A Sect Handbook

In the days that followed, Ye Qingxuan worked hard to improve his cultivation while secretly observing the cultivation progress of those who had entered the Blessed Cultivator Courtyard in the same batch as him.

During cultivation, Ye Qingxuan discovered that every time he circulated the Earth Source Art, it drew a peculiar aura from the earth, which merged into his body and vanished without a trace.

After investigating for a while, Ye Qingxuan found no reason for it. Seeing that it had no effect on him, he could only suppress the doubts in his heart and continue cultivating.

Time flowed by!

Finally, on the fifteenth day, the first person among this group aside from Ye Qingxuan stepped into the Qi Refining Realm.

However, that person was one of the only two people in Ye Qingxuan's batch with Dual Element Spiritual Roots.

As for the others with Single Element Spiritual Roots, there was still not the slightest progress.

Noticing this, Ye Qingxuan thought to himself:

"It seems my soul, different from that of ordinary people, has not helped me as little as I imagined!"

At the very least, this peculiar soul allowed him to sense Spiritual Energy far faster than others.

On the seventeenth day, the other person with Dual Element Spiritual Roots sensed Spiritual Energy and entered the Qi Refining Realm.

On the thirty-first day, the first person with Single Element Spiritual Roots besides Ye Qingxuan successfully entered the Qi Refining Realm.

After that person broke through, it was as though the Blessed Cultivator Courtyard had opened the floodgates, and the others broke through one after another, stepping into the Qi Refining Realm.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Ye Qingxuan also prepared to announce that he had successfully broken through.

After arriving at the Affairs Hall of the Blessed Cultivator Courtyard, Ye Qingxuan found a slightly plump middle-aged man and said respectfully:

"Steward Bai, this disciple has successfully broken through into the Qi Refining Realm and has come to register!"

This slightly plump middle-aged man was Bai Zichun, the manager responsible for the Blessed Cultivator Courtyard's affairs.

Bai Zichun smiled at Ye Qingxuan. After inspecting him and asking a few questions, he quickly registered Ye Qingxuan's information.

The process was not complicated.

After registering at the Affairs Hall, Ye Qingxuan received his Beginner's Gift Pack from the Xuantian Sect:

Three Thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones!

One Thousand Contribution Points!

Contribution Points were the universal currency within the Xuantian Sect. Everything belonging to the sect within the Xuantian Sect had to be exchanged for with Contribution Points.

One Contribution Point could be exchanged for one Low-grade Spirit Stone, but Spirit Stones could not be exchanged for Contribution Points. Contribution Points could only be earned by completing Sect Missions.

One Disciple Token!

With this Disciple Token, Ye Qingxuan could use the Teleportation Arrays within the Xuantian Sect for free and enter and leave many places.

Moreover, the Disciple Token possessed a Sound Transmission Function. As long as they left imprints for each other, they could communicate with one another, provided they were no more than three Great Provinces apart!

A Sect Handbook!

It recorded the various regulations of the Xuantian Sect, methods for using Contribution Points, and many detailed introductions to the sect.

A Mid-grade Artifact!

Three Bottles of First-order Spirit Augmentation Pills, thirty pills in total.

The effects of the Spirit Augmentation Pills greatly surprised Ye Qingxuan.

A First-order Spirit Augmentation Pill could amplify the speed at which Qi Refining Realm Cultivators' Spirit Roots refined Spiritual Energy, thereby improving the conversion efficiency of Spiritual Energy.

Sure enough, the Xuantian Sect had not disappointed him. The problems he was facing now were not even problems in the eyes of the Xuantian Sect.

Besides that, Ye Qingxuan also received a Storage Bag of roughly three cubic meters in size, as well as three sets of exclusive clothing for Xuantian Sect Blessed Cultivator Disciples.

The clothes were embroidered with mountains, rivers, and trees, exquisitely crafted.

However, during ordinary cultivation, the Xuantian Sect did not insist that its Sect Disciples wear clothing representing the sect. Usually, it only imposed such requirements on important occasions.

Besides the items he received all at once, Ye Qingxuan could also collect three bottles of Spirit Augmentation Pills and a stipend of thirty Contribution Points every month.

The Contribution Points would be directly credited to each person's Token.

One had to know that ordinary Servant Disciples, apart from receiving the same amount of Contribution Points as Ye Qingxuan, received only one-third of Ye Qingxuan's allotment of Spirit Stones and Medicinal Pills.

And this was the treatment the Xuantian Sect gave to Blessed Cultivator Courtyard Disciples.

After all, with the talent of most Blessed Cultivator Reserves, if they were not supported in the early stage, who knew when they would break through to Qi Refining Perfection and truly Become A Blessed Cultivator?

After receiving his Beginner's Gift Pack from the Xuantian Sect, Ye Qingxuan immediately returned to his small courtyard.

