"Is it a little fat man and a girl? Yes, that's Xu Ying!" As one of the four people who were first admitted as inner disciples, Murong Xue naturally recognized Xu Ying.
"Yes, where are they?" Yuanxiao asked anxiously.
"What a coincidence! I just ran into them. They walked towards the fork on the right. It hasn't been long!" Murong Xue pointed to the right.
"Thank you! Remember not to expose your harvest when you return to the square." After Yuan Xiao said that, he immediately followed the direction of Murong Xue's finger.
Fortunately, there was no fork in this passage. After running for a stick of incense, Yuanxiao saw a light on the platform in front of him from afar. It was most likely the two of them.
So he put away the Night Pearl, took out four low-grade spirit stones and prepared them. He raised his hand and threw out the God-hiding Feather to hide himself.
Yuan Xiao had his own judgment on why he chose to give only four low-grade spirit stones. He had not picked up a low-grade spirit stone in the mine for several hours, and neither did the Wang Yin trio nor the fat and thin duo.
Even Murong Xue, who came from a family of cultivators, had the help of the treasure compass, but she only found two. Moreover, Murong Xue had been enrolled as an inner disciple and did not occupy the top three places.
Although others did not see it, it was estimated that most people came back empty-handed. If he gave more, it would easily arouse the suspicion of the elders of the sect. If the fat guy was not good at explaining, it would be easy to cause problems.
So these spirit stones must be given, but they cannot be given in person.
If Fatty and Sakura knew that the spirit stone was given by me, although my secret would not necessarily be exposed, I would have to explain a lot of things.
If the elders of the sect asked about it in detail, it would be easy for Fatty to cause trouble if he could not justify himself. If the sect decided to investigate the matter in detail, my plan to stay at the old site in the future would be difficult to realize.
"Do you think these sect elders are playing tricks on us? We've been searching for half a day, our eyes are almost popping out, but we can't find even one low-grade spirit stone!" the little fat man said angrily.
"We should still have three or four hours, let's continue looking. The middle-aged Taoist priest who is in charge has an immortal look and doesn't look like someone who would fool us." Sakura said.
The fat man thought about it and realized that the middle-aged Taoist priest who was in charge was also one of the elders. He could faintly smell a medicinal fragrance when he approached.
He must be someone who had been in contact with elixirs for many years. He had an otherworldly temperament, which was in line with the image of an immortal in the fat man's mind. He certainly didn't look like someone who would fool others.
"Forget it. I'd better be an outer disciple. Outer disciples can take part in the annual competition within the sect after three years. If they perform well, they can be promoted to the inner sect.
As long as I stay, my chances are still great. For a cultivator, three years is not a long time. I, Fatty, still have confidence!" Fatty Hu Lai seldom gets stuck in a rut and can take most things easy.
"Hey, Sakura, look what this is?!" the little fat boy suddenly shouted.
Xiaoying came over to take a look and saw that at the corner of the platform near the wall, four white spiritual stones were exposed, half of them were hidden in the soil and half of them were exposed outside the soil. Under the illumination of the night pearl, they emitted a crystal luster.
The little fat man was almost dumbfounded. He had been looking for a long time but hadn't found any, but now he found four at once. He held them in his hands and compared them with the low-grade spirit stone samples given by the sect.
He confirmed that they were undoubtedly low-grade spirit stones, and they seemed to be even better!
"Come on, Xiaoying, let's have two each!" The little fat boy handed over two and said happily. "If I see Yuanxiao later and he can't find it, I'll give him another one!"