Chapter 79 First published on Jinjiang Literature City, taking over Jinming Peak
Yao Sisi finally killed the Blood-Treading Python, pulled out the Cloud Clear Sword from its mouth, put them into her storage bag, and then flew towards Qi Mu's direction on her flying artifact.
She came to his side, checked his injuries, and then asked, "How are you feeling now? Is anything bothering you?"
Seeing that she had returned, Qi Mu said with relief, "It's alright, just some minor injuries."
Yao Sisi handed him the Cloud Clear Sword, "Young Master was quite impressive today. Thanks to you, we were able to defeat it so quickly. Now that we've completed our mission, let's crush the talisman and head back!"
When they arrived at the starting point, the manager at the entrance looked at them with some surprise, "The first day isn't even over yet, and four people have already come out!"
Yao Sisi and the others walked towards the cultivator who was doing the statistics task, thus completing all their trials.
The examiner in charge of statistics looked at the monsters they had killed and was stunned when he saw the sixth-tier Blood-Treading Python. Are this year's newcomers really that strong? He struggles to even fight a sixth-tier monster!
However, being a disciple of a major sect, he didn't directly define the matter as impossible or cheating. In any case, if it really was cheating, someone would be monitoring it, and that wasn't within his purview.
In short, not every Golden Core cultivator can defeat a demonic beast equivalent to a Golden Core cultivator. He glanced at Yao Sisi, whose cultivation was the highest. This... she was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, not even at the late Perfection stage...
"Junior sister is amazing!"
After registering them, he distributed the inner disciple tokens one by one, and then explained, "The disciple tokens have been issued. With these tokens, you can obtain two sets of inner disciple robes, each of which is of mid-to-high quality, impervious to water and fire, and capable of withstanding a full-force attack from an early-stage Golden Core cultivator. Damaged robes can be exchanged for cost price. In addition to the robes, you will also receive 100 mid-grade spirit stones and one opportunity to visit the library to choose a suitable cultivation technique."
At this point, he took out a stack of booklets from his right and distributed them to them. “The booklets contain a general map of the sect, as well as the sect rules and basic common sense that you will need to know later. You must read them before you move around in the sect.”
Yao Sisi and the others said "thank you," and the person continued, "In the next few days, there will be a disciple-acceptance hall where many Nascent Soul elders and Golden Core cultivators from various peaks will accept disciples. Occasionally, a Deity Transformation Dao Ancestor will also accept disciples. If you are interested, you can keep an eye out for it."
He then called someone over and had them taken back to their original courtyard.
After Yao Sisi and the others returned to their original courtyard, they first flipped through the booklet as instructed by the registration senior.
Qin Fubao felt relieved and flipped through the booklet. Then he asked Yao Sisi and the others for a communication talisman and went to his brother's mountain peak to seek refuge.
Following the instructions in the booklet, Yao Sisi and the others first went to collect their sect uniforms and spirit stones. She hadn't expected the sect's benefits to be so good; she received 100 mid-grade spirit stones right after passing the assessment.
One mid-grade spirit stone is equal to 100 low-grade spirit stones, and 100 mid-grade spirit stones are equivalent to 10,000 low-grade spirit stones. Besides, no one has ever exchanged mid-grade spirit stones for low-grade spirit stones.
It's like becoming rich overnight!
The next step is to learn about the sect and then choose which peak to go to. For others, the disciple-acceptance ceremony may be more important, but for Yao Sisi, competing for the peak master position is more important. Once she becomes the peak master, her annual salary will be enough for her cultivation.
Each peak master receives a stipend of one hundred high-grade spirit stones per year, equivalent to one million low-grade spirit stones. Many peak masters do not receive this stipend annually; some accumulate it for several years before collecting it.
What does one million mean? Yao Sisi has never seen so many low-grade spirit stones before. Moreover, the purity of high-grade spirit stones is incomparable to that of low-grade spirit stones. She would only use such a good thing when she broke through.
