I can't keep a low profile when cultivating immortality; the sixth one is actually myself.

"Hehe! Toyokawa, you are now officially registered."

From now on, I will be a disciple of the Qingyun Sword Sect!

Now I have to call you junior brother.

Junior Brother Feng, the sect's recruitment is expected to continue for a few more days.

I'll take my junior brother to the sect's cloud-sea flying ship to rest first, and I'll come find you after I'm done with my work."

Murong Ziling smiled, looking smug.

Toyokawa felt like he'd been tricked.

When Feng Chuan arrived at the cloud-sea spaceship that Murong Ziling had mentioned, he was still in shock.

His gaze remained fixed on the cloud-sea spaceship, his heart filled with curiosity.

The Qingyun Sword Sect's spaceship, though called a spaceship, is practically a flying aircraft carrier.

It was enormous, about fifty zhang long and more than ten zhang tall.

The ship has six decks, with pavilions and towers above the decks, making it a magnificent sight.

The entire spaceship was enveloped in a thin layer of light, with only the entrance and exit being open.

Once aboard the spaceship, Murong Ziling did not head towards the lower cabins, but instead went to the pavilion at the rear of the spaceship.

The pavilion has four floors and is quite large, filled with numerous small, partitioned rooms.

They followed Murong Ziling to the door of a room on the second floor.

"This room is unoccupied, so you can stay here for now! My room is next door," Murong Ziling said.

Feng Chuan was surprised that Murong Ziling was so kind to him, even arranging a private room for him.

Feeling grateful, she immediately replied, "Okay, thank you very much, Senior Sister Ziling!"

"Hehe, junior brother, you don't need to be so formal."

Alright, junior brother, take a good rest here.

I have something to do, so I'll go take care of it now.

Oh, right.

Now that you've rested enough, junior brother can wander around the spaceship.

However, don't go up to the second floor or above without permission!

Murong Ziling gave Feng Chuan a few instructions and then left.

Toyokawa opened the door and went inside. The room was small and exquisite.

However, though small, it has all the essentials; the room is fully furnished.

A bed, a small table, a chair, a dressing table, a kettle, and tea set—everything was there.

Toyokawa put down the two bundles he was carrying and lay down on the bed.

With eyes open, staring at the ceiling.

My mind is still replaying what I've seen and heard over the past few days.

Finally, I've embarked on the path of immortality and can begin cultivating.

That was really tough!

We traveled a long way through mountains and rivers to get here, and it was quite tiring.

After lying down for a while, Toyokawa sat up and looked around the room.

There was a small bookshelf in one corner of the room, with several books of varying thicknesses on it.

Curious, Toyokawa went over.

The top book is "A Collection of Basic Common Sense about Cultivation".

After picking it up, the next book was "The Azure Dragon Domain Atlas".

The next book I picked up was "A Brief Introduction to the Sects of the Azure Dragon Domain".

There were also other books, which Fengchuan picked up and read one by one, including "The Qingyun Disciple's Record", "A Brief Introduction to the Hundred Arts of Cultivation", and "The Travels of Shaohua Sanren".

Fengchuan put all the books back in their original places, picked up "A Collection of Basic Knowledge about Cultivation" and began to read it.

Part One: On Spiritual Roots

“Spiritual roots are the foundation of cultivation. All living things in heaven and earth that possess spirits have spiritual roots.”

"However, the way of Heaven is not impartial. Those with spiritual roots are hidden and not revealed; those with spiritual roots are obvious."

"Therefore, all beings in heaven and earth possess spirits, and all those whose spiritual roots are manifest can cultivate."

"The spiritual mechanisms of heaven and earth are diverse and varied."

"The common ones include metal, wood, water, fire, earth, ice, thunder, wind, yin, yang, light, and darkness."

"Heaven and earth are moved, so they give birth to spiritual roots and endow beings with spirits, and in response to them, they are also of this kind."

