Peace in the fairyland (5): Beloved

After class, many people gathered around and wanted to get closer to Xia Ruize and the other two, but Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian used being busy as an excuse to brush them off. They quickly returned to their own residences, discussed with each other during lunch, and then began to practice.

Standing outside the closed door, Wu Wei couldn’t help shaking his head and sighing. He really couldn’t understand how someone could sit still and practice for seven or eight hours a day? Wouldn’t he have a splitting headache because of exhaustion?

Wu Wei couldn’t help but think of his performance in his first year. His daily energy had been used up after attending classes and working, and it was good enough if he could persist in practicing for half an hour every day.

No wonder there was such a big gap between him and others!

Wu Wei, deeply stimulated, put aside other trivial matters, returned to his residence and began to practice.

However, the servants’ room only accommodated six people, and there were many people coming in and out. Some people even saw Wu Wei practicing in broad daylight and would deliberately come to talk to him.

Of course, they were not talking about anything important, just a casual greeting and a few words. While Wu Wei was practicing, he was distracted by trivial things.

The Qingyang Sect would assign all the chores within the sect to servants to complete. The servants would be busy with all kinds of hard and miscellaneous tasks from the moment they joined the sect. After a while, they got used to it. When they had free time, they would rather chat with each other to build closer relationships or try to please the person in charge, rather than focusing on their training.

Wu Wei had become accustomed to this kind of life. Even if he was inspired by Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian and wanted to make progress, it would be difficult for him to change completely in a short period of time.

As for the new outer disciples, most of them were away from home for a long time for the first time. Away from the constraints of their families, many of them were simply too happy and indulged in wandering around and making friends. It was difficult for them to ignore everything else and immerse themselves in cultivation.

However, this latest batch of outer disciples was destined to be different from the previous ones. Inspired by Xia Ruize and others, some of them came out of the excitement of leaving home early and tried to calm down and practice.

Some young people from large secular families even took out the pills prepared by their families for them, which they had originally planned to take at critical moments such as breakthroughs, in order to catch up with their fellow outer disciples as quickly as possible.

On the third day, as usual, Immortal Hua Manyue was on the platform of the Lecture Hall explaining the sect’s secrets in detail.

It seemed that someone stayed up late the night before, resulting in lack of energy in class today and falling asleep directly.

When his snoring sounded, the outer disciples around him all looked at him in disbelief.

Inmortal Hua on the high platform also noticed the movement here. She raised her hand and the sleeping disciple flew out of the lecture hall with his cushion. After falling to the ground, he continued to sleep soundly in the same posture.

All of a sudden, the other disciples didn’t even dare to not listen attentively, and pretended to concentrate on taking notes.

It was not until after class that a servant rushed out of the lecture hall to wake up the person who was still sleeping. Facing the strange looks from the crowd, the person blushed immediately and thought to himself that he could not talk too late at night.

On the fourth day of classes, a large number of new people poured into the seminary. They were the servants who entered the sect at the same time as Xia Ruize and others, and there were about seven hundred of them.

These servants did not look very well, with fatigue and excitement written all over their faces.

The fatigue was probably because they had been taught a lot of rules and regulations by the Qingyang Sect during the first three days of their training and had been exhausted from doing all kinds of physical work.

The excitement probably laid in the fact that from today on, they could attend classes and study together with the outer disciples of the same batch.

Immortal Hua Manyue took the jade slips of the Heart Method from the outer disciples’ hands, and distributed them to the new servants. They also had three days to memorize the contents of the Heart Method.

During the course of the day, Master Hua gave a general introduction to the entire method. At the end of the class, she said to all the disciples:

“We will start learning other courses tomorrow. Please remember to practice diligently. If you have any questions, you can ask them during the next Heart Method class.”

After giving the instructions, the graceful, gentle and kind Hua Manyue Immortal nodded gently to Xia Ruize and the other two, and then left the lecture hall.

After four days of mental skills classes, the outer disciples finally had a general understanding of the mental skills. Regardless of whether they fully understood it or not, at least they could memorize it and circulate their spiritual energy according to the Heart Method.

