Chapter 186 Apprenticeship
After a while, the man came back again and respectfully handed Xiao Lin an inch-sized exquisite token that was shining with a faint silver light.
"Senior, the sect contribution in the outer disciple token totaled 36 points, which has also been transferred to your inner disciple token. Please keep it. In addition, this is a one-time reward issued by the sect after you have established your foundation. It is a total of 2,000 low-grade spirit stones and five five-element spirit pills." Nodding, Xiao Lin took the silver token and the reward and put them into his bag.
After entering the foundation, Xiao Lin's monthly benefits also increased, becoming 20 low-grade spirit stones plus one five-element spirit pill per month.
After receiving the items, Xiao Lin swaggered out of the Merit Hall in the respectful eyes of all the outer disciples.
Coming to the square outside, Xiao Lin looked at the Tibetan Dharma Hall on the mountain. When he joined the sect, he had a free opportunity to enter the Tibetan Dharma Hall to choose a practice, but since he did not lack a main practice at that time, he never used this free opportunity.
Now that he has successfully built his foundation, the original Ku Shui Jing Men Fa is no longer enough to support him to continue practicing, which makes him wonder whether to go to the second floor of the Tibetan Dharma Hall to see if there is a suitable practice for him.
After thinking for a while, he suddenly thought that he had successfully built his foundation, but he could go to the Qingning Hall on the back mountain of Qingdan Peak to meet his future master Su Qingyun.
To be honest, Xiao Lin was a little repulsive to this master. He preferred to practice silently, but he also knew that even if he successfully built his foundation, the old man surnamed Lan might not let him go, but with his current realm, he was not afraid of the people of the Lan family.
The only thing that Xiao Lin was a little afraid of was the Lan family ancestor. Even though he had entered the foundation-building stage and was already considered a mid-level combat force in Dancao Mountain, he was still no different from an ant to a Jindan cultivator. In order to be on the safe side, it was still necessary for him to become a disciple of Su Qingyun.
Thinking of this, Xiao Lin gently patted the storage bag on his waist, and the Seven Blades flashed with a hazy green light and appeared around him. Then the green spiritual light on the Seven Blades expanded rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it wrapped Xiao Lin in it, and then a huge escape light more than ten feet long rose into the sky and headed towards the back of Qingdan Mountain.
In the back of Qingdan Mountain, in a dangerous place that has been sparsely visited for many years, a magnificent palace was built against a rock wall and cliff. The palace was green in color and exuded a faint chill all year round.
On the gate of the palace, three large characters "Qingning Palace" were engraved in a flamboyant manner.
Landing in front of the mountain gate, Xiao Lin looked at the three words "Qing Ning Temple" and showed a look of horror on his face. He actually sensed a hint of murderous intent between the lines of the words. After sensing this murderous intent, Xiao Lin actually felt like he was falling into an ice cellar.
"Squeak." At this time, the door suddenly opened and a little head poked out from it.
The little head had two pigtails and was staring at Xiao Lin with a pair of big eyes, somewhat curiously.
Xiao Lin was slightly stunned when he saw the little girl in front of him. The girl looked only seven or eight years old, but her white and tender face had begun to show its outline. She would definitely be a stunning beauty when she grew up.
"Who are you looking for?" The little girl looked at Xiao Lin for a moment, and then said with a little childishness.
"I am Xiao Lin, and I come to pay my respects to Master Su Qingyun." Xiao Lin said solemnly.
"It's Xiao Lin. I didn't expect that all three of you have successfully established your foundation. It's just that I didn't expect you to come so late. Come in." At this time, a voice came into Xiao Lin's ears, causing his face to change slightly, but after hearing that the owner of the voice was Su Qingyun, Xiao Lin's face returned to normal.
At the same time, he was secretly surprised. When he just arrived at the door of the hall, he felt like he was being monitored. Now it seems that his master must have sensed his arrival early in the morning. The terrifying nature of the Jindan cultivator is indeed not false.
Bowing slightly in the direction of the door, Xiao Lin went inside the door, and the original little girl had already run away.
Entering the gate, what appeared in front of Xiao Lin was a courtyard like a small bridge and flowing water, which was magnificent, and there were all kinds of exotic flowers and plants. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Xiao Lin smelled a strong fragrance of flowers.
"I am in the study, come directly." Su Qingyun's voice sounded in Xiao Lin's ears again.
Xiao Lin looked around and saw the plaque of the study on the left. Xiao Lin walked towards the study.
When he arrived at the door of the study, Xiao Lin found that the door of the study had been opened, revealing a huge wind screen with carved mountains, rocks, birds and beasts inside.
"Come in." Su Qingyun's voice came from inside.
"Yes." Xiao Lin responded respectfully, and then walked into the study. After walking around the wind screen, Xiao Lin saw Su Qingyun standing in front of a sandalwood table, holding a brush, and seemed to be writing.
Xiao Lin did not speak, came to Su Qingyun's side, and stood silently.
Su Qingyun held a brush and wrote on a scroll with dragons and phoenixes flying, but from Xiao Lin's angle, he could not see what words he wrote.
After a cup of tea, Su Qingyun put down the brush in his hand and turned around.
