He stared at the empty mission board and roared to the sky.

One of the disciples said timidly, "He was taken in by a cultivator."

"What? He accepted them all? Which ignorant brat did that?" The elder stamped his foot, puffing out his beard and glaring.

Tu Longjian quietly retreated and slipped away.

The other room is the task delivery area and the merit exchange area. Disciples deliver tasks and receive corresponding merit points, which can be used to exchange for magic weapons, pills, and secret manuals.

Tu Longjian leaned over for a look, curious about what items could be exchanged for merit points.

[Qi Refining Pill: Exchange requirement 30 Merit Points.]

[Low-grade magic weapon: Exchange requirement 50 merit points.]

[Basic Skill: Exchange requirement 10 merit points.]

[Healing Pill: Exchange requirement 50 merit points.]

[Foundation Building Pill: Exchange requirement 200 merit points.]

[Mid-grade Spiritual Weapon: Exchange requirement 1000 Merit Points.]

[Golden Elixir: Exchange requirement 6000 merit points.]

Tu Longjian raised an eyebrow. He had worked hard to complete tasks and only earned a few merit points, but when he tried to exchange them, the price was exorbitant.

No wonder the disciples were so envious of the gifts offered by the peak masters when they accepted disciples that day.

The bottle of Condensing Gold Pill that the Peak Master of Danfeng threw out was worth 6,000 merit points.

Golden Core cultivators need to accept at least 10 missions to complete one, while Foundation Establishment cultivators are in an even worse situation, needing to complete hundreds of missions to accumulate enough for a single bottle of Condensed Golden Pills.

This is just a pill to help you break through to the Golden Core stage. It's also thanks to the fact that there are several high-level purple-grade alchemists on the sect's Dan Peak. Outside, you probably wouldn't even have a way to obtain it.

However, direct disciples and inner disciples should have other channels to obtain magical treasures and elixirs.

It seems that this task hall is mainly prepared for outer disciples, who can only make up for their lack of talent with hard work.

However, disciples who have been tempered by numerous battles will likely have extremely rich practical experience, and their overall strength may not be much worse than those inner disciples.

Tu Longjian thought of the entire cave full of treasures that her master had prepared for her, and lost interest in exchanging merits.

Her gaze shifted and suddenly caught her attention with a line of inconspicuous words.

"The Five Elements Mystic Scripture requires 1000 merit points to exchange." Tu Longjian read the words aloud.

"Junior sister is interested in this? This cultivation manual is exclusively for cultivators with five spiritual roots. No one has ever exchanged for it before; it is a unique copy."

"Perhaps I can get some commission," the disciple at the exchange counter excitedly told her.

"A rare copy? Senior brother, may I have a look?" Tu Longjian asked calmly, as if he were just mentioning it casually.

“This… the whole book can’t be read before it’s been redeemed, but there’s a copy of the first page here. I’ll find it and show it to my junior sister.”

After saying that, the disciple cast a spell and retrieved the first page of the copy and the image of the book's appearance, showing them to Tu Longjian.

This Five Elements Mystic Scripture was very ancient, with a worn cover and yellowed edges, clearly showing signs of age and the passage of time.

The first page of the copy has several lines of weathered ink marks, indicating that even the copy itself is quite old.

The letter reads:

The Five Spirits Mysterious Scripture.

Those who do not possess the five spiritual roots should not practice this.

It is only possible to learn this skill if one is exceptionally gifted.

It is not possible to practice this unless one lacks the necessary fortune.

"I have a feeling it's coming for me," Tu Longjian said to Xiaoyi in his mind.

[I can't scan it, but I can sense that the scripture is ancient, seemingly from an ancient era. Back then, cultivators with the five elemental roots weren't as declining as they are now. You could try to exchange for it if you have the chance.]

"Senior brother, where did this scripture come from? Looking at the title page, it doesn't seem very useful, with so many restrictions." She asked the disciple casually.

The disciple at the exchange office scratched his head and honestly replied, "Ah, some disciples found it after we finished cleaning up the human-demon battlefield."

"We couldn't determine its grade, and it didn't contain any demonic energy, so it's been sitting in the warehouse for a long time."

"The talent of those with five spiritual roots is extremely poor, so this scripture is probably not very useful, which is why no one has ever exchanged it."

Tu Longjian rested his chin on his hand, raised an eyebrow, and said casually, "Yeah, a useless scripture is actually selling for 1,000 merit points. Why would a cultivator with five spiritual roots buy it? They'd be better off exchanging it for some practical pills and magic tools."

The disciple at the exchange counter, staring at Tu Longjian's mocking gaze, suddenly found the other's ordinary face strikingly dazzling, making it impossible to look directly at him. He stammered:

"It's a scripture after all, so 1000 merit points isn't too much."

"This is pointless, I'm leaving." Tu Longjian made a move to leave.

The elder at the exchange office suddenly opened his eyes and transmitted his voice to the disciple, saying, "Give her 800 merit points. This kind of defective product is just an eyesore if left for too long."

The disciple at the exchange counter quickly called out to Tu Longjian, "Junior Sister, wait! There's a 20% discount now; you can exchange it for 800 merit points!"

Tu Longjian reached into his pocket. "Senior brother, I'm broke. It's too expensive. I can't afford to exchange it."

The elder at the exchange office frowned. "Fifty discount, don't push your luck." Anyway, they'll be taking stock of the warehouse soon, and this kind of thing isn't even good enough to prop up a table leg; it'll probably just end up being thrown away anyway.

Now, if we let this little girl exchange it, we can earn some merit points.

Seeing that he had a good deal, Tu Longjian said with a raised tone, "Thank you, Elder and Senior Brother. Please reserve this price for me. I will come back to exchange it after I accept the mission."

"Ah, so after all that talk, this junior sister doesn't even have 500 merit points." The disciples and elders at the exchange office looked at each other, feeling like they'd been tricked.

The elder waved his sleeve and said, "Fine, just lower the price and reserve it for her."

Tu Longjian moved gracefully back to the task list in the middle and decisively accepted the white-grade tutoring task.

Accepted [White-level Quest: Urgent! Seeking a disciple to teach my child, rewarded with 50 merit points per hour!]

In this way, with just ten hours of tutoring, she could accumulate enough merit points to exchange for that scripture.

Tu Longjian started walking down the mountain. According to her plan, she would first go down the mountain to buy a portable alchemy furnace and the necessary medicinal herbs.

Although her master had prepared an alchemy room for her in the cave, there was only one large, fixed alchemy furnace, which was not very convenient to carry around.

Furthermore, he was clearly not very proficient in alchemy; the storeroom mainly contained finished pills, and although there were herbs, they were all miscellaneous high-grade herbs.

The Rejuvenation Pill is the most basic low-level pill, very suitable for beginners. She plans to buy some to practice with.

The crowded market was bustling with people.

Many cultivators sat on the ground, displaying a dazzling array of materials and magical artifacts in front of them, enthusiastically hawking their wares.

"Wolf Fang Beast Bone, 100 Spirit Stones!"

"Fellow Daoist, come over here and take a look. We have some excellent pills."

"Huge sale on all Buddhist artifacts, starting at 90% off!"

Tu Longjian put the alchemy furnace and materials back into his storage bag and was about to walk back when suddenly the cultivator in front of him hurriedly got up, rolled up the goods in front of him, and stepped back.

The previously crowded market suddenly became much more spacious due to the monks' uniform actions.

Tu Longjian casually hooked his arm around someone and asked, "Fellow Daoist, what's going on here?"

The cultivator quickly pulled her back, shushing her:

"Didn't you see someone's coming?!"