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Chapter 36 Promotion to Inner Disciple
Half a year ago, Master Ming Yan had already returned to the sect, but he was just observing the sect in secret.

He was originally traveling outside, collecting third-level golden elixir spiritual objects while looking for opportunities for breakthroughs.

It was not until more than half a year ago that I met a fortune teller from Tianji Pavilion and asked for a fortune telling to predict my own path.

I unexpectedly drew a lucky number that said: "A dragon is hidden in the deep clouds and fog, but a discerning eye can recognize true gold. No need to travel far to find it, fate and Dharma are nearby."

He spent three thousand spirit stones to interpret the divination. The other party said that based on the hexagram, his chance would be in the northwest of Lizhou, near the Lihuo Gate.

True Man Ming Yan secretly returned to Lihuo Gate, but after searching for half a year, he still couldn't find where his opportunity was.

But it doesn’t matter. Master Ming Yan is very patient with opportunities. After all, he is still young and has a long life.

The ultimate goal pursued by cultivators is to live long and healthy lives.

Refining Qi can lead to a long life of a hundred years, and breaking through the foundation-building stage can extend life by another hundred years. If one can form a golden elixir, the life span can reach five hundred years, which is longer than most dynasties in the mortal world.

For this reason, he didn't mind searching around the sect for a few more years until his opportunity came.

However, Master Ming Yan did not gain nothing at all.

For example, during the search, they discovered a group of sneaky guys who were approaching and trying to frame the disciples of their own sect.

Originally, he didn't need to get involved in such a small matter, as his subordinates would naturally handle it.

However, unexpectedly, it gradually developed into a dispute between the Jiang and Chen families, and Jiang Shiyou even planned to use public resources for personal gain.

This is crossing the line.

So Master Ming Yan came forward and personally examined Xiao Chen in front of everyone, and then announced that Xiao Chen was not a demon cultivator.

The truth of the matter suddenly came to light. Jiang Shiyou abused his power for personal gain, was dismissed from his position as elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, and was sentenced to ten years of solitary confinement and was not allowed to go out.

Despite his lack of talent, Xiao Chen practiced diligently, breaking the sect's fastest training record. He was given an Evergreen Sword and a Green Wood Soul-Nourishing Pill as encouragement.

The Chen family members present gathered together to cause trouble and were collectively fined one month's salary.

The disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall assisted the evildoers. Considering that they obeyed the orders of the elders, they were punished to reflect on their mistakes by facing the wall for one day.

Master Ming Yan resolved the conflict in no time, and then asked everyone to disperse and return to their respective duties.

He left alone in the air and continued to search for his opportunity near the sect.

Although the real person left, the matter did not end there. Instead, it spread at a faster speed.

The news that Xiao Chen had broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining in seven months, along with the news of the real person's appearance, swept across the Lihuo Gate like a hurricane.

Many disciples, including many inner sect brothers, were first in disbelief, and then filled with envy and jealousy.

Finally, I lamented why I didn’t have such a fast cultivation speed and such good luck.

No one knew which link went wrong, but the reason for Xiao Chen's breakthrough was said to be good luck.

Many disciples felt that if he could obtain so many spiritual objects that would aid in cultivation, he would be able to break through faster than Xiao Chen.

Only a few more talented disciples realized that Xiao Chen was not simple.

For example, Jiang Sixuan, who has dual spiritual roots, was dumbfounded after hearing the news and almost fainted.

If you ask yourself, even if she was given the same resources, she would not be able to achieve such a fast breakthrough speed.

Looking back to half a year ago, she, Xiao Chen and Ye Fei broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining in the Dharma Hall one after another.

At that time, she was one step faster than Xiao Chen.

Even after Bai Yuzhai confirmed that Xiao Chen had no background, she once thought that they were not the same kind of people.

As time goes by, Xiao Chen will gradually fall behind and eventually become like everyone else.

She can go further with her higher talent, until in the future both of them live under the same blue sky, in two different worlds.

But only half a year had passed, only half a year, and she was still at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and had just touched the threshold of the fifth level of Qi Refining.

However, Xiao Chen had already broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, leaving her completely behind.

