"Inner monks and outer monks are both family monks, but they choose different paths. Although becoming an outer monk is more dangerous and the risk of death is high, if you can truly grow up, your future achievements will be higher..."
The family expects the monks within the clan to become internal monks. To be precise, it should be the expectation of the high-level monks in the family.
From the perspective of the long-term development of the family, outer monks are not only a choice to balance the inner monks, but also an indispensable supplement. Although there cannot be too many outer monks, they are indispensable.
So Li Dongxiu said a little bit in favor of outside monks, but only a little.
The same family monks also need to use resources in exchange for skills. The living environment of outside monks is harsh, and the resource expenditure is relatively small. If they can grow up, their achievements will inevitably be higher.
In fact, the difference between internal and external monks only exists in the family at the Golden Core stage. Once you become a Golden Core monk, there is no difference between internal and external monks. However, it is obviously more important to grow from an outside monk to a Golden Core monk. Conducive to the development of the family.
But for real monks, the mortality rate is too high. If you want to grow up, perseverance, luck, and wisdom are all indispensable.
If you don't have the courage to move forward when it comes to choices within the family, it is better to be an honest internal cultivator within the family.
Letting mediocre people become outside monks will either waste their lives or achieve nothing and do nothing. There are even some people who live in hiding like mortals.
Therefore, within the family, it is not recommended to become an outside monk, but if there are people with firm beliefs, they will not stop it. For example, it is a good time to let these family monks choose after the ancient viewing ceremony.
"I'll give you an hour to think about it. Once you've considered it, draw your choice on the paper. Choose the inner monk to draw a circle, and choose the outer monk to draw a cross. You can't use pen and ink, you have to use your own blood..."
When the patriarch Li Dongxiu said these words, some papers of uniform sizes flew out of his storage bag, and under the control of his spiritual consciousness, they accurately landed in front of each Qi Practitioner.
Although the family hopes that all family monks will choose internal monks, it still provides an environment for true self-selection.
If we continue to impose restrictions at this time, such as directly asking those who want to become outside monks to come forward, it would be a bit too much. The existence of the system of outside monks is necessary.
Li Qiao looked at the exquisite paper floating in front of him and took it directly into his hand without any hesitation.
The paper is about the size of two palms and is milky white. It is said to be paper, but it has a certain thickness when touched in the hand. The front is somewhat hard, but the back is extremely soft.
This kind of paper is specially made from the fascial cortex of monster beasts mixed with some materials. Although it is not expensive, it is more durable. Unless they die unexpectedly, monks' lifespans are relatively long, and the paper on which the information is recorded needs to be able to withstand the ravages of time.
It was said that they were given an hour to think about it, but as soon as they got the paper, several monks used the blade of their swords to make slits in their hands, and when they started writing, they were even more ruthless, directly putting pressure on the blood vessels to make the blood flow in a straight line. Squirting out, at the same time, the movement of the hand was not slow at all, and a circle was directly sprayed out.
The paper is blank. Just put some blood on it and it's done. There is no need to record anything else. Whoever chooses will be remembered immediately in Li Dongxiu's mind. The reason why it was drawn with blood was so that it could be easily checked if there were any problems in the future, and the handwriting could be imitated. There was no way that your blood could have been shed by someone else.
Such rigor also means that once this choice is determined, it cannot be changed.
Li Qiao didn't go to see anyone else. He was different from others. He had only one choice.
Other family monks can become internal monks, but if he chooses to become internal monks, he will most likely continue to clean the alchemy furnace at Master Xi. To be realistic, there are few resources from the family now. Although becoming a monk cannot change the status quo, at least it gives you a chance to go out and fight. Even if he gives up, he can go home instead of wasting time cleaning the alchemy furnace.
Thinking of this, Li Qiao didn't hesitate. He had a storage bag with a facade, but since he had no consciousness, he couldn't store things, so he bit his finger with his mouth and started to make crosses.
I originally thought it was just two random shapes, but when my fingers were writing in pain, I suddenly felt something.
The inner monk draws a circle, indicating that future cultivation is limited to the rules of the family, while the outer monk draws a cross, as if to obliterate himself, indicating the difficulty and danger of the outer monk's path.
When all the monks finished painting, the patriarch Li Dongxiu left without saying anything. He was not surprised by Li Qiao's choice, and he didn't care much.
On the second day after returning to the family, Li Qiao was informed that he did not need to go to Alchemist Xi. Instead, he went to the family soul palace, left his soul lamp, and then went out to explore. Of course, if he chose to stay within the family, No one cares about it.
The soul lamp is a special magic weapon that can retain the soul of a monk. If the monk dies within a certain distance, the soul lamp will go out and can guide the direction. If the distance is too far, it will be extinguished many years after the monk dies.
This is something that ordinary cultivating families know. In such cultivating families, only a few core cultivators can own soul lanterns.
The Li family, which has a long heritage, also knows that another main function of the soul lamp is to detect whether there is something wrong with the returning monks.
There are as many strange techniques as stars in the world of immortality. It is difficult to guarantee that a family monk will not be replaced or controlled by his soul when he returns after leaving. If the monk has no problem, combined with the special secret method, when the monk appears within a certain range of his soul lamp, the flame of the lamp will become stronger. If the soul lamp shows no response, it means that there is a serious problem with the monk's soul.
Normally, the soul lamp is lit by monks using their spiritual consciousness. Li Qiao has no spiritual consciousness, so he can only light it with essence and blood. After lighting the soul lamp and releasing a lot of blood, his face became a little pale.
"Are you dazzled?" When Li Qiao left, the family monk in charge of the soul lantern seemed to see Li Qiao's soul lantern flashing a flash of cyan, but after careful observation, he found nothing unusual. After waiting for a while, nothing happened. Found that cyan flashed again.
The monk believed in himself very much, but after that he often observed the soul lamp and found nothing wrong with it.
Generally, the soul lamps of monks in the Qi training period are light yellow. It is abnormal for other colors to appear, but it only flashes by once, so it should not be a big problem.
But the monk finally tried casting a spell with the soul lamp. When he saw that the flames of the lamp were getting stronger and there were no abnormalities, he gradually felt relieved.
