Chapter 1 [Opening]
"Qi Refining Stage, First Level."
This result immediately triggered a small discussion.
"Hey, is he the Xiao Chen the teacher mentioned?"
"He looks quite energetic, not like he is in a daze."
The last sentence was said in a low voice to ensure that Xiao Chen could not hear: "Many of the new junior brothers who entered this year have broken through to the second level of Qi Refining, but some are still standing still."
The senior brother in charge of the test also looked at the thin young man in front of him with a little surprise.
Then he took note of Xiao Chen's cultivation and indicated that he could go back.
Although there are many low-level cultivators in the entire Miscellaneous Service Peak who are stuck in a bottleneck and have no hope on the road, and thus give up cultivation.
But they are all elderly people with declining Qi and blood.
Young disciples like Xiao Chen are basically still suffering.
Even if they are reduced to miscellaneous duties, they still have a little fantasy about the future and practice basic breathing methods diligently.
In the three years since they entered, they have basically reached the small bottleneck of the third level of Qi Refining and are ready to seek a breakthrough to the middle stage of Qi Refining.
Some people with dull talents also broke through to the second level of Qi Refining last year.
After all, they all passed the entrance test of the Lihuo Sect. As long as they study hard and practice hard, breaking through the small realm will not be a problem.
However, Xiao Chen is a special case.
After three years of entry, he is still stuck at the first level of Qi Refining.
It is said that after he finishes planting the spiritual field every day, he always goes to drink tea, take a walk, appreciate flowers, and see the scenery.
He has never taken the initiative to practice, and lives like an old man in his seventies or eighties. He
is a model of not striving for progress and a model of living a life of idleness and waiting for death.
If there were no corresponding regulations in the sect rituals, the manager of the Miscellaneous Service Peak would have wanted to expel him from the mountain gate long ago. It seems
that the founder did not expect this situation before opening the mountain gate. After all, let's not talk about
the long-term, just say that after practicing to the third level of Qi Refining, it will be much easier to perform the Little Cloud Rain Technique. Even
if a normal person wants to be lazy, he should break through to the third level of Qi Refining first.
And when he reaches the third level of Qi Refining, he is one step away from breaking through the middle stage of Qi Refining and joining the outer sect of the sect.
Naturally, he would try to work harder.
But Xiao Chen behaved strangely and refused to practice.
Even if he could only perform the Little Cloud and Rain Technique once a day and only cover one acre of spiritual field, and had to carry extra water to irrigate another acre of spiritual field, he would not hesitate.
You say he is lazy by nature, and carrying water is not easy.
But you can say he is diligent. He doesn't even practice his body. He can only carry two and a half buckets of water each time. He will gasp if he carries more .
The key person doesn't look stupid, but he is wasting his best years.
Fortunately, although Xiao Chen is not active in practicing, the harvest of the two acres of spiritual fields he is responsible for has always been good.
No mistakes or shortcomings were caught by the manager.
Later, he got used to it and let him live like this.
He is just a chores disciple who grows spiritual fields for the sect. As long as the spiritual fields have a harvest, he doesn't care how you grow them.
The only person who often talks about Xiao Chen is the master of the chores peak-Old Man Wu. He
is also called the instructor by other disciples.
He is responsible for teaching the basic breathing method to the new chores disciples every year.
When giving lectures, he often uses Xiao Chen as a negative example to warn newcomers not to learn from him.
They should work hard while they are young, first strive to join the outer sect, and then strive to enter the inner sect.
If they succeed, they can win a future for themselves; even if they fail, they can earn resources for their descendants.
After all, outer disciples can receive a basic monthly salary of two spirit stones every month.
Inner disciples have a basic monthly salary of up to five spirit stones.
Unlike the servants, they can only get one spirit stone after working hard to farm for a month.
At the end of the year, they can't afford to eat the green rice they grow.
They can only buy the yellow sand rice with the highest yield, the worst taste and the cheapest price in the market at the foot of the mountain.
The spiritual energy in the yellow sand rice is pitifully small, but it is better than nothing.
Spirit beasts of slightly better varieties don't like to eat it.
However, no matter what the outside world says.
Xiao Chen, however, still went his own way.
Occasionally, some gossips reached his ears, but he ignored them all.
He still farmed every day, drank tea, took a walk, and maintained his own pace of life.
Three years have passed.
Xiao Chen certainly is not really unmotivated and just waiting to die.
After all, he is a time traveler!
Although I don't know why, after traveling through time, he suddenly went from 28 years old to 17 years old.
But this is not the key, it is always a good thing to be younger.
