The First Section
When Lin Xiao first arrived, he was somewhat surprised to see that there were only a few people in the Cultivation Hall, assuming that these new disciples were all so unenthusiastic on their first day of cultivation class.
However, after scanning the accommodation area with his Divine Sense, he was speechless upon learning the truth.
Okay, they overlooked the fact that they don't know how to comb their hair.
After all, everyone in the Lingxian Sect used to be able to comb their hair and dress themselves.
Even Mo Yuanjiao, who came from the family of General Mo of the Pusi Kingdom, was trained by his father to have these basic self-care skills from a young age.
Therefore, no one really thought of this.
Seeing everyone enter, Lin Xiao smiled slightly and said to them:
"Everyone's here, let's begin."
After everyone was seated, he raised his hand and waved it gently, and books flew out of his sleeve with a whoosh.
The books flew toward each seat, arriving before the new disciples and gently landing on the table in front of each of them.
"Today we'll start by discussing this mental cultivation method."
Everyone looked down and saw five large characters written on the book's cover: Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction.
I also recognize Bai Zhu.
It wasn't that he, a mere beggar, had some extraordinary experience in the past thirteen years that allowed him to learn to read.
It was simply because Lin Xiao and his team had considered the issue of literacy when they were planning to take on new disciples.
We can't possibly start recruiting illiterate disciples by teaching them to read and write every time we need to hire someone, can we?
Their progress is completely different from that of the literate disciples.
To reduce this gap, Lin Xiao specifically set up a feature in the Heart-Questioning Road.
The idea was to allow all the illiterate disciples to learn characters incidentally during their dreams of Heart-Questioning Road.
We don't expect them to be extremely learned, nor are we aiming for them to pass the imperial examinations. We just need them to be able to use common characters and the characters used in the Lingxian Sect Sect's internal cultivation methods.
Therefore, it can be said that there are no illiterate people among these new disciples now.
However, many people who were originally illiterate were unaware of this before they even opened the book.
When Bai Zhu looked down and saw the name of the mental cultivation method, "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction," he was stunned for a moment after realizing that he actually knew it.
It was only later that I realized I was learning from the Heart-Questioning Road.
Thinking of this, he felt even more grateful to the sect.
The sect didn't look down on him for being illiterate and a little beggar; they even taught him to read through dreams.
Now I'm here, I can eat my fill and stay warm, and I've even become literate!
This is truly... something I never dared to imagine in the past ten years or so...
Bai Zhu lowered his head, carefully and tenderly stroking the book in his hands, and following the sect leader's words on the podium, turned to the first page.
The reason for choosing the "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction" instead of the "Original Essence Heart Sutra" or others is...
Lin Xiao felt that this was the first cultivation manual of their sect.
It is also a cultivation method born from the silent and supportive elders of the sect, the Ten-Li Peach Blossom Tree.
In terms of quality, it is not low; in terms of content, it is currently the easiest cultivation method to learn in the sect.
Therefore, Lin Xiao believed that it was very suitable as the first cultivation manual for new disciples.
He is no longer the person who "couldn't understand" he once was.
Lin Xiao, whose cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul stage, sat leisurely on the platform, explaining the first chapter of the "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction" to the new disciples below with ease.
Perhaps it's because the concentration of Spiritual Qi energy within the Lingxian Sect is now vastly different from what it used to be.
Or perhaps it's because of Lin Xiao, the Nascent Soul instructor.
After he finished teaching all morning, several new disciples in the Cultivation Hall actually showed signs of trying to Drawing Qi into the Body!
However, it was only faint; he did not successfully Drawing Qi into the Body on the spot.
But this already made Lin Xiao very happy.
It's a good thing that our sect's new disciples are making rapid progress!
Only when their disciples progress quickly can their sect develop rapidly, right?
Overjoyed, Lin Xiao happily extended the class time by a little while, carefully emphasizing the content of Drawing Qi into the Body again before announcing the end of class.
Outside the Cultivation Hall, Liu Yunan and Tietou Hu Liang waited and waited, and finally the new disciples came out.
Time waits for no one.
Liu Yunan quickly pulled the new disciples back to the thatched hut, guiding them to meditate and digest the knowledge they had just heard in the cultivation class.
He also provided simple answers to some new disciples who had questions.
Of course, Lin Xiao had basically solved all the major problems in class just now.
At this moment, Liu Yunan is simply explaining some minor issues to them as someone who has been through it all.
After all, their General Affairs Hall was responsible for directly connecting with new disciples, so Liu Yunan also took care of these tasks as well.
Hu Liang was the person Liu Yunan brought in to lead the new disciples in the construction of the accommodation area.
Unfortunately, Liu Yunan originally wanted to Hu Liang's father, Uncle Hu, but Uncle Hu was too embarrassed to come.
So he brought out his own son.
After all, Uncle Hu has indeed taught Hu Liang a lot of house-building skills over the years.
If your son is well-trained, he'll come in handy at crucial moments.
So Liu Yunan didn't insist and pulled him over.
After an hour of digestion, the new disciples officially began their construction tasks.
To begin construction, you first need a plan, and then you need materials.
Liu Yunan gave them the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to discuss the plans for their accommodation area.
Some of the new disciples pointed out that there were too many of them. If more than a hundred people were to discuss the matter back and forth, it would take more than an incense stick's time, and they wouldn't be able to come to a conclusion all afternoon.
So someone suggested selecting five people they felt were more capable of making decisions, and then having them discuss and plan the specifics, while everyone else just listened from the sidelines.
Over the past two days, the new disciples have gained some basic understanding of the people around them.
So, in no time, these five people were selected.
The first one is Bai Zhu.
These past two days, knowing that he was the first to pass the Heart-Questioning Road" test, and even earlier than everyone else by half a day, everyone has come to respect him greatly.
The other four were Liang Zhonghuai and Yuan Jinsheng, both cultivators; Xuanyuan Haoyue, a well-traveled and thoughtful young lady from a prominent family; and Teacher Pei, a steady and knowledgeable man with an excellent reputation for teaching at the Lingxian Academy for three years.
As expected, the four of them completed the general plan in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Liu Yunan didn't even glance at it, only telling them that once the plan was finalized, construction would begin.
The first step is to arrange for someone to collect the materials.
But with over a hundred people of all ages, how to arrange their work is a skill in itself.
Liu Yunan also entrusted this matter entirely to them.
My role was simply to provide them with appropriate reminders and to ensure their safety.
Hu Liang was only responsible for solving their technical problems related to construction and teaching them construction techniques.
Everything had to be coordinated and planned by the new disciples themselves.