Chapter 15: Sect Manual

In the days that followed, Ye Qingxuan worked hard to improve his cultivation while secretly observing the progress of those who had entered the Blessed Cultivation Academy in the same batch as him.

During the cultivation process, Ye Qingxuan discovered that every time he circulated the Earth Source Manual, a special aura would be drawn from the earth, merge into his body, and then vanish.

After a period of investigation, Ye Qingxuan could not find the cause. Seeing that it had no negative impact on him, he could only suppress his doubts and continue cultivating.

Time passed!

Finally, on the fifteenth day, the first person in this group—other than Ye Qingxuan—to step into the Qi Refining Realm was born.

However, this person was one of only two individuals in his batch possessing a dual-element spiritual root.

As for the others with single-element spiritual roots, they still showed no progress whatsoever.

Noticing this situation, Ye Qingxuan thought to himself

"It seems my extraordinary soul is not as insignificant a help as I imagined!"

At the very least, this special soul allowed his speed of sensing spiritual qi to far surpass that of others.

On the seventeenth day, the other person with a dual-element spiritual root sensed spiritual qi and entered the Qi Refining Realm.

By the thirty-first day, excluding Ye Qingxuan, the first person with a single-element spiritual root successfully stepped into the Qi Refining Realm.

After this person broke through, it was as if a floodgate had opened in the Blessed Cultivation Academy; others began breaking through into the Qi Refining Realm one after another.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Ye Qingxuan prepared to announce his own successful breakthrough.

After arriving at the Academy's Affairs Hall, Ye Qingxuan found a slightly stout middle-aged man and said respectfully

"Manager Bai, this disciple has successfully broken through to the Qi Refining Realm and has come to register!"

This slightly stout middle-aged man was precisely Bai Zichun, the manager in charge of the Blessed Cultivation Academy's affairs.

Bai Zichun looked at Ye Qingxuan with a smile. After a brief inquiry, he quickly recorded Ye Qingxuan's information.

The process was not complicated.

After registering at the Affairs Hall, Ye Qingxuan received his newcomer starter pack from the Xuantian Sect

Three thousand low-grade spirit stones!

One thousand contribution points!

Contribution points were the universal currency within the Xuantian Sect; everything belonging to the sect required contribution points for exchange.

One contribution point could be exchanged for one low-grade spirit stone, but spirit stones could not be exchanged for contribution points; contribution points could only be obtained by completing sect missions.

One disciple token!

With this disciple token, Ye Qingxuan could use the Xuantian Sect's internal teleportation arrays for free to enter and exit many locations.

Furthermore, the disciple token possessed a voice transmission function; as long as both parties left an imprint on each other, they could communicate, provided the distance did not exceed three great provinces!

One sect manual!

It contained various regulations of the Xuantian Sect, methods for using contribution points, and many detailed introductions to the sect.

One mid-grade Dharma tool!

Three bottles of First-Tier Spirit-Enhancing Pills, totaling thirty pills.

The effect of the Spirit-Enhancing Pills brought Ye Qingxuan great surprise.

First-Tier Spirit-Enhancing Pills could increase the speed at which Qi Refining Realm cultivators refined their spiritual roots, thereby improving the efficiency of spiritual qi conversion.

As expected, the Xuantian Sect did not disappoint him. The difficulties he was currently facing were not even considered problems in the face of the Xuantian Sect.

In addition, Ye Qingxuan received a storage bag about 3 cubic meters in size and three sets of exclusive clothing for Blessed Cultivation disciples of the Xuantian Sect.

The clothes were embroidered with landscapes and trees, looking very exquisite.

However, in daily cultivation, the Xuantian Sect did not force its disciples to wear sect-representative clothing; such requirements were generally only mandatory during important occasions.

In addition to the one-time starter pack, Ye Qingxuan could receive a monthly stipend of three bottles of Spirit-Enhancing Pills and thirty contribution points.

Contribution points would be credited directly to each person's token.

It is worth noting that while ordinary handyman disciples received the same amount of contribution points as Ye Qingxuan, the quantity of spirit stones and pills they received was only one-third of his share.

And this was the treatment the Xuantian Sect afforded to the disciples of the Blessed Cultivation Academy.

After all, given the talent of most Blessed Cultivation candidates, if they weren't supported in the early stages, who knew how many years it would take for them to reach the Great Circle of Qi Refining and truly become Blessed Cultivators?

After receiving his newcomer starter pack, Ye Qingxuan immediately returned to his small courtyard.

First, he tested the effect of the Spirit-Enhancing Pills and discovered that a single pill could double his cultivation speed for a full three hours.

