Si Lei Zhenjun

Towering ancient trees stand tall, with light mist filling the air. Sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, forming hazy rays of light, through which all kinds of rare and exotic animals roam.

The Yunxiao Sect has nine halls, including:

The Spiritual Medicine Hall is at Piaomiao Peak;

The Beast Hall is in the Forest of Beasts;

The Law Enforcement Hall, Contribution Hall, and Mission Hall are located at Hanging Sword Cliff;

The hall is located in Izumo Gorge;

Dantang is in Danyun Valley;

The Dharma Hall is located in Luoriping.

Chu Xing walked into a huge building with a plaque with the words "Beast Hall" hanging on it, and found that seven or eight people had already lined up in the courtyard.

Across from them, three men and one woman sat in a row at a long jade table, chatting and flipping through pages with one hand and recording something with the other. From time to time, they would ask a few questions to the disciple at the front of the team.

"Hello, Senior Brother. I am Chu Xing, a disciple of Piaomiao Peak."

Chu Xing walked to the end of the team, patted a thirty-year-old man in blue in front of him, then bowed to him and asked:

"Excuse me, is this the location of the sect's beast hall?"

"Junior Brother Chu Xing, I'm Zhou He, a disciple of Danyun Valley."

The man in blue turned around, smiled, nodded, and said:

"Haha, I've heard of you. Our Senior Brother Feng Chen is still being punished by the Fifth Elder to copy the Alchemy Scripture!"

"I'm sorry to bother you, senior brother. Can I buy a spirit beast ring here?" Chu Xing said embarrassedly.

"Yes, you can buy it after registering. However, the spirit beast ring is not cheap. The sect's spirit beasts are all managed by the Beast Hall."

"Um, do you know the price, brother?"

"I have a crane that I use for transportation. I remember it cost me two thousand spirit stones when I came here."

Chu Xing was dumbfounded. He had never expected that a spirit beast ring would be so expensive. He only had 13,000 spirit stones now, including the 7,000 spirit stones given to him by his senior brother.

"Brother, why are spirit beast rings so expensive?"

"Marking the spirit beast with the sect's mark is one aspect, but it also has a storage function. The spirit beast can store items in it."

"I see, thank you for telling me, Senior Brother!"

"Junior brother." Zhou He put his arm around Chu Xing's shoulders, leaned in close to Chu Xing and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any more of the same storybook as Senior Brother Feng?"

Seeing Chu Xing's gaze, he coughed twice and said:

"Ahem, don't misunderstand me, Junior Brother. I'm just curious and want to buy this to criticize and see what kind of storybook made our Great Elder so angry!"

"Brother, the sect no longer allows me to sell storybooks within the sect, but they haven't said I can't give them away. I'll give these to you."

Chu Xing smiled and casually took out a few storybooks from his storage bag and handed them to him. He winked at him and said:

"I promise to let Senior Brother criticize me enough!"

"Haha, thank you very much, junior brother!" Zhou He took it happily.

While the two of them were chatting, they unknowingly lined up in front of the long table. Zhou He turned around and greeted Chu Xing, then walked forward to talk to the disciples of the Beast Hall.

About half a minute later, Zhou He left. Chu Xing walked up to one of the male disciples in the Beast Hall and said bluntly, "Senior Brother, I want to buy a spirit beast ring."

As the male disciple asked questions, Chu Xing told him the information one by one. He didn't even know the species of the spirit beast, so he just casually said "Red Flame Fox". After paying two thousand spirit stones, he got a silver ring the size of a porcelain plate.

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On the cliff, a stone sword as big as a mountain rises into the clouds, locked by thick iron chains, and the other end of the chain is hidden in the clouds on the mountain.

Xuanjian Cliff Contribution Hall

After Chu Xing walked into the Contribution Hall, he saw only two male disciples. One was slightly fat and was dozing off on the table, while the other had a slightly sallow complexion and prominent cheekbones and was sitting upright. He was flipping through a few yellowed pages from time to time, as if he was checking something. The door of the room behind them was open, and a bright light was flowing in the room.

Chu Xing stepped forward, clasped his fists, and saluted the two men, saying:

"Greetings, Senior Brothers. I am Chu Xing, a disciple of Piaomiao Peak. I am here to exchange for a Wind and Thunder Fruit."

