Chapter 112: Sect Contributions

  Having guarded the entrance of the cave for over a decade, Yue Shan was not familiar with the situation inside, but he knew very well what kind of treasures and spiritual beasts were produced inside the cave, and had also seen various heavenly materials such as spiritual jade, inner elixir crystals, and other earthly treasures.

  When Qin Yun took out the python pearl to show him, Yue Shan's first thought was that he couldn't believe it, and he even rubbed his eyes with a somewhat comical expression to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

  Black Water Snake Pearl!

  "This is actually a crystal bead of an intermediate demon beast, and it must be a treasure that can only be nurtured by a fully grown intermediate demon beast. How did Qin Yun get it?"

  He is just a new entry-level disciple, with the strength of the sixth layer of Qi Refining Heaven, how can he possibly eliminate an adult mid-level demon beast!

  "You, you, this, this..." Yue Shan was tongue-tied and couldn't even speak smoothly: "Is it really the Black Water Python Pearl?"

  "Unbelievable!" Qin Yun joked, of course understanding why the other was so shocked: "I'm quite lucky and used several talismans given by my master to finally take down that black water python. Unfortunately, I only managed to harvest its inner dan and python pearl, nothing else could be brought back."

  After Qin Yun's explanation, Yue Shan's expression finally returned to normal.

  He knew Qin Yun's master, Shui Wanying, and Shui Wanying was also somewhat famous in the Sword Sect for her ability to refine Dan medicine symbols. Giving Qin Yun a few spiritual symbols for self-defense was absolutely normal.

  All I can say is that Qin Yun's luck was good enough. Just looking at the bloodstained appearance on his body, he must have gone through a fierce battle.

  "It's really a newborn calf not afraid of tigers!" Yue Shan sighed sincerely: "Your luck is really good, encountering the black water snake and coming back alive is already lucky, you even killed it..."

  "It's enough to get the internal elixir and python pearl, don't go down anymore, the sect just gave an order today." He turned around and said to his companion beside him: "Old Five, quickly invite Lin Shibo over!"

  The warrior named Lao Wu responded with a sound and quickly walked towards the courtyard not far from the cave entrance.

  The entrance of the Cold Abyss is always guarded by warriors, and there are also Innate Experts and Qi Refiners stationed there.

  Yue Shan continued to say to Qin Yun, "Younger brother, you may not know that apart from the Lingyu, the Yao Shou Jingzhu is also required to be handed over to the sect. However, the sect will not treat you unfairly and will give you a corresponding contribution reward according to its rank."

  "It's my duty, so I can't let you go!"

  Qin Yun smiled and said, "Then let's follow the rules. As long as I don't suffer a loss, how can I make things difficult for you?"

  "That's good..."

  Yue Shan rubbed his hands together somewhat awkwardly, seemingly wanting to say something but unable to bring himself to do so.

  Qin Yun's mind was quick-witted, and he immediately saw the inappropriateness of his words. He couldn't help but ask: "Yue Shan big brother, do you have anything else to say? Just tell me, what command did the sect give earlier?"

  "Oh, right!" Yue Shan said immediately: "After the detection of the sect's Qi Master, this year's cold tide in the Cold Abyss may arrive ahead of schedule. To ensure the safety of the disciples, from tomorrow on, the cave will be closed, and some masters have already gone to inform those who are still inside."

  "So don't risk taking other parts of the Black Water Python, and I want to ask... " He was clearly hesitant, his originally dark face flushing with red: "Younger brother, can you give me that Black Water Python inner dan? I'll give you 400, no, 500 sect contributions!"

  "How does it look?"

  Yueshan has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, but he has always been proud and never easily asks for help from others. Today is an exception.

  After all, Yue Shan and Qin Yun didn't know each other for long, and there wasn't a deep relationship between them. If it weren't for the fact that this thing was too important to him, he wouldn't have spoken up.

  Five hundred sects make contributions!

  Qin Yun was secretly shocked and did not expect the inner dan of Heishui Mang to be so valuable.

  He was well aware of how difficult it was to obtain contributions for the Sword Sect, and tasks like collecting the inner dan of a Frost Ice Beast only yielded a few points of contribution reward even after completion.

  Five hundred contributions are probably the accumulation of Yue Shan's hard work for more than a decade, and I don't know what reason made him willing to take it out in exchange for Heishui Mang's inner elixir.

  Seeing Qin Yun didn't immediately respond, Yue Shan's face turned even redder, and he awkwardly said: "Ah, sorry about that, little brother, I was too presumptuous."

  Qin Yun came to his senses and immediately took out the beast skin bag containing the demon beast's inner dan and handed it over: "No, no, since Brother Yue Shan wants it, then take it for 400 taels!"

  Yue Shan is a straightforward and generous person, considered to be Qin Yun's first friend in the Sword Sect. Although their friendship is not deep, he has given Qin Yun many pointers.

  What's most important is that Yueshan seems to need this demon beast core, while Qin Yun himself doesn't have a use for it; exchanging it for a contribution to the sect would also be a good choice.

  So he naturally took out his inner elixir.

  "This is too much..." Yue Shan's face was still red, but not because he was embarrassed, rather excited: "I won't let you lose out, I'll definitely contribute 500, actually 500 isn't enough, but that's all I have for now..."

  Qin Yun smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, you take it first, any amount is fine!"

