No hope for eternal life

Chapter 250 Revealing one's feelings

"Excuse me, Senior Brother Wang, what do I usually do during a mission?" Mu Changsheng asked.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother." Wang Tianhua said with a smile: "The Tianshui Realm branch is led by Elder Gao. He won't assign you any tedious tasks. At most, he will ask you to run errands. To put it bluntly, he will let you practice in a different place. This is also a benefit for low-level disciples like you. If you stay in Tianshui Realm for three years, you will get 100 contribution points. Other disciples want this kind of task but can't get it."

Mu Changsheng no longer had any doubts after hearing this, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Wang, for your care. I don't know when we will leave."

"Five days later, you go find Junior Brother Yan Zihua, and then you will go to the Tianshuijie branch together." Wang Tianhua said: "In addition, after accepting this mission, you don't have to accept sect missions for the three years you are stationed at the Tianshuijie branch. Your sect mission time will start to be calculated again after the garrison mission is over."

"Junior brother, I understand." Mu Changsheng nodded slightly. In this way, he only needs to complete one more sect mission within six years.

After Wang Tianhua left, Mu Changsheng found his parents and explained the situation.

"Well, the sect has been so good to you, you must also repay the sect and carry out the mission." Mu Yanggu instructed.

Chen Wanru handed Mu Changsheng a storage bag and said, "When you get outside, don't skimp on the spiritual stones you should spend."

Mu Changsheng casually checked the storage bag and was immediately surprised: "How come you have so many spirit stones?"

There were actually tens of thousands of high-quality spirit stones in the storage bag. No wonder Mu Changsheng was so surprised.

Mu Yanggu said calmly: "These are all obtained from planting spiritual objects on the mountain."

"How is this possible? Even if we plant spiritual objects all over this mountain, it would be great if we could harvest a thousand high-quality spirit stones a year. Dad and Mom, please don't lie to me. Tell me what's going on?" Mu Changsheng asked anxiously, his heart full of worry. He didn't believe that spiritual stones would fall from the sky.

Seeing Mu Changsheng's anxious look, Chen Wanru smiled and said, "We didn't lie to you. These spirit stones were obtained by planting spirit objects. However, we are not only managing this Duzhao Peak, but 17 peaks."

"Seventeen mountains?" Mu Changsheng was slightly stunned.

Mu Yanggu explained, "Aren't there a lot of unowned mountains around? Your mother and I thought about talking to the sect to see if we could rent some mountains to us. In the end, the sect guardian spirit came forward and agreed to rent them to us at the price of 300 high-grade spirit stones per mountain per year. We did some calculations and found that after deducting the rental price of 300 high-grade spirit stones per year, we could still make a lot of money, so we rented 16 mountains in one go."

"If there were only two of us, we could rent more mountains." Chen Wanru said proudly.

"So that's how it is." Mu Changsheng finally felt relieved. He knew that if this could be accomplished, Taoist Shi'an must have helped a lot. But he then instructed, "Dad, Mom, you can't fall behind in your daily cultivation. It's better to plant a few fewer mountains."

"What you said is not right." Mu Yanggu shook his head and said, "Our cultivation has not fallen behind. In the past two years, we have obtained spirit stones and bought two golden-patterned fruits. Now your mother and I have both reached the middle stage of the golden elixir."

"Then you can't accept my spirit stones. You can use these spirit stones to continue buying golden-patterned fruits." Mu Changsheng still refused his parents' spirit stones. He knew that these more than ten thousand high-quality spirit stones must be all his parents' savings.

Mu Changsheng wanted to return the storage bag to Chen Wanru, but Chen Wanru refused to accept it and insisted: "Your cultivation is the most important. There is a long time to come. There is no rush for us to cultivate."

This time, Mu Yanggu also said to Chen Wanru: "Your mother is right. You will be gone for three years. We will naturally have spiritual stones after the harvest next year. You don't need to worry about us."

