Five days later.
Chen Er Zhu had gradually adapted to life as a Utility Disciple on Purple Cloud Peak.
Although he was more tired and worked harder every day than before.
He never went without three meals a day.
For someone who used to live hand-to-mouth and often went hungry, he was now many times happier than before.
The only regret was that.
For these five days, whenever he had time, he would Cultivate according to the Cultivation method described in the Azure Origin Qi Cultivation Scripture.
However, five days had passed.
He had not felt the Spiritual Qi mentioned in the Azure Origin Qi Cultivation Scripture.
This made him doubt whether he could Cultivate at all.
During this period, he asked Senior Sister Qian, Senior Apprentice Brother Zhao, and Senior Brother Zheng.
The three of them told him with certainty that a Five Elements Spiritual Root could Cultivate.
It was just that the Cultivation talent was extremely poor, so it was normal for the initial Cultivation to be very slow.
Although this somewhat disheartened Chen Er Zhu, he did not give up on Cultivation because of it; instead, whenever he had free time, he redoubled his efforts to Cultivate the Azure Origin Qi Cultivation Scripture.
Hoping to become a Cultivator like Senior Sister Qian as soon as possible.
Today was the same as the previous few days.
At the Mao hour, which was five in the morning, just as dawn was breaking.
Chen Er Zhu and the other Utility Disciples of the Lingding Immortal Sect were awakened by the sound of bells.
Utility Disciples like them were the lowest stratum within all Immortal Sects, doing the dirtiest, most tiring, and hardest work every day, yet enjoying the worst treatment within the Immortal Sect.
Even so, many people still tried desperately, even pulling strings and begging elders, to squeeze their way in.
As usual, the first thing Chen Er Zhu did upon waking up was to secretly check if the bronze mirror on him was still there.
Previously, he had worn the bronze mirror around his neck.
Since entering the Lingding Immortal Sect, he had found a rope and tied the bronze mirror to his waist, close to his skin, so that others wouldn't discover it, and he could check if it was there at any time.
After a simple wash-up.
Chen Er Zhu hurried to Luo Ling's Spiritual Plant garden.
From Qian Shuangshuang's mouth, Chen Er Zhu learned that.
Luo Ling, being a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, cultivated nine mu of Spiritual Plants.
These nine mu of Spiritual Plants were three mu of purple spirit flower, three mu of tiger whisker root, and three mu of three-colored Spiritual Plant.
These three types of Spiritual Plants were all second-grade Spirit Medicine.
What Chen Er Zhu didn't expect was that of the nine mu of Spiritual Plants Luo Ling cultivated, one mu each of purple spirit flower, tiger whisker root, and three-colored Spiritual Plant, totaling three mu of Spiritual Plants, needed to be submitted to the Lingding Immortal Sect.
Apart from Qi Training Stage Disciples, Foundation Establishment and above Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples within the Lingding Immortal Sect were all required to Cultivate Spiritual Plants and submit one-third of the Spiritual Plants to the Immortal Sect.
And the Immortal Sect would regularly issue monthly stipends to its Disciples.
Even Utility Disciples like Chen Er Zhu would receive a monthly stipend.
Upon arriving at the Spiritual Plant garden.
Chen Er Zhu picked up a hoe and began to clear weeds, catch insects, and apply fertilizer.
For a full nine mu of Spiritual Plants, Chen Er Zhu worked from morning till night.
Aside from eating, drinking, and using the restroom, all his time was spent on these nine mu of Spiritual Plants.
He could just barely finish his work.
As for the watering, that was the job of Senior Sister Qian, Senior Apprentice Brother Zhao, and Senior Brother Zheng.
The watering job was extremely simple for the three of them.
They only needed to set up a simple rain-making spell.
Three mu of Spiritual Plants could be completely watered in just a few minutes.
The watering job was given to these three Disciples by Luo Ling, so they would generally water on time.
Time quickly passed, and it was lunchtime.
Chen Er Zhu happily ran to the Purple Cloud Peak Utility Disciple cafeteria.
He took a large bowl, filled it with a full serving of food, then left the cafeteria and went to the Spiritual Plant garden where he worked.
