our mountain

The mountain gate of the Green Bamboo Sect is located next to Fengyin City, and it is in the same mountain range as Fengyin Mountain, but we are on this side and they are on the other side.And in the middle is the mountain next door to us, who have been repeatedly reasoned by senior sisters, so they keep a low profile, and there is not much news about them on the cultivation website.

The suzerain and elders of the Green Bamboo Sect are the main figures of the conservative sect. My master gave me a mission to get all these bigwigs to gather at the secret base of the Danyang Sect.

I had a heavy responsibility on my shoulders, and I was in a nervous mood. I was the first to choose the Green Bamboo School, because the distance is short and I usually walk around, so I am not too scared.

Ok.

I cheered myself up and stood at the gate of the Green Bamboo School.

The Green Bamboo Sect is an official sect. Although the main body is on the mountain, a reception service center has been established at the foot of the mountain, which is as resplendent as a big hotel.

For this meeting, I pretended to change into the Liuyun Daoist robe that is very common in the cultivation world, holding Fengyinshan's token in my hand, and made an appointment at the Communication Reception Center in advance to represent Master Xuanshu to meet the elders of the Green Bamboo Sect.

Although Misery is not well-known, the Green Bamboo Sect is more familiar with our mountain, and because they are familiar with my master, they quickly set a schedule for me, and it was arranged from the elders' busy schedule, which made people feel more face.

The one who received me was their outer disciple, a thin boy with a pale complexion. After confirming that I was myself behind the table, he stood up solemnly and bowed to me.

Generally, the outer disciples of this kind of sect are basically in the Qi refining period. I can't bear it as a person whose spiritual root has not awakened, but I come on behalf of the master, so I accept it with a shy face. I feel a little uneasy, but I dare not say more speak.

He received the disciples and said: "Fellow Daoist Misery, the elder still has guests, follow me and rest for a while."

I hummed, pretending to be inscrutable, my eyes were cold, and I consciously imitated the three-point demeanor of my senior sister.

We walked through the lobby of the reception center and entered the teleportation array. Considering the reception purpose, there is actually a soft sofa in the center of the teleportation array. Although the Green Bamboo School is only a small and medium sect, it is full of style. I am a simple and honest countryman, and I have never seen it before. In this situation, the skinny boy let me down twice before I sat down.He stood beside me with arms folded, like my hired bodyguard.

This is the first time for me to go to another sect, and I am a little curious everywhere, but I can't look around, and I feel restless for a while.

The teleportation array was very fast, almost in an instant. I almost stood up as soon as I sat down. I don’t know who designed the sofa. Could it be to highlight the importance of guests?I couldn't understand, got up and walked down the teleportation array, left the cubicle, entered a corridor, and walked towards another thin disciple who was almost exactly like the boy next to me, holding a tray in his hand, and on it were some things that I couldn't see. understand things.

"Fellow Daoist, please wash your hands."

The receiving disciple offered a towel, and I wiped my hands. While I was doing so, the disciple put down the tray and took out a piece of soft medium spirit animal fur from the tray to polish my shoes. I jumped back in fright.

"We are reception disciples who specialize in receiving distinguished guests. Fellow Daoists, please don't embarrass us."

These two people are almost identical in appearance, I can only tell them apart by the tools in my hand, the one kneeling on the ground ready to shine my shoes is the tray disciple, and the one standing beside me saluting is the reception disciple.

I considered that this might be their etiquette, so I had no choice but to endure the discomfort of being served.

There are all kinds of tools on the tray. The disciple kneeling on the ground is humble and gentle. He lowers his head and cannot see the dissatisfaction of the servant. After polishing my shoes, he shines on me with a special instrument, and a gust of wind blows by. I felt a pleasant cool breeze, and all the fatigue on my body disappeared.

The towel after I wiped my hands is also a good material for softness and water absorption in the cultivation world. After I wiped my hands, the standing reception disciple lit a spiritual fire and burned them clean. I couldn’t help but feel that it was a waste. Well...but his face was still tense.

I was ushered into the VIP room, and after I sat down, the standing boy came up behind me and put his hands on my shoulders.

"You have traveled hard, please allow me to massage you."

"Oh no, I'm not tired and I'm not working hard." I finally couldn't take it anymore, the Green Bamboo Sect is very considerate in receiving guests, but it's already this week, right?

"The elder still needs to meet the guests for a while, we will provide you with refreshments for free, what do you think you need?" The kneeling boy handed over a menu.

Huh.I was shocked when I saw the menu. I have never seen these things before, but I know the raw materials. They are all rare spirit beasts. Speaking of these dim sum dishes, they are actually luxury food.

For example, the salty snack before the first meal is fried Lingmei. Lingmei is a kind of spirit beast, which looks like a monkey, but its eyes are like plum blossoms. The main material of Lingmei is the eyeball of a spirit beast and a part of the eyeball. After special treatment, it is sliced, poured with juice, steamed to taste, and then fried. The meat of this spirit beast is poisonous, and only the eyeball can be eaten, so this kind of thing is very expensive. Such an eyeball should cost [-] or [-] crystal coins. It is said that eating this will increase the possibility of breaking through the foundation building period during the Qi refining period.

