When Lu Zhong heard this, he was stunned.
I smiled bitterly in my heart at the same time, not knowing how to deal with this.
Subconsciously, he wanted to find a way to detect malicious intent. After all, this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing is not normal no matter how you look at it. It usually has an agenda and must be guarded against.
But after a second thought, I decided to give up this idea.
After all, the other party is a foundation-building monk, so it is not difficult to see these little tricks. If the "cheap master" is angered by this, I am afraid it will cause a lot of trouble, so it is better to take a look first.
Logically speaking, he is a disciple of Heling Sect.
I believe that no matter what happens, I won’t jump into a pit.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong decided to agree and talk about it later.
"Disciple Lu Zhong, pay homage to the master!" Lu Zhong said, and bowed down in a very sensible manner.
"Very good! From today on, you are my disciple Shui Ni." The female cultivator named Shui Ni helped Lu Zhong up. She looked up and down and became more and more satisfied. She handed out a magic bead and said, "This one is four. The spirit bead can resolve the spiritual conflict of the four spiritual arts, so it should be regarded as a meeting gift from the master."
When other people in the palace saw this scene, their reactions were different.
Wei Tie and others were just surprised, which was a reaction that normal people should have. Only the young man in white had a stagnant smile on his face. Looking at Lu Zhong and Lu Zhong, who were kind teachers and filial piety, there was strong jealousy in their eyes.
He knew that Shui Ni was currently in the late stage of foundation building and was also the senior sister of all the foundation building monks in Heling Sect.
With such a big tree at your back, the difficulty of foundation building will be greatly reduced.
Not to mention anything else, the Four Spirit Pearl is definitely a treasure that even the inner disciples dream of obtaining.
But now, Lu Zhong can easily get it as a meeting gift.
"Bah, what a bad luck!" The young man in white said angrily.
The expressions on the faces of the foundation-building monks of the Heling Sect were all wonderful when they saw the senior sister suddenly accepting a disciple.
The sun rises in the west, this person actually accepts disciples?
You must know that even Shui Ni looked down on the fairy seedlings with two spiritual roots before. She never thought that she would choose a four spiritual root this time. She really couldn't see what the merits of this disciple named Lu Zhong were. Eyes.
Doubtful, don’t understand!
Lu Zhong's side.
"Good disciple, come with me quickly. I'm on my way today. I can take you to go through the entry procedures." After Shui Ni accepted her as a disciple, she always smiled and said to Lu Zhong with a smile.
"Yes, Master!" Lu Zhong agreed without any reason to refuse.
Shui Ni released a jade flying boat, carrying Lu Zhong into the sky and flying towards the outside of the city. While controlling it, he introduced the specific situation of Heling Sect to Lu Zhong. The details were clearly explained, and soon It gave him a preliminary understanding of this sect.
There are more than 3,000 monks in the entire Heling Sect.
Ninety-nine percent of them are disciples in the Qi refining stage, and they can be divided into three categories:
The outer door, the inner door, the true inheritance.
There are only a small number of true disciples, and they all worship the master Jiedan in the sect as their master. Basically, their spiritual root qualifications are all two spiritual roots. They are carefully cultivated as the seeds of the alchemy and enjoy the best resource supply.
You can concentrate on your cultivation and not be disturbed by external affairs.
The number of inner disciples currently exceeds hundreds, and the resource supply is second only to the true disciples.
Occasionally, there will be missions assigned, so you can concentrate on practicing at ordinary times.
As the winner of the ranking battle, Lu Zhong will automatically obtain the status of an inner disciple and will be trained as a foundation-building seed, with the goal of cultivating him into the future backbone of the Heling Sect.
If you fail to establish the foundation before the age of sixty, you will lose this salary and be demoted to an outer disciple.
As for the outer disciples, either from cultivating families or immortal seedlings selected from the Immortal Ascension Conference, their resource supply is the smallest, and they are also responsible for handling various chores.
Only those who have cultivated to the late stage of Qi refining before the age of thirty can be promoted to inner disciples.
No matter what type of disciple they are, they must be registered on the jade certificate in the sect before they can be considered as formal initiates. Otherwise, even if they participate in the initiation rules, they are still not considered as disciples of Heling Sect.
Shui Ni is now taking Lu Zhong to see the leader.
The gate of Heling Sect is not in Yingling City, but in Heling Mountain a hundred miles away.
Looking up from the flying boat, on the top of the steep peaks in the distance, there are a large number of exquisite buildings, connected by covered bridges, looming in the billowing clouds, like a floating fairy city.
Judging from the current height, the lowest one is estimated to be built on a thousand-foot mountain.
Lu Zhong originally thought that there would be more rows of buildings on the mountain, but when the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, he realized that he had thought too much. He had just seen all the buildings in the entire Helingzong Mountain Gate.
Soon, the flying boat landed on a mountaintop platform.
This place is worthy of being inside the Heling Sect. Under the influence of the third-order giant spiritual vein, the concentration of spiritual energy is far better than that of Yongling City.
