Chapter 40: Harsh Temple Rules
Two hours later, Cheng Ziming walked out of the side hall, and saw the sunset in the western mountains, flying in the sky, it was already evening. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info He touched the storage bag in his arms, and his heart was excited, there was the "Purple Wind Grass" he had just gotten. With this spirit grass, Uncle Hao's injuries should be able to heal quickly.
It's just that when he thought of the rules of the temple explained by the old ape, Cheng Ziming couldn't help but feel a little gloomy in his heart. Regardless of whether the temple was built by an ancient immortal cultivator or not, what the rules used to be, but now after falling into the hands of the demon clan, these rules and regulations set by the demon clan are really harsh and unreasonable.
First of all, the spirit disciples of the Qi refining period must enter the small realm of the temple at least once a month to explore. If you are absent from this month's Lesser World Expedition for any reason, you will be deducted the corresponding Waist Card Points.
The waist card points are a quantitative calculation method formulated by the demon clan in order to restrain the spirit disciples. Cheng Ziming's pair of bronze waist plates, one is used to carry around, and the other is placed in the white-eyed old ape called the "Nine Elders" for safekeeping. Each new card is dealt with an initial value of 100 points, and 10 points are automatically deducted every month thereafter.
If the spirit disciple enters the small world to explore, if he wins the temple reward, he can hand in the corresponding temple reward as an offering to the demon clan in exchange for waist card points. Since the demon clan has managed the temple for many years, there is a long list, which records the reward spirit objects issued by various small realms in the past. Therefore, it is forbidden for the spirit disciples to use the strange spiritual objects obtained in the small world to pretend to be the temple reward.
As for the amount of waist card points that the temple rewards correspond to, the demon clan also has clear regulations. For example, if it is ten years of spirit grass, it can be exchanged for 20 waist card points. A hundred years of spirit grass can be exchanged for 40 waist card points. Millennial copies of spirit grass can be exchanged for 80 waist card points. As for some rare spirit grasses with special effects, they can be exchanged for 100 waist card points.
Due to nature, the demon clan has an instinctive love for natural grass and wood spiritual things. Therefore, in addition to the spirit grass, the spirit fruit is also the main force acquired by the demon clan. However, the finished pills and the materials used to refine the weapons were not very suitable for the appetite of the demon clan, so the price of the demon clan for the pills and materials was much lower. No matter what the quality of the elixir and materials, the unity can only be calculated at the price of one elixir or one elixir in exchange for 10 waist card points. From this, it can be seen that for the demon clan, the value of the best elixir or refining material is not as good as an ordinary elixir.
As for the magic weapons, talismans and exercise books that are valued by human immortal cultivators, they cannot be exchanged for any waist card points at all. The Demon Clan didn't have any interest in these temple rewards at all, which also made Cheng Ziming feel speechless.
The Resurrection Ginseng he had just handed in had already been redeemed for 20 Waist Card Points. Although this kind of elixir is very rare in the big world where Cheng Ziming is located, it is not a rare thing among the many rewards of the small world of the temple. Therefore, Fuling ginseng was only exchanged for 20 points in the end, plus the 100 points that came with the original waist card, Cheng Ziming already had a total of 120 waist card points.
Cheng Ziming secretly calculated that 10 points will be automatically deducted from the waist card every month, so he can use the 120 points for 12 months, that is, for a year. This didn't seem to be wrong, and it seemed that the waist card points were enough for now, but he knew very well in his heart that the 120 points were not enough at all. If he really rests in the big world and only enters the small world once every few months to explore, it won't be long before he gets in big trouble.
First of all, for immortal cultivators, a year is really a very short time. Even during the most rudimentary period of Qi refining, retreat cultivation is often calculated on a monthly basis. Some Qi refining stage immortal cultivators, in order to impact the bottleneck when breaking through, would even stay in retreat for several years.
Therefore, if Cheng Ziming needs to retreat and cultivate, then it will inevitably cause him to be unable to enter the small world for several months to explore. This results in the loss of a significant amount of waist card points. Moreover, his first trip to the small realm was also a coincidence that he almost had no return, and finally received the temple reward.
In other words, under normal circumstances, Cheng Ziming could not guarantee that every time he entered the small realm, he would be able to obtain the temple reward. In this way, judging from his conservative character, Cheng Ziming has to set aside some surplus points no matter what, so that if he encounters a situation where he returns empty-handed from the small realm several times in a row, he will not be deducted from his waist card points.
These are all things that go well. If an unexpected situation occurs, such as Cheng Ziming being injured in a small world expedition and needs to recuperate for a few months, then a large number of waist card points will be deducted. The demon clan is very excessive, and it never considers some of the most basic needs of the spirit disciples.
In case of injury, it takes time to recuperate, in case of encountering a bottleneck in cultivation, and it takes time to retreat and cultivate, these are all factors that every immortal cultivator must consider, but the demon clan obviously doesn't care. The rules of the temple were that no matter what happened, the Waist Card would be deducted 10 points per month on time. If you can't turn in a Temple reward to replenish the points on your belt, those points will quickly reset to zero.
If the points are deducted, then the demon clan will drop the corresponding punishment. According to the regulations, the spirit disciples must go to the altar of life and death. The platform of life and death is the high platform where Cheng Ziming and the black-haired wolf demon fought for life and death at the beginning. According to the regulations of the demon capital, it is strictly forbidden to fight in the demon capital, and all disputes can only be resolved on the platform of life and death. The platform of life and death is equivalent to a place where disputes are resolved by fighting methods.
It's just that the altar of life and death that the disciples ascend is different from the altar of life and death that usually resolves disputes. The biggest difference is that the opponents faced by the spirit disciples are all demon clans that have cultivated to a more powerful level, and they are much stronger than the strength of the spirit disciples. In addition, if one party admits defeat or one side is removed from power, the gladiatorial fight is terminated and the other side is immediately declared victorious.
But the life and death platform that punishes the spirit disciples is a never-ending life-and-death struggle. First, he didn't admit defeat, and second, the life and death platform was completely closed, and he didn't fall off the stage at all. The gladiatorial fight between one man and one demon is not officially over until one side is killed. The demon clan opened a gambling game under the stage of life and death, and sold tickets on the spot, relying on this bloody gladiatorial battle, but made a lot of spirit stones.
In the face of these harsh rules, Cheng Ziming couldn't help but be secretly worried about his future. Although he had known for a long time that the path of the Templars would be very difficult, the terms of such an overlord were far beyond his expectations.
Unfortunately, once you become a spiritual disciple, you can never quit. Unless you escape from the demon capital, the demon capital goes deep into the demon land, far away from the realm controlled by human immortal cultivators. And the demon capital is garrisoned on all sides, and any immortal cultivator who tries to leave will eventually be arrested and punished with heavy criminal punishments.
The immortal cultivators of the demon capital, like slaves, are firmly controlled in the designated area, whether it is life or cultivation, they are all under the strict supervision and supervision of the demon clan.
"People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. Cheng Ziming tried his best to think on the bright side: "Now I have to take one step at a time." Fortunately, I finally got the purple wind grass, and it was important to treat Uncle Hao's injuries first. ”
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