As for the servants who had just attended one day’s class, they were naturally confused. What was even more sad was that they still had to work after the course was over. They did not dare to waste time and could only put aside their doubts and prepare to go back to practice and ask the servants who had started earlier for help if they had any questions.

During dinner, Wu Wei told Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian in a complicated tone that three more outer disciples had broken through to the first level of Qi training.

According to Wu Wei’s experience, even for outer disciples, after starting to practice the Heart Method, it took a certain amount of time to understand the Heart Method and successfully operate it. It also takes a certain amount of time to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and it takes even more time to attract the spiritual energy into the body and transform it into spiritual power…

All in all, it was almost impossible for someone to break through to the first level of Qi training within a few days. Even if it was the fastest, it would take five or six days before someone could take the lead.

But this year, he didn’t know what these new disciples ate to grow up, but one of them broke through to the first level of Qi training just after they started to practice the Heart Method. Inspired by them, by the end of the four-day Heart Method class, six people broke through to the first level of Qi training one after another!

When the news reached the courtyard where the servants were, the new servants were inexperienced and did not understand what it meant, but the servants who had arrived earlier did understand, and were so surprised that they all asked the servants who had access to the newcomers for the news.

Although Wu Wei was unwilling to believe that the news was true, he had seen it with his own eyes and it could not be false. Apart from anything else, the two people he was taking care of advanced to the second level of Qi training in a short period of time. Facing the people who came to inquire about the news, he could only nod in affirmation.

On the morning of a new day, Wu Wei almost threw the food box in his hand when he saw Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian. According to his perception, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had both advanced to the third level of Qi training!

Just four days! Equivalent to his three years of hard work!

Wu Wei was about to cry.

At the same time, he secretly made up his mind that he must concentrate on cultivation during his free time today and must not be disturbed again, otherwise he would be overtaken in a few days!

Today’s class was a Martial arts class, taught by the Outer Sect Headmaster, Immortal Dugu Shanhai.

According to Wu Wei’s introduction, Immortal Hua Manyue and Immortal Dugu Shanhai were a loving couple who had been together for many years. Immortal Hua Manyue must had mentioned the names of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian to her husband in advance. When Immortal Dugu Shanhai arrived at the Lecture Hall, he quickly noticed Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian.

Dugu Shanhai was impressed by the speed of their cultivation. He secretly lamented that these two guys were worthy of being able to climb more than 700 white jade slabs on the Ladder to Heaven. Their cultivation qualifications were truly astonishing.

As soon as the Si hour arrived, Dugu Shanhai began to explain the skills to the young people who had just embarked on the path of cultivation below.

The so-called skills were actually the attack methods of immortal cultivators. There were two types of immortal cultivators: weapon cultivators and magic cultivators. Weapon cultivators relied on weapons to exert their strength, while magic cultivators mainly used magic to attack in battle.

Of course, neither of these two paths was absolute, they were just preferences. Weapon cultivators also knew magic, and magic cultivators also needed to rely on weapons when their strength was weak. In short, which path to focus on was entirely up to the personal preference of the cultivator.

After a general introduction, Immortal Dugu personally demonstrated the power of common weapons such as swords, knives, and spears, and also personally demonstrated the power of more than ten common magic tricks.

The display of swords and sabers made the young disciples below sigh in amazement, exclaim in amazement, and look forward to it.

In the past, they had only heard that the immortal cultivators were capable of anything, such as filling up the sea and moving mountains. Now, after seeing with their own eyes the attack methods of the immortal cultivators, these young people were all so excited that stars appeared in their eyes, and they wished they could be as strong as Dugu Shanhai immediately.

Of course, he could only keep this idea in his mind for the time being. As the outer sect chief of Qingyang Sect, Dugu Shanhai was already a powerful being in the Nascent Soul stage¹. Except in the Lecture Hall, there was no other place where he could see such a powerful being personally demonstrating the power of his magic to young people.

“Today you can think carefully about the path you want to take. If you want to take the path of weapon cultivation, let me know your choice in the next class. I can recommend a suitable introductory method for you.

If you want to practice magic cultivation, just contemplate and practice the cultivation above.”

As he spoke, Dugu Shanhai waved his hand, and six jade slips flew to the six young men who had already broken through to the first level of Qi training. Obviously, only the disciples who had successfully broken through to the first level of Qi training were qualified to obtain the skills and practice the techniques.

