The Path to Immortality

Perhaps some people would wonder why the deacons had to distribute the resources in person. Wouldn't that be a waste of time?

For such a large sect, since there is such a rule, there must be a reason for it.

Long ago, the outer disciples of Luoyang Sect did go to the Good Merit Hall to collect their cultivation resources.

However, this gave the deacons the space to collude and jointly withhold the disciples' spiritual stones, causing a very bad impact. In the end, the sect master was forced to come forward and behead three outer deacons and a foundation-building elder to suppress the situation.

Since then, Luoyang Sect has stipulated that the cultivation resources of outer disciples must be distributed publicly, and all disciples must be present.

In this way, even if there are still deacons who want to embezzle the disciples' cultivation resources, it is difficult to do so in public.

But it is precisely because of this rule that Fang Ping unexpectedly met Lu Shan and Ming Yulou while queuing.

In front of all the outer disciples and several deacons, the two naturally did not dare to ask for spiritual stones publicly.

They seemed to realize that Fang Ping was determined not to give it. They could only give Fang Ping a threatening look from a long distance.

Fang Ping chose to ignore this weak threat.

As soon as he returned, he swallowed a Ningyuan Pill and held the spirit stone in his hand. While digesting the power of the pill, he absorbed pure spiritual energy from the spirit stone and began to practice with all his strength.

Almost immediately, Fang Ping experienced a rapid improvement in practice efficiency, which was several times higher than before.

The strands of spiritual energy were absorbed into the meridians in the body, and as the Zhoutian circulated, they were refined into the five elements of the mana, and finally fell into the Dantian, making him truly feel the beauty of the continuous improvement of his strength.

"If I can maintain this kind of luxurious practice every day, at most half a year, no, maybe just a few months, I can rush into the third level of Qi training!"

At the moment when he finished the practice, Fang Ping thought reluctantly.

At the same time, this also strengthened his idea of ​​making money quickly by relying on the alchemy.

Bigu Pill, go for it!

………

With the help of the spirit stones and pills issued by the sect, many outer disciples ushered in a rare high-speed cultivation stage.

Unfortunately, the wonderful experience lasted less than a month before it expired again and returned to a slow state.

This huge disparity made many disciples sigh in their hearts.

As for Fang Ping, the impact was minimal.

After the spirit stones and pills issued by the sect were used up, he quickly made up for it by relying on the spirit stones earned from refining a large number of Bigu pills.

Although it was not enough to maintain full-speed cultivation, it was much more efficient than just breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This feeling of improving strength every day made Fang Ping feel particularly at ease.

Perhaps thanks to this calm mentality, coupled with the uninterrupted speculation and practice during this period of time, Fang Ping's skills in the way of alchemy have made some breakthroughs.

Now, even if he does not rely on the retracing of the Yuan Ding, he can increase the success rate of refining Bigu pills to more than 30%.

It has become easier to earn spirit stones through the way of alchemy.

In the midst of the fulfilling and busy life, time quickly came to the end of the year.

Although there is no Spring Festival in the Liang Kingdom's cultivation world, there are also similar customs to celebrate the New Year.

Most of the outer disciples of Luoyang Sect came from the secular world of Liang Kingdom, and since they had not practiced for a long time, they also inherited this custom to some extent.

New peach charms were hung on the door, and rice cakes and other delicacies were made to celebrate this beautiful solar term of "the beginning of a new year and the renewal of all things".

However, with the arrival of the New Year, for many disciples who entered the outer sect of Luoyang Sect at the same time as Fang Ping, it also meant that they were about to face the biggest test.

There was only half a year left before the deadline of opening the mountain gate to recruit disciples and clearing out the previous batch of outer disciples every five years!

Those outer disciples with relatively good talents and support behind them have successively entered the third level of Qi training, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and even began to attack the middle stage of Qi training.

But those cultivators who were still at the second level of Qi training really felt the unprecedented urgency.

Before the New Year's atmosphere dissipated, many outer disciples began to practice hard behind closed doors.

Some disciples even formed a team to go to the secular world of Liang State, joined the Liang State Demon Extermination Division as guest officials, hunted the early stage Qi training monsters wandering in the secular world, and sharpened themselves with life-threatening means, and at the same time exchanged for more cultivation resources.

Every once in a while, there would be rumors that a certain outer sect disciple went out to hunt monsters, but was unfortunately seriously injured or even died on the spot.

This also added a bit of heaviness and depression to the outer courtyard of Tiandu Peak.

Fang Ping also did not dare to be arrogant. In addition to the necessary chores, he spent almost all his time practicing and refining pills, and worked hard to improve his strength.

With a much more abundant supply of resources, his strength improved very quickly, and he was only one step away from the third level of Qi training.

Who would have thought that at this critical juncture, a small accident happened in the sect.

………

Early morning.

Fang Ping, who had just gotten up, was eating breakfast when he suddenly heard the mana transmission of several outer sect deacons outside the courtyard.

"All the outer disciples currently in the courtyard, except those who are responsible for guarding the mountain, all others, regardless of their cultivation level, should gather outside the courtyard immediately."

Perhaps because they were afraid that some outer disciples would not notice, several deacons passed the message three times in a row before stopping.

"What's going on?"

"Why are you gathering suddenly?"

"Is the big one coming?"

The outer disciples were in doubt, but no one dared to ignore the deacon's call. They all walked out of their own courtyards and rushed to the open space outside the courtyard.

In an instant, the huge open space was crowded with thousands of outer disciples.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one knew what had happened. The atmosphere was a little tense and chaotic for a while.

Could it be that a sect war had occurred?

"Don't speculate."

Seeing that the situation was a bit chaotic, Deacon Zhao of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall shouted loudly to quiet everyone down; "This sudden call is because Elder Wang Chen of the inner sect has an urgent matter and needs the help of all disciples."

Wang Chen?

Many outer disciples who didn't know about the inner sect were a little confused after hearing this.

But those senior and well-informed disciples couldn't help but change their faces slightly.

This Elder Wang is a great master in the late stage of foundation building.

In addition to the five Jindan cultivators and the head of the fake Dan realm known as the pseudo-Jindan, he is the strongest in the entire Luoyang Sect.

And considering Elder Wang's dual spiritual roots, he is less than 150 years old and has a life span of nearly 60 years. Theoretically, he still has the possibility of reaching the Golden Core stage!

With such status and strength, he can definitely walk sideways in the sect.

I just don't know what happened to Elder Wang Chen that he actually needed the help of these weak outer disciples?

Seeing that the disciples were confused, Deacon Zhao also knew that he had to make things clear.

He slowly said, "This is what happened. Elder Wang Chen's granddaughter went back to the Wang family to visit relatives during the New Year some time ago. On the way back, she accidentally lost the spiritual pet crane given by the elders of the family."

"That white-feathered spiritual crane is a first-level monster when it grows up, and its combat power is comparable to that of the middle stage of foundation building. Elder Wang's granddaughter is very fond of it and specifically asked to find it back. That's why I summoned you to help her find her spiritual pet!"