The Path to Immortality

"By the way, it's not a good idea to keep calling it "Purple Gold Treasure Cauldron" or "Purple Gold Treasure Cauldron". How about giving this treasure a name."

After pondering for a moment, Fang Ping had an idea.

"This treasure can even be traced back in time, and it was found in the ruins of the ancient sect [Yuanshi Sect]. Taking the meaning of one yuan and the beginning, let's call you Yuanshi Ding."

After muttering a few words in his mind, Fang Ping suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Wait...

Yuanshi Ding?

Fang Ping, who was worried that his destiny might not be able to bear it, thought about it again and decided to omit one word and change his name to "Yuan Ding".

It sounds smoother this way.

After finalizing the name, Fang Ping was ready to strike while the iron was hot and officially start the Dan Dao.

Since we want to be serious about it, Liang Guo's secular Tianxin Pharmacopoeia is not enough.

He must go to Fangshi and buy a real alchemy inheritance.

However, today there happens to be an outer sect elder giving a lecture. For outer disciples with low strength and limited understanding of Taoism, this is a rare opportunity that cannot be missed under any circumstances.

Then wait until the lecture is over before setting off and start your own alchemy plan.

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Three poles in the sun.

There was still an hour before the elder's lecture, so the outer disciples changed into the sect disciples' clothes one after another and rushed to the pulpit on the top of Tiandu Peak in small groups.

Although the elders who teach the Dharma will definitely not come so early, the good seats on the pulpit are limited.

If you go early, you can get a seat closer to the front. If you understand something while listening to the lecture, you might be able to leave a good impression on the elder who is giving the lecture.

Fang Ping didn't expect to be favored by the elders of the outer sect, but there was no need to deliberately act independently.

Following the crowd, together with a few outer disciples who had some friendship with each other in the past, while exchanging the latest interesting stories and news within the sect, they headed to the top of the mountain side by side.

The disciple named Zhou Yang suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Fang Ping: "Junior brother Fang doesn't seem to come out these days, but I don't know what he is busy with?"

Of course, it was impossible for Fang Ping to tell the truth. He sighed and said: "The growth of realm cultivation is slow. Seeing that there is still a long way to go before the third level of Qi training, I feel anxious and can only practice hard in seclusion."

Zhou Yang's face suddenly showed some admiration, as well as the same look of distress.

"Junior brother Fang is really determined in his pursuit of the truth. I admire him, senior brother. Alas, speaking of it, my progress is also slow. Seeing that there is only more than a year left before the five-year period, I'm afraid..."

Five years is a big limit for the outer disciples of Sunset Sect.

If you fail to advance to the third level of Qi training within five years of entry, you will be considered hopeless, expelled from the sect, and become a casual cultivator again.

Just having realm is not enough.

Some disciples who come from casual cultivators and cultivating families have already practiced cultivation before entering the profession.

Therefore, in addition to the realm requirements, it is also necessary to accumulate five hundred sect contributions.

Only by meeting these two conditions at the same time can one become an official outer disciple, and there is no need to worry about being expelled after five years of initiation.

Let me explain here, the five hundred sect contributions required to retain the qualifications of an outer sect disciple refer to the total contribution that the disciple has received since joining the sect. It does not matter even if all these contributions are used up.

In this regard, the Luoyang Sect is quite generous, worthy of its status as one of the five great immortal sects in the Liang Kingdom.

Of course, even if you pass this threshold, it doesn't mean you can sit back and relax.

If the outer sect disciples want to go one step further and enter the inner sect, they must reach the fifth level of Qi training within ten years of entry and accumulate a thousand sect contributions!

If you miss this opportunity, unless you can make some great contributions to the sect in the future, or have another chance encounter and be able to practice to the tenth level of Qi training before the age of sixty, there is a high probability that you will have to stay in the outer sect for the rest of your life.

Compared with the first deadline, the threshold for promotion to the inner sect is undoubtedly higher!

The outer disciples are also divided into many small groups.

