Chapter 15 (1/2)

Legends fro free and unfettered lives The reality, however, was that this is not always the case; this applied to only two specific kinds of cultivators

One type had an abundance of cultivation resources and wealth On top of practicing their Qi fluctuations and spiritual skills, each day was filled with exchanging pleasantries between friends, breine and tea, and enjoying the day's sunrise and sunset This type was exempt from any worldly worries

The other included those who had given up while on the path of immortality For them, resources were extremely hard to find and they fully understood that there was no way they could advance any further

They would either waste their days sleeping or wander into the forests andto find caves filled with treasures or a master cultivator who could take them in as a disciple -- all so they could continue to live their lives freely into old age

Aside from these two types of cultivators who had such leisurely days, everyone's life at the sect was intense and busy

Resources were everything in the beginning stages of cultivation With them, it was possible to advance by leaps and bounds; without them, a cultivator would be forever stuck, unable to move even an inch forward

The pluave up on hope He would run errands all day long just to earn the pittance of Spirit Stones offered to hi his days filled with purpose, even if at the end of the day it would have made no real difference

Fang Xing evaluated and came to understand this about Yu

Whatever Yu's purpose was, Fang Xing would not challenge his delusions of one day achieving soinary bubble -- without any glimpse of hope -- who kneould become of him?

Once he had befriended Fang Xing, Yu -- of all people -- had become extremely warm-hearted and zealous He would voluntarily pay the silvers required for Fang Xing'snot to waste his days lazing about

”On top of some silvers, there are other benefits too Where do you think I get the money for your meals each month? Of course, most importantly, you can earn another Spirit Stone every three ular D-Ranked disciple! shi+di Fang, are you sure you're not moved by this? Don't block your ears…”

As they drank, Yu talked endlessly in an effort to convince Fang Xing to join hi had already beco

”Say it again and I can't pro covered his ears, itching to send Yu flying again

'I have more than thirty Spirit Stones all to myself; why should I run errands for them? Now, if only there were more hours in a day so I could practice more…' Of course, no one else needed to know any of this

”Fine, I'll stop…” Yu relented with a concerned expression, ”but what are you going to do about your resources?”

Fang Xing just rolled his eyes ”Isn't it alet another Spirit Stone from the sect's distributions?”

”One Stone every three h! Plus, who knohose hands it'll actually end up in…”

'So having two every threeYu a withering glance

Seeing that Yu still had h I don't want to go to your Miscellaneous Department Remember the last time you treated them to wine? Remember how they acted all holier-than-thou? None of the to lick their boots like you do; the only reason I would go there would be to smash that place into pieces!”

Despite Fang Xing's young age, his tehtly; unable to try to reason with hiree However, he was still reluctant to give up on Fang Xing, causing him to mumble to himself, ”Yeah, but you still need to earn some Spirit Stones somehow…”

Fang Xing gave a secretive laugh after overhearing Yu's final remark ”I'll show you how I earn Spirit Stones one of these days!”

The day that all the disciples had been waiting for had finally arrived: the day of the Spirit Stone distribution This time in particular included the D-Ranked disciples that were finally allowed to receive their Stone after their three-month wait

The C-Ranked disciples received one Stone every second month, B-Ranked would receive one every iven two every month The outer court was divided into these four kinds of disciples based on their zi'zhi, and although the distribution occurred on the fifteenth day of each ible rank would be allowed to collect

”shi+di Fang, are you awake yet?” Yu arrived in front of Fang Xing's cottage in the earlyto take him to collect their Spirit Stone from the sect

”Argh! What's with all this noise so early in thewas clearly in a bad ht practicing Qi and breathing exercises