Next, Lin Daqiao talked about the sect rules. At this point, this Seventh Senior Brother stated that there were many and long sect rules, but as long as you remembered a few points not to touch, you would be fine.
First, you must not kill fellow disciples. Otherwise, it would be a life for a life. Of course, if it was purely self-defense, that was a different matter. At that time, everything would be discussed by the law enforcement hall of the place where the incident occurred or the law enforcement halls of both peaks. Second, when you encounter a fellow disciple in trouble outside, unless the difference in realm with the enemy is too great, you must go forward to assist. Those who only care about themselves will be fined a heavy amount of spirit stones and have their cultivation resources cut off for several years. In serious cases, their cultivation will be crippled, and they will be expelled from the sect. Third, you must not commit crimes outside. Although the Malevolent Spirit Sect never boasted of being a reputable and orthodox sect, it had its own style of doing things. Once such a person was discovered, their fate would be extremely miserable. It was not as simple as crippling their cultivation; they might a
Where there are punishments, there are rewards. The sect is divided from bottom to top into the Handyman Department, the Outer Sect, and the Inner Sect. Not all disciples sent by the subordinate immortal sects can be accepted. Only those who pass the assessment will be accepted into the Outer Sect for cultivation. Another group with good aptitude but who fail the assessment do not need to be sent back to their original subordinate immortal sects. They are first accepted into the Handyman Department, temporarily working as handymen, doing chores like chopping wood, cooking, and cleaning. They earn rewards by working to exchange for spirit stones for diligent cultivation. They can participate in the annual internal assessment of each peak. If they pass, they can enter the Outer Sect.
To enter the Inner Sect, only the elite disciples of the Outer Sect can enter after passing through layers of assessments. They are the core of the sect, the geniuses of each peak, and the future hope of the sect. There is another way to enter the Inner Sect: no matter if you are a handyman or an Outer Sect disciple, once you successfully establish your foundation, you can also enter the Inner Sect. At this point, Lin Daqiao glanced at Li Yan. "Your entry into this sect is actually related to this Outer Sect Foundation Establishment."
Li Yan found this strange, but he suddenly remembered what Dong Fuyi had told him and vaguely guessed some things, but his expression was one of astonishment as he looked at Lin Daqiao.
Lin Daqiao looked at Li Yan's expression and had a "I knew it" look on his face. He gave a mysterious smile and began to speak.
Twenty years ago, an Outer Sect disciple of Spirit Insect Peak named Lian Shan successfully established his foundation. He was originally qualified to enter the Inner Sect, but in the end, he failed to do so. The reason was that he might have raped and killed a mortal woman outside. But he did this very secretly. The sect only received a report from a subordinate immortal sect, but there was no evidence. So they wanted to observe him for a while longer before deciding what to do. Who knew that Lian Shan seemed to have become alert and, before Spirit Insect Peak could react, he stole the entry-level book and jade slip of Spirit Insect Peak and defected. The higher-ups of Spirit Insect Peak were furious when they learned of this and continuously sent people to hunt him down. But because this person was cunning and had been in the Malevolent Spirit Sect for more than forty years, he was familiar with their methods of pursuit, so they had no success. It wasn't until later that this person died outside a Golden C
Li Yan knew after hearing half of it that it was as he had guessed, but he still showed a "so that's how it is" expression at the end.
In addition, there was a special type of disciple who entered the sect, like Lin Daqiao and Li Yan, who were directly accepted by a Golden Core master without an assessment, but they could only be considered Outer Sect disciples. In Little Bamboo Peak, only Eldest Senior Brother Li Wuyi, Third Senior Brother Yun Chunqu, and Sixth Senior Sister Gong Chenying were Inner Sect disciples. This ratio was already very high. Before Li Yan came, it accounted for nearly half of the disciples of Little Bamboo Peak.