If you can be in the same circle, everyone's strength, background, and qualifications will be roughly the same, and there won't be much difference.

Fang Ping and Zhou Yang's qualifications are not even the worst in their small circle of four. Zhang Feihu on the side is the person with the lowest qualifications.

It took him three months just to introduce the Qi into his body.

He stayed at the Qi training level for another two and a half years.

It was not until half a year ago that he could be promoted to the second level of Qi training, and he was almost destined to have no hope of reaching the third level of Qi training before the five-year deadline.

At this moment, facing the topic of Fang Ping and Zhou Yang, he just shook his head and smiled bitterly, without even the thought of interjecting.

On the contrary, the female cultivator Su Lingyun who was traveling with the three of them had pretty good qualifications among the Four Spiritual Roots, and her appearance and figure were also the best.

Many outer sect disciples believe that this woman is expected to be promoted before the five-year deadline and be able to stay in the outer sect.

No matter how bad it is, relying on his charming appearance and those enchanting peach blossom eyes, he is enough to get close to an outer sect deacon or inner sect disciple, become his wife, and have no worries for the rest of his life.

At this moment, facing the topic that Fang Ping inadvertently brought up, which made the atmosphere a bit heavy, Su Lingyun spoke softly and comforted the three of them: "It's been more than a year since the settlement. As long as we work hard and practice hard, we four-spiritual-rooted people can , there is still some chance.”

Seeing Su Lingyun say this, Zhou Yang also mustered up some confidence.

He waved his fist and said: "That's right, no one can say for sure what the future will bring. Even if you fail to keep your status as an outer disciple in the end, you can still be a guest in a small cultivating family, or you can go to Fangshi to be a free and independent cultivator. The worst-case scenario is to just go to a secular dynasty and become an immortal master and enjoy yourself for half your life, which is not a loss at all!"

Zhou Yang's words revitalized the heavy atmosphere.

Fang Ping did not mention this matter again, and casually shared some of his recent insights from cultivation, changing the topic.

Finally.

When the sky was bright, many outer disciples climbed to the top of Tiandu Peak one after another, and came to the top of the mountain, which was more like a large square than a preaching platform.

Fang Ping and the other four had come relatively early, but when they arrived, the front row of the preaching platform was still crowded with people, at least thousands of outer disciples.

There were only a few empty seats in the first row, and a few empty seats in the relatively forward corner on the west side.

The four of them seized the opportunity, took a few steps, and took the empty seats in the corner on the west side first.

They sat down and waited for the elders to arrive.

The preaching platform was a solemn place, and some strong mid-stage Qi training cultivators spontaneously maintained order, and no one dared to make a loud noise.

In this solemn atmosphere, more and more outer disciples arrived, occupying most of the huge square.

At this time, a strong and powerful cultivator appeared, parted the crowd, and sat in the empty seats in the front row that no one dared to grab.

"It's Senior Brother Liu Wuchen, one of the three great outer sect masters!"

A cultivator whispered the identity of the person.

Immortal seedlings such as double spiritual roots and heavenly spiritual roots directly start from the inner sect.

Among the outer sect disciples, the best aptitude is only three spiritual roots. Anyone who can enter the fifth level of Qi training within ten years and contribute enough to the sect will also be promoted to the inner sect early.

After this layer-by-layer screening, with the spiritual root aptitude of the remaining disciples, there are really not many who can practice in the outer sect to the late stage of Qi training.

The three great outer sect masters are only three.

To be precise, the "only three" here refers to the relatively young cultivators who stay in the outer sect as contemporary disciples.

In fact, there are many disciples of the previous generations in the late stage of Qi training in the outer sect of Luoyang Sect, or disciples released from the inner sect.

It's just that they are generally older, often over 40 or 50 years old. Because they had no hope of building a foundation, they chose to serve as stewards in the outer sect, or were sent to various markets to take charge of a place.

These outer sect stewards had different status from the disciples, so they would naturally not be mentioned together with Liu Wuchen and others.