3. Chapter 3 Yunyang Sect
To the southwest of the Wuyuan Empire was Yunzhou, which ranked second in terms of geographical area among the twelve states of the Wuyuan Empire. Although the land boundary www.biquge.info of Yunzhou is wide, the land is very barren, and the territory is dominated by mountains, rivers and hills, so the population is sparse.
The Yunling Mountains in Yunzhou stretch for thousands of miles, and the affiliated mountains extend to the neighboring Song Kingdom.
The peaks of the Yunling Mountains are wonderful, the mountains are steep, not only there are large areas of primeval forests covering, but also fierce beasts and fierce birds haunt it, it is inaccessible to people.
Occasionally, there are rumors of woodcutters and hunters claiming to have seen fairies and monsters, which has put a veil of mystery on the Yunling Mountain Range. There are good deeds who compile all kinds of rumors and secret records of the Yunling Mountains, and they are compiled into "Yunling Chronicles", which is known as a great strange book in the world.
Secular mortals naturally have no access to the world of cultivating immortals. The center of the Yunling Mountain Range has long been occupied by the Yunyang Sect, one of the six great immortal cultivation sects, and has established a sect here and multiplied for thousands of years.
The mountain gate where the Yunyang Sect is located looks no different from other mountain ranges, except that the strange peaks are towering, the trees are lush, and the clouds and mist are shrouded, but in fact, it is covered by a large Qimen array, and there are illusions in the real scene, in fact, on the top of the mountains, there are dense pavilions, pavilions and halls everywhere between the peaks and valleys.
There are also many immortal cultivators who step on wheel-shaped magic weapons, flying around at low altitude, constantly busy. Occasionally, a few raised fairy birds and spirit beasts haunt it, as if they are in a fairyland.
The main peak of Yunyang Sect is bright, there are important buildings such as Yunyang Palace, Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Deacon Hall, Law Enforcement Hall, and Skill Field, and there are nine branches, named after the nine main peaks, namely: Tiandu, Tianbu, Tianmen, Yanling, Jiulong, Yangming, Qingquan, Furong, Lianyun and other nine branches.
Yunyang Sect is one of the six major immortal cultivation sects, with a total of more than 10,000 disciples, of which the outer disciples in the Qi refining period account for the vast majority, and the inner disciples in the Qi refining period are about six or seven hundred.
There are only a few two or three hundred disciples in the foundation building period, but it is these disciples in the foundation building period that are the backbone of maintaining the Yunyang Sect standing tall in the six major sects of Wuyuan.
The elders of the Nine Main Peaks, known to the outside world as the "Nine Sons of Yunyang", have basically been in retreat for many years, but they only ask about trivial matters in the sect. Legend has it that the Supreme Elder in the sect, who lived for eight or nine hundred years old, is even more unfathomable, and his skills are mysterious, but his whereabouts are uncertain, and he travels around, even if he is the head of the Yunyang Sect, it is difficult to see him.
Only when the sect is faced with a life-and-death decision or a powerful threat, these elders of the Yuan Infant Stage will make a move. It is precisely because of their existence that the Yunyang Sect has been spared all kinds of calamities, and it is able to sit firmly in one of the six major immortal cultivation sects in this Wuyuan country. If it weren't for this, the Yunyang Sect would have been wiped out by powerful demon cultivators and demon beasts many times.
There are many disciples in the Yunyang Sect, but the resources for cultivating immortals are limited, and not every disciple enjoys sufficient cultivation resources. Only those disciples with the best and best qualifications could receive strong support from the cultivation resources within the sect.
Speaking of specifics, it is those disciples in the foundation building period and inner disciples who will be valued by the sect, and spend a lot of immortal cultivation resources on them, they are the pride of the sky.
Ordinary disciples of the outer sect during the Qi refining period have the largest number in the sect, and they are also the group of people with the shallowest mana, and their cultivation generally stays in the early and middle stages of refining, you must know that the first to fourth layers of Qi refining are the early stage, the fifth to eighth layers of Qi refining are the middle stage, and the ninth to twelfth layers of Qi training are the late stage, and the further they go, the more difficult it is.
Ordinary disciples of the outer sect during the Qi refining period not only have to take on a lot of chores, but also can only enjoy very few cultivation resources, and need to obtain meritorious deeds by completing various sect tasks in exchange for more cultivation resources, which further compresses their cultivation time and forms a vicious circle.
There is no doubt that they are the lowest-ranking people in the sect, but on the outside they have a glamorous title of "deacon disciples".
Of course, it is not impossible for the deacon disciples in the Qi refining period to change their fate, that is, the sect general election is held every five years, and all eligible deacon disciples can sign up to participate, and the deacon disciples who enter the top fifty can be recognized by the sect as inner disciples from now on, enjoy the cultivation resources of the inner disciples, and have disciples in the foundation building period will guide daily cultivation.
The bottom fifty of the inner disciples will be demoted to the deacon disciples of the outer sect. For such a competition, it is natural to urge the disciples of the Yunyang Sect to cultivate hard, even if it is an inner disciple, they do not dare to slack off in the slightest, unless it is a few genius disciples who have been designated by the sect or disciples who have made great contributions to the sect can receive additional care, and they do not need to participate in the competition.
Only those who are not more than thirty years old and have selected the 100 best inner disciples through the general election of the sect are eligible to take the sect's Zhuji Dan, so that the disciples in the Qi refining period can enter the foundation building.
And these hundred disciples who have taken the Zhuji Dan can often succeed in building the foundation without exceeding the number of ten fingers, while the others just let their mana go further, refining the basic exercises to the peak but not breaking through to the foundation building stage, that is, they are in the thirteenth layer of the Qi refining period, which is called the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Period.