In addition, the sect also had a major competition for disciples below the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment every five years and a major competition for disciples from the mid-stage to the late-stage of Foundation Establishment every ten years. This was a joint competition for all peaks, and each peak had to participate without excuse. The former was mainly to check the general cultivation of the disciples of each peak. The latter was mainly to check the core strength of the sect and to measure the promising talents among these high-level disciples who might condense a core, in preparation for the next step of cultivation. This was the importance that the great ancient sects placed on inheritance. Everything was for inheritance. And the major competition also had generous resource rewards, usually secret manuals, cultivation techniques, a large number of spirit stones, etc., to encourage disciples to show their true abilities. In this type of competition, serious injuries were common, but deaths were ra
Between the four great sects, there would also be exchange competitions and secret realm treasure hunts from time to time. It was just that the competition between these sects was more bloody and cruel, often life-and-death hunts. They also focused on Foundation Establishment, supplemented by Qi Condensation. The purpose was to increase the survival ability of the sect's new blood and at the same time obtain more cultivation resources.
At this point, Lin Daqiao turned the topic to the distribution of sect resources.
Sect disciples could all choose some cultivation techniques and immortal arts for free. It was just that these cultivation techniques and immortal arts were usually ordinary. If you wanted to cultivate good cultivation techniques and immortal arts, you had to use spirit stones to buy them. The main purpose of the sect doing this was to increase the survival awareness of the sect's disciples. Otherwise, if they were too comfortable, in this cultivation world where the weak are prey to the strong, they would have been wiped out countless times.
For a Qi Condensation disciple like Li Yan, he would receive a fixed three low-grade spirit stones every month. Coupled with the rich spiritual energy of the sect, it was enough for cultivation. But as cultivation deepened, he would need better cultivation techniques, immortal arts, medicinal pills, talismans, etc., all of which had to be exchanged for with spirit stones.
So where did these spirit stones come from? The sect's Mission Hall on Lord Lao Peak was the place to earn spirit stones. You could accept various missions there, such as hunting demonic beasts, guarding medicine gardens for sect elders, searching for spiritual herbs for others, and even assassination missions against cultivators from other immortal sects. This kind of thing was also a similar mission in other sects; it was just an open secret. The four great sects were not as harmonious as they seemed on the surface. As long as you could do it without leaving any evidence in the hands of others, it was your personal behavior and had nothing to do with the sect. A sect was a power. Although it also wanted to get rid of its opponents from time to time, it also depended on the strength of the opponent. If they were evenly matched, the outcome of a great sect war would only be mutual destruction.
The missions in the Mission Hall were varied. These missions were the main source of earning spirit stones. Of course, there were also many disciples who privately went out to hunt for treasures or hunt demonic beasts, either alone or in groups. They would then sell or exchange them for spirit stones, which was also a good source of income.
There were missions from the Qi Condensation stage to the Golden Core stage. Even a great Golden Core cultivator would take on some difficult missions. They needed more spirit stones for their cultivation. But an old Nascent Soul ancestor didn't need to take on any missions. All the expenses of these old monsters were covered by the sect. They were the pillars of a sect. When the sect was on the brink of life and death, they would settle the matter with a single blow.
In addition to the sect's Mission Hall on Lord Lao Peak, each peak also had its own small mission hall. It was just that the missions here were more characteristic and targeted, less universal. You could also earn spirit stones by accepting missions here. For example, when someone from Spirit Insect Peak was out, they would need to find someone to temporarily raise their spirit insects and creatures. Lord Lao Peak would also often need people to assist in refining pills and artifacts, and so on. However, these peak-specific missions were usually not enough for their own peak to grab, as they were the experts most familiar with their own peak. Among the five peaks, the missions of Little Bamboo Peak were the most popular. The peak had all kinds of miscellaneous tasks, such as watering spiritual plants, cooking, raising animals, etc. Because there were too few disciples here, they couldn't finish them all and would often release many missions, which the other peaks would then scramble to grab.
Li Yan's eyes were full of questions when he heard this. He could understand watering spiritual plants, but what was cooking? Weren't the handyman disciples supposed to do these things, or were there too few handyman disciples on Little Bamboo Peak to handle it? Besides, cultivators could abstain from grain after reaching the third layer of Qi Condensation. They could go for days without eating or drinking. Even if they occasionally wanted to eat, it wasn't to the point of issuing a mission. In addition, did Little Bamboo Peak also raise many spirit insects? Wasn't that something that only Spirit Insect Peak and Never-Parting Peak did?
