Zai Jin!

After crossing the bridge, Drog arrived on the elder's peak. He walked to the teleport formation and saw the elder from before. He walked up to him.

"Doing another mission? Where to?" the elder said.

Drog pulled out the sheet of paper and showed it to the elder.

"I see." The elder pulled out a talisman and gave it to Drog. "Step into the formation,"

"Alright." Drog entered the formation and his surroundings changed. He found himself inside a forest, and he looked around. He saw that this forest was similar to the last forest that he was in. The trees were so high that it was impossible to see their peak, the grass was fairly short and many different plants grew both in the grass and by the trees.

"Time to search for the Yi grass," Drog thought. He closed his eyes and focused on his surroundings. He sensed the world Qi: in the air, the trees, the grass, the plants, the ground, the lake, the animals that inhabited the forest and of only one species of magical beasts – the dawn wolves, and all of the dawn wolves were in one single location. "This forest is so similar to the last one," Drog thought. "That even the magical beasts inhabiting this forest are the same as the magical beasts inhabiting that forest." He focused on the Qi in the grass and in no time at all, he found the grass that he was looking for – the Yi grass.

Drog opened his eyes. He walked towards the Yi grass that he found and picked it once he saw it. He closed his eyes. Then, he focused on his surroundings. Then, on the Qi in the grass and he found another Yi grass. He opened his eyes and walked towards it.

…

Until the sun completely disappeared from the horizon, Drog continued doing three things: searching for the Yi grass, walking towards it and picking it. He picked a total of one-hundred-sixty-seven Yi grasses.

Drog pulled out the return talisman from his pendant and poured Qi inside it. His surroundings changed and he was now standing in the teleport formation of the elder's peak of the sword sect.

"This time you took your time," the voice of elder which teleported Drog to the forest which was identical to the last forest that he teleported Drog sounded.

Drog turned his head towards the voice. He saw the elder and nodded his head. "Yes, I did."

The elder furrowed his eyebrows. "Don't tell me that this forest was as dead as well?"

Drog shook his head. "No, this forest, unlike the last one, was brimming with life."

The elder sighed out with relief. "That's good to hear."

"Until the next time, elder," Drog said and walked out of the teleport formation. He walked to the bridge and took it. Arriving at the main peak, he walked to the mission building and entered it. He approached the counter at which sat the elder that gave him the Yi grass gathering mission.

"So you have returned," the elder said. "How many did you collect?"

"I have collected one-hundred-sixty-nine Yi grasses," Drog thought. "I will get two copper coins for a single Yi grass. Tchi herb costs six copper coins and alchemy room costs ten copper coins for an hour. I can make three batches of pills in an hour." He pulled out the sheet of paper and one-hundred-forty-seven Yi grasses before saying, "I have collected one-hundred-forty-seven Yi grasses."

"You did well to collect this much," the elder said. He pulled two silver and ninety-four copper coins and placed them on the counter. "Your pay."

Drog stored the coins inside his pendant. "Until the next time, elder," Drog said and walked out of the mission building. He walked to the bridge leading to the alchemy peak and took it.

Arriving on the peak, Drog walked to the largest building and entered it. Behind the counter, he saw the same man from the last time.

"You are back," the man said.

Drog walked up to the counter and placed two silver coins and fifty-two copper coins on it. "Twenty-seven Tchi herbs and an alchemy room for nine hours."

The man nodded his head. "Sure." He walked over to a shelf, from it took twenty-seven Tchi herbs and returned to the counter. He placed them all on it and pulled out a jade with a number nine written on it. He placed it on the counter as well.

"Here you go."

Drog took the Tchi herbs and jade and stored them inside his pendant. "I will come back soon."

"I won't be here tomorrow."

Drog slightly tilted his head to the right. "Why not?"

"Because I am going back to the core disciple peak. But I am sure that we will meet again as, after all, elder Feng did give you her last name."

"You are a core disciple?"

The man waved his hand. "Yeah. My name is Zai Jin. Now go, I have to close up."

"I will see you in the core disciple peak then," Drog said and walked out of the building. He walked to the building that he concocted the pills the last time. He inserted the jade and entered it. He walked up to the table and pulled out one Tchi herb and Yi grass.

Drog looked around and approached the closest building that he saw. In that building's door there was a jade slot, but no jade. He pulled out the jade with number 1 written on it and inserted it into the door. The door opened and he walked inside. He closed the door and looked around. There was only one room and in that room there was only a cauldron and a table.

Drog walked up to the table and pulled out one Tchi herb and one Yi grass. "Let's begin," he thought.