Chapter 476 Mandatory Mission?

After returning from Chaos Demon Valley, it took only two years for Chen Biwang to successfully break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining and advance to the inner courtyard of Qingfeng Palace. Now, another five years have passed, and Chen Biwang's cultivation has long broken through the eighth level of Qi Refining, which is much higher than Qingyang's.

As for Qingyang's other friend Lu Dingshan, he received the three hundred spirit stones given by Chen Biwang, and he has not lacked elixirs for cultivation in these years. A large part of Qingyang's Qi Gathering Pills was sold to Lu Dingshan at a low price, so Lu Dingshan's cultivation was not left behind by Qingyang. A few months ago, Qingyang went to the outer courtyard to find him once. At that time, his cultivation had reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. Recently, he has been preparing for a breakthrough. It is estimated that it will not be long before he can see him in the inner courtyard.

Seeing Qingyang coming out, his aura seemed to be very different from before. Chen Biwang was stunned, and then with a look of disbelief on his face, he said: "Eighth level of Qi Refining? Junior Brother Qingyang has broken through again? It's only been a few years, and your cultivation has caught up with me?"

Nine years ago, when they went to Yongzhou together, Qingyang and Lu Dingshan's cultivation was only the third level of Qi Refining, while Chen Biwang was already the fifth level of Qi Refining, two levels lower than him. It's only been nine years, and he was caught up by Qingyang. It's really frustrating to compare people.

Chen Biwang even secretly felt lucky that he had participated in the Chaos Demon Valley Trial together at that time and broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining in the Chaos Demon Valley. Otherwise, wouldn't his cultivation be completely left behind by Qingyang? Now he is over fifty years old, not particularly old among the many disciples in the inner courtyard. If he is lucky enough, he still has the opportunity to break through to the foundation-building stage.

Qingyang smiled and said, "I just broke through. How can I compare with Brother Chen? You broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining more than a year ago. I'm afraid you are close to the ninth level of Qi Refining now, right?"

"I'm still a long way from the ninth level of Qi Refining." Chen Biwang said modestly. Seeing Qingyang mention his cultivation, Chen Biwang also looked proud. No matter what, his cultivation is still higher than Qingyang's, and he will definitely have a slight advantage in the inner courtyard competition two years later.

Qingyang invited Chen Biwang into the reception room. After both of them sat down, he asked, "What do you want to talk to me about, Senior Brother Chen?"

Chen Biwang said, "I just accepted an inner courtyard mission in the office hall, and I am going to set off soon. I wonder if Junior Brother Qingyang is willing to go with me?"

Qingyang shook his head and said, "The inner courtyard competition will be held in two years. I plan to take advantage of this time to improve my cultivation. Even if my final cultivation cannot be improved to the ninth level of Qi Refining, the more strength I have, the more confidence I have. So I don't plan to take inner courtyard missions in the near future."

After hearing what Qingyang said, Chen Biwang couldn't help but sigh, "Qingyang Junior brother is really hardworking. He has started to think about the foundation-building pill so early. I am ashamed of myself. The competition in the inner courtyard competition is extremely fierce. Although I am already at the eighth level of Qi Refining, I am not sure about this competition. My goal is twelve years later. By then, my cultivation will definitely be improved to the perfection of Qi Refining, and I will be more confident in winning the foundation-building pill. "

It's not that Chen Biwang has no confidence, but because the inner courtyard competition is too difficult. With his current cultivation, he can only rank in the lower middle level among the thousands of disciples in the inner courtyard, and there is almost no possibility of winning the foundation-building pill. Only when his cultivation is improved to the perfection of Qi Refining and those powerful disciples are gone in the next session, there will be hope.

Of course, judging from his age, in another twelve years, Chen Biwang will be more than sixty years old and close to seventy years old. That is almost his last chance. If he fails, he will die.

Qingyang has also considered this problem, but twelve years is too long and Qingyang can't wait. And no one dares to guarantee that he will be able to win the foundation-building pill in the next session. If there is another mistake, won't he have to wait another ten years? The advantage of age will be lost little by little, ten years after ten years, how many ten years are there, time is wasted like this.

So no matter what, Qingyang decided to give it a try, even if he failed, he would accumulate some experience for the next time, and he would be more confident when he met the inner door competition in the future.

Qingyang didn't say anything, but Chen Biwang knew what Qingyang was thinking from his expression, and he was thinking the same way. But the strength was there, and it was useless to think more. After a short silence, Chen Biwang said again: "Junior Brother Qingyang should not know yet, the head of the inner courtyard, Qingming Sanren, just issued an order some time ago. Anyone who has not done the inner courtyard task within the three years before the competition is not allowed to participate in this inner courtyard competition. Otherwise, I would not run out to do any task at this critical moment."

Tasks are the main way for disciples of each courtyard to earn extra spirit stones. Each department will issue a large number of tasks for them to choose according to the strength and ability of the disciples in the courtyard, but whether to do it is entirely voluntary, and the sect will not force them, so not all disciples will accept the tasks.

For example, people like Qingyang, who usually have no shortage of spirit stones, or like Qin Ruyan and Ouyang Jing, who have a strong family background, don't need to waste time for those spirit stones. Qingyang has been promoted to the inner courtyard for seven years and has never taken on a mission. I didn't expect that the inner courtyard would break this rule this time, which was surprising.

"Why is this?" Qingyang asked in confusion.

Chen Biwang sighed and said, "Isn't it because of the recent unrest? Many strange things suddenly appeared on our Jiuzhou Continent. The entire cultivation world seems to have reached a time of trouble, with various things happening frequently. And the inner courtyard competition is approaching, and many disciples have devoted their energy to the preparations for the competition. Few people go to take the tasks, so a large number of inner courtyard tasks are piled up, and the person in charge Qingming Sanren has to issue this order."

The inner courtyard competition is about to begin, causing a backlog of inner courtyard tasks. Qingyang can understand this. This happens every time the inner courtyard competition is approaching. The tasks of each courtyard are divided according to strength. The tasks of the inner courtyard are generally only suitable for inner courtyard disciples, because the strength of the outer courtyard and the miscellaneous courtyard disciples is too low to take them, which is easy to cause a lot of damage. If the foundation-building cultivators do it, the reward is low, and it is a bit of a waste of talent. No one shares the task, which can only cause a backlog of tasks.

However, even if there was a backlog of tasks in the past, no one was forced to take them, because after the competition, the disciples would be idle, and these tasks would gradually decrease. Qingyang has been practicing in seclusion these years, hardly leaving the house, and rarely asking about things in the outside world. Could it be that a lot of big things happened in the outside world, so that Qingming Sanren had to force everyone to complete the task?