Faced with Yun Huanling, who was still lost in a fog, Qi Song finally supplied the answer.
"I actually discussed this with Fellow Daoist Su before. The Water Moon School accepts almost anyone who comes to join, and its new disciples are a mixed bag. Some are even mortals.
"Among those mortals, some were sent here as children, while others have spirit roots but were abandoned by sects because they had passed the ideal age for cultivation.
"Whichever the case, all these people start from zero.
"After joining the Water Moon School, they aren't immediately taught cultivation methods. They're only taught the secrets of qi induction. Once they successfully draw qi into their bodies, they're made to drink Immortal Pool Spring water, then brought here to cultivate.
"As a result, they can't fly by sword or use arts. They have cultivation and nothing else."
Lan Fang Ziyi rubbed his chin beside them. "The people we encountered before we were teleported certainly didn't look like they couldn't use arts."
Qi Song shook his head. "That, I don't know. But I suspect they only qualify to learn arts after nascent soul formation."
Su Jiu nodded. "Your guess should be right. You must have noticed during our earlier fight that although their cultivation wasn't lower than ours, we dealt with them easily. Most importantly, they never used a single difficult, high-level art from beginning to end.
"Their arts were simple and crude, all charging straight ahead. We barely had to think to dodge them. Doesn't that tell you something?"
With Su Jiu's hint, even Yun Huanling caught on this time. "A Jiu means that once they reach Nascent Soul, the Water Moon School teaches them some quick-learn cultivation methods."
Lan Fang Ziyi smiled coldly. "They really are instant Nascent Soul cultivators. Even their