They were indeed not of the same kind, and now they were truly from two different worlds, but in fact, the one who fell behind was her, Jiang Sixuan.

He was about to become an inner sect disciple, had already been accepted as a disciple by Elder Chen, and had been given a magical instrument by Jindan Zhenren. Seeing that Xiao Chen's future was limitless, Jiang Sixuan finally felt a trace of regret. She was obviously the first person to come into contact with Xiao Chen.

If she had not quietly distanced herself from Xiao Chen after that banquet, if she had not deliberately kept her distance when they were traveling together in the outer sect trial.

Even if after the trial results were announced, she took the initiative to find Xiao Chen to build a closer relationship with him, just like the Su family or the Chen family invested in advance.

So now, Xiao Chen should have become good friends with her, and the two have formed a deep friendship.

But with her fifth uncle Jiang Shiyou in a difficult situation, it was probably too late for her to get close to him even if she wanted to.

The joys and sorrows of people are not connected.

Su Wanqing, who also has dual spiritual roots, is overjoyed at this time.

She had previously given the Ligu Spring, a gift from her family, to Xiao Chen for free, and also lost the Qingmu Spiritual Liquid for nothing because of Su Yuanpeng.

But now it seems that this is all human nature and foresight.

The most important thing is that Xiao Chen and her have an agreement as chief disciples.

The better he performs now, the better it will be for Su Wanqing.

"I really made a lot of money this time, but I have to work hard on my training next time."

Su Wanqing smiled happily for a while, then secretly made up her mind: "After all, I have better spiritual roots, so I can't let Xiao Chen leave me behind."

Eh!
She suddenly thought that Xiao Chen's breakthrough speed was so fast that he might have already broken through to the foundation-building stage by the time the chief disciple selection was made.

"Impossible, it's impossible to be so exaggerated."

Su Wanqing immediately denied her astonishing idea.

Breaking through the foundation-building stage is a major bottleneck for Qi-refining cultivators, especially for cultivators with insufficient talent. It is not an exaggeration to call it a natural chasm.

Thousands of cultivators who have reached the ninth level of Qi Refining have been blocked here for years, decades, or even their entire lives, unable to break through.

Even if Xiao Chen has powerful martial arts, he is still limited by his low-grade spiritual roots and will have to go through hardships before he can have a glimmer of hope.

"Oh, what am I thinking about? This happened so long ago."

Su Wanqing shook her head and encouraged herself: "Starting from today, practice for another half an hour every day. Catch up with Xiao Chen, go, go!"

Similar things also happened to Ye Fei, Song Zhongming, Liu Benxin and others.

They were shocked by Xiao Chen's new record and marveled at how fast his cultivation speed was.

He immediately felt very dissatisfied with his own progress in cultivation, and also secretly decided to catch up with Xiao Chen's pace.

Xiao Chen, who was their target, had successfully completed the process required to be promoted to an inner disciple.

He received the three most important items for inner disciples: a storage bag, a defensive robe, and an identity token, as well as a large box of miscellaneous items.

After a brief discussion with Elder Chen, he chose to stagger the spiritual root attributes and bypass Jiang Shiwei, another elder of the Jiang family who was in charge of Tanmu Peak.

He then joined the Bishui Peak where Elder Qi, the neutral faction, was located.

Elder Qi had not returned yet. Senior Sister Shen Siyue welcomed his arrival and arranged a small courtyard for him near the top of the mountain.

"Junior Brother Xiao, please rest here for a while and check if there is anything missing. Just tell me."

"When Master comes back, I'll take you to meet her formally."

Xiao Chen bowed and thanked her, then watched her leave at the gate. He then returned to the house and sorted out the many items he had just obtained.

The main thing was to familiarize myself with the large box of miscellaneous items, especially the "Inner Gate Manual" and the "Guide to Qi Refining and Fighting".

The former introduces the obligations and benefits of inner disciples, while the latter is a book written by the sect's predecessors, telling them the valuable experience of how to use magic effectively.

Especially the latter, although every inner disciple has a copy, it seems very ordinary.

But it is no exaggeration to say that for the casual cultivators from outside, its value is no less than that of a Xuan-level martial arts technique.

Xiao Chen was fascinated by the in-depth and easy-to-understand cases.

(End of this chapter)