Jade Maiden Sect can indeed be considered a blessed land and a sacred mountain.
However, what does it matter if it's a blessed land or a sacred mountain to cannon fodder like them?
After everyone was led to the foot of the mountain, someone came forward to greet them.
Two female disciples in gray long skirts stepped forward and clasped their hands, saying,
"Senior Sisters! You're back."
"Mm! Take them down!"
Luo Qiuyu and the other three arrived in front of a stone tablet at the foot of the mountain, where they saw the words "Stop!" carved in a grand, flowing script.
The four of them each took out a token, from which a faint white light emitted and entered the stone tablet.
Instantly! The seemingly overgrown mountain immediately revealed a staircase leading straight into the depths of the clouds and mist!
Chen Qingyun couldn't help but exclaim how amazing it was.
Is this like the access card for a residential community on Blue Star? You can only enter by swiping the card?
Chen Qingyun also observed the two gray-clothed disciples.
One was at the peak of Qi Training stage, 1st level, and the other had a Qi Training Third Layer cultivation.
Their luck values were both above 100, so they seemed quite good.
According to what Luo Qiuyu and the others said, these two should be the Jade Maiden Sect's chore disciples.
Are they taking us to the chore area?
Do the Jade Maiden Sect's chore disciples all live outside the mountain?
However, this was just Chen Qingyun's own assumption.
Soon! Chen Qingyun and his group were led directly into a low-lying valley.
In the valley, countless crude thatched sheds were set up, even simpler than the thatched hut Chen Qingyun lived in.
Many of the thatched sheds already showed signs of being inhabited.
"Damn it! They really aren't treating these people as human!"
But thinking about it, they were destined to be cannon fodder anyway! Why waste too many resources on these useless people?
"Alright! Find a place to stay yourselves. Living supplies will be distributed later!
You'd best not run around, or you'll bear the consequences."
After the two female disciples finished speaking, they swayed their full, graceful waists and departed.
"I'll bear your sister's consequences! You just dump me in this wilderness and don't care anymore?"
Chen Qingyun was furious, but he could only grumble inwardly.
Chen Qingyun randomly picked a straw shed to stay in, as he wasn't in any mood.
With his useless spiritual root, it was basically impossible to improve his cultivation through practice.
Exchanging circulation value for pills to cultivate was just another way to continue wasting time.
Rather than wasting time like that, it was more comfortable to just get a good night's sleep.
"There's no sense of time in the mountains; sleeping saves even more time!"
Before leaving, Chen Qingyun brought his tea set out.
There was spring water flowing in the valley, and Chen Qingyun wasn't as dispirited as the others.
He filled a pot with water, found some firewood, and immediately began brewing tea.
Since he was already here, there was no need to rush; he would take things one step at a time.
After tasting a few cups of tea, Chen Qingyun lay down and fell asleep in the thatched shed!
It wasn't until sunset that someone brought food.
This time! Chen Qingyun finally saw male disciples of the Jade Maiden Sect.
When it came to manual labor, male disciples finally appeared.
It seems that men don't have it easy in this Jade Maiden Sect either! Are they also treated like cattle?
Upon seeing the food being delivered, everyone gathered around.
There was a dense crowd, mostly young adults.
When they arrived during the day, they hadn't seen so many people.
They must have been taken somewhere for special training.
Everyone stared at the few food servers with hopeful eyes, like pigs in a farm waiting to be fed.
Chen Qingyun could only helplessly queue up in the crowd. There was no other way; he was hungry!
He waited for a full two quarters of an hour before it was Chen Qingyun's turn.
The food was bland soup, a few rotten vegetable leaves, and very little meat, mostly side dishes.
"Damn it! Is the Jade Maiden Sect so poor they can't even afford food? Eating this stuff?"
He didn't need to think to understand that they were being treated like pigs.
However, the others were eating with relish.
Since he was hungry, Chen Qingyun could only eat along with them.
"Who is Chen Qingyun! The one who just arrived today!"
Chen Qingyun, who was in the middle of eating, heard someone call his name!
"It's me! It's me! Over here!"
Chen Qingyun quickly stood up, raising his hand and responding.
Immediately! A female disciple came up to Chen Qingyun.
She looked Chen Qingyun up and down.
"You are Chen Qingyun, the one who just arrived today?"
"Yes! I am Chen Qingyun, I just arrived today."
The woman took out a pen, made a few marks in a book she held, and then put it away.
"Alright! Later, you'll come up the mountain with us!"
After the woman finished speaking, she turned and left directly!
Looking at the woman's charming back, Chen Qingyun felt a bit infatuated, a thought-provoking smile appearing on his face.
"Damn it! Am I finally escaping this bitter sea?"
The reactions of the other cannon fodder were different; they all cast envious and complicated glances.
Some of the younger ones even showed indignation.
"Why? How can an old man like him go up to the immortal mountain, but we can't?"
The immortal sect was right before their eyes, yet separated by an insurmountable chasm, Out of reach!
And this old man named Chen Qingyun actually had such an immortal destiny.
From now on! They and this old man would be people of two different worlds.
Entering the immortal sect today, one's heart clears of worldly dust, cultivating the supreme Dao, and forgetting the mortal body from then on.
After the meal, under the envious, jealous, and hateful gazes of the cannon fodder, Chen Qingyun followed the Jade Maiden Sect disciples up the mountain.
In the eyes of these cannon fodder, old man Chen Qingyun had reached the heavens in one step, a tremendous stroke of luck.
Only Chen Qingyun himself understood that going up the mountain was just the beginning of his trial.
To gain a foothold in this Jade Maiden Sect and acquire circulation value, that was his ultimate goal.
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Along the way.
Chen Qingyun finally experienced the feeling of being in this mountain, where the clouds are deep and one doesn't know where they are.
Thankfully, he wasn't a fish that slipped through the net of nine-year compulsory education, so he knew these two lines of poetry; otherwise, he wouldn't know how to express his current feelings.
He climbed for two hours straight! Only then did Chen Qingyun reach his destination!
Jade Maiden Sect! Chore Peak!
Strictly speaking, Chore Peak was not the Jade Maiden Sect in the true sense.
Only after entering the Outer Sect could one be considered to have truly entered the Jade Maiden Sect.
Entering Chore Peak only meant being a probationary disciple of the Jade Maiden Sect.
If one could not cultivate to Qi Training Fourth Layer and enter the Outer Sect within five years.
Then one would be another useless person, and could only be expelled from the sect.
Of course! Even if you are only a Qi Training stage, 1st level cultivator.
Returning to the mortal world, no matter where you go, you would be an honored guest, living a life of wealth and glory.
After all, as a cultivator, one's physique is stronger than a mortal's, and one can perform some minor spells.
In the eyes of mortals, that is a supreme existence.
If one has a special skill and is favored by another peak, one can remain in the Jade Maiden Sect even if they continue to do chores.
This is the biggest difference between being organized and being left to fend for oneself.
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Although Chore Peak did not have magnificent pavilions and towers, only an endless expanse of small wooden houses.
However, the living conditions were already much better than down the mountain.
Aside from being a bit small, it was even more luxurious than his courtyard in Xiao Niu Village.
"Alright! You'll stay here tonight!"
After the female disciple gave the instruction, she turned and left.
Chen Qingyun watched her graceful figure depart, his heart filled with longing.
He really wanted to ask her to stay, but Chen Qingyun dared not now.
She was a great cultivator at Qi Training Third Layer, while he was just a useless Qi Training stage, 1st level.
If she became displeased and killed him, his trip to the Jade Maiden Sect would have been in vain.
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