"The four people in the same courtyard with Xu Hu are all from immortal cultivation families. So, I suspect they are just jealous and deliberately provoking Xu Hu. He is the son of a hunter and doesn't know the taboos of cultivation anyway. After tasting the sweetness, he is greedy for merit and reckless. It is normal for him to get confused and make mistakes after being provoked."
"Why do you say it's not the case? My family has been servants of the Lu family for generations, and we have seen many more sinister and terrifying things than this! It's not uncommon for people to take their lives for a pill, not to mention Xu Hu's brilliance. It's hard for others to stand out under him."
Jiang Yuebai was in a daze, with Lu Ying's voice filling his head. He staggered back to the courtyard, not knowing how, and fell to the ground as soon as he stepped through the gate.
She sat on the ground, unable to stop feeling scared.
Just imagine, if it were her, let alone what others would do to her, even Lin Sui Wan would not let her go.
In the mortal world, Lin Suiwan, with the support of the Lin family, could sell her out. But here, with the support of the alchemy elder Lin Xiangtian, Lin Suiwan could take her life directly.
Jiang Yuebai was glad that her grandfather stopped her that day.
I don’t know how long they sat there, Tao Fengnian came back from outside, and sighed when he saw her.
"Get up and wash the rice."
Tao Fengnian put the hoe in the corner and took off his hat to fan himself.
"Grandpa, do you know everything?" Jiang Yuebai asked in a trembling voice.
Tao Fengnian hung up his bamboo hat and said, "This doesn't happen often, but it's not surprising. I heard about it."
"Grandpa, I still don't understand. Xu Hu didn't harm anyone else. Can't he practice hard on his own?"
Tao Fengnian pulled Jiang Yuebai up from the ground, squatted down and used the dust purification technique to sweep away the dust on her body.
"In this world, others can see you in a state of distress, and can stand in a high position to pity you and give you charity, but they cannot bear to see that you have more than he does, and even a little more will arouse jealousy."
"Children who grow up in a cultivation family are always scheming against each other. If they fall behind, they will lose family resources and be ignored. They can't stand others being better than themselves, especially those who come from humble backgrounds."
"The sect just doesn't care? Can you kill others at will?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
"Of course, the sect does not allow random killings, but Xu Hu made a mistake while practicing, what does it have to do with others? Who has evidence to say that he was killed by someone? He has no background, so who would investigate this matter for him? In short, the sect has given him a minor punishment and a major warning. They have already punished the children in the same courtyard with him by making them face the wall in public, and have also strictly ordered other boys to consult the disciples in the Dharma Hall before practicing. This can be considered as making up for the loss."
"You don't have to worry. There are many kinds of people in the world, and there are also people who are genuine and kind. You will learn to distinguish them as you experience more. Now just remember that a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, so you should always be on guard against others."
Jiang Yuebai's whole body was tense. "Do I have to hide it all my life? I feel depressed and uncomfortable!"
Tao Fengnian rubbed Jiang Yuebai's head and said gently, "If you want to fight, you have to stay alive first. I asked you to be patient and hide at this moment because you can't protect yourself well. I didn't ask you to stop practicing."
"As long as you are still willing to learn, when you have enough strength, you will no longer need to hide, just like Tianyan Sect's founder Lu Xingyun. Before she formed the pill, no one knew her name, but after she formed the pill, she became famous throughout the world."
Jiang Yuebai clenched his fists and thought, a light gradually shining in his eyes.
"I want to learn, I want to practice, and I want no one to dare to bully or harm me."
Tao Fengnian nodded with satisfaction, "Didn't you ask me last time what a spiritual cultivator is? Eat first, and when you're full, Grandpa will teach you."
"Um!"
At sunset, an old man and a young man were sitting in the yard. Tao Fengnian was smoking a pipe and pushing a jade talisman in front of Jiang Yuebai.
Jiang Yuebai cut his finger with a knife without any hesitation and dripped blood on the jade talisman.
The contract was concluded, and Tao Fengnian put away the jade talisman.
According to the rules of the Tianyan Sect, the sect's skills and Taoist techniques cannot be taught privately, but the spiritual farmer is responsible for the food and spiritual medicine of the sect's hundreds of thousands of disciples.
In order to ensure that there are enough spiritual farmers, all spiritual farmers can take apprentices, teach them skills and planting techniques, and receive generous rewards.
The apprenticeship period is three years, with no salary or contribution points. They do not have to complete sect tasks, but they also have no income. They need to follow orders and help with farming.
After three years of training, one can rent a spiritual farm by himself, keep 30% of the harvest each year, and hand over the rest.
Compared to other menial jobs, spiritual farmers are free and will be rewarded as long as they work hard. It has always been the most popular profession in the sect. Even if one wants to be an apprentice, one must have connections.
Those who know how to farm are called spiritual farmers, but spiritual farmers must master three planting spells and reach the fourth level to ensure the maximum output of the spiritual fields.
Once you pass the assessment, you will get a special token and your status will be equivalent to that of an outer disciple.
Not only are the spiritual field rental fees exempted, but one can also receive a monthly salary and have three opportunities to exchange Taoist techniques at the Cangshu Academy.
