Chapter 37

Choosing Cultivation Method

"Every disciple's monthly allowance will be sent by someone. If it is late, you can come here to find me. On the tenth day of every month, there will be a True Person from the sect giving lectures in the Qingfeng Luan Book Hall next door. If you are interested, you can audit any course. As for the cultivation method, you need to go to the Mizhin Ferry on the spiritual sense Peak, which is where the sect's books are located. You little disciples can go there to choose a cultivation method. If you have no idea, you can ask the ferryman at Mizhin Ferry for advice."

"As for the Grotto-Heaven, you came late. Several disciples who entered the sect on the same day as you have already picked a few places. According to the sect's rules, each disciple lives according to their cultivation base. If the spiritual energy is too strong, it will be inconvenient for you low-rank cultivators. Therefore, outer disciples in the Qi Condensation stage can only pick these light blue peaks. If you talk about good or bad, they are all good. Where is there any bad place in our Zijing Mountain? You like which one, just pick which one, it doesn't matter."

I don't know if Lüqi or Sister Lin Ji said hello, or if Ruan Ci was sent by the steward of Zixu Grotto-Heaven. Steward Feng, who received Ruan Ci at Linggu Peak, took good care of Ruan Ci. After they exchanged names, she presented the clothes and spiritual jade prepared by the sect for the disciples, and carefully explained the sect's rules to her. Some of these had already been said by Lüqi, but Steward Feng said it more logically. She also asked someone to bring a roster for her to choose, "Outer Qi Condensation disciples, according to the rules, have two healthy servants and two maids, each for you to choose. This is the roster. Ci junior sister, whoever you fancy, tell me. It doesn't matter if you call more people to choose."

Both Both Ruan Ci flipped through the roster and saw that it recorded each person's name, appearance, personality, and even family background in detail. Looking around, most of them were from the nine countries at the foot of the mountain, and even many nobles from the nine countries were on the list. Both Both Ruan Ci couldn't help but click her tongue and said, "Why don't you enjoy the wealth of the human world and come to the immortal sect to serve us low-rank disciples?"

"Although the nine countries are also peaceful places, they are ultimately the mortal world. How can they compare to the rich immortal energy in Zijing Mountain? Ci junior sister probably grew up in the immortal sect since she was a child and doesn't know the suffering of mortals."

Steward Feng obviously also treated Both Both Ruan Ci as a descendant of a powerful family in South Zhuzhou like Lüqi, and smiled, "Ordinary mortals, let alone Zijing Mountain, just stepping into the Sansu Swamp at the foot of the mountain and taking a breath of spiritual energy in Sansu Swamp can cure all diseases and prolong life. These nobles of the nine countries have many children. Being able to send one or two to the sect is a good fortune cultivated for several generations. Even if you don't encounter any opportunities during your service, living in the sect for decades, the children you have when you go back will have better aptitude than others, so won't you have more opportunities to be accepted into the immortal sect?"

Both Both Ruan Ci said, "It's not just that, right? If you are lucky and follow a disciple with good fortune, I'm afraid the whole family will fly to the top, and you can walk sideways at the foot of the mountain."

Steward Feng smiled, "Probably so, this also depends on each person's character, and this also needs to be seen from two sides. If there is some foundation in the nine countries, sometimes it is convenient to handle things for the sect."

She spoke bluntly. Both Both Ruan Ci already knew the pros and cons of these servants. After thinking about it, she pointed to the roster and said, "Feng senior sister, I want a few people under my command who are gentle, agile, and don't cause much trouble. Can you call them to let me choose?"

Steward Feng saw that she didn't choose powerful servants, and she was calm. She gave an order to call more than a dozen men and women for Both Both Ruan Ci to choose. Both Both Ruan Ci chose four. Steward Feng couldn't help but say, "Junior sister, the aptitude of these few is mediocre. There are a few with good aptitude. In the future, when your cultivation base goes up, you can also give them cultivation methods and elixirs to make them have some cultivation base, so it will be convenient for them to handle things for you."

Both Both Ruan Ci smiled, "Thank you senior sister for the reminder. I will use them first. If it's not good, I will ask senior sister for a favor to change people."