Besides the salary, there are too many benefits to being a peak master...
She looked at the booklet and learned that in addition to reaching the Nascent Soul stage, one also needed to make contributions to the sect to become a peak master. It wasn't that you were automatically a peak master just because you were given a peak; that was done without a title. And there was a big difference between being a titled peak master and not being a titled peak master.
Yao Sisi naturally wanted to be a nominal member, but with such low cultivation, there was another way for her to become a peak master: through donation!
Just like some wealthy people in the past donated buildings or equipment to send their children to good schools, the cultivation world naturally doesn't need buildings, but it does need cultivation techniques and precious resources.
The cultivation technique must be of the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow type, starting from the middle grade of the Earth rank. Some small sects don't even have such a good thing, and even if they wanted to buy it, it would cost an extremely high price.
Other cultivation techniques start at the Heavenly Rank. Cultivation methods determine the foundation, while cultivation techniques determine combat ability; they are all hard currency in the cultivation world.
Yao Sisi flipped through her own space. The "Refining God Technique" was a Heaven-rank technique, but she didn't want to donate it. Besides, she only had the first five levels of the "Refining God Technique." As for the "Cultivation Technique: Primordial Return to Origin Record," she didn't plan to expose it either, lest others know her and her enemy and be able to win every battle.
She had only just arrived at the sect and lacked a strong sense of belonging, so the spirit of dedication was naturally out of the question. Without compassion, there is no love, and she was more cautious in her donations. Besides, donating didn't guarantee a permanent position as peak master; there were requirements. One needed to meet the conditions for a normal peak master within a certain period. Donating was merely getting on the train first and paying the price later.
Her space contained a variety of jade slips, even personal biographies, and good cultivation techniques were not commonplace, so how could they be found everywhere?
As she flipped through the pages, she actually found a Heavenly Rank technique, leaning towards combat, and its name alone suggested its popularity—Bodhi Holy Seal.
Moreover, it has a remarkable effect on demonic cultivators.
Yao Sisi tried to make a copy of the manual herself, but she failed every time she tried. Frustrated, she finally had to seek help from an elder in the sect's library. Only then was she able to make a successful copy, and she donated the copy to the sect.
This technique has just been uploaded to the library and has already attracted many peak masters to watch. Who wouldn't be envious of a Heaven-rank technique?
Yao Sisi had already become famous relatively quickly among the disciples, and now she had become famous among all the peak masters as well.
Yao Sisi: "..."
She really just followed the rules, but she didn't expect her reputation to be affected so much.
Her name is more famous than her mountain peak.
After Yao Sisi successfully made the donation, she met the sect leader in advance. She was summoned alone. The sect leader was a female cultivator who looked to be in her forties. She had a very amiable face and wore a golden phoenix hair ornament on her head. No one knew what kind of magic artifact it was, but it was definitely not just a simple decoration.
The sect leader, Fengya Daojun, looked at the newly recruited disciple. His appearance was striking, radiant like spring blossoms, and picturesque.
She is a popular type in the cultivation world, with an excellent demeanor and a powerful aura. Even under the pressure of the sect leader, she remains upright.
She looked at him with admiration and beckoned him over, saying, "Come here."
Yao Sisi stepped forward and came to her side, whereupon she heard her say, "Although they are all peak masters, there are differences. Because the sect's territory is vast, different peaks not only have differences in spiritual veins, but also in attributes. Look here."
She unfolded a thumbnail map, which marked all the peaks within the sect and divided them into different colors. "Those that are darkened already have peak masters, and those that are lit are uninhabited. The spiritual veins with stronger light are better. As for the colors... red is more fire-related, and yellow is more earth-related..."
She lightly tapped the area with her finger, and the area was magnified, even becoming a projection in front of her eyes, making Yao Sisi's eyes a little dizzy for a moment.