The key is that in the second year of his travel, he successfully detected the low-grade wood spirit root and joined the Lihuo Sect.
When cultivating his first mana, he activated the option of Hex Enhancement.
On a light screen that only he could see, three cards floated out, giving three simple and clear options.
[Axiom Arc I: Recover 10% of mana when killing an enemy. ]
[Gold coins from the sky: Get 80 spirit stones immediately, and get 10 spirit stones every year thereafter. ]
[Opening: No cultivation can be performed in the next three years. After that, directly upgrade three small realms and obtain 200 spiritual stones. ] ?
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As a senior Cloud Top Game and Golden Spade player, Xiao Chen is very familiar with Hex.
After a brief surprise, he immediately looked at the bottom of the options and looked for the refresh button.
Why is there only one Hex?
I won't talk about the first kilometer arc. I am a cultivator, not a mage.
Although mana recovery is also useful, it has the prerequisite of killing the enemy, which is the worst choice.
The second sky-dropped gold coin is a very good economic Hex.
If you take this at the beginning, you will have a stable income in the future, which is considered an upper-middle choice.
But the problem is that the opening is one of the top Hexes at the beginning!
Wait for three years, and you can directly upgrade three small realms.
From the first level of Qi Refining, directly break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, and enter the middle stage of Qi Refining.
According to the instructor, ordinary disciples often need to practice hard for more than five years before they can hope to break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining.
In addition, each major realm is divided into three small realms: early, middle, and late.
There are also corresponding large and small bottlenecks between these realms.
The moment Hex appeared, Xiao Chen received a mysterious message.
As long as he breaks through the bottleneck, he can choose a new Hex enhancement.
And the original enhancement effect will be retained.
In this way, after choosing to open the swing, he can just break through the small bottleneck in the early stage of Qi training and seamlessly connect to the next Hex enhancement.
Not to mention, opening the swing also rewards a full 200 spirit stones at one time.
Xiao Chen's current annual income is only 12 spirit stones.
Two hundred spirit stones require him to save up for 18 and a half years without eating or drinking.
It is stronger than the previous two Hex combined.
Xiao Chen looked carefully and did not find the option to refresh. It seems that he can only choose one from these three Hex.
And at the top of the card, the number ten appeared, and then the countdown began.
If he can't make a choice himself, he will get a Hex randomly.
Seeing this, Xiao Chen chose the third Hex without hesitation - open the swing!
As he silently chanted in his heart, the card in front of him turned into a stream of light and rushed into his sea of consciousness.
After that, he could only absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but could not refine it into mana.
He could not learn magic from the teacher's lectures.
Even through the spiritual stones, he still could not get any improvement.
Okay, let's do it.
Three years passed slowly.
Now, there is only one day left.
Chapter 2 The three-year period has arrived
"Tomorrow will be three years."
Xiao Chen counted the days, and this time it should really be up.
When I say three years, it really means three years from the day he obtained Hextech.
1095 days, not a single day less.
I thought that I would be able to successfully break through on the first day of the year.
So on the first day of the new year, Xiao Chen rushed to the Dharma Hall early in the morning and sat cross-legged on the cushion in the first row.
It really surprised Old Man Wu.
He even opened the window to see if the sun this morning was rising from the east.
Otherwise, how could Xiao Chen, who always came on time and stayed in the last row, be so active.
Originally, I thought that he had "turned over a new leaf", and Old Man Wu was a little relieved.
After all, his wish and pleasure now is to teach and guide these young men.
Unexpectedly.
The next day, Xiao Chen was on time again and returned to the familiar lower left corner of the last row.
After three years, both old and new disciples spontaneously reserved that seat, and no one took it.
Everything was the same as before, as if what happened on the first day of the new year was just an accident.
At that moment, Old Man Wu was even a little dazed, as if his memory was disordered.
What followed was anger, that is, he was disappointed with his son.
He scolded Xiao Chen loudly and punished him to stand outside the door.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen actually ran outside quickly, as if he was relieved.
Old Man Wu was so angry that he slammed the table: "Rotten wood, rotten wood cannot be carved!"
But it doesn't matter, these are all illusions of the past.
The misunderstandings of the world are just like a breeze on the face, Xiao Chen just laughed it off.
When the three-year period is up, he will transform himself from a rotten wood into a pillar of the sect.
With the strength of the middle stage of Qi Refining, he was promoted to an outer disciple.
As far as he knows, among the more than 200 people who entered the sect together that year, most of them are still stuck in the third level of Qi Refining.
Only a few children from the Xiuxian family have received family resources support.
