Chapter 162 Initiation Ceremony
"Although the price of Xiantian Yiqi Sword Art is expensive, it is equivalent to the combination of escape technique and sword technique. You don't need to spend an extra merit to buy an escape technique."
If you exchange an escape technique and a sword technique, you need to spend two merits, which is far less cost-effective than exchanging Xiantian Yiqi Sword Art directly.
"The three techniques of Soul-Snatching Sutra, Taiyi Yangshen Technique, and Xiantian Yiqi Sword Art require a total of 30,000 merits."
Chu Chen calculated the merits required for the exchange.
Of the three techniques, Soul-Snatching Sutra has the cheapest exchange price, requiring only 4,000 merits.
Taiyi Yangshen Technique is slightly more expensive, and can be exchanged for 7,000 merits. Xiantian Yiqi Sword Art is the most expensive, requiring a full 19,000 merits.
"According to Master Qingyun, if I become the guardian master of Canglan Market, I will not get any merits in the first 20 years, which is to repay the favor of receiving a foundation-building technique for free.
Starting from the 21st year, I can receive 100 merits every year."
Chu Chen was silent.
One hundred merits a year, if you want to exchange for three exercises such as the Soul-stealing Scripture, it will take about three hundred years.
"Yunshui Sect is still the same Yunshui Sect, there is no change."
The foundation-building life span is 400 years. According to the maximum life span, ordinary foundation-building real people can only exchange for two or three exercises at most after fighting for Yunshui Sect for their entire lives.
Of course.
According to the news that Chu Chen got from Jin Kexing, other sects exploited the foundation-building of independent cultivators more seriously.
Compared with other sects, Yunshui Sect treats independent cultivators well.
As soon as independent cultivators enter the foundation-building, they can exchange for a foundation-building exercise for free, and they only need to work for Yunshui Sect for twenty years for free.
"It is said that they work for Yunshui Sect for free, but in fact, independent cultivators also get a lot of benefits from building their foundation."
If Chu Chen becomes the guardian real person of Canglan Market and controls the market, let alone anything else, he can get a lot of spirit stones by just moving his fingers.
It is precisely because of this, coupled with the many skills and Taoist secrets, that casual cultivators are willing to work for Yunshui Sect.
If casual cultivators are dissatisfied with Yunshui Sect, they can leave after working for nothing for 20 years and go to other places to seek skills and Taoist secrets for the foundation-building period.
In the outside world, it is not that there are no foundation-building skills, but the cost of obtaining them is relatively high. For example, you can buy foundation-building skills through Tiantong Jinzhuang.
Even if you are not afraid of being on the Demon Killing Order, casual cultivators can run away directly after getting free foundation-building skills.
"Merit is rare, but it is not impossible to obtain."
As far as Guang Chuchen knows, there are people in Yunshui Sect who buy and sell merits behind the scenes, and a profit chain has been derived for this, such as trading the heads of the demons on the Demon Killing Order.
Moreover, casual cultivators can also take the initiative to complete Yunshui Sect's merit tasks, such as killing the demons on the Demon Killing Order to exchange for merits.
However, for Chu Chen, fighting with others is something he tries his best to avoid, and it is best not to do it if he can avoid it.
"If it really doesn't work, the worst thing is to disperse the power and start over."
If it is really urgent and it is difficult to gather the merits required for exchange, Chu Chen can disperse the power and start over, change a method, practice to the foundation-building stage, re-join the Yunshui Sect, and get another foundation-building method for free.
But this is a last resort.
"Unfortunately, although the Illusion Spirit Technique can change the breath of mana, it cannot change the essence of mana. Otherwise, why would I need to disperse the power and start over? I can just use the Illusion Spirit Technique to deceive the world."
Chu Chen felt a little regretful.
A casual cultivator who builds his foundation and joins the Yunshui Sect must leave his own mana to make an identity token. If a cultivator tries to fleece the Yunshui Sect, he will most likely be exposed.