All of a sudden, thousands of young people who were attending lectures in the lecture hall cast envious eyes on these six people. Some people who were sitting at the edge because they arrived late even leaned forward to see who the person who was rumored to have made a breakthrough was.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Cheng Huaiqian remained calm and applied loudly:

“Master, I am going to use a long sword as a weapon. Please recommend a suitable technique for me.”

“Oh, are you sure?”

Dugu Shanhai asked curiously. He had already decided to pursue the path of weapon cultivation before the first martial arts class was over. It seemed that he had thought about it a long time ago.

Sure enough, Cheng Huaiqian nodded and said affirmatively: “Yes, it’s confirmed, it’s the sword.”

He had focused on swords as his weapon of choice all along, and his main sword technique now was the silver mid-grade “XunTeng Sword Technique”, which was purchased from the Lord God’s Store. He wanted to see what was so good about the sword technique in this world of cultivating immortals.

Xia Ruize, who was sitting next to him, also said loudly:

“I am also sure that I want to practice the longbow. I would like to ask the Headmaster to recommend some techniques for me.”

Dugu Shanhai looked at the determined expressions of the two young men. Even though Xia Ruize’s choice of weapon was somewhat beyond his expectations, he did not directly deny it.

After a brief moment of contemplation, two jade slips flew to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian respectively. Dugu Shanhai said gently:

“You can practice according to the jade slips first. If you can get excellent results in the monthly exam, you will have the opportunity to go to the library to read. Then you can choose the skills you like more.”

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian hurriedly thanked him together.

Seeing that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had both decided on their techniques, Li Shunchen, who was not far away, also said boldly:

“Headmaster, I want to practice shooting, please help me!”

“good.”

Dugu Shanhai also agreed, and after sending the jade slip, he took the initiative to look at the three young men who had broken through to the first level of Qi training yesterday. One of them said he wanted swordsmanship, while the other two said they were not sure yet and needed to think about it further.

Dugu Shanhai had no objection. His original plan was to give these young guys enough time to think about the path they wanted to take, and not force them to make a decision immediately.

After briefly instructing the six young men who had received the jade slips of the magic formula, Dugu Shanhai announced the end of the first martial arts class.

As soon as the immortal left, six young men at the first level of Qi training who were the focus of much attention were immediately surrounded by many people, who called them “Senior Brothers” in a flattering manner and tried to get closer to them.

Today’s martial arts class allowed all the disciples to clearly feel the difference between being promoted to the Qi training stage or not.

Those who had been promoted were highly watched by the immortals. The head of the outer sect personally cared about their choices and personally selected suitable skills for them. However, those who had not been promoted were just like background boards and could only watch and could not participate at all.

Although they were sad, they wanted to work harder on their cultivation. Of course, before that, they might be able to learn some secrets if they tried their best to please their senior brothers.

However, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were in a hurry to go back to practice, so they made up an excuse and walked out of the crowd quickly. As usual, they started practicing as soon as they returned to their residence, looking like they were closing the door and refusing to see visitors.

Even if someone who wanted to please them chased into the courtyard, they would not dare to knock on the closed door, and in the end they could only shake their heads and leave with a sigh.

Li Shunchen wanted to communicate more with his fellow disciples to get closer to them, but he watched Xia Ruize and Cheng Huai concentrate on their cultivation. He remembered that he could no longer see through the realm of those two people, and he felt a little anxious.

Thinking that the time he spent on socializing would become the gap between himself and others, Li Shunchen did not dare to socialize anymore. He gritted his teeth, returned to his room, closed the door, thanked the guests, and concentrated on cultivation.

On the contrary, the three young men who had just been promoted to the first level of Qi training yesterday were obsessed with the pursuit of the crowd and proudly enjoyed the feeling of being superior.

However, among this group of outer disciples, there were several far-reaching figures, and the role models they set were still very important. Some disciples, seeing that they could not please Xia Ruize, Li Shunchen and others, simply returned to their rooms to practice.

In particular, other disciples who lived in the same courtyard with Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were deeply affected.

