The island is roughly divided into three different terrains: the jungle area, the swamp area, and the inland sea area. The Qinshui Sect is located between the jungle area and the swamp area, occupying a blessed land with rich spiritual energy, beautiful mountains and clear waters as the sect's headquarters.
After the other nine people finished telling their stories, it was Feng Ying's turn.
“They have almost finished what I wanted to say, so I will just talk about what happened after we got together.
"I used a communication talisman to contact the other nine people. We gradually gathered together and found a safe temporary residence. We set up a formation and went out together during the day to explore the secret realm and collect spiritual plants and fruits. If we met others, we tried to avoid them and not to get into conflict with them. Of course, as you said, if you encounter provocation from others, don't be afraid, just use the talisman to hit them."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone couldn't help laughing.
"As soon as night falls, we return to our base and seize the opportunity to practice..."
This secret realm recollection meeting lasted until the evening.
Xue Huan simply held a party, treating it as a sect team-building event. Everyone ate, drank and played together, and the atmosphere was lively and joyful.
The next day, everyone got up late as expected.
Before Xue Huan could say anything, Feng Ying put on a serious face like a principal and severely reprimanded and punished the students who got up late.
"Look at how lazy you all are! You don't have much talent to begin with, and yet you still don't know how to work hard! How many people out there are desperately trying to get into our Three Suffering Sect, and yet you, with all these great resources, don't know how to work hard and make progress! Are you worthy of the Sect Master's cultivation and expectations?"
Everyone quickly admitted their mistakes, "Deputy Sect Leader, we were wrong! We will never be late again! We are willing to accept any punishment!"
Feng Ying's expression softened a bit. "That's more than enough. Since you're sincerely admitting your mistakes, I won't pursue the matter any further. Just run ten laps around the martial arts arena, and we'll let it go."
Everyone's faces suddenly turned bitter, but under her stern gaze, they had to hold their heads high, line up, and run in an orderly manner.
Xue Huan didn't say anything about this.
They were already happy yesterday, so it is impossible to let them continue to be happy today. Otherwise, once their determination to cultivate becomes slack, it will be difficult to pick it up again.
At this time, someone needs to give them a hit and wake them up.
Obviously, Feng Ying took on this task consciously.
Feng Ying stared at the runners in the martial arts arena for a while, then went to find Xue Huan and handed her the three storage bags.
"This is..." Xue Huan picked up one of them, probed his spiritual sense into it, and was immediately stunned.
Inside were piles of demon beast inner cores, furs, bone spurs and other items, which were obviously harvested in the secret realm.
She picked up another one, which contained a bunch of magical herbs.
Another one turned out to be a whole bag of spirit stones!
Even Xue Huan was dizzy for a moment because of the impact of the spirit stones in the storage bag.
Feng Ying said, "This is what all of us gained in the secret realm. Of course, this is not all, we also kept a portion. We unanimously decided to hand these over to the sect. We all feel that if it weren't for the large amount of supplies you, Sect Master, prepared for us, we would never have been able to come out of the secret realm safely."
"Since we have enjoyed the benefits provided by the sect, we should give something back. This is what Liu Juan and the others asked me to convey to you, and it is also what I want to express."
When Xue Huan first established the Sanhuan Sect, she didn't think too much about it. She just wanted to provide those poor women with a place to stay and teach them some ways to protect themselves.
However, she did not expect that just two years later, this sect that she had established unintentionally would give her such a big surprise.
After listening to Feng Ying's words, her eyes couldn't help but become moist.
"Also, this is the 'Water Capturing Technique' that Liu Juan spent an entire night copying down." Feng Ying took out another booklet.
Xue Huan took it and flipped through it. The book still smelled of wet ink. The edges of the pages were a little rough, obviously cut with a knife, and the spine was sewn with thread.
In ancient times, there were no neat blank books for people to copy things. They could only write on paper first, then collect the pages into a book, and then seal it with thread. This is how thread-bound books came about. The more sophisticated ones would use glue to glue the paper pages together so that they would be more secure.
This copy of "The Art of Capturing Water" was sewn very tightly. Xue Huan could almost imagine Liu Juan sewing it closely stitch by stitch under the light.
She closed the book, looked at Feng Ying and said, "These things are a token of your kindness, so I'll accept them."
Hearing this, Feng Ying breathed a sigh of relief. She was worried that the sect leader would not accept her.
"But you risked your lives to bring these things out of the secret realm, and the sect can't let you suffer any loss. So, I'll exchange these things for contribution points according to their corresponding value. For example, a first-level demon beast inner core is worth fifty contribution points, and a piece of green cloud grass is worth ten contribution points..."
Feng Ying asked, "Sect Master, what are contribution points?"
Xue Huan: "Contribution points, as the name suggests, are a trading currency calculated based on your contributions to the sect. They're the same as gold, silver, and copper coins. They're unique to our sect and only valid within it. Since they're a trading currency, they can definitely be used to buy things."
"I will then set up a contribution point exchange station within the sect. Disciples can exchange any items they acquire for contribution points there, and then use the contribution points to exchange for the resources they need, such as elixirs, talismans, and so on."
When Feng Ying heard this, she immediately understood the benefits of this contribution point.
At that moment, Xue Huan and Feng Ying had a detailed discussion about the exchange of contribution points, such as how to price different items, where the exchange office should be set up, etc.
Half a month later, a three-story wooden building stood up in the sect. On the plaque above the gate were written three large characters written in iron and silver - "Qingyun Hall".
It means "rising straight to the sky", and I hope that the sect can be as powerful as possible.
Qingyun Hall is the contribution point exchange place that Xue Huan mentioned before, but after discussion, she added the function of this wooden building.
Contribution points can be exchanged on the first floor, and the second floor is a "supermarket" where various supplies are displayed, and each item is clearly priced in contribution points.
The third floor is the mission hall, where missions are issued and handed over.
As soon as Qingyun Hall was established, all the disciples came and walked around inside with great interest.
In order to allow the disciples to fully and intuitively understand the operation of Qingyun Hall, Xue Huan acted as the "shopkeeper" on the first day and personally received Feng Ying and others who came to exchange contribution points.
She returned the three storage bags of supplies that Feng Ying had brought to them. Now, Liu Juan and ten other people became the first group to come and exchange contribution points.
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