Lin Jiang of the Five Elements Sect

finally left Qingyang Mountain. He had stayed in Qingyang Mountain for twenty years. At this time, he had been in the Five Elements Sect for twenty-three years. His declared age was thirty-eight, but his real age was two hundred and forty-three.

His cultivation level also reached the ninth level of Qi training again. The retraining and the bone shaping pill made Lin Jiang's cultivation speed much faster than before, faster than he expected. It was expected that he would reach the ninth level of Qi training at the age of forty-five.

According to the life trajectory of ordinary disciples of the Five Elements Sect, when they reach the ninth level of Qi training, they must start preparing for foundation building.

In the Five Elements Sect, there are generally three ways to obtain foundation building pills. The first is to be lucky and be accepted as a disciple by the elders of the sect. The elders will provide the foundation building pills, but this situation is rare, unless the genius disciple is the kind of disciple who has been favored by the big boss of the sect early, or he has a direct elder in the sect.

The second way is to participate in the sect competition. The outer disciples will hold a competition every three years. Those who are in the late stage of Qi training or above can participate. The top three will have foundation building pills as rewards and will be directly promoted to the inner sect.

But this method is not something that everyone can do. There are tens of thousands of outer disciples in the Five Elements Sect, and there are also thousands of people in the late stage of Qi training. It is not possible for everyone to get into the top three among thousands of people. Moreover, this kind of thing has attracted much attention, so Lin Jiang gave up early.

The third way is to exchange with merit points. Every year, the Five Elements Sect will release a certain number of foundation-building pills, which are exchanged by disciples with merit points. The required merit points range from 20,000 to 40,000.

The reason for the difference is that this matter is not about who has more merit points. The sect must comprehensively judge your qualifications, understanding, age and many other conditions.

Yue Qing told Lin Jiang that this method of obtaining foundation-building pills has extremely high requirements. The younger the better. There is almost no hope after the age of 35. After many inquiries, Lin Jiang did confirm this statement.

But Lin Jiang still has to work hard, because this is in line with his personality and the choice of most ordinary disciples. Moreover, there is no time limit for merit points. He also accumulates merit points for the preparation after building the foundation. The Five Spirits Sutra is not cheap.

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"Brother Xiao, this is Brother Zhang."

One day, a sharp-nosed and monkey-faced disciple of the Five Elements Sect took Lin Jiang to meet a seemingly fierce disciple of the Five Elements Sect.

"Brother Zhang is polite."

"No need to be polite, let's talk business. Are the spirit stones ready?"

"Ready."

Seeing that the other party had no intention of talking, Lin Jiang did not say much and directly took out a packet of spirit stones. Brother Zhang counted them and put them into the storage bag.

Then the two went to the Internal Affairs Hall to hand over the task. The task was to hunt down a disciple of the sect. The man was discovered by the sect because of corruption, but he brazenly killed the disciples who went to investigate. He was wanted by the sect and was eventually killed by Brother Zhang.

This task gives a thousand points of merit in the sect. The sect does not care how many people you kill. You will get a thousand points anyway. The more people you kill, the less you get. So there are loopholes. For example, now, Lin Jiang obviously did not participate in this task, but as long as Senior Brother Zhang puts his name on it, Lin Jiang can get a merit point for free. Of course, it costs money in private. A moment

later, Lin Jiang's identity Jade Butterfly had 300 more merit points. This is what he could get by farming for three years, but now it cost a lot of spirit stones and took less than 20 minutes.

Senior Brother Zhang was very cold. After the transaction, he left without looking back. He was even more ruthless than when Lin Jiang was in Yingchun Tower.

"Senior Brother Xiao, Senior Brother Xiao"

"Junior Brother Hou, you can't do without your benefits"

As soon as Senior Brother Zhang left, the sharp-nosed and monkey-faced disciple came over again, looking at Lin Jiang with a flattering face. Lin Jiang threw a spirit stone to him.

This person is called Hou Zun, a famous pimp in the outer sect. His business is very complicated. Today's merit point brushing is just one of his businesses. He also does other things like finding reliable alchemists and drawing talismans. If you want to become a Taoist partner with a female disciple, that's fine. Of course, it depends on whether the other party has such a need.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Xiao. I wish you immortality."

"Don't thank me nakedly. I need a lot of merit points. If you have work in the future, you can come to me."

"Yes, yes, I will definitely find Senior Brother Xiao. Senior Brother Xiao is my great benefactor."

"Okay, I'm leaving first."

Lin Jiang waved his hand and left directly.

After a while, Lin Jiang met another seemingly honest disciple. This person was also one of the pimps, but his business scope was limited to the Futang.

In the Five Elements Sect, if there are some talents in drawing talismans and want to learn this craft, most of them will enter the Futang to work. The Futang will give them some tasks every month, such as how many and what kind of talismans to draw, and what kind of rewards will be given after completing them.

But not everyone can accomplish it. There is a success rate for drawing talismans. For ordinary talisman drawers, unless they have accumulated decades of experience at the same level, no one can guarantee success. And the talisman hall is in a hurry, so outsourcing arises.