My eyes rolled from top to bottom, and I didn't find what I usually eat. These snacks are expensive and rare, and finally I put them down: "I don't really want to eat."

"Is it because we didn't serve well?"

This time both of them knelt down, and I couldn't tell who they were.

"No, uh, leave me alone for a while."

The two looked at each other, a little panicked, and finally kowtowed together: "Fellow Daoist, don't make things difficult for us."

"No, I didn't embarrass you, you go to rest, don't you practice?"

I was so frightened that my toes curled up, and the two of them were a little surprised, they looked at each other, then at me, to make sure I wasn't joking.

One of them turned around and closed the door, and continued to kneel in front of me. I really couldn't stand kneeling back and forth, so I simply followed suit.They were also frightened when I knelt down, and finally everyone stopped kneeling and stood and talked calmly.

"I'm sorry, it might be a bit offensive, may I ask... In Fengyin Mountain, how many years can the disciples of the outer sect go up the mountain to concentrate on cultivation?"

Our mountain does not distinguish between inner and outer gates.

"Ah, can't you go up the mountain to practice? Then why do you go up the mountain? Serve the guests footwashing water?"

The two looked at each other again, and then said in a low voice, "Is it possible to practice directly on Fengyin Mountain?"

"Can't you? Then why are you here at the Green Bamboo Sect?"

It turned out that these two people were brothers, twins, who were said to have good bones since they were young, and they have been worshiping under the Green Bamboo Sect for ten years.Although the two have awakened their spiritual roots, they have no master so far, and only the outer disciple trainer manages all the outer disciples.In the past ten years, the two have practiced in various positions in the sect, from sweeping the floor to cleaning and receiving distinguished guests. It is said that in another five years, they will be able to formally learn the unified practice method of the Green Bamboo Sect.

I wrinkled my face, a little surprised.

From the mouth of the two brothers, I also learned that all the sects they know are like this, because the teachers are limited, the disciples who worship in the mountain gate must first experience in various places before they can officially become outer disciples, and participate in many core activities. Once you have enough experience in the position, you will start training under the guidance of the trainer.

A trainer usually has to instruct one or two hundred students. When someone is about to break through the foundation building, he will be converted into an inner disciple. At this time, he can worship under the master and receive specific and detailed instructions. Forces get corresponding resources.

"It's so troublesome!" I couldn't help complaining, and the two of them looked at each other again, as if I had said something irritating to them.

I suddenly thought of Cultivation College. Cultivation College also has a large number of students, but it is divided into departments, groups, contribution point system, and the introduction of modern educational concepts. It sounds more advanced than this.

Just like the two brothers in front of them, they are young, they are already old in the Xiuzhen Academy, but they have to stay in the Green Bamboo Sect for at least five years before they can officially become inner disciples.

I'm not ashamed to give an example that Tang Yi punched Jindan and kicked Yuanying at the age of 16. I was afraid that the two of them would stare out their eyes when they faced each other.

But I feel that it is a pity for them to start early, and they are still in the early stage of Qi refining in their 20s. They learned it secretly, and rounding it up is like not learning. Oh, then do you know about the Cultivation Academy?"

The two people turned pale, shook their heads and nodded, not knowing what they meant.

"Huh? Have you heard of it or have you never heard of it?"

"Fellow Daoist, don't you know that the Cultivation Academy conducts human experiments?"

"what?"

I have never heard of it.

"And I heard that the Cultivation Academy is a lie, and it will be wiped out in a few years."

what?

"Besides, we also heard that the Cultivation Academy had a live broadcast. They hooked up with the Yaozu to perform, and they have betrayed the Dao of Cultivation a long time ago!"

ah?no!What are you misunderstanding?Although their live broadcast is indeed unkind to us Fengyin Mountain, but it is not enough to say that they have hooked up with the Yaozu!

"The trainer also said that it is nonsense to introduce the mortal education system into the realm of comprehension. All the cultivators have different supernatural powers. Roughly dividing them into four departments according to the mortal departments will delay people's future."

Are you delaying this?

I'm embarrassed to speak, I haven't been in touch with general cultivation sects, so I don't know that this is the case.Senior sister is well-informed, and she once said that the Cultivation Academy has great merits. At that time, I didn’t understand it. Now, it seems that the efficiency of traditional sects is so low. , give me this kind of distinguished guest such... luxurious treatment?

Why can't it be a little more even, the honored guests give less messy and redundant services, free up manpower and material resources, send more trainers, and let the outer disciples formally practice early, wouldn't it be good?

I don't understand again, these two brothers are talking about what they heard about the Xiuzhen Academy, and I am not from the admissions office of the Xiuzhen Academy, and I am not interested in defending the academy.

Thinking about it this way, our Fengyin Mountain is simply a different kind. It is not a modern education for cultivation, nor is it an ancient cultivation sect for cultivation. I don't understand either.

While hesitating, the meeting between the elder and the guest came to an end.

