Natural Fairy Species

Chapter 315: Changes in Disciples

 The spiritual energy erupted, the eye of the spiritual spring swayed, and the spring water surged.

A mouthful of light white as jade, and a flying sword with a bamboo base could be vaguely seen leapt out of the water, and fell steadily into a strong hand with distinct joints.

“After eight pieces of sword-making materials, I finally succeeded three times and obtained a three-accented bamboo sword... This success rate is really beyond my expectations.”

Bai Zichen shook gently, and the Yinzhu sword made a unique jade sound, with impeccable quality.

 Xingshuang flies by and has refined his sword eight times in the past five years.

If you use traditional earth fire refining tools, 80 spiritual materials can be used.

However, sword refining using the water method is different. It takes nearly half a year each time, so you can’t be impatient.

I don’t know if the water refining method is suitable for sword refining, or if he has found his own way to refining his true life, or if the third-level spiritual spring is too effective.

 The success rate of sword refining is already very high with a score of 3 out of 8, and he can be regarded as a qualified second-level sword refining master.

Even if you go out and open a sword furnace, you can make a living by refining swords and earn spiritual stones.

And in the process, Bai Zichen gradually mastered many tricks of water refining.

 If he had to do it again, he would be confident that he would use eight pieces of spiritual materials to refine four flying swords.

“Next, let’s refine the stepping stone. This should be the simplest refining method among low-grade magic weapons... It’s just a matter of piling up spiritual materials and using force to overwhelm people. There are no subtle restrictions at all.”

Bai Zichen dug out the dragon-headed crutch that he got from Granny Ghost from his storage bag. It looked like an inconspicuous stick, but it actually weighed more than a thousand kilograms.

 After refining it and adding some third-level strange stones, it will be enough to make all the refining materials for the stepping stone.

However, the water-refined magic weapon will take longer than the spiritual weapon, and it is estimated that it will take a year to be effective.

 This was only possible after he activated the elixir fire and melted the dragon-headed crutches first.

 Otherwise, just to refining the magic weapon, you might have to soak it in the Eye of the Spiritual Spring for several years.

During the long period of water-based weapon refining, Bai Zichen was never far from the entrance to the Glazed Fire God Body.

Hejian County has had many minor conflicts in the past few years, but there have been no major incidents. The elders below have not yet bothered Ancestor Bai.

Qi Yue came to visit him midway. He finally reached the completion of foundation building and was ready to travel around and come back to build the core.

 For Qi Yue, who has never considered the theory of alchemy at all, all he has to do now is to convert a body of liquid mana into real energy.

As for the Qingling Chalcedony, Master Ge Cang had already prepared it for him, and even gave him a distraction stone.

 The distraction stone is a fourth-level low-grade spiritual object that can accommodate the consciousness of hundreds of people at the same time without interfering with each other.

  It is usually used in puppet production and can be used as the hub core.

For monks who have perfected the Foundation Establishment, the greatest function of the distraction stone is to feel the wonder of spiritual consciousness, so that they will not be at a loss when they hit the core.

If only a ray of spiritual consciousness is placed in it, the distraction stone will have no other effect.

Most puppets' intelligence is obtained by refining the spirit of monsters and beasts in the distraction stone, and they can simply execute the master's orders.

Only the legendary fourth-level puppet involves the differentiation of spiritual thoughts, splitting out a trace of the refiner's soul, making the puppet like an incarnation outside the body, without the dullness of ordinary puppets.

 Just for the sake of an attempt to place the spiritual consciousness, a distraction stone that can serve as the core of a third-level puppet has to be damaged. Even the most wealthy sect cannot popularize this method, and it must only belong to a few people.

Bai Zichen took the time to meet Qi Yue and gave him a few words of comfort and encouragement.

With the passing of the older generation of monks from Qingfeng Sect, there is a great need for the younger generation of disciples to step up and take the lead.

Among the successors currently selected by the five hall masters, none of them are in the late stage of foundation building. If an accident occurs, they will not be able to assume the position of hall master immediately.

Just like Su Li, he can only take charge of the Fu Palace as the acting palace master first.

Qi Yue’s plan is to travel in the direction of Beiyuan while transforming the true essence.

 After returning, he immediately went into seclusion to form alchemy.

After this little episode, Bai Zichen continued to refine the magic weapon in the water in Bitan, ignoring changes in the outside world until his eldest disciple came to see him.

“Master, the inner disciple Ma Ruoxi has reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. Should we follow the rules of true disciples and give her foundation-building spiritual objects, or should we let her participate in the true trial to get a higher position?”

Tong Huan's cultivation talent is average, but his ability to handle common affairs is outstanding.

Having a background as a great disciple of Bai Zhenren as a talisman, it is enough to manage the Wanxian Stream in an orderly manner.

Hejian County has hundreds of resource points, and arranges stationed disciples to reconcile accounts and share profits with the Immortal Family, and there has never been a single discrepancy.

“She has only been an inner disciple for more than six years, and she has already reached the level of Qi refining?”

Bai Zichen was very curious, let alone perfect Qi refining, even a foundation-building monk was nothing in front of him.

But in six years, from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, the effect of this water-stone spirit body seems to be far beyond expectations.

"With the Xuanshui Jade on her body, Ma Ruoxi almost reached the first level every year. She only paused briefly when she reached the perfection of Qi refining... Therefore, she did not return to the mountain to participate in the True Inheritance Trial, and she practiced all the way to this point." For Ma Ruoxi's cultivation Tong Huan witnessed the progress with his own eyes and could only sigh that the qualifications for the Three Spiritual Roots were obviously due to a suitable spiritual object, and the cultivation speed was directly comparable to the Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Tong Huan witnessed Ma Ruoxi's cultivation progress with his own eyes, and could only lament that the three spiritual root qualifications were obviously due to a suitable spiritual object, and the cultivation speed was directly comparable to the heavenly spiritual root.

