Chapter 969: Chapter 119 Outer Sect Disciple_3
Of course, for the two of them, Zhao Yu, an 18-year-old of advanced age, had even less potential.
“Junior Brother Zhao Yu, I must continue my cultivation, so I’ll be heading back now!”
Upon learning of Zhao Yu’s background, one of the two instantly lost interest in befriending him and hurriedly took his leave.
Seeing this, the other hesitated for a mont but did not leave imdiately, seemingly worried about maintaining face.
“He is Senior Brother Zhao Ming. He’s quite diligent, fighting for every second to cultivate. Don’t take it to heart…”
The man who stayed behind smiled and said, “My na is Zhao Yi, but I still prefer my old na, Er Gou. What was your na before?”
“My forr na…”
Zhao Yu offered an awkward yet polite smile, “Let’s not ntion my forr na. I’ll just go by Zhao Yu!”
“Alright then!”
Zhao Yi felt that Zhao Yu probably preferred his current na, so he didn’t press the matter further.
“As your senior, I feel obliged to give you a few pointers…”
“Please do, Senior Brother!” Zhao Yu said with a modest face.
“Hmm…”
Zhao Yi nodded in satisfaction and said, “Since we have embarked on the path of immortal cultivation, we must give it our all…”
“I’ve been here for a while, and I’ve seen too many fail to et the standards and ultimately get sent down the mountain…”
“You’ve just arrived, so you might not feel it deeply and think that even if you are sent down the mountain, it doesn’t matter, you could still be a steward at the Zhao Mansion or sothing…”
“But think about it, if you can cultivate immortality, would you still want to be a steward in a mortal’s mansion?”
Zhao Yu shook his head, “Of course not!”
Zhao Yi nodded in satisfaction and laughed, “That’s right, so everyone here is very hardworking, lanting that there are not twelve hours in a day to cultivate…”
“I understand!”
Zhao Yu spoke earnestly, “Junior Brother has taken your teaching to heart and will surely practice diligently to beco an outer disciple as soon as possible!”
“Very good!” Having had his fill of playing the role of a senior, Zhao Yi contentedly returned to his own room.
After he left, Zhao Yu began to look around his new living space.
The room was about twenty square ters, with a living room, bedroom, and bathroom.
To Zhao Yu’s surprise, the bathroom was very modern, complete with sewage pipes allowing for direct flushing.
After briefly familiarizing himself with the surroundings, Zhao Yu changed into the clothing of a registered disciple and left the room.
As for Zhao Yi’s words, he had already cast them to the back of his mind.
To others, diligently cultivating was the proper path.
But to Zhao Yu, gaining energy from others was the true way.
After three years of accumulation, he had nearly saved up a hundred thousand energy points.
The limit of sensing qi within a year and progressing to the first level of Qi Cultivation, for others, was sothing he could break through with just a thousand energy points.
Although he did not know to what level of Qi Cultivation his hundred thousand energy points could sustain him, continuing to gain energy was the correct path.
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“Big brother, I appreciate your fondness for , but could you please stop bothering !”
A tall woman said helplessly, “You have no desire for cultivation, but I do…”
“Recently, I’ve been having premonitions and am about to sense the qi. Your visits are making that sliver of qi sensation almost disappear…”
“Our statuses are similar; both of us are servants of the Zhao family. Now that we finally have the opportunity to cultivate, why don’t you cherish it?”
Zhao Yu scratched his head, “And here I thought you enjoyed being with !”
“Happiness is happiness, but one must eventually return to reality, mustn’t they?!” the female cultivator shook her head, “You should go. Don’t co looking for anymore!”
“Alright then…”
Zhao Yu sighed and left straight away.
Watching his retreating figure, a hint of reluctance flashed in the eyes of the female cultivator.
Just as Zhao Yu had said, the days she spent with him brought her an unprecedented sense of joy.
But when an old comrade unexpectedly advanced to the first level of Qi Cultivation, a sense of crisis instantly struck, bringing her swiftly back to reality.
She understood that, as soone like her with the opportunity to beco an immortal cultivator, she must seize this chance and dedicate all her ti to striving forward.
What puzzled her, though, was why Zhao Yu, who was at the sa ninth level of Body Refinent as her, wasn’t trying hard to cultivate.
On the other hand, as Zhao Yu left the bamboo grove, he too felt a sense of emptiness.
Down at the Zhao Mansion, the maids all enjoyed playing with him because he was funny and had flair.
This allowed Zhao Yu to steadily gather energy.
But once he arrived at the mountain, he discovered that everything had changed.
The people here were all cultivation fanatics, spending most of their ti on their practice.
Forget about gathering energy, there wasn’t even ti for idle chatting.
Finding soone he could actually talk to, Zhao Yu naturally made every effort to keep that person entertained.
He had thought she would be soone from whom he could harvest energy over the long term, yet after just a few days, the female cultivator suddenly woke up to the truth and wanted to cut all ties with him.
“Do I have to wait another month to advance to the first level of Qi Cultivation before I can get energy from Tigeress?!”
Zhao Yu didn’t want to waste this month, but neither could he just advance right away.
The following month was torturous for Zhao Yu.
During this ti, he continuously searched for targets from whom he could gather energy, but those he could approach were other Body Refining stage disciples, all of whom were fervently cultivating with no ti to spare for leisurely pursuits or romantic dalliances.
Finally, with just one day left to et his set goal, Zhao Yu couldn’t hold back any longer and advanced.
“One day earlier than Tigeress isn’t much to brag about; it’s still just slightly above average talent…”
Thinking this way, Zhao Yu finally reported his advancent to the Qi Cultivation Stage.
That very day, soone verified his cultivation level and, confirming he had reached the first level of Qi Cultivation, they issued him a Qi Cultivation Technique and registered him as an outer sect disciple.
When Zhao Yu went looking for Tigeress, eager to gather energy, he was inford that she had left.
“Tigeress, she went out on a mission with the second young lady!”
“The second young lady is already at the eighth level of Qi Cultivation, not far from the Foundation Establishnt Stage, and needs to accumulate rits to exchange for Foundation Establishnt Pills later…”
“Since you’re also one of the Zhao family and have beco an outer sect disciple, you should move in here…”
What made Zhao Yu feel helpless was that he had finally advanced, only to find that Tigeress wasn’t here.
After settling into his new place, Zhao Yu thought long and hard but couldn’t find anywhere else to go, so he simply headed to the place where missions could be accepted.
The cultivation levels that others needed to work hard to improve were for him just a matter of accumulating energy.
This also ant that he could spend a great deal of ti on missions.
Opening the mission list, there weren’t many tasks that a cultivator at the first level of Qi Cultivation like him could take on.
Zhao Yu began to select them one by one.
Based on the experience he’d accumulated over the years, the best targets for harvesting energy were won, because the energy he could obtain from them was both abundant and quick to gather.
“Assisting with Artifact Refining, acting as a fan-waving boy—no, no, all the rough n here won’t do…”
“Cultivating farmland, working as a spiritual farr—no, no, farming is too exhausting, and no female cultivators would be doing it…”
Zhao Yu went back and forth until he finally settled on a task with a good chance of involving many female cultivators.
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