10. Attending Boring Classes
"We contracted some small sects for spirit rice and sweet dew liquid. Spirit rice is a special type of rice created in conjunction with a cultivation technique. It has spiritual qi inside. The sweet dew liquid is the same. It's a juice extracted from plants containing spiritual qi. During the body tempering stage, if a cultivator eats this food containing spiritual qi, it will increase the quantity of qi and blood in their body, speeding up their cultivation speed." The restaurant chef who is at 8th stage of qi refining realm said to Tyler. After that he left.
Tyler turned around and looked at the girl who was covering her face.
"Beautiful Pretty Priscilla." He said with a serious expression.
"Please don't call me that." Priscilla twitched as she even buried her face within her hands.
"Even Though I feel like I can practise easily, my Cultivation seems still slow. Is there any way to improve more?" Tyler asked.
Priscilla looked at him with pity and explained, "You already past prime age to start Cultivation warm-ups like Body forging"
"I do have a Body refining method. But my body cannot definitely handle it. So I have to reach at least 3rd level of Qi Refining Realm." Tyler said.
"Then try your best to reach 3rd level soon, junior brother." Priscilla said.
"Oh I also forgot that I can use my spatial bag now." He happily took the Storage pouch and played with it.
"Spatial bags?" Priscilla laughed.
"Is it not?" Tyler was puzzled.
"It is similar to spatial treasure but it is not a spatial treasure. It's actually a shrinking bag." Priscilla said as she used her power to open up a little bit. He saw the things he sent inside were reduced into small sizes.
"This bag is made from the shed skin of the Micro Snake, a spirit beast. The skin of this snake has the innate ability to reduce the size of everything it touches. Although this snake has the size of a little finger, it can reduce the size of a Tiger to that of a fingernail after coming in contact with it, gulping it down at once. The ability of its skin it sheds works the same way and can reduce the size of various objects. However, its effects are not that strong and can reduce a table to the size of a matchbox at most. Moreover, it can't reduce the size of living things," Priscilla explained.
"Cool." Tyler's eyes shined.
"Also our sect has a farm of Micro Snakes. When they shed skin we will harvest it and give it to the formation master to modify it a little bit and create Storage pouches." Priscilla then took the tea and drank it.
While looking at the storage pouch, he suddenly thought of something.
"Ah there is something I wanted to do. See you later Senior Sister." He waved his hand and left.
After entering the room, he activated the concealing formation he bought and installed for a hefty amount.
Now at least no one below Nascent Soul Realm won't be able to pry inside. As for people at or above the Nascent Soul Realm, 99% of them won't visit these places.
He took his copper pot and made it big and basketball sized. Then he placed the storage pouch inside. Then he took out a copy. The storage pouch got copied along with the materials inside. He couldn't help but laugh.
"Now I can finally replicate items larger than the copper pot." Tyler is extremely lucky to get this peerless treasure.
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A month passed, Tyler went back to the sect. He still has to attend the classes and all. His courses are Herbology,
"This spirit plant is called Black-White Orchid, this one is Mulberry Golden Roots , Yang Fire Leaf, Fiery Purple Grass, Netherlands Fruit, Spiral Pulp, Bordercloud Bloom, Searchwind Stalk, Yang-Soaking Fruit…."
He chose this subject just to identify several plants.
The next subject he chose is Archery.
"Everyone who's good at archery must pay attention to their posture because it's the very foundation of archery. The stronger one's foundation is, the easier it'll be to wield the bow!"
"Remember… The body should be upright. Don't shrink your neck, don't show your arms, don't bend your waist, don't lean forward, don't lean back, don't puff up your chest…"
As the instructor told them, Tyler did as they said. He always loved Archery. He also has some experience when he was young. So he chose this class.
Then he chose formation,
"Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives rise to all things. The second is yin and yang, and the third is the combination of yin and yang. If one array doesn't work, you can try two. If two don't work, you can try using three. Formation plates, with one of them as the formation base, and the other two as the Yin and Yang formation plates, naturally more in line with the rules of the universe."
Then the basic classes where they teach spiritual awareness and qi controlling.
"Illusions can deceive people's vision, and if the mind is not strong enough, they will still be deceived." The instructor said today's topic seems to be mental strength.
And so on the boring classes continued everyday,
Next is Combat training
After entering the combat arena he saw a statue made of ice. It has deer-like horns, camel-like head, rabbit-like eyes, snake-like neck, clam-like belly, fish-like scales, hawk-like claws, cat-like palms, and cow-like ears. All of these elements were merged into this spotlessly white body. A dragon statue. This arena is called Dragon Arena. Usually used by inner disciples. But today for some reason they brought the Outer Disciples there.
"As a Cultivator, combat training is the most important. Even if you want to avoid trouble, the troubles won't avoid you." A middle aged man said. He is the same middle aged man Tyler saw on the first day entering the sect.
"Now let's start the combat training, no one is allowed to use spirit power." The middle aged man just went straight to the point.
Afterwards they began to fight one on one with each other.
Tyler was matched with a young man. The young man had a serious expression on his face as he made a kick in the air then twisted his waist and made a backflip.
Seeing this Tyler said, "Can I quit?"
"Too late." Hearing what the opponent is saying the young man lunged forward towards Tyler.
But before the young man could even reach Tyler, the middle aged looking instructor stood between them.
"I told you before. No external objects." The instructor said to Tyler.
"Sorry, it's a habit." Tyler scratched his head and laughed.
"Take them out," The instructor said.
The young man looked at him with a curious expression.
He placed a Fireball talisman out.
"Take it all out." The instructor said again. Now the commotion attracted all other disciples.
Tyler laughed and took the fireball 20 talisman out.
"I meant all." The instructor said again without any change of expression.
Tyler took out many Ice Wedge talisman, Ice beam talisman then he took 5+ wood growing talisman, 5+ vine tentacles talisman, 8+ body strengthening talisman, etc., etc.,
The instructor's mouth twitched. Is this guy and young master from a rich family?
"It's ok to use these things. But using these in training is a dumb move. If your qi energy needed to consolidate you have to go threw actual combat." The instructor advised him as well as other students.
Soon, the practice continued. Tyler was knocked out in three moves. Now he understands how weak he is.
"Try to get some Martial arts in the Library." The instructor told them about different types of Martial Arts used for combats and left.
Tyler decided to get one. The only problem is he lacks merit points. He can't copy merit points because they don't exist physically. They are just records.
Tyler went to the Task Hall where he can do tasks and get merits. He saw many tasks floating around the hall. Everything is blurry, but if he concentrates on one, he can see the contents of the task.
"Damn the nouveau riche is here." Some disciples said as they glanced at Tyler.
Tyler is a little famous in the outer court. He even got himself the name nouveau riche. He is the only one who can afford a mansion while being an outer disciple.
Tyler glanced at the tasks one by one. There were beast slaying tasks, herb gathering tasks, bounty tasks and many more.
He saw a task that piqued his interest. It is one of herb gathering tasks.
The task goes like this,
[Collect Golden sunflower (6/100).
For each Golden Sunflower five merit points are traded>
Golden Sunflowers can be found in the Sun Shine Planes, The Golden Peak, xxx ....
Golden Sunflower: Radiating with golden light, this sunflower is imbued with the power of the sun itself, granting vitality, warmth, and the ability to dispel darkness and curses.]
Tyler just accepted that task.
He then went to market and bought a Golden Sunflower for 25 low grade spiritual stones. It is not worth it to buy one at that rate and sell it for merit points. But Tyler doesn't care. In the evening, Tyler submitted the task while delivering some boxes full of Golden Sunflowers.
He got 470 merit points , just like that.