Cultivating Multiple Arts
Fang Yu rode his escape light all the way into the inner disciple area and soon arrived at the ' Crane Feather Hall '.
This hall is where inner disciple gather daily, and also where they hand over tasks and handle various procedures.
Upon entering the hall, he found an elder in charge and explained that he had advanced to the Foundation Establishment and had come to apply to enter the inner sect and become inner disciple.
"Mid-Grade Spirit Root, achieving Foundation Establishment after seventeen years of initial training, Second-Tier Alchemist..."
The elder in charge reviewed his documents, and after a moment, took back the original disciple token and gave him a white jade disciple token instead.
"Inner disciple can enter the library to select advanced Cultivation Method, and can also choose one secret technique or a hundred arts inheritance, and receive a set of Spirit Artifact..."
"Thank you, Elder!"
Fang Yu was overjoyed to receive the new white jade token. He then went to collect the inner disciple's benefits and went to the library.
The library in the Crane Feather Hall is very small, with only a few rows of bookshelves, divided into ' Cultivation Method ', 'Secret Arts', 'All Crafts', and 'Miscellaneous Books'.
After entering the library Fang Yu went straight to the Cultivation Method manual section and found "The Great Daoyan Five Elements Chaos True Explanation - Foundation Establishment Chapter" to exchange for it.
After passing through the secret arts area, we arrived at the arts and crafts area.
The inheritances related to the 'Hundred Arts of Cultivation' displayed here include not only the inheritances of 'Alchemy, Talismans, Arrays, and Weapons', but also the inheritances of other arts of cultivation such as ' Spirit Plant ', 'Beast Taming', 'Puppetry', and 'Spiritual Wine'.
Fang Yu's gaze swept over the 'Danfu Array Artifact', then fell on the Dao of Arrays, and he took a third-tier Dao of Arrays inheritance Jade Slip slip in his hand.
His Divine Sense probed into it, and the contents of the first and second levels appeared in his mind. The next moment, his eyes lit up.
'Indeed, the Dao of Arrays inheritance of the Ascension Immortal Sect is closely related to the Azure Lotus Secret Realm; the content of the first and second tiers shares many similarities with that restriction!'
Fang Yu immediately chose this third-tier array formation inheritance.
He already has the True Person Jade Liquid lineage in Dao of Alchemy, and he will definitely continue to follow that path. He has already obtained the third-tier inheritance, so it is impossible for him to choose the standard Third-Tier Dao of Alchemy inheritance within the sect.
Choosing this ' Dao of Arrays Inheritance' now will also help establish his persona as someone skilled in both alchemy and array formation, allowing him to further pursue the fourth-tier inheritance.
Don't be fooled by the fact that any inner disciple can choose from the third-tier inheritance; the fourth tier is a completely different story, accessible only to True Disciple.
Disciples of the Ascension Immortal Sect who advance to the Golden Core stage are not guaranteed to become True Disciple; they may directly become Golden Core elders.
True Disciple are guaranteed to be Golden Core cultivators, and are even future Nascent Soul seeds. Only True Disciple have the potential to access the fourth-tier inheritance for the future of the sect.
Therefore, he not only needs to advance to the Golden Core stage, but also needs to demonstrate sufficient talent in order to have a chance of becoming True Disciple.
After selecting his chosen arts and crafts, he didn't rush to leave. Instead, he went to the 'Miscellaneous Books' area. There were no restrictions on the Jade Slip and books here; any inner disciple could freely browse them and make copies to take away.
Fang Yu didn't stand on ceremony. He took out a blank Jade Slip, copied the entire miscellaneous book of this region, and then left the library.
Although the miscellaneous book contains a wide range of information and is specifically designed to broaden horizons and increase knowledge, it is just a pastime for ordinary disciples. However, it is very useful to Fang Yu, and in some ways, it is even more important than Cultivation Method and secret arts.
Because his "Spiritual Pivot Resonance Chapter" requires this kind of vast knowledge the most; the broader his knowledge base and the more he knows, the more accurate his intuition and calculations will be.
For example, the result that was casually predicted was: "Great fortune".
