Qin Yi wanted to approach that person and try to fish the latest information from him.
But what is this? The feeling of "Don't go near him, he's hopeless!" in his heart.
In the end, he looked away from that guy and looked for someone else.
To his surprise, he found a familiar figure among the crowd here.
Gao Peng!
Qin Yi had not seen this person since the first day in the outer sect. He thought this guy was out on a mission.
Who would have thought he would see this guy in this place.
Well, since they were acquaintances, it wasn't a problem for him to ask Gao Peng.
Qin Yi came over and called him out, "Brother Gao!"
Gao Peng, who was suddenly being called out, reflexively looked at the person who called him.
It turned out to be a new disciple who had only arrived at the outer sect a few days ago.
Gao Peng greeted him with a smile, "Brother Qin, it's been a while."
"Yes, it's been a while, Brother Gao. I thought I would never see you again." Qin Yi looked at Gao Peng's eyes with a bit of emotion.
Gao Peng twitched his mouth.
Are you cursing me to die outside?
"Where, I just went on a small mission outside. By the way what are you doing here, Brother Qin?"
In fact, with his status and cultivation being four levels higher than Qin Yi's, he did not need to act politely. However, he was used to being friendly to anyone he associated with, so there was no reason for him to be unfriendly toward Qin Yi.
"There are a lot of people here, so I joined the fun." Qin Yi replied with a grin.
"I heard that a rare treasure appeared in the Rejuvenate Pond. Of course, I don't have a greedy thought. After all, with my current cultivation base, it only makes me die faster if I have such a thought. I'm just curious about what kind of treasure it is and who is the one who will get it."
Gao Peng did not think too much about Qin Yi's words, but he and Qin Yi seem to have a similar goal here.
"Brother Qin is right. I'm also just having fun here, but I heard that there is not such a rare treasure here; it's just a rumour made by the disciples."
"No treasure?" Qin Yi looked surprised by the news he had just heard, then he asked, "If there is no treasure, why are so many people guarding the Rejuvenate Pond?"
Gao Peng smiled and said, "Although there are no rare treasures here, the water in the Rejuvenate Pond itself can be considered a treasure. It can not only heal but also restore lost spiritual energy and stamina, and neutralize poison. What's more, its efficiency is comparable to Rank 2 pills."
"No matter how you see it, the water is like a combination of a Rank 2 Healing Pill, a Restoration Energy Pill, and a Detoxification Pill. You know, the average price of a Rank 2 pill is 150 spirit stones, yet that water is worth over 150 spirit stones."
"We poor outer sect disciples, who wouldn't want to get that many spirit stones just by selling a bowl of water? Some of the disciples who came earlier were lucky to get a few water bottles, but I was too late. When I arrived, the Rejuvenate Pond was already guarded strictly by the Outer Sect Elder's disciples."
So, those disciples were indeed sent by the elder...
Qin Yi more or less understood the gist of this incident.
Even though the water in the Rejuvenate Pond was precious, it was not something that ordinary disciples could seize.
Everything within the sect naturally belongs to the sect.
He looked at Gao Peng and asked confusedly, "So, since you can't get anything, why are you still here?"
Hearing this question, Gao Peng smiled wryly: "After seeing such free and idle wealth, who would want to give up easily? I'm just waiting for someone to take the initiative to make a fuss, and I'll take the opportunity to steal a few bottles of rejuvenation water."
Qin Yi was shocked; this guy is so bold.
He wants to catch fish in muddy water, but is that even possible?
Not to mention this pond is under the watch of an elder.
Wouldn't it be dangerous if you were found out?
Although he thought so, he did not try to oppose or stop Gao Peng's silly plan.
This thing is the problem of poor disciples.
Scheming and stealing were typical in the cultivation world.
As Gao Peng's friend, all Qin Yi can do is silently support him.
Who cares whether it's a success or a failure? Qin Yi will still perform the extraction on him anyway.
Qing Yi did not say anything, but here Gao Peng opened his mouth again and asked.
"By the way, you haven't received a mission from the Mission Hall, have you?"
Qin Yi shook his head.
He naturally did not forget about the Mission Hall; it was just that he wanted to focus on training first before taking his first mission.
After all, he had initially assumed that going on the mission might be dangerous with his current strength.
Therefore, he wanted to train first so that he would have the ability to take care of himself if he encountered danger on his first mission.
"You probably don't know that every disciple is required to carry out a mission twice a month. As an experienced person, I think you should take one mission early because it will be troublesome if you delay it until the last minutes." Gao Peng said.
Obligatory?
Qin Yi was a little taken aback.
He had never heard of it.
Well, who can be blamed? He had just arrived at the outer sect and still knew too little about the sect's rules.
He also had no one to ask other than Gao Peng, who left the sect after their first meeting.
