Chapter Thirty-Five Two Core Disciples

  "Wang Qian, why don't you come over and let Zhou Qing Shixiong share his experiences with everyone? This will be very helpful for our future cultivation."

  Huang Zheng couldn't help but speak out, he was the most lively one among them. Seeing Wang Qian still standing on the side, he immediately called out to him.

  "Alright, you guys have a good discussion, my cultivation path is too different from yours, and discussing it would be like talking past each other."

  Wang Qian knew his own affairs, Zhou Qing was fierce, but after all, he had just broken through the foundation building stage. He could even kill Ji Shi Xiong, a loose cultivator in the foundation building stage, with just three moves and two styles, let alone participate in this level of exchange.

  Zhou Qing was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly turned around, her eyes fixed on Wang Qian, and a bitter smile gradually appeared at the corner of her mouth.

  "Junior brother, what level has your kung fu reached?"

  He almost spat out every word.

  "Cough cough, Shixiong, I'm now at the late stage of my second turn cultivation. If not for the lack of resources and spiritual stones, elixirs, I think I can break through to the perfect second turn. What a pity!"

  King Qian sighed and his tone was very stuffy.

  Zhou Qing's eyes were wide open, staring fiercely at Wang Qian, as if she wanted to swallow him whole.

  "Brother Zhou, what's with this expression? What happened to Wang Qian? Is there something wrong with his cultivation?"

  The king's way is inexplicable, and others are also puzzled.

  "Alas, it's normal that you don't know, Wang Qian, he... alas, he is a pervert!"

  Zhou Qing cursed a few words with hatred, as if the good mood that had just broken through the foundation was gone, and there was a tone of indignation.

  Then he began to explain the variations of Wang Qian's nine-turn Lian Ti Jue, and the more he explained, the more shocked and amazed everyone else was.

  "Junior brother, how many resources have you used in your cultivation so far?"

  Zhou Qing refused to give up and continued to ask questions.

  Wang Gan knew that with the relationship between everyone, it was not necessary to hide this, let them know the difficulties of his own practice, and then set out to find a way to make a fortune even more justifiably.

  "I last exchanged over 80,000 True Yuan Pills, then added tens of millions of low-grade spirit stones, plus two high-grade spirit stones, and eighty mid-grade spirit stones. All of them were used up at once, but it's still not enough."

  Wang's dry and troubled tone almost made others collapse.

  Heaven, tens of millions of low-grade spirit stones, 8,000 true yuan dan, plus those high and medium grade spirit stones. What a huge amount of resources this is! But Wang Qian swallowed them all down, yet didn't even break through to the foundation building stage. Now, according to his usual level, he's still at the pre-heaven late-stage realm, not even reaching the great perfection stage.

  "This, this, Wang Qian, you're not joking, right? So many spirit stones and elixirs, yet you haven't even advanced to a higher realm?"

  Wang Dao could no longer maintain his cold expression, he was shocked.

  "I had only vaguely heard of the Nine Turns Body Refining Technique, but our Qingyun Sect hasn't had anyone cultivate it for a long time. I really didn't expect this technique to be so terrifying. At your rate of consumption, you've already become a true disciple. That little benefit isn't even enough to fill a tooth gap."

  Zhao Chang's eyebrows twitched, and he didn't know what else to say.

  "Alright, it's because I need a lot of resources for my cultivation now, so this time back, I thought of us gathering together to come up with some ideas, and then head down the mountain. I want elixirs, I want spiritual stones, as many as I can get!"

  Wang Gan finally spoke out his true intention, and everyone was not surprised at all. This kind of big spender would be a headache for anyone.

  However, they all knew that although Zhou Qing was a sword cultivator in the foundation period now, Wang Qian might be the most formidable person among them. Otherwise, so many spirit stones and elixirs would have been wasted.

  After Zhou Qing, the second day Wang Dao also burst out, the cultivation of Tai Xu Jian Quan reached a peak, the vast sword energy filled all directions, he seemed to have entered another world of swords, ethereal, fleeting, yet exceptionally sharp and fierce. The life-and-death intertwined Tai Xu Sword suddenly disappeared and reappeared, flying everywhere.

  He also broke through the foundation period, and his external flying sword and internal elixir field energy merged inside and out, transforming into a sword pellet, stepping into the Golden Elixir Great Way.

  Everyone was even more delighted.

  Among these seven people, two are foundation-building monks, Zhou Qing and Wang Dao. Zhao Changqing, Huang Zheng, Zhao Kuang, and Li Haoran have all made rapid progress since returning from the underground world, and they have all cultivated to the level of Pre-Heavenly Great Perfection, just one step away from breaking through to the Foundation Building Period. Each of them has a thick and pure True Yuan, abundant spiritual energy, and a vast life force surging within them, giving people an uplifting feeling at first glance.