But compared to those outer disciples who didn't take Tsukidan, the difference in fate was a world of difference. Of course, it is not impossible to break through the bottleneck of foundation building through other opportunities, but it is also based on the blessing of heavenly fortune, which is one in ten thousand.
Therefore, the general election of the sect is of great significance to every disciple of the Yunyang Sect in the Qi refining period, and its fierce popularity can be imagined.
Those disciples who received the Tsukidan but did not succeed in building the foundation, or the best of some inner disciples who were over thirty years old. These people's basic exercises have generally been practiced to the peak, and their mana is much stronger than that of ordinary inner disciples and deacon disciples, and even some of them have been able to use some intermediate exercises, so they have assumed the responsibility of leading and managing many inner disciples and deacon disciples within the sect.
They are generally referred to as "consular disciples" by the outside, but of course there are some subdivisions such as "disciples of the transmission of gong", "consul of law enforcement", "deacon consul" and so on.
The disciples who can successfully build the foundation are undoubtedly the darlings of God, and only when the foundation is successfully built can they be regarded as truly embarking on the road of cultivating immortals.
Therefore, once the foundation is successfully built, these people will be allowed to find a place with abundant spiritual energy in the entire Yunling Mountain Range to open their own cave mansion and concentrate on cultivation alone, without having to undertake the chores of the sect, but can enjoy the many cultivation resources in the sect, and the sect will also provide a large number of spirit stones every year for their cultivation needs.
And they need to take on the important task of maintaining the stability of the sect, once they encounter a foreign enemy or a sect conquest, they must be ordered to answer the call and must not resist.
In addition to these disciples, the Yunyang Sect is the hall master and steward who are responsible for the daily affairs and management of the sect, and they manipulate the real power within the sect.
These hall masters and stewards are all after years of cultivation after entering the foundation building period, and they feel that they cannot enter the Dan period, and voluntarily come out to be responsible for the daily affairs of the sect, and they are unified by Liu Zhengyang, the head of the Yunyang Sect in the later stage of the foundation building, and in the final analysis, the head of the Yunyang Sect is nothing more than the head of the management of these stewards.
These situations of the Yunyang Sect were only reached by Tang Que after a period of notification from the same sect and some of his usual observations. The main peak of Yunyang Sect, Guangming Peak, Tang Que rarely comes here on weekdays, but he has been back and forth to Guangming Peak many times this time, and he really has a last resort, this time he came to find Uncle Ma of the Spring Hall to see a doctor.
It's been more than half a month since he last returned to the sect, and at the beginning, he dreamed every night that the mountains were falling apart and the galaxy was shattered. When I wake up, I feel refreshed, but my body will secrete a layer of black stench.
In the next few days, it was slowly seen less, and there was no longer this foul-smelling thing, but in the dream, there would suddenly be a strange place again, the gray could not see really, and a lightning bolt would flash in the sky from time to time, and then there would be a gust of wind, he had to use his strength to resist, but every time the wind entered the body, it seemed to cut him with a thousand knives, and he had to fight his fate to resist. Fortunately, every time I was exhausted and felt that my mana was not enough, the wind stopped.
When he recovered, the wind blew again before he could breathe. This cycle repeatedly, so that he could not relax and was miserable.
After a few days, Tang Que was surprised to find that he had unconsciously broken through the third layer of the Qi training period and entered the fourth layer of the Qi training period, and his own mana had been refined a lot, this discovery should have been exciting, but Tang Que was not happy at all with a sad face, the boss in his heart was not steady, and even a little panicked, where was wrong with him.
Therefore, he spent a few days in the Scripture Pavilion reading a large number of books on the seizure of houses and related classics, but found nothing, which made him even more worried. What scared him was that after half a month, he obviously felt that his muscles and bones were much stronger, and his whole body was full of strength.
The spells taught by Senior Brother Chuangong are no longer as always unlearnable as before, but as soon as they are learned, what is even more shocking is that these spells are used by himself very skillfully, and he does not dare to reveal them in front of others, but it undoubtedly makes him feel terrified.
Generally speaking, monks who can cultivate with spiritual roots absorb the aura of heaven and earth, not to mention that all diseases are not invaded, but they have a strong physique and a certain self-healing ability, so they will not have any diseases when they are idle.
The various pills distributed in the sect not only improve mana, but also regulate body functions and cure some dark diseases.
The Rejuvenation Hall is an institution of the Yunyang Sect that specializes in treating injured or sick disciples. Therefore, the people who come to the Huichun Hall to see patients are all incurable diseases, and several consuls and more than a dozen deacons in the Huichun Hall are also deeply studying pharmacology, and they are very experienced in treating incurable diseases.
Ma Shibo, the hall master of the Rejuvenation Hall, is even more proficient in the art of Qihuang Medicine Stone, and he does not need to go out to see a doctor when he is idle, but he is also idle, and he just took a nap in the Rejuvenation Hall today, and he heard that the outer hall was a little noisy. Uncle Ma was bored for a while, and said in a deep voice: "What's going on outside?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, a consul disciple from the Rejuvenation Hall who came in said respectfully: "Uncle, there is a deacon disciple outside who has come to see a doctor, and his nephew has already diagnosed him, and everything is normal." But he clamored to see his uncle. ”
Ma Shibo twisted the mustache on his chin, waved his hand and said, "Let him come in and see what he says." The consul disciple bowed down and said yes, and after a group of people, they led an outer disciple from the Qi refining period into the inner hall, and the consul disciple said to the deacon disciple, "This is Uncle Ma, you are so good to speak." With that, he withdrew.