The rag picking sister turned out to be a weapon refiner

Feeling the spiritual power surging around him, Hu Xingtong felt for the first time what it felt like to be a cultivator. Perhaps it was the pain of going through the thunder tribulation and the comfort at this moment.

[It has been detected that the host's cultivation has reached the initial stage of foundation building. Please choose your main cultivation path as soon as possible. The mission rewards will be distributed according to the main cultivation type.]

"What does the new mission mean?" Hu Xingtong suddenly realized that her understanding of this world seemed to be limited to the gradual understanding of the game itself, and she lacked a basic understanding of the rules of this world. This made it impossible for her to form her own understanding and opinions on many things, and she was prone to subjective bias, which was very detrimental to her future foothold in this world.

What this means is that you will need to learn about the various paths of cultivation available in this world, and then choose one or more as your primary focus. For example, your master primarily cultivates the Way of the Sword, supplemented by the Way of Life, your eldest brother primarily cultivates the Way of the Sword and supplements with alchemy, and your second sister primarily cultivates formations. Currently, the known paths in this world include alchemy, weapon forging, plant cultivation, sword cultivation, spear cultivation, talismans, formations, and martial arts cultivation. Therefore, your next task is to learn about these and choose one that suits you. However, I think your master will also ask you to do this, without me even saying anything.

"alright."

So, after Hu Xingtong accepted the spiritual energy, Tan Luo walked over and raised his hand under Hu Xingtong's gaze. Then, Hu Xingtong felt a warm power flowing through her limbs and bones. The clear sense of flow made her once again feel the difference between ordinary people and cultivators.

After a long while, Tan Luo finally withdrew his hand and looked at Hu Xingtong. "You're in the early stages of foundation building, not bad. Tomorrow, I'll have your senior sister take you to the Sutra Library to explore. First, learn some basic historical sites and understand what a cultivator is. When you've learned enough, I'll take you to choose a direction for cultivation."

Tan Luo briefly explained Hu Xingtong's next arrangements. He then waved his hand and conjured up a few old, yellowed books, which fell into Hu Xingtong's arms. He explained, "These are some basic cultivation techniques. Go back and study them carefully. If you have any questions, use the jade message slip to find me. I'll take care of your fellow apprentices first, and you can go back and cultivate on your own."

"Master, I'm not familiar with this place. I can't go back."

Tan Luo: ...Should I say this child is smart or stupid? Am I the kind of person who would let her go back on her own?

"Wait until your senior sister is done, then you two can go back together." After saying that, Tan Luo left quickly, not wanting to stay with his silly disciple for too long.

"Xingxing, do you want to take a look around? There's a surprise." After Tan Luo completely left, the system mysteriously reminded Hu Xingtong.

"What surprise?" Hu Xingtong was confused and had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.

[Use your scanning eyes to search around.]

Hu Xingtong did as he was told doubtfully, but was surprised to find that he could control the scanning eye with ease.

"Now that I can control the Scanning Eye, does that mean I don't need cosmetic contact lenses anymore?"

[Yes, but don't get too excited yet. Use your Scanning Eye to scan your surroundings.] Hu Xingtong understood the system's hint and immediately used his Scanning Eye to scan his surroundings. Then, he was so shocked that he was speechless.

"This...this...can these things be used?" Please, some kind person, tell her that the world of cultivators is full of treasures. Even a piece of stone here contains 32% of spiritual energy.

[This is what I found after you survived the thunder tribulation. Aside from the stone with the array pattern painted on it, the rest seems to be unwanted debris. You can take it back; perhaps you can use it in the future.]

"Will the backpack fit?"

[It's ok for now, you can make do with it first. When your cultivation level improves, you can get a storage magic treasure.]

"Okay." After receiving the system's affirmative answer, Hu Xingtong immediately began to search the surrounding debris and put some stones and leaves into the system backpack. Until the system backpack could no longer hold any more, Hu Xingtong could only stand there holding a pile of stones.

[Why isn't it moving?] The system was puzzled. Why was the person who was excitedly picking up scraps just a second ago now motionless?

"Xiao Wuzi, I think I know what path I want to cultivate."

[What path?] The system became interested, curious about how this person suddenly became so independent.

"I want to learn weapon refining. I originally wrote the Scanning Eye program to find rare materials and increase the success rate of weapon refining. Now my Scanning Eye still has this function, so I want to refine a weapon and make one of my own."

[It's good, but I still think you should learn more about other options before deciding. After all, there are still opportunities if you want to choose other options.]

"That's inevitable." After collecting all the useful objects she could see around her, Hu Xingtong planned to find a place to rest. However, she didn't notice that the system collected a piece of stone stained with blood and flesh when she wasn't paying attention.

It was not until the evening that Han Qianyu finally finished her training and came here to pick up her third junior sister as instructed by Tan Luo.

"Junior Sister Xingtong..."

Hearing someone calling her, Hu Xingtong dropped the stone she was playing with and looked up to meet a pair of eyes that seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

Hu Xingtong followed the visitor's eyes and looked to her side, asking in confusion: "Senior Sister, what are you looking at?"

Han Qianyu didn't know what to say. God knew that when she came over, she saw her junior sister wearing tattered clothes and sitting on the ground without any image. There were leaves and stones all around her. Who could understand the impact of this scene? Her lovely junior sister was now dirty like a child digging in the mud. It was really hard to accept.

