Chapter 11 (1/2)

”I see, so this is the co-Yun's Qi For was still awake sitting cross-legged on his bed, a thin booklet he had received after beco an outer court disciple in front of hie: this cos as how to use the help of Spirit Stones to increase the flow of Qi, and the elders of the sect had left various co

The si was only there to see if someone was able to cultivate any Qi at all; there were no in-depth analyses of the tiers and stages Besides, as a regular daotong, they would be sent down to the villages once they'd worked at the sect for ten years and the simplified version would come into the hands of the ordinary people at the sa more details, co the actual -Yun Sect

Not even the outer court disciples had it easy If they did not break through tier tithin three years, they would also be sent down to the village, and even once they'd iven another three years for tier three and five years after that for tier four The sect was not a charity that keeps freeloaders

The sect wouldn't force anybody to leave, of course, but those who decided to overstay would have their resources drastically cut down In order to obtain all of the cultivation resources required to advance, it would be necessary to either take up dangerous sect missions or apply to work at one of the various departments within the sect like Yu, orks at the Miscellaneous Departes

Breathe in Breathe out

Still sitting cross-legged, Fang Xing closed his eyes and began practicing Qi fluctuations Beside hihtly to the rhythm of his breaths

This was a method described in his new manual It was possible to practice Qi fluctuations much faster and smoother with the aid of an outside spiritual source, such as a Spirit Stone

Ever since Fang Xing had becoer used the method of Hwa'jin; it was far too destructive to his body to outweigh the gains, and if he were to continue consu Hwa'jin, he would be unlikely to live past twenty years old It was nothing more than a shortcut, both to cultivation and to the end of his life Even at his current age, strands of gray hair could already be seen thanks to the excessive consumption of the weed

For those that were endoith great zi'zhi, Qi fluctuations could be easily accu exercises even without any external help, though unfortunately this was not the case for those like Fang Xing Without using the weed, the next fastest h Spirit Stones or medicinal pills and elixirs, but since pills and elixirs were far more difficult to obtain, h a bottleneck A Spirit Stone, on the other hand, contained a large amount of concentrated Qi within itself, and theto withdraw the Qi within the Stone to use while practicing Qi fluctuations

This 's body; on the contrary, it would actually ievity Though this entle, however, it was alsoHwa'jin, and Spirit Stones were perhaps more valuable when used as a currency than as cultivation materials To lavishly rely on mostly Spirit Stones for Qi fluctuations would usually require an entire family fortune -- or sometimes even entire clans and sects -- to support such monstrous consumption

Even with that being said, it was definitely far e of twenty!

As of right now, Fang Xing was still quite new to thisthat the stone would likely last no htly troubled; with the small amount of Qi that he had already accumulated, if he did not accuress would actually start to go backward

It was siy for the rest of the day, but if no one fed theer have any y Even worse, they would likely have even less energy than what they had started with

It was already the seventh year in the outer court for Yu and, due to not having enough resources, he had gotten close to the second tier but had never actually h There had already been two tie, but both tied to bribe his way to stay and was noorking ever so cautiously and conscientiously at the Miscellaneous Department

Unfortunately, the ain extra income for the purpose of cultivation or have any time to actually practice Qi

”No, I can't be like this forever or I'll turn into another shi+xiong Zhu (Yu) Ispoke softly to hi suddenly while the Spirit Stone -- no longer shi+ning with a bright red light -- dropped into his lap

Laying the Spirit Stone in his palan to think to himself, ”There's over thousands of outer court disciples, and I'm sure there are plenty of those with rich families and clans behind them… Most of them may also be D-Ranked, but they're rich, so even if they ran out of Spirit Stones, they could afford it with silvers and golds But I'm penniless…