Both of them were stunned when they heard this, and strange colors flashed in their eyes.

Then, the yellow-faced man slowly stood up and reluctantly walked into the house behind him.

When he came back, he had a small jade box in his hand, which he casually threw on the sandalwood table in front of him.

"Thank you, senior brother."

Chu Xing took the jade box, then silently took out nine thousand spirit stones and placed them on the counter. Seeing that his attitude was so cold, he didn't want to say more.

The yellow-faced man's expression suddenly darkened, and he said in a cold voice:

"Junior brother, you know the sect's rules. Jindan spiritual objects are scarce and cannot be purchased with spirit stones alone."

Chu Xing naturally knew about this. In addition to spirit stones, the currency circulating in the sect also has something called demon-killing points, which are similar to the sect's contribution points. Demon-killing points can only be obtained by going out to do sect missions. Sect missions generally only reward spirit stones.

The more scarce ones, such as foundation-building pills, pill-forming spiritual objects, and infant-forming spiritual objects, generally require demon-slaying points combined with spirit stones to exchange.

However, the sect also stipulates that disciples below the Jindan stage cannot leave the sect. Therefore, when disciples below the Jindan stage come to purchase, as long as they show their cultivation level and show that they have reached the perfection of Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment, they can purchase the corresponding Foundation Establishment Pill and Jindan Spirit Object once without the need for "Demon Exorcism Points".

"Brother, I have reached the Perfect Foundation Establishment stage." Chu Xing displayed his cultivation, his robes fluttering. "Also, I have never exchanged Spirit Stones for any Core Forming Spirit Items before. According to the sect's rules, I am exempt from using Demon Exorcism Points for this one exchange."

The yellow-faced man sneered and said:

"There are only four of you from Piaomiao Peak, yet you monopolize one-seventh of the sect's resources. Now you're even trying to take advantage of these mere 200 demon-killing points?"

Chu Xing frowned and said in a deep voice:

"The sect's rules clearly state that the first exchange can be exempted from the magic points, but Senior Brother is saying it's like taking advantage. Doesn't it mean that I, a disciple of Piaomiao Peak, am not considered a member of the Yunxiao Sect?"

A cold light flickered in Chu Xing's eyes, and his gaze gradually became sharper. After a pause, he continued, "Or is it that Senior Brother wanted to embezzle these 200 Demon-Slaying Points, so he is making things difficult for me?"

"Hmph!" The yellow-faced man was displeased, his expression instantly darkened, his triangular eyes widened as he stared coldly at Chu Xing.

There was a brief silence in the field.

The next moment, the yellow-faced man suddenly raised his lips, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he looked Chu Xing up and down with a playful look, sneering: "But I see that Junior Brother is clearly only in the late stage of foundation building. If you want to avoid the magic point, you should cultivate until the foundation is complete before coming back!"

After saying this, he secretly winked at the slightly plump man next to him.

The slightly plump man looked conflicted, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. Finally, he sighed and did not respond.

Seeing this, Chu Xing knew that these two people were determined to make things difficult for him. However, his cultivation was not good enough and he could not even see the cultivation level of the two people in front of him. Moreover, he was now in someone else's territory and making a scene would only embarrass himself.

Thinking of this, Chu Xing put down the small jade box in his hand, put away the spirit stone on the table, then turned around with a cold face and walked out the door.

"Junior Brother Bao Qian, why are you trying to make things difficult for him? Why bother trying to satisfy your momentary gratification?"

"Brother Cao Hua, I'm really angry. Which of our other six sects doesn't have more than a thousand people? There are only four people in Piaomiao Peak, but the cultivation resources our Contribution Hall sends to them every year are no less than any other sect.

That would be fine, but that person even wants to take advantage of the sect's 200 demon-killing points!"

"But...his master is Qi Shunan."

"so what!"

Bao Qian looked indifferent and said:

"The sect's rules forbid bullying the weak. How could that devil Qi Shunan dare to attack me?"

Cao Hua sighed bitterly, put his hand on Bao Qian's shoulder and said earnestly:

"Junior brother, she is unlikely to attack you, but our master will suffer!"