"First, get familiar with the rules within the Yunshui Sect, find the most suitable method for me, and get merits."
Chu Chen's expression moved, and he sensed that the formation outside the cave was touched by someone.
With a raised hand, a sound transmission note flew into the quiet room.
"The initiation ceremony is about to begin, please come out of retreat."
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Yunshui Hall.
Chu Chen's initiation ceremony should have been presided over by Gan Shui Zhenren, the head of Yunshui Sect, but because Gan Shui Zhenren was still in retreat, it was presided over by Han Yuanhao instead.
"Zhen Shui Zhenren is still in retreat?"
Chu Chen's expression moved.
Yunshui Sect said to the outside that Zhen Shui Zhenren was in retreat to comprehend the great way of golden elixir in order to form elixir.
In fact, when many forces besieged Yunshui Sect, Zhen Shui Zhenren returned strongly to relieve the danger of Yunshui Sect, and then he went into retreat.
So many years have passed, and Zhen Shui Zhenren has never come out of retreat.
"Did Zhen Shui Zhenren get seriously injured in that battle?"
Not only Chu Chen, but many foundation-building Zhenren from various forces had some guesses.
But because Zhen Shui Zhenren had previously held a magic weapon and swept away many foundation-building Zhenren, the shock was still there, so the forces did not dare to test it easily.
"Guest Ye, here!"
With a loud shout, Han Yuanhao led Chu Chen, riding the light of escape, and landed in front of the palace gate of Yunshui Palace.
On both sides of the palace gate, a group of outer and inner disciples of Yunshui Sect stood on both sides, looking at Chu Chen with awe, envy, and a touch of jealousy.
Qi training and foundation building, one realm difference, completely different status.
A casual cultivator stepped into the foundation building, but could directly become a guest elder, ranking above all the disciples of Yunshui Sect.
When the disciples met Chu Chen, even the true disciples had to call him uncle.
"Grand ceremony, start!"
The initiation ceremony of the guest elders was not complicated, without too many red tape, just simply worship the spirit tablets of the masters and elders of the Yunshui Sect.
From today, Chu Chen officially became a guest elder of Yunshui Sect.
Next, under Han Yuanhao's introduction, Chu Chen greeted the foundation building and several true disciples one by one.
At Chu Chen's initiation ceremony, all seven true disciples were present. After greeting Chu Chen, they said goodbye and left, not disturbing the many foundation-building masters to exchange feelings.
There were not many foundation-building masters who attended the initiation ceremony, only three, Han Yuanhao, Qingyang Master, and Qingyun Master.
As for the other masters, they were either busy with important matters or in seclusion.
Chu Chen had already met the three foundation-building masters, and they had different personalities.
Han Yuanhao was tactful and would not ignore the people present. Qingyang Master was taciturn and seemed to be not good at speaking. Qingyun Master was a good guy.
Through chatting with the three foundation-building masters, Chu Chen more or less understood some of the hidden strengths of Yunshui Sect.
On the surface, Yunshui Sect only had six foundation-building masters, but Han Yuanhao and others talked about more than six foundation-building masters, all of whom were called senior brothers and junior brothers.
Among them, there were some foundation-building families attached to Yunshui Sect, most of which were founded by Yunshui Sect disciples.
After True Man Qingyun resigned from the post of the Guardian True Man of Canglanfang City, he returned to his family. His family was a foundation-building family that was attached to Yunshui Sect.
There were eight such families, including True Man Qingyun's family.
Although the foundation-building True Man of these families were all Foundation-Building True Man who were approaching the end of their lives like True Man Qingyun, they were also a force that could not be underestimated.
It was precisely because of these foundation-building families that Yunshui Sect could easily rule Dagan Kingdom, Hanbei Kingdom and other places and dominate one side.
"Brother Qingyun, have you really thought about it?"
Han Yuanhao looked at True Man Qingyun and asked, "After resigning from the post of Guardian True Man of Canglanfang City, will you no longer hold other positions in the sect?"