Lu Zhong has decided to move here after arranging the affairs in the city.
While thinking about it, he followed Shui Ni and soon walked to a square paved with gold bricks. Looking ahead, there was a large hall with a plaque with the words "Yingling Hall" hanging on it.
When the disciple guarding the door saw someone coming, he immediately came up to greet him: "Disciple has seen Uncle Master!"
"I want to see the leader, please make arrangements."
"Yes! Uncle Master, please come here. Disciple will go and pass the news immediately." When the gatekeeper saw Shui Ni, he did not dare to neglect at all. He quickly led the two people into the hall, served tea and water, and arranged them in a room like The study room is waiting.
It didn't take long.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps.
Lu Zhong put down his tea cup and stood up from his seat, just in time to see a middle-aged man with starry eyes and sharp eyebrows walking in. He was seven feet tall and wore Heling Sect clothing with the "Three Spirits Unite Seal". It exudes an aura that is not inferior to that of cheap master Shui Ni.
This is the head of Heling Sect, Zhang Lingyi.
The status of the leader is not low, second only to the three True Formation Pill Masters, and above the group of Foundation Establishment Deacons who are in charge of specific things.
It can be said that before the real person speaks, the head is the highest person in charge of Heling Sect.
Here, Zhang Lingyi and Shui Ni exchanged some words, and the topic quickly shifted to Lu Zhong.
"Senior Sister Shui, is this your new disciple? He is indeed a talented person!"
"Of course!" Shui Ni looked very proud.
When Lu Zhong heard this, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart, "Don't you want to be humble?"
"Are you here to register? Come, nephew, fill out this form, and then sign your name on the Taoist oath with essence and blood as ink." Zhang Lingyi handed over two things one after another, one after another. It is a sign of membership and an oath.
Lu Zhong quickly filled out the registration form.
When it was the turn of the oath made of gold foil, his expression became solemn.
Read it in detail. Judging from the content of the Taoist oath, the role of this Taoist oath is obvious. It is mainly to prevent spies from sneaking into the door. Once signed, it means that the content of the agreement must be strictly abided by, including not betraying the sect and not betraying the sect. Collusion with foreign enemies and the like.
If there is any violation, the inner demons will invade and the five thunders will strike.
Without hesitation, Lu Zhong signed his name.
Immediately there was an inexplicable reaction in my heart, as if the oath really took effect.
Zhang Ling put away the two documents, stood up and walked to an empty part of the room.
With a wave of his hand, a large book suddenly appeared on the ground, almost half a person tall, and about the size of a square table when opened.
Come to think of it, this is the so-called jade certificate.
After the registration was completed, Zhang Lingyi handed Lu Zhong a storage bag and said: "The registration has been completed. There is a set of our Heling Sect's cassocks in the bag. If my nephew feels that it doesn't fit, he can go to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall for free. Revise.
This year's sect welfare is inside this time. From now on, the nephew will need to go to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall to receive it.
Then there is the identity token, which is necessary to verify identity and cannot be lost.
If my nephew wants to know more about the sect, he can check the jade slips in the bag. The contents above will be revised every ten years, or he can come to me and I can give you the answer.
As for the martial arts, once the nephew has decided which inheritance he wants to follow, he can then go to the Gong Chuan Hall to choose. For specific matters, you can ask the Gong Chuan deacon at that time, so I won’t be able to elaborate further here. "
After saying that, he handed over another jade token.
"The protective jade tablet I made with my own hands can withstand a full blow from Foundation Establishment. It can be regarded as a meeting gift for my nephew."
"What a generous move!" Lu Zhong thought to himself.
The effect of the jade tablet is similar to that of the Qingyang Protective Talisman, but its effect is comparable to that of the Golden Light Talisman. Its value is at least three digits of spiritual stones. This meeting gift is not unimportant.
However, this should be for the sake of taking advantage of Master...oh no, Master's face.
"Thank you, Master!"
"My good disciple, you go back by yourself first. I have something to discuss with the leader."
Shui Ni rarely suppressed her smile and put on a serious expression.
Lu Zhong said goodbye knowingly.
Stepping out of the palace door, I heard faintly coming from behind:
"...Senior sister, regarding the ranking battle..."
"I know, none of them ran away!" Shui Ni's cold voice came.
Hearing this, Lu Zhong's expression changed slightly.
He had unexpectedly learned before that someone wanted to interfere with the ranking battle, but the ranking battle was successfully held. It turned out to be because Shui Ni eliminated the person.
Not one of them ran away, so I don’t know how many lives were behind it.
"It seems that my master is not a fuel-saving lamp."
Lu Zhong shook his head, not surprised.
Status is achieved by strength. This can be seen from the attitudes of the uncles. Their words are full of awe for the cheap master. Even the old man with the dove stick does not dare to make mistakes.
From the Yingling Hall, all the way down the corridor bridge, Lu Zhong walked towards the poultry house.