Qin Yi asked tentatively, "What happens if I don't complete two missions in a month?"
"Do not worry too much about it! The sect won't be too strict on disciples who neglect their obligations. However, you will still get a penalty. As for the penalty, that is to deduct 100 of your merit points for each uncompleted mission."
Gao Peng broke into a smile upon seeing Qin Yi's nervous face. He playfully said, "But I do not think you have any merit points left in your Merit Card. Therefore, the sect will cut your resource distribution in half in the next month."
Qin Yi froze instantly when Gao Peng mentioned his merit points.
As expected, this guy knew something about him being cheated in the Treasure Pavilion!
Otherwise, how could this guy know the number of merit points he currently has.
This jerk.
He didn't warn him beforehand.
If Gao Peng did, his merit points wouldn't be fooled by the strange elder in the Treasure Pavilion.
Hateful!
Speaking of merit points, the amount Qin Yi has on his Merit Card is quite sad.
This happened because the system was incapable of extracting other disciples' merit points.
The system could only extract Merit Cards, but not its merit points.
Welp, it can't be helped; merit points aren't some sort of spiritual energy or anything; it's just an ordinary number.
That's why Qin Yi's merit points did not increase in the slightest, even though he had extracted many Merit Cards from his fellow disciples.
'Looks like I'll have to pick my first mission early. Brother Gao is right, it would be troublesome if I did it at the last minutes.' Qin Yi thought in his heart.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask Gao Peng about one most important thing: "Brother Gao, is going on a mission that dangerous?"
That's it.
If it's dangerous, he'd better get cut off his resources.
That's much better than his life being cut off.
"Oh, you do not have to worry too much about that either. Not all missions are required to go to dangerous places. Many missions require you to stay within the sect, such as managing the garden, guarding something, being an errand boy for certain people, and so on." Gao Peng patiently explained it to Qin Yi.
The mission of managing the garden?
Qin Yi's eyes lit up instantly.
The garden within the sect is certainly not an ordinary garden, and the plants that were planted were various heaven and earth material plants.
He is in need of various heaven and earth material plants to plant in his private garden.
And such a place was the perfect stage for Qin Yi.
He naturally did not want to miss such a mission.
Gao Peng thought that Qin Yi was happy that the mission was not dangerous, so he smiled too and said: "I can take you there now and help you choose a mission that suits your current situation. What do you think?"
Qin Yi was perplexed hearing his offer, and he couldn't help but ask: "How about here? Don't you intend to catch a fish in muddy water?"
Gao Peng's face changed as he immediately covered Qin Yi's mouth with his hand. He said anxiously, "What a fishing a fish in muddy water? I just wanna take a chance at the chance, okay?"
Qin Yi rolled his eyes and thought, what's the difference?
Without waiting for Qin Yi's response, Gao Peng immediately dragged Qin Yi away with him.
"Let's go to the Mission Hall now. As for here, forget it, it's probably not my fate. It's no good longing for something that should not belong to me."
Qin Yi secretly looked at Gao Peng with admiration as he praised him.
'As expected from people I socialize with!'
"I never thought that Brother Gao had this kind of side."
Afterwards, he imitated Gao Peng's words with the same voice and tone while being dragged on, "Forget it, it's probably not my fate. It's no good longing for something that should not belong to me."
Gao Peng flushed in embarrassment, "Shut up!"
Not long after, the two of them arrived at the Mission Hall.
The Mission Hall was located not far from the sect's exit gate.
Disciples who come and go regularly stop by the Mission Hall to receive or report something related to their mission.
Although not as crowded as the martial arts ground, this place was still one of the places in the outer sect that disciples visited the most.
In front of the Mission Hall's courtyard is a wide wooden plank with lots of colorful papers displayed.
Qin Yi found it interesting and couldn't help but ask Gao Peng curiously, "Brother Gao, do the colors of the paper have any meaning?"
"There is." Gao Peng nodded and explained, "There are five colors of paper posted on the Mission Hall board, which are: Green, Yellow, Red, Purple, and Black."
"Each color of paper indicates the level of danger of each mission. Green means "Safe". The missions are written on the green paper usually contain relatively simple tasks and are located within a sect or its surroundings."
"This kind of mission is highly recommended for beginners like you."
After saying this, Gao Peng picked up a green colored paper and handed it to Qin Yi.
"Read this!"
Qin Yi accepted it and read it out loud, "Mission: Cleaning the martial arts ground. Requirements: 10-20 people. Reward: 5 merit points for each."
"And… this," Gao Peng plucked another one and perplexed, "Wow, it's rare these kinds of the mission has not been picked up at this hour. They're usually the quickest to pick up. Lucky you, Brother Qin!"
"Mission: Chop 500 logs and hand them over to Elder Ji. Requirements: 1-5 people. Reward: 5 merit points for each."
