Tianyun Peak, Huzong Hall
"Oh, you're here. Get up quickly..."
Kong Xingqiu slowly closed the book and said.
"Thank you, elder."
Qi Ye bowed politely and then stood calmly.
"Your name is Ah Qi, right... I have already heard Elder Situ mention it about you. In the Great Medicine Valley of Beishan, one person diverted away the fifth-level monster, the Burial Tooth Centipede, and protected the team from retreating, and escaped alone. I I really can’t imagine that at a young age and with only rudimentary strength, you would have such great abilities?”
Kong Xingqiu opened his eyes slightly in disbelief, as if he wanted to see through the young disciple in front of him.
Without waiting for Qiye's answer, he continued:
"To be honest, if I hadn't seen your skill in killing the demon spider a few nights ago, I wouldn't have believed this... Your proficiency in killing methods is not inferior to that of the inner disciples."
"Elder Kong is so complimentary. From the trip to the Great Medicine Valley in Beishan, Ah Qi's ability to come back alive is not a sign of his ability. It's just that he was lucky enough to find someone to back him up..."
Qiye looked ashamed, and secretly felt a sense of vigilance in his heart.
Elder Kong's eyes are indeed very poisonous. In the past few nights, he had not made many attacks during the encirclement and suppression campaign, and his movements were swift and quick.
It is difficult for ordinary disciples to see clearly the key series of subtle movements, but unexpectedly, he still noticed it.
However, on second thought:
Being agile does not necessarily mean that you are hiding your strength.
Elder Kong should have never dreamed of his true strength, let alone guessed it.
Therefore, he did not panic and remained calm and calm, as if nothing had happened.
"You don't have to be humble. Good luck is also part of personal strength. The most powerful people in the world throughout the ages are all capable people with great luck and great fortune!"
Seeing that Qi Ye had no reaction, Kong Xingqiu continued to explain.
"This elder came to you today not to explore any of your secrets, so you don't have to feel any burden.
Everyone has his or her own opportunities. Many times, the opportunities that appear to you are nothing more than trivial matters the size of sesame seeds in the eyes of the strong..."
He explained incomprehensibly
In his opinion, even if Qiye's skills were taught by a certain monk, or he had learned some powerful moves.
In front of his own 'war spirit level' strength, these are nothing at all.
Therefore, Kong Xingqiu also looked down upon him. How could this junior disciple encounter such an opportunity that could tempt him?
"Elder Kong is right..."
Qiye nodded in agreement.
He stopped chatting too much and wanted to end it quickly and go back.
If it were an ordinary opportunity, it would be nothing to the human monks. However, what he has inherited are the unsecret traditions of several major races.
This kind of inheritance would be heart-warming even for the king of a human race.
This is an unprecedented opportunity that Elder Kong could not even imagine.
"It doesn't matter, it's not uncommon for monks to have grudges and fights for profit. What I'm talking about today can be regarded as giving you a lesson in advance.
In the future, when you leave the sect and explore the world, you must be more careful.
Let's get back to the topic, I came to see you today because of your good performance during the siege a few days ago, and this elder decided to reward you. "
"what do you want?"
Kong Xingqiu smiled lightly, looked at Qiye and asked seriously.
"that……"
"If... you can, reward the disciple with some spiritual stones."
Qiye scratched his head, pretending to be honest and hesitating.
"You are a real person, so...there are 10,000 low-grade spiritual stones here, so I will reward you. I hope you practice well, and I look forward to seeing your better performance in the future."
Kong Xingqiu handed out a charm bag and smiled.
He is very optimistic about Qiye's future development potential. Among the outer disciples, there are not many who can be appreciated by him, and now Qiye is one of them.
However, he doesn’t know much about Qiye. He can only tell from the moves used to kill monsters:
This child's killing moves are tricky and decisive, and he can accurately grasp the timing of his attacks.
From these points, it is not difficult to imagine that if this person continues to practice in the future, he will definitely stand out from the other disciples.
At that time, the sect will have a new inner disciple or core disciple with great potential.
Of course, he also has some selfish motives. If he can discover such potential disciples in advance, it can be regarded as a cornerstone for improving his status.
He is just an ordinary elder in the Huzong Hall, and there is still some way to go before he can become one of the three core elders.
At any time, having people under your command, and having excellent people, is an indispensable resource for a leader.
The outer sect is just a big wave washing away the sand, selecting and cultivating outstanding disciples who are truly capable.
Only the disciples with the most valuable potential are worthy of the sect investing more resources in them.
This is also the choice of survival of the fittest when the sect wants to prosper and become stronger.
Kong Xingqiu was quite expecting Qiye's request for the spirit stone. This son participated in the siege of the Demon Spider just to collect corpses and sell them for money.
Therefore, the spirit stone must be what he needs now.
Of course, spiritual stones are the currency of monks, and basically every disciple hopes that the more the better.
Although he is an elder of Huzong Hall, he dare not say that he is not short of spiritual stones.
It's just that low-grade spiritual stones don't mean much to me. What I need most is high-grade spiritual stones, or the best.
Therefore, rewarding the outer disciples with ten thousand low-grade spiritual stones was like a drop in the bucket to Kong Xingqiu.