He first tested the effects of the Spirit Augmentation Pill and discovered that one pill could double his Cultivation Speed for a full three hours.

"Coming to the Xuantian Sect was the right choice!"

If he were outside, who knew how much effort it would take to obtain sufficient resources?

After testing the effects of the Spirit Augmentation Pill, Ye Qingxuan suppressed the excitement in his heart, took out the Sect Handbook, and spent quite some time memorizing all of its contents.

From the Sect Rules, Ye Qingxuan gained a general understanding of the Xuantian Sect's basic structure:

At the very top were several Grand Elders and the Sect Master.

Below the Sect Master were two Vice Sect Masters.

Below the Vice Sect Masters were the various Hall Masters, Vice Hall Masters, and Elders.

The various Hall Masters and Vice Hall Masters were basically all in the Tribulation Crossing Realm!

Elders were divided into:

Enforcement Elders, comparable to the Tribulation Crossing Realm!

Guardian Elders, comparable to the Void Comprehension Realm!

Steward Elders, comparable to the Void Glimpse Realm!

Then came the various disciples:

Inheritance Disciples: Starting at Void Glimpse Realm cultivation, they had to pass the sect's three major assessments. Their status was comparable to Enforcement Elders; if they failed the assessments, they could only become Steward Elders.

True Inheritance Disciples: introductory disciples accepted by Spirit Transformation cultivators or beings at the level of Enforcement Elder and above.

Core Disciples or Managers: Nascent Soul Realm.

Inner Sect Disciples: Purple Mansion Realm, Golden Core Realm.

Outer Sect Disciples: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment.

Servant Disciples: Below Qi Refining Level Seven.

After learning the basic structure of the Xuantian Sect, Ye Qingxuan finally understood why Ye Qingxiao had been taken to the Labor Courtyard!

At first, he had thought Ye Qingxiao's talent did not meet the standards for Xuantian Sect Inner Sect Disciples.

As it turned out, within the Xuantian Sect, aside from disciples of Enforcement Elders and above, all disciples started out as Servant Disciples, with their ranks determined by their realms.

Only the Xuantian Sect, unafraid of others peeking into its affairs, would write such information into the Sect Handbook for all disciples to know.

If it were a force lacking sufficient strength, would it not have to keep information concerning its specific strength tightly under wraps?

Ye Qingxuan once again felt fortunate that he had been able to join the Xuantian Sect. With the Xuantian Sect at his back, he did not know how many detours he could avoid.

Afterward, Ye Qingxuan took out the Flying Sword he had received and began refining the first Magic Treasure of his life.

Ye Qingxuan had learned from the Sect Handbook:

The Magic Treasures of the Dihuan Realm were currently divided into five grades: Artifacts, True Artifacts, Spirit Treasures, Spirit Treasures, and Immortal Artifacts.

Each grade was further divided into four qualities: low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade.

The Flying Sword in Ye Qingxuan's hand was a Mid-grade Artifact Level item.

Its grade was not high, and Ye Qingxuan could barely refine it. It took him roughly one shichen before he finally completed the refinement and successfully bound the first Artifact of his life!

After finishing all this, Ye Qingxuan entered Closed-door Cultivation!

His cultivation was still far too low. Many of his plans required sufficient strength to support them, so Ye Qingxuan decided to improve his cultivation first.

He also had no intention of leaving his courtyard to befriend the other cultivators of the Blessed Cultivator Courtyard.

According to his plans, since he had chosen to Become A Blessed Cultivator, he should gradually fade from view and quietly accumulate his strength in secret.

There was no point wasting precious time now making friends with these cultivators. Once he truly became a Blessed Cultivator and sat in meditation in one place, it would have no meaning whatsoever.

Thus, Ye Qingxuan ignored interference from the Outside World and maintained his own cultivation rhythm.

There were simply too many things he needed to do.

If he wanted to develop the Blessed Land and maintain a decent Cultivation Speed after becoming a Blessed Cultivator, he had to begin laying out plans now for after he became one.

The Spirit Herb Seeds and Alchemy Inheritance he had requested from his Lineage were preparations for precisely this.

To develop the Blessed Land and raise its grade, he needed to plant vast quantities of Spirit Plants in the Blessed Land, subtly improving its environment and driving its advancement.

To increase his Cultivation Speed after becoming a Blessed Cultivator, he needed to acquire vast amounts of cultivation resources.

And all of this required Ye Qingxuan to slowly accumulate things during the early stage, preparing for that day.

If he could become an Alchemist, he could form a perfect closed loop in his future Blessed Land—Self-Production and Self-Sales—and gradually improve his own Cultivation Speed.

That was also why Ye Qingxuan had asked his Lineage for Spirit Herb Seeds and an Alchemy Inheritance.