"I also need the Spirit Gathering Array, okay?" Xiao Liu replied angrily, his face full of regret.
Chen Shen glanced at him and said nothing.
At the early stage of the third level of Qi training... he must have been working in the mines for several years and was promoted from a handyman disciple.
Well, it doesn't matter, Cangwu Immortal Sect's highest talent, Jin Dan Zhenjun.
If I become the true king in his year, I will arrange a five-year spirit gathering array for Senior Brother Xiaoliu!
The two of them ate for a while, and then left after having enough wine and food.
Two months later.
The storm caused by the Spirit Gathering Array at the outer gate subsided within a few days after the incident, and the culprit could not be found.
But several incidents happened in the next month.
There were disciples on the fringes of the Formation Dao Peak who were not afraid of death and imitated the master of the Spirit Gathering Formation and sold the formation at a low price. As a result, they were caught on the spot.
There is no way, the outer sect disciples need to constantly do tasks for resources, and are in danger of death, while the inner sect disciples also have to fight for the benefits of resources.
It doesn't mean that after entering the inner gate, there will be a steady stream of resources waiting to be distributed. Everything must be fought for based on strength.
Buying and selling magic circles also depends on ability, and those who have no ability will naturally take risks.
But after the first incident, the elites in the inner sect also became vigilant and deployed many informants in the outer sect to prevent this from happening.
But all this has nothing to do with Chen Shen.
After two months of latent cultivation, his cultivation level once again broke through, reaching the fifth level of Qi training. He practiced with the standard configuration of the inner sect, and his speed was much faster than before. He was only a little short of being able to break through to the sixth level.
The black turtle treasure body has reached the second level of cultivation, and can fight against the fourth level Qi training monks with physical strength alone.
This is the result of him collecting corpses during the day and only going to the underground palace to practice at night.
Of course, this is related to his spiritual root talent.
After this period of rewards for collecting corpses, more than a month ago, the spiritual root successfully broke through from low-grade to mid-grade.
It can be said that he is no longer the lowest monk, no matter in terms of talent or strength.
The reward for collecting corpses allowed him to learn almost all the spells and magical powers of the outer disciples, and he gradually became involved in the four arts of the Immortal Sect.
The highest among them is the quasi-grandmaster level of alchemy, and the rest are just beginning to gain a glimpse of the path.
Unfortunately, the body of the big shot was not received, and Chen Shen's strongest swordsmanship, the Four Seasons Swordsmanship, is still only available in spring and summer.
However, he had mastered the two sword techniques to a small degree, and their power was greatly exceeded.
Chen Shen opened the door and went to the banquet at Xiaoliu's house opposite.
After spending more than two months together, the two have become friends and often have a few drinks together.
It's not that Xiaoliu didn't want to come to Chen Shen's house for a reunion, but it was a pity that he got lost in front of Chen Shen's house and never mentioned it again.
Afterwards, Chen Shen blamed everything on the dead Ma Ruhai.
At the wine table, two scholars talked about everything from the endless kingdoms underground to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, from hundreds of schools of thought to princes and generals.
While chatting, the conversation came to Xiao Liu.
Chen Shen only knew that the other party was also a scholar before he became an immortal, but he didn't know why he abandoned literature and became a martial artist.
Xiao Liu sighed: "Everyone usually calls me Xiao Liu, but I got this nickname because I am the sixth child in the family."
"My surname is Lu, my given name is Xiangru, and my courtesy name is Changqing. I come from a scholarly family in the Cang Kingdom. You should know this. We are also fellow villagers with similar family backgrounds."
"It's a good name." Chen Shen nodded sincerely. He already knew that both of their hometowns were in Cang Country, but this was the first time he heard Lu Changqing's real name.
"You have to accept whatever your parents give you, good or bad." Lu Changqing smiled and continued: "Before I became an immortal, I was a scholar with lofty aspirations. I always wanted to show off my ambitions in the temple."
"I took the exam three times in total." He thought of those days when he was studying hard in a cold window, and he couldn't help but reminisce:
"The first time was when I was seventeen. I passed the provincial examination, but unfortunately I failed in the national examination. The second time I didn't even pass the provincial examination."
"God rewards those who work hard. Brother Lu, if you passed the provincial examination, you should have the opportunity to become an official. Why do you still take the exam?" Chen Shen didn't understand.
The ancient examination was much more difficult than the college entrance examination in the previous life. If it were him, he should have entered the system after passing the provincial examination. There is really no need to take the exam again.
"At that time, I was ambitious and always wanted to go to Beijing to meet the saints, so I took the plunge." Lu Changqing said with a smile.
"What about the third time?" Chen Shen asked.
Lu Changqing filled himself up with wine, took a swig, and sighed:
"The third time was the same as the first time. After all, I failed to get a spot on the gold list. Later, I heard from several friends that the officialdom was actually firmly controlled by the prominent families in the imperial city. The examiners were from them, and all the places for the palace examination were reserved. The children of those families were given the money, and even the exams were cheated, and few of us foreign students were admitted."
"Is that why you abandoned literature and embraced martial arts and turned to cultivating immortality?"
Lu Changqing shook his head: "If that's the case, I would be disappointed at most. After passing the provincial examination, I could still be a parent official. However, on the day when the results were released, we felt unbalanced because we didn't pass the examination. We ridiculed those who cheated. As a result, He was laughed at.”
There was reminiscence on his face, he was not disappointed, he just felt a little ridiculous:
"That day, I still remember that the examiner who gave us the exam was mercilessly sarcastic and laughed at us as sour scholars from a small place, clowns who only know how to take exams but fail to pass the exam."
"It's not the sarcasm of the distinguished disciples who won the gold medal, nor the gloating of the enemy, but the examiner who represents the imperial court and is responsible for our examination!"
Chen Shen fell silent for a moment. He poured a glass of wine for Lu Changqing himself and then offered it to him.
Lu Changqing waved his hand, indicating that everything was over, that he had looked away, and that he would only feel ridiculous when he recalled it.
After thinking for a while, he smiled: "Do you know why I was punished to come to the Sky Burial Mountain to collect corpses?"
Before Chen Shen could ask further, he asked and answered himself: "I have been digging in the mines at the foot of Cangwu Mountain for three years. On the day when I was promoted to the third level of qi training and became an outer disciple, I returned to the imperial city to transfer the four members of the original trial. All the examiners were killed, and then there was a big riot in the imperial city..."
"Not much to say, I respect you!" Chen Shen was full of praise for the other party.
.........
Time flies, and another year of snowflakes falls.
Chen Shen built a big snowman in front of the attic.
He came to this world and stayed in Cangwu Immortal Sect for a year.
From the crumbling frozen bones to the peak of the sixth level of Qi training, it can be said that he is invincible in the outer sect.
But he is not complacent because of this. There is still a long way to go, and he needs to be cautious in his words and deeds.
But what troubled Chen Shen was that the resources were almost used up, and it was time to make money with elixirs.
Since the last time he traded the Spirit Gathering Array, he has not been out of the Sky Burial Mountain, but now he has to go to Fangshi.
"Junior Brother Chen, come over and have a drink!" Lu Changqing shouted in his yard.
After their heart-to-heart talk that time, they became more familiar with each other and talked about everything they knew.
"No, I want to send a letter home!" Chen Shen shook his head and declined.
He has already refined a lot of furnace elixirs and is going to sell them while it is still early.