Fengya Daojun laughed and said, "Little guy, are you seeing things? I suggest you choose one that is compatible with your own spiritual root attribute. Otherwise, when you advance to a higher realm, you will have to go to other peaks and choose a spiritual vein after the attribute is compatible. After all, spiritual veins can be obtained outside, but attributes are very difficult to change."
Yao Sisi was greatly shocked; she hadn't read enough books: "You can actually capture spiritual veins?"
Fengya Daojun: "Of course."
Yao Sisi: "Then is it very difficult to catch?"
Feng Ya Daojun raised an eyebrow and slightly parted her lips: "She's just a bit cunning, but not difficult."
Yao Sisi nodded. Since that was the case, it made the choice easier. However, there were still several peaks that met her requirements. In the end, she chose one that was closer to the mountain where the mission hall was located.
"Sect Leader, I've made my choice, I want Golden Roar Peak!"
Jinming Peak is primarily associated with the metal element, with some fire element as well. Normally, the combination of metal and fire would make the mountain relatively dry, but it is adjacent to two water-attribute peaks and has a river flowing through it, which makes Jinming Peak have a pleasant climate and quite suitable for growing spiritual plants.
Another point is that metal generates water, and water generates wood, so this peak is very suitable for her.
After choosing the mountain peak, she received a new token, the Peak Master's Token, with the words "Majestic Golden Cry" engraved on it.
Yao Sisi went to collect her peak master's salary, receiving one hundred high-grade spirit stones. She noticed that these spirit stones were different from the previous ones; they felt much different in her hand, more lustrous, and it felt as if something was drilling into her meridians without her needing to absorb them. More importantly, high-grade spirit stones have a slight function of absorbing spiritual energy.
As long as you don't use it all up, it will slowly recover on its own. If it's a top-grade spirit stone...
Forget it, Yao Sisi quickly stopped herself. Top-grade spirit stones are great treasures, not something she can even dream of right now.
Upon receiving the Peak Master's order, Yao Sisi immediately went to share the good news with her friends. She even sent a message to Qin Fubao, who was currently bragging to his brother about the amazing teammates he had encountered. However, his brother had just finished refining pills and was in no mood to know any of this.
He replied dismissively, "How could anyone be more powerful than me? Your brother is a Golden Core cultivator, and he can advance to the Nascent Soul stage at any time."
Qin Fubao: "How can that be the same? You're two hundred years old, old enough to be my father, how old is he?"
Qin Zhenbao was speechless, and wanted to beat him up: "You've gone too far! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up!"
Qin Fubao instinctively covered his head, but just then he received a message from Yao Sisi, which mentioned that she had become the peak master. He was stunned and even thought he was hallucinating.
"What? You've become the peak master of Jinming Peak? Are you kidding me?"
Qin Zhenbao was also stunned, "What peak master?"
Qin Fubao stared blankly at him, "My friend, she's the Fellow Daoist Yao I told you about before, she became a peak master and asked me to come and celebrate..."
Qin Zhenbao asked doubtfully, "Is your friend so wealthy? What kind of treasure did he donate? What are you standing there for? Hurry up and agree! I'll prepare some more gifts for you. Go, go!"
As a high-level alchemist, Qin Zhenbao has quite a few good things. Compared to inanimate objects, he values a person's potential more. Especially after hearing his younger brother talk about how talented others are, he doesn't care about knowing more or less people, since he has a lot of connections himself. But his silly younger brother is different. This guy has no talent for alchemy and is particularly timid and afraid of death. All he does is eat all day. If he can get to know a few diligent fellow cultivators, he hopes that being around such people will inspire him to be more diligent as well.
He packed several bottles of pills, thinking that the other party had just obtained the mountain peak and had also acquired some different kinds of spiritual plant seeds, none of which were ordinary common goods. He then put them in a small gift bag and handed them to his silly younger brother.
"Take your things and get out of here!"