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News of Fang Yu's Foundation Establishment spread quickly, and disciples from Hundred Herbs Peak, including those from his previous realm, came to offer their congratulations and gifts.
Fang Yu naturally accepted all offers without hesitation, cultivating good relationships like other Foundation Establishment disciples, and recording each of them in his file.
Although these low-level disciples are not very useful in terms of combat power, they will always be useful in some situations. It is better to store them up for now, as they may come in handy sometime.
On this day, he had just seen off several of his Foundation Establishment senior brothers when he saw two figures approaching hand in hand. One of them was Zhang Zhonghu, and the other was Fairy Ruyan.
The moment Fang Yu saw Fairy Ruyan, his Qi and Blood boiled. 'Why is she here? I have absolutely no connection with her.'
"Hahaha, Jiang Yao, congratulations on achieving Foundation Establishment! I knew it; with your talent, you were Foundation Establishment!"
"That's for sure!"
Fang Yu gave Zhang Zhonghu a perfunctory reply, then looked at Fairy Ruyan and bowed, saying, "I heard magpies chirping before I even got out of bed today, and I knew a distinguished guest would be arriving. I never expected it to be ' Fairy Ruyan '! Please come in quickly!"
Fairy Ruyan's face remained expressionless upon hearing this, and she simply said, "I heard from Zhonghu that a friend of his has reached the Foundation Establishment, so I came with him to offer my congratulations. I was in such a hurry that I didn't prepare any gifts, and the only thing I can offer is this second-tier low-grade ' Lesser Cloud and Rain Array.' I hope you won't find it too inadequate, Junior Brother."
"Lesser Cloud and Rain Array!"
Fang Yu was overjoyed. "This is far too precious! Fairy, please take it back immediately!"
As he spoke, he pushed and shoved, yet he gripped the edge of the array plate tightly, vividly portraying an ordinary disciple who was flattered but reluctant to part with such a precious item.
"Take it now!" Zhang Zhonghu pushed the array plate into Fang Yu's arms and walked into the courtyard, saying:
"Quickly bring out your treasured ' Exquisite Jade,' I came here specifically for that tea."
Fang Yu immediately invited the two to sit down at the tea table in the courtyard, took out the spirit tea ' Exquisite Jade ', and then brewed it with great care.
He quickly brewed the tea and poured a cup for each of them.
"Good tea!" Zhang Zhonghu took a sip and said, Fang Yu ignored him completely and looked at Fairy Ruyan instead.
Then Fairy Ruyan took a sip, a hint of surprise appearing on her face. "This tea is quite good. I haven't had such refreshing tea in a long time!"
"I'm glad you like it, Fairy!" Fang Yu immediately said, "I have quite a few more here, I'll give you one or two later!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhonghu immediately interjected, "I want an ounce too!"
Fang Yu glanced at Zhang Zhonghu and said with a hint of helplessness, "Alright, alright, I'll give you one tael too!"
Half a pot of tea was quickly gone. Zhang Zhonghu slowly took a sip, put down his teacup, and looked at Fang Yu, saying:
"Now that you've reached the Foundation Establishment, you're inner disciple. What are your plans? Would you like to join our Seven Ingenious Workshop lineage?"
Fang Yu had anticipated that Zhang Zhonghu's visit would be to recruit him into the Seven Ingenious Workshop lineage, but he had already made plans to join the Five Elements Peak lineage, so he naturally wouldn't agree.
"As you know, I cultivate the ' Great Daoyan Five Elements Chaos True Explanation ' and follow the Dao of Alchemy. If possible, I will naturally enter the Five Elements Peak."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhonghu immediately replied, "What's the Cultivation Method. We can just start over. It won't take much time. Besides, my Seven Ingenious Workshop also has a lineage of Dao of Alchemy, which is in no way inferior to Five Elements Peak."
Fang Yu shook his head and said, "Of course I know that, but I entered the Five Elements Peak not only to learn Dao of Alchemy, but also to cultivate Dao of Arrays, Dao of Talismans, and weapon crafting, so..."
Fairy Ruyan was sitting to the side drinking tea, looked over when she heard Fang Yu he wanted to also cultivate the Dao of Arrays. "You want to cultivate the Dao of Arrays?"