Ordinary people can also be extraordinary

Zhang Chen sat cross-legged and practiced, constantly absorbing spiritual energy to fill his dantian, and then practiced magic.

The next day, Zhang Chen and Sima Feng came back from feeding, and were told by the on-duty brother that they no longer needed to feed. Zhang Chen handed the jade token back to Su Pi and informed him of the situation.

Originally, Zhang Chen would not have to do these chores after he reached the fourth level of Qi Condensation, but Sima Feng wanted to spar with the white ape, so Zhang Chen decided to feed it until the end.

Su Pi saw Zhang Chen's complex expression. He originally wanted to make Zhang Chen suffer a little, but when he knew that Zhang Chen took Sima Feng to feed him, he was helpless and did not dare to intervene. He knew that Sima Feng had defeated Lu Feng, and he himself was only at the eighth level of Qi Condensation. He was not willing to please Zhang Chen, but he did not cause trouble for Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen asked him when he could go home to visit his family, and what arrangements the sect would make after he reached the fourth level of Qi Condensation.

Su Pi also answered enthusiastically, and then left.

"It seems that he saw that Sima Feng and I are very familiar with each other, so he is so kind to me."

Zhang Chen smiled to himself, thinking about how Su Pi was always cold and impatient before, but now he had a smile on his face. The difference between the past and the present made Zhang Chen feel emotional.

“It turns out that in order to go home to visit relatives, one not only needs to have the cultivation level of the fourth level of Qi Condensation or above, but also needs to pass a strength assessment and learn the rules for cultivators walking in the secular world,” Zhang Chen recalled what Zhu Pi said.

As for future arrangements, Zhang Chen learned from Su Pi that once a disciple’s cultivation reached the fourth level of Qi Condensation, he would need to pass a strength assessment within two months.

At that time, you will be eligible to receive sect missions or accept tasks arranged by the sect. If you fail to pass it within two months, your monthly salary will be reduced as a punishment.

"This can be regarded as the sect forcing us to make progress." Zhang Chen sighed.

After reaching the fourth level of Qi Condensation, Zhang Chen no longer had to be assigned miscellaneous tasks by Su Pi. Now he had two months of free time for cultivation.

Zhang Chen returned to his residence and began to practice. He had to absorb spiritual energy to fill his dantian, open up his acupoints, and practice magic. There was indeed not much time left.

Two days later, Zhang Chen put his hands together but not touching them together. The spiritual energy between his hands continued to fluctuate, and slowly a half-meter-long golden sword appeared. Although it was still a little vague and not solid, it was extremely stable. Zhang Chen controlled it to chop at the stone on the ground. The golden sword flew out of his hand and chopped over. With a bang, the golden sword immediately shattered and disappeared, leaving a shallow mark on the stone.

Zhang Chen was still very excited, and finally succeeded in performing the Golden Sword Slash. Although the power was not great and the casting time was too long, these could be gradually strengthened and accelerated.

Zhang Chen quickly crossed his legs to practice, absorbing spiritual energy to replenish his almost empty dantian.

"The spiritual energy in my dantian is never enough. Without the help of spiritual stones, it is too slow to just absorb the spiritual energy from the air." Zhang Chen sighed.

The monthly salary had been received a few days ago. Since Zhang Chen had reached the fourth level of Qi Condensation, he received sixteen spirit stones and two bottles of fasting pills.

Zhang Chen looked at the storage bag where there were only five spirit stones left and looked worried. In order to quickly replenish his spiritual energy to practice spells, Zhang Chen had been using spirit stones to practice. The spirit stones Sima Feng had given him had been used up when he broke through the fourth level of Qi Condensation.

"I'll ask Su Pi tomorrow if there's any way to earn spirit stones. Otherwise, if this continues, I won't have any spirit stones to use in a few days."

Zhang Chen took out another spirit stone and started practicing. He had to hurry up and master the spell.

After asking Su Pi, I learned that there are many ways to earn spirit stones, and there is also a special place in the peak to issue tasks. But the prerequisite is to pass the basic strength assessment in the peak.

There is a house on the east side of Chiyun Peak, where Chiyun Peak manages daily affairs. They will post tasks on a wall outside the house and recruit disciples to handle daily affairs.

Later, disciples in the peak also posted tasks on it. Finally, it became the task posting wall in the peak, and everyone came here to find tasks that suited them.

After Zhang Chen learned about these situations, he walked over there. Although he knew that the tasks issued within the peak were all based on passing the strength assessment, since he had already come out, Zhang Chen decided to go and see what tasks were available.

When Zhang Chen arrived at the destination, he saw a lot of people watching something on a wall and having heated discussions from time to time.

"It seems to be that place." Zhang Chen walked over quickly, wanting to see what tasks were there.

Recruit spiritual beast mounts to guard, be responsible for arranging disciples to ride spiritual beast mounts, register the mounts' daily flight information, mounts' health information, etc.

Recruit guards for the spiritual plant garden, who will be responsible for checking the operation of the formation, investigating the growth of spiritual plants, registering the entry and exit of all spiritual plants and disciples, etc.

Recruit guards for the spirit beast garden, who will be responsible for checking the operation of the formation, observing the daily health of the spirit beasts, registering the entrance and exit of disciples, etc.