  In just ten days, they all grasped the Pu Du Jin Gang Jue, their minds were purified, and they gained a lot. They also comprehended the divine power of Da Jin Gang Quan Fa, and each of them greatly increased their combat strength. If they were to fight against the creatures from the underworld again, they would be able to suppress opponents of the same level. This was a kind of accumulation, a thick accumulation that made their true yuan thicker, making them even more effortless in battle.

  The most formidable ones are Zhou Qing and Wang Dao, who have entered the Foundation Establishment realm. Their entire body's sword energy has been thoroughly refined and transformed into a more sharp and fierce sword dao law power. With just one stance, their whole body exudes an overbearing aura.

  "Alright, first we need to apply to become core disciples, receive our benefits, and then discuss leaving the mountain."

  Zhou Qing had been following Yun Shan for a long time and was very familiar with the various rules and benefits of the Qingyun Gate. He immediately suggested that he and Wang Dao apply to become core disciples.

  The rest naturally had no opinion and all agreed.

  They were a group of seven people who left Yunling Peak and arrived at Chuan Gong Hall, where the disciples' assessment was held.

  The Qingyunmen's Temple of Transmitted Power, apart from being responsible for imparting cultivation knowledge and providing cultivation methods, has the greatest authority in reviewing disciples' moral character and then registering information to upgrade their treatment.

  Zhou Qing and Wang Dao, the two of them were not a problem in this regard. Their masters were all elders of their respective sects. Wang Dao's master was Yu Tai Xu, the elder of Taixu Peak, who had cultivated the Taixu Sword Technique to the level of Yuan Tai realm. A swordsman at this level would have already demonstrated extremely terrifying combat power. Even among the many elders of Qingyun Gate, Wang Dao's master Yu Tai Xu was a renowned figure. His mastery of the sword was unparalleled, and he had killed countless demonic cultivators with his technique, earning him a reputation for being ruthless. In Qingyun Gate, he was someone you wouldn't want to mess with, and as the elder in charge of the Law Enforcement Hall, this only added to the fear people had of him.

  As Yu Taixu's disciple, Wang Dao passed the core disciples' audit without any problem.

  Zhou Qing's master is Yun Shan, a mysterious person in the Qingyun Gate who seems to have many unknown secrets. This was told by Zhou Qing to Wang Qian and appears to be related to Yun Lü's identity.

  It's just that decades ago, Yunshan began to keep a low profile in Qingyunmen and never made a move or showed his magical powers again. Many new disciples didn't even have an impression of this elder, and Yunshan had very little power within Qingyunmen. He rarely left Yunling Peak, and currently, there were only two disciples under him, Zhouqing and Wangqian. His daughter Yunluo barely counted as half a disciple, so to speak, the forces were extremely weak.

  But Zhou Qing's review was also fine, his Green Cloud Sword Manual had a solid foundation, the foundation-building period of cultivation was practical and authentic, not a single bit of deceit or hypocrisy could get through, so it was easy to pass.

  Just went to Chuan Gong Hall and took a walk, after coming out, Zhou Qing and Wang Dao had already become core disciples with thick benefits, completely incomparable to inner door disciples.

  The two of them underwent a transformation and soon received the sect's reward for core disciples, an upper-grade spiritual equipment defensive robe, as well as 10,000 lower-grade spirit stones.

  This wealth is not a small amount, and the number of spirit stones is not many, but that top-grade spirit tool-level robe is extremely precious.

  In the cultivation world, a defensive treasure's value far surpasses that of an attacking treasure. For example, Zhou Qing and his group's defensive robes are even more precious than a top-grade spirit artifact-level attacking treasure.

  It can be seen from this that there is a huge identity gap between core disciples and inner door disciples.

  "Hmm, I finally understand today. In a sect, being an outer disciple or inner disciple doesn't mean anything. They have low status. Only the core disciples are the backbone of a sect!"

  Huang Zheng looked at Wang Dao and Zhou Qing's cyan embroidered cloud robes and shouted sourly.

  "Hmph, Huang Shidi, usually cultivating, you're the least diligent one. When will you successfully build your foundation? All these benefits will be yours then!"

  Zhou Qing smiled silently, while Wang Dao was sternly reprimanding Huang Zheng.

  "Wang Shixiong, you're being unfair to me. My innate talent is not as good as yours, and I'm cultivating the most stable, but also the slowest, earth-based technique. Of course, my progress will be slower. But now that I've reached the First Heaven Great Completion, my progress has been quite fast recently. Don't be smug, soon I'll break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and then I'll wear a Daoist robe and hold a million spirit stones!"

  Huang Zheng called Tian Qu before he could finish two sentences, and immediately began to make excuses for himself.

  Wang Qian watched all of this from the side, feeling warm and fuzzy inside, his sense of belonging to Qingyun Gate grew even stronger.