Chapter 176: Rules (1/2)

There was a total of 10 courtyards. Chen Feng’s group was assigned a small courtyard each. The picturesque landscape and the abundant spiritual energy gave them the feeling that this was a good place for cultivation.

“Hey, hey. Everyone here is a newcomer. I have something to tell you all in advance. We outer disciples are the lowest ranking existences here,” Luo Fang suddenly said.

“What about it?” someone asked.

“What about it? There’s plenty. Do you all think that after joining Extreme Celestial Sect, you all can cultivate peacefully? That is not the case. Do not forget, we are outer disciples. We are not yet formal disciples,” Luo Fang said with a smile.

“Oh, we are all newcomers. There are many things that we do not know. I hope Senior Brother Luo can explain it to us. Please accept this little gesture.” Chen Feng waved his hand and a small clump of Magic crystals flew out to hover in the air.

Not too much, just 100 Magic crystals.

“He, he. Very well. Since we are all outer disciples, let me explain the rules one time to you all.” With a smile, Luo Fang kept the Magic crystals.

“I’ll repeat, all of you must first understand that we outer disciples are the lowest-ranking existences in this sect. Be it our clothes, food, accommodation, behaviour, all of them cannot match up to inner disciples. We are most certainly no match for high-ranking disciples like heir disciples or elite disciples.”

“The mountains we stay in are the hundred-zhang mountains. The spiritual energy here is several times thicker compared to the spiritual energy outside the sect. Inner disciples stay in the thousand-zhang mountains. The spiritual energy there is several times higher compared to the spiritual energy here.”

“The currency here is not Basic Yang Pills. It is one grade higher than that, the Pure Yang Pills. One Pure Yang Pill is the equivalent of 100 Basic Yang Pills.

“We outer disciples are only given 10 Pure Yang Pills per day while inner disciples are given 100 or more. Those of a higher rank like the heir disciples will get more.

“And then there are magic robes, magic swords, medicinal pills, cultivation manuals and various others. We outer disciples cannot match up to inner disciples in those aspects.

“When outer disciples meet inner disciples, we must bow and address them as senior brother or senior sister.

“Outer disciples also have to perform certain tasks. To be blunt, its menial chores.

“Outer disciples can only move around within the territory of some nearby mountains. We cannot casually enter the inner zones.

“Outer disciples…”

“… … …”

Luo Fang continued. It was as though Luo Fang was reciting all the regulations of Extreme Celestial Sect.

“I understand. All the things mentioned can actually be summed up as: Might brings standing. With enough power, we can be promoted to inner disciples or even heir disciples,” Chen Feng said with a smile.

“He, he. That is one way of putting it. However, I have an advice for everyone. We are all young. It is normal to be prideful. However, there is always a higher mountain out there. We are just outer disciples. In all of Extreme Celestial Sect, we cannot afford to offend anyone else but outer disciples. Rather, there are even outer disciples with backers that we cannot offend. To sum it all up, keep a low profile and focus on your cultivation. When your cultivation base advances, every problem can be resolved,” Luo Fang said cordially.

“Tomorrow, I will bring over your magic robes, magic swords and others for you fellows. You fellows should go find a place to rest up first.” After saying that, Luo Fang turned and left.

“That short fatty is quite decent.” Lu Ta laughed.

Chen Feng nodded his head and remained silent. He began considering his next path. It was true that this was a good place to practice cultivation. However, after Luo Fang’s explanation, he could gather that there were quite some mundane issues. Of course, those mundane issues were primarily pitted against low-ranking disciples.

It seems I will have to hurry up with my cultivation. Once my level increases, I can go for the inner disciple’s promotion assessment, Chen Feng thought. Truth be told, Chen Feng, who had already grasped the Initial Profundity realm could already be promoted to inner disciple. Considering the fact that he had already condensed out his Soulflame, getting promoted all the way to heir disciple was not an issue either. However, Chen Feng felt that it was more important for him to improve his cultivation base first. Truth be told, Chen Feng’s foundation was still somewhat shallow. Compared to others, Chen Feng had only just entered the Concealed stage for a short period.

“The highest courtyard is mine.”

“I want that one.”

“Those two courtyards belong to us brothers.”

The other outer disciples took the lead in claiming the rights to the good courtyards.

Frowning, Chen Feng regarded them. Lu Ta, who had wanted to immediately take action, held himself back after seeing Chen Feng’s action.

Soon enough, the eight outer disciples had finished dividing the courtyards amongst themselves, leaving the two worst ones.

“Are you fellows done?” Chen Feng asked coolly.

Those few cultivators were simply nothing in Chen Feng’s eyes.

“What? Are you dissatisfied? Kid, let me tell you. If you want to join us in the future, you better be obedient. If not, you will be in a world of pain,” one of the cultivators, a man wearing blue clothes, said with a ferocious tone.

Chen Feng and Lu Ta exchanged glances. Was there something wrong with these fellows’ heads? The two of them were openly wearing grade 5 magic robes and wielding grade 5 flying swords. Could they not recognize them? The strongest amongst the eight fellows was not even at level 3 of the Concealed stage. Even if Chen Feng and Lu Ta were to just stand there and let them attack, the eight of them would be incapable of breaking through their defences.

“Did you guys damage your heads or something? There are 10 courtyards here in total. Now, we will take all 10 of them. You fellows can go ask others to help you out with accommodations,” Lu Ta said with a sneer.

“Nonsense. I see you two won’t follow along unless forced to. Now, hand over all your items. If not, you fellows will suffer. Although the sect stipulates that we cannot harm our fellow brothers and sisters, cutting off an arm or a leg should be fine,” the youngster in blue clothes snapped icily. Next, the remaining seven youngsters surrounded Chen Feng and Lu Ta. The eight of them had, at an unknown moment, formed an alliance to go against Chen Feng and Lu Ta.