Yiye answered Lingyue's question without hesitation "Of course she shouldn't give her quota to someone else!
It's fine if he asks nicely, or asks other people before asking her again.
After all, we came together and will cultivate together in the future, and one might still do him the favour if they really have no need for spells.
Asking only one person and then insisting on it, the guy must be an idiot!
This way, no one would want to give him their quota, no matter whether they needed it or not."
"That's right! He's so stupid and instantly became unpopular… he really has no sense for politeness at all!" although she was energic, born in a somewhat noble family, she still cared for manners.
The two continued to chat while Yugong nodded internally.
Having no sense for these things will restrict their further development in the world.
The cultivation world consists of many interpersonal relationships and cultivating alone either requires extreme strength or extreme luck.
Even though Yugong planned to be a hunter, one who would remain outside the civilisation of cultivators, he did not think about fully separating himself from other cultivators.
The journey didn't take long and soon, they arrived in front of another hall.
This time, there were quite a few people moving around.
The disciples called out "Uncle Master " or "Elder" when they saw Elder He.
He just nodded and continued to move forward.
They entered the large open hall and Yugong saw many pillars rising into the sky with jade slips being bound on a strand of silk to the pillars.
Concentrating on it, one would get the general information about the mission.
They were sorted based on their length with longer missions being higher while shorter were lower, for the difficulty, there were stars from one to ten, with ten being the most difficult.
Yugong saw a disciple come in, look for a mission and take it, before leaving once more.
He also saw that the pillars were each a mission category.
Defending, inspecting, farming, crafting, all kinds of missions were up.
'Well, this process seems very automated.
You just take the jade slip and claim the mission, no need to stand in line or anything.'
Behind the pillars, there was a long reception table with many disciples handling the cases of different disciples.
Elder He directly went to the one on the far right, where an old man sat.
Yugong could feel a similar terrifying power from this man as he felt from the Sutra Elder.
He thought these two were likely old and strong elders, even stronger than Elder He.
"Senior brother!" Elder He called out.
The Merit Hall Elder nodded "Did another batch arrive?"
"This is the case! I have already taken them to choose their skills, please register them and give them their initial resources."
The elder nodded and fiddled around with a jade, checking them.
Then he called out "Ling Yugong" – he went by the order of whose disciples' information was registered first.
'Well, I was inconspicuous before, and now I'm in the centre… it seems the sect does not want to have low-key people but wants to make everyone somewhat between low and high… mid-key?'
He threw out the weird thoughts in his mind and walked forward.
The elder gave him a small sword made of jade.
"Drip your blood on it to connect it with you. Every disciple only gets one badge, if you lose it, you will have to take responsibility.
All inheritances you exchanged for are stored in there, it functions as a key to the sects formation, and also functions as a communication talisman inside the sect."
Then he took out a storage bag "This bag includes the cultivation rations for a month – thirty rice, thirty portions of vegetables, ten portions of meat, as well as a bottle of pills for your stage and a special resource that can be claimed every month.
For now, this special resource is fitting for your root, but it can be changed to something else.
When you are inside the sect, you will always get resources every month, while outside, you can take your resources for either as long as the mission goes, or six months in advance.
There are different rules, which are recorded in the sword badge.
Do you have an idea which weapon heart core you want, or do you wish to get it later?"
Yugong kept everything the elder said in mind, then replied "Is there a tree core? A tree core that is shapable?"
The elder looked over to Elder He, who nodded, ensuring that everything was fine.
"We have a few wood heard cores since no one wants to create a sword with wood, except for peach wood, which is strong against demons and ghosts.
Among them, there is a Ten Thousand Year Old Myriad Pines Pine Tree.
This three is very can grow countless different kinds of pines, therefore it has this name."
Elder He added on the side "If you wish to make a bow, the softness and lightness of pine wood will not be the best choice…"
He was confused why the criteria was shapability.
Yugong on the other hand just said "This one will be very fitting!"
Then he looked at Elder He "as for the other matter…"
"No worries, we have a protocol for this.
As long as a disciple choses a path that will require more than one weapon, we will always give them a chance to get more.
Usually, swordsmen who need two for dual sword wielding will get the mission that they have to fight against ten people in the top hundred inner disciple ranking.
For you…"
Yugong interjected "I can do the same. Although the bow is not the best battle weapon, it is still quite suitable, at least passable.
As long as I get the chance, I am sure to do it well!"
"That's the spirit!" Elder He nodded and said to the calm looking merit hall elder "Elder brother, please give him the Ten Thousand Year Old Myriad Pines Pine Tree Heart and a special mission to fight in the ranking for a second weapon heart core."
"We haven't had a different path for a long time! Well, the mission will directly be issues to the sword badge and can be taken any time as long as you are in the qi refining stage."
The elder wasn't too surprised about this.
Although they mainly held swords, there were quite a few that wielded different weapons.
Of course the most popular second options are other blade weapons, such as sabers.
Then there are things such as spears and aces.
Even hammers had a few inheritors…
Well, anything that was in close to mid range.
There was never a bow wielder, but he didn't mind.
For him, there was only sword and not-sword.
Although the latter was rarer, it wasn't so rare that he, who had lived over four hundred years, hadn't seen it.
As for the reason for a second heart core… anyone with a discerning eye and normal mind would guess it's an arrow.
Even if not, it didn't matter for him.
He was just an old man who took up the jobs of the sect in his last few decades.
Touching the ring on his ringer, he took out a small wooden box, handing it to Yugong.
Yugong took it, then put it besides him.
For now, he couldn't open his bag, so he could only wait until he cultivated to put it away.
As for the jade badge, it would give him the basic cultivation art just by pressing it on his head, there as no need to overcomplicate things.