Immortals Step into Heaven

"Thank you, Elder Wang, for your answer," Zheng Yuan said, bowing respectfully. He left another spirit stone on the table and left the Hidden Merit Pavilion with Duan Peng.

Elder Wang picked up the spirit stone on the table and said with a smile, "This little guy is quite interesting."

Zheng Yuan said goodbye to Duan Peng when he arrived near his residence. After returning to his residence, Zheng Yuan took out the Beast Blood Body Tempering Technique he had obtained from the Canggong Pavilion and began to study it.

This technique requires the continuous refining of the blood and essence of monsters, but if too much is refined, evil spirits will enter the body, and in serious cases, one may even go astray.

However, Zheng Yuan wanted to try it out first. If too much evil energy entered his body, he would stop practicing. This Beast Blood Body Tempering Technique only had three levels, corresponding to the initial, middle, and late stages of Qi training. He didn't know if the latter stages were in the Hidden Power Pavilion.

Zheng Yuan let Xiao Hei out of the spirit beast bag. Xiao Hei liked the spirit beast bag very much. It was much better and more comfortable than the wooden box.

When Xiao Hei saw Zheng Yuan, he jumped into Zheng Yuan's arms and rubbed his head against Zheng Yuan. Zheng Yuan gave Xiao Hei a spirit stone and asked him to practice.

Zheng Yuan also wanted to sort out his gains from the past few days, so he took out the storage bag given by the sect. Although the space in the storage bag was not as large as the storage bag Zheng Yuan got from Senior Li, it was still a bit too big.

But it was also about ten feet in size. Zheng Yuan looked at the two storage bags. He tried and found that neither of them could store anything. Zheng Yuan thought that he would not use the previous storage bag in the future. He was also afraid that this storage bag would be discovered and cause unnecessary trouble, so he put it close to his body.

He hung the storage bag issued by the sect on his belt. Zheng Yuan saw that his senior brothers in the sect also hung their storage bags on their belts.

After all, it is cumbersome to reach into your arms to take something. If you take something during a fight, you will be one step behind others. It is not as convenient as putting it on your belt.

He took out a bottle of Bigu Pills, which contained five pills. One Bigu Pill could keep one from getting hungry for half a month. Zheng Yuan ate one. He then took out a Guiyuan Pill, which contained five pills. After taking the pills and eating them, he used the Earth Spirit Technique to refine the pills.

He had broken through and reached the fifth level of Qi Refining. Zheng Yuan felt very happy.

It took five days to achieve the breakthrough after consuming a bottle of five pills.

Feeling the strength of the magic power in his body, it was more than double than before.

It is impossible to cultivate to the sixth level of Qi Refining in a short time. Zheng Yuan plans to practice magic first. Now, the three earth-based spells of Earth Escape, Earth Prison, and Earth Wall are enough for him.

To escape, I use the Earth Escape Technique, the Earth Prison Technique to trap the enemy, and the Earth Wall Technique for defense. I still lack the Body Movement Technique and the Wind Control Technique. For attack, I can practice the Fireball Technique with my five spiritual roots. When the time comes, the Earth Prison Technique can be used to trap the enemy, and the Fireball Technique can be used to kill the enemy. Thinking of this, I started to practice.

A few days later, Zheng Yuan was very satisfied with the fireball in his hand. It was about the size of a fist. Then he practiced the Wind Control Technique and soon mastered it. This low-level spell was not difficult to get started, but the difficult part was to practice it to perfection.

In the next ten days or so, Zheng Yuan devoted all his energy to practicing these five spells in the hope of becoming proficient in them.

"Brother Zheng, are you home?" A month has passed and it's time to go to the Mission Hall to receive the mission. Duan Peng's voice came from outside.

Junior Brother Duan, I'm here right now. I put Xiao Hei into the spirit beast and took Zheng Yuan to the outside of the courtyard. I saw Duan Peng and said, "Junior Brother Duan, long time no see."

Zheng Yuan and Duan Peng went to the Mission Hall together. The Mission Hall was the place where cultivators below the sixth level of Qi Refining and new disciples in the menial area received their tasks.

