97, Fox Spirit's Root

  "Tiangē, you're really lucky." Luò Fēng Xuě said with half admiration and half jest. Wàng Tiān sighed, "The famous disciple of the ancestor... why didn't I have such good luck?"

  Mò Tiān Gē just smiled slightly, without showing any joy on his face: "Am I not the same as you now? In the future, I will have to ask Shī Jiě Lòu to take care of me more." Xián Yīn Shī Bó said that in the future, he would be with Shī Jiě Lòu in one place, and it was inevitable that this person with excellent relationships and capable of handling matters, Shī Jiě Lòu, would have to take care of him.

  Luofeng Xue just casually shouted and didn't take it seriously, laughing: "That's natural, in the future you'll become my Shifu's junior, of course I have to get along with you now!"

  After chatting and laughing for a while, Luo Fengxue took her to rest.

  Disciples of the sect are also divided into several types, and the general classification is miscellaneous disciples, formal disciples, and elite disciples. Meng Tian Ge was previously in Yunwu Sect, only a formal disciple above miscellaneous disciples, and also the most numerous and ordinary disciples in the sect, without special inheritance, can only listen to hundreds or thousands of people together with seniors, and cultivation is also free.

  But the elite disciples are those with a master-disciple lineage. Although the cultivation world ranks people by their cultivation level, if one truly becomes an apprentice, the seniority of their master is strictly defined and does not change with changes in cultivation level. Therefore, Luo Fengxue and she were both at the Qi Refining stage, but they could address a Master who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage as "Master Uncle" or "Master Aunt".

  There are disciples with a master, and they can be divided into several categories. The lowest status is that of a nominal disciple. Nominal disciples cannot be considered true disciples, as the master will not personally instruct them. Therefore, at present, Meng Tian Ge can only be with Luo Feng Xue together, and even their generation ranking must be lower by one generation. However, because she was taken in as a nominal disciple by Yuan Ying Xi Shi, her status is naturally greatly different, and even Xuan Yin Zhen Ren treats her with courtesy.

  The most common is the entry-level apprentice. As long as they are accepted by a high-ranking cultivator, they become an entry-level apprentice and can receive guidance from their master. If their cultivation advances to the point where their master is satisfied, they will be promoted to an inner disciple. Once they become an inner disciple, their master will teach them some secret techniques and divine abilities, and they can also be ranked within the sect's hierarchy. Just like Xuanyin True Person, who was ranked first among Jinghe Daojun's inner disciples, so he was called the number one great apprentice under his master.

  Finally, and also the closest, is the direct disciple. The direct disciple can receive the true transmission from the master and is also the master's successor. In general, among all disciples, there will only be one or two direct disciples.

  At present, Moyuan Tian Ge was just a nominal disciple, but because of her master's extraordinary identity and status, Luo Feng Xue had her settled in the Dongfu next to Xuanyin Zhenren, living together with these sisters.

  Originally, Luo Fengxue was going to introduce several senior sisters from the Xuan Yin Zhen Ren sect to her, but they were either out or in closed cultivation, so she had to give up for now. Since she herself was on duty today, she let her rest alone first.

  After sending off Luo Fengxue, Mo Tian Ge was already very tired, but a smile still couldn't help but appear on his face.

  She originally thought that the Xuan Qing Men, such a large door faction, had complex relationships within the sect and disciples with high and proud personalities, might be difficult to adapt to. However, she did not expect that the first person she came into contact with, Luo Fengxue, was both kind and enthusiastic, and also, Jing He Shizu accepted her as a nominal disciple.

  Everything was going too smoothly, giving her an unreal feeling. Since she stepped into the Xian Dao, she had been struggling hard and never had such a bright future. She also thought about whether they had other intentions, just like her ancestor Miao Yingqin, who only discovered that her sect had already decided her fate after she formed her dan. However, thinking carefully, she felt that there was nothing to worry about at the moment. Even if Jinghe and her master were not kind-hearted, with her strong cultivation, they would have just ordered her around, why bother arranging all these?

  She then settled down easily and comfortably.

  Elite disciples are indeed elite disciples, and their treatment is completely different from that of ordinary disciples. This place is adjacent to the Dongfu of Xuan Yin Zhenren, with abundant spiritual energy and a quiet environment. Those who live nearby are all female disciples under his door. Each person has a small dongfu, and each small dongfu also has several rooms, including restrooms, practice rooms, alchemy rooms, spiritual beast rooms, etc., which are all complete, and the tables and chairs are all made by Qingyu.

  This really broadened Mo Tian Ge's horizons, as far as she knew, even the foundation-building cultivators of Yun Wu Sect didn't have such a good Dòng Fǔ, this Xuan Qing Men was indeed one of the top sects in Tian Ji.

  Getting a good surprise from her husband made her completely forget about her fatigue. She started decorating slowly.

  The resting room was the simplest, she had already cultivated her Qi to the tenth level and didn't need much sleep, so it was just roughly arranged. The cultivation room had a meditation mat, a spirit gathering array, and some unimportant books. The alchemy room had thrown away the furnace and cauldron she bought from the Heavenly Dao Sect last time. There were also several empty rooms, she didn't have anything good to arrange in them, but behind the Dongfu there was a medicinal field that gave her some ideas.

  Their female disciples' residences were all lined up together, behind which was a small valley that had been divided into several plots of medicinal fields, most of which were planted with spiritual grass. Luo Fengxue said that each residence came with a plot of medicinal field, and the master of the residence could dispose of it as they pleased.

  Moye had decided to start learning alchemy, and this place was filled with spiritual energy, making it an ideal location for cultivating spiritual herbs. She planned to ask Luofeng Xue tomorrow where she could obtain the seeds.