There are spiritual birds for rent in the poultry room, which are used by Qi refining disciples for transportation. After all, the core mountain gate of Heling Sect is built on the top of the mountain. It is inconvenient for Qi Refining disciples who cannot fly to travel, so they must have spiritual birds to travel instead.
"Perhaps I should learn a flying spell?" Lu Zhong thought to himself.
In the later stage of Qi refining, the spiritual power in the monk's body begins to increase dramatically, making it possible to afford the consumption of flying spells or flying magic weapons.
Just thinking that he still had two spells to master, he decided to take it slow.
Practicing flying spells is just for fun. Various flying spells suitable for the Qi refining period are limited by the quality and quantity of spiritual power. Their practicality is very average. They can fly faster than they can run on the ground.
Rather than wasting this energy, it would be more practical to just buy a flying magic weapon.
While thinking about it, Lu Zhong found an opportunity halfway and changed his clothes into Heling Sect robes.
It's not that he is impatient, but the robe is really good.
Perhaps it is a treatment only available to inner disciples. This is a top-grade robe with three magical powers attached to it.
They are: avoid dust, sweep the wind, and gather spirits.
Among them, Bichen and Juling are both minor magical powers.
As the name suggests, the small spiritual power of gathering spirits is similar to the spiritual energy gathering array. It can automatically gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It can increase the speed of practice during practice. It is a very useful small magical power.
As for Sweeping Wind, it is the superior magical power of the wind-avoiding minor magical power, and is often called a magical power.
This is also the reason why a top-grade robe has only three magical powers.
Trying to turn it on, Lu Zhong found that the spiritual wind gathered around him, and his whole body seemed to be integrated into the wind. This was reflected in the fact that he walked effortlessly, and it was entirely the wind that was lifting him forward.
It’s truly a magical power!
As we walked, we heard the sound of birds chirping in front of us, indicating that the bird house had arrived.
The poultry house was built on a giant tree, with large and small cages all over the branches. There were many spiritual birds in it, almost all of them were about ten feet tall, and their wingspan was several times that of their height.
One can imagine how majestic it must be to sit on the backs of these spiritual birds.
"This senior brother wants to rent a soul bird. Please show me your identity token and let me register it for you." The Qinfang disciple, dressed in the attire of an outer disciple, said in a respectful tone.
His eyes glanced at the low-grade robes on the opponent's body. Lu Zhong handed over his identity token and said, "What's the price for renting soul birds now? Well, just the commonly used ones."
"It hasn't changed much. Whether it's a red-tailed eagle for traveling or a bull-headed crane for carrying goods, the price is still the same as a little good deeds per day." Qifang disciples answered all questions, and she didn't want to offend an inner disciple.
When Lu Zhong heard this, his eyes fell on a huge white crane with feather protrusions on both sides of its head that looked like horns. He thought that since it was used to carry cargo, he thought it would have a docile temperament, which was suitable for a novice like him.
So he said: "Let's rent the Bull-headed Crane for three days and give it to the spirit stone."
The reason why I deliberately said it was paid with spiritual stones is because good deeds in the sect are rare.
A little good deeds can be exchanged for a spiritual stone, but a spiritual stone cannot be exchanged for any good deeds.
Good deeds are extremely important. Whether it is used to exchange for various elixirs and magic weapons, or to exchange for additional exercises that one wants, or to entrust a senior sect to help, varying amounts of good deeds are required.
It is difficult to earn some good deeds, just take inner disciples as an example.
Every year, the sect will distribute a fixed amount of five hundred good deeds. If you want more good deeds, you can only get them by taking the initiative to accept tasks. In disguise, it is a kind of training for the disciples.
Hearing Lu Zhong's words, Qifang disciple nodded and said nothing.
Things like renting a spirit bird can be paid with spirit stones by default. Only good deeds must be used to exchange for magic treasures and the like.
Soon, Lu Zhong got the beast control order to control the spiritual birds.
The master-servant contract signed by these "bus" spirit beasts is slightly special. The spirit beast's contract is still a slave contract. The master contract is not signed by a specific monk, but by the beast control order in his hand. .
Because the beast control order must wear out, the service period of the spiritual bird is also limited.
Once the beast control order is damaged, the spirit beast cannot sign a new slave contract. At this time, there are usually two ways to deal with it, one is to release it, and the other is to kill it and obtain various materials.
In fact, the "bus" spirit beast is usually dealt with in the latter way.
With this information flashing through his mind, Lu Zhong stopped thinking about it.
"Brother, there is something I still want to say."
The disciple from the poultry house released the bull-headed crane, stroked it to comfort him, and said, "Recently, several spirit birds have become so angry that they ran back because they were hungry. Therefore, if senior brother is not really free, it is best to feed them regularly. It eats anything, and the Bull-headed Crane is not picky about food. It can eat any rice or meat. If Senior Brother can feed it more delicious food, it may fly even harder."
"Thanks for the reminder!" Lu Zhong said with cupped hands.
