"These are all disciples recruited from other countries. You can sit aside and practice and rest, but don't make too much noise!" Senior Brother Ma instructed them. He turned to Li Shiming and said, "Junior Brother Li, you will take turns on duty with us. This is a warning talisman. Activate it immediately if you find any abnormal situation!"
Senior Brother Ma handed a talisman to Li Shiming, and Li Shiming took it in his hand.
The space on the first floor is about a hundred square meters. There is nothing decorated inside, but there are cushions everywhere.
Each of the newlyweds sat on a cushion, some communicating in low voices, some lying on the ground.
The talisman in his hand is the control talisman for the first floor. When this talisman is not activated, it can be recognized by the magic circle on the first floor. With the help of the talisman, he can open the door on the first floor and walk onto the deck.
This should be a welfare for the monks on duty. In such a closed environment, being able to relax on the deck is a pleasure.
Li Shiming was assigned to the first round of duty. Senior Brother Wu was not tired, so he could take him with him.
Senior Brother Wu spoke very little, probably due to his personality, and he had no ill will towards Li Shiming.
"Senior Brother Li, I'm Jin Shufeng, and this is my sister Jin Fengzhi. We are both from Da Xia, and I hope we can take care of each other!" The royal boy in a robe embroidered with a four-clawed golden dragon took the initiative to speak when Li Shiming walked by.
Li Shiming had noticed him a long time ago. He had already communicated with the other two young men from Da Xia. His background and his sister's spiritual talent allowed him to quickly establish a dominant position in the small group.
Jin Shufeng invited Li Shiming to join the small group because of Li Shiming's special situation at that time.
He didn't know Li Shiming's spiritual roots, but as a prince, how could the subjects under Daxia not give him face and obey his arrangements.
In fact, before the Ascension Conference, the royal family of Daxia used their connections to test his and Jin Fengzhi's spiritual roots.
After learning that Jin Shufeng's spiritual roots were enough to allow him to join the Tianhai Sect, he received special care from the royal family.
Jin Fengzhi is a woman, and even though her spiritual roots are better, her prospects for development are still not as good as Jin Shufeng's, at least that's what the Great Xia royal family thinks.
This also cultivated Jin Shufeng's arrogant character. Before, with Uncle Zhao and two other senior brothers around, he couldn't express anything. It was only now that he got the opportunity.
Jin Shufeng saw the value of Li Shiming. If Li Shiming could obey his orders, he could recruit more young people on this floor and let his small team gain greater power.
"Rest quietly and don't talk!" Li Shiming was too lazy to pay attention to Jin Shufeng's thoughts, he said slowly.
Li Shiming's words made Jin Shufeng blush.
Li Shiming felt at ease, not knowing what Jin Shufeng was thinking. The world of cultivating immortals was not that simple.
After this period of time, he understood more clearly the dangers of the world of immortal cultivation.
Monks are lonely and need to maintain a certain distance from each other. He wants to form a powerful group within the sect. It’s not that he looks down on Jin Shufeng, but at least Jin Shufeng does not have the ability to do so.
He knew that Jin Shufeng's spiritual roots were the minimum requirement for entry into the Tianhai Sect.
It was not easy for Jin Shufeng to become a formal disciple in the sect, let alone lead a group.
It doesn't mean that you can become a formal disciple of Tianhai Sect just by passing the spiritual root test. There is still a period of probation before entering the sect. If you perform too poorly during this period, you will be demoted to a menial disciple.
Jin Shufeng looked at him with malicious intent. He sneered in his heart and turned around to inspect the first floor.
He counted and found that there were twenty-two young men in total. Judging from the number of disciples recruited for the Great Xia Ascension Conference, this flying boat had passed through at least five countries.
"Junior Brother Li, it's time for dinner. The meals are in the storage bags in the cabinet over there. You distribute them!" The rumors about Senior Brother Wu rang in Li Shiming's ears.
Li Shiming took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was around seven o'clock in the evening. He wrote down the time so that he wouldn't have to remind himself next time.
He opened the cabinet and found four storage bags inside, each containing food.
Since these young men are still mortals, their storage bags are filled with mortal food.
He gave each boy a meal consisting of rice, fish, meat, soup and fruit, and the boys began to eat.
"Junior Brother Li, come and have dinner with us!" Senior Brother Ma had rested well at this time and greeted him with a smile.
Senior Brother Wu also came and sat next to Senior Brother Ma. Senior Brother Ma took out the spiritual rice he had prepared and gave each of them a spiritual fruit.
Li Shiming felt a little embarrassed, so he took out a stir-fried dish made with bamboo shoots and placed it in front of him.
"This is some spiritual food I got by chance, and there's still some left!"
"I haven't eaten Lingzhu shoots for a long time!" Senior Brother Ma's eyes lit up, and as he spoke, he picked up a big piece and put it in his mouth.
A look of satisfaction appeared on his face. One has to know that for cultivators like them in the Qi Refining Stage, it is lucky to have spiritual rice to eat. It is rare for them to have extra spiritual stones to buy other kinds of spiritual food.
"Junior Brother Li, if you still have any spiritual bamboo shoots left, don't eat them yourself. Wait until you enter the sect and exchange them for resources that will help you in your cultivation!" Senior Brother Wu took a bite of the spiritual bamboo shoots and spoke up to persuade Li.
"That's right. Eating spiritual food can increase your spiritual power. If you can exchange it for spiritual pills, one spiritual pill can increase your spiritual power by a lot!" Senior Brother Ma agreed.
Although Li Shiming had just met the two senior brothers, he already felt their care and concern.
He showed gratitude on his face, but he didn't take it too seriously. Friendship between monks is not so easy to establish.
Gu Jia had already told him that when he first entered the sect, there would be senior brothers who would try to make friends with him.
Perhaps some of the brothers are sincere, but more of them take advantage of the ignorance of newcomers to the world of immortal cultivation and deceive the newcomers' resources.
As long as they don't use force and their resources are taken away by deception, the newcomers can only accept their bad luck. Even the sect won't stand up for fools.
If you are cheated in the sect, the most you will suffer is a reduction in resources, but if you are cheated outside the sect, you may lose your life.
However, after a spiritual meal, Li Shiming and his two brothers became much closer.
In the days that followed, the flying boat flew across great distances, stopped in three countries, and carried nine young men.
Including him, there were only thirty-one young men with qualified spiritual roots in the secular world of Tianhai Sect in the past five years, which shows how rare spiritual roots are.
Jin Shufeng has been very active these days. He has recruited nine young men to join his small group, forming a fairly large force on the first floor.
Neither Uncle Zhao nor the two senior brothers asked about Jin Shufeng's affairs. Li Shiming saw disdain in the eyes of the two senior brothers.
Li Shiming also received good news, that is, they were preparing to return to the sect.