"Senior sister, are you done? Are you going to take me back?" Seeing that his senior sister didn't say anything, Hu Xingtong picked up the things on the ground and put them into the small sack given to him by the system. Then he randomly adjusted his bangs and looked at Han Qianyu with a big smile.

"Junior sister, you didn't end up like this because you picked up these things, did you?" Han Qianyu felt that she could still endure it a little longer. After all, if she took a shower and changed into clean clothes, she could still accept this junior sister.

Hu Xingtong shook his head upon hearing this and told the truth, "No, my master brought me here when I was cultivating, and then I overcame a tribulation. Afterwards, my master gave me a few books to read. I couldn't understand them, so I went to the side and picked up these things, thinking that I could use them in the future."

Han Qianyu didn't hear what Hu Xingtong said next. She only noticed the mention of "overcoming tribulation" and immediately asked in confusion, "What tribulation?"

"The Foundation Establishment Thunder Tribulation. Doesn't Senior Sister need it too?" Hu Xingtong showed doubt. Looking at Senior Sister's expression, it seemed that she didn't know that she had to endure the tribulation. Could it be that he was the only one who needed to endure the tribulation during the Foundation Establishment Period?

Sure enough, Han Qianyu shook her head the next moment and said, "There was no thunder tribulation when I was building my foundation." As she spoke, Han Qianyu conjured up a large cloak out of thin air and kindly stepped forward to put it on Hu Xingtong.

"Forget it, I'll take you back to take a shower first. When you're done, tell me what happened today."

"Okay." Hu Xingtong responded to his senior sister obediently, but in his heart he was secretly complaining to the system about the perversion of the way of heaven. It turned out that only he had thunder tribulation when he was building his foundation, while others did not. What a damn way of heaven!

After returning to the main peak, Han Qianyu took everyone directly to her residence, thoughtfully prepared bath water and spare clothes for Hu Xingtong, and then urged him to take a bath.

He notified his senior brother to come over, and the two of them discussed the teaching plan for Hu Xingtong and the other two.

Today, after Hu Xingtong left, Tan Yuruo and Xiao Yuheng established their foundations one after another. Similarly, Tan Luo also gave them a few books, and then nothing else happened. After leaving the cultivation of the three of them entirely to Han Qianyu and Sun Ze, he planned to go back to seclusion.

Sun Ze had long been accustomed to this. His master was already in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. He was the strongest person on this continent and the only cultivator who had the hope of breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Realm. His master often went into seclusion in order to gain some enlightenment on the way of life or the way of the sword. It was very rare that his master could take the time to teach the three of them how to build their foundation.

"Why don't you and I take them to familiarize themselves with the environment tomorrow? We can't just come to the sect and not know where the peaks are." Sun Ze thought for a moment and expressed his opinion.

Han Qianyu nodded. She didn't care much about the fact that she was about to be upgraded to a housewife. Instead, she recalled what Hu Xingtong said today: "Senior Brother, Xingtong seems to have survived a thunder tribulation today." At that moment, Han Qianyu told Sun Ze everything she knew.

After hearing this, Sun Ze frowned slightly, clenched his fist and placed it to his mouth, and fell into deep thought.

"I think we may not be able to help Xingtong with her cultivation. After she comes out, we will first carefully understand what happened today. If the master has any instructions, he should have told her. Then we will make arrangements for Xingtong." After thinking about it, Sun Ze felt that the master must have asked Hu Xingtong something. It seemed that there had not been anyone who could build a foundation and overcome the thunder tribulation in recent years. If there were any special circumstances, it would be inconvenient for the two of them to intervene.

Han Qianyu did not refute, she also felt that this should be the case.

"Senior Sister..." Hu Xingtong's weak voice came from behind, and Sun Ze urged Han Qianyu to go over and take a look.

Han Qianyu stood up naturally and came to where Hu Xingtong was bathing. She asked through the screen, "Junior sister, what's wrong?"

Hu Xingtong felt a little embarrassed after receiving the response. Looking at the clothes in his hands, he was too embarrassed to speak. When he was struggling with what to say, Han Qianyu's voice came again: "But the clothes don't fit?"

"Yes, I can't wear it..." Hu Xingtong was about to blush. She was only twelve years old. The clothes were really too big and too complicated. She didn't know how to wear them. Most importantly, the small clothes and pants that Han Qianyu gave her were not suitable.

It was Han Qianyu's turn to be silent. She didn't know Hu Xingtong's size, so she could only ask the store to make a similar style. This really stumped her.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through my mind. The eldest brother had taken care of the youngest sister. The youngest sister and the third sister were about the same age and had similar figures. I thought there should be suitable clothes.

"Wait a moment, I'll get you some clothes." After saying that, Han Qianyu turned around and went to find Sun Ze. Sure enough, when Sun Ze heard that the clothes didn't fit, he immediately took out a new set of clothes from his storage magic treasure and handed it to her.

"Let's get some suitable disciple uniforms for the three of them tomorrow, and then take them to make some clothes later." This incident taught Han Qianyu a lesson. He saved trouble by not bringing his third junior sister, which resulted in the clothes not fitting. It was indeed a sin.

After handing a set of clothes to Hu Xingtong across the screen, Han Qianyu simply sat not far from the screen and waited for her.

With the help of the system, Hu Xingtong finally changed his clothes and slowly walked out from behind the screen.