After a while, the outer disciples who were chatting animatedly noticed that the surrounding courtyards and rooms were very quiet. The smiles on their faces became a little more forced, and they felt panicked as if they were left behind, and they dispersed unconsciously.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were not concerned about the chain reaction caused by their actions. They had now advanced to the third level of Qi training and had a lot of spiritual power stored in their bodies, which they urgently needed to release to see the effect.

The two jade slips they received in today’s martial arts class were just what they needed. They couldn’t wait to learn the techniques and sword and bow skills.

Xia Ruize discovered that the jade slips recording the magic cultivation technique contained a total of twenty names from simple to difficult. However, he could only see the content of the first cultivation technique, and the rest were blurry. He also didn’t know what conditions would be triggered to unlock the content of the subsequent cultivation techniques.

The only technique that could be seen was called “Cleansing Dust Technique”. It not only had detailed text and picture introductions, but also had animated figures for specific demonstrations, so that disciples could completely learn the technique by following the jade slips.

The Cleansing Dust Technique was not an offensive technique but an auxiliary technique. The effect of the technique was just as its name suggested, it could clean up the dust and debris around.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian imitated the movements of the little figures in the jade slips and made fixed gestures, while reciting the corresponding formulas to mobilize the spiritual power in their bodies.

They felt the spiritual power stored in the Dantian circulate along a specific route and gather in the palms. Finally, as the incantation was finished, the spiritual power rushed out of the body from the fingers.

Xia Ruize saw with his own eyes that the spiritual power that rushed out of his fingers was spinning rapidly in the air in front of him, like a mini tornado, sweeping away the surrounding dust in the process of spinning.

When the mini tornado stopped rotating, it condensed into a dust ball the size of a grain of rice. As Xia Ruize pointed his finger, the small dust ball flew out of the window through the gap and fell to the ground.

Xia Ruize found it very interesting and tried to perform the Cleansing Dust Technique again and again until he had exhausted his spiritual power. Then he began to practice the Heart Method. Cheng Huaiqian did the same.

This was the training method they learned from the magic world. It was to completely consume the energy in the body and then accumulate it again. In this process, the upper limit of energy that the body could withstand would continue to increase.

After replenishing their spiritual power, it was already dark. After dinner, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian picked up another jade slip to learn sword and bow techniques.

However, most of the contents in the jade slip were also vague. The only part that could be learned was the “Observation Technique”, which was a method that required practice.

According to the introduction, if one wants to follow the path of weapon cultivation, one must first understand the weapon of one’s choice. Observation Technique was the method used to understand weapons.

The two began to practice the Observation Technique. The effect of the Observation Technique was not yet known, but it consumed spiritual energy very quickly.

When the depleted spiritual power was replenished again, it was already late at night. The surrounding rooms and courtyards had become quiet, and many disciples had already rested.

After getting the replenishment, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian walked out of the room and took advantage of the fact that there were few people around to go to the nearby landscape garden to continue practicing the techniques.

Because there was not much dust in the room, they could not visually observe the effect of the Cleansing Dust Technique, so they took the initiative to practice in the woods where there was more dust.

When Xia Ruize performed the Cleansing Dust Technique again, he did not see the mini tornado taking shape. Everything in front of him was normal, as if the technique had not been performed successfully. However, the surrounding dust was indeed quickly condensed into a small ball, which meant that Xia Ruize’s control over the Cleansing Dust Technique had reached a new level.

This was what the true Cleansing Dust Technique was all about. There shouldn’t be too much noise or movement.

With this experience, Xia Ruize became more and more proficient in performing the Cleansing Dust Technique, and even naturally learned to simplify one or two of the gestures without affecting the effectiveness of the Cleansing Dust Technique.

Xia Ruize understood that the gestures of cultivating immortality, like the magic spells, could be simplified as one became more familiar with them.

No wonder those immortals did everything with just a wave of their hands, because when their strength reached a certain level, they didn’t need complicated gestures and formulas at all.

Xia Ruize, who was standing there comprehending quietly, came to his senses and found that the content of the second magic technique in the jade slip was revealed. The second magic technique was called “Light Body Technique”.

According to the introduction, the most basic effect of Light Body Technique was to make the body lighter and increase the speed when running.