And a lucky man named Lin Ping'an, it is said that he picked up a spiritual fruit and successfully broke through.
This means that as long as Xiao Chen joins the outer sect, he will be ahead of 90% of the menial disciples and become an elite selected from ten.
Of course, there is one more important thing that must be done.
That is to lay a little groundwork for his breakthrough.
It is impossible for him to break through after sleeping in the sect, which is too bizarre.
If it attracts the attention of some idle sect leaders, it will bring disaster.
So Xiao Chen rushed to the Dharma Transmission Hall early the next morning and sat on the cushion in the middle of the first row again.
His choice is very particular.
It is said that fifty years ago, a disciple who had been a disciple for only half a year suddenly realized the truth on this cushion and entered the late stage of Qi Refining.
Xiao Chen also planned to "realize the truth" to pay tribute to that senior brother.
Not long after, the late old man Wu saw Xiao Chen sitting in the front row at a glance.
After a moment of surprise.
He bent down slightly: "Hey, what day is it today? You are actually in the front row?"
Xiao Chen's face was serious: "Instructor, I feel that I have wasted my time in the past, which is a big mistake. From today on, I will reform myself and work hard."
"Oh."
Old Man Wu nodded, and returned to the desk with a calm face: "Today we will continue with yesterday's content and continue to talk about the distribution of mana."
"Xiao Chen, tell me, the common way to distribute mana."
This really didn't stump Xiao Chen. After all, these courses were repeated every six months, and he had listened to them five times.
"Instructor, the common ways to distribute mana are two defenses and one attack and one defense, one attack and one standby. There are two modes."
Old Man Wu continued to ask: "Then how do you usually distribute it?"
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In the Qi Refining Stage, every time a cultivator advances a small realm, he can gain one more mana. There are three mana in total at the third level of Qi Refining
. From then on until the ninth level of Qi Refining, every time a cultivator breaks through a small realm, he can condense three more mana.
The amount of mana is very important. Whether it is casting a spell, offering a magic weapon, or activating a talisman, mana is required.
Xiao Chen naturally only has one mana at the moment, and can only cast the Small Cloud and Rain Spell once.
There is no way to allocate it.
Old Man Wu's question is clearly a squeeze on him.
Damn it, the first time he cultivated mana was at the third quarter of the morning hour, and now it is only the first quarter of the morning hour.
It is said to be three years, but it really cannot be less than a quarter.
I am still in the Rotten Wood Realm, how should I answer this.
"Wow!"
A cry of surprise suddenly came from behind.
Xiao Chen turned his head and saw a handsome young man, with his eyes closed and his mind focused, with spiritual energy surging around him. It was surprising that he was breaking through the small bottleneck in the early stage of Qi Refining.
He was dressed in a black gown and had a handsome face. He was Ye Fei, who had just joined the sect this year and was a talented disciple of the Miscellaneous Service Peak.
As the spiritual energy gathered, under the gaze of everyone, his aura suddenly surged and he successfully broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
At the same time, a strange wind suddenly blew in the Dharma Transmission Hall, and it actually circled around Ye Fei three times, and then suddenly dissipated.
Hiss~!
Xiao Chen couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Someone else had an epiphany.
If I remember correctly, this junior brother Ye Fei had just broken through to the third level of Qi Refining seven days ago and became the first among the new disciples. As a
result, he broke through again now. He was truly gifted.
"Quick, all of you hurry up and meditate and practice. Take this opportunity to feel the changes in the qi."
Old Man Wu hurriedly called on all the disciples to start practicing.
Witnessing the breakthrough of a cultivator of the same realm should be helpful to one's own practice.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen immediately began to meditate with full concentration, closing his eyes, with a pious face, pretending to understand the truth.
What a good opportunity! Now that I have also broken through, it seems reasonable.
However, after a few breaths, a cold female voice sounded.
"I see."
Then another breath burst out.
Xiao Chen opened his eyes and saw a girl in a red dress, smiling, holding a spiritual stone in her hand, and emitting rolling heat waves.
Several disciples who were relatively close were actually forced back by the heat waves.
"It's her, Jiang Sixuan, worthy of being the daughter of the Jiang family!"
"I heard that the fire method passed down by the Jiang family is very domineering. Sure enough, just from the breath, it is several times stronger than the basic breathing method."
Old man Wu touched his sparse beard and nodded with satisfaction: "Good, good, good!"
Xiao Chen blinked, again?
What does this mean? How come she has also broken through?
Could it be that your three-year period is also due today?
At this time, time has quietly come to the third quarter of the morning, and the three-year period has expired.