At the same time, a feeling of pity for talents arises, and she will take the initiative to ask the master about her matter.

“Isn’t it a waste of time to participate in any True Tradition trial after you have already perfected your Qi refinement... Just follow the treatment of True Tradition disciples and receive all the benefits.”

  Among the twelve true disciples, not everyone can achieve the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

Today's admission requirements for true disciples are much higher than those of Bai Zichen's time.

Since the position has long been occupied, after passing the three trials, you still have to successfully challenge an existing true disciple in order to become a true disciple.

Of course, you can also choose to pass the trial without taking the challenge and retain the identity of the successor.

Among the twelve existing true successors, if someone succeeds in building the foundation or has been assigned a status due to exceeding the age limit, he can take his place.

Having basically reached the ninth level of Qi refining, and if her fighting skills are not too weak, it is safe to win a spot as a true disciple.

Ma Ruoxi has already reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and going to participate in the True Inheritance Trial is just a formality and a waste of several months of effort.

  But to make an exception and enjoy the benefits of the true inheritance as an inner disciple, only the ancestor of Jiedan can speak.

 Even the head of the sect does not have the right to break this sect rule.

“Have Qushui Five Eyes Bodhi checked whether there is this spiritual object in the mountain gate?”

Bai Zichen has become interested in the water stone spirit body. If he can maintain this cultivation speed during the foundation building period, this junior disciple is likely to overtake him in a corner.

 Hurry up ahead of many seniors and reach the late stage of foundation building.

“I have already sent a letter to ask, and there is currently no Qushui Five-Eyed Bodhi in the sect.”

Tong Huan looked pityful. Without the matching spiritual object, Ma Ruoxi would have become an ordinary disciple of the Three Spiritual Roots.

 Don't talk about standing out among the crowd of geniuses, this advantage in the Qi refining stage will be wiped out by others in a short time.

“If she can successfully build the foundation, she will issue a mission to acquire the Qushui Five-Eyed Bodhi in my name in the General Affairs Hall.”

Bai Zichen said casually that it was quite cost-effective to invest tens of thousands of contribution points to record the entire cultivation process of the Shui Shi spirit body and the changes in the spirit body.

If the Qingfeng Sect can receive more disciples with similar spiritual bodies in the future, it will have a reference object, and maybe these two spiritual objects can continue to be useful.

“Where is Tie Changsheng? What state is he in?”

The original appointment of Tie Changsheng as the number one inner disciple was just because Bai Zichen sensed some unusual ancient aura in him.

 Either this person is pregnant with a rare treasure, or he is practicing a special skill that gives him this feeling.

  Anyway, once you are admitted, you will be under your nose, no matter what secrets you have, you will not be able to uncover them.

“We are still at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and there is no sign of breakthrough. We seem to have encountered a serious bottleneck…”

Tong Huan spoke with gleaming words and a little guilty conscience.

Because this Tie Changsheng was the number one chosen by his master, Tong Huan had secretly observed him many times, but it turned out that this person's cultivation speed was extremely slow.

Now some of the new disciples are talking about whether Patriarch Bai made a mistake this time and chose a mediocre person.

 Mainly there is Ma Ruoxi beside him for comparison, the gap between the two is too obvious.

Moreover, Tie Changsheng is one and a half years older than Ma Ruoxi. Not to mention competing for true disciples, even the inner disciples cannot stay in this mountain.

 It seems obvious which of the two is better and who has greater potential.

"It's so bad. Could it be that I sensed it wrong... It doesn't make sense. That ancient aura is still vaguely familiar. Ordinary magic weapons can't make me feel this way."

Bai Zichen couldn't figure out how Tie Changsheng could practice so slowly with such methods and secrets. It was completely contrary to common sense.

“The rules for disciples at all levels, Wanxian Stream cannot have its own set of rules, they must all follow the rules of the mountain sect... Tie Changsheng has exceeded the age limit of an inner sect disciple, so give him a management position and let him go out to work.”

Bai Zichen's eyelids drooped and he stared at the water swirling in front of him, as if there was something very interesting contained in it.

Tong Huan responded and was about to step back when he saw a white light flying from the blue pool and falling into his hand.

"The jade slips record a Tianwen sword technique. It is not famous for its exquisite swordsmanship. It is a sword with faith, and its power is not restricted by cultivation. Judging from the situation of practicing Xingluo sword technique, the sword path is complicated. The unpredictable swordsmanship is not suitable for you, so you might as well try another way."

Bai Zichen stretched out his hand and fished out a palm-sized oval stone from the Eye of the Spiritual Spring. It was extremely heavy, probably weighing ten thousand kilograms.

"In this Tianwen Sword Technique, the stronger your faith, the more powerful the flying sword in your hand will be. When you master it, you may be able to touch the realm of sword energy and thunder... If your two junior brothers and junior sisters want to learn it, you will be their masters." Sword skills were taught to them.”

 “Thank you, Master, for teaching me the Dharma.”

Tong Huan caught the jade slip and turned around to salute again.

I have long been clear that I am not suitable for Jian Xiu's road, but my childhood dream is not so easy to erase.

I feel so excited that I can’t help but think that my master has given me a new swordsmanship. Do you think my swordsmanship has improved and there is still room for salvation?

 (End of this chapter)