Chapter 02
A few days have passed since Xue Yang got a system installed. In these few days, he and the three children—mostly him, were busy cleaning the sect. Bodies of deceased sect disciples have all been buried at the back of the mountain.
They also have checked every building to see if something is left behind. Too bad, only a few wooden weapons and basic medicinal pills were lefts.
'Look like they really loot this place until nothing was left. Luckily a few bottles of Qi and Blood pills are still untouched by them. This can be used by the children to start their cultivation later.'
In these few days, Xue Yang has also tried to 'operate' the system. He has successfully registered this mountain to the system as the sect area. Because of that, the system now protects this mountain using a grade 2 defensive formation.
Grade 2 defensive formation is able to block attacks from cultivators at the Qi Condensation stage or below. Right now the defensive formation is still weak, but it is better than none. It will deter many low leveled free cultivators that want to loot this place. Especially after they heard about the demise of this sect.
What about the free cultivator above the Qi Condensation stage? Well, nothing Xue Yang can do about that…
The sect that was in this place was just a small sect. The sect master was only at the early tier of the Golden Core stage, two stages after the Qi Condensation stage. The high-ranked disciple that betrayed the sect was at the peak level of the Spiritual Liquid stage.
Anyway, Xue Yang has got a quest from the system.
[Objective: Recruit a disciple (0/1)
Time limit: -
Reward: "Manual of Body Refining and Qi Condensation" Jade Slip]
He got a quest to recruit a disciple. There are three children that he can recruit, but he focuses on cleaning this place first. Tomorrow Xue Yang planned to ask the three about following him.
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"Senior Brother, did you call the three of us?" asked Yu Guanyu. Her young face looks a little haggard.
Xue Yang then looked at Zhang Hao and Liu Mei. Both of them are also the same. They all have tired expressions on their little face. Xue Yang feels bad for making them help him clean the sect.
"The three of you have come. Sit here," said Xue Yang. He then continued slowly, "What do you want to do now? It is not late to go back and down the mountain. Forgot about becoming a cultivator."
The three of them looked at each other.
As usual, Yu Guanyu is the first to answer. "I- I want to continue becoming a cultivator."
Her voice is a little shaky. Maybe she is still not hundred percent sure about her choice. But that shaky voice gives courage to the boy, Zhang Hao.
"Me too. I want to become a martial artist," said Zhang Hao.
"I was just a farmer child back in the village. There, things about martial artists were just a story or a legend. And now that I have a chance to become a martial artist… I want to do that."
The remaining girl, Liu Mei, looked at the other two. She said, "I- I- I don't know…"
She looked at Xue Yang embarrassedly, "But, is there even any resource to cultivate in this place?"
Xue Yang opened his eyes. He didn't expect such a question from one of the children.
'These three children are more mature than I ever expected.'
Xue Yang is once again surprised by how mature the children are. In the last few days, he has seen the children act more mature than their real age. He doesn't know if all children in this world are this mature. In his last life, a five- or six-year-old child can only ask their parents to bring them play all day long.
'Let's just assume the three of them are more mature than their counterparts. And that is the reason why they get selected to join the sect.' Xue Yang decided not to think about this. He rearranges his thought before answering Liu Mei's question.
"You all don't need to worry about resources," said Xue Yang. "If you decided to follow me, I will do my best to bring the resources for you. If push comes to shove, we can look for those resources together.
"Also, there are a few bottles of Qi and Blood pills left in the Medicinal Pavilion. It will be enough for you three to start your cultivation."
"Is that so? Then…" said Liu Mei in her small and soft voice. She then looked at Zhang Hao and Yu Guanyu. The three nod to each other.
[Quest Completed]
[Objective: Recruit a disciple (1/1)
Time limit: -
Reward: "Manual of Body Refining and Qi Condensation" Jade Slip]
[Quest Updated]
[Quest Completed]
[Objective: Recruit a disciple (3/3)
Time limit: -
Reward:
- Spiritual Water Spring (Grade 1)]
[Quest Updated]
[Objective: Recruit a disciple (3/5)
Time limit: -
Reward:
- System shop]
[Rewards are now stored within the system storage]
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Finished convincing the children, Xue Yang is now back in his room. This room was the one that he used when he was still a disciple in the sect.
Actually, Xue Yang can choose to use any room in the sect. But it is hard to sleep in a room that was used by others until recently. He has decided to move to the sect master building later after he cleaned it thoroughly. But for now, his old room is more than enough.
"Now, I need to see what the reward actually is," said Xue Yang.
After operating the system, Xue Yang opened the system storage. A list consisting of many rows is displayed. From all of the rows, only two are filled.
Xue Yang decided to pick up his first reward, ["Manual of Body Refining and Qi Condensation" Jade Slip].
A jade slip suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Its appearance is normal, just like any other jade slip. Giving a sliver of Spiritual Energy to the jade slip, Xue Yang read the jade slip.
"This!" gasped Xue Yang.
Reading the content written on the jade slip, Xue Yang can't help but be surprised. The content is more detailed than any book that Xue Yang has read in the past.
It has all the details on how to start cultivating. Starting from opening the first acupoint to condensing the pure qi in the second stage. Not only that but there is also a notice on how to avoid traps in cultivation.
In a low voice, Xue Yang said, "If someone trains using this manual, they will have a very good base for the later stage of cultivation."
Right now, Xue Yang is in the second stage of cultivation, the Qi Condensation stage. He cultivated using the manual distributed by the sect. Comparing that manual with the one he just got from the system is like comparing heaven and earth.
The manual he got from the sect is full of holes. The technique written inside can indeed do its job to refine someone's body. It can also bring people to condense their pure qi. In the end, the manual did its work. The problem is the quality of the cultivation base for people that use the manual depends entirely on luck.
Some people may have good luck and have little defects on their base. But many others ended up with uncountable defects in their cultivation base. Making many of them can't cultivate to a higher stage.
Xue Yang hasn't finished reading the jade slip, but he did find many ways to fix the defects.
"I wonder how many defects in my body are? I hope it is not that many..."
Knowing that he might have many defects in his cultivation base, obviously, he wants to fix them. The problem is, detecting defects by yourself is not easy. It is way easier to do it with other people.
One defect that Xue Yang has known is located at his ear acupoint. He always felt that his ear acupoint is smaller than the other four. After reading the manual from the system he knows that his ear acupoint is not fully opened.
He thought that it didn't matter as he did succeed in opening all five acupoints and advanced to the second stage, the Qi Condensing stage.
"I should start fixing this tomorrow, then looks for the other defects," said Xue Yang. Tomorrow, he plans to start the cultivation of the three children. Along the way, maybe he can try to look for other defects in his body.
"Oh right, what about the other reward?"
Xue Yang finished two quests at the same time. The first quest gives him the manual. Meanwhile, the other one gives him [Spiritual Water Spring (Grade 1)]
"I wonder what this is?" muttered Xue Yang.