"I definitely came to the right place with the Xuantian Sect!"

If he were outside, he wouldn't know how much effort it would take to obtain sufficient resources.

After testing the pills, Ye Qingxuan suppressed his excitement, took out the sect manual, and spent a considerable amount of time memorizing all its contents.

From the sect rules, Ye Qingxuan gained a general understanding of the basic framework of the Xuantian Sect

The highest level consisted of the Supreme Elders and the Sect Leader.

Below the Sect Leader were two Vice-Sect Leaders.

Below the Vice-Sect Leaders were the various Hall Masters, Vice-Hall Masters, and Elders.

The Hall Masters and Vice-Hall Masters were basically at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm!

The Elders were divided into

Law Enforcement Elders, comparable to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm!

Protector Elders, comparable to the Void Emptiness Realm!

Deacon Elders, comparable to the Void Hole Realm!

Then there were the various types of disciples

Inheritance Disciples: Starting from the Void Hole Realm, they must pass the sect's three major assessments. Their status is comparable to Law Enforcement Elders; if they fail the assessment, they can only become Deacon Elders.

True Disciples: Entry-level disciples taken in by those at the Soul Transformation Realm or Law Enforcement Elders and above.

Core Disciples or Managers: Nascent Soul Realm.

Inner Sect Disciples: Purple Mansion Realm, Golden Core Realm.

Outer Sect Disciples: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment.

Handyman Disciples: Below the seventh level of Qi Refining.

After understanding the basic framework of the Xuantian Sect, Ye Qingxuan finally understood why Ye Qingxiao had been taken to the Handyman Courtyard!

At first, he thought Ye Qingxiao's talent simply failed to meet the standards for an Inner Sect disciple.

As it turned out, within the Xuantian Sect, except for disciples under the care of Law Enforcement Elders or higher, all disciples started as handyman disciples, with disciple levels divided by cultivation realms.

It was only because the Xuantian Sect did not fear the prying eyes of others that this information was written into the sect manual for all disciples to know.

In a weaker power, information regarding specific sect strength would surely be kept secret, wouldn't it?

Ye Qingxuan felt fortunate once again that he was able to join the Xuantian Sect. With the Xuantian Sect as his backing, he didn't know how many detours he would avoid.

Subsequently, Ye Qingxuan took out the flying sword he had received and began to refine the first Dharma treasure of his life.

Ye Qingxuan learned from the sect manual that

The Dharma treasures of the Earth-Mystic Realm are currently divided into five levels: Dharma Tools, True Tools, Spirit Tools, Spirit Treasures, and Immortal Tools.

Each level is further divided into four grades: Low-grade, Mid-grade, High-grade, and Peak-grade.

The flying sword in Ye Qingxuan's hand was a Mid-grade Dharma Tool.

The level was not high, making it barely manageable for Ye Qingxuan to refine. It took him about an hour to finally complete the refinement and successfully establish ownership of the first Dharma tool of his life!

Having finished all this, Ye Qingxuan entered seclusion!

His current cultivation was still too low; many of his plans required sufficient strength to support them, so Ye Qingxuan decided to focus on increasing his cultivation first.

He had no intention of leaving the courtyard to make friends with other cultivators in the Blessed Cultivation Academy.

According to his plan, since he had chosen to become a Blessed Cultivator, he would slowly diminish his presence and accumulate his strength in the shadows.

Wasting precious time now to make friends with these cultivators would be meaningless by the time he truly became a Blessed Cultivator, sitting in solitary meditation in one place.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan did not allow external distractions to interfere, maintaining his own cultivation rhythm.

There were simply too many things he wanted to do.

To develop a Blessed Land and maintain a decent cultivation speed after becoming a Blessed Cultivator, he had to begin laying the groundwork and planning now.

The medicinal herb seeds and alchemy inheritance he had obtained from his family were preparations for this very purpose.

To develop a Blessed Land and increase its level, one needed to plant a large number of spiritual plants in the land to subtly improve the environment, thereby driving the promotion of the Blessed Land.

To increase his cultivation speed after becoming a Blessed Cultivator, he would need to acquire a vast amount of cultivation resources.

All of this required Ye Qingxuan to accumulate slowly in the early stages to prepare for that moment.

If he could become an alchemist, he could form a perfect closed loop within his future Blessed Land—producing and consuming his own goods—to gradually increase his own cultivation speed.

This was also the reason why Ye Qingxuan had requested the medicinal herb seeds and alchemy inheritance from his family.

(End of Chapter)