Moreover, as the user’s realm improved, the effect of the Light Body Technique would continue to improve, enabling one to be as light as a swallow, climb walls and eventually even fly in the air.

If Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian wanted to fly now, they needed to rely on the item they once got [Aircraft]. Relying on external objects was no match for relying on themselves.

Xia Ruize immediately developed a great interest in the Light Body Technique. He did not go back to his room to rest in the middle of the night, but practiced the Light Body Technique in the woods.

Only when his and Cheng Huaiqian’s spiritual energy was exhausted again did they return to their room to practice their mental skills.

The class for the new day was the talisman class, which meant that courses on Heart Method, martial arts, talismans, alchemy, weapon refining, and formations would be scheduled in rotation.

Although currently, except for the Heart Method class, the new outer disciples were unable to practice in person due to their limited strength, they could still learn basic common sense.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were very interested in new knowledge. They listened carefully and took notes in every class, and practiced in seclusion after class.

As time went by, the other disciples got to know the personalities of these two people, and they dared not disturb them, giving them quiet time and space to concentrate on their cultivation.

Soon it was the last day of the ten-day period. When the disciples approached the Lecture Hall, they saw that the outside of the Lecture Hall was filled with tables. They were startled and immediately remembered that they had to take exams every ten days, and it seemed that today would be the day for the exams.

Suddenly, the air was filled with tension.

As expected, there were no classes scheduled for today, and the outer sect elder Wang Teng was personally responsible for supervising the ten-day examination.

The entire Lecture Hall was used for examinations of outer disciples, while the tables outside the Lecture Hall were provided for servants of the same batch to take the examinations to examine the new young people’s mastery of the latest courses.

Before the Si hour, all the outer disciples and servants were already in place. Each of them had a table far apart from each other.

Of course, no one dared to look around even though the distance was very close, after all, the outer sect elders were watching them from above.

When the Si hour arrived, Wang Teng waved his hand, and test papers flew out from his wide sleeves and landed on the table in front of the newcomers. Then Wang Teng made a gesture, and a huge hourglass appeared in the sky above the lecture hall. Wang Teng said:

“When the hourglass runs out, the papers will be collected. You can also hand them in early.

Okay, let’s get started now!”

As soon as Wang Teng finished speaking, the newcomers below immediately picked up the charcoal pencils prepared in advance on the examination table and began to ponder over the test papers in their hands.

The questions on the test paper were all from the course content taught in the previous few days. Some questions had accurate answers, and some questions tested the students’ understanding of the course content.

No matter what the topic was, it made the young students who were taking the ten-day exam for the first time feel overwhelmed.

Qingyang Sect did not distribute textbooks, so the disciples needed to take notes based on the immortals’ lectures. Since the notes had been processed twice, it was inevitable that there would be omissions or even errors.

It would have been fine if the notes were wrong, but when the students were answering the questions they didn’t even know they had answered them wrong.

What was really frustrating was the content that was omitted in the notes. They could only blame themselves for not writing down all the content at that time while racking their brains to recall the situation in class, and finally write down a specious answer on the paper.

As for questions that test young people’s understanding of the content taught by the immortals, they were even more difficult.

Even in the Heart Method class, which had the most courses, after four classes, many people could only recite the Heart Method. It was considered good if they could mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to circulate in their bodies according to the Heart Method. If you ask them about their understanding of the Heart Method, they really had nothing.

In short, the one-hour exam was really torturous. Many people had nothing to write at the end and were restless, scratching their ears and cheeks like restless monkeys. They had no choice but to hand in their test papers early and leave the exam room with relief.

Wang Teng, who was in charge of supervising the exam, just pointed his finger and the test paperd flew in front of him. He only needed to glance at it to give a score immediately. The four grades of “A, B, C, and D” were further divided into three levels of “upper, middle, and lower”.

The hourglass finally ran out of time, and in an instant, all the test papers in front of the remaining disciples flew in front of Wang Teng. Wang Teng moved his fingers continuously, and the test papers with scores added returned to the hands of the disciples.

The bright red ratings on the white paper were really embarrassing to look at.

