6 hours
It's been 6 hours since Li Ming ate anything.
But Li Ming didn't regret his actions.
'Finally! Everything has been settled.'
Within the first 2 hours, Li Ming had tested his immortal qualifications.
Within the next hour, Li Ming paid Owner Wei to act as his guide to the Qinglian Sect and obtain a low-grade space pouch to transport his belongings.
Another hour was spent moving his clothes and daily necessities, along with a considerable portion of his wealth.
Li Ming wasn't foolish enough to carry all his wealth on him.
Li Ming had already transferred the majority of his wealth to his residence in his hometown.
The last 2 hours were spent on Li Ming joining the Qinglian Sect as an outer disciple and getting the keys to his quarters.
Therefore, within those 6 hours, Li Ming had tested his spiritual vein purity and joined the Qinglian Sect under the guidance of Owner Wei.
Sure, it cost a fortune and had permanently damaged Li Ming's wallet.
30 gold coins, to be exact, were spent in a single day.
But Li Ming was at least glad that his wallet wasn't as damaged as when he had to bribe the Yan Pavilion to keep his information under wraps.
I mean, 200 gold coins within one transaction was absurd.
Now Li Ming is lying on the plain bed within the outer disciple room given to him.
Although the outer disciple quarters weren't exactly of high quality, Li Ming had to give credit to the Qinglian Sect, considering that each outer disciple was given a private room of their own, and the huge number of outer disciples present within the Qinglian Sect.
In the wooden room, consisting of a bathroom and a bedroom, Li Ming lay down on a white mattress on top of a plain single bed made of cheap wood.
Staring at a semi-transparent crystal fragment that seemed to contain a mist within it, Li Ming was lost in thought.
'Is this the legendary spiritual stone?'
Though Li Ming has heard a lot about spiritual stones within cultivation novels in his past life, this was his first time interacting with one.
Li Ming couldn't help but be amazed that he was now holding a spiritual stone, which he could only imagine in his soul for the 36 years he had experienced.
Li Ming couldn't help but be amazed that this tiny fragment of opaque blue crystal held qi within it.
Though Li Ming was intrigued by the foreign object he held in his hand, Li Ming wasn't fooled by it.
One low-tier spiritual stone, like the one that was in Li Ming's hands, is worth nearly 5 gold coins.
Of course!! There was no way Li Ming was paying 10 gold coins to obtain 2 low-tier spiritual stones.
These 2 spiritual stones were the monthly benefits given to all outer disciples of the Qinglian Sect.
Knowing these benefits, Li Ming mentally high-fived himself for deciding to join the Qinglian Sect.
As Li Ming smiled to himself, he heard his stomach growling, which wiped the smirk off his face.
Oh! Right! he had skipped his lunch. How come Li Ming had forgotten about that matter?
Maybe it was his excitement at being able to cultivate that he forgot about food?
Realizing that he was hungry, Li Ming took out a slender and cylindrical container made of white jade and opened it by untying the thread around the wooden round cap. Inside the white jade bottle were 4 pills.
The Pills inside the jade bottle were fasting pills.
Fasting pills can replace the food needed by the body for a whole week.
According to the elder administering the outer disciples, these pills were fasting pills given monthly to practitioners below the foundation realm.
As practitioners within the foundation realm don't need to constant energy supply from food.
Practitioners within the foundation realm can live without food or water due to the constant circulation of qi inside their bodies.
There is a simple reason why fasting pills are given to disciples below the foundation realm instead of mortal food.
Materials and preparation of mortal food would cost less than creating large amounts of fasting pills.
It is the consensus of the whole cultivation world to avoid consuming mortal food.
Though Li Ming feels that this is unfair treatment of mortal food, there is a reasonable explanation for this consensus.
Since consuming mortal food would affect the spiritual vein purity, mortal food, in a way, would slow down the cultivation process.
It is advised by many practitioners to avoid excessive consumption of mortal food.
Therefore, Fasting pills are provided as a replacement for mortal food to disciples below the foundation realm within the Qinglian Sect.
Though Li Ming loves mortal food, Li Ming also knows that he cannot sacrifice his cultivation speed just for his petty desires.
Some sacrifices cost too much.
So Li Ming consumed one pill from the pill bottle.
After the pill entered his stomach through his esophagus, Li Ming felt a burst of energy within himself.
The Fasting pill had dispelled his hunger within 15 minutes of consumption.
Li Ming was shocked by the quick effect of the fasting pill.
Li Ming felt that most of the modern medicines in his past life weren't as quick-acting or effective as the pill he just ate.
Truly, Li Ming was fascinated by the world around him.
Looking at the wooden ceiling of his room, Li Ming realized that he had entered the cultivation world within just a week of knowing that immortals had existed in this world.
Still, he wondered why this period of time until he became an outer disciple felt like an eternity.
Maybe because he had his hopes up for the immortal world after being baptized by the novels on earth.
Maybe he was waiting to see the world he had fantasized about for so much that his time perception had been screwed up.
But whatever, it may be.
A new tomorrow awaits.
Brimming with infinite possibilities.
And so, Li Ming slept under the starry sky.
Embracing a new world.