Chapter 230 The Ruthless Senior Brother of the Path ...

The Mind Training Formation isn't a very difficult formation, and it does offer some assistance in cultivation, but that's only for cultivators who need to break through bottlenecks.

Many teachers will set up formations at this time to allow disciples to temper their minds through pressure and difficulties, thereby breaking through bottlenecks and consolidating their cultivation.

I've never heard of any sect making a newly initiated disciple practice mind formations, let alone any master who would teach nothing and simply lock their disciple in a formation for ten years. Isn't that pure torture?

The sect leader had spent hundreds of years with Xuan Ling and knew his personality inside and out. This method, which was supposed to be a form of training, was actually just that his junior uncle, who didn't care about anything, didn't want to put in the effort.

He wants to take on disciples but doesn't want to put in the effort, yet he still grandly plans to torment his new disciples. He's selfish and cold-hearted. But at this point, it's hard to tell whether his cultivation method is heartless and emotionless, or whether he's just inherently cold-hearted and indifferent.

The sect leader has completely given up on the idea of ​​letting Xuan Ling take on disciples. After all, it is not easy to take on a disciple with good qualities, and top-grade spiritual roots are even rarer. They cannot withstand Xuan Ling's torment.

"Heng Mo is still young, and Xiao Qi dotes on him. Although he is a bit spoiled, his cultivation has not fallen behind. His cultivation progress is the fastest in our sect in many years."

If Junior Uncle has some free time, he might as well go to the Endless Forest to hunt monsters. Recently, there has been a beast tide, and many high-level monsters have appeared on the outskirts.

Or we could go to the Demon Abyss to hunt them down. Each sect has a quota for killing demonic cultivators, and our Xuan Yang Sect is still short a few Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators, and..."

You can't be too direct when talking to Xuan Ling, but you can't be too subtle either. With the sect leader's clear hints, Xuan Ling finally understood that Heng Mo's cultivation speed was even faster than his own back then, and that his teaching methods were too rough, so no one would be willing to learn from him.

Xuan Ling couldn't help but glare at the sect leader. He was the number one cultivator in the cultivation world, with countless people begging to become his disciple. He wasn't even willing to endure a little hardship, so how could he possibly cultivate?

The sect leader, sensing his subtle but palpable pressure, calmly passed on a bunch of rather tricky sect tasks. Instead of bothering the newly recruited disciples, he might as well do some tasks himself.

Xuan Ling didn't get what he wanted; instead, he was given a bunch of tasks, which made him much colder. However, the sect leader was already immune to this and quickly helped him complete the task acceptance procedures before running away.

Anyway, the Supreme Elder was too ashamed to cancel the task, nor was he ashamed to leave it on the task list. No matter how much Xuan Ling tried to put on a cold shoulder, he would definitely complete the task.

Because he had been tricked by the sect leader, Xuan Ling didn't bother Heng Mo for a long time. Heng Mo was still a little unaccustomed to this. He was still planning to continue complaining, so why did it end so suddenly?

"What a pity, I was hoping Master would coax me a couple more times." What a great opportunity to cultivate our relationship, Xuan Ling is just too disappointing.

Seeing Heng Mo's still unsatisfied expression, Shen Ting rolled his eyes at him. "That's the number one person in the cultivation world. Enough is enough. If you really piss him off, it's one thing to beat you up, but what if he really acts like a scoundrel and arrests you and locks you up?"

In the martial arts world, it's said that losing face leads to a deadly feud. If he continues to provoke him, who knows what Xuan Ling might do? Even if he really kills Heng Mo, in the cultivation world where strength is paramount, there's probably no one to reason with.

Heng Mo was just saying it casually; he wasn't really stupid and could tell what was important. However, it would be inappropriate for his master to know such a thing.

To avoid his friends nagging him about it, he quickly gave him a piece of the newly made cake to shut him up.

Although Shen Ting wouldn't complain to his master, it was hard to say whether his third senior uncle would tell his master after finding out.

Two hours of Shen Tingxun's training is nothing, it's not like he's wasting his own saliva, but if he keeps shouting for too long and the Third Elder finds out, it won't be a matter that can be resolved with just a piece of cake. At the very least, he'll be extorted out of a storage bag full of new snacks.

The cake was a cream mille-feuille with raspberry jam. The raspberries were wild berries picked during the training, and the milk was from a cow-like monster. Lin You provided the production process, and Heng Mo made it himself. Because it was too complicated, he only made ten pieces in total.

