Wang Lin was also happy. Although he was kicked out of the main courtyard and heard a lot of ridicule from the honorary disciples, he didn't take it to heart. In this month, he had a general understanding of cultivation. There were five stages: Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Soul Formation.
In the entire Heng Yue Sect, there were only two Core Formation experts. They lived in the back mountain where the spiritual energy was the densest. They closed themselves up and never participated in anything other than sect affairs.
In the sect, there were no more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators. They were the backbone of the sect and enjoyed special privileges such as immortal stones and magic treasures.
Aside from these people, most of the others were at the Qi Condensation stage. For example, Sun Dazhu was only at the fifth layer.
Cultivation was very difficult and required a large amount of time. If one's talent was lacking, a few decades of life would not be enough for cultivation. The Qi Condensation stage was already so difficult, let alone the Foundation Establishment stage and above. Aside from having sufficient spiritual energy, one must also have great opportunities and comprehension. Not a single one could be lacking.
Wang Lin knew the importance of spiritual energy and was eager to get the mysterious bead back.
Although he still couldn't absorb spiritual energy into his body, he believed that as long as he drank the spring water soaked in the bead, he would be able to speed up the process. After all, Qi Condensation was just accumulating spiritual energy.
From Sun Dazhu's concern, the spring water soaked in the bead should be very rich in Spiritual Qi. Thinking of this, he was very excited. Not to mention the spring water, he hid three gourds of dew in the place where he hid the bead. This thing must be rich in Spiritual Qi.
If he drank it, it wouldn't be any worse than the pills he had been taking for a month.
Therefore, Wang Lin was very happy to be able to leave the main courtyard and not be monitored by Sun Dazhu.
As an inner disciple, although he didn't live in the main courtyard, he could still find a place to live in any of the five side courtyards. Wang Lin chose a place near the east gate in the fire courtyard. He found a remote house and lived there.
Inner disciples had different privileges based on the color of their clothes. Wang Lin learned a lot about these things from Sun Dazhu. For example, on the 10th of every month, he could go to the main courtyard's pill room to get a low quality spirit stone fragment and a Qi Gathering Pill to increase spiritual energy.
After accumulating ten fragments, they could go to their respective masters and exchange them for a complete piece of low-grade spirit stone.
After Wang Lin tidied up his new residence, he did not immediately retrieve the mysterious bead. He was worried that Sun Dazhu would secretly monitor him, so as usual, he went to the spring during the day and meditated in his room at night.
In fact, Sun Dazhu was unwilling to give up and continued to monitor him for more than ten days. In the end, he completely gave up.
One month later, Wang Lin left quietly one night. He went around the mountains and came to the place where he hid the gourd. He took the bead and the gourd back and put them in the Storage Pouch. No one could find anything wrong with them.
After a few days of careful observation and finding nothing unusual, Wang Lin was relieved. He didn't go to the mountain spring during the day, but stayed at home all day to study the bead.
Wang Lin touched the bead. At a glance, he saw that the number of clouds on the bead had increased from seven to nine. The bead must have absorbed a lot of water due to the heavy humidity in the mountains.
As for the three gourds, Wang Lin opened them one by one and found that the dew inside had become sticky. Especially the gourd that contained the morning dew, it was almost jelly-like.
Wang Lin looked at the bead and then looked at the three gourds. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind. The mysterious bead needed water to increase the number of clouds. If he used the dew from the three gourds on the bead, would he be able to catalyze the appearance of the tenth cloud immediately?
He was excited. The bead was not big. Now the nine dense clouds on it almost covered the entire surface, leaving only a fingernail-sized space. Wang Lin analyzed that it was likely to be the location where the tenth cloud would appear.
He pondered for a while. He wanted to know what would happen when the number of clouds above became ten.
After all, from the appearance, there was no place for the eleventh cloud. The tenth cloud was likely to be the last one.
However, today was the day to go to the main courtyard to collect the Spirit Stones. Seeing that it was getting dark, Wang Lin carefully put the bead and the gourds into his bag of holding and walked out of his room.
He was now very familiar with the paths in the sect. Before long, he arrived at the main courtyard. Taking advantage of the fact that it was not dark yet, he hurried to the alchemy room.
Before he got close, he heard a familiar voice from afar.
"Senior-apprentice Sister Zhou, Master told me to cultivate in seclusion for three months to break through to the first level of Qi Condensation. But I've been thinking about you and couldn't calm down.
I wanted to cultivate as fast as possible so I could see you. Finally, I finished the first level last night. I went to the mountains overnight to pick this flower for you. Look at how beautiful the petals are. There was a big snake guarding it. It took me a lot of effort to kill it. Look at my arm, it's injured. "
Wang Lin stopped and frowned. He sneered in his heart and calmly walked forward.
At this time, a clear female voice came, "Senior-apprentice Brother Wang, my family has been a traditional Chinese doctor for generations. This flower is clearly just an ordinary Bright Sun Incense. When I went up the mountain, I saw quite a few, but this is the first time I've heard of a snake guarding it. If this is really the case, then our Heng Yue Sect will be filled with snakes. Senior-apprentice Sister Zhou, don't believe him."
At this time, Wang Lin walked into the garden of the alchemy room. He looked around and saw four people, two men and two women, all wearing red.
One of the two men was handsome and had a dignified appearance. He had an awkward expression and was about to retort when he suddenly stared at the door with a look of disbelief.
He cried out, "Wang Lin!
You … why are you here? You should be at home doing carpentry with your father. "
"Wang Lin?
Ah, you're Wang Lin, the one who relied on suicide to become an honorary disciple and flattered to become Martial Uncle Sun's disciple. That's you! "The girl next to him covered her mouth and exclaimed.
She had a large braid, shiny black hair, and under her thick eyebrows was a pair of big, shiny black eyes. She looked quite beautiful.
At this time, the other two people next to her also revealed a look of surprise. They kept looking at Wang Lin. The girl's face had a pair of beautiful eyes decorated with long eyelashes, like two crystal grapes. At this moment, her eyes were flashing with interest.
Wang Lin's face was expressionless as he glanced at them. As soon as this girl spoke, he could tell that she was the girl who was mocking Wang Zhuo earlier.
However, she looked a bit familiar. Wang Lin thought about it carefully and recognized her as the one who passed the talent test a few months ago.
Since he recognized her, needless to say, the other girl must be the Senior-apprentice Sister Zhou that Wang Zhuo gave the flower to.