Ye Sisi hesitated for a moment, then said, "Senior Brother, I haven't had time to wash up yet!"
Actually, what she wanted to say was that she had no toiletries. To be precise, she had nothing on her except the gift she received yesterday. She hadn't learned any cleaning techniques, so it was really a bit of a challenge for her, who had been used to using toothbrushes, toothpaste, and face wash since the 21st century.
Su Jiuli said apologetically, "Junior Sister, it was our oversight that you didn't consider this. Well then, I'll teach you the Cleansing Technique now. It's a very simple beginner spell!"
Ye Sisi nodded. Now that she was cultivating immortality, she should at least make herself more comfortable.
The cleaning technique was indeed very simple; she learned it after only watching it once. Feeling refreshed, she followed her senior brother to the cafeteria.
Breakfast consisted of spirit rice porridge, steamed buns, and a few side dishes, and she ate alone. Although she was puzzled, she couldn't abstain from grains for the time being, and no matter what, her fourth senior brother wouldn't harm her.
After breakfast, the four disciples arrived at the training ground, and Meng Tianyuan arrived shortly afterward.
"Jiuli, you take Luo Chen and Sisi to the Ironwood Forest. Sisi is still young, so she only needs to cut down ten ironwood trees today! As for Luo Chen, it's the same as always!"
"Yes, Master!"
Ye Sisi was still a little confused. Shouldn't she be practicing magic and swordsmanship? Did her master mean she was going to chop down trees today? Could it be that what the little boy said was true, that disciples of the Heavenly Spirit Sect were supposed to farm and chop wood?
Completely bewildered, she followed Su Jiuli to the so-called Ironwood Forest. The name Ironwood was very fitting; if she hadn't confirmed with Su Jiuli that Ironwood was indeed a plant, she would have definitely thought that the forest was full of iron stakes.
Bai Luochen was very honest. He picked up his sword and walked towards the nearest ironwood tree. Then Ye Sisi saw a scene that shocked her. Bai Luochen was quite strong, but when he swung his sword, he only left a small scratch on the ironwood tree. If she remembered correctly, Bai Luochen was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the sword he used seemed to be a spiritual weapon.
"Senior Brother, what would happen if, I mean, if I didn't cut down all ten trees?"
Su Jiuli's smile was still as gentle as ever, and her voice was still as mild as the wind, but the words she spoke chilled her to the bone: "You can't eat or sleep until you finish chopping!"
Ye Sisi...
Although she hadn't planned to sleep anyway, not allowing her to eat was going too far!
Is her master a devil? With her small frame, she'd be lucky to cut down a tree a day!
"Senior Brother, could you please put in a good word for Master? I'll starve to death if I don't eat!"
Su Jiuli patted her head: "In the Heavenly Spirit Sect, the master's word is law, and there's nothing your senior brother can do. You'd better hurry up!"
Ye Sisi finally went to chop down the tree with tears in her eyes, carrying Zhuiying. After chopping for a long time, the cut was only as deep as a finger. She finally understood why those people were unwilling to come to Tianling Sect. Who could stand such training?
"Junior sister, you can't do it like this. You need to learn to use spiritual power, otherwise you won't be able to cut down a single tree even if you chop for a whole day!"
Ye Sisi followed Su Jiuli's advice and channeled the little spiritual energy she had into the sword. Sure enough, it was much more efficient than directly slashing with the sword.
Seeing that Ye Sisi was on the right track, Su Jiuli turned and left. He also had training tasks, and they were much worse than theirs.
So, when Ye Sisi's spiritual energy was depleted, she would meditate to absorb it; when her spiritual energy was full, she would continue chopping trees. After repeating this cycle, Ye Sisi discovered that she seemed to absorb spiritual energy faster than she did on the stone bed.
Finally, with her tireless efforts, the first ironwood tree fell down, and she collapsed to the ground as if she had lost all her strength.
Bai Luochen was much faster than her and had already chopped down five ironwood trees. He sat down on the ground, panting, and said, "Junior Sister, are you alright?"
Ye Sisi said weakly, "Not good!"
"You'll get used to it; everyone goes through this!"
Ye Sisi felt that she would definitely not be able to lift her hands tomorrow. She roughly counted that with her strength, she would have to swing her sword nearly 10,000 times to chop down one ironwood tree. Ten trees would be 100,000 times. If she swung her sword 100,000 times a day, with her thin arms and legs, she would be crippled or even disabled.
"Junior Sister, eat a spiritual fruit. It will help your spiritual energy recover faster. I'll also teach you how to massage a few acupoints with your spiritual energy. That will make you feel much better!"
Ye Sisi took the spiritual fruit that Bai Luochen handed her. She felt that her fifth senior brother was still the best to her. Bai Luochen also munched on the spiritual fruit. After he finished eating, he used his spiritual power to press several acupoints on Ye Sisi's body and taught her how to massage them with his spiritual power.
To be honest, Ye Sisi felt particularly comfortable, even more so than when she went to a spa in her previous life. After resting for a while, the brother and sister picked up their swords and started chopping down trees again.
Ye Sisi never imagined that she would one day become a woodcutter. Wasn't this a cultivation world? Who on earth came up with such a way to torture a disciple?
Ye Sisi herself didn't realize that each of her sword strikes was stronger than the last, and the intervals between replenishing her spiritual energy were getting longer and longer. In particular, most of the spiritual energy attached to the longsword was wasted at first, but now she could control every bit of spiritual energy just right.
By the time she chopped down the fourth ironwood tree, Bai Luochen had already chopped down twenty trees, and he had completed his mission.
"Good luck, junior sister! I have other tasks to complete, or it will be too late!"
Ye Sisi just nodded haphazardly. She didn't even bother to ask him what other tasks he had to complete. She still had more than half of her own tasks to finish, and she didn't want to go hungry.
Meng Tianyuan stood with his hands behind his back in mid-air, looking down at his little disciple. A satisfied smile appeared on his refined face. The little girl's ability to stand firm was indeed beyond his expectations. She deserved to be his disciple!
Before she knew it, only a sliver of the setting sun remained on the horizon. Ye Sisi took out another spirit fruit and started munching on it. She only needed one more fruit; with a little more effort, she could complete the task and then eat the food prepared by her fourth senior brother.
After finishing the spiritual fruit, she meditated to adjust her state to its best. Cultivators are truly amazing. An ordinary person would definitely be exhausted if they had such a heavy workload in a day, but since she adapted to this rhythm, she actually finds this method of cultivation incredibly comfortable. Oh no, does she have masochistic tendencies?
Finally, with her continuous efforts, the tenth ironwood tree fell to the ground with a thud. Instead of rushing to the cafeteria, she obediently sat down to meditate and absorb spiritual energy. Once she calmed down, she discovered that the spiritual energy in her dantian was more than twice as concentrated as yesterday, and she seemed to have touched the threshold of the second level of Qi Refining.
She remembered that it took the female protagonist about five days to advance from the first level of Qi Refining to the second level, and she was still called a genius who was only seen once in a hundred years. Wouldn't someone like her be going to be on another level?
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