The only magic power in Xiao Chen's dantian seemed to have spirituality.
It actually moved around in his body according to the route of the basic breathing method.
Since it went straight from the first level to the fourth level,
Xiao Chen broke through three times in a short period of ten breaths, and his aura also surged three times.
A small spiritual energy vortex was even formed on the spot, drawing the spiritual energy of the nearby heaven and earth to fill the gap in his Dantian.
The movement was louder than the previous two people, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Chapter 3 New Hextech
Old Man Wu was stroking his beard, thinking about how to report this good news.
Two disciples broke through at once, and one of them was a new disciple who had just joined this year.
According to the rules of the sect, he can get at least 15 spirit stones as a reward this time.
Suddenly, he felt a breath of breakthrough again.
He was so shocked that his hand trembled and he pulled out a strand of his beard.
He didn't care about the pain, he looked carefully and found that it was Xiao Chen who had an epiphany!
This time, Old Man Wu was completely upset.
Those two, one is a genius of the immortal way, and the other is the eldest daughter of the family. What's wrong with you kid?
How did you break through too?
The other disciples were even more stunned, feeling the flow of spiritual energy in the Dharma Hall, at a loss.
What happened today? The senior brothers and sisters broke through one after another.
It seems that breaking through the middle stage of Qi Refining is just a very simple and ordinary thing.
What's more exaggerated is that even Xiao Chen, who is usually lazy and doesn't practice at all, actually had an epiphany.
Can you believe this?
They could accept anyone who broke through, so why did Xiao Chen also break through?
Some disciples even rubbed their eyes to make sure they didn't recognize the wrong person.
Ye Fei also looked at Xiao Chen at this time, with a little surprise and curiosity in his eyes.
Since he entered this year, he has been concentrating on cultivation, rarely communicating with others, and is not very familiar with Xiao Chen.
I always heard that Xiao Chen was a useless person who didn't want to make progress.
I didn't expect that when I saw him today, he was clearly a genius with superb comprehension!
Most people who practice can only achieve success through hard work and hard practice.
But there are also a few geniuses who can understand the principles of heaven and earth through enlightenment, and one step is better than others who have practiced for dozens or hundreds of years.
It's just that such epiphany is illusory and depends entirely on personal opportunity and comprehension, which is really difficult to replicate.
In ancient times, there were very few cultivators who took the path of comprehension. Now, basically they all follow the steps and ascend to the immortal road step by step.
Now that I think about it, the so-called "appreciating flowers and looking at the scenery" in the rumors is more like a process of realizing the secrets of the exercises and feeling the nature of heaven and earth.
This senior brother who entered the sect first actually adopted the way of comprehension. He is really an interesting opponent.
The outer disciples of the Lihuo Sect are divided into twelve different branches.
Today, they will break through together and will most likely be assigned to the same branch.
In each branch, the top ten disciples will be selected as the inner gate seeds, and they will enjoy different additional resource subsidies according to their rankings.
At that time, they will inevitably compete for this ranking.
Therefore, Ye Fei silently decided to pay more attention to Xiao Chen's actions in the future.
He turned his head again and looked at Jiang Sixuan. There is also this junior sister, who should not be underestimated.
Jiang Sixuan was also looking at Xiao Chen at this moment.
She keenly noticed that the spiritual energy around Xiao Chen seemed to be a little insufficient.
So she stopped her perception, stepped forward, and took out a spiritual stone from her waist. With her own mana, she guided the spiritual energy in it to escape as a supplement.
Xiao Chen was condensing mana in his dantian according to the essentials of the breathing method.
In order to stabilize his cultivation, he needed to continuously condense at least six new mana.
If the total number was less than seven, he might even fall to the third level of Qi Refining.
It would be best if he could condense nine mana in one go and reach the edge of the fifth level of Qi Refining.
But this was easier said than done.
Apart from other things, the spiritual energy of the Miscellaneous Service Peak was relatively thin, and two disciples had made breakthroughs in succession before.
Now, the spiritual energy in the Dharma Hall has almost been gathered, and it can only barely meet the total amount of condensing six spiritual powers.
Xiao Chen was struggling to absorb spiritual energy into his body, and suddenly felt that there was an additional source of spiritual energy around him.
This made him feel a lot more relaxed.
Half a quarter of an hour later. It was not
until he successfully condensed eight spiritual powers, completely stabilized his realm, and stopped absorbing spiritual energy that the spiritual energy supply from the outside world was cut off.
Xiao Chen immediately opened his eyes and looked.