At this time, Senior Sister Qian, Senior Apprentice Brother Zhao, and Senior Brother Zheng were all busy Cultivating and would not come to the Spiritual Plant garden at all.
Most Qi training stage Cultivators like them would not waste time on eating; they would purchase Bigu Pills for Fasting.
A common Bigu Pill could sustain them for more than ten days without food or water, allowing them to focus more on Cultivation.
Luo Ling was even more so.
Since he first came to work in the Spiritual Plant garden, he had never seen Luo Ling again.
Even knowing that he was the only one here now.
Chen Er Zhu still cautiously observed his surroundings, and after confirming that no one was truly around.
He carefully took out the bronze mirror tied to his waist, close to his skin.
This bronze mirror looked unremarkable at first glance, only half the size of a palm, one side rusty, but the other side smooth as a mirror, without even a speck of dust.
Chen Er Zhu carefully picked up the bronze mirror, pointed it at the large bowl of food on the ground, and silently wished for another bowl of rice.
After about three or four breaths.
A miraculous scene appeared.
The large bowl of food that was originally reflected in the bronze mirror.
Miraculously dropped out of the bronze mirror.
Because he was prepared.
When this bowl of food dropped out of the bronze mirror, it landed on a pre-placed round wooden board on the ground.
Then.
He quickly re-tied the bronze mirror inside his waistband, close to his body.
He picked up the original food and quickly began to eat.
This magical bronze mirror was accidentally found by Chen Er Zhu a year ago in a gully in Wangjia Village.
At first, he thought it was just an ordinary bronze mirror.
An accident a month ago, Chen Er Zhu accidentally used this bronze mirror to duplicate a date.
That was when Chen Er Zhu realized this bronze mirror was a treasure.
With this magical bronze mirror, Chen Er Zhu's life improved significantly.
At least he ate much better than before.
The quality of items duplicated by the bronze mirror was always of the highest grade.
Take the bowl of food just duplicated by the bronze mirror; it was many times more fragrant than the original bowl of food, and its deliciousness increased by more than tenfold.
However, the bronze mirror could only duplicate one of each item; neither the duplicate nor the original could be duplicated again by the bronze mirror.
So the large bowl itself was not duplicated, only the food inside the bowl was.
Because the bronze mirror was extremely valuable, Chen Er Zhu never dared to take it out, and was even more afraid of others discovering its secret.
He quickly devoured the food in the bowl he held, then cleanly poured the food from the round wooden board into the bowl, and quickly ate that all up too.
Chen Er Zhu worked from the Mao hour to the You hour every day.
A full seven hours, with huge physical exertion, plus he was only twelve years old and still growing, so he needed to eat a lot of food every day.
Even though the cafeteria provided a good amount of food, it was still a bit little for Chen Er Zhu, who had a huge workload, but with the food duplicated by the bronze mirror, it was just right.
After eating.
Chen Er Zhu continued his work of weeding, catching insects, and fertilizing.
By the You hour.
After eating dinner.
Chen Er Zhu dragged his tired body back to the Utility Disciples' living quarters.
Utility Disciples were not even considered Outer Sect Disciples of the Lingding Immortal Sect, so they did not have their own exclusive residences; instead, a dozen or so people squeezed into one room.
Even though every Utility Disciple was half-dead with exhaustion by night.
However, some of them still chose to Cultivate.
Dreaming that one day they could become Outer Sect Disciples of the Lingding Immortal Sect.
That way, they could get rid of the title of Utility Disciple, do very easy tasks, and have plenty of time every day for Cultivation.
Tonight, Chen Er Zhu was the same as usual.
He began to Cultivate the Azure Origin Qi Cultivation Scripture.
Half an hour later.
Chen Er Zhu finally felt the faint Spiritual Qi in the world, and this Spiritual Qi entered his body through the pores of his skin.
Ultimately, this Spiritual Qi was absorbed one by one by his Five Elements Spiritual Root within his body.
"Is this what the Azure Origin Qi Cultivation Scripture refers to as 'Guiding Qi into the Body'?
"It's done, I've finally succeeded, I am now a Cultivator at the first Realm of Qi training stage."
At this moment, Chen Er Zhu's face revealed an expression of wild joy.