"Okay." Mu Changsheng accepted the spirit stones reluctantly. Seeing that his parents were so insistent, he didn't want to be pretentious. Besides, he had consumed most of the high-quality spirit stones during his practice in this year. He really needed a batch of high-quality spirit stones now.

When Chen Wanru saw Mu Changsheng accept the spirit stones, she immediately smiled and told Mu Changsheng, "You must thank Master Zhen Ling very much. If it weren't for her, it would be a problem whether we could rent so many mountains. In addition, it was she who told us that you can use high-quality spirit stones for cultivation."

"I understand, son." Mu Changsheng showed a bitter smile. Looking at his parents' expressions, they probably didn't know about Taoist Shi's "good intentions". The rental price of three hundred high-quality spirit stones a year was indeed cheap enough, so Mu Changsheng had to accept this favor.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng left Duzhao Peak and went to Lingzhen Peak where Taoist Master Xian was.

This was also Mu Changsheng's first time to come to Lingzhen Peak. This peak was built extremely luxuriously by Taoist Master Xi, and all kinds of precious spiritual materials were planted randomly all over the mountain.

Taoist Master appeared beside Mu Changsheng and said with a smile: "If you like any spiritual material, just take it away."

"Thank you for your kindness, sister. These spiritual materials are too high-level. I don't need them even if I want to." Mu Changsheng clasped his fists and refused. He already owed Master Dao too much and he really didn't have the face to take her things again.

Taoist Master's smile became more intense, and she asked, "Are you here to talk to me about your parents renting the mountain?"

"Thank you, sister, for helping my parents rent the mountain at such a cheap price." Mu Changsheng thanked sincerely.

"It's just a small matter." Taoist Shi Nan waved her hand and said, "I just heard your parents talking about leasing mountains, so I took the opportunity to mention it to Gao Chong. Besides, those ownerless mountains have indeed been idle. Leasing them can also bring in some spirit stones for the sect. It's a win-win situation, and it has nothing to do with me."

Mu Changsheng shook his head slightly. He knew that without the array spirit’s intercession, even if the rental could be successful, the final rental price would probably not be so cheap.

Then, Mu Changsheng said seriously: "I have one more thing to tell my sister."

Taoist Master An was a little nervous when she saw Mu Changsheng's serious expression. She asked, "What's the matter?"

Mu Changsheng stared at Master Dao's eyes and said word by word: "I was not sure before and did not dare to admit it, but now I am sure that the person I like in my heart is Senior Sister Lin Yu."

It’s not that Mu Changsheng didn’t understand Taoist Master Nan’s thoughts. It’s precisely because he understood that he explained it in time to avoid misunderstanding.

"Oh." Taoist priest said with a calm face, "I like you, it's my business, it has nothing to do with who you like. If you can bring Lin Yu home one day, I promise not to bother you again."

Mu Changsheng nodded slightly. He knew that he could not change Taoist Shi'an's mind, just as he himself could not forget Lin Yu's figure.

"I'm leaving now, take care of yourself, sister." Mu Changsheng said goodbye and left.

After Mu Changsheng left, Taoist Master An was left alone at Lingzhen Peak. She looked playful and said to herself, "Silly boy, Lin Yu is not that easy to pursue. In my opinion, Lin Yu is determined to follow the example of Sect Master Feng and Elder Shangguan and be single."

Taoist Shi'an showed a smile. As long as Mu Changsheng was not with Lin Yu, she still had a chance.

After Mu Changsheng left Lingzhen Peak, he went to Lingzang Peak. The price of spiritual materials inside the sect was much cheaper than outside. This time he would be away for three years, so he bought tens of thousands of high-quality spirit stones worth of spiritual materials in advance.

Mu Changsheng has already thought about the uses of these spiritual materials.

After preparing everything, Mu Changsheng returned to Duzhao Peak to continue his cultivation. His current cultivation level was not far from breaking through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Five days later, Mu Changsheng bid farewell to his parents, left Duzhao Peak, and headed for Huayang Peak where Yan Zihua was.