The first thing he saw was a snow-white wrist, a green bracelet, and jade-like fingers, tightly holding two exhausted spiritual stones.
No wonder there was suddenly an additional source of spiritual energy, it turned out to be because of the consumption of two spiritual stones from the other party.
Xiao Chen immediately bowed his hands and thanked: "I am Xiao Chen, thank you Miss Jiang for your help. I don't have any spiritual stones with me today, and I will double it later."
This is the truth. After trying before and failing to directly absorb the spiritual energy from the spiritual stones.
Xiao Chen deposited his monthly salary in the Merit Hall and did not take it out.
After all, menial disciples are provided with food and accommodation, but they only eat ordinary food and live in a large dormitory, with eight people in a room.
It is not convenient to carry the spiritual stones on your body when working, and it is not necessarily safe to keep them in the house, so it is better to store them first.
The only spiritual stone that was taken out has long been replaced with spiritual rice.
Practice has proved that the weak improvement effect of spiritual rice on cultivators has also disappeared, and it cannot help him improve his cultivation.
As for the rewards for the opening, Xiao Chen has now understood that he needs to specify a location for it to appear.
This must not be taken out in front of everyone.
Otherwise, as a menial disciple, he should not have a storage magic tool, but he can take things out of thin air, and he will be arrested and interrogated as a spy.
So he can only owe it first and pay it back later.
"That's not necessary. Senior Brother Xiao didn't ask to borrow this spiritual stone, so why should I return it?"
Jiang Sixuan smiled and said, "It's just that we happened to break through together today, what a coincidence, so I wanted to make friends with Senior Brother Xiao."
Then she looked at Ye Fei, "Of course, and Junior Brother Ye."
"Tonight at 4 p.m., I will hold a banquet at Baiyuzhai at the foot of the mountain to celebrate with several brothers and sisters of the same clan. Senior Brother Xiao, Junior Brother Ye, are you willing to do me a favor?"
Hey, is it appropriate for you to openly form a small group like this?
Xiao Chen glanced at Old Man Wu and found that he was concentrating on reading the textbook in his hand, turning a deaf ear to him.
"Okay, it's a coincidence that we broke through together today. We should get to know each other better. What do you think, Junior Brother Ye?"
Ye Fei agreed after hearing this: "No problem."
After the agreement was made, Old Man Wu raised his head and said, "Not bad, not bad, you are all good seedlings."
"However, although you have already broken through, it's not too late to listen to this morning class again. Sit down
first." "Later, I will report to the steward and notify the branch to pick you up."
Jiang Sixuan and other disciples who left their seats immediately sat back down.
At this time, Xiao Chen focused his attention on the new light curtain in front of him.
It was exactly the same as last time, with three cards and three options.
[Late-stage expert: When you break through the Mahayana stage, you will get 22222222222 spiritual stones. ]
[Risky action: You lose 20 years of life, but you will get 700 spiritual stones in 7 years. ]
[Featherweight contestant I: The practice speed of yellow-level skills increases tenfold, and the power of yellow-level spells increases tenfold. ]
Chapter 4 [Featherweight Contestant I]
"One, ten, hundred, thousand... one billion."
Two billion and two hundred million!
Hiss~, how many spirit stones would that require?
I'm afraid they could form a mountain of spirit stones.
But the prerequisite for this enhancement is too high. According to Xiao Chen's experience, he might not be able to get it even if he chooses it.
In his previous life, when he played auto chess, he was often eliminated in the eighth place, and had no chance to get to the ninth place.
Although the effect looks strong, it is not a good choice because distant water cannot quench immediate thirst.
As for the second one, it looks good, 20 years of life in exchange for 700 spirit stones.
According to the average monthly income of 3 spirit stones for a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining, this transaction is equivalent to prepaying future income.
It is a pre-consumption.
But as the saying goes, time is more precious than gold.
If you exchange your life for spirit stones now, you may not be able to get back the lifespan even if you get several times more spirit stones in the future. It's a bit risky and not a steady choice.
The third Hex is very interesting.
[Featherweight Contestant I: The speed of practicing yellow-level skills increases tenfold, and the power of yellow-level spells increases tenfold.]
There are also differences in the level of practice skills, which are divided into four levels: heaven, earth, black and yellow. Different levels have their own advantages.
The higher the level, the more powerful the skills are, and there are more wonderful things.
The lower the level, the easier it is to practice, and the lower the requirements for qualifications.
It is very important for every cultivator to choose the most suitable skills based on their own spiritual roots, understanding, and background.
The basic breathing method practiced by menial disciples is still a low-level skill. Everyone can practice it. It is a basic skill like horse stance.