"Disciple Xiao Lin, meet the master."
"Get up, no need to be polite. I don't care about these secular rules. As for the ceremony of apprenticeship mentioned in front of everyone, forget it."
Hearing this, Xiao Lin was slightly stunned, and thought to himself, "Could it be that Su Qingyun in front of him doesn't intend to accept me as a disciple?"
Su Qingyun glanced at Xiao Lin and smiled faintly: "You don't need to think too much. Since you have successfully built the foundation, I will naturally abide by my promise and accept you as a disciple. It's just that I don't like secular etiquette. Besides, the relationship between master and disciple is precious in the heart. You regard me as your master in your heart, which is much more important than those formalities."
Hearing this, Xiao Lin's hanging heart was put down.
"I know a little about your origins. You were born in a remote mountain village in Yuxi Country. You accidentally got a chance to become an immortal and then embarked on the path of cultivation. I think you have encountered many twists and turns along the way. However, you have cultivated to your current level, which shows that you have some opportunities."
Hearing the word "chance", Xiao Lin was slightly startled and hurriedly sensed the spiritual wood space. However, to his surprise, the spiritual wood space that had been at the center of his eyebrows disappeared again, and even he could not sense it.
"For those of us who practice Taoism, unless we are the chosen ones with heavenly spiritual roots, we need some chance and luck to build foundation and form elixir. This is normal, but there is one thing you must remember."
After a pause, Su Qingyun continued: "Practicing Taoism, in the final analysis, is just for the word immortality. However, people have a life span and beasts have a death. This is limited by the rules of heaven and earth. If people want to live forever, they are actually going against heaven. Therefore, those of us who practice Taoism must have great perseverance and determination, do what we should do and what we should not do. Don't force yourself to be the first. When it comes to you, fight hard. Do you understand?"
"Disciple understands. Thank you for your advice, Master. Disciple will keep it in mind." Xiao Lin bowed and said seriously.
Nodding, Su Qingyun said: "You can pass the cave trial and pick the purple spirit flower, I think you are not a hesitant person, not to mention that you have won the first place in the Five Prisons Illusion Trial. Whether it is your character or your Tao heart, you are outstanding among all the outer disciples. Oh, by the way, have you gone to the Dharma Hall to receive the main cultivation method for the foundation-building period?"
"I haven't received it yet. After successfully building the foundation, I changed the inner disciple token and came directly to the master."
"Well, although there are many methods in the Dharma Hall, most of them are ordinary methods without any special features. Since you have become my disciple, you naturally cannot practice such crude methods anymore. Give me the inner disciple token first."
Hearing this, Xiao Lin took out the silver inner disciple token from the storage bag and handed it to Su Qingyun respectfully.
Su Qingyun placed the token in his palm, and a dark green light ball emerged from his palm, wrapping the token in it. At the same time, his other hand was pinching the spell, injecting pure magic power into the light ball. Xiao Lin also sensed an extremely cold force that was constantly being injected into the token.
After half a cup of tea, Su Qingyun stopped injecting magic power into the light ball, and the original light ball gradually dimmed until it disappeared. Xiao Lin saw that the surface of the silver token in Su Qingyun's palm had a faint dark green spiritual light flashing, and in this spiritual light, there were nine miniature light green swords wandering in it, which was very beautiful.
Handing the token to Xiao Lin again, Su Qingyun said: "I practice ice-attributed exercises, and the magic weapon I refine is a set of cold qi nine swords. I have injected a cold qi sword energy into the token. If you encounter a critical moment, you can use your spiritual consciousness to activate the sword energy in it to defend against the enemy."
"Below the Jindan realm, you can definitely resist and save your life. However, if you encounter a Jindan realm cultivator, this cold qi sword energy can only save you from death at most, but you will inevitably be seriously injured. However, you are also a smart person, and I think you will not do the stupid thing of provoking a Jindan cultivator."
Hearing this, Xiao Lin showed an unusually surprised expression on his face. He suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing for him to worship Su Qingyun as his master. Just this cold qi sword energy sealed in the inner disciple token was enough to give him an extra life.
Moreover, after being blessed by the Jindan cultivator, this token is different from the ordinary inner disciple token. He is now a true disciple.
"Thank you, Master." Xiao Lin immediately bowed deeply, and this bow was sincere.
Su Qingyun obviously also felt this sincerity, and a smile appeared on his slightly pale face: "Go to the side room now. The jade slips collected there are the cultivation methods collected by this seat for more than 300 years. You can choose one from them by yourself, but remember not to be greedy."
"Of course, if you are not satisfied, you can also go to the Dharma Storage Building to choose. I will not interfere too much in this regard. After all, you need to choose what path to take."
Hearing this, Xiao Lin was suddenly surprised. The cultivation methods collected by a Jindan cultivator would naturally not be too bad. After building the foundation, he was worried about the main cultivation method. He didn't expect that his master had already thought of it for him.
"Thank you, Master." After the ceremony, Xiao Lin entered the side room with joy. There was only one bookshelf in the side room, and there were more than a dozen jade slips on the bookshelf.
On the bookshelf below these jade slips, there was a piece of yellow paper with the names of the exercises recorded in the jade slips written on it.