"However, the spiritual roots of the innate beings are not equal, and they are divided into hidden, false, mixed, true, jade, human, earth, heaven, and extreme based on their purity."

"One-tenth of the content is hidden; two-tenths is false; three-tenths is deceptive; four-tenths is mixed; five-tenths is true..."

"Based on their size, they can be divided into mortals, ministers, kings, emperors, sages, venerable ones, gods, immortals, and ancestors."

"At the beginning of cultivation, all those born with spiritual roots are mortals. One or two out of ten thousand can become ministers or kings. Those born to be emperors have never been seen throughout history."

……

It turns out that the attributes of spiritual roots and the attributes of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth are one-to-one, and they are divided into the five elements, yin and yang, wind, thunder, ice and so on.

Based on the purity of the spiritual root, it is divided into ten levels. The higher the purity, the higher the level of the spiritual root, and the greater the benefit to cultivation.

Based on the size of their spiritual roots, they are also divided into ten levels. Mortals are basically all of the mortal level spiritual roots, and there is only a one or two ten-thousandth chance of having a minister level or king level spiritual root.

Throughout history, no one has ever been found to be born with a spiritual root above the King level.

Part Two: On Mind and Nature

“Mind and nature refer to the will, thoughts, and awareness of the mind. All primates possess this.”

"The mind is like fire and water, like wind and lightning, without constant state or form."

"There are those with pure hearts, those who are treacherous and cunning, those who are hypocritical and fickle, and those who are resilient and strong..."

"The relationship between one's mind and nature and the path of enlightenment is like that between the tortoise and the hare."

"Though the tortoise is slow, it wins because of its perseverance and diligence; though the hare is fast, it loses because of its arrogance, laziness and lack of progress."

……

“There was once a cultivator who was weak in aptitude and short in constitution, and whose cultivation was hindered by the gathering of spiritual energy. He endured many hardships, but his will remained steadfast. In a single day, he suddenly attained enlightenment, and heaven bestowed upon him a great opportunity, allowing him to establish a foundation on the spot and surpass countless others.”

“There was another cultivator who won several battles, but then became arrogant and looked down on everyone. He became negligent and lazy, and was eventually defeated by others, losing his will and dying in despair.”

……

“Cultivate your mind to make it firm, cultivate your nature to make it steadfast, and persevere to attain the Great Way.”

……

Part Three: On Innate Talent

"Innate constitution refers to the physical condition of the body. Innate constitutions are different from birth, but can be changed through training."

"With strong constitution, one can draw in more spiritual energy and temper the body more quickly; with weak constitution, one can draw in less spiritual energy and temper the body more slowly."

“There was once a cultivator who was more talented than others, but was born weak and had blocked meridians. He spent several times longer tempering his body than others, but died in old age with his body weakened.”

"The root bone, in relation to the physique, is the meridians, the acupoints, the bones, and also the blood vessels..."

……

Part Four: On the Spiritual Body

“A spiritual body is a body formed innately. Since ancient times, spiritual bodies have been distinguished by their order of birth.”

"Those who are born with talent receive it from heaven; those who are born with talent cultivate it themselves."

"Those born with double pupils, unusual bones, or exceptional bloodlines are all considered to have innate spiritual bodies."

"The ancient people, through enlightenment and cultivation, observed strange beasts, investigated their origins, imitated them to create methods, and cultivated extraordinary bodies, which are the acquired spiritual bodies."

“The quality of spiritual entities is not determined by their order of appearance, but by their effectiveness.”

……

Fengchuan read each article carefully, pondering every word and sentence, and gained a lot.

And this is just a collection of basic common sense facts.

There should be other common knowledge, but due to the limited space, it cannot be covered.

I can only rely on myself to explore and learn.

After finishing "A Collection of Basic Knowledge about Cultivation", Feng Chuan did not rush to read other books. Instead, he reviewed the book from beginning to end to make sure he remembered it.