After becoming an outer disciple, you can get in touch with yellow-level and even black-level skills and officially start your own practice.
It just so happens that I can choose a skill right away.
If I get this Hex, I can use it soon.
And the effect of this Hex is also surprisingly powerful.
Ten times the practice speed!
Ten times the power of spells!
Originally, the practice of the yellow-level technique was simple, so the speed would naturally be faster, but the upper limit was not high.
If the speed was increased tenfold, the progress of practice would be rapid.
And if I remember correctly, the difference in combat power between the black-level and yellow-level techniques is usually only about two or three times.
With ten times the power of magic, even if I choose the yellow-level technique, I can completely beat the black-level technique.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen decisively chose the third Hex.
After a while, the morning class ended, and the other disciples went back, and Xiao Chen and the other three stayed.
Old Man Wu habitually reminded: "Starting from the middle stage of Qi Refining, every breakthrough requires refining three magic powers. Many disciples need to spend ten or eight years to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining."
"You must not slack off when you go to the branch. You need to seize the time and study hard."
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Xiao Chen and others nodded and agreed one by one.
As they were talking, a middle-aged man in a green gown walked in: "Instructor Wu, did these three disciples successfully break through?"
"It's them. Come, let me introduce you. This is Manager Chen from the Second Branch, who is also the instructor of the branch."
The three of them said in unison: "Hello, Manager Chen!"
"Yes." Manager Chen looked the three up and down.
"Back then, that kid Lin Ping'an also stayed in the first level of Qi Refining for three years. Because of a coincidence, he took Zi Lanzhi and was directly promoted to the Ninth Branch."
"I didn't expect that in just half a year, there would be another lucky person who went straight to the middle stage of Qi Refining. Your name is Xiao Chen, right? I've heard of your great name."
He joked, and didn't wait for Xiao Chen to respond.
Manager Chen waved his hand and said, "Let's go, follow me to get the exercises first, and we'll talk about the rules of the branch while we walk."
"Outer disciples are different from menial disciples. You are now considered to have truly entered the mountain gate."
"From now on, you will have to take on more of the sect's chores, and of course you can also get more training from the sect."
"In addition to cultivating spiritual fields, outer disciples can also choose other general affairs. At present, the places that are more short of people include the Alchemy Hall, the Refining Hall, Xiaofeng Mountain and the Quarry."
"If there is a place you like, just tell me and I will report it to you. If not, just wait for the higher-ups to allocate it."
Ye Fei heard this and immediately said, "I choose the Alchemy Hall."
Manager Chen glanced at him. Instructor Wu clearly said that he had a wind spiritual root, but he chose the Alchemy Hall where most people had fire spiritual roots.
I think there should be subsequent considerations. He plans to learn alchemy in the future. He seems to be very confident in his talent in alchemy.
Jiang Sixuan was also prepared: "I'll go to the Quarry."
Hey!
Manager Chen was stunned for a moment. The Quarry was responsible for helping the Lihuo Sect to dig spiritual mines. It was heavy physical work. Most cultivators were not willing to go there, and there was often a shortage of people.
This girl has a fire spiritual root, why did she take the initiative to choose there? She
didn't look like a casual cultivator. Could it be that she said, "Are you a girl from the Jiang family?"
Jiang Sixuan nodded.
So Manager Chen reminded: "Although the quarry can not go to work as long as it hands in the spiritual ore on time, but you must remember to check the names at the end of each month to avoid mistakes."
Jiang Sixuan agreed obediently.
Then Manager Chen looked at Xiao Chen: "Where are you going?"
Considering that he had been cultivating spiritual fields for three years and had some experience, Xiao Chen made a conventional choice: "I want to continue cultivating spiritual fields."
Manager Chen knew that such a choice meant that he had no talent and no background. It seemed that he was just a lucky person with good luck.
"We are here. This is our second branch, and that is the branch scripture pavilion. Let's choose your next practice method first."
"The branch scripture pavilion is divided into three floors. The first floor is miscellaneous books, the second floor is yellow-level exercises, and the third floor is Xuan-level exercises."
"The choice of exercises involves your future development path, so you need to be cautious. Take your time to look at it, choose carefully, and don't be in a hurry."
Ye Fei and Jiang Sixuan naturally went straight to the third floor, but Xiao Chen stopped on the second floor.
As expected, there was nothing particularly outstanding about the techniques on the second floor.
The comments left by the elders of the sect were all about being moderate and peaceful, and simple to practice.
Xiao Chen picked and chose, and finally found a book called "Qi-nourishing Breathing Method".