Fortunately, Wang Teng did not make public everyone’s ranking, which saved some of the young disciples’ faces. However, before leaving, Wang Teng gave a cold reminder:

“The ten-day exam is just to test your recent learning results and urge you to work hard. It doesn’t count. The monthly exam will determine your ranking. If you don’t take it seriously, you may lose your current status.”

Leaving behind the threat, Immortal Wang Teng flew away in a carefree manner, leaving behind only a group of young disciples with sad faces.

During the recent classes, some outer disciples deliberately tried to understand what the servants usually did. They found out that in addition to attending classes, the servants also needed to undertake miscellaneous and tiring tasks such as fetching water, farming, lighting fires to cook, serving, etc.

The outer disciples had free time in the afternoon, but the servants who entered the sect at the same time had to work hard the whole afternoon.

After learning about these situations, the outer disciples couldn’t help but worry at the thought of being demoted to servants if their grades were not good, while the servants, thinking that they still had a chance to be promoted to outer disciples, worked hard to study and get rid of their current status.

This matter was just something that people thought about before, but after experiencing today’s ten-day exam, it had become something that was right in front of them and would happen soon. Naturally, this was a completely different stimulation for the young disciples.

Although Qingyang Sect did not make public everyone’s ten-day examination results, the disciples would always asked and exchange information with their acquaintances in private. By the afternoon, the general situation had been compiled.

Among the outer disciples, most of them received a score of “B Lower” or above, which meant that those who received a scores of “C” or “D” should be careful about whether they would be eliminated.

After Wu Wei heard the news, he immediately informed Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, but they just nodded and didn’t comment much. After all, for the two who got the “A+” score, elimination was too far away for them.

Perhaps it was because the stimulation brought by this ten-day exam was too great. In the one afternoon and one night after the results were announced, more than ten people broke through to the first level of Qi training. Together with those who had broken through before, when the course after the ten-day exam started, there were already nearly thirty outer disciples in the Qi training stage.

None of the servants had achieved a breakthrough yet, perhaps because their daily chores had hindered their cultivation, or perhaps because those with better qualifications had already been assigned to the outer sect.

In the new training class, the Outer Sect Headmaster Dugu Shanhai looked around at the disciples below and was satisfied with their progress. In the past few years, there were not so many Qi training disciples around the first ten-day exam.

The twenty-two newly promoted people received a jade slip from Dugu Shanhai that recorded the appropriate skills. Fourteen of them wanted to follow the path of weapon cultivation, and they also received a corresponding weapon skill.

After giving out the jade slips of martial arts techniques, Headmaster Dugu did not stop, but instead gave a weapon to Xia Ruize and his four companions who had expressed their intention to pursue the path of weapon cultivation in the last martial arts class, as well as to each of the fourteen new weapon cultivators.

“I have prepared twenty weapons. Whoever advances first will get them first. These weapons are enough for you to use during the Qi training stage.

After you learn the Observation Technique, you can practice the Observation Technique on these weapons. The content of subsequent exercises will be gradually opened up as you progress. “

Dugu Shanhai casually announced the explosive news, and immediately, the eighteen people who received weapons from the outer sect chief were met with envious and jealous gazes from everyone.

Since Master Dugu only prepared twenty weapons, what would the disciples who advance to the Qi training stage and choose the path of weapon cultivation do? They would have to rely on themselves to find weapons.

But the problem was that eighteen weapons had been sent out, and only two were left!

Soon everyone discovered that the last two copies were gone. Two disciples who had just advanced to the first level of Qi training the day before and were still hesitating about which path to take immediately said that they were determined to take the path of weapon cultivation.

After Dugu Shanhai confirmed their choice, he sent out the last two weapons.

This time, all the weapons Dugu Shanhai had prepared as gifts had been used up…

No matter how others sigh and lament, there was nothing they could do. If there was no promotion. Who could they blame?

After thinking about it, They could only blame themselves. Whether it was due to lack of qualifications or not making good use of the time to cultivate, they could only blame themselves.

Xia Ruize, who received a longbow, and Cheng Huaiqian, who received a longsword, were naturally very happy.

They had mastered the Observation Technique a few days ago, and had secretly tried to apply it to their respective weapons. Unfortunately, the weapons they purchased from the Lord God’s Store did not give the expected response to the Observation Technique as described in the introduction to the technique.