Recruiting referees, with a cultivation level of Qi Condensation Level 8 or above

……

Want to buy Juling Dan, price is negotiable

Does anyone have Sister Zhou Ning's itinerary? The price is negotiable.

……

A sparring partner, must be at the sixth level of Qi Condensation

Zhang Chen saw a lot of mission information posted by the peak. There were also missions posted by individuals, all kinds of strange. Zhang Chen couldn't help laughing.

"I'd better go back and practice my magic first. When I pass the test, I can come and receive the mission." Zhang Chen looked at it for a long time and said after thinking for a while.

After returning to his residence, Zhang Chen continued to practice. In order to save spiritual stones, he tried not to waste spiritual energy every time he cast a spell. He first used the least amount of spiritual energy to repeat the meridian route of the spell over and over again, so that he could gather spiritual energy in his palm along the meridian route with just one thought. Then he slowly increased the spiritual energy input, continuously solidified the golden sword, and increased its power.

Two days later, Zhang Chen stood in the yard and put his hands together. Immediately, a golden sword appeared between his hands. The golden sword was shining with golden light and looked majestic. Zhang Chen looked at the stone on the ground and waved his hand. The golden sword chopped towards the stone. With a loud bang, the stone was chopped into several pieces.

Zhang Chen frowned. According to Jin Jianzhan's description, after practicing it to the end, he should be able to cut stones like tofu.

"It seems that I don't control my spiritual energy well enough, so the spiritual energy doesn't gather on the sword edge. I just rely on pure force to split the stone, but I don't show the sharpness of the golden sword." Zhang Chen analyzed the spiritual energy that was dissipating everywhere.

A day later, Zhang Chen stood in front of a stone in the yard with his hands raised to his chest. A golden sword appeared and chopped straight at the stone. A sharp friction sound was heard, and the stone was split into two. Clear smoke continued to emerge from the broken edge.

"It's done. Although it's not the best, it's okay." Zhang Chen looked at the stone in front of him that was broken into two pieces with satisfaction.

"It's exactly this posture. Why do I have to put my hands together in front of my chest?" Zhang Chen was not very satisfied with this posture during his training these few days. He felt that it affected his strength.

Zhang Chen began to try, holding his hands far apart, and casting spells. Spiritual energy flowed out of his palms, and each of his palms formed a golden sword phantom, but both disappeared before they were complete. Zhang Chen continued to try, but the golden sword phantom disappeared after about half of it was formed.

"Is it because the spiritual energy output of one hand is not enough that the sword shadow can't be formed? Then can the sword shadow be reduced by half and become a smaller version of the Golden Sword Slash?"

Zhang Chen thought for a moment, then quickly took out the jade slip engraved with the Golden Sword Slash spell, and carefully read the description of how the spiritual energy was output from the palm and condensed into a sword shadow.

It turns out that the sword shadow is just a frame, and it can be condensed into any shape as desired, but the creator just likes golden swords.

This opened the door to Zhang Chen's imagination. The golden sword was too big, and the spiritual energy output by one hand was not enough to support it. So he condensed it into a golden needle or a golden dagger, changing from slashing to stabbing. Although the power was weakened, it was more concealed.

Another day later, Zhang Chen stood in the yard with his hands naturally placed on his waist, palms facing forward, casting spells. A thick golden needle appeared in the palm of his left hand, and a small dagger appeared in his right hand. With a wave of his left hand, the golden needle was completely inserted into the stone, revealing a hole. With a wave of his right hand, the dagger also quickly penetrated into the stone. The dagger dissipated, revealing a big hole.

"It's done, but the power needs to be strengthened."

Zhang Chen nodded, feeling quite satisfied. He now had three moves.

Then Zhang Chen thrust his waist back, stepped hard on the ground, and retreated three meters. He gathered a golden needle in his left hand and shot it out. He supported the ground with his left hand and turned to the left. As he turned, he shot out a golden dagger in his right hand. He jumped up again, and the golden needles and daggers in his hands shot out at the stones in the yard.

Zhang Chen landed on the ground, calmed his breath, and looked forward. He found that he missed the stone twice, and he was unlucky several times when attacking, and failed to condense the golden needle and dagger in the best attacking position.

"It seems that I still need to practice more, and I must be able to use it as easily as my arms and fingers, and do it as I please."

Zhang Chen thought about it and realized that casting spells while standing still was very different from casting spells while moving.

One day later, Zhang Chen placed five stones in the middle of the courtyard. Zhang Chen stood in front of them, activated his magic, and sent golden needles to the first stone with both hands. He stamped his feet and flipped backwards. During the flip, two daggers flew out at the second stone. He flipped to the left, and the golden needles and daggers flew up and down to the third stone. He jumped up again, put his hands together, and a one-meter-long golden sword appeared, slashing at the fourth stone.

The moment Zhang Chen landed, two golden needles condensed in his hands. The golden needles were extremely solid, as if they were real. They shot straight at the fifth stone, and the golden needles did not slowly dissipate until they passed through the stone.

Zhang Chen went to check and found that every attack had hit the stone, and the dagger had penetrated it completely, leaving a deep hole. The golden sword's horizontal slash also split the stone in two.

"It seems that I should be able to take the test of my strength."

Zhang Chen looked at the results in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.