  Mó Tiān Gē was busy arranging the Dongfu when, in the highest Dongfu on Qingquan Peak, Jinghe Daojun was still leaning against his dragon bed. This time, however, there were no beautiful women in attendance, nor any grapes to eat; instead, he was lazily flipping through a book. After reading for a while, he snorted in disdain: "What trash! Would the ancient immortals have used animal hide to make paper? He's been cheated and doesn't even know it!"

  The book was swept away and thrown onto the body of Xuan Yin Zhenren sitting below.

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren took over, his face twisted into a ball, and he still held onto a thread of hope, asking: "Master, is it true or false?"

  Qin Jing sat up, took the tea handed over by his disciple, and said with a smirk: "It's fake, not really fake. From ancient times to the upper ancient times. Froststone beasts only existed in the south of the mountain, and were extremely rare. Later, during the Great War between Good and Evil in the Upper Ancient Times, the landscape changed, and the Froststone beasts multiplied. Not to mention the material of this book, just talking about its content, it's like a fake that can deceive even a master like you who has formed a Dan, do you think you can cheat me? No way!"

  “…………”

  Probably because of Xuan Yin Zhen Ren's painful expression, Qin Jing Bian asked: "How much money did you lose?"

  "Three hundred..."

  "Only 300 spirit stones? Oh, forget it." This amount of money is nothing, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator wouldn't bother with it.

  Ke Xuan said, "Master, it's three hundred mid-grade spirit stones..."

  "What!" Qin Jing jumped up. The low-grade spirit stones are commonly used in the immortal world, and the middle-grade spirit stones are not easy to find. Three hundred middle-grade spirit stones are more than 30,000 low-grade spirit stones.

  "Three hundred mid-grade spirit stones, you little scoundrel...!" Qin Jing wanted to scold him, but thought better of it. What's the use? They'd already been cheated. It was just a pity that their Xuanqing Sect was one of the top two sects in Tianji, and even their Foundation Establishment cultivators only earned a few thousand spirit stones per year. And now they'd been swindled...

  "You're getting more and more muddled!" Thinking of the Ling Stone, Qin Jing's anger surged again, and he cursed loudly, "Tell me, who cheated you? I'll go kill him into pulp and make him regret being born in this world!"

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren also felt heartache, hearing this sentence, he hastily said: "Master, I was also exchanged in a small place that is not well-known, let alone find people, I haven't even seen the true face of the person..." His own master had a heavy hand when it came to killing, every time he killed someone, he would be scolded by the head elder, then come back and scold the troublemaker... He didn't want to be scolded like a three-year-old child at his age. Besides, there really were no clues. He had already admitted defeat.

  Just as Qin Jing was about to say something, Xuan Yin Zhen Ren hastily said: "Master, I have something to report to you, regarding the new disciple you just accepted."

  The latter half of the sentence drew Qin Jing's attention back: "Huh?"

  "Master, I took a look at that Mo Tian Ge's spiritual root and it seems to be the Hun Yuan spiritual root you once mentioned!"

  "What?" Qin Jing stared at him, "Hunyuan Spiritual Root? You're saying that the Hunyuan Spiritual Root is one where all five spiritual roots are equally strong and weak?"

  "It's true." Xuan Yin Zhenren looked at his expression, suspiciously asked, "Master, what is the mystery of this spiritual root? I remember when you said that this Hunyuan spiritual root is one of the special spiritual roots, comparable to Yiling and Dansheng spiritual roots, unfortunately it hasn't appeared for a long time."

  Qin Jing and yet did not answer his words, but was incredulously muttering to himself: "Hunyuan spiritual root? This girl is interesting, a pure yin physique is already a rare occurrence in a thousand years, Hunyuan spiritual root has also not appeared for thousands of years, and it actually appears together on her body!"

  After a moment's thought, he remembered that his apprentice was still there and asked Xuan Yin Zhen Ren: "Do you know what the Tao is when we cultivate the Tao?"

  This question left the True Person of Profound Cause stunned for a moment. The Profound Clarity Sect is a Taoist sect, and when disciples enter the sect, even if they are miscellaneous servants, they start with the Taoist scriptures. "What is the Tao?" This question is both superficial and profound, and any disciple in the sect can come up with an answer, but even a Yuan Ying cultivator cannot give a definitive answer.

  Qin Jing and Nande had the demeanor of a Yuanying cultivator, speaking in a serious tone: "The Dao is Heaven and Earth, it's the universe, it's Tai Xu, it's the rules, it's the origin, it can even be considered as anything, but in ancient times, what was referred to as the Dao mainly contained one meaning, that is, balance."

  "What is meant by balance is equilibrium, is restraint, and also permanence, eternity. Equilibrium, the world can exist, restraint, rules can be established, thus, it can be eternal."

  Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin Zhen Ren was shocked: "So, this Hun Yuan Ling Gen is a kind of existence that completely conforms to the 'Tao' of the ancient times?"

  Qin Jing nodded slightly: "Not bad. Our current cultivation method is better with fewer spiritual roots, because the spiritual energy entering the body will cancel each other out. However, in ancient times, there was another set of cultivation methods."

  "This... " Xuan Yin Zhen Ren's soul was still reeling, and in this way of speaking, this Hun Yuan Ling Gen, in ancient times, was actually a heavenly gift?

  Qin Jing sighed again: "What a pity, the ancient era is too far away, and in the following ancient era, a new set of cultivation methods have been replaced. Now it's impossible to know Heng's cultivation method. This child, what a pity..."