Longevity begins with the sword of ignorance

Chapter 87 The Five Elements
Because they all have the right to inherit and become the prominent mountain masters or island masters in the sect, it is said that the disciples of the inner sect and the heirs of the family have the same status.

Of course, it is not easy to inherit a mountain or an island.

All the mountain masters and island masters will not accept only one apprentice.

For mountains and islands above medium size, there is more than one golden core, and if the mountain owner abdicates, those golden cores and their apprentices also have the right to inherit.

It is difficult for an inner disciple to become a mountain master, and it is also the same for the disciples of the family.

Not only do they have to compete with members of the family, but they also have to meet certain conditions in order to become the Mountain Lord.

Moreover, after becoming the Mountain Lord, everything is not over.

In order to encourage competition and prevent the position of the mountain lord from being hereditary to the mediocre ones, thereby causing the foundation of the sect to rot, every few years, the Yunxiao Sect will hold a great competition among the peaks.

There are four ratings: Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor.

If consecutive poor rankings are obtained, the mountain will be downgraded.

This is a terrible thing. The demotion of the mountain is not only a loss of reputation, but also a substantial punishment.

Not to mention the weakening of various benefits and rights.

One of the three halls, the main hall of Yunxiao, controls all the spiritual veins in the entire Yunxiao Sect, and can be adjusted through the Shenxiao Formation.

For the degraded peaks, the spirit veins will be taken away and distributed to the rest of the peaks.

Without the vital spiritual veins, the spiritual fields of mountains or islands will be abandoned, and the efficiency of monks' cultivation on the mountains will also be reduced.

If it is removed from the Lower Eight Hundred Peaks, things will be even more terrifying.

The delisted mountain owner or family will be ordered to move away from the mountain and become a vassal of other mountains.

Such a severe punishment forced the mountain masters and island masters to continue to improve, which also kept the overall strength of the Yunxiao Sect on the rise.

This is also the reason why the major families recruit commoner immortal cultivators.

If they don't recruit, they can indeed keep the bloodline heirs firmly in the position of mountain lord, but once the bloodline heirs are not strong enough, their foundation will be gone.

Without the foundation, the family will naturally be gone.

And because of the great competition among the peaks, not only the strength is assessed, but also the contribution and the ability to teach disciples are assessed.

That's why the great mountain masters place so much emphasis on recruiting disciples.

……

It is difficult to become a mountain master, but in the master-apprentice faction, it is just difficult, and the opportunities are the same.

But in the family faction, for an outsider like Zhong Cang, the opportunities are not indescribable, but there is no accident, and there is no possibility of becoming the mountain lord at all.

Because of this, he didn't think twice about how to choose.

After confirming the idea of ​​not joining the family faction, Zhong Cang naturally wanted to return the gift they gave.

Although Zhong Cang likes the Essence of Earth Element very much, it is also very useful to him.

The topography is Kun, and the gentleman carries his virtues.

The essence of the earth element is a treasure that can increase the foundation of physical fitness. Zhong Cang is sure that after taking the essence of earth element, he can awaken the aura of the rock tortoise in the body of the five beasts, and improve his constitution by a large amount.

It's just that although Treasure is good, his firm heart allows him to tolerate this little temptation.

However, Zhong Cang wanted to give it away, but his uncle Zhong Kangping had a different opinion.

"You should accept this gift."

"???"

"Why? Don't you quite object to me becoming a member of the family faction?"

"Cough cough..."

The answer was so blunt that Zhong Kangping coughed, and then he explained to Zhong Cang.

"Accepting a small gift from a family faction does not count as joining the Xiuzhen family, but it can also mean being on good terms with the Xiuzhen family... The Xiuxian family, which has a big family and a great career, doesn't mind using some small gifts to let people from the master-apprentice faction treat them Have a good impression."

"The master-student faction is also divided into two parts. One is resolutely opposed to the Xiuzhen family and vows to eradicate all the Xiuzhen families from the Yunxiao Sect. As long as the sect is dominated by the Xiuxian family."

"The former is extremely aggressive, and the battle with the Xiuxian family is also very tragic."

"I don't want you to join this battle. The evil wind is too strong there. Our family is small and we can't afford to mess with it."

Zhong Cang still agrees with this.

Now that I am involved in the vortex of party struggle, it is indeed too long.

Because of this, Zhong Cang knew that even for the sake of expressing his opinion, he had to accept this thing.

……

The essence of the earth element was a surprise to Zhong Cang.

And then, something that made him even happier happened.

On the second day, there were still many people visiting Zhong Cang, but on this day, he received another treasure from the Tan family who controlled the island, a jar of hundred-year-old tiger spirit wine.

This thing is a special product of the Tan family. It is not only a delicious drink, but also a treasure that can strengthen the body just like the essence of the earth element.

Tigers can strengthen bones, and after drinking this altar of tiger spirit wine, Zhong Cang had a premonition that he would definitely awaken the spirit of the tiger contained in the body of the five beasts.

"Tiger, deer, ape, turtle, fish, these are the auras of the five beasts that I need to awaken."

"Among them, I have already awakened the deer and fish. The essence of the earth element and the spirit wine of the tiger can make me awaken the tiger and the tortoise. In other words, I only have the ape form, which has not yet been awakened."

Thinking of this, Zhong Cang's mood lifted.

He was looking forward to obtaining another fire treasure and gathering the conditions for the ape's awakening.

At that time, he possessed the five elements (beasts), and his strength greatly increased.

At the same time, obtaining treasures one after another made Zhong Cang truly feel the importance of status and strength.

When he has no strength, he has no way to buy these spiritual objects.

As his strength grows and his status rises (he has confirmed his status as an inner disciple), Zhong Cang does not need to collect them, but just to befriend Zhong Cang, some rare spiritual objects were sent into his hands.

Although the treasures of the Qi refining period are only considered precious by Zhong Cang and other poor family members, big families can mass-produce them.

However, this still proves the importance of strength and status, and among them, strength is the most important thing.

……

After feeling emotional for a while, because I was looking forward to obtaining fire treasures, I could complete the Five Beasts Accumulation Art.

In the following time, Zhong Cang was not all bored with such tedious matters as hospitality.

Unfortunately, good luck did not come to him.

Until the end, although he got some things, he didn't have fire treasures, and was sent out just right.

On the evening of the third day, seeing that the time was up and no one came again, Zhong Cang sighed, knowing that within a short period of time, one of the five elements would definitely be missing.

However, the mountains and rivers are full of doubts and there is no way out, and there is another village with dark willows and flowers.

Just when Zhong Cang thought that he was bound to lack one of the five elements, at night, Yan Lingwei came to his house in a black robe.

Seeing Zhong Cang, Yan Lingwei circled around him several times before she clicked her tongue.

"Hee hee, to be ranked No.15 in the audition, Zhong Cang, you are giving this girl a big surprise."

(End of this chapter)