Steward Feng was just kindly reminding her. Seeing Both Both Ruan Ci insist on her own opinion, she had nothing to say. She issued a token to let these people take Both Both Ruan Ci's utensils to the new Grotto-Heaven, and asked, "Junior sister came from Zixu Zixu Dongzhaotian, have you already asked for a cultivation method? Have you also found a True Person to protect you when opening the meridians? If you haven't asked for grace yet, senior sister can arrange it for you early. Protecting the opening of meridians is a major matter, and the True Person is not always free, so it is not easy to treat it lightly."

She asked this, one is out of kindness, and the other is to probe what the relationship between Both Both Ruan Ci and Zixu Zixu Dongzhaotian is, and whether the Zixu Heaven lineage likes her. You must know that although new disciples will be picked up to be watched, the degree of attention of the True Person is different. Some disciples are valued before entering the sect, so the cultivation in the outer sect is just a formality. The cultivation method, the protector when opening the meridians, and the treasures and elixirs used for cultivation are all prepared, just waiting to enter the inner sect to formally accept disciples; others are only slightly nodded by the True Person, and they have to look at their performance in the future to decide whether to accept them into the sect. Such disciples may not get such careful care, at most they will be given some guidance when choosing a cultivation method, and a protector will be sent when opening the meridians, and then they will have to look at the disciples' own efforts.

The next level is that they are not favored, and they don't even have a bit of good fate, so they have to rely on themselves for everything. According to Both Both Ruan Ci's thinking, although this third-class disciple will not be treated with white eyes everywhere, it is impossible to make Steward Feng have such patience. In daily life, there will not be such convenience as the first and second class. This immortal cultivation, now it seems, is also particular about everything, not that if the talent is transcendent, you can trample on the rules passed down from ancient times at will.

Whether she likes this rule or not is one thing, but now she naturally won't ask for trouble. Both Both Ruan Ci smiled, "I have been given a cultivation method, and the day for opening the meridians has also been set. Thank you, Feng senior sister, for your concern."

Steward Feng was not surprised and smiled, "With your body, opening the meridians is just a matter of time. Your family is also thinking for you, so it was delayed until today. Finally, the hard work paid off. The cultivation method chosen for you by Zixu Zixu Dongzhaotian must be much better than your own family. This cultivation method is the foundation of the Great Dao. If the cultivation method is not superior enough, it will wrong your good talent and flawless golden body."

Both Both Ruan Ci has been tempered by sword intent. If it is about the flesh, it surpasses all Qi Condensation cultivators, and the talent is also obviously superior. Under the cover of the Heavenly Fate Cloud Child, it looks like she is for the future, so she delayed opening the meridians. It is not surprising that Steward Feng thinks so. Both Both Ruan Ci smiled and responded, and Steward Feng became more enthusiastic. The two soon became close. Steward Feng personally sent Both Both Ruan Ci to the entrance of the Grotto-Heaven, pointed out the surrounding neighbors to her, and some taboos in living. Both Both Ruan Ci also invited her to drink tea when she was free.

Before Steward Feng said goodbye, she finally couldn't help but ask, "Junior sister, what is your intention in choosing these servants? I have never been able to figure it out, please give me some advice."

Both Both Ruan Ci had long seen that Steward Feng was a lively person with strong curiosity. She didn't dislike it much, but felt that these stewards had more fireworks than other cultivators of the Shangqing Sect. Hearing the question, she told the truth, "I like them because they look cute and suit my eyes."

Steward Feng was speechless, wanting to say something but stopping, and finally had to shake her head and leave.

Both Both Ruan Ci sent her away and looked around the Grotto-Heaven—the Grotto-Heaven of the outer disciples is mostly built houses, the size is not much different, all are one or two acres of land, which is really insignificant in this vast mountain. Both Both Ruan Ci's Grotto-Heaven is on the top of a small mountain, and the nearest neighbor is also on the hillside next door. Qi Condensation cultivators can hardly control flying magic tools, nor can they fly, so it is equivalent to having no neighbors. Even Both Both Ruan Ci, if she wants to go out, if she doesn't want to walk for ten days and a half months, she has to use the communication bamboo tube given by Steward Feng to ask Linggu Peak to send someone to pick her up.