After watching it three times, Toyokawa got a little tired.

So I decided to go out for a walk and visit the interior of this cloud-sea spaceship.

After going out, I first strolled around the second floor of the attic.

The second-floor attic has a viewing corridor on the outermost layer, and inside the viewing corridor are small rooms.

In the middle of each of the four directions of the viewing corridor, there is an inward-facing corridor.

Walking along the inner corridor, past the depth of one room, there is another corridor, square in shape, running through all four directions.

Inside the square corridor, there were still small rooms. Continuing along the corridor, there was another circle of corridors and another circle of rooms.

Further inside, there is a fairly spacious hall, with corridors leading to it on all four sides.

The layout consists of three concentric corridors, three concentric rooms, and an inner hall.

After viewing the entire second floor, head down from Toyokawa.

The first and second floors of the attic have the same structure and are not particularly impressive.

Going down further down is the cabin, whose internal structure differs from the attic.

Three zhang in front of the first floor of the attic, there is a downward staircase on the left and right, each staircase being more than one zhang wide.

Go down the stairs on one side to the first floor of the ship's cabin.

The first thing you see is a large hall, the width of which is the same as the width of the ship, and the distance between the front and back is 9 zhang.

The hall was furnished with many large square tables and benches.

There is a counter in the middle of the side near the stern.

On both sides are staircases leading to the next floor.

The hall is flanked by four rows of rooms, with five straight corridors running through it.

The number of rooms inside the cabin is significantly more than that in the attic.

The rooms vary in size; the larger ones have a large shared sleeping area, while the smaller ones are small single rooms.

It can be basically confirmed that this is a spacecraft purely used for transporting people and passengers.

After taking one look, Toyokawa lost interest.

There might be some differences at the bottom, but even if there are differences, they would probably just be that the rooms are larger and used for transporting goods.

So Toyokawa went up to the deck.

At this moment, a number of disciples had gathered on the deck, most of whom were newly recruited.

There were also formal disciples patrolling around to avoid unnecessary disputes.

Toyokawa glanced around but didn't see anyone he recognized, so he went to one side of the ship's side.

The entire spaceship hovered above the sea of ​​clouds.

Looking into the distance, you can see some small hills and some tall peaks standing above the sea of ​​clouds.

The wind above the sea of ​​clouds wasn't very strong, but it was a little cool, and it felt pleasant and refreshing on my face.

This made Toyokawa, who was just looking for a moment of relaxation, feel refreshed and relaxed.

So I sat down on the deck and enjoyed this leisurely and peaceful moment.

However, Toyokawa also knew that the leisurely days would not last long.

Once I officially join the sect, I will go all out and relentlessly pursue knowledge.

"Brother Feng, is it really you? What a refined taste!" A greeting interrupted Feng Chuan's leisurely mood.

Upon hearing the sound, Toyokawa opened his eyes and turned to look in the direction of the sound.

He exclaimed in surprise, "Brother He, it's you! You've also decided to join the Azure Cloud Sword Sect?"

Since we're old acquaintances, why not do it?

"Yes! After walking around and looking at many places, and thinking it over again and again, I finally decided to join the Qingyun Sword Sect."

Although I may not have the talent for sword cultivation, I have inquired and found that although Qingyun Sword Sect is a sword sect, it is not only for sword cultivators.

It is called the Sword Sect because the Qingyun Sword Sect has the most branches of swordsmanship, and its main branch also belongs to the swordsmanship.

However, besides the sword-do branch, there are other branches.

Moreover, the branch categories are quite complete, including alchemical branch, artifact branch, talisman branch, miscellaneous branch, and so on.

Moreover, the Qingyun Sword Sect is close to Dafeng and is the most powerful sect within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.

So in the end, I decided to join the Qingyun Sword Sect.

Why not explain your idea of ​​joining the Qingyun Sword Sect in one go?

Then he asked, "Brother Feng, what about you?"

