That day, the sun shone brightly at noon.
Yunxia School, back of the mountain, Hidden Spirit Garden.
Gu Qingfeng was lying on an armchair, basking in the sun. It had been five or six days since he came to Yunxia School. Every day, he would play chess with Huo De and drink wine with him. His life was very comfortable.
In the garden, other than Gu Qingfeng who was basking in the sun, there was also a young man who was diligently practicing martial arts. He looked to be in his early twenties. His skin was dark and he looked very sturdy. At first glance, one could tell that he was an honest person.
This was indeed the case. Gu Qingfeng knew this young man. His name was Wang Dashan, and he was the odd-job worker of the Hidden Spirit Garden. The young man was very honest and straightforward. He was also very diligent. Usually, after taking care of the garden, he would practice martial arts hard.
What puzzled Gu Qingfeng was that every day at noon, this guy would carry a hoe and leave for a period of time. It was the same today. After practicing a set of martial arts, Wang Dashan carried the hoe and a bag of tools and was ready to leave.
"Childe, I will leave for a while."
Wang Dashan was an honest person. Huo De had told him to treat Gu Qingfeng like his own grandfather, so he did as he was told and called him "Childe" every day.
Gu Qingfeng drank a cup of wine and asked, "Dashan, what do you do with the hoe every day?"
"To take care of my spiritual field."
Spiritual field?
Gu Qingfeng knew that spiritual field was used to plant all kinds of herbs. He joked, "I didn't know that you were planting spiritual fields."
Wang Dashan grinned and said, "I have been planting spiritual fields ever since I entered Yunxia School."
"Where is your spiritual field? Is it far? "
"It's not far. It's in the Red Leaves Valley near the school."
"Let's go. Show me."
Huo De, that old man, had run off early in the morning. Gu Qingfeng was bored and thought about going out to take a look.
"Ah … Childe, you are going too!"
"Why? I can't go yet. "
"I … I didn't mean that … It's just that it's noon right now and the sun is very hot. It's even hotter in Red Leaves Valley. I'm afraid you …"
"Come on, it's just a hot spot." Gu Qingfeng stood up and stretched. He looked at the scorching sun hanging in the sky and yawned. "Don't talk about it. I just want to bask in the sun for a while. Let's go."
"Then … Alright!"
Seeing that Gu Qingfeng was determined to go, Wang Dashan could not refuse. He brought Gu Qingfeng with him to Red Leaves Ravine.
Yunxia School was abuzz with rumors and slanders these days. Wang Dashan had also heard about them. Naturally, he knew that this childe was the Childe Chiyan whom Ouyang Ye fell in love with at first sight. He also knew that Gu Qingfeng had a useless Foundation Establishment body. It seemed that it was Ouyang Ye who brought him to Yunxia School in the hope that Elder Huo De would help him.
At first, Wang Dashan thought so too. However, after a few days of observation, he realized that something was wrong. This was because this young master did not respect Elder Huo De at all. Not only did he not respect him, but he was also very casual and impudent in front of Elder Huo De. He even dared to call him 'old man' in front of Elder Huo De.
That was Elder Huo De, the most senior and most senior elder in Yunxia School.
No one in Yunxia School dared to speak to Elder Huo De like that.
How could this childe be so bold? Moreover, Elder Huo De did not seem to care at all.
If he was really here to ask Elder Huo De for help, shouldn't he be very respectful to Elder Huo De?
Wang Dashan could not figure it out. Of course, he did not dare to ask too much.
After leaving the sect and leaping over a mountain, the two of them arrived at Red Leaves Ravine. This place was vast and filled with spirit fields.
Gu Qingfeng looked around and saw many disciples busying themselves in the spirit fields. After asking around, he found out that most of the disciples in Yunxia School had their own spirit fields.
Life was not easy, and cultivation was even harder.
Cultivation sects were not charitable organizations. On the contrary, if you wanted to enter a sect to cultivate, you had to pay a lot of tuition fees every year. Most of the disciples were born poor. They might be able to afford the tuition fees, but they could not afford the various resources needed for cultivation.
If they were successful in cultivation or were proficient in an immortal art, they could go out to make money. For example, they could refine talismans or set up formations. For example, Ouyang Ye was proficient in music, so he could sell his skills to earn some money. If they were confident in their own strength, they could also go out in groups of three or five to adventure and hunt for treasures.
Of course, the premise of making money was that your cultivation was high and you were proficient in an immortal art. There were more than ten thousand people in Yunxia School, and most of them relied on immortal arts to make money. The outer disciples did not have this ability yet. Even the outer disciples were like this, let alone Wang Dashan, who was just a handyman.
It was said that this guy had been a handyman in Yunxia School for several years, but he was still in the eighth stage of the Acquired Realm. As for immortal arts, it seemed that he specialized in martial arts. However, because his comprehension was too poor, he had not even learned the most basic martial arts technique, the Flaming Fist.
Gu Qingfeng looked around as he walked. There were all kinds of things planted in these spirit fields. There were Fire Bead Grass, Star Leaf Fruit, and so on. These things were almost all herbs used to refine elixirs.
After walking around the valley for more than an hour, he finally arrived at Wang Dashan's spirit field at the foot of a very desolate mountain.
This kid's spiritual field was not big, about one mu in size, and he only planted the most common Fire Bead Grass. This thing was not very valuable, and its value was not high, but it was easy to raise and grew quickly. It could be harvested in about a month. Looking at the dense and bright red Fire Bead Grass in Wang Dashan's spiritual field, it seemed that they could be harvested in a few days.
Gu Qingfeng had been practicing for hundreds of years. When he was practicing, he had done all kinds of things, such as digging holes, stealing, and robbing when he was poor. However, when it came to planting spirit fields, he had never done anything like that.
Seeing Wang Dashan meticulously tending to the fire bead grass in the spirit field, Gu Qingfeng's interest was piqued. He looked around and found a barren area. Carrying his hoe, he began to plow the field.
"Young Master, you … what are you doing?"
Wang Dashan was shocked to see him plow the field.
"Since I have nothing to do, I'll plow a piece of barren land and try planting one mu of spirit fields."
"Young Master, how can you plant spirit fields …"
"What are you talking about? Why can't I plant spirit fields? Is there any other reason?"
"That's not what I meant … There's no other reason. It's just that … It's just that I heard that your musical attainments are very high. Many people in the First-rank Mountain Villa have offered high prices to invite you to play … Why do you need to plant spirit fields here …"
Wang Dashan really could not understand. He had heard that when he was in the First-rank Mountain Villa, someone had offered four to five hundred thousand Spirit Stones to invite Gu Qingfeng to play. That was four to five hundred thousand Spirit Stones. This number was simply a sky-high price for him. He could only earn about a hundred Spirit Stones by planting spirit fields for a year.
"Since I have nothing to do, why find something to do?"
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