Full of Vitality

As soon as the sun rose, He Yuanbing got up from the bed. At this time, the loyal servant who had come with the He Household had already prepared a golden basin and brocade handkerchief and was standing outside the house.

During the time He Yuanbing to the Chongming Sect to cultivate, his food, clothing and daily necessities were indeed much simpler than when he was at home. However, when it came to extravagance, he was still the most particular among his fellow disciples.

He was used to being a young master in the He Household, so it was really hard for him to accept that he no longer needed to be served.

Jiang Qing had inquired about it once before, but seeing that this disciple was quite diligent in his cultivation apart from these trivial matters, he stopped talking about it.

Spiritual practice is a very private matter. Even close elders can only offer advice and guidance, but cannot force someone to take a particular path. Some people who engage in arduous spiritual practice may find that they gain more merit by engaging in worldly activities.

The path you choose is your own, and so is the outcome of walking it.

After washing up carefully and instructing his loyal servant to guard the courtyard, He Yuanbing set off for the study.

Pei Yi was supposed to be on duty for the morning prayers today, but he got married last night, so Kang Dabao forced him to rest for ten days and not to rush into anything.

Now that he's taking a break, the morning classes that Pei Yi was supposed to be on duty this month will be overseen by Jiang Qing. Compared to Pei Yi, the relatively gentle elder in charge of transmitting skills, Jiang Qing is undoubtedly someone the younger generation both respects and fears.

For this reason, He Yuanbing arrived at the scripture room a quarter of an hour earlier than usual today. Even so, when he stepped into the scripture room, his fellow disciples were already sitting there.

The sound of chanting slowly entered my ears, and I could see that all the fellow disciples who were usually restless were now sitting upright and not at all slack, which showed how great Jiang Qing's reputation was.

"No wonder I heard that the sect leader wants Master to be in charge of the morning and evening prayers from now on." He Yuanbing dared not be negligent and found his own prayer mat to sit down.

Next to He Yuanbing sat Mo Ku and Yuan Changsheng. The former was studying a thick book with a bitter face. Rogue Cultivator, his knowledge of scriptures was too poor, making him the first choice for his teachers to test him.

The latter also frowned, looking miserable. Because of his father's kindness, his teachers also took good care of him. Often, after Mo Ku was called on, it would be Yuan Changsheng's turn to stand up, which made the little guy miserable.

"Greetings, Senior Uncle/Master." The current eldest disciple Han Yundao, took the lead in standing up to greet them.

Jiang Qing had just entered the study room, walked to the podium and stood under the plaque with the two characters "Lao Xue" (Old Scholar) personally inscribed by Sect Leader Kang Da. He glanced at the number of disciples, made sure no one was absent without reason, and then nodded and said, "Sit."

Today is the end of the class. Apart from the regular classes on the 5th and 10th of each month, where the teachers lead all the disciples in chanting scriptures together, the disciples study the scriptures on their own during the other end of the class.

After all, everyone's level of cultivation and focus are different, and most of the time, one still has to rely on one's own study. The significance of teachers appearing during breaks is more about answering questions for their disciples.

Somewhat surprisingly, Jiang Qing simply explained the scriptures to his disciples as usual today, without testing them, and ended the morning lessons early.

The disciples all breathed a sigh of relief. If they couldn't answer Jiang Qing's test, they would really be punished with a ruler. Physical pain was one thing, but losing face in front of their fellow disciples would be a matter of life and death.

The disciples are still quite young, and it's a time when they care about their reputation.

Mo Ku, who had escaped unscathed, was the first to rush out of the scripture room. Recently, Zhou Yixiu had opened up five acres of spiritual fields at the Heng Mountain Ye Household's place, which were now under Mo Ku's exclusive management.

Compared to spending his life studying scriptures in the library, this honest boy preferred working in the fields, finding immense peace in the feeling of sweat dripping onto the ground and shattering into eight pieces.

As for the more distant path of cultivation, it is still too extravagant for Mo Ku. Perhaps it would be more realistic to place that hope on his descendants when he also has bloodline descendants.

Yuan Changsheng walked to Kang Rongquan's side with peace of mind. Although his master Pei Yi had been too busy to teach him these days, given his family background, the teachers and elders in the Chongming Sect would not refuse to teach him.

However, Kang Rongquan, who was Pei Yi's eldest disciple this time, was very good at sharing his master's burdens and took the initiative to take over the task of teaching Yuan Changsheng.

After all, thanks to his outstanding talent with Triple Spirit Root, Kang Rongquan had already reached the Third Layer of Qi Refinement, and his cultivation speed had left all his senior brothers behind.

As he was about to become the first disciple to break through to the Middle Qi Refinement, he was naturally qualified to teach his junior brother, Yuan Changsheng.

He Yuanbing and Jin Shilun chatted quite familiarly. Although Jin Shilun came from an ordinary background, he was still a young master at home. The two had similar backgrounds, and He Yuanbing had learned a set of interpersonal skills from his father, so he and Jin Shilun naturally got along well.