At the time, the two suspected that the Observation Technique might only work on weapons made in this mission world, and they even asked Wu Wei how new disciples could obtain weapons.

They didn’t expect that their wish would come true in the blink of an eye and they got a handy weapon. They thought they could try out the effect of the Observation Technique right away.

What was more worth mentioning was that as soon as the weapons gifted by Immortal Dugu Shanhai were obtained, the system assumed that these two weapons belonged to the trialers personally, and a prompt popped up.

The system prompted that the weapons the two people got were of yellow medium grade, which was worth several thousand survival points in the Lord god store.

This reminder also made Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian feel a little relieved, because they had not received any reminders about the main mission so far. The missions in the Golden Book Area were indeed different.

While Dugu Shanhai was discussing weapon selection with other promoted disciples, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian couldn’t help but use the Observation Technique on the weapons in their hands.

Immediately, their spiritual power flowed to the weapons in their hands and wrapped around them. Then, just as the technique introduced, they received some information feedback related to the weapons.

For example, what material the weapon in their hand was made of, how many days and nights of forging it took to achieve its tough and translucent texture that looked like gold but not gold, and like jade but not jade, and so on.

After receiving the feedback, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were even happier, as this proved that their observation skills were not practiced incorrectly.

When performing the Weapon Observation Technique on the weapons, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had already begun to look forward to the day when they could fly in the air by standing on their own weapons like the immortal they saw on the day they entered the sect.

Dugu Shanhai on the high platform looked with a little surprise at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian who performed two Observation Technique in succession, and couldn’t help but feel even more impressed by the talents of these two young guys.

They actually already learned the Observation Technique from the weapon techniques on their own. He guessed they had also dabbled in the Cleansing Dust Technique from the jade slip, right?

At the beginning of this martial arts class, thousands of disciples in the Lecture Hall were so shocked by the act of the Outer Sect Headmaster giving away weapons that they screamed in admiration. They did not expect that they would be shocked even more next time.

After all twenty weapons were distributed, Dugu Shanhai looked at the young guys below with satisfaction as they were stimulated by him and worked at full speed. Then he began to explain in detail the first spell in the jade slip he had given out, which was the Cleansing Dust Technique.

Although there were less than thirty outer disciples who had obtained the jade slips of the magic cultivation now, it did not affect the other disciples from having a basic impression of the Cleansing Dust Technique first. When they were able to advance to the first level of Qi training and begin to practice the magic formula, they would naturally be more confident.

After explaining it in detail, Dugu Shanhai asked the disciples below:

“Who can perform the Cleansing Dust Technique now? Stand up and let everyone see.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of thousands of people at the scene immediately turned to the six disciples who had received the jade slips of magic techniques in the last martial arts class. Under the gaze of everyone, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian stood up and stood beside the low table.

There was a burst of “Huh!” sounds at the scene, and sure enough, these two guys were born to beat up others!

Li Shunchen looked at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, hesitated for a moment, and then stood up.

The other three outer disciples looked at each other and lowered their heads in shame.

Their main focus lately had been on cultivating their Heart Method. They had occasionally tried the Cleansing Dust Technique, but they were never able to perform it successfully because it was too difficult. Later, they were too lazy to continue struggling with the Cleansing Dust Technique. Who would have thought that the Headmaster would conduct a random check in this class?

Dugu Shanhai looked at the three young disciples who stood up with satisfaction, nodded with satisfaction, and said gently:

“Very good, the fact that you can perform the Cleansing Dust Technique now shows that you are diligent enough. Come on, show it to everyone.”

The head of the outer sect was so encouraging, how could the three of them refuse?

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at each other and thought to themselves that they had been learning by themselves before, and now it would be a good opportunity for them to demonstrate so that the Headmaster could see whether they were doing it right, so they calmly began to practice.

Li Shunchen took a deep breath, adjusted his state, and started to perform the spell only when he thought he was ready.

The other disciples in the Lecture Hall stared at the actions of the three men with wide eyes and curiosity. The servants who were far away even leaned forward to try to see more clearly.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian’s hands were seen changing positions quickly and their mouths moved slightly. After more than ten seconds, they put their hands down, and then a ball of dust condensed on their cushions and was placed on the ground next to them.

