Before Li Qingyan could finish speaking, Qiu Miaozhen interrupted her: "No, he is already at the early stage of the True Essence Realm."
"What? His cultivation level has improved so quickly? He's even on par with a personal disciple!" Li Qingyan exclaimed in shock.
“Otherwise, how could he gain the respect of the elders in the sect? It’s just that most of the elders in the sect are women, and there are very few male elders. Otherwise, he might have become a personal disciple long ago,” Qiu Miaozhen explained.
Generally speaking, martial artists of good character and integrity will not accept women as disciples.
Because men and women have different physiological structures, female martial artists will not encounter the same problems that male martial artists face during training, and vice versa.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, male martial artists will not accept female disciples, and female martial artists will not accept male disciples.
Of course, there are exceptions, but they are few and far between.
Therefore, Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing both understood Qiu Miaozhen's words and knew the reason behind them.
Suddenly remembering something, Qiu Miaozhen reminded her, "By the way, on the first and fifteenth of each month, elders from the sect will preach and teach in the central square. Yefeng, you should go and listen to their lectures."
“I understand.” Night Breeze nodded with a smile.
"After we finish eating, I'll take you to the Scripture Pavilion, where you can choose a cultivation technique to practice. If you need the protection of an elder, I'll help you," Qiu Miaozhen continued.
A martial artist can practice various techniques, but can only practice one core technique.
There are only two paths to switching to the core cultivation method: the first is to have a master protect you, and the second is to dissipate your cultivation and start over.
Therefore, in Qiu Miaozhen's view, Ye Feng would definitely choose the first path and switch to cultivating the core technique.
Qiu Miaozhen was unaware that Ye Feng would never switch to cultivating a core technique. Ye Feng's core technique had always been the Undying Golden Body under Thunder Tribulation. Even if Ye Feng practiced other techniques, he would never cultivate them as his core techniques.
The Divine Wood Azure Sky Technique of the Divine Wood Sect is like this, and so is the Spirit Water Cloud and Rain Technique of the Spirit Water Sect.
"I understand, Senior Sister, you don't need to worry," Ye Feng said.
Seeing Ye Feng's confidence, Qiu Miaozhen didn't say anything more.
At the same time, at the Lingshui Sect's Good Deeds Hall.
Zhao Yingjie sat behind the desk, his expression not very good.
A male disciple with a pockmarked face immediately approached and asked cautiously, "Senior Brother Zhao, you look unwell? Is something bothering you?"
“There is indeed something troubling, and it involves a male disciple who has just joined our sect… Could you go and find out for me what the name of the male disciple who dined with Qiu Miaozhen in the dining hall was, and what his background is?” Zhao Yingjie said.
This male disciple with a pockmarked face is named Wang Hongdong. He is Zhao Yingjie's junior brother, but he seems more like a subordinate.
He immediately nodded in agreement and ran towards the outside of the Shan Gong Hall.
Wang Hongdong returned shortly afterward.
“Senior Brother Zhao, I’ve found out. That guy’s name is Ye Feng, and he just joined our sect yesterday! Moreover, he went to Shuiyun Island last night and killed several people at the Bailang Inn there. It’s said that the Enforcement Hall was alerted because of it.”
"That guy was the runner-up in the Linghuang Island Martial Arts Tournament. If he hadn't lost to Senior Sister Qiu, he would have been the champion. By the way, he should be at the peak of the Separation and Union Realm now!"
Wang Hongdong spoke quickly, rattling off a long string of words in one breath.
Upon hearing Wang Hongdong's words, Zhao Yingjie's face turned cold.
“So it was him… I know what to do now,” Zhao Yingjie said slowly.
Hearing Zhao Yingjie speak in that tone, Wang Hongdong knew that Ye Feng was in trouble, and a mocking expression appeared on his face.
Qiu Miaozhen and Ye Feng had already come out of the dining hall together.
Because Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing were not disciples of the Lingshui Sect, but merely family members of Ye Feng, they were not allowed to go to the Lingshui Sect's Scripture Pavilion and had to return to their residence first.
Ye Feng followed Qiu Miaozhen to the Ling Shui Sect's scripture pavilion.
“You are currently only an outer disciple, and can only choose cultivation techniques on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion. Moreover, not all cultivation techniques here are open to the public; some more advanced techniques require merit points to exchange for,” Qiu Miaozhen explained.
"Good deeds?" Night Wind asked.
"You can treat merit points as a kind of currency within our Ling Shui Sect. Go to the Merit Points Hall to accept and complete tasks, and you can receive merit points. Moreover, if you want to become an inner disciple, you also need to accumulate a certain number of merit points. This can be considered a test for disciples of the sect," Qiu Miaozhen said with a smile.
“I understand. Let’s look at the cultivation technique first,” Ye Feng nodded.
There are many cultivation techniques in the Sutra Repository. Even though this is only the first level, there are more than three thousand cultivation techniques.
However, Ye Feng had no interest in any other cultivation techniques; all he wanted was the Spirit Water Cloud and Rain Technique.
"Junior brother, I'm here."
Qiu Miaozhen said with a smile and waved to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng strode over, and as soon as he reached her, Qiu Miaozhen shoved the cultivation manual into her hands.
Upon opening it, Ye Feng discovered that it was indeed the Spirit Water Cloud and Rain Technique.
However, there are only the first and second levels, and not even a third level.
"Didn't they say that outer disciples could cultivate the first three levels of the Spirit Water Cloud Rain Technique? How come it's only the second level?" Ye Feng frowned.
"The third realm can indeed be cultivated by outer disciples, but it requires merit points to exchange for," Qiu Miaozhen said with a smile.
"How much good deeds?" Night Wind asked.
"two thousand."
Qiu Miaozhen said with a smile.
Is two thousand good deeds a lot?
Ye Feng has not yet completed any sect missions for the Ling Shui Sect, nor has he accumulated any merit points, so he has no concept of merit points.
Qiu Miaozhen continued, "Every disciple receives one thousand merit points upon joining the sect, so you currently have one thousand merit points. You can check this at the Merit Hall. For the remaining one thousand merit points, you'll have to complete tasks."
"Don't worry, merit points are easy to obtain. A thousand merit points isn't much. At a normal pace, an ordinary outer disciple would have to complete more than ten missions, which would take about a month to accumulate enough. But since you're strong, you can choose some more difficult missions, such as going out to sea to capture monsters. These missions yield more merit points, two or three hundred or even more per mission," Qiu Miaozhen said.
Hearing this, Ye Feng smiled and nodded: "That's good, it's much simpler than I expected."
"After all, your strength is undeniable. You've already surpassed 99% of the outer disciples in the Separation and Union Realm. Obtaining the third level of the Spirit Water Cloud Rain Technique won't be difficult for you. As long as you work hard and complete more tasks, you'll become an inner disciple in less than a year or two," Qiu Miaozhen said with a smile.
“Okay, I will try my best,” Ye Feng said.
Just then, a golden light suddenly flew in from afar.
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