After being slightly chilled with icy energy, the cake has an even more unique texture. The refreshing sweet and sour jam paired with rich cream is so delicious that Shen Ting was captivated by the taste after just one bite.

He didn't even bother to grumble about Heng Mo anymore. Without even looking up, he finished off one of the cakes, then threw a tantrum and tricked his master into giving him a piece. After that, he happily went to present the cake to his master.

Heng Mo divided the remaining cake, giving two pieces to the Seventh Elder, two pieces to Lin You, and then randomly feeding it to a few familiar people. Because of his occasional treats, the Xuan Yang Sect members' goodwill towards him has increased a lot.

The cultivation world is different from ancient times. Here, magic can replace many modern machines, such as stirring, baking, and chilling. The effect is even more convenient than modern machines, at least you don't have to wash a bunch of machines.

In the previous cultivation world, due to the tight schedule, Lin You was so busy learning a lot from her master every day that she didn't even have the chance to go out and train with her best friend Ye Zhen.

Now that they're helping Heng Mo consolidate their cultivation, they're not in such a hurry anymore. Besides their regular daily cultivation time, the two of them spend their time researching how to make modern food using ancient ingredients.

As for recipes, you can basically buy a bunch with just one point. Even if Lin You doesn't know how to cook, it won't stop the two of them from researching new and interesting foods.

There are many different ingredients, so I find similar substitutes. The texture may be different, but the taste is quite good. Whenever I make too much, in addition to giving it to close friends and family, I also randomly feed it to other familiar people in the sect.

It's fortunate that he's a cultivator, and spiritual energy can be used to temper the body; otherwise, Heng Mo could have fattened up most of the Xuan Yang Sect in half a year.

The Third Elder, in particular, used to come every two or three months to freeload, but now he only comes every two or three days. And every time, he comes just as the food is ready, so he never misses a meal.

He always used teaching Shen Ting as an excuse, which resulted in Shen Ting having more and more homework every day. This master really didn't care about his disciple's life or death, all for the sake of making a living.

This also led Shen Ting to develop the habit of sending a portion of Heng Mo's delicious food to his master every time he cooked something, so as to avoid being used as an excuse to do more homework.

Lin You cultivated, lived, and played in this ordinary way. Unconsciously, the restlessness in her heart that had been there since she learned about the others gradually calmed down, and her cultivation became smoother.

Heng Mo cooks food not just because he's greedy, but also to help settle the many friends who came from Anguo, in addition to grinding the progress bar of the Golden Finger quest.

It's not a good idea for them to always be doing menial tasks. Hengmo also hopes they can make further progress, but relying on his own help is not a long-term solution.

He himself is only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and the meager earnings he makes are not even enough to cover his daily expenses. In the end, these people still need his master to help support them.

This isn't just one or two people, it's a full twenty. And if more children in Anguo test positive for spiritual roots, this number will continue to grow. How dare he keep exploiting his master?

When he was in the mortal world, he always thought that cultivators were high above, immortals without desires, who only sought the Great Dao. Now that he had become a cultivator, he realized that the cultivation world was not much different from the secular world.

The cultivators here also seek magical treasures and spirit stones, but they look down on the silver in the mortal world. Cultivators also have emotions and desires, and because there are no clear laws like those in the mortal world, it is not uncommon for them to kill and rob treasures, or fight and brawl over a disagreement.

Having feelings and desires, one would naturally like delicious food and drinks. Heng Mo helped the handyman disciples buy two shops at the foot of Xuan Yang Sect Mountain to sell the snacks he and Lin You had been making.

There are many ingredients suitable for cultivators to eat, but few are actually prepared with a focus on taste. Most of them pay attention to preserving the spiritual energy within the ingredients so as not to damage it, and the cooking methods are quite simple, resulting in a relatively monotonous flavor.

So, the food in Heng Mo's snack shop may have destroyed most of the spiritual energy, but it was still very popular.

Potato-like tubers are sliced ​​into thin slices using a magic blade. Oil is poured into an iron wok and heated to 70% of its maximum temperature. The slices are then slid into the wok and fried until golden brown and crispy. After draining the oil, they are sprinkled with various flavored seasonings. The result is a crispy, salty, savory, spicy, and numbing sensation that bursts in your mouth.

In the cultivation world, there's no need for moisture-proofing measures; a single talisman can solve all packaging problems. In modern times, a bag of potato chips costs a few dollars, but here, a bag weighing a pound sells for a low-grade spirit stone for ten bags.

