In the evening, Yuanxiao, Hu Lai and Xu Ying finally arrived at the Yunhaimen registration office.
Yunhai Sect, like Baifeng Sect, is a branch of Baiyun Sect.
In Beipingzhou, becoming a high-ranking sect required two basic requirements. First, there had to be a Nascent Soul Stage master. When establishing a lower sect, the high-ranking sect had to have at least one Nascent Soul Stage master. Second, the lower sect had to have at least one Golden Core cultivator.
As a subordinate sect of the Baiyun Sect, the Yunhai Sect naturally has its share of Jindan cultivators. The current sect leader, Hai Qing, is said to be a Jindan cultivator himself, but he often cultivates in seclusion in the mountains and rarely appears unless it's a matter of great importance.
Most of the other elders in the sect are foundation-building monks. These elders are the backbone of the sect and are responsible for managing the sect's affairs. The sect's spirit stones, herbs, pills, magic weapons, spirit beasts, etc. are all under their control.
Each elder has one or two stewards under him. Most of these stewards are at the sixth to tenth level of Qi Refining and are usually inner disciples who joined earlier. Outer disciples, on the other hand, are primarily responsible for various menial tasks within the sect, such as growing herbs, raising spirit beasts, cleaning, carrying firewood and water, and cooking. These chores require a lot of manpower.
If Yuanxiao, Xu Ying and the fat boy perform well in the upcoming selection test, they may be accepted as inner disciples; if their performance is acceptable, they may only be accepted as outer disciples; if their performance is very poor, they will not even have the chance to become outer disciples and can only go home obediently.
The little fat boy clenched his fist and shook it, saying confidently, "I, Fatty, will definitely win this selection! You two need to work hard!"
Yuan Xiao jokingly said, "Hu Lai, why do you act like you've already been accepted? It's daytime now, it's too early to dream."
Xiaoying was amused by the two of them and immediately relaxed a lot. She thought to herself, our Shenxian Town is full of funny people, and there are always two of them.
If these two people in front of me really become immortal cultivators, who knows how much embarrassment and legends they will bring to the world of immortal cultivation.
Cultivating immortals requires wealth, friends, methods and land. Wealth cannot be ignored. How to obtain more spirit stones is the first necessary step.
Yuanxiao now has the Apocalypse Pearl in his hand, so naturally he has unlimited possibilities, but he still needs to verify it personally to know what it is.
Spirit stones contain spiritual energy. According to their quality, they are divided into low-grade spirit stones, medium-grade spirit stones, high-grade spirit stones and top-grade spirit stones. Legend has it that there are also top-grade spirit stones, but in fact, even great cultivators rarely see top-grade spirit stones.
The difference between spirit stones of different grades is not only the amount of spiritual energy they contain, but more importantly the quality of the spiritual energy they contain.
The higher the grade of the spirit stone, the more spiritual energy a piece of the same size contains, and the spiritual energy is purer and has fewer impurities, which can multiply the speed and effect of cultivation, which may be several times, dozens of times, or even hundreds of times the difference.
In particular, the higher the level of a cultivator, the higher the amount and quality of spiritual energy required. For example, if a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage were to cultivate with low-grade spiritual stones, the results would be very poor. Higher-level cultivators preferred high-quality spiritual stones, as this allowed them to quickly replenish spiritual energy during battle and quickly heal injuries with high-quality spiritual stones.
Low-grade spirit stones are generally used for cultivation by cultivators at the Jindan stage and below. It is not that they do not want to use higher-grade spirit stones, but it is difficult for them to obtain a large amount of high-quality spirit stones with their abilities, so they can only use low-grade spirit stones for cultivation.
If there is a great cultivator in the family, he will definitely advise the younger generation who are just starting to cultivate immortality not to use miscellaneous spirit stones for cultivation.