Gao Peng showed Qin Yi five more missions, and they were relatively safe and easy jobs with low rewards.
Qin Yi read them one by one.
However, the more he read them, the more he wrinkled his forehead because he was very familiar with these jobs.
"These missions... Brother Gao, I think I've been doing this kind of job in my two and a half years in the Novices' Quarter. Although I never cleaned essential sites like the martial arts ground, etc., I did chores like washing, chopping wood, sweeping, and so on. But how come I never got any merit points?"
What's more, he did it every single day for two and a half years.
If he was rewarded, how many merit points did he currently accumulate?
However, he did not receive any merit points, and he did not even receive a Merit Card.
Isn't this unfair?
No, wait- living in the Novices' Quarter was unfair in the first place.
It's too late to say that.
Gao Peng paused for a moment before saying, "I heard about the work of novice disciples in the Novices' Quarter, but I don't know the details. However, I heard that the Novices' Quarter is originally known as the Charity Camp."
"Charity Camp?"
Qin Yi was blurted and was shocked by what he just heard from Gao Peng's mouth.
"What does that mean? This is the first time I've heard this. Don't tell me I do those chores for charity?"
"Hey, calm down, Brother Qin, don't get excited!" Gao Peng's forehead was sweating a little.
He coughed lightly and explained patiently, "As Brother Qin has heard, the Charity Camp is a place where the sect gives a little kindness to people of low-grade aptitude, and each one of the novice disciples is inexplicably related to the official of the sect's disciples."
"You must remember that the Sleeping Dragon Sect is one of the Great Sects in the Azure Dragon Region, and naturally, the requirements for entry into the sect are very demanding. They only accept people of medium-grade aptitude, whereas people of low-grade aptitude will not be accepted."
"However, there are always exceptions in everything. Sect disciples don't stay in the sect forever; some choose to leave the sect after realizing they can't progress any further and their lifespan is limited. They will only return when they receive a call from the sect and being asks for their assistance."
"Outside that possibility, they decide to live in quiet and seclude place, or form a family, or travel around the world in search of opportunities. During that period, they will inevitably meet and relate to many people."
Having talked at length, Gao Peng finally caught his breath for a moment. Then he continues,
"Those novice disciples are the result of relationships between disciples who left the sect. Even after a long time has passed, the sect still has kindness towards those disciples who have done great service to the sect. Therefore, the sect is willing to accept people they recommend even if they have a low aptitude."
"Hence, some people say that the Novices' Quarter is the Charity Camp because it is a place where the sect puts a kindness on those who also receive favors from former sect disciples. And you know? There was no such Novices' Quarter and novice Disciple in other sects. Only the Sleeping Dragon Sect existed."
"Oh, I see. Thank you, Brother Gao for explaining it at length." Qin Yi cupped his hands with respect.
It seemed he had assumed wrong all along.
Life in the Novices' Quarter wasn't really unfair. In fact, they were given special privileges by the sect.
He should be thankful for this.
Besides, he had never received any ill-treatment there.
Therefore, he shouldn't have said it wasn't fair.
By the way, this person helped him a lot even though the two of them had only met twice.
Qin Yi felt like he didn't know how to repay him.
Should I stop performing the extraction on him from today? Qin Yi considered it reluctantly.
"Don't mention it." Ga Peng smiled with a smile, "As long as you stay in the sect for a long time, sooner or later you will find out either from my mouth or from another disciple's."
That's right, so you're saying I don't have to stop extracting you?
Good!
Qin Yi thought and nodded, but suddenly he remembered something off, "That's not right- Brother Gao, you said only low-grade aptitude disciples in the Novices' Quarter, but why are there some disciples with medium-grade aptitude?"
He was, of course, talking about Shangguan Yue, Lin Tian, and Zhou Li.
Gao Peng thought for a moment, then replied: "They are probably the same as other novice disciples. It's just that in their case, they should be able to enter the outer sect directly. However, they seem to either have missed or failed in the Triennial Entrance Test of the Sleeping Dragon Sect..."
"Sleeping Dragon Sect has strict rules when it comes to accepting new students. Once you are late, the sect will not accept you for any reason. Only those with recommendations will at least be treated in the Novices' Quarter."
So that's it, Qin Yi finally understood everything.
He never spoke with those three talented appropriately. It was no wonder that he didn't know the circumstances and conditions of their entry into the Novices' Quarter.
About Novice Disciples, they have been a knot in my heart for a long time. I feel that the existence of this status is really unnecessary in this story.
But what can I do? I can't cry over spilled milk, all I can do is continue the story, and maybe the novice disciples' matter will slowly be forgotten as chapters add up.
However, today I suddenly got an inspiration and took this opportunity to give a reason behind their existence.
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