Chapter 140

What the hell forced mission—just don't come and everything's fine.

Hearing that, Bai Hua Xianzi smiled and nodded.

"Alright, I'll pass the word later, cause trouble for the two senior brothers; Bai Hua apologizes on behalf of the disciples."

Look, look, this is what a peak master is.

Upon hearing Bai Hua Xianzi's words, the two old men almost cried from emotion, and Third Elder even more so spoke with feeling.

"This is the difference between people."

Seeing them off personally, on the way back to Zhu Feng, Third Elder couldn't help but say.

"If some people could be like Junior Sister Bai Hua, we'd have it much easier."

"Yeah, not even talking about being like her—if some people could learn even a ten-thousandth of Junior Sister Bai Hua's ability, my Law Enforcement Hall could support them with incense."

Speaking, the two exchanged a glance, then let out a deep sigh.

The idea is good, but how could it be possible?

At Jinhai Yingdi, Hong Zun, who was resting on a Tǎng yǐ together with Ye Zhangqing and Qing Shi, suddenly sneezed.

"What's wrong with you? Did you drink alcohol into your windpipe?"

Qing Shi beside him teased, hearing that, Hong Zun rubbed his nose.

"Who the hell is jabbering behind my back?"

Totally unaware of what's happening in the Sect, and lately even fewer Jade Maiden Peak disciples have come, but nobody cares—if they don't come, they don't come; having fewer rivals isn't bad, is it?

Jade Maiden Peak, Bai Hua Xianzi's Dong Fu—Zhao Rou stepped in and paid respect to Bai Hua Xianzi seated on the main seat.

"Shīzūn, are you looking for me?"

"Hmm, I heard you've been causing a ruckus in the Mission Hall lately, to the point of disturbing even the dogs and chickens."

Even while questioning, her face still bore a gentle smile; Bai Hua Xianzi is such a person, giving off a feeling of gentleness, constantly making one feel like basking in spring breeze.

She seems never to lose her temper—at least Zhao Rou, the senior disciple, has never seen Shīzūn lose temper; she always appears gentle.

Hearing that, Zhao Rou didn't think much and spoke truthfully.

"It's not really mischief; everyone is just taking missions normally, and the Sect hasn't set a limit on how many missions one can take, right?"

"That said, one can't be completely reckless—your Third Elder has already filed a complaint with me."

It wasn't a harsh reprimand; just have Zhao Rou tell the disciples not to go to the Mission Hall for a while.

"Recently I need to go out for a while; the affairs of Jade Maiden Peak are to be handled by you and the other Elders—remember what I just said."

No punishment; normally Bai Hua Xianzi rarely disciplines disciples, and even if they err she only gives gentle instruction.

Hearing that, Zhao Rou respectfully replied.

"Yes, disciple understands."

Leaving Shīzūn's presence, Zhao Rou quickly passed the order down; upon learning they could no longer go to the Mission Hall, the disciples were momentarily stunned.

If we don't go to the Mission Hall, what about Sect Points?

Lately, in order to quickly raise their cultivation, their Sect Points have been decreasing like flowing water.

If we can't take missions, how will we cultivate from now on?

Soon a disciple approached Zhao Rou and began to complain.

"Senior Sister, if we can't take missions, how will we cultivate?"

"Exactly, this is when expenses are huge—how are we supposed to survive?"

Without Sect Points, moving an inch in Dao Yi Sect is impossible; Zhao Rou understands the junior sisters' feelings, but this is Shīzūn's order and she can't do anything about it.

"I understand the junior sisters' feelings, but Shīzūn has already given the order—I have no way either."

"Third Elder has even filed the complaint all the way to Shīzūn."

Upon learning it was Third Elder who filed the complaint, the disciples instantly became angry.

"How old are you, still filing petty complaints against disciples?"

"It's just taking a few extra missions—you lack any breadth of mind."

"Being old and disrespectful, why doesn't he go tell my imperial father?"

This simply cuts off everyone's livelihood—while the disciples were cursing in displeasure, beside Zhao Rou, Jade Maiden Peak's third senior sister Zhong Ling spoke up.

"Alright, what can swearing like that solve? If it gets out, people will think our Jade Maiden Peak is a bunch of shrews."

"But Senior Sister, what should we do now? If we can't take missions, how can we earn Sect Points?"

Everyone knows that to earn Sect Points, the Mission Hall is absolutely the first choice.

Facing the junior sisters' complaints, Zhong Ling revealed a pure smile and spoke slowly.

"Who said only the Mission Hall can earn Sect Points?"

? ？？

"Senior Sister, what do you mean by that?"

"Yeah, if we don't take missions, how do we earn Sect Points?"

Facing the junior sisters' doubts, Zhong Ling explained.

"The Mission Hall is indeed the fastest, most direct way to earn Sect Points, but it's not the only one; since Third Elder forbids us from going to the Mission Hall, we can go find Fifth Elder."

"Fifth Elder? The Miscellaneous Affairs Hall?"

A disciple quickly realized that Fifth Elder oversees the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.

Handling Dao Yi Sect's big and small miscellaneous tasks, the most common being constructing houses, distributing cultivation resources, and so on.

But how can the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall earn Sect Points?

"Third Senior Sister, what can the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall do?"

You forgot there are some jobs in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, like chopping wood, delivering messages, running errands, etc., all of which earn Sect Points.

"Although each time is not much, but when accumulated it is also a considerable income."

As soon as this was said, all the disciples' eyes lit up. Yeah, how could one have forgotten the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall?

Unlike the Mission Hall, the work in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall is basically long-term, and moreover involves little difficulty, and the income is also very low.

For example, chopping trees— that black iron wood requires ten black iron trees to earn one sect point, and moreover black iron wood is extremely hard, very difficult to chop; a Menial Disciple with Body Tempering Realm cultivation might not even be able to chop five in a day.

Also, delivering letters— usually to the various industries of the Dao Yi Sect in the mundane world— the sect points are not high either, and it is extremely boring and time-consuming.

So, even Outer Door Disciples would not go to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, and thus it was naturally overlooked.

But now, with Zhong Ling's words, the disciples' thoughts became active, and some even began to speak to themselves.

If calculated based on Purple Mansion Realm cultivation, three swords can chop down one black iron tree, and if ten black iron trees count as one sect point, then with rest and recovery time, one can chop at least five hundred black iron trees in a day, which would be fifty points.........

Fifty sect points already matches the missions of the Mission Hall; the more they spoke, the brighter the disciples' eyes became— they could actually do this.

Moreover, the key point is that the work in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall differs from missions; those are long-term, and the contribution points you earn are exactly proportional to what you complete, with no limits.

Before, no one had noticed this, but now the Jade Maiden Peak disciples all broke into sweet smiles, saying to Third Senior Sister Zhong Ling,

"Third Senior Sister is wise; the junior sisters admire her."

"You junior sisters are too kind; as the saying goes, heaven does not cut off one's path of survival— so shall we all go to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall tomorrow?"

"Let's go together, let's go together."