Following the map in the brochure, they arrived at the dining hall. Someone immediately came to greet them. "Senior Martial Brothers, are you here to eat?
Please take a seat. If you want food delivered in the future, just let me know. "
Mo Tiange saw that this person was quite old and only had a cultivation level in the first layer of the Aura Refining realm. Presumably, he was a descendant of a cultivation clan with poor spiritual roots and could only do odd jobs here to make a living.
Among them, Xu Jingzhi was the most familiar, so he said, "Let's eat what we're supposed to eat."
The man grunted in acknowledgment and retreated.
Not long after, a mortal woman brought food over. Clearly, it had been prepared in advance.
Mo Tiange glanced at the dishes. Stir-fried mustard greens, pickled cucumbers, steamed spare ribs, stir-fried rabbit meat, and a bowl of fish soup. All of them had a faint spiritual aura.
Apparently, the food in Yunwu Sect wasn't bad.
Mo Tiange and Xu Jingzhi picked up the bowls and chopsticks, but seeing that the other two people didn't move, Xu Jingzhi said, "Senior Martial Brothers, you don't have to worry. In fact, eating food with spiritual aura isn't a problem. After a while, you just need to treat it as a medicinal pill to dissolve it. It won't affect your cultivation."
Liu Yidao hesitated. "Really?"
Mo Tiange smiled. "Yes. Otherwise, why would the group set up a dining hall? Wouldn't it be better to just give the disciples Fasting Pills?"
Liu Yidao asked again, "Isn't it because Fasting Pills are troublesome to concoct?"
Mo Tiange and Xu Jingzhi were both dumbfounded. For a moment, they didn't know what to say.
Qin Xi, who had been silent the whole time, finally said, "The group encourages people to eat Fasting Pills. That way, they won't have to worry about their appetites, and it's helpful for cultivation.
However, eating food with spiritual aura isn't a problem. If it's from spiritual beasts, it can also increase your spiritual aura, so there's no harm in eating it. "
Mo Tiange and Xu Jingzhi nodded repeatedly.
"I see." Liu Yidao picked up his chopsticks and the four of them started eating.
Most of the time, it was Mo Tiange and Xu Jingzhi eating. The two of them only tasted a few mouthfuls.
It was clear that the two of them had firm Dao Hearts and didn't care about the desire for good food.
After randomly eating some food, Mo Tiange and Xu Jingzhi ordered the servants to deliver food every day and didn't have to spend time coming here anymore.
Originally, all the disciples in the sect were like this. No one was willing to spend time on the road every day. Every day, they would just ask someone to deliver food.
After leaving the dining hall, the four of them strolled around Mount Yunwu with Xu Jingzhi leading the way. After familiarizing themselves with the terrain, they went back together.
By now, Mo Tiange had more or less memorized the terrain of this mountain.
Mount Yunwu had two peaks, the North and the South. Newcomers like them were all assigned to the South Peak.
The South Peak was shorter, and the Spirit Qi there was also less. The mountain gate was directly connected to the market square, so it was very convenient for low-level disciples to stay here.
The North Peak, on the other hand, was a lot taller, and the spiritual aura there was also several times better. Apparently, only those who had built their foundation could move to the North Peak. For Aura Refining disciples like them, they couldn't go to the North Peak without a task.
On the Southern Peak, there was the True Treasure Hall, the Deacon's Hall, and the Dao Propagation Palace.
The Real Treasure Hall was where the Sect Leader handled matters. However, the Sect Leader was usually on the North Peak, and the disciples on the South Peak were all managed by the Deacon's Hall.
The Deacon's Hall managed all the affairs of the Aura Refining disciples, such as assigning tasks, distributing spirit stones and medicinal pills, arranging accommodation, handling disputes, and so on.
The Dao Propagation Palace, on the other hand, was a place for preaching Dao. Every ten days, a Foundation Building cultivator would preach there, and occasionally, Core Formation cultivators would come. This was the most popular event for Aura Refining disciples.
As for the errands, they were usually done by the Odd Job Disciples.
So-called part-time disciples were different from formal disciples like them. Every ten years, when the mountain gate was opened to recruit disciples based on their spiritual roots, some people with poor spiritual roots who failed to be selected would volunteer to become part-time disciples. Their job was to handle some chores, such as guarding the gate, running errands, cleaning, and so on. The ones who served them in the dining hall were the part-time disciples.
Like them, part-time disciples were also given spirit stones according to the tasks they did. However, they didn't get medicinal pills. If a Foundation Building elder fancied a part-time disciple, he or she could be promoted to a formal disciple, so many people were willing to become part-time disciples.
