Women Are Unreasonable

After leaving the main hall, Gong Lingyun brought Xiao Huohuo to the mountain where the disciples in charge of miscellaneous chores lived and got him acquainted with the sect.

Along the way, she explained a lot of things.

After bringing him to his destination, Gong Lingyun planned to return to the mine.

Bringing a junior brother around had wasted a lot of time. She had not finished today's work yet.

However, before she left, she still asked, "Junior brother, is there anything else you don't understand?"

"Thank you, senior sister. For the time being, no."

"In that case, you can explore on your own. If you have any more questions, you can look for me in the mine."

"Yes."

Xiao Huohuo cupped his fists and saluted.

After watching Gong Lingyun leave, Xiao Huohuo thought for a moment and decided to head to the Scripture Collection Pavilion that his senior sister had shown him earlier.

What he currently lacked were cultivation methods, so he went to the Scripture Collection Pavilion next.

The Scripture Collection Pavilion had been upgrading automatically over the past few days before Xiao Huohuo came, constantly researching and collecting more cultivation methods.

By then, it was already on quite a large scale.

At present, the Scripture Pavilion was divided into three levels.

The first level consisted of ordinary Yellow Grade cultivation methods, the second level was Black Grade cultivation methods, and the third level only had two cultivation methods, which were the Green Star Nether record and the Heavenly Sorrow Illusory Spectrum.

The cultivation methods on the first level could be exchanged for free. However, starting from the second level, a certain amount of sect contribution points would be consumed.

The Black Grade cultivation methods ranged from a few thousand to a few hundred thousand points.

His senior sister stated that she could get dozens of them in a day by mining, and if she was lucky, she could get over a thousand Top-Grade spirit stones.

It would only take a month to exchange points for a Black Grade cultivation method.

However, once it got to the Earth Grade cultivation methods, it would become a little terrifying.

It would require millions and tens of millions of contribution points. Xiao Huohuo did not even dare to think about it.

Nevertheless, he noticed that other than the two extremely expensive cultivation methods, there was also a box.

Xiao Huohuo browsed through the list of items in the Scripture Collection Pavilion and found out what was in this box.

Lightning Extinguishing Flame!

Ranked 46th on the Divergent Fire List, the Lightning Extinguishing Flame belonged to the earth-fire element!

Xiao Huohuo's eyes immediately lit up.

Was this not what he needed?

Compared with the cultivation methods, the attraction of the heavenly flame was much greater.

After all, he had the constitution of the Yang Flame Hellfire.

He could fuse with any kind of heavenly flame!

With this heavenly flame, he could become stronger!

His trip to this remote place in the eastern continent was out of his expectation. He never thought that there would actually be a strange sect with a rich foundation but a small population.

Coincidentally, there was also an extremely rare heavenly flame!

He glanced at the contribution points required to exchange for it.

Thirty million!

Xiao Huohuo was not surprised. After all, it was a heavenly flame that had rarely been seen over the past hundred years. If it was placed in an auction, hundreds of thousands of High-Grade spirit stones might not even be enough for it.

That was precisely why a desire arose from the bottom of his heart.

"I must get it!"

Thus, he went to the Consular Pavilion to collect his tools and mission before he rushed to the mine without looking back.

There, he actually bumped into Ran Xuan.

At that moment, Ran Xuan had already consumed the immortal spirit herb and reconstructed her body.

Her figure was slender and slim, while her skin was delicate and fair. Paired with her exquisite facial features, her every movement carried a charm that could topple nations and cities.

Most importantly, her strength had recovered a little, and she had reached the early stage of the Core Formation Realm.

This was the first time Xiao Huohuo had seen her in the flesh.

However, her face was expressionless right then, and she seemed a little distant to strangers.

"Senior!"

He still braced himself and went up to greet her.

Seeing Xiao Huohuo, Ran Xuan's expression eased up a little. However, when her gaze fell on the machine on his shoulder, her expression turned sour again.

"Why aren't you cultivating?

"Have you forgotten the three-year agreement?

"That girl from the Murong family is already in the late stage of the Core Formation Realm. It's not impossible for her to reach the peak of the Core Formation Realm in three years.

"How are you going to take revenge when you've forgotten all about your achievements?"

A series of verbal attacks made Xiao Huohuo feel a little ashamed.

"That... Senior, don't be anxious..."

He carefully said, "I came here to earn contribution points when I saw a strange flame in the Scripture Collection Pavilion that I could exchange for."

"Earn contribution points? Did he ask you to mine spirit stones?"

Ran Xuan immediately thought of the shameless sect master.

"Him? Who?"

Xiao Huohuo was confused. "This was my personal idea. I was not instructed by anyone else."

Ran Xuan snorted and said, "If that's the case, for the sake of a strange ball of flame, you don't even care about your cultivation level?"

"I've looked around the Scripture Collection Pavilion, but I haven't found a suitable cultivation technique. I can only put it aside for now..."

"Forget it."

Ran Xuan's expression was cold. "Control your own standards. Don't forget the three-year agreement."

"Yes, I will remember it."

"All right, you may go then."

"All right."

Xiao Huohuo turned around and walked into the mine. Just as he was about to enter,he suddenly turned around and asked, "Oh right, Senior, are you here to..."

"I'm here to earn contribution points as well."

When she mentioned this, Ran Xuan's entire being was in a bad mood.

She had originally planned to rely on refining pills to earn sect contribution points.

However, it was hard to make bricks without straw. There was nothing in the sect, not even a few spirit stone or spirit grass.

Not to mention, when she wanted to use her power to get rid of some enemies to earn contribution points, she was told by Ye Chen that there was only one way to earn points...

That was to mine.

Thus, skipping work +1.

It was obvious that Ye Chen's operation was to squeeze out all of the labor, not letting any of them go.

While Ran Xuan was complaining about this, she was met with Xiao Huohuo's objection.

"I think the leader is doing a good job. After all, the sect does not support idlers. Plus, the way they distribute the resources is extremely unique.

"The school's treasures are right there. Whoever works hard will be able to get them. Even the Heaven Rank cultivation arts are included there.

"This way, all of the sect's disciples will work hard and compete with each other to train hard.

"In such a positive environment, who would be lazy?

"Senior, tell me, which sect in the entire eastern continent would be as impartial as the sect leader and treat their disciples equally without giving any special treatment?"

Xiao Huohuo spoke righteously.

Ran Xuan was about to crack. She pointed at his nose and shouted, "He has already tricked all of you, yet you still speak up for him?"

"How can this be a trap? Senior, this is for the good of the sect. Moreover, we can receive such generous rewards, and—"

"Enough!"

Ran Xuan waved her hand and stopped Xiao Huohuo from continuing to argue. She gave him a cold glance and walked into the depths of the mine.

It sounded reasonable.

She could not win.

So, she left.

Xiao Huohuo was left standing there in a daze. After a long while, he scratched his head.

"What did I do wrong?"