Chu Mo looked at Yichu and fell silent for a moment. Then he said, "Very well. Since your mind is made up, fellow Daoist, this Venerable will allow you to undergo reincarnation without clouding your true spirit, so you may retain your memories."
Yichu was overjoyed. "Thank you for your great kindness, Sect Master!"
Chu Mo raised a hand to gesture him up, smiling faintly. "There is no need for that. You have done much for me, and this Venerable is not an ingrate. Go. Once you have made arrangements for your effects..."
He paused, seemingly finding that phrasing a little strange, and corrected himself. "Come see this Venerable once you are ready."
"This disciple understands." Yichu bowed again before rising, turning, and vanishing into empty space.
Chu Mo watched his departing figure, a flicker passing through his eyes.
Several days later, at the Scripture Repository on Cloudsea Hanging Mountain.
"...Cultivation arts are divided into four tiers-mortal, spirit, true, and profound-with twelve grades," the deacon disciple explained to the new disciples gathered before him. "The Sect Master recently issued a decree, granting special permission for disciples to study an upper-grade true art free of charge."
As he spoke, envy seeped into his eyes, and he said excitedly, "You have arrived at just the right time. In the past, even the Qi Refining portion of a spirit-tier cultivation art would have cost you at least a thousand Dharma Coins."
At this, the disciples exchanged bewildered looks, unable to understand why he was so envious.
Did even introductory cultivation arts cost Dharma Coins before? We have only just joined the sect. Where would we get the Dharma Coins to buy them? Seeing their reaction, the deacon disciple sneered inwardly. *Young people these days really cannot tell good from bad. We never had