As for daily food and use, the grain and rice used by Both Both Ruan Ci and her four servants will be sent by someone every month. If she accepts disciples in the future, or raises any spiritual pets, she will need to prepare her own food. In addition, there are dozens of spiritual jades every month for her to practice. This spiritual jade is different from the spiritual jade mentioned in Song Guo. The spiritual jade in Song Guo is transformed by water spiritual energy. If it is boiled with talisman power, it will be transformed into clear water again. But the spiritual jade sent by Linggu Peak contains the spiritual energy of the five elements, which can be used by cultivators to absorb pure spiritual power to practice, which is faster than sitting and meditating by themselves. If the aptitude is good enough, or the practice is lazy, you can also mortgage the spiritual jade to exchange for spiritual coins to spend.

Those four healthy servants and maids have already learned many rules at Linggu Peak. At this time, they are more proficient than Both Both Ruan Ci. They sacrificed spiritual talismans to clean the house, took out the magic tools equipped by Linggu Peak and hung them up, and stimulated magic power to expand the small protective formation—this Zijing Mountain is vast and boundless, I don't know how many rare birds and animals are raised, and how many mountain spirits and water ghosts are secretly bred, hiding and living in the mountains and forests. The disciples' residences are all protected by formations, and many spiritual plants must be planted to warn spiritual beasts with their smell. Steward Feng also warned Both Both Ruan Ci not to play in the mountains and forests at will. — However, there are no mandatory measures in the sect. If Both Both Ruan Ci relies on her strength to go, and is unlucky enough to die inside, I am afraid that the reaction of the people in the sect will be about the same as those onlookers in the Yingnong Cuixi Sea.

The vegetables, rice, and meat issued by Linggu Peak are all top-quality goods, but they are not spiritual plants. They are still mortal food. Both Both Ruan Ci cannot swallow these. After the servants cleaned the house, she let them go back to their own place to cook for themselves, and come to serve if there is anything. These servants live behind the spiritual fields of the Grotto-Heaven, quite a distance from the main house. Both Both Ruan Ci has to use the magic tool given by Steward Feng to call them.

She can now gradually understand why many cultivators of the Shangqing Sect pass on cultivation methods to their servants. Thinking about it carefully, Zijing Mountain is the Grotto-Heaven of immortals, and it is indeed extremely inconvenient for mortals to live in it. Even Both Both Ruan Ci herself, opening meridians and practicing Dao has become a top priority, and this matter has been delayed for too long. It has been six years since she got the sword, and she finally entered the sect, settled down, and can practice.

Since entering the mountain, it has been more than a day, and all kinds of rituals have no end. If it were a mortal, I am afraid that she would have been sleepy. Both Both Ruan Ci is actually no longer a mortal at this time. Her physical cultivation can be considered as the introduction to body cultivation, but she will not choose this path. There is a spiritual spring in the backyard of the Grotto-Heaven, and the spring water is steaming. Both Both Ruan Ci jumped in and soaked for a while, and the fatigue disappeared. She returned to the house, took out a classic, studied it for several hours, turned to the cover, looked at the four words "Qinghua Secret News", and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

For a while, she couldn't make up her mind, and couldn't help but think of True Person Wang again. Muttering, "True Person Wang, True Person Wang... this Wang, wouldn't it be the Wang of Wang Wang Wang Panpan?"

Although there are many people surnamed Wang in the world, and according to Wang Wang Wang Panpan, she was born in the North Ming Continent and was surnamed Wang when she was born. But Both Both Ruan Ci's suspicion is not groundless. True Person Wang looks exactly the same as Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan's male body. This can't be a coincidence. She is a person with a very rich imagination and has already thought of many plots in scripts, such as this True Person Wang and Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan were originally twin brother and sister, or were once lovers, or Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan had a secret crush on True Person Wang, just because their generations were different, she cut off her love with a sword, etc.

Not to mention whether Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan would have a "secret" crush, it is certain that the two had a very close relationship at one time. Chen Jun said that True Person Wang's disciples were coerced by Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan to betray the sect, which is evidence. If the relationship was distant, how could there be coercion and bewitchment. And the "Qinghua Secret News" given to her by True Person Wang is even more ironclad evidence. This cultivation method is green and magnificent. At a glance, you can see that it is related to the Donghua Sword. In fact, it is also true. According to True Person Wang, it is the vessel cultivation Dao lineage inheritance left by Qing Jun when he opened the sect in ancient times. This volume is called "Qinghua Transcendence Record". Unfortunately, it has fallen with Qing Jun and is not passed down. This secret news is a remnant of the Dao lineage compiled and supplemented by the re-passed disciples from memory. It is also the most suitable vessel cultivation method for Both Both Ruan Ci to practice in the world today.