Lin Daqiao saw Li Yan's astonished expression and gave a mysterious smile. "Hehe, Little Junior Brother, the cooking in the peak's mission hall is not ordinary cooking. This is mainly the responsibility of Second Senior Brother. When he's too busy, he'll issue missions. As for raising spirit insects, it's also different from Spirit Insect Peak and Never-Parting Peak. This is the responsibility of Fourth Senior Sister and Fifth Senior Brother. You'll understand in the future." At this point, he stopped talking, looking profound and mysterious.
Looking at his Seventh Senior Brother's secretive appearance, Li Yan thought of the gu-insects raised on Never-Parting Peak. He couldn't help but think, "Could it be some special spirit insects and spirit beasts? If it's something as scalp-numbing as gu-insects..." Thinking about living in a place where those little insects might be crawling all over, and the scene of them crawling all over the mountain at night with a "shasha" sound, he couldn't help but feel his hair stand on end.
Lin Daqiao didn't say any more but looked at Li Yan's uncomfortable expression and chuckled. He thought to himself, "When I first came, Fifth Senior Brother told me the same thing. It made me unable to sleep well for several days. I only felt better after I clarified the situation with Eldest Senior Brother. Little Junior Brother, you should try it too. I don't know if these senior brothers are doing it on purpose. I heard that newcomers to the sect are all taken by them to the other peaks for a tour before coming to Little Bamboo Peak. The most hateful thing is that Fifth Senior Brother took me to Never-Parting Peak on the very first day..." Thinking of this, he shivered and quickly looked at Li Yan. Fortunately, Li Yan was currently imagining the scene of Little Bamboo Peak crawling with insects and didn't notice his expression.
Seeing that Li Yan hadn't noticed him and was looking uncomfortable, he knew that this newcomer had fallen for it. So he gave a dry cough and, without giving Li Yan time to think, changed the subject. He would let Li Yan think about it slowly at night.
Li Yan was speechless when he saw his Seventh Senior Brother no longer continuing that topic. He had no choice but to force himself to listen to his continued "transmission of teachings."
Next, Lin Daqiao talked about the treasured collections of each peak. The treasured collection of each peak was generally divided into three categories: one was books and jade slips of cultivation techniques and immortal arts; one was a collection of spirit tools, dharma treasures, talisman papers, and puppets; and the other was various medicinal pills and poisons.
The cultivation techniques of each peak were different, but what was stored were all cultivation techniques that were the same as or auxiliary to the main spirit root attribute of their own mountain's cultivation, from the Qi Condensation stage to the Golden Core stage. The entry-level cultivation techniques for each realm were all free. In addition, the various immortal arts in the treasured collection, such as "Wind Blade Art," "Fireball Art," and "Quicksand Art," were common immortal arts that each peak had, and they were also free. However, advanced cultivation techniques and immortal arts had to be exchanged for with spirit stones.
Li Yan asked a question here. Since they were "Wind Blade Art," "Fireball Art," and "Quicksand Art," why were they still common to all peaks? Logically, "Wind Blade Art," "Fireball Art," and "Quicksand Art" should correspond to the wind attribute, fire attribute, and earth attribute, respectively.
The answer Lin Daqiao gave was that the use of the attributes of these basic immortal arts was not that profound. They could all be used with other attributes; it was just that they were not as smooth as when used with the corresponding attribute's spirit root. That is to say, for example, for the use of "Fireball Art," a cultivator with a fire spirit root would definitely use it more smoothly and casually than someone without a fire attribute. They were just not as good at it. Otherwise, if a dignified Foundation Establishment or Golden Core cultivator couldn't even release a fireball, what kind of immortal would they be cultivating?
As for medicinal pills, spirit tools, and the like, apart from the one-time distribution at the time of entry, they all had to be exchanged for or purchased with spirit stones in the future. And the cost of those medicinal pills and spirit tools was often several, dozens, or even hundreds or thousands of spirit stones.
After hearing all this, and thinking about the three low-grade spirit stones he had received at the beginning, Li Yan knew that he was a cultivator so poor he couldn't even afford pants.