The only feature of this technique is that it can cultivate a breath of yang energy in the Dantian, slightly reducing the difficulty of the cultivator's future breakthrough bottleneck in the late stage of Qi Refining.
According to the summary of the elders of the sect, it can increase the success rate of breakthrough by about 10%.
This is the only technique on the entire second floor that can reduce the difficulty of breakthrough.
Xiao Chen looked at the "Qi-nourishing Breathing Method" with a flickering eye. If the effect of the featherweight player can be applied to the characteristics of the technique.
Then he would really have picked up a treasure.
He thought very clearly that perhaps for other cultivators, not only should they walk fast, but they should also consider walking steadily.
But for him, the most important feature is the fast breakthrough of the realm of cultivation.
As long as he can quickly improve his realm, he can get new Hex to strengthen himself.
When he came out with the technique, he saw Ye Fei and Jiang Sixuan waiting at the door.
The two of them had clear goals, and they quickly chose the Xuan-level exercises they liked.
At this time, seeing Xiao Chen really holding a yellow-level exercise, they couldn't help but look at each other, and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
Although ordinary disciples are better off choosing yellow-level exercises, Xiao Chen broke through three realms this morning, and he didn't look like an ordinary disciple at all.
Ye Fei was puzzled. He had previously judged that Xiao Chen was a genius with superb comprehension.
Such a person would definitely choose a Xuan-level exercise, because for them, this opportunity to compete in comprehension is exactly where they can play to their strengths.
But Xiao Chen actually took a yellow-level exercise, which was very strange and incomprehensible.
Could it be that he was willing to degenerate again and started to play badly?
Or is there something special about that exercise?
Ye Fei couldn't help but take a closer look and secretly remembered the name of "Qi Nourishing Breathing Method".
Jiang Sixuan was also wondering why Xiao Chen took the initiative to choose a worse exercise.
Could it be because he was a casual cultivator and lacked cultivation resources?
She thought of a way to test it.
Chapter 5 Three Outer Sect Benefits
Manager Chen also took a thoughtful look at the technique in Xiao Chen's hand, but said nothing.
After receiving the technique, the next step is to choose a courtyard.
Outer sect disciples have a total of three sect benefits.
The first is to choose a suitable technique by yourself, and as your cultivation level breaks through in the future, you can also receive the corresponding advanced technique.
In this way, you don't need to seek new techniques every time you break through like a casual cultivator.
The second is that you can choose an unmanned courtyard in the branch as your residence.
You no longer need to live in a room with several people like menial disciples, but a separate door and a separate household.
The third is to receive a low-grade magic weapon for free as your own treasure to protect the way.
Although the magic weapons refined in this way are relatively not very good in quality in order to ensure quantity, they may not necessarily fit the cultivators themselves.
But you have to know that the most common low-grade magic weapon is worth hundreds of spirit stones.
According to the average monthly salary of 3 spirit stones per person for outer sect disciples, it is equivalent to more than three years of monthly salary.
Most of the outer disciples used the unified sect's standard magic tools before they were promoted to inner disciples. They were reluctant to replace those more expensive custom magic tools.
There were not many vacant houses in the second branch, so Xiao Chen chose a small courtyard in the southeast corner.
Then there was an hour of free time, allowing them to clean up their original residences and bring all the useful items over.
Jiang Sixuan chose a small courtyard on the south side, but did not go directly to decorate it, but found Xiao Chen.
"Brother Xiao, it's time to choose magic tools when you come back. New disciples can choose to give up the unified mass-produced magic tools and buy better custom magic tools at a discount."
"This way it's much cheaper and the magic tools you get are more suitable. It's a hidden benefit."
"I still have some spirit stones saved up. If you need spirit stones later, just ask."
There is such a discount?
Xiao Chen wrote down this information and shook his head: "Thank you for the reminder, but I have saved a little money."
Jiang Sixuan smiled slightly and turned away.
A errand disciple could only earn one spiritual stone a month. Even if he didn't spend anything in three years, he would only have 36 spiritual stones.
By then, Xiao Chen would know that his savings were just a drop in the bucket.
By then, whether he was forced to choose the yellow-level technique because of a lack of resources or because of other reasons, it would be clear.
Xiao Chen actually didn't have anything worth moving. The errand disciples didn't have any tables, chairs or furniture.
But since Jiang Sixuan reminded him that he would need spiritual stones later, he returned to the errand peak, hid in a deserted place, and took out the 200 spiritual stones that were awarded at the opening ceremony.