The disciples of the Futang can actually go outside to buy talismans, but this creates new problems. The first is that if you buy a talisman, it is very likely that it is different from their style and will be discovered by the Futang master. After discovering, the Futang will not punish you. They just need to have the talisman to complete the task, but it will leave a bad impression on the master and affect future development.

The second is that buying talismans outside requires spiritual stones. Many people don’t have any spiritual stones at all. If they have spiritual stones, they buy elixirs or update equipment. Internal transactions can be made with merit points. They complete the tasks of the Futang and are awarded merit points. Basically, there will be some left.

"Brother Xiao, this is Brother Zhao"

"Hello, Brother Zhao

" "Brother Xiao, are the talismans ready?"

"It’s ready, Brother Zhao, take a look"

Lin Jiang took out a stack of talismans and gave them to Brother Zhao. He carefully studied them and his face was very surprised.

"Brother Xiao, you have great skills. The style of this talisman is exactly the same as mine. I can hardly recognize it myself."

"Brother Zhao, I'm glad

you're satisfied." "I'm in a hurry to hand in the task, Brother Xiao, let's get along well in the future. I'm leaving today."

Brother Zhao left in a hurry, leaving Lin Jiang and the honest disciple behind.

"Brother Xiao, come to the Internal Affairs Hall tomorrow and there will be tasks to be delivered. I've already completed them."

"Okay, I trust you

." Lin Jiang nodded. This is not the first time they have cooperated. He can trust you.

For example, when Lin Jiang cooperated with the Fu Hall, it was not a direct exchange of merit points. A third party guarantee was needed, and this third party was the pimps like them, so they would attach great importance to credibility. Once there was a breach of contract, no one would believe them anymore.

After finishing his work, Lin Jiang returned to his residence. After leaving Qingyang Mountain, he returned to the small courtyard where the outer disciples lived together. There were four people in one small courtyard.

Outer disciples are not qualified to open their own caves. They either leave the mountain gate and live somewhere else, or live with others. The good thing is that this kind of residence is free.

"Eighteen thousand merit points, it cost me nearly twenty thousand spirit stones. How can ordinary disciples have this financial resources?"

Lin Jiang looked at the merit points on the identity jade butterfly. He had been farming for twenty years and only got two thousand merit points. But by krypton gold to brush merit points, in less than half a year, he had already earned sixteen thousand.

So Lin Jiang remembered what Zheng Yi said before, hard work can not make you rich, you can only get enough food and clothing, this principle is the same in any world.

"When you get more than 20,000 points, you can apply for the foundation-building pill. It is basically certain that you will fail. Then you can use the excuse of leaving the sect and go out to seek opportunities. Go to the medicine city to buy a foundation-building pill at a high price and rebuild your foundation. After rebuilding, one foundation-building pill should be enough to build your foundation. If it doesn't work, you can use two."

Lin Jiang made a plan. He spent decades and made many plans. After all, it was just for a method that matched his skills. This made Lin Jiang sigh. It's

really annoying to compare people. He sent Cao Ying to Zhongxing Sect. Because Cao Ying was talented, everything was at his fingertips. The love of the master, the secret skills of the skills, the spirit stones and pills, everything was just a beckoning, and he had to waste a lot of effort.

Lin Jiang was still cheating. He had enough time to toss him around, but for ordinary people, there was only one or two trial and error costs. If you made a mistake, you made a mistake. You have to wait until the next life to come back.

So the sect will become increasingly powerful, and the casual cultivators are casual cultivators after all, but they are just leeks in the eyes of the sect.

"Perhaps it's because I've been a casual cultivator for too long, and my heart has become wild. I still can't empathize with the Five Elements Sect, and I can't have a real sense of belonging."

Lin Jiang thought about the Five Elements Sect again. In fact, he has lived a good life in the past twenty years. Compared with the casual cultivators he met when he was setting up a stall in Yunzhong City, his current life is like heaven to them.

In the Five Elements Sect, if you have any questions about cultivation, you can go to the Transmission Hall to listen to lessons. Accommodation and meals are free, and safety is guaranteed. Compared with the casual cultivators who live from hand to mouth, life is simply too good.

But even so, Lin Jiang still has no sense of belonging. He has been a casual cultivator for too long, more than a hundred years, and there is no blood relative in the Five Elements Sect, so he can't have a sense of belonging at all.

"Forget it, forget it, let's go after getting the technique."

Lin Jiang finally sighed. When he got the technique, he would find a way to leave the Five Elements Sect and return to the ranks of independent practitioners. He also recognized the Five Elements Sect's incense. After a long time, thousands of years later, if he became powerful and the Five Elements Sect weakened, he would come back to repay the favor.

However, at present, the probability of this is extremely low. The three major sects in Yunzhou have been strong for thousands of years, and they have always produced talents and have never declined. At least there is no sign of this now.

Of course, there is no sect in the world that is always strong. With Lin Jiang's lifespan, he will definitely see them weaken one day.