There are nearly ten thousand spiritual farmers in the Tianyan Sect, but only thirty-six spiritual farming masters. Each of them is a master of planting and is in charge of at least one valley. Both the spiritual grains and spiritual medicines have excellent yields and quality, and are highly regarded by the sect and various alchemy elders.
Tao Fengnian is the only spiritual farmer in Huaxi Valley. In his early years, he planted spiritual medicines and commanded more than a hundred spiritual farmers in Huaxi Valley. In recent years, due to lack of energy, he only planted a hundred acres of spiritual valleys and was too lazy to discipline other spiritual farmers.
Surrounded by smoke, Tao Fengnian slowly explained various common sense to Jiang Yuebai.
"Hong Tao sent you to me because he naturally hopes that you can become a spiritual cultivator rather than an ordinary spiritual farmer. To become a spiritual cultivator, you must have more than three spiritual roots."
"Each spiritual root contains different spiritual energy properties, and requires corresponding skills to mobilize the corresponding spiritual energy, so the more spiritual roots you have, the more skills you need."
Jiang Yuebai couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, "Then I have five spiritual roots, so don't I need five sets of exercises?"
Tao Fengnian nodded, and Jiang Yuebai was dumbfounded.
"Then... Is the technique expensive?"
"In the world of immortal cultivation, whether it's cultivation techniques, elixirs or magical instruments, they are all ranked from ninth grade to first grade from the lowest to the highest. When menial disciples enter the first level of Qi training, they have one chance to exchange for ninth grade cultivation techniques, and after that they have to exchange with contribution points."
"The worst ninth-grade technique requires one hundred contribution points, which is equivalent to one hundred low-grade spirit stones and one thousand kilograms of spirit rice. A D-level sect mission in the Internal Affairs Hall costs no more than ten contribution points."
Jiang Yuebai opened his eyes wide, and only now did he have a vague idea of the prices in the world of cultivation.
One low-grade spirit stone can only be exchanged for ten kilograms of spirit rice. She has to eat about four ounces a day these days, so ten kilograms of spirit rice is not enough for her to eat for a month.
One thousand kilograms of spiritual rice is needed to exchange for one set of skills. She has five spiritual roots so she needs five thousand kilograms of spiritual rice. How many years will it take to save up that much
All her current assets are only ten low-grade spirit stones and five Qi-Attracting Pills.
Jiang Yuebai lowered his head in shame, "I'm sorry, Grandpa, I didn't know that spiritual rice was so expensive. I will eat less and work more in the future..."
Tao Fengnian smacked his pipe and laughed, "I am just a spiritual cultivator. If I can't even support a little girl like you, wouldn't it be a joke? You don't have to worry about the technique. You are my apprentice, and I will naturally teach you."
After saying that, Tao Fengnian handed a palm-sized, octagonal jade stone to Jiang Yuebai.
"This is the eighth-grade technique, 'Geng Jin Gong'. Once you pass the introductory stage, you can use this technique to improve your cultivation and begin to learn 'Feng Mang Jue', one of the five spiritual farming techniques, which is mainly used to kill insects on spiritual plants."
"In addition, there are some basic spells in the jade slips, such as the Dust Purification Technique, the Wind Roll Technique, and the Object Control Technique. You can read more and practice them yourself."
"In the early stages of cultivation, cultivators with multiple spiritual roots usually specialize in one spiritual root, first improving their cultivation and learning the corresponding spells, and then supplement their cultivation with other spiritual roots in the later stages of Qi training, and then build their foundation."
"You should learn this gold-based technique first. If you can reach the first level of Gengjin Gong and Fengmang Jue within a month, I will teach you the water-based technique Guishui Gong and the Yunyu Jue you want to learn."
After Tao Fengnian finished speaking, he couldn't help but laugh at himself. It took him three months to break through one level of his skills and techniques, but now he actually asked this little girl to do it in one month.
But inexplicably, he just felt that she could do it, and even do it ahead of time.
Jiang Yuebai was ignorant and fearless. He nodded quickly and looked through the jade slip curiously.
"Put the jade slip between your eyebrows and use the method of sensing spiritual energy to sense it. From now on, you will practice the Gengjin Gong in the morning and at night. After breakfast, read the Taoist scriptures and learn Chinese characters with me for an hour, and identify acupuncture points and meridians for an hour at dusk."
"I will teach you the lower-grade martial arts "Star Chasing Steps" and "Chopping Wood Knife Techniques" to protect yourself before you master the magic. I will work in the fields and you can arrange your own practice. Now I will first teach you the route of practice and the method of Qi circulation..."
The settings of the spiritual farmer and the five planting spells are borrowed from Fang Xiang's "The World of Cultivation", and the flying paper cranes and the five elements lotus platform, the natal magic weapon, are all from this book, not original by me. There are some others, such as the talisman setting, which is from "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality", and there is no need to mention the Shilipo joke. I have marked the gun skills at the back. In short, some of the messy settings are obtained from Baidu, and some are obtained from the game.
Because many people have questioned it, I have marked it here. If you think there is something wrong, you can leave a message to tell me and I will mark it or revise it!
(End of this chapter)