Besides potato chips, there are also spicy strips. The broth is specially made from the leg bones of monsters, and the rolled bean curd sheets are simmered over low heat for two hours.

Grind dried chilies, pour boiling oil over them to release their aroma, then add cinnamon, star anise, and sesame seeds. Soak the simmered bean curd rolls in the mixture for several days. With the added flavor of the spiritual plants, the taste is better than any modern spicy snack. One pound per pack, twenty packs for one low-grade spiritual stone.

Although carbonated drinks haven't been produced yet, milk tea made by mixing milk and tea leaves with various toppings such as red beans, brown sugar, and pearls is selling very well, costing one low-grade spirit stone for ten cups.

Although the raw materials are considered spiritual plants and the quantity is generous, if you convert the spirit stones into silver and then into modern currency, this bag of potato chips weighing one pound, or a cup of milk tea, would be worth tens of thousands.

Just like modern nutritional meals, the nutritional components are indeed preserved to the greatest extent, but the taste is bland and tasteless, while snacks that everyone knows are junk food are favored by the vast majority of people.

There's no need for twenty people to guard the two shops. Two people can be on duty each day, and the others can spend an hour making snacks. Everyone who participates will receive an extra five low-grade spirit stones each month.

These spirit stones may not sound like much, but even the menial disciples only receive one low-grade spirit stone a month, and the outer disciples only receive three. It's already quite a lot for their early cultivation and expenses.

Heng Mo would not put the cart before the horse by delaying their cultivation in order to make money. On the contrary, he would also set aside two hours every ten days to tutor these people. After taking care of the snack shop, the cultivation of the friends in Anguo not only did not fall behind, but also improved a lot.

Heng Mo's lecture was held in the backyard of the snack shop, next to the snack production factory where everyone processed snacks. But no one felt the environment was sloppy, and everyone listened very attentively to Heng Mo's explanation.

"The Qi Refining stage is the first step into the immortal realm. It requires using the mind and spirit as a guide to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the dantian for tempering. First, one must guide the Qi into the body, using the divine sense as a bridge to receive the spiritual energy, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, converging into the eight extraordinary meridians and condensing it in the dantian..."

Heng Mo tapped the small blackboard next to him, which he had made at Lin You's suggestion, and began to explain in detail what spiritual energy of heaven and earth refers to, what divine sense is, where exactly the dantian is, what the eight extraordinary meridians are, and so on.

These most basic fundamental knowledge were not unrecorded on jade slips, but how to put it, it was like the Three Character Classic for beginners in a bookstore, which only cost thirty coins. Even a poor child could afford it by gritting their teeth and saving up.

Even if you recognize the characters above, without a teacher to guide you, you will only have a superficial understanding. If you try to learn them, you will only be guessing and have no idea whether you are learning them correctly.

None of the students sitting below were lazy. They not only listened attentively to the lecture, but also took notes very carefully. They discussed any questions they didn't understand together, and only sought help from Heng Mo after confirming that they hadn't learned everything well and couldn't grasp the concepts.

Outer disciples can listen to public lectures given by Foundation Establishment disciples who have been assigned tasks, while miscellaneous disciples only have a basic cultivation manual and don't even get to listen to any lectures. As for asking a teacher for guidance if you don't understand something, that's just a pipe dream.

When Heng Mo taught these young friends from Anguo, the Seventh Elder and the Sect Leader only regarded them as children who valued relationships, and gave them some guidance out of consideration for the bond between people from the same country.

Being loyal and compassionate is never a bad thing, even in the cultivation world. When sects encounter problems, those who value loyalty and compassion are far better than those who are cold-hearted and indifferent.

If the entire sect were to follow the example of someone who doesn't care about anything and does nothing, it would probably have fallen apart long ago.

Xuan Ling was under a lot of pressure because he was being exploited and forced to work. In order to prevent Xuan Ling from getting beaten up, the sect leader had to help him sound out the Seventh Elder.

Anyway, he was just testing the waters, and he was absolutely telling the truth!

The Seventh Elder knew that Xuan Ling would not give up easily. People who cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness are self-centered and will not stop until they achieve their goals.

Although Xuan Ling is too proud to forcibly take away a disciple, someone will soon come to him to advise him to be sensible, just like when he advised Bei Hai Xuan Bing to give up the sword he had painstakingly found and intended to repair his broken natal sword.