Then he went to the Merit Hall and took out the 35 spiritual stones that he had saved and put them all in his arms.
Although the spiritual stones were not big, so many of them were almost too big to fit.
"It would be nice if I had a storage bag."
Unfortunately, storage instruments are also instruments. Only when you become an inner disciple will the sect give you a free storage bag. When he
returned to the branch with a bulging bag of spiritual stones, Manager Chen was already waiting at the gate of the courtyard.
His eyes swept across Xiao Chen's chest: "Oh, you want to exchange the magic weapon yourself? If so, go to the Merit Hall to choose the style you like."
The Merit Hall of Lihuo Sect is not only responsible for calculating and distributing the monthly salary of disciples.
It is also responsible for accepting sect missions and exchanging sect treasures.
Returning to the Merit Hall, Xiao Chen explained his purpose and was taken to the inner hall by the senior brother on duty, who introduced various customized magic weapons.
"Since you have a wood spirit root, I recommend you to use this ebony flag. This flag is made of thousand-year-old ebony as the flagpole, and there are also black gold snake patterns embroidered on the flag, which is the poison pattern. There are black cloud patterns embroidered on the back, which is the fog pattern. When you wave it, the poisonous fog will spread, and you will win by surprise."
Xiao Chen took a look. The price of this ebony flag was 180 spirit stones, which was still within his acceptable range.
He had just asked clearly that if he gave up the standard flying sword issued by the unified sect, he could get a full 100 spirit stones discount.
In this way, he could consider any magic weapon within 300 spirit stones.
"Excuse me, senior brother, do you have a better recommendation?"
"Oh? In that case, junior brother, take a look at this green gourd. There is a green wood spirit energy hidden in it, which can evolve into a green wood god general. Not only can you use the god general to fight against the enemy, but there is also room for improvement in the future."
It turned out to be a summoning magic weapon!
Xiao Chen immediately became interested. This kind of magic weapon is not common.
He first glanced at the label below. As expected, this gourd was originally a medium-grade magic weapon, worth 800 spirit stones.
However, the gourd was damaged during the last battle.
Of the original three generals, only one is left, and its power has also dropped to the sixth level of Qi Refining.
At present, the price of 280 spirit stones is a bit expensive, so it has not been sold after two and a half years.
Xiao Chen's eyes lit up. This magic weapon was just what he wanted.
Now he only needs to spend 180 spirit stones to buy the green gourd, and the cost performance is immediately very high.
If he can collect the corresponding materials in the future and repair the damage, then the green gourd can be promoted to a medium-grade magic weapon again.
More importantly, this green gourd essentially cultivates the green wood spirit.
When practicing the exercises, if you can comprehend the green wood spirit, you can get some benefits and speed up your practice, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
"I want this green gourd. Please wait for a moment, our manager will be here soon."
"Okay, okay, if you have made your choice, come here and pay 180 spirit stones. The rest of the process can be completed later."
Hearing that Xiao Chen was willing to buy the green gourd, the on-duty brother was relieved.
Most disciples could not afford to buy custom magic tools, and the few wealthy disciples often had already made arrangements.
The green gourd was placed here, but it had not been sold for a long time. Today, it was finally a nuisance.
As a result, he looked at Xiao Chen a little more favorably.
Not only did he complete the registration of the magic weapon in advance, he also kindly reminded: "I heard that if this gourd wants to be repaired, it needs to collect Qingmu Spiritual Liquid."
"We don't have this thing in our sect's warehouse for the time being. If you are interested in the future, go to the Baibao Building in the market to ask about it. There was an auction of Qingmu Spiritual Liquid there eight years ago."
Xiao Chen bowed and thanked: "Thank you for your reminder, senior brother."
While talking, Chen Zongguan also took Ye Fei and Jiang Sixuan to the Merit Hall to choose magic weapons. As
soon as Jiang Sixuan entered the door, she saw the green gourd hanging on Xiao Chen's waist, and a glimmer of light flashed in her beautiful eyes.
As a member of the Jiang family, she had heard of the green gourd before she came. If it weren't for the fact that there happened to be a magic weapon of the fire attribute that had not been picked up, the green gourd would also be one of the high-cost-effective alternatives.
Xiao Chen actually had the ability to take the green gourd, which means that he is definitely not an ordinary casual cultivator who is so poor that he has no spiritual stones to practice.
If this is the case, then it is really intriguing that he did not choose the Xuan-level technique and chose the Huang-level technique instead.
Jiang Sixuan glanced at Xiao Chen quietly, thinking about the evening banquet.
Since she couldn't see clearly, she asked her brother to come and help test it.