Han Li unexpectedly discovered that the back part of this Technique Pavilion actually extended into the mountain belly, and it was extremely spacious inside. And as soon as they went in, there was a row of stone doors lined up before their eyes, and disciples were coming in and out of these doors.

Han Li wanted to take a closer look, but Uncle-Master Wang pushed open the third door on the right and walked in on his own. This made Han Li hesitate, not knowing whether he should follow closely behind.

"Come in!" Uncle-Master Wang didn't let Han Li wait long, and appeared at the door again in a while, and greeted Han Li to come in.

There were not many people in the room, only a disciple in his thirties in green clothes, standing respectfully beside Uncle-Master Wang. After seeing Han Li enter, he smiled kindly at him.

"This is Wu Feng, who is specifically responsible for the cultivation techniques of new disciples. If you have any questions about cultivation techniques in the future, you can come and ask him. In the mastery of basic cultivation techniques, Wu Feng is enough to rank in the top ten of the younger generation!" Uncle-Master Wang's words were extremely appreciative of this person.

"Please give me more guidance in the future, Senior Brother Wu!" Han Li said respectfully. He knew very well that this was his cultivation technique master for the next period of time, and he could not be negligent!

"Haha! Uncle-Master praises me too much. Actually, I only have a rough understanding of low-tier cultivation techniques. I can just discuss and comprehend them with Junior Brother Han!" This Senior Brother Wu said very politely.

"Nephew-Disciple Wu, I know very well how your cultivation techniques are, no need to be too humble! The matter of Nephew-Disciple Han's cultivation techniques will be left to you. I am just bringing him here to let you two get to know each other, and then I have to take him to other places to say hello, so I won't stay here with you for long!"

Uncle-Master Wang was quite straightforward. After saying these words, he left the room amidst the respectful farewell of this Senior Brother Wu and Han Li.

In the following period of time, this Uncle-Master Wang conscientiously took Han Li to several other necessary places, introduced several deacon disciples to him, and told him about some daily precautions. Only then did he take him back to the group of stone houses where the gray-clothed elder was, and let him choose any stone room as his residence, before leaving him alone and returning on his own.

Han Li stood in front of the stone room he had chosen and looked at his simple residence with a bitter smile.

By this time, he already knew that disciples who had practiced their basic cultivation techniques to the tenth layer could leave this place and move to a place called Mount Xuankun to live. There, the disciples in the sect could be much freer! Not only could they build their own residences on the mountain at will, but there were also no restrictions on the type and size of the houses, which made Han Li yearn for it.

However, although his cultivation technique had not reached the tenth layer, Han Li did not really intend to live in this stone room for a long time.

He suddenly smiled lightly, then took out the green leaf magic tool for flying from his storage bag. After injecting magic power into the magic tool, he threw it into the air and jumped on it.

At first, because Han Li was not familiar with this thing, he flew crookedly, up and down, and was extremely unstable. But not long after, he easily got the hang of it and could fly freely and gracefully, just like that Uncle-Master Wang, with his hands behind his back.

Although this magic tool was easy to get the hang of and simple to operate, it was obvious that its speed was not very fast, just a little faster than an ordinary steed. This was no wonder why every disciple in the valley could have one. Although the green leaf magic tool was a bit poor, it was Han Li's first time flying in the air, so he played with it with great interest for half a day.

"Haha!" Amidst the laughter, Han Li, who had had enough of the fun of flying, finally drove the magic tool and flew toward a certain place.

On the way, he also brushed past several other disciples who were also flying. Perhaps because Han Li's face was too unfamiliar, these people all looked at Han Li curiously, but when they saw that he was only at the ninth layer of cultivation technique, they all looked away with disdain.

Han Li saw all the actions of these people, but there was no expression on his face, while he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. It seemed that these disciples of the so-called large immortal sects were no different from the mortals in the secular world, and were equally snobbish!

Just as Han Li was thinking, he arrived in front of a large group of buildings, landed in front of a great hall hanging with the words "Hundred Machines Hall," and walked in with big strides.

A middle-aged deacon-like person in the hall was surprised to see Han Li enter and couldn't help but ask: "Junior Brother Han, why did you come back so soon? Where is Uncle-Master Wang?"

This was a place that Uncle-Master Wang had hurriedly visited with Han Li, and this deacon was also someone Han Li had only met once, so he was greatly surprised to see him return to this place.

"Senior Brother Yu, when I came here just now, I heard that this is the place to collect miscellaneous work, right?" Han Li didn't answer the other party's inquiry immediately, but asked with a smile.

"Not bad, it is indeed! Does Junior Brother want to collect tasks so soon? Junior Brother Han is a new disciple, and according to the rules, you can familiarize yourself with the sect's situation for a month before collecting work. There is no need to be so anxious!" The deacon said in surprise.

"Haha, it's okay! I just want to find something to do now. I wonder if there is a shortage of people for planting work?" Han Li smiled slightly.

"This is not easy to handle? All disciples come to collect tasks, and they are assigned to whatever work they are assigned to, and they are not allowed to pick and choose! Unless they can prove that they truly have expertise in a certain area, they can be given special care!" The deacon said in a difficult manner.

Upon hearing this, Han Li frowned. Did he really have to go to that Uncle-Master Ye?

"It doesn't matter, let this Nephew-Disciple Han choose any planting work he likes!" A voice that Han Li found somewhat familiar came from behind him, which surprised Han Li. He turned his head and saw that the elder surnamed Ye was standing behind him at some point, looking at Han Li with a smile on his face.

"Hall Master, you're back!" The middle-aged deacon bowed respectfully to the elder as soon as he saw him.

"Hmm, I'm back!" The elder said noncommittally.

"Uncle-Master Ye!" Han Li also hurriedly bowed respectfully.

"Haha, Nephew-Disciple Han came really fast! I was just preparing to give instructions to my subordinates as soon as I returned here, letting you choose any work you like, Nephew-Disciple!" This Uncle-Master Ye seemed to be in a very good mood and said jokingly.

"Thank you for your concern, Uncle-Master! I just came over to take a look, to see if I could find a suitable task without bothering you, Uncle-Master?" Han Li said very shyly.

"I have the final say here, what trouble is there! Deacon Yu, take out all the planting work and let Nephew-Disciple Han choose until he is satisfied!" The elder waved his hand generously, signaling his subordinate to act according to his orders.

This deacon surnamed Yu was dumbfounded by these words, looked at Han Li deeply, and then hurriedly went to find the bamboo slips recording the miscellaneous work. In his heart, he couldn't help but guess the relationship between Han Li and his superior.

"The planting work handed down from above is all here. Junior Brother Han, take a good look!" Deacon Yu returned quickly, holding a bundle of cyan-colored bamboo slips.

Han Li thanked him and began to read the bamboo slips carefully.

"Take charge of thirteen Five-Flower Trees, and hand in two hundred fruits every year."

"Carefully take care of one three-hundred-year-old Fire Cloud Ginseng, ensuring its spiritual nature is not lost."

"Plant one acre of Moon Plum Grass, and hand in one hundred catties of dried grass every season."

"Take care of a piece of Yellow Jade Bamboo Forest,..."

The planting work on the bamboo slips was varied and quite numerous! But the ones in the front did not catch Han Li's eye. When the bamboo slips were turned to the middle, a task that Han Li was very satisfied with finally appeared.

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