Because the more impurities in the mixed spirit stones, the greater the toxicity. Using such inferior spirit stones is very harmful to the body of the cultivator. Just like chronic poisoning, the more toxins accumulate in the body, it will seriously affect the final height and speed of cultivation, and will also increase the difficulty of breaking through the threshold of cultivation.
These were experiences only known to high-level cultivators. How could a young man who had just entered the path of cultivation know them? And even if they knew, they wouldn't be able to change the situation. Where would they find high-quality spirit stones?
The so-called inferior miscellaneous spirit stones are generally the miscellaneous jades that are found near low-grade spirit stone veins when low-grade spirit stone veins are mined. The miscellaneous spirit stones contain too many impurities and are highly toxic, making them almost unusable for cultivation.
Generally, they are mined and thrown into the spiritual medicine garden. After all, they can emit weak spiritual energy, which can enhance the concentration of spiritual energy in the local space of the spiritual medicine garden and is beneficial to the growth of spiritual medicine.
Some were thrown into the mine on the spot. At the beginning, some embarrassed outer disciples secretly picked up some miscellaneous spirit stones and took them back to try to use them for cultivation. However, they found that the more they practiced, the more blocked their meridians became, causing their cultivation in the Qi Refining Stage to basically stagnate. After being scolded by the elders in the sect, no one dared to try to use miscellaneous spirit stones for cultivation anymore.
As time went by, no one came to pick them up, and the mine was filled with miscellaneous spiritual stones that were not even as good as chicken ribs.
No one would have thought that these miscellaneous spiritual stones would have a day to turn things around!
The Yunhaimen reception center is located in the square in the center of Ping'an County and is easy to find. A large sign reads: Yunhaimen Selection Registration Office.
Two young people, a man and a woman, were sitting in front of a large stone table.
Both of them were wearing silver-white standard robes with a few golden clouds embroidered on the cuffs and collars. The clouds were shining with golden light and were very dazzling. It seemed that this should be the clothing that only the formal inner disciples of Yunhai Sect could wear.
These two people were the inner disciples of Yunhai Sect, Zhou Qingqing and Zhang Dahai, who were also disciples of the Ninth Elder Jiutian, so they were very familiar with each other and started chatting casually.
"Junior Sister Zhou, how many people have registered now?" Zhang Dahai said.
"There are already forty-six. Last year we only had more than thirty people registered here, but this year the number has increased a lot. However, this year Yunhaimen will finally accept outer disciples into the mountain gate, and there are still as many people as last year. I'm afraid the competition for selection will be even more intense!" Zhou Qingqing said.
"Even if you become an outer disciple, you only have a glimmer of hope for cultivating immortality. Most people probably just do hard chores every day, waiting for an elusive opportunity. Perhaps they'll be noticed by an elder, or have their potential explode one day, or have a fortuitous encounter, and only then can they become a true inner disciple and truly enter the realm of immortality."
"Do you think that those who were finally selected would regret it if they had to do menial tasks every day?" Zhou Qingqing said with a smile.
"Junior Sister Zhou, think about what we did back then and you'll understand. Being chosen as an outer disciple was incredibly joyful. Although we did menial tasks for three years afterwards, we were eventually accepted by the Ninth Elder as inner disciples. Now we have hope for further cultivation. As long as there's a glimmer of hope, I believe they will, like we did back then, strive for every opportunity and have no time for regrets."
"That's right!" Zhou Qingqing recalled the time when she participated in the selection and laughed.
Then I saw a little fat man carrying a bag and walking towards me with a smile, followed by a young boy and a girl.
The boy had a handsome appearance and fair skin, but he looked a little funny with four or five bags on his back. In fact, most of these bags belonged to the fat boy, and one was Sakura's.
The beautiful girl was just carrying a cloth bag, but she looked very relaxed, with a smart look, and was very likable.
They were Yuanxiao, Xu Ying and Hu Lai who came to participate in the selection of Yunhaimen disciples!
Zhang Dahai couldn't help laughing. Can these three people be selected this time?