The two brothers resumed their respectful attitude, as if they weren't the ones I was gossiping with just now.

I was enshrined into the reception room of the elders of the Green Bamboo Sect like an ancestor. The reception room was elegantly decorated. A middle-aged man in a gray robe took two steps forward. When he saw me, he extended his hand to me. We shook hands, and he laughed loudly: "Little fellow in misery in Fengyin Mountain, you are welcome to come to the Green Bamboo Sect as a guest. Come down, let's chat."

There were only the two of us left in the room, the elder of the Green Bamboo Sect frowned, and immediately patted my side to let me sit down: "Senior Xuanshu asked you to come..."

"Master said that she is waiting for you at the gate of the Danyang School."

This sentence is actually quite vague. The elder's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he fell on his back as if he had been punched by me. After a while, he turned to look at me: "What happened?"

"Master didn't say anything else."

"Any other messages?"

"No."

"Can you reveal some clues?"

"No."

Because I don't know whether I should say something, so I always imitate my senior sister, with a cold face as if I disrespect the elders.

The elders of the Green Bamboo Sect didn’t blame me for my blunt tone. There was a wave of emotion on my face, from sunny to cloudy to sunny, almost like a wind and cloud disk, his brows were furrowed, his fists were clenched and then loosened, his forehead was dripping with cold sweat, and finally he sighed, got up, and Slumped on the sofa.

I lost my composure in front of my junior.

"A big accident is about to happen." He sighed quietly, pouring out two cups of tea.

I said nothing.

"This is the tea made from Xuxuanhua. It has a mellow taste, and even people who don't drink tea will like it. Try it, little friend."

He still handed it to me, and I held the cup of tea as if holding a fragile treasure.

It's also very expensive. A sip of it is much more expensive than gold. In the cultivation world, gold is nothing.

I thought of those two brothers, and felt impulsive for a moment: "I have a question that I want to ask the elder for advice."

"Little friend, but it's okay to say."

"The Green Bamboo Sect has a long history and profound heritage. Since I stepped into this reception center, I have felt an unusual and magnificent atmosphere. What I saw and heard along the way were all things I had never seen before. Reception etiquette, food and clothing The speed, and there are some things that I can't say, which surprised me."

"Little friend, it's amazing."

"However, according to the few disciples who received me, their cultivation was mediocre. Could it be that they were punished for not practicing hard?"

"Ha," the elder of the Green Bamboo Sect burst out laughing seeing my naive question. I am young, so of course I have to ask a silly question, so I let him laugh, "Little friend is innocent and cute. Senior monks have other important matters Do, these trivial matters will naturally be handed over to the low-level outer disciples."

"Is that so, the disciples of the outer sect receive guests every day, when will they become high-level monks?"

Relying on my youth, I had a harmless face again, and asked a somewhat sharp question wantonly.

"Cultivators naturally need a lot of experience. My little friend is deeply favored by mystic masters. I must have never heard a common saying: 'Ten years of entry, a hundred years of cultivation', that is to say, to enter the mountain gate, you must first experience more than ten years to wear off the vigor of the world. He and the vulgar dust, sharpen the heart and mind before you can formally learn the Dao of cultivation. The second half of the sentence says that it takes a hundred years of practice before you can truly understand the path of cultivation. ', it takes thousands of years of experience and circumstances to become a god, but now the spiritual energy is thin, and it is not easy to cultivate. It has been a long time since people who have reached the thousand years... It is far away, that is to say, the journey of cultivation is to Calm down and sink down, so it will take more than ten years for any outer disciples to formally study."

Oh, it takes a hundred years to be regarded as having some personal understanding on the journey of cultivation, then my senior sister is really too talented.

Ling Xiao sneered in his head: "It's just a struggle for qualifications. No matter how talented the outer disciples are, they still have to endure ten years like others. Ten years have passed, and even the best talents have worn away a lot. It's ridiculous that, These cultivation sects all think so. What are you afraid of? I’m afraid that the young people will climb too fast, and the old guys will be replaced, so everyone will fight for their qualifications. To get resources, in the end, it is the old bones who have not been at their peak in the group state for a long time to get the best resources, and if they can't become gods, they will die by themselves."

I originally wanted to refute, but when I thought about it, she was the most powerful cultivator in the world when she was alive, and I have nothing to refute, I think she is right.

"Then what do you think of the Cultivation Academy?" I asked Ling Xiao, and then asked the elder: "Have you heard about the Cultivation Academy? I don't think they need to settle down for ten years."

The elder sneered: "Crooked ways."

Ling Xiao said: "When I was alive, there was no such thing as a cultivation academy."

Oh.

I silently agreed, the elder has limited time, so he said goodbye to me soon.

Those two twin brothers still knelt down and respectfully served me, giving me the illusion of a big brother, stepping on the realm of comprehension, and punching Huaxia Xing.

That feeling dissipated as they watched me go.

Their eyes are like knives, their backs are numb, and they don't know when they will be promoted to inner disciples and formally embark on the path of cultivation.

The author has something to say: I'm sorry that the manuscript is gone, I'm fishing, so it's a little late...