Not long into their journey, they encountered a group of people blocking their way. A young man said arrogantly, "Your name is Zheng Yuan, right?"

You've been practicing diligently for a month and haven't come out much. It's good that you're out now. Pay the protection fee. Two spirit stones a month.

Zheng Yuan was confused about the protection fee. Did the sect charge protection fees?

Senior Brother Zheng, that young man is called Chu Xiong, and he has reached the fifth level of Qi training. He also has an outer sect disciple named Chu Tianqiao, who has reached the thirteenth level of Qi training and is said to have three spiritual roots, so he has a great chance of building a foundation.

So Chu Xiong relied on his brother's power to collect protection fees of two spirit stones a month in this area. Not only he was collecting the fees, but several other areas were also collecting the fees. They were all backed by outer disciples who had reached the perfection of Qi training.

The last time I met Chu Xiong when I went out, he also took two spirit stones from me, Duan Peng said with a distressed look on his face.

Zheng Yuan was speechless. What kind of thing was this? But he still took out two spirit stones from his arms and handed them to Chu Xiong with a look of reluctance.

Zheng Yuan also didn't want to cause trouble in the sect, and the other party also had an elder brother who had reached the perfection of Qi training. Zheng thought it was better to have less trouble than more.

But in Zheng Yuan's mind, this man named Chu Xiong is already a dead man. It is best not to let Zheng Yuan find an opportunity, otherwise he will become a corpse.

Chu Xiong took the spirit stone, walked past Zheng Yuan with his men, and said arrogantly, "You're smart," and then left.

After Chu Xiong and the others left, Zheng Yuan put away his reluctance and asked Duan Peng if the sect cared about Chu Xiong plundering the spirit stones from new disciples.

No one is taking care of Senior Brother Zheng, and the same goes for the other areas.

Some people tried to talk to the sect, but it didn't work.

As long as there is no fighting, the sect will not care.

If you don't pay the protection fee, they will take turns sending people to knock on your door and prevent you from practicing.

Hearing this, Zheng Yuan was also frightened. If someone blocked the gate and yelled at him, how could he practice cultivation? These people were truly shameless.

There are thousands of new disciples. How many spirit stones do these people have to collect in a month?!

Zheng Yuan and Duan Peng came to the mission hall, where there were missions hanging on one wall.

, you two junior brothers are here to receive a mission. My surname is Zhang, so you can just call me Senior Brother Zhang.

Duan Peng and Zheng Yuan looked at the young man at the seventh level of Qi Refining and said in unison, "Zheng Yuan, Duan Peng greets Senior Brother Zhang."

Senior Brother Zhang, do you have any tasks suitable for the two of us?

Junior Brother Zheng and Junior Brother Duan have a task to cut down spiritual ironwood. This ironwood is very hard and difficult to cut. Are you two willing to do it?

"Brother Zhang, we two are willing," Zheng Yuan replied without hesitation. Brother Zhang didn't even ask what mission Zheng Yuan and Duan Peng wanted to do. He simply arranged it, clearly not taking them seriously. There was no need for Zheng Yuan to embarrass himself.

Then you two should register, Zheng Yuan and Duan Peng.

Senior Brother Zhang took out two bottles of Guiyuan Dan and ten spirit stones and asked them to split them equally. Zheng Yuan was puzzled. Wasn't it ten spirit stones?

Duan Peng looked at the pills and spirit stones and was about to say something when Zheng Yuan said with a smile, "Thank you, Senior Brother Zhang, for the medicine!!!"

Duan Peng didn't say much after seeing Zheng Yuan's expression.

There's no way to be weak and be bullied, so there's no way to deal with it. Is it wise to confront others head-on? There's no justice in the world of immortal cultivation. If you confront them head-on and get targeted, it will be very troublesome.

Besides, these pills and spirit stones were obtained for free, not from his own pocket. This happened in the sect, not outside. If it were outside, Zheng Yuan would have at least had a fight with Senior Brother Zhang.