More than three months had passed since Li Qing took up the position of Artifact Refining Elder. Time always slipped by without a sound, and those caught off guard could only sigh again and again at how swiftly it passed.
Of course, Li Qing was absolutely not one of those people. He would never lament that time passed too quickly—not only because his lifespan was long, but because he understood the principle of living in the present and seizing the moment.
This period of frantic artifact refinement had allowed him to accumulate quite a few Contribution Points.
However, he had now stopped taking commissions for artifact refinement, because the sect was about to release a new batch of pills. It was soon time for External Affairs Elders like them to exchange for medicinal pills.
"Finally, I can exchange for pills again! I've waited a full three years! This time, I must exchange for more Purple Sun Pills!"
"Hahaha, Senior Brother Zhao, do you even have enough Contribution Points? I remember you hardly took on any sect missions these past few years, didn't you?"
"The collection mission Martial Aunt Bingyun released a few days ago happened to be completed by me. I don't have many Contribution Points on hand, but I have some at least."
"Tsk tsk tsk, Senior Brother Zhao truly has a rich family fortune. Your foundation is hidden deeper than it appears."
"These words are absolutely correct. I vaguely recall that Ancestor Bingyun's mission was to collect second-tier ice-attribute demonic beast crystal cores, wasn't it?"
"Even though the Forbidden Speech Snowfield still has many ice-attribute demonic beasts, Second-tier Demonic Beasts aren't so easy to find!"
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The place in Lingyun Sect where Contribution Points could be spent to exchange for cultivation resources was called the Merit Hall, and