Qin Fubao had been so busy bragging that he only remembered when he saw the gift: "Hey, brother, didn't you say you'd give me a gift once I entered the inner sect? Where's my gift?"
Qin Zhenbao: "Hmm? You came straight to me as soon as you entered the inner sect? I put that thing in the cave I prepared for you!"
Seeing that his brother was about to pat him again, Qin Fubao quickly said, "Then I'll go take a look!"
Qin Zhenbao waved her hand and added, "Be polite when you visit other people's peaks, and don't just focus on eating!"
However, Qin Fubao had already slipped away and run far away...
Qin Zhenbao: "..."
On the other side, Yao Si wanted everyone to get together, so she sent a message talisman to Ning Xiu. After everyone gathered, they went to Jinming Peak. When they arrived, she took out the Peak Master's Token, and the restriction in front of the mountain was opened, revealing the scenery she had seen before.
This mountain was never inhabited, but every now and then a task would be assigned to disciples to clean it up. Apart from a main hall, there was nothing on the mountain.
But Yao Sisi and her group were few in number; they couldn't even fill one main hall.
Shortly after they arrived, Qin Fubao also arrived. The group busily set up a barbecue grill on the mountain and quickly laid out various foods. Qin Fubao also started moving things out of his storage ring.
While returning the wine, he said, "On such a fine day, shouldn't we have a drink? I just smuggled a jug of spirit wine from my brother's storeroom, and I'm already prepared to get a beating when I get back..."
Upon hearing this, Yao Sisi perked up her ears, looked at Qi Mu, and coughed lightly, saying, "This is indeed a good day!"
Qi Mu refused without hesitation, "We just came down from the mountain and have a lot of things to do. Drinking can easily lead to mistakes, and the spirit wine has a strong aftereffect. We might sleep for more than a day. What if we miss the ceremony?"
Qin Fubao nodded and took out a pot of spiritual tea from his storage ring. "How about we have some tea? Tea helps cut through the greasiness and is a perfect accompaniment to meat!"
Finally, everyone agreed to drink the spiritual tea with meat.
The aroma of the meat wafting from the grill is incredibly enticing, making one's mouth water. Enjoying a bite of meat with some fruit makes for an absolutely delicious experience.
At this moment, Qin Fubao suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Look at me, all I remembered was eating. I even prepared a housewarming gift for Fellow Daoist Yao."
As he spoke, he took out an exquisite gift bag from his storage ring. "Hey, happy new home!"
Yao Sisi happily accepted it: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Qin. Since it's a housewarming gift, I'll accept it without hesitation."
Qin Fubao: "Don't be so polite, don't be so polite!"
Of the group, only Ning Xiu felt a little embarrassed. He felt he had nothing to offer, and as for Qi Mu, he wished he could treat her like family. How could he possibly give her a gift? Giving one would only make them feel more distant.
Qi Mu said, "Thank you so much for the antidote pill from Fellow Daoist Qin, otherwise I would have been in danger."
Qin Fubao: "We went as a team, so it's only right that we help each other. Besides, I didn't do much when we were killing the monsters; it was all thanks to you guys who took care of us."
Qi Mu, acting like a virtuous househusband, said, "Our peak is sparsely populated. Fellow Daoist Qin, you must come and liven things up often."
Qin Fubao: "Alright, you can visit my cave when you have time. My brother is a very skilled high-level alchemist. If you need any pills, I'll ask for them for you. Fellow Daoist Qi Mu, aren't you an alchemist? Come to Pill Peak to exchange skills sometime. It's not far from here."
Hearing them say that, Yao Sisi smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, you've already sold out your brother so quickly, haha!"
...
They chatted casually, and their relationship grew closer. Otherwise, after they finished their team mission, they would still be just nodding acquaintances if they hadn't made the effort to stay in touch.
Friendships are most fragile at the beginning, so they need to be maintained and kept in touch.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Qi Mu looked at Yao Sisi and asked, "What should we do next?"
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