The disciples went to the kitchen one after another for breakfast, and today Mo'er was helping Jin Shilun cook again.

Mo'er finally succeeded in awakening her spiritual power half a month ago, becoming a genuine cultivator. The hardships and difficulties she endured are truly beyond the comprehension of outsiders.

Logically, since Mo'er is already a cultivator, according to the tradition of the Chongming Sect, the job of helping in the kitchen should be handed over to the newly recruited disciples such as Song Hui and Dong Liu'er. However, Mo'er was reluctant to hand it over.

She is a clever and shrewd person who believes that being a chef is a good skill. Her senior apprentice, Jin Shilun, is generous and willing to teach her valuable skills. With time and experience, she may well achieve something great.

After all, she really had no future in the path of cultivation. The difficulty of cultivation for someone with Five Spirit Roots can be seen from how much time and resources she spent Drawing Spirit into the Body.

Since there's no hope of achieving immortality, it's better to learn a practical skill.

After all, although she was beautiful, not to mention Zhang Le and Ye Yaoling, even Zhou Xinran could not compare to her. However, a cultivator cannot rely solely on beauty; using beauty to please others will ultimately lead to Lower Vehicle.

According to her own thoughts, if she could learn the art of cooking, one of the myriad arts of cultivation, it would be better for her future marriage prospects, giving her more advantages.

He Yuanbing also liked this beautiful senior sister very much, but he was still young and only had the pure and innocent feelings of a young boy, without any unspeakable evil thoughts.

After having breakfast, He Yuanbing went alone to the training area for the mechanical puppets.

The Chongming Sect's internal system is now quite mature. For younger members like He Yuanbing, training mechanical puppets is no longer a free activity; Merit Points must be paid to activate them.

Merit Points He Yuanbing are not lacking.

Some time ago, he, along with Han Yundao, Zhou Xinran, and several other slightly older senior brothers and sisters, went to the Blue Silver Mine in Tanggu County to help the Kuai Household cultivators wipe out several mortal bandit dens and drive away First Tier Demon Beast.

He Yuanbing beheaded two First-Tier Lower-Grade Demon Beast during this mission, thus earning considerable Merit Points.

Aside from exchanging some suitable pills for Early Qi Refining Stage cultivators in the sect's treasury, most of the Merit Points were used to control this training puppet.

This training puppet, which Sect Leader Kang Da purchased from a shop in Ingenious Craftsman Fort Xuanwei City, was considered quite inferior by his junior brothers Jiang Qing and Yuan Jin, but unexpectedly, it was very popular with young disciples He Yuanbing.

After all, they lack experience and combat skills, and the training machine puppets' not-so-outstanding strength is just what helps them make up for their shortcomings.

For this reason, opportunities to use training robots are very scarce, and there are often long queues of fellow apprentices waiting in line.

However, He Yuanbing arrived a little early today and managed to be the first to use it. He then set the training puppet to be at the Qi Refinement Fourth Layer and using Swordsmanship.

He Yuanbing then summoned a golden-backed broadsword. With a slight change in his middle finger gesture, flames erupted from the golden blade, creating an astonishing sight.

Although He Yuanbing became Jiang Qing's disciple, after roughly practicing sword techniques for half a year, his master Jiang Qing concluded that he did not have the talent to be a sword cultivator.

That's normal. As the first disciple of the Sect Leader Kang Da, Han Yundao also received meticulous guidance from Jiang Qing and was also unable to cultivate the "Three Yang Scripture".

Han Yundao, unwilling to give up, continued to study the "Three Yang Sword Instruction," but he still failed to grasp its essence. Although it appeared to be merely superficial, if he were to claim himself a sword cultivator based on this, he would truly be a laughingstock among Fang Household.

That's normal. Since sword cultivators' combat power far surpasses that of others of the same level, their entry requirements are indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In the past few decades, the Chongming Sect, with its small population, has been fortunate enough to produce one exceptionally talented individual, Jiang Qing; it is not something to be expected to achieve much more.

However, although He Yuanbing had been slow to master the Three Yang Scripture, he had been quite successful in cultivating another Vast-Tier Lower-Grade Cultivation Method, the Sleeping Mountain Fire Wind Formula.

This Vast-Tier Lower-Grade Cultivation Method has a complete system and clear annotations. It can be cultivated up to the Golden Core Early Stage Sect Leader Kang Da without needing to be changed. In fact, it was part of the dowry brought by the illegitimate daughter of the Fei Household who was originally destined to marry the Grand Master Kang.

After the last incident, the Fei Household probably felt they couldn't save face, Fei Shuhe's dowry remained lavish, but this illegitimate daughter's dowry was not brought back.

This greatly benefited the Chongming Sect, as such a complete Hong Grade Cultivation Method was a treasure for the small and dilapidated Chongming Sect.