  "No, not for now!" Yue Shan rubbed his hands together until they were almost worn out: "I still need to ask Shui Shi Jie for help in refining the Xian Tian Dan, tomorrow I will bring the sect's contribution over to you."

  The Xiantian Dan is a high-grade elixir, used by martial artists who have reached the Great Completion of Qi Refining to break through the boundaries of their innate abilities. It is extremely precious and hard to come by, and even in the marketplaces, it is priceless.

  Yue Shan had been a disciple of the Jianzong sect for over a decade, and although he was still an inner sect disciple, due to being stuck at the Great Qi Formation bottleneck for a long time, he could only do some tasks like guarding the cave.

  He sought the inner elixir of the Black Water Python to refine his pre-heavenly elixir, which could be said to be his last hope.

  At this time, Wushi Lao Wu brought a gray-robed old man with white hair over. Yue Shan signaled to Qin Yun to withdraw his inner elixir and stepped forward to greet the other party: "I've seen Master Lin!"

  The old man in grey robes nodded expressionlessly, his cold gaze falling on Qin Yun: "Let me take a look at the python pearl!"

  He was slender and small in stature, looking like he would fall over with a gentle breeze, but the aura that emanated from him was enough to make anyone dare not underestimate him, especially when his gaze fell upon them. Qin Yun felt as though all his secrets had been laid bare under the other's piercing stare.

  Of course, this was just an illusion created by a low-level martial artist facing a high-ranking strongman. Qin Yun did not dare to be slow and immediately presented the python pearl with both hands.

  The old man in grey robes took the python pearl and looked at it, revealing a satisfied expression. He nodded his head and said: "Not bad, this python pearl has an aura of at least over a hundred years. Our sect will take it, I'll record 700 contributions for you!"

  After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, as if no one was there.

  Is that it? Qin Yun was stunned.

  However, with the 700 contributions from the sect and the additional 500 contributions from Yue Shan, the total harvest for killing a Black Water Python was 1,200 contributions. There was also a python tendon in his backpack!

  Of course, Qin Yun also understood that such a good thing was hard to come by. He was lucky enough to discover the cave and use the Ice Seal Thousand Mile Symbol to freeze the Black Water Python, barely succeeding in taking down this mid-level demon beast.

  "I'll help you with the rest of the things..." Yue Shan smiled and said: "I'll bring the contribution over to you tomorrow."

  "Good!"

  With Yueshan's help, things became much simpler. As the sky was about to darken, Qin Yun returned to Cloud Water Pavilion with a full harvest.

  That night he didn't practice his usual Xuan Gong, and after treating his injuries and changing clothes, he lay in bed thinking about many things until very late before falling asleep.

  In his dream, Qin Yun saw his grandfather Qin Yang, saw Qin Mingzhu, and a couple with blurry faces, vaguely his parents he had never met.

  ………

  It snowed all night and didn't stop until dawn.

  The yard of Yunshui Xiaozhu was piled up with thick snow, and even the gate was blocked. After Qin Yun returned from attending the early class in Xuanwu City, he had to pick up an iron shovel and work hard for half a day to clear the snow cleanly.

  It was nearly noon when Green Willow arrived, bringing two unicycles back with him.

  The car was loaded with a lot of food, and it's said that due to the heavy snow blocking the mountain roads, the prices of rice, grains, fruits, vegetables, meat, and eggs in the city have risen sharply. Green Willow and those housewives rushed to buy many things, most of which were sent back to Yunshui Xiaozhu.

  She was in a good mood today and even personally went into the kitchen to cook a sumptuous lunch for Qin Yun.

  Qin Yun obtained all the Cong Bing Zhu from the cold and dark cave and gave them to her. With these hundreds of Cong Bing Zhu, she can cultivate Bi Bo Jue to the Great Perfection Realm without any problem, and there will be some left over to sell in the shop.

  Although there were no words of gratitude, Qin Yun could feel the girl's appreciation for him, and this appreciation was reflected in every detail of her daily life.

  The business at Danfu Square was booming, so Lvyu hurried back in the afternoon. Then Yueshan arrived at Yunshui Xiaozhu.

  He brought the Jade Seal Record to Qin Yun.

  Jade Seal Record is a special jade symbol used within the Sword Sect to record contributions to the sect. It is made of specially crafted hard jade and will not be easily damaged, and can also be strung together with the disciple's identity plate.

  The surface of the Jade Seal Record is engraved with special runes, which are refined by the sect's Qi refining masters using secret methods, making it impossible to replicate.

  The sect's contribution allows for transactions and gifts, and can even be exchanged for small contribution point cards. Qin Yun originally obtained a contribution point card.

  In addition to the 700 contributions originally awarded to him, Yue Shan also transferred his own 500 contributions into it.

  Under the guidance of Yue Shan, Qin Yun input a thread of true energy into the Jade Seal Record, and indeed, the words representing the number appeared on the jade surface, exactly one thousand two hundred points.

  Such a wonderful thing Qin Yun had never seen before, holding it in his hand and playing with it repeatedly was very refreshing.

  "This jade seal record, you must keep it well and never lose it, losing it will not be compensated." Yueshan reminded: "Also, don't let others see how much contribution is inside!"

  The principle of not showing off one's wealth was naturally understood by Qin Yun: "Understood!"

  "Then I'll be waiting for your good news!" Yue Shan laughed.

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