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"Elder!" Yang Guang greets Elder Qi Rui, who also works for the night shift. It might seem that the Polished Jade Tower is working their elders too hard, but in fact, it was normal for a cultivator to miss their sleep for a few nights.

This is due to the differences in their physique. An elder usually possesses the strength between the middle stage to the peak of Jade Assembling Realm, with some exception like Elder Yi, a cultivator in early Jade Tempering Realm.

To be qualified as an elder, he or she can be nominated by fellow senior elders or applied through the use of their merits. But merits weren't something accessible for Yang Guang now, because that was the reward for the next stage, where only Outer and Inner Disciples can use them.

"Good. Did that old man in Servants Office give you trouble when you're applying?" Elder Qi Rui asked.

"Replying to Elder Qi Rui, they did not make it difficult for Guang-Er. In fact, the elder handling my matter is extremely helpful." Yang Guang answered. He walked to where Elder Qi Rui seated and poured a cup of tea to the elder after testing its temperature.

To a cultivator like them, warming up the tea before pouring it out to the cup is a simple matter by using the Jade Flame Cultivation Technique.

"Good lad. Go take a walk around the half-month section. Tonight we'll be handling them and harvesting ten stalks of Dragon Whiskers Flower for the Elder's Department. You guys can help the others after that." the elder brief Yang Guang before he let him wander around the farm.

In this Half-Month Section, three different kinds of herbs are planted. One of them is the dragon Whiskers Flower used in Bai-Long Pellet. By mixing this herb with the ten-days Blood Fruit and Two-Leaf Bronze Orchid, one-month section's Citron Root, a batch of Bai-Long Pellets can be concocted.

The other two are Cai-Xian Fruit and Cai-Xian Pear, one with the shape of a grape and another like a pear. They're rumored to be the favorite of Lord Cai, who already ascended and becomes an immortal. Due to that, the two plants are given names as a sign of respect to him.

By mixing both along with the extract of Azure Jade Grass, Immortal Cai's Dew is created. Although taking the Immortal Cai's Dew could increase the cultivation speed of a person for 12 hours, it is much better known for its uses in brewing wine.

As for the Bai-Long Pellet, they also yield the same effect of 12 hours increment in cultivation speed, but they only work in the morning.

"Yang-Er greets Elder Qi Rui!"

"Bing-Er greets Elder Qi Rui!"

Two loud greetings caught Yang Guang's attention. The moment he turned around, a pair of twins a head taller than him in height stands beside the elder as they talked.

Knowing that they should be the other two fellows mentioned by the elder in Servants Office, Yang Guang made his way back to the resting area.

But suddenly!

"Crick! Crick!" two loud vibrating voice came from something Yang Guang steps on his feet.

It was a beetle about few inches smaller than his feet. Looking similar to wooden bark, it is no wonder they gave it the name "Wooden Core Beetle."

"Guang-Er! Leave that spot and come to me! Do it now!" Elder Qi Rui caught that beetle's cry instantly and made his way over there like a flying arrow. The shout brings Yang Guang back to his mind and quickly move away.

"Crick?" his erratic movement caught the Wooden Core Beetle's attention. The moment Yang Guang made his third step away from the beetle, it already provoked the insect to chase him.

That sudden charge from the Wooden Core Beetle chased after Yang Guang in a flash.

"Crick!" a needle came out from the mouth of Wooden Core Beetle. Aiming at Yang Guang, it will stab into his heart soon.

"Mystic Jade Palm!" a ferocious wave of Soul Qi charged through, slapping that Wooden Core Beetle back to the ground. Although that attack barely hurts the insect, it at least saves Yang Guang's life from being taken away.

"Die!" Elder Qi Rui appeared beside Yang Guang and delivered another palm strike. It struck accurately on the back of the insect, but yet to claim that life. And at the same time, Elder Qi Rui grabbed Yang Guang's collar before throwing him to the two lads following him from behind.

"Little brother, come here! Big brother, let's do it!" Liu Da-Bing caught Yang Guang and hurried his elder brother to act.

"Let's do it!"

"Jade Tower Brilliance!" the twin siblings uses the same technique synchronically and generates a green layer of protection around them.

"Aargh!" inside the protection, Yang Guang started to notice the pain on his back. To be more specific, it is on the left side of his back, direct on where his heart is located. When Da-Yang removed Yang Guang's clothing, a hole with blood oozing out from that wound is seen clearly.

"Bing-Er, apply some Blood Coagulating Powder at his wound. Little brother, held in for now." Da-Yang rummages his pocket looking for something.

"Aargh!" the moment the Blood Coagulating Powder covers his wound, the pain almost made Yang Guang faint. It took him about two minutes to release that breath held in for so long.

"How do you feel for your first day?" Elder Qi Rui came back with the dead body of Wooden Core Beetle in his hand. Using the Jade Flame Art, the body slowly charred and left with a sack of eggs.

"Elder! That's the core-sac of the Wooden Core Beetle! We're rich!" Liu Da-Yang laughed. Immediately, he stands up and grabbed that core-sac and study it properly.

"Elder, Guang-Er creates trouble for everyone. Please accept my apology." Yang Guang struggled to give everyone a bow.

"Trouble? No, it is no trouble. It is a blessing in disguise. That core-sac we've got there worth two hundred Jade Coins if we hand them to the Servants Office. You need to hunt a thousand Wooden Core Beetles to find one of this inside." the elder replied.

"You're likely doesn't need to work tonight. Just follow your senior brothers and learn from them."