Your Master is Really Awesome!

Generally speaking, cultivation methods have specific spiritual pressures and can only be used at specific levels, with relatively fixed power.

These types of cultivation methods are of lower grade and are collectively referred to as...unranked cultivation methods.

Due to the Era of Dharma Decline, truly high-level cultivation methods are basically ancient cultivation methods.

Legend has it that ancient cultivation methods were adapted from fragments of immortal techniques after the Era of Dharma Decline. They are a powerful tool for cultivators to fight beyond their level, with a scarce supply and immense power, but extremely difficult to cultivate.

They can be cultivated from the Qi Refining Realm to the Great Ascension Realm. Although the difficulty of cultivation is high, as one's cultivation level increases and the time spent comprehending lengthens, the application of the cultivation method becomes more and more refined.

Ancient cultivation methods are divided into four levels:

Heaven Rank.

Profound Rank.

Earth Rank.

Yellow Rank.

Heaven Rank is the highest level of broad-spectrum cultivation method! Legend has it that since the Era of Dharma Decline, there are less than ten Heaven Rank cultivation methods remaining in the cultivation world! So, Master actually has one? And she doesn't seem to treasure it much...

What is Master's background? Even more exaggerated is—

She's letting a mortal like me cultivate a Heaven Rank cultivation method right from the start?

Worthy of you!

However, getting a Heaven Rank cultivation method is a win.

Xiao Ran didn't plan to delve into Master's motives, but instead focused on how to learn the Art of Resonance.

The price given by the system store is ten Filial Piety Points.

Perhaps, he can get it done by *hāo*ing some wool from Master tomorrow.

But it's only mid-morning now, there's still plenty of time.

Just wait idly until tomorrow?

Wait...

Master is already asleep? Are Sword-Wielding Elders so leisurely?

Xiao Ran was too excited to have both the immortal sect and the system in hand on the same day, and had no intention of sleeping, let alone waiting until tomorrow.

He wants to learn the heart sutra as quickly as possible!

Master is already asleep, how can he earn ten Filial Piety Points before tomorrow?

Those who know how to spend money can earn more money.

This was Xiao Ran's financial philosophy in his previous life.

Seven Filial Piety Points is not a small amount, what should he buy? Or rather, what can he buy to more effectively show filial piety to Master?

He looked at the thatched hut.

Good heavens! He hadn't looked closely before, but now he realized that this thatched hut was too simple.

Is the real estate price in the cultivation world too high?

Jumping down from the pine roots, he tiptoed closer to the thatched hut and looked inside through the open wooden door...

It doesn't seem much better than a doghouse.

Especially.

Master's slender and graceful body was lying on its side on the old pine bed; her fair skin was against the straw pillow, drooling with the unrestrained scent of alcohol.

What a waste of natural resources! Such a beautiful straw pillow is being ruined by alcohol drool...

In the thatched hut, there is no furniture, no dressing table, no kitchen or toilet, just one bedroom, not even a disciple's room.

Only the walls are engraved with restriction formations to stabilize the grass walls and shield from wind and rain, flashing with a faint cyan light, adding a touch of immortality to the already poor doghouse.

Xiao Ran thought, whether it's the Earth in his previous life or the cultivation world in this life, houses are a big problem! Just as he was thinking, Master suddenly turned over.

Lazily revealing a large expanse of white, vaguely visible under the illumination of the cyan light, a spectacular sight, but very unrefined.

The dignified Sword-Wielding Elder of Zongzhi Mountain, a heaven's chosen of unfathomable cultivation, was actually so sound asleep that she didn't realize her disciple had been peeking at her until now.

Slightly surprised, Ling Zhouyue mumbled groggily,

"You're working so hard today, aren't you sleeping?"

I need a place to sleep first! Xiao Ran thought with a sullen face.

"Disciple still needs to cultivate today."

"Insolent!"

Ling Zhouyue almost woke up from anger at this try-hard.

With your talent, what's the point of cultivating? I've already given you the Art of Resonance. Just read some books, contemplate life, and go through the motions, isn't that enough? Isn't sleeping better? The words were on the tip of her tongue, full of earnest advice.

"Young people may have good stamina, but you must maintain moderation. The path of cultivation values persistence. Read more books, sleep more, and pay attention to the balance between work and rest."

"Thank you for your concern, Master."

