Two months later.

"Hmm... If it weren't for Su Yuqing saying that the Golden Core Formation Pill is monopolized by the Lihuo Palace of the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty."

"Even the pill formulas for the Golden Core Formation Pill cannot be privately circulated. In the entire Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm, only Profound Creek Valley has them, otherwise, I wouldn't have taken this step."

"The reason why the number of Golden Core Cultivators is so scarce is partly due to Spirit Root aptitude, and also because of the resource monopoly by those in power."

This way, the Upper Sect can easily control the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm...

Qin Ming sat alone in the Jade Bamboo Forest, sipping Spirit Tea, lost in thought.

In these two months, like the other Honored Guest Elders, he didn't show any unusual behavior.

Because his powerful Divine Thought could clearly sense that Profound Creek Valley still had their guard up against these foreign Honored Guest Elders.

And they had already sent people to secretly monitor their every move, presumably still in a probationary period. Any abnormal behavior and they'd be taken down in no time.

This is undoubtedly the lightning method of Profound Creek Valley's top-tier sect.

Therefore, ever since Qin Ming moved into the Jade Bamboo Forest Valley, he spent his days holding a Spirit Plant Book, pretending to study it carefully.

Meanwhile, Di Mountain, after arriving at Wusong Ridge, went to Qianyuan Peak to issue tasks and recruited a group of Qi Cultivation Stage disciples, busying himself vigorously.

In just two months, he had already planted dozens of acres of Spirit Rice and Spirit Medicine, all of which had sprouted.

Compared to Qin Ming's still barren Jade Bamboo Forest, the difference in capability was obvious.

The female disciple Yanm RuYanm, who initially guided Qin Ming, passed by the Jade Bamboo Forest with her fellow sect members a few times.

Seeing the barren valley, she couldn't help but grumble to her senior and junior sisters:

"See that?"

"It's that Elder Yu, miserly and idle, looks like he'll be kicked out of the sect soon."

"..."

On this particular day.

Di Mountain, with a big belly and a swagger, walked to the Jade Bamboo Forest, and after surveying the surroundings of Qin Ming's residence, he said with a smile:

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Yu, are you really planning to retire in Profound Creek Valley?"

"It's been two months already, and you haven't started planting Spirit Plants."

"Do you need my help? I could charge you just a few Spirit Stones, hahaha!"

Qin Ming, hearing this, replied calmly: "I have my own planting strategy, none of your business."

"Haha! Alright!"

"Hmph! Let's see at year-end if you can't complete your tasks, if you'll still be so stubborn?!" Seeing 'Yu Changqing' with his usual stubborn demeanor, Di Mountain didn't bother to say more, and left with a cold snort.

Qin Ming smirked, not giving much thought to him.

...

Atop Little Spirit Mountain, within the Spirit Medicine Garden.

Elder Xu was fiddling with a Spirit Plant while listening to a report from a cultivator beside him.

After a while.

Elder Xu frowned and asked the person beside him:

"You're saying everything is normal with these Honored Guest Elders?"

"Except for Yu Changqing, all other Honored Guest Elders have already started planting Spirit Plants?"

"Reporting to Elder Xu, yes!"

The cultivator hesitated for a moment, then continued:

"With all due respect, two months have passed without any sign of activity."

"Could this person be just a pretender, without real skills, who snuck in?"

Elder Xu paused his actions, thought for a bit, then said: "That's impossible, even if he had eight hundred lives he wouldn't dare."

"Continue observing."

"Understood!"

...

Within the Jade Bamboo Forest Valley.

Qin Ming put down his book and stood up, "The time is about right..."

"I should at least put on a show."

He then flew out of the valley, heading towards the main peak of Profound Creek Valley, Qianyuan Peak.

As the core site of Profound Creek Valley, Qianyuan Peak has a Tier Three High-Grade Spirit Vein cultivation environment, hosting several key departments of the sect.

It's said that behind Qianyuan Peak, there's even a Tier Three Top-Grade Spirit Vein, serving as the forbidden area of Profound Creek Valley, where the late-stage Golden Core Supreme Elder 'Elder Qingxuan' cultivates.

Qianyuan Peak is grand and majestic, with countless Immortal Palaces, pavilions, and buildings amidst the celestial mist, resembling a paradise.

Qin Ming descended onto a White Jade Square at the peak.

Here, various radiant Escape Lights traversed back and forth, and the square was bustling with disciples from the Thirteen Peaks of Profound Creek Valley.

This is where sect tasks are issued and claimed, where elders and disciples can claim tasks. Upon completion, they receive corresponding rewards and contribution points.

Qin Ming stepped into the Steward Hall where tasks are issued.

Inside, a middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator responsible for records saw Qin Ming enter, recognized him as a Honored Guest Elder, and quickly put on a welcoming smile:

"Is the elder here to issue a task?"

Qin Ming nodded and replied calmly: "Yes."

"I want to recruit a few disciples to farm in the Jade Bamboo Forest Valley and plant Purple Crystal Rice for one year."

The middle-aged cultivator noted it down and then asked: "Regarding the elder's task reward, how should it be recorded?"

After pondering for a moment, having earlier observed the task wall, Qin Ming said: "One hundred sect contribution points, plus... one hundred and fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones, disciples familiar with planting Spirit Plants are preferred."

The middle-aged cultivator was taken aback, then immediately wrote in the record book: [D Class Task], planting Low-Tier Spirit Rice in Jade Bamboo Forest Valley, for one year, [Task Reward]: one hundred contribution points, plus one hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.

Qin Ming intended to perform the full act, doing what others did, also needing to recruit some low-tier Qi Cultivation Stage disciples for farming.

He just didn't want to wait too long, so he added an extra hundred contribution points to the task reward.

Sect contribution points in Profound Creek Valley are hard-earned and can be exchanged for particular cultivation resources within the sect.

Such as cultivation techniques, magical artifacts, pills, cultivation rooms, etc.

Upon joining Profound Creek Valley as a Honored Guest Elder, Qin Ming received his Elder Token, which was credited with one thousand contribution points for use.

After fulfilling sect tasks within the first year as a Honored Guest Elder, he could obtain two thousand contribution points every following year.

After issuing the task, Qin Ming didn't hurry back to the Jade Bamboo Forest, but instead flew towards Lingxiao Peak.

As one of Profound Creek Valley's three main peaks, Lingxiao Peak houses the Dharma Transmission Hall of the sect, with the Dharma Transmission Pavilion set up there.

Qin Ming planned to search and investigate there as well.

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn.

He landed on Lingxiao Peak and followed the stone mountain road to a magnificent pavilion resembling a heavenly palace.

"Floors one to three contain Qi Cultivation Stage techniques, entry costs fifty contribution points."

"Floors three to five have Foundation Establishment Stage techniques, entry costs one hundred contribution points, exchanging for techniques incurs additional costs."

"Access to floors above five requires special approval from the Sect Leader."

At the entrance of the Dharma Transmission Pavilion, an elderly man in a green robe sat dozing, weakly saying to Qin Ming.

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