It was too fast!

This thought occurred to many people at the same time, because Li Shunchen next to him was still practicing the technique, and it seemed that his proficiency was obviously lacking. After more than ten seconds, Li Shunchen finally put his hand down.

Then a small whirlwind appeared in front of Li Shunchen, which attracted the surrounding dust and condensed it into a small dust ball.

Generally speaking, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian did not cause much noise when they performed the Cleansing Dust Technique. As for Li Shunchen, although he created a whirlwind, it was too small and only people nearby could see it.

The dust ball that was condensed after the three performed the Cleansing Dust Technique was even smaller. Only the disciples who were close could see it. People who were far away had no idea what was happening.

The only person who could see clearly what was happening at the scene was Dugu Shanhai on the high platform. Because the he did not comment immediately, the Lecture Hall fell silent for a while.

In fact, Dugu Shanhai was looking at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian and was secretly amazed.

Just when he thought these two were qualified enough, they always showed something even more amazing.

When most of the new disciples had not yet broken through to the first level of Qi training, these two guys had already learned to perform the magic spells on their own. What was more amazing was that they learned the simplified magic spells without any teacher.

These two people were different from Li Shunchen. Li Shunchen was born into a secular family. Many elders in his family had embarked on the path of cultivating immortals, and he had learned a lot from what he had seen and heard.

But according to their investigation, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were both from small families with no worries about food and clothing. No one in their family for several generations had practiced Taoism, and they had no idea about the fairyland. They could not think of any other reason for their success except their own extraordinary talents.

This was really… this was really the favor of heaven!

After sighing, Dugu Shanhai casted an encouraging look at Li Shunchen.

If he were placed among other batches of disciples, Li Shunchen’s outstanding talent would definitely make him the top one, but in this batch, because of the two favored children of heaven, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, Li Shunchen was suppressed and overshadowed.

After thinking for a while, Dugu Shanhai waved his hand, and three white jade bottles flew to Xia Ruize, Cheng Huaiqian and Li Shunchen respectively. Dugu Shanhai said gently:

“All three of you performed very well, and the Cleansing Dust Technique you performed was correct. All you need to do next is to continue practicing diligently.

This is the top-grade Guyuan Pill that I reward you with. You can take it before practicing your Heart Method, and your Heart Method practice will definitely be smoother.

All right, sit down, everyone.”

After saying that, he smiled and waved at the three people.

Thousands of disciples in the Lecture Hall could tell from the gentler voice of Master Dugu that he was very satisfied with the performance of the three people. However, the three bottles of Guyuan Pills still deeply stimulated the other disciples.

That was the Guyuan Pill!

The good things that they couldn’t even buy, were given to others by immortals just because they performed well!

It was really, it made people jealous!

After entering Qingyang Sect, many disciples learned what the Guyuan Pill, the thing that had appeared on The Path to Self-Reflection, was. Then they discovered that the Guyuan Pill was more precious than they thought.

The preciousness of the Guyuan Pill lay in the fact that it was a rare pill that worked for ordinary people and new cultivators. Ordinary people could take Guyuan Pill to strengthen their bodies, while new cultivators could take Guyuan Pill to speed up their cultivation.

However, the Guyuan Pill itself could only be refined by the alchemists among the immortal cultivators. It was usually only circulated in the fairyland and could only be purchased with the fairyland’s universal currency, immortal stones.

Ordinary people could not get access to it even if they wanted to buy it. Only some aristocratic families could use their connections to purchase some for their children who were about to embark on the path of cultivating immortals.

When Li Shunchen came to Qingyang Sect to participate in the entrance selection, his family prepared three bottles of Guyuan Pills for him. He took two of them on the first day of his entry, and was able to break through to the first level of Qi training overnight.

The author has something to say: Some readers want to see the data, that’s fine~

[Xia Ruize:

Strength: 204 Agility: 203 Spirit: 220 Physique: 207 Life: 2070]

[Cheng Huaiqian:

Strength: 212 Agility: 210 Spirit: 174 Physique: 200 Life: 2000]

Notes

1. I’ll be using the cultivation levels on this website as a reference, link ↩︎