Players: All NPCs in the Sect Are Moles Chapter 43 - 36: Where’s the Water? Where’s My Huge Vat of W

She blinked, suspecting that what she was seeing was just an illusion.

She looked at the jade slip again. No, it was real.

She closed her eyes and opened them again. Still real. Not a single word was different!

Why?!

She lifted her head and looked at the task elder, wanting to ask, but she didn’t know where to begin.

"Junior Sister, why are you just standing there in a daze?"

Lin Qingfeng’s voice suddenly sounded from behind her again.

’You can’t go bugging out on now!’

’You’re the only proper NPC in our sect. This is a critical mont for the sect’s upgrade; you can’t slack off on your contributions!’

Su Ling’er’s heart skipped a beat.

’Eldest Brother, can you please stop suddenly appearing behind every ti?’

’It’s really damn creepy!’

She was ranting wildly in her head, but she clutched the jade slip tightly and asked hesitantly,

"Eldest Brother... this quest... why is it still these two?"

"Didn’t I just finish cleaning?"

Lin Qingfeng raised an eyebrow.

’Can’t be helped. The other daily sect quests only unlock when the NPC’s total contribution score reaches 500.’

’Right now, Junior Sister is the only NPC in the sect.’

’So until she grinds her contribution score up to 500, she’ll just have to make do with these quests.’

He calculated in his mind how to make his junior sister continue working willingly. After rummaging through his ntal collection of profound-sounding quotes, he looked at her again.

"Naturally."

"Junior Sister, do you know why Sword Cultivators practice the sword by repeating the sa drawing and swinging motions day after day?"

Su Ling’er froze.

"Because the path of cultivation is not about how many sights you see, but about whether your foundation is solid.

Only after swinging a sword ten thousand tis can one grasp its spirit.

Sweeping leaves and carrying water follow the sa principle."

"The sect has you repeat these two tasks not to make you perform useless labor, but to test your perseverance and patience.

When you can perform these most tedious and mundane tasks with a tranquil heart, seeing them as cultivation itself, only then can your Dao Foundation be considered truly stable."

"It is the sa for all new disciples.

This is the ’Foundation Establishnt thod’ of our Guixi Sect."

He looked at Su Ling’er and gave her a gentle smile.

"Go on, Junior Sister."

"Don’t overthink it. Use your heart to experience the ’true aning’ within."

"I will be watching you at all tis!!!!!"

Su Ling’er stared at him blankly, at his face that scread "enlightened master."

’Foundation Establishnt thod? Yeah, right.’

’Testing my perseverance?’

’Believe you? My ass! You rotten old demon, you’re the worst!’

’Can you stop emphasizing that you’ll be watching all the ti?!’

’You just want to see what happens! The mont I show the slightest dissatisfaction, so even more horrifying punishnt will fall upon !’

’And you’ll just be standing there, enjoying the sight of your poor junior sister being forced to submit!’

’Vile!’

’Malicious!’

’Pah!’

Su Ling’er didn’t dare ask any more questions, nor did she dare to hesitate any longer.

"Eldest Brother, I nearly misunderstood the sect’s good intentions. I’ll go right away!"

With that, she didn’t linger, turning to walk back down the path she had just co from.

But she could always feel that gaze fixed on her back, as if an endless abyss was watching her.

...

The third ti, the quest was the sa.

The fifth ti, it was still the sa quest.

The tenth ti...

The fifteenth ti...

When she accepted the quest for the twenty-seventh ti and set foot on the stone path leading to her destination, her steps couldn’t help but slow.

’This path...’

’The ancient trees on both sides, the patterns of moss on the stone slabs, even that strangely shaped rock at the corner...’

’Why does it all look so strangely familiar?’

She frowned, a strange feeling rising in her heart.

’Is it an illusion?’

’Or is it that the scenery of the many secluded paths within the sect is just all more or less the sa?’

She suppressed her doubts and continued forward.

However, when the familiar silhouette of the courtyard finally ca into full view at the end of the path, she stopped dead in her tracks.

’This is it!’

’This... this is the very courtyard I went to for my fourth cleaning quest!’

’I can’t be mistaken!’

’That pagoda tree by the gate, and those clumps of weeds in the corner, are exactly as I rember them!’

’But that’s impossible!’

’I just cleaned this place spotless!’

’Why am I being sent here again?’

Despite her confusion, she hurried into the courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, fallen leaves still covered the stone path, just as they had when she first arrived.

The wind blew past, rolling a few leaves to her feet.

The smile that had ford from the ease of completing her tasks stiffened on her face.

She walked quickly to the corner, but the pile of leaves was long gone.

She then turned and ran to the back of the hill, where the nine bronze vats stood silently.

Under the sun, the sides of the vats were dry and glead with a coppery luster. Inside... they were completely empty!

All of them were empty!

’How is this possible?!’

’The nine vats of water I filled with my own hands... not a single drop is left!’

The wind blew her hair, but she felt no chill at all.

’Sothing’s wrong. Sothing is definitely wrong!’

’What in the world happened?’

’Why, after so little ti has passed, is this place once again covered in leaves, with the vats completely empty?’

...

Su Ling’er investigated for a long ti but couldn’t find any clues.

Eldest Brother didn’t appear to explain, so she had no choice but to continue sweeping the leaves and filling the vats.

Whenever she thought about stopping to rest, Eldest Brother’s figure would inexplicably appear behind her.

Just as he had said, he was always watching her.

The mont she showed the slightest sign of slacking, he would suddenly appear, urging her to continue contributing to the sect and saying, "Just work a little longer, and it won’t be this quest anymore."

She had already heard that line dozens of tis.

By the seventy-second ti, Su Ling’er’s movents had beco sowhat rigid.

She continued to wave her hand, and a whirlwind swept up the leaves; she continued to form a hand seal, and a water dragon filled the bronze vats.

Then, she accepted the quest again and arrived at another quest location.

This was a courtyard she had visited for her forty-third quest.

She didn’t understand how this sect, which clearly only occupied a single mountain peak, could have so many empty courtyards.

It was as if their very existence was just to be swept and filled with water.

And here, as expected, it was once again covered in leaves, with the vats completely empty.

She kept repeating this tedious labor. Although she had Spiritual Power and wasn’t physically tired, the endless repetition was still ntally exhausting.

’You’re an Evil Cultivator sect that kills people, performs Alchemy, and forges things out of living humans! Don’t you have anything better to do?!’

’To have such a perverted obsession with the sect’s cleanliness!’

’Besides, if you’re going to make clean, at least have clean courtyards that people actually live in!’

’These courtyards are deserted, there’s no one on the back hill—who are you cleaning for?’

’For ghosts?!’

’Did these fallen leaves grow legs?’

’I sweep up one batch, and another one appears!’

’Is this tree an eight-hundred-year-old demon?’

’It drops eight hundred years’ worth of leaves in a single day!’

’And these water vats! Is anyone drinking from them?’

’Or are you using the water to feed spiritual beasts?’

’What in the world is going on here?’

...

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