Of course, it didn't mean that formal disciples didn't have to do anything. For example, guarding the mountain gate required a formal disciple to lead them. Taking care of spiritual plants, concocting pills, and refining tools were all done by formal disciples and a few part-time disciples.
However, compared to part-time disciples, formal disciples only needed to do one or two tasks every year, so they had a lot of time to cultivate.
When they returned to their residence, they found an unfamiliar cultivator watering two spiritual plants next to the first room.
When they were sent here yesterday, the two Aura Refining disciples told them that the first room was where the manager lived. The manager of their residence was Senior Martial Brother Zhou, but he wasn't here for the time being.
When they saw this person, everyone's expression changed. This person's cultivation level was actually slightly higher than a tenth layer Aura Refining cultivator, but he hadn't reached the Foundation Building realm yet, so he seemed to be in the eleventh layer.
According to the classification of Aura Refining realms, the first to the fourth layer was the early stage of the Aura Refining realm, the fifth to the seventh layer was the middle stage, the eighth to the tenth layer was the late stage, and the tenth layer was the peak stage of the Aura Refining realm.
However, there was one situation where a cultivator's cultivation level was higher than the tenth layer of the Aura Refining realm, but he wasn't in the Foundation Building realm. That was when a cultivator ate a Foundation-Building Pill but didn't succeed in building his foundation, but completely absorbed the medicinal power of the Foundation-Building Pill, thus advancing to the eleventh layer of the Aura Refining realm.
Normally, if one failed in building their foundation, their spiritual aura wouldn't increase. Once this happened, the cultivator would only need two Foundation-Building Pills at most to successfully build their foundation. If an eleventh layer Aura Refining cultivator took a Foundation-Building Pill, they might be able to advance to the twelfth layer, but if a twelfth layer Aura Refining cultivator took a Foundation-Building Pill, they would definitely advance to the Foundation Building realm.
As for ordinary disciples, the success rate of taking a Foundation-Building Pill was no more than ten to twenty percent. Therefore, whenever a disciple in the eleventh layer of the Aura Refining realm appeared, the next Foundation-Building Pill would definitely fall into their hands. In other words, they were almost all Foundation Building cultivators!
Apparently, this person was their supervisor, Senior Martial Brother Zhou. It was no wonder that the supervisor of the female courtyard was a Foundation Building martial uncle, but they were actually a senior martial brother. It turned out that this senior martial brother wasn't an ordinary disciple.
While they were still in shock, Senior Martial Brother Zhou had already finished watering the spiritual plants. He turned around and swept a glance at them. While putting away the watering tools, he said, "You're the new disciples?"
They regained their senses and hastily saluted him. "Greetings, Senior Martial Brother Zhou."
Senior Martial Brother Zhou uttered an "en" then went back to trimming the leaves. He said, "Since you're living here, you have to abide by my rules.
I don't care whether you cultivate or play around, but you're not allowed to disturb other people, you're not allowed to go to places you're not allowed to go, and you're not allowed to fight.
If you need to leave the mountain, you need to inform me. If you have a dispute with someone else, you also need to report to me.
Of course, if you encounter any problems in your cultivation, you can also come to me.
Understood? "
They all answered in unison, "Yes."
Senior Martial Brother Zhou waved his hand. "That's enough. You can go now."
They saluted him again before returning to their small living room.
Once they closed the door, Xu Jingzhi immediately said enviously, "So this is the eleventh layer of the Aura Refining realm! This Senior Martial Brother Zhou's luck is really good!"
How could Mo Tiange not think so? With her spiritual roots, the possibility of her building her foundation was really very small. Although the eleventh layer of the Aura Refining realm wasn't the Foundation Building realm, it was tantamount to having one foot in the door of the Foundation Building realm.
Liu Yidao said, "Among us who entered the sect, which one of us didn't come for the Foundation-Building Pills? I just don't know if we'll be as lucky as Senior Martial Brother Zhou. If we can enter the eleventh layer of the Aura Refining realm, then we'll have hope in building our foundation."
Qin Xi said, "I heard there's still three years until the sect's internal competition. Work hard."
The three of them nodded repeatedly.
The internal competition would award Foundation-Building Pills according to the ranking, so they naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.
However, Mo Tiange was very worried.
Liu Yidao was in the tenth layer, so in the next three years, he only needed to practice fighting. Qin Xi was in the ninth layer, so he had a high chance of entering the tenth layer. He was also good at fights of magical powers. As for Xu Jingzhi, his cultivation level was a bit higher than hers, and he also had the backing of his clan.
Only she, who was in the seventh layer of the Aura Refining realm, could enter the sect through luck. Being able to reach the ninth layer of the Aura Refining realm within three years was already very ideal. Wanting to win a Foundation-Building Pill was too difficult.