Thinking about it carefully, the Shangqing Sect once had Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan, the sword envoy, but this cultivation method was not kept by her, but stayed with True Person Wang. This is quite strange. You must know that precious methods are not passed down, and cultivation method classics are not goods that can be copied and spread at will. They are generally set with restrictions. Unless you practice to a deep level, or get the permission of the owner of the Dao lineage, it is difficult to copy copies. Like "Qinghua Secret News", such remnant volumes, the Dao lineage has long been lost, so there is only a single copy in the world. If it is destroyed, the inheritance will be cut off. "Qinghua Secret News" can be practiced to the Grotto-Heaven, and Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan is in the Nascent Soul realm. With her status as a sword envoy, there is really no reason not to get this cultivation method, and there is really no reason not to take it away when betraying the sect.

There must be many stories in this, and Both Both Ruan Ci also knows that it is not the time to explore. She now knows that the Sect Master sent her to Zixu Zixu Dongzhaotian, probably not intentionally making things difficult, but because Zixu Zixu Dongzhaotian has the most suitable cultivation method for her, but she is still not sure about True Person Wang.

Since the blood night destruction, Both Both Ruan Ci has seen many cultivators. According to her shallow impression, magic sect cultivators such as Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan, Qu Qu Tan Yue, Tai Tai Shi Yi, etc., all have distinct and intense personalities, easy to laugh and angry, while mysterious sect cultivators, even low-level stewards and maids, and small cultivators who have just established the foundation are more lively, and great cultivators like Chen Jun and the Sect Master are all reserved, self-restrained, and introverted, and that old man at the chess stall is the same. Looking at small cultivators with lower cultivation bases than them, most of them are somewhat condescending. Even if the tone is friendly, there is always a feeling of looking down.

Probably because the first cultivator she saw was Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan, who was powerful and had no arrogance at all, Both Both Ruan Ci was actually somewhat disapproving of this reservation in her heart. The impression True Person Wang gave her was between Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan and Chen Jun, far better than the Sect Master. He looked exactly the same as Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan's male body, but his temperament was completely different. Sister Sister Xie Sister Sister Xie Yan Yan Huan was very charming when she was a daughter, and heroic when she was a man, but what remained unchanged was a madness. True Person Wang at least looked very humble. Although there was also a sense of awe, making people dare not insult, but unlike Chen Jun's self-indulgence, complacency, and self-use, it was probably because his cultivation base was already very high, so he didn't need to emphasize his identity to get others' attention, that is, he didn't take himself so seriously.

At the first meeting, although the status of master and disciple in the future was set, the two didn't say anything. True Person Wang only asked for her name, gave her a cultivation method, and let her go back to practice. He didn't explain anything else. It seems that True Person Wang didn't take Both Both Ruan Ci seriously, but Both Both Ruan Ci didn't care—True Person Wang is a Grotto-Heaven ancestor, who knows how many thousands of years he has lived. She is less than twenty years old. If there is no Donghua Sword, True Person Wang looks at Both Both Ruan Ci, probably just like Both Both Ruan Ci looks at a mayfly in the water.

Since she got the sword, when all her elders talked to her, what they saw was not so much her person as her sword. Although True Person Wang despised Both Both Ruan Ci, she trusted True Person Wang a little more. It was also because of this that after reading this classic, it was really difficult to make a decision in the middle of the night, holding her chin and thinking, "Qinghua Secret News, Yin Jun Yi Yan Huan Dan Ge Note, two cultivation methods, which one should I practice first?"

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Updated. Sorry to keep you all waiting. It's not that I deliberately avoided True Person Wang's first appearance, it's just that there was nothing to write about. After saying a few words, it was skipped directly.

Everyone tell me which cultivation method Ci-gu should practice!

(I really feel that there should be two updates today, but let's slow down, there are not so many saved manuscripts)

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