But for ordinary outer disciples, this is simply a huge sum of money.
It's a pity that Qiye is not an ordinary outer disciple. He also has millions of low-grade spiritual stones on his body.
In his eyes, these ten thousand lower-grade spiritual stones are no different from one hundred lower-grade spiritual stones.
"Thank you, Elder Kong!"
Although Qiye felt very calm about the reward.
But he still showed great joy and accepted it respectfully.
"Okay, you go down and do your work first..."
After all that needed to be said, Kong Xingqiu waved his hand.
"Yes, disciple, resign."
Qiye put away a bag of spiritual stones and exited the hall without any more nonsense.
After leaving the hall, he did not leave in a hurry, but tried to walk down the mountain as slowly as possible.
It's hard to come to Tianyun Peak. The spiritual energy here is so rich, so naturally you have to try your best to absorb more spiritual energy.
So, while Qiye walked down the mountain calmly, the Huntian Chakra in his body was roaring, swallowing up spiritual energy.
From the woods, streams, gardens and other places he walked through, the concentration of spiritual energy dropped sharply.
It was like a world filled with fog. As soon as he walked through it, the fog was instantly evacuated, the fog immediately cleared and the world became clear.
However, Qiye did not extract spiritual energy too unscrupulously.
He was also worried that someone would find out if his spiritual energy suddenly dropped too much.
If the concentration of spiritual energy in a local area drops, the spiritual energy in other places will take the initiative to make up for it.
Therefore, absorbing some spiritual energy in an appropriate amount will not be discovered at least for a short period of time.
By the time he had a cup of tea, he had arrived at the gate of Tianyun Peak Mountain.
"I didn't expect it to end so soon... I hope I have the opportunity to come more often in the future."
Qiye curled his lips, feeling a little unfinished.
In just two trips back and forth, he had extracted a large amount of spiritual energy and condensed ten spiritual stars in his body.
This result is equivalent to the amount of energy accumulated in the Moon Covering Peak all night long.
After leaving Tianyun Peak, Qiye went straight back to the Yam Garden behind Hiyue Peak.
…
In the blink of an eye, half a year
In the past six months, Qiye has fed two small centipedes to a length of more than five meters.
Under natural circumstances, a newly born tooth-burial centipede cub can grow up to two meters long in half a year.
Because, for half a year, Qiye, in addition to ensuring adequate blood food feeding, also practiced a lot of alchemy every day, and fed the first-grade elixir to the little centipede.
Therefore, the powerful energy of blood food and elixirs allowed the two little centipedes to more than double their growth in half a year, and their combat effectiveness was equivalent to the 'elementary third and fourth levels'.
After half a year of alchemy refining, Qiye had completely mastered the art of refining first-grade elixirs.
However, his martial arts cultivation has not stagnated in the past six months.
The number of spiritual stars in the body has reached 32,200, and the strength is stable at the 'Battle Axe Early Stage Two', but its real combat power can rival the 'Tough Axe Stage Two Early Stage'.
However, his apparent spiritual power and aura cultivation is the 'elementary third level'.
After more than half a year, I have practiced from the 'beginner level 1' to the 'beginner level 3'. This speed is neither fast nor slow. If it is not fast, it will easily attract others' attention.
On this day, Qiye finished his business at the Alchemy Hall and was heading to the Zhiyun Hall at Baizhang Peak, the outer gate, to attend a lecture.
In half a year, he rarely went there.
I only went there a few times when I first started to join the sect.
And every time I go, I am always worried that I will meet that troublesome Zuozhi girl. Fortunately, I go very late every time, sit in the last row, and leave as soon as the lecture is over.
Therefore, I never met that difficult girl again.
And because I rarely go to the outer gate, I don’t have many opportunities to show up.
Therefore, few of the outer disciples knew him, except for those few who had issues with him.
No one knows him, which is what Qiye wants.
The less people notice you, the less likely you are to be exposed.
Walking into the outer martial arts training ground, Qiye saw many disciples discussing something, either in groups or in twos and threes.
He doesn't often come to the outer sect, and he has no idea about the sect's recent public opinion.
Qiye knows nothing.
He leaned forward with some curiosity,
"I heard that Senior Brother Lu was shortlisted for this newcomer seed competition..."
"Yes, Senior Brother Lu has only been promoted to the 'First Level of War Level' for less than half a year. I didn't expect that he would be so powerful that he could participate in this year's rookie seed competition..."
"I'm so envious!"
"I heard that Senior Brother Lu was also shortlisted..."
…
"Newcomer seed battle?" Qiye muttered in his heart.
He had heard someone talk about it before when he was encircling and suppressing the Demon Spider.
It's just that at that time, I was busy collecting the blood food of monster beasts, so I didn't pay much attention to this matter.
Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye. The newcomer seed battle is about to be held, time flies so fast.
It seems...it seems that the entry requirements for participating in the newcomer seed competition are:
Sect disciples who have been promoted to 'war level' within one year. You can be either an inner disciple or an outer disciple.
After the outer sect disciples reach the 'war level' in strength, they are eligible to take the 'examination for promotion'. If they pass the examination, they can enter the inner sect for further study.
Therefore, war-level strength is the dividing line between the strength of the inner sect and the outer sect.