After obtaining this method, Sect Leader Kang Da and several of his fellow Cultivation Method studied it carefully. By the end, even Ye Zhengwen had the idea of switching to this method.

After all, although the Cultivation Method he had practiced since childhood was of the Desolate-Tier Superior-Grade, it was still quite different from the "Sleeping Mountain Fire Wind Formula". In the end, however, Ye Zhengwen still could not make up his mind.

The phrase "dissipating one's cultivation and starting over" sounds incredibly simple, but for Late Qi Refinement Refining cultivator like Ye Zhengwen, who is not young anymore, to make up his mind is not an easy thing.

Although Jiang Qing had not studied the "Sleeping Mountain Fire Wind Formula," he had the same perspective as He Yuanbing, who also practiced the Hong Grade Fire Element Cultivation Method. Since the paths of cultivation were similar, he was more than capable of teaching He Yuanbing.

Even He Yuanbing himself didn't expect that after abandoning the He Household's traditional Cultivation Method and switching to this method, his practice would be so well-suited to it.

It was twice as fast as expected. After retraining and rebuilding his skills, he reached the Qi Refining Second Layer in just a few months, and was about to surpass Kang Rongquan, the most skilled among his peers.

But according to Sect Leader Kang Da, "A cultivator who only knows how to cultivate cannot be considered a true cultivator."

Perhaps due to He Degong's genetics, compared to his smooth sailing in cultivation, He Yuanbing's talent in combat was rather mediocre.

Even Kang Rongquan, who was the least skilled in combat within the Chongming Sect, was able to defeat him effortlessly during their sparring sessions.

After entering the sect, He Yuanbing had always lost more than he won in his sparring with his fellow disciples. This made He Yuanbing, who came from a wealthy family and was very concerned about his reputation, feel quite embarrassed. These days, he had been immersed in fighting with the training puppets.

Although He Yuanbing only had the cultivation level of Qi Refining Second Layer, the training puppet was set to Qi Refinement Fourth Layer.

After all, the latter's opponent was only at the level of an ordinary Rogue Cultivator. Although He Yuanbing's fighting skills were somewhat inferior, he could still easily defeat Rogue Cultivator of the same level. If he wanted to make a breakthrough, he should naturally choose a more powerful opponent.

After handing over the reward to the merit-recording puppet beside him, He Yuanbing quickly began his sparring session with the training puppet.

Seeing the training machine puppet shoot its flying sword from afar, He Yuanbing's eyes narrowed and flames appeared on the blade. He reached out and summoned a strong wind that carried the flames towards the flying sword.

The training puppet's flying sword quickly emerged from the raging flames. He Yuanbing frowned and summoned a blue bronze mirror to block the flying sword.

The higher the grade of the Law Artifact by a cultivator, the better; the key is that it must be suitable for their use.

With his Qi Refining Second Layer cultivation, He Yuanbing managed to wield two Higher Vehicle mid-grade magic Law Artifact for only a short while before his inexperienced spiritual power became slightly insufficient, and he was almost injured by the flying sword that bypassed the cyan bronze mirror.

Fortunately, the training golems produced in Ingenious Craftsman Fort are cheap, and there must be a reason for that.

The training puppet could only numbly attack He Yuanbing repeatedly with flying swords, its sword control skills were not refined, and it had no other sharp techniques.

This gave He Yuanbing a chance to retaliate. A bright light suddenly appeared in the center of the blue bronze mirror, freezing the flying sword for a moment. The training puppet's smooth movements faltered, and it failed to dodge the golden-backed broadsword that He Yuanbing was about to unleash.

Seizing this single flaw, He Yuanbing found an opportunity. His golden-backed broadsword was a gift from Jiang Qing after he joined the sect, and its power was considerable, but it hadn't been refined for long enough to be truly formidable.

Even so, He Yuanbing still managed to grind away the outer protective shield of the training machine puppet with his golden-backed broadsword, and then delivered a heavy blow to the puppet's head, knocking it to the ground.

"Phew." Having narrowly defeated the training machine puppet, He Yuanbing left the training room, panting heavily.

None of his fellow disciples were lazy. As soon as he came out, Pei Que was also at the Qi Refining Second Layer, smiled slightly at him and then went inside.

In the time it takes to smoke half a cigarette, Pei Que came out again.

"Senior brother won so quickly?" He Yuanbing asked curiously, only to hear Pei Que say slowly with a smile in his eyes, "The training puppet is indeed not that powerful; even Qi Refining Fifth Layer wouldn't have much trouble defeating it."

He Yuanbing, and even the slight excitement that had just arisen faded away.

At this time, Duan Anle had gone out early in the morning, also returned. Today, he had followed the instructions of his superiors and led the pack animals trained by the sect to hand them over to Lu Xun, the head of the Lu Household, so that they could prepare for the Chongming Sect's merchant caravan.

Unexpectedly, during the delivery process, he received some news that piqued the interest of his fellow apprentices.

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