Jiang Yue placed her hand on it, and after a while, the crystal ball displayed the number 21, followed by a burst of three-colored light: "Bone age 21, three spiritual roots, eligible to enter the outer sect."
After the disciples in charge of the testing finished their tests, someone led Jiang Yue to the side. This side consisted of people who had been found to have spiritual roots. Everyone gathered together and whispered among themselves, unable to hide their joy.
Jiang Yue thought she had the same five spiritual roots as the protagonist and would start as a menial disciple. Now, it seems that the token is only useful for promoting to an outer disciple. She can only find an opportunity to sell it and exchange it for some resources.
Seven days later, only about thirty people were found to have spiritual roots and met the requirements. Most people did not have spiritual roots, and some were over the age limit. It was a consensus in the cultivation world that it was almost impossible to establish a foundation after the age of forty. Therefore, sects would not accept people with spiritual roots after the age of forty, unless they had a heavenly spiritual root or a special physique. Of course, the protagonist was an exception.
After the Ascension Ceremony ended, the barrier was closed. Jiang Yue thought there would be some flying boat to take them back to the sect, but everyone traveled by carriage. Damn it, they had to pay for the carriages themselves. It took half a month to get to the sect. After arriving at the sect, the person leading everyone became a sect steward.
Beforehand, Manager Wang introduced some rules and common knowledge about the Qingyang Sect to everyone. The Qingyang Sect has less than a thousand disciples in total. Apart from the sect leader, they are all in the Qi Refining stage. Only the sect leader is in the Foundation Establishment stage. The elders are all at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining and are all waiting to buy Foundation Establishment Pills to try their luck.
Don't be fooled by the steward's boasts about how the sect is built on a first-tier spiritual vein with abundant spiritual energy. They work seven hours a day out of twelve, and then how can they still have time to cultivate? Cultivation techniques have to be exchanged layer by layer. Jiang Yue guesses that this system is to prevent disciples from running away.
Before nightfall, everyone's spiritual roots were tested again to see what cultivation techniques were suitable. Jiang Yue's metal element was more prominent, and the elder of the Cultivation Technique Pavilion arranged a metal element cultivation technique he created himself. Jiang Yue didn't want it and insisted on the most ordinary Spirit Guiding Technique. An old man at the ninth level of Qi Refining dared to create his own cultivation technique. He had no self-awareness at all. It was really laughable. Jiang Yue felt that he was just looking for guinea pigs. You can see that his face turned black after Jiang Yue refused.
After distributing the cultivation manuals, Manager Wang introduced another person to everyone: "This is Senior Brother Liu, who is in charge of teaching the new disciples. You can ask him any questions you may have about the cultivation manuals." It was clear that Manager Wang appreciated this disciple very much.
This is not good news for Jiang Yue. This Senior Brother Liu seems to be a disciple of an elder of the Cultivation Technique Pavilion, and is probably one of their kind. He might make things difficult for Jiang Yue in the future.
After receiving the cultivation techniques, everyone was given a few sets of clothes and a set of work tools. That was it. There were no pills or spirit stones. After returning to their lodgings, Steward Wang arranged for Jiang Yue to work refining ore. This job was very strenuous and exhausting. It was usually reserved for strong male disciples. Clearly, this was a way to curry favor with the elders and make things difficult for Jiang Yue.
Back inside, Jiang Yue suppressed the urge to pull out her Barrett or RPG. She took out the Spirit Guiding Technique and looked at it. Although the Spirit Guiding Technique was slow to cultivate and could only be cultivated to the third level of Qi Refining, it had one advantage: it was complete and not subject to any bottlenecks.
The next morning, Senior Brother Liu began teaching these new disciples the basics of the twelve regular meridians, the eight extraordinary meridians, and acupoints throughout the body. After a month, everyone had learned almost everything. The sect gave the new disciples a three-month learning period, after which they would have to work and study at the same time.
After returning to her room, Jiang Yue took out the Spirit Guiding Technique and began her first cultivation. Because of her experience in cultivating martial arts, she quickly mastered the basics. Jiang Yue felt that her cultivation speed was a bit fast, as if something was wrong. Just as she was wondering if she had any special physique, 8888 spoke.
"Host, you're overthinking it. Because your first body was destroyed, some energy remained when you entered your current body. 8888 helped you optimize your body, which is why you can absorb spiritual energy much faster. Another benefit is that you can now hide your cultivation level without having to cultivate special techniques to conceal your cultivation. Aren't you happy, host?"
"Really? That's great! 8888, you're so kind. Do you have any extra energy? Could you expand the space a bit, or make it big enough to hold storage bags? That way, we can take more things with us when we leave this world, and things will be easier in the future."
"The energy required to expand the space is too great, but there may be something in this world that can be converted into the energy needed. If you encounter it in the future, 8888 will remind the host."
"As for placing spaces within spaces, host, you'd better not even think about it. Nesting is prohibited."
"Alright then, I'm satisfied with the fast cultivation speed, the ability to conceal my cultivation level, and the potential for expansion. By the way, bye-bye, if I take the pills, spirit stones, or magic treasures from this world to another world, will they still be usable?"
"Sure, as long as it can be put into the space, the space will process it. Host, didn't you notice? You're using a Barrett now. Otherwise, why would your weapon still work in a different world? After all, you can't cultivate immortality in the normal world."
After clearing up Jiang Yue's doubts, 8888 disappeared. Jiang Yue continued her cultivation. When she woke up in the morning, Jiang Yue was already a novice cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining. Unfortunately, she didn't know any spells yet. Exchanging spells required contribution points. She only had ten contribution points after working seven hours a day. One hundred contribution points were needed to exchange for a small spell, and cultivation techniques would require even more.
Time flies, and the three-month study period passed in the blink of an eye. The new disciples began to work and cultivate at the same time. Jiang Yue's cultivation level also reached the second level of Qi Refining. In the past two months, Jiang Yue also found that Senior Brother Liu always targeted her intentionally or unintentionally. When others discussed problems, he often arranged some miscellaneous tasks for Jiang Yue, preventing her from studying in peace.
However, thanks to Senior Brother Liu, who arranged many tasks to clean the Scripture Pavilion, Jiang Yue took advantage of the absence of others to make copies of all the books. Although there were no spells or cultivation techniques, there were some useful things, such as maps of the surrounding area, travelogues of some cultivators, books on distinguishing herbs and minerals, and so on.
Normally, coming to this Scripture Pavilion costs five contribution points a day. Jiang Yue has almost copied all the books in the past two months, saving so many contribution points. It's just cleaning, she can manage that. Ideally, she could also clean the Cultivation Technique Pavilion; Jiang Yue wants to see if she can get some cultivation techniques and spells for free.
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