Chapter Thirteen: Cultivation in the Inner Court

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  Originally, people like Chu Yi had already been taken in by Jin Dan Zhen Ren and had the qualifications to become inner disciples, but if they couldn't break through the bottleneck of the Ninth Heaven of Xiantian within a year and reach the Foundation Establishment stage, they would lose this opportunity. They wouldn't even be able to become outer disciples, but would instead be directly swept out of the mountain gate.

  In the eyes of the world, entering the Innate Realm is equivalent to embarking on the path of Cultivating Truth, but among the Nine Great Upper Gates, the Innate Realm can't even be considered a starting point.

  Only by laying a foundation can one truly be said to have taken the first step on the path of cultivating truth.

  Generally speaking, with sufficient spiritual stone assistance, cultivating a yellow-grade or higher cultivation technique, plus that bit of energy manipulation, a pre-heavenly beginner cultivator can possibly achieve foundation establishment after ten years of arduous cultivation.

  Now, however, including Chu Yi, the twelve of them are required to enter the Foundation Building Boundary within a year. What's even more absurd is that at least half of these twelve people haven't even reached the Innate Boundary, which shows just how harsh the requirement is.

  But considering that everyone has different talents, and can be appreciated by the high-ranking Golden Elixir True Person, if they cannot cultivate and advance at a speed far surpassing ordinary people, what qualifications do they have to receive such preferential treatment, and as soon as they enter the sect, they obtain the precious title of inner disciple.

  After some casual conversation, Chu Yi learned that Dongfang Ruo's master Danyangzi and Tie Niu's master Nuyangzi had given them a lot of elixirs, especially one called "Huang Tian Dan", which was said to be able to help them enter the Pre-Heaven realm in one step.

  Recalling how much hardship he had endured in order to reach the Pre-Heaven realm, Chu Yi couldn't help but feel grateful for the many benefits of having a master.

  When the ten great elders of the outer gate of the Supreme Mysterious Yang Sect arrived, after presiding over the completion of the sect's grand ceremony, a disciple drove a colorful nine-crane carriage to pick up Chu Yi and others, and then flew away with the cranes.

  They arrived at a place called "Bì Tiān Fēng" where Chu Yì and the others each received a Yuányáng Jade Token symbolizing their status as inner disciples. They were also given thirty grains of Yuán Líng Dān to enhance their cultivation, two hundred mid-grade spirit stones, a Qīan Kūn Storage Bag, a copy of "The Supreme Xuan Yang Chronicle", and a high-grade cultivation manual called "Liù Yáng Líng Jué".

  These are one of the many benefits for inner door disciples, except for the Qiankun Storage Bag, "The Supreme Xuan Yang Chronicle" and "Liu Yang Ling Jue" which are only issued once. The remaining elixirs and spirit stones are issued once a month, known as regular offerings.

  Compared to the 100,000 outer sect disciples, the inner sect disciples' treatment is almost a hundred times better. The attention and benefits given by the sect are astonishing, revealing the profound background of the top nine sects.

  If one can be promoted from an inner disciple to a direct disciple, the treatment will increase greatly. In the Supreme Void Yang Sect, there are over 1 million outer disciples, only over 60,000 inner disciples, and even fewer direct disciples, with only over 200 people. The status of these direct disciples within the sect is not inferior to that of elder-level figures, and even some weaker Golden Elixir True People cannot compare to their status.

  If a direct disciple of the sect is ranked in the top ten in terms of actual strength, and is listed on the "Supreme Mystic Sun Chart", their status will be even more transcendent, with a subtle tendency to surpass that of the sect's elders.

  It is known that the Supreme Mystic Yang Sect has a history of tens of thousands of years, and whenever the position of the sect leader is passed on, eight or nine out of ten times it is succeeded by a direct disciple listed in the "Supreme Mystic Yang List".

  After the distribution was completed, the man led Chu Yi and others to a group of palaces built on the mountain waist, allowing everyone to freely choose their own residence. He handed over some precautions and quietly left.

  Chu Yi, Tie Niu and Dongfang Ruo had originally planned to choose a residence close to each other, but unexpectedly, the palace complex for inner disciples was too vast.

  Even in Chu Yi's memory of the old palace, it was unlikely to have such a spacious and luxurious place. The houses were far apart from each other, and although the three people lived next to each other, they were actually separated by several miles.

  According to the gatekeeper who led the crowd here, this is just the smallest building complex among many inner door disciples' residential areas.

  As neither Tie Niu nor Dongfang Ruo had reached the Xiantian realm, they had to take the "Huangyuan Dan" and retreat for over ten days to break through to the Xiantian realm. Therefore, the three of them agreed to meet again in a month's time, receive their assignments together, and then part ways, returning to their own luxurious residences assigned by their sects.

  Chu Yi's residence is a four-sided courtyard covering an area of over 50 mu, surrounded by the "Gathering Spirit Array". In front of the courtyard is a practice field made of Qingjinshi, which can increase the density of the spiritual energy in the courtyard by tenfold.

  The east wing is a well-equipped alchemy room, the west side is a large medicinal garden, where various spiritual medicines and rare fruits are planted, which Chu Yi cannot name. The south wing is a quiet room for Chu Yi to cultivate.

  Under the premise that he must reach the foundation period within a year, Chu Yi didn't dare to waste any time and immediately came to the quiet room, taking out from the Qiankun bag the bottle of "Three Yang Rebirth Dan" left for him by Chunjiezi.

  Because of the complete conversion of his True Yuan Force into Divine Yuan Force, Chu Yi's congenital realm did not rise but fell. Now he is only at the initial stage of Congenital Realm. With the Spirit Dan in hand, he naturally wouldn't be polite.

  Swallowed a "Three Yang Rebirth Dan" into his mouth, suddenly felt a full mouth of exotic fragrance, tongue bottom born saliva, the dan medicine entered the mouth and melted immediately, turning into a strange hot flow that extended down the esophagus into the throat.

  In just a few breaths' time, this warm current that made one feel so comfortable they almost wanted to moan with pleasure had already filled Chu Yi's entire body.

  Activated the "Refining Spirit and Conquering Heaven Technique", under the stimulation of the spiritual elixir, the divine yuan energy wandering through the hundred meridians strengