"Mortals need to earn money to support their families, and cultivators also need to earn spirit stones to cultivate and purchase resources for cultivation. To borrow a phrase from us mortals, when it comes to cultivation, spirit stones aren't everything, but without them, nothing is possible!"
"So, in the world of immortal cultivation, knowing how to do business, knowing how to buy low and sell high, and knowing how to barter for scarce resources is still a good skill!" Zhang Dahai said, looking at Hu Lai, "Little Fatty, if you want to do business, I'm very optimistic about you!"
Zhang Dahai is obviously a warm-hearted person. Since everyone has not participated in the selection yet and is not yet a sect disciple, he is happy to explain some basic knowledge of cultivating immortals on the way.
"Now let's talk about spirit stones. The white spirit stones you saw just now are only low-grade spirit stones. In fact, there are several other high-grade spirit stones. The middle-grade spirit stones are green, and the spiritual energy they contain is so rich that it cannot be compared with the low-grade spirit stones."
"Top-grade spirit stones are blue. I've only seen them once from afar in the Baiyun Sect, the upper sect. It was during a sect celebration when a top-grade spirit stone was awarded to a rising immortal cultivator!"
"As for the legendary top-grade and ultimate-grade spirit stones, I've only seen records of them in the sect's classics, but I've never seen them in person. The records say that top-grade spirit stones are purple, and ultimate-grade spirit stones are orange."
"These two spirit stones are already rare treasures that are hard to come by. As for their efficacy, there is no record in the classics, and we cannot even imagine it. These are rare treasures that only those with destiny can obtain. If any of us succeed in cultivation in the future, we may have the opportunity to see them."
"Luck is also a part of strength. The world is vast and full of wonders, and everyone has their own opportunities. Think about the legendary figures in our world of immortal cultivation; almost all of them are favored by heaven, and they have many opportunities on the road of cultivation. Everyone may have their own opportunities, and therefore everyone may also have their own secrets. Not being jealous of others' opportunities, and not exposing others' secrets, is the bottom line."
"Making good use of your opportunities and keeping your secrets are the duties of an immortal cultivator, and there is no need to feel guilty towards others." After Zhang Dahai finished speaking, he looked around at everyone, and finally paused at Yuanxiao, then walked to the front of the floating boat and closed his eyes to rest.
Yuanxiao was shocked. Could it be that Zhang Dahai discovered something?
Not really, maybe he just thinks Yuanxiao is special. Yuanxiao can feel that Zhang Dahai is a kind person and has no ill will towards him.
The key to a sect's longevity in the world of immortal cultivation lies in how many talented individuals it has cultivated and how many great immortal masters it has produced. A sect may remain dormant for hundreds or even thousands of years, but if it can produce a few great immortal masters, the success of one person will often lead to the prosperity of the entire sect, and the prosperity of the sect will last for many years.
Yunhai Sect hadn't recruited any exceptional talent in the past decade. While they occasionally encountered a few disciples with better aptitude, they were considered mere talents. In recent years, Yunhai Sect had been influencing fewer talents to join the upper sect, far fewer than Baiyun Sect's other subordinate sect, Baifeng Sect. Consequently, the sect leader and elders felt insecure when they occasionally visited the upper sect for meetings.
Therefore, this year the sect leader decided to expand the number of applicants and bring as many candidates as possible for testing, hoping to have a greater chance of discovering qualified, talented, and persevering disciples, who would first be accepted as outer disciples. After two or three years of free-range raising and observation, some of the best would be selected and carefully trained as inner disciples.
Although the number of candidates has increased significantly this year, the number of outer disciples who are ultimately admitted has not changed much from previous years. Therefore, this year's selection test will have a higher elimination rate and greater competition.
The current new mountain gate of Yunhai Gate is not in Yunhai City. What remains here is only the old site of Yunhai Gate.
Five hundred years ago, when the Baiyun Sect established its lower sect, the Yunhai Gate, the first generation of the sect leader chose the site of what is now Yunhai City, when it was still just Yunhai Town. The main reason for choosing this location was that within the former Yunhai Gate site, there existed a sizable low-grade spirit stone mine.
But after hundreds of years of mining, the spiritual stone veins have been exhausted, and the spiritual energy in this place has become increasingly thinner, making it no longer suitable for cultivation and no longer suitable for maintaining a sect.
Not to mention anything else, the sect's spiritual medicine garden, spiritual beast garden, alchemy room, and mountain protection formation all require an environment with abundant spiritual energy.
Moreover, with the population growth over hundreds of years, Yunhai Town, with the old site of Yunhai Gate as its center, gradually developed into a populous city and became Yunhai City, which surrounded Yunhai Gate tightly, thus limiting the development space of Yunhai Gate.
More than a hundred years ago, several new spirit stone veins were discovered in the southern mountains. So the leader of the Baiyun Sect and the current leader of the Yunhai Sect decided to move the Yunhai Sect to the southern mountains a thousand miles away.
What is left in Yunhai City now is only the old site of Yunhai Sect, but it is not abandoned. The sect still has a small number of disciples left to maintain it.
Firstly, the sect has been here for many years, and many functional facilities are still useful.
Secondly, the sect also didn't want to sever ties with the mortal world, so keeping these places open for occasional activities would promote Yunhai Sect. Only by maintaining influence and connections in the mortal world could they ensure that children from ordinary families were sent to the sect for selection every year, replenishing the sect with fresh blood.
The flying speed of the airboat is not fast. After all, it is just a low-grade spiritual weapon used by the sect for ordinary transportation purposes. It pursues safety rather than speed.
At this moment, a large city began to appear in front of us. Even when looking down from the air, we still couldn't see the other side of the city.
Yuanxiao, Xiaoying and the fat boy all squeezed to the edge of the airship and looked down. The scene that came into view from this perspective was quite shocking.
The streets were crisscrossed in an endless network, two small rivers passed through the city and stretched to the invisible distance, rows of houses fell rapidly backwards, and small black dots covered the streets and alleys. It was indeed a big city with a large population. Even the little fat boy who often went out was stunned.
Yuanxiao looked ahead and found that the direction the flying boat was facing was an area surrounded by mountains in the city. There were more than ten mountain peaks connected end to end. Some buildings could be vaguely seen at the foot, middle and top of the mountain, but they were too far away to be seen clearly.
At this time, Zhang Dahai controlled the airship to gradually lower its altitude. After flying for a while, he slowed down again and flew towards a towering mountain gate.
"The site ahead is the former site of Yunhai Gate. This selection test was specifically held here, not only to utilize the original facilities here, but more importantly to promote Yunhai City and let everyone know about Yunhai Gate. Therefore, Yunhai City residents are allowed to observe the selection process this time."
"Only those who pass the selection will be sent to the new mountain gate of Yunhaimen in the south after the selection. For those who are not selected, we will arrange to send everyone back to Ping'an County where they started, and live their lives as usual. If you want to stay, you must seize the opportunity and perform well!" Zhang Dahai encouraged everyone.
"You guys, are you ready?"
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