Although Xiao Ran felt that his master might not have good intentions, it was already quite good that a big shot famous in the cultivation world was giving you face and earnestly advising you.

Regardless of her purpose, at least she wasn't the type of scumbag who would turn her back on you as soon as dawn broke, but wanted to maintain a long-term master-disciple relationship.

If the Filial Piety System had a personality, it would definitely give Xiao Ran a thumbs up—

Your master is awesome! With the system by your side, Xiao Ran can lick her until she can't take care of herself.

Alright, the latest filial piety mission has been determined: Build a palace for the master with a disciple's room.

Checking the system store, Xiao Ran found the price of [Max Level Building Skill (Civilian)]—

3 Filial Piety Points! That's too cheap... A few shoulder rubs and pinches for the master, and I'll have it.

However, Xiao Ran did not immediately purchase the max level building skill.

Filial Piety Points could buy blood packs to save lives. To prevent needing Filial Piety Points in an emergency, he had to first find all the building materials and confirm his own safety before purchasing the max level building skill.

First, he had to get his master's consent.

Xiao Ran did not directly express his filial piety.

"Speaking of sleeping... Disciple wants to build a disciple's room on the mountain."

Assuming a new lazy sleeping position, Ling Zhouyue fully supported her disciple's sleeping career. If she didn't have to sleep herself, she would have personally helped him cut down trees at the foot of the mountain.

"Sure, that can also be considered a form of cultivation. Just build one like my thatched hut."

"Yes."

In terms of building a wooden house, the raw materials on the mountain were obviously not enough.

Xiao Ran prepared to seek help from the outer sect.

Then he followed the mountain path down the mountain.

The path was very steep, full of rocks and thorns. A slight carelessness would cause one to fall into the clouds and be smashed to pieces.

Filial Piety Points could buy blood packs to save Xiao Ran's life, but he didn't have enough Filial Piety Points right now.

He touched the Space Ring, which contained the high-level sword issued by the sect. If only he could fly with the sword...

Unfortunately, not to mention flying with the sword, he couldn't even open the Space Ring.

As soon as he thought that he could refine Qi and fly with a sword once he had collected one hundred Filial Piety Points, he inexplicably looked forward to it.

Climbing down the mountain was very slow.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Xiao Ran safely arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Passing through the jungle and valley, he came to a row of stone buildings covered with vines.

This was the outer sect management office, and also the place where Xiao Ran registered for entry.

He was greeted by the supervisor who had been very cold to him during the assessment registration—

Zhang Shun.

This was a middle-aged man with narrow, leaf-like eyes, a short, stout figure, and a sense of power.

The feng shui turns.

Xiao Ran, stepping into this place once more, was now draped in the azure robes of a personal disciple.

His status was at least three levels higher than the cold and critical foreman from before.

The foreman was merely at the peak of Body Tempering, a representative of the outer disciples.

Above the foreman were the outer sect instructors, or ordinary inner disciples, all with Qi Refining cultivation.

Above them were the elite inner disciples, starting with Foundation Establishment cultivation.

And above them were the personal disciples; cultivation was not important, it was about talent and potential.

Zhang Shun gritted his teeth, staring straight at Xiao Ran, quite unconvinced, unable to squeeze out a word for a long time.

He watched helplessly as the dirt slope beneath his feet suddenly rose, transforming into a towering mountain that was difficult to look up to.

Why! He's just a pretty boy, does he really think I'll call him 'Senior Brother'?

Although Xiao Ran's talent was zero, he was, after all, a personal disciple, and would not bother with a handyman like Zhang Shun.

His appearance here was already a resounding slap in the face, especially since he was wearing the robes of a personal disciple.

Zongzhi Mountain advocated upholding one's Dao heart and cultivating freely; politeness was not a sect rule, and there was no need to force others to salute.

This was also the reason why Zhang Shun held his head high, insisting on not greeting him. He was indifferent to everyone, and there was no need to fawn over a personal disciple with a dubious background who might collapse at any moment.

I, Zhang Shun, may be an outer disciple, but I have a tough life, and I can't learn to bow!

Just then, Zhang Shun's direct superior, the highly respected outer sect instructor, Lin Yunzi, scurried out of the stone building with a speed that belied his age.

He straightened his clothes and bowed to Xiao Ran:

"Disciple Lin Yunzi greets Martial Uncle Xiao."