You're young, so no matter which sect you go to, you should receive special training.

Besides, you're very knowledgeable; I thought you'd go to Yunhai Academy!

“Indeed, several sects were quite interested! But in the end, we shared the same view, which is why we joined the Qingyun Sword Sect,” Fengchuan replied.

"Oh, even you think so."

It seems that many people from Dafeng will eventually choose to join the Qingyun Sword Sect.

"Perhaps there will be quite a few of our old acquaintances there," He Buwei said, looking around.

After searching around, I found more and more new people, but I didn't see any familiar faces.

So he stopped paying attention and sat down to chat with Toyokawa.

"Brother He, which floor do you live on the spaceship?" Fengchuan asked.

“I’m on the first floor of the ship, in cabin 1176. And you, Brother Feng?” He Buwei asked as well.

“I’m on the second floor of the attic, in room 222,” Toyokawa replied.

"Wow, Brother Feng, you're really well treated. I heard that the attic is reserved for formal disciples," He Buwei said sourly, as if he had just eaten a lemon.

"Hehe, this is all thanks to connections. I met a disciple of the Sword Sect by chance before," Fengchuan explained briefly.

"I see." He Buwei finally understood.

As the two were chatting, another greeting came from behind.

"Fengchuan, why not? You've joined the Qingyun Sword Sect too?"

Toyokawa, why don't you turn your head and look at the two of them?

It wasn't just one person who came, but a group of them.

It was during the Fengzhou provincial examination that a group of students were among those who passed.

Du Shaoling, Zhao Yunfei, Sima Jinghong, Shangguan Fei, Huangfu Chuxia, He Lanxi, Nangong Yue.

There are a few others I'm not very familiar with, and I can't recall their names.

"You guys are here too? What a coincidence that you came together? Did you arrange it beforehand?" He Buwei asked first.

"We didn't make an appointment, but we bumped into each other while queuing for entry registration, so we came together," Zhao Yunfei replied.

"Haha, this is going to be lively! So many of us have become fellow disciples. We should exchange ideas and help each other out in the future," Du Shaoling said.

"Huh, Ouyang Shengwen didn't come with you?" Feng Chuan asked.

"Oh, him? I heard he joined Yunhai Academy," Du Shaoling replied.

"And Zhang Wuyou, it's said he entered the Qingxia Temple," Du Shaoling added.

"Yes, I've heard about a few too."

It is said that Feng Yiqing joined the Four Arts Academy.

Zhou Junyi went to the Famous Instruments Building.

"Chu Zhengnan actually entered Baoguang Temple," Shangguan Fei said.

……

Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, and before long, the conversation was in full swing.

It could be the camaraderie of being from the same hometown, the mutual appreciation of being listed on the same state's honor roll, or the shared interests of joining the same sect...

In short, there is a natural affinity, recognition, and tacit understanding among everyone.

During the conversation, Toyokawa mentioned that he had some books related to cultivation in his room.

It would have been better if they hadn't said anything, because once they did, everyone else was incredibly envious.

They didn't receive the same treatment as Toyokawa, nor did they see those books.

After that, Fengchuan explained the contents of "A Collection of Basic Common Sense about Cultivation" that he had already thoroughly read to everyone.

Everyone who listened to the lecture gained a lot.

This can be considered as being one step ahead, gaining an early understanding of some basic knowledge about the cultivation world.

It will always have some advantages for joining a sect in the future.

As evening approached, the sea of ​​clouds was dyed red by the setting sun, a purple aura rose, and a colorful ring appeared around the sunset.

The crowd was momentarily mesmerized.

Such a sight is extremely rare in the mortal world.

In the following days, Toyokawa shared the contents of several other books with a group of friends.

After listening to Toyokawa's story, everyone realized how narrow-minded and insignificant they had been, and how magnificent the world truly was.

During this time, Fengchuan also communicated with Murong Ziling several times, and gained some understanding of sects and cultivation.