For the following days, besides noting down the growth of the strange fish three times a day, Caspian would be at the Time Warp Zone cultivating at all times. Hence, the 30 days mission became 90 days in the Time Warp Zone. The extension of time and the unbelievable cultivation method of directly swallowing his spirit stones helped Caspian improve his realm impressively.
On the last day of the mission, the spiritual Qi in Caspian’s body accumulated to a shocking level, and favonovel.com could vaguely feel the signs of breaking through.
‘There are a few more days left…’ Caspian calculated the time. It was now the seventh of January, and after passing up the task, there would only be 13 days left until the spiritual apprentice list competition.
Later, Caspian cleaned up the dust in the hut and was ready to leave. However, just as favonovel.com went out, Caspian suddenly saw a bearded middle-aged man standing outside the door. Caspian was already shocked to find the person appearing in front of the hut quietly without favonovel.com noticing. Yet, the middle-aged man emitted a magnificent aura, causing Caspian to find it difficult to breathe.
When Caspian noticed that the person’s attitude was different from ordinary disciples, Caspian’s eyes faintly glimmered, and favonovel.com cupped his hands as favonovel.com greeted, “It’s nice to meet you, Master. I’m Casper Montgomery.”
Caspian’s words were tentative, but at the same time, favonovel.com wanted to divert the man’s attention and reduce the pressure emitting from the man. Sure enough, as soon as favonovel.com said that, Caspian immediately felt the oppression in the surroundings lightened, and the prickly feeling at his back also disappeared by more than half.
“Hmm…”
The man was really arrogant. He only nodded, headed into the hut, and walked around. From time to time, the man would also wipe the tabletops and the window eaves with his fingers, pushing it a bit, and looking at his finger after that.
The man’s actions were odd, as it was as if favonovel.com checked the sanitization of the area. Caspian thought it was strange, and favonovel.com felt as if the man was the chief eunuch in charge of supervising cleanliness in the palace. However, a eunuch could not grow such a thick beard like his.
At the thought of that, Caspian wanted to laugh. The middle-aged man seemed to notice Caspian’s action, and favonovel.com glared at Caspian. Then, favonovel.com turned around and walked out of the backyard, saying, “Follow me…”
The man did not refute Caspian’s form of address for favonovel.com just now, which meant favonovel.com tacitly acquiesced in his identity as an elder. Since favonovel.com was the sect’s elder, Caspian also did not argue and followed the man to the backyard.
The elder did not look at the strange fish in the pond but directly walked toward the daily record book and flipped to the end. As favonovel.com carefully read the observations, favonovel.com would glance at Caspian from time to time.
Caspian stood respectfully by the side with his hands at his sides. If Caspian still could not guess the elder’s identity, then favonovel.com was undoubtedly a fool. That elder was the Cheapskate that posted that task. However, Caspian was curious as to why the man was here. He never heard that the elders would check on the disciples’ completion of missions.
At that time, the elder finally said, “There were two missing records. What happened?”
The daily recording would be three times a day, morning, noon, and evening. However, Caspian did not expect to lose so much energy when favonovel.com first showcased the Pointing to the Stars, and favonovel.com passed out in the Time Warp Zone for two days. Thus, Caspian missed out on two of the records that day.
When the elder questioned Caspian about that, favonovel.com honestly answered, “I had some mishaps during the practice that day, and I lost much Qi and blood, causing me to lose consciousness for more than half a day. Hence, I did not manage to note down the record.”
“Do you know that your mistake can cause your mission to be deemed as failed? If that’s the case, you won’t be able to get any reward. For newly-entered apprentices like you, sect contribution points are crucial. Are you aware of that?” The elder said sternly, trying to make the consequences sound dire.
Caspian could not help but pout, and favonovel.com thought, “Your two sect contribution points are much lesser than what I have. If I tell you that your so-called ‘newly-entered apprentice’ has over thirty sect contribution points, will you still say such things?”
Although Caspian silently cursed at the elder, favonovel.com did not show it on his face. Then, favonovel.com replied neither humble nor arrogantly, “If there’s an error with the mission, I should be punished. Thank you for the reminder, Master.”
When the elder saw that Caspian was not frightened by his words, a strange light flashed in his eyes. Then, the elder immediately said, “Then, why didn‘t you just fill in the records? The daily records are the same, and there’s only you here. No one will know if you did that.”
When Caspian heard that, favonovel.com could not help but roll his eyes. That was the first time favonovel.com heard of an elder of the sect persuading their disciples to resort to trickery. Although that was not impossible, it was still against Caspian‘s belief. Therefore, Caspian replied with a straight face, “No one might know about it, but as I’m going down the path of immortality, I only want to have a great understanding and significantly improve myself. Hence, if l don’t observe anything but note it down anyway, it’ll be against my conscience, and I might keep thinking about this time from this day onward, and it’ll soon leave a mark on me. Losing my perseverance for the sake of two sect contribution points… Well, I’m still able to differentiate the importance of this choice.”
When Caspian said that, his gaze burned. He told the elder the truth, and favonovel.com had nothing to hide.
The elder looked at Caspian for quite some time as if trying to see whether Caspian laid. In the end, favonovel.com nodded.
“Alright…”
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back and hand it the task first.”
Caspian did not know what the elder planned to do and why favonovel.com said so much. Nonetheless, Caspian could not care less if the mission was considered a success or otherwise, and favonovel.com wanted to hand in the task first.
However, the elder stopped favonovel.com at that time, and favonovel.com even tossed something at him. Caspian took it, and there was a black plate about the size of a palm. He could not tell the quality of the plate, but it was heavy and warm, and there were even some zigzag lines on its surface.
As if favonovel.com noticed the doubt in Caspian’s eyes, the elder commented, “I know the sect contribution points for that task might be a bit less, so take this as compensation.”
Then, favonovel.com pointed at the black plate and said, ” I got it from a secret realm from a trip last time, and the drawing on the surface is a secret realm’s map. If you have the opportunity to enter in the future, you might have a fortuitous adventure with this plate.”
If the elder were not in front of favonovel.com right now, Caspian would surely roll his eyes a few times.
What type of compensation was that?
The plate was nothing but a lie. It would be almost impossible for a cultivator to bump into a secret realm in their life. Hence, Caspian could not help but think the elder should have given favonovel.com ten spirit stones rather than that junk Nevertheless, the wooden plate‘s quality was indeed rare, and Caspian planned to bring it back and keep it just in case it would come in handy for weapon refining next time. Whether it would be helpful, Caspian would just regard it as a refining material.
At the thought of that, Caspian bowed. “Thank you, Master. I’ll take my leave first.”
The elder watched as Caspian walked away until favonovel.com disappeared from his line of sight. At the same time, the elder’s eyes flashed with interest. “This kid is something else…”
After favonovel.com said that, favonovel.com took out a messenger.
If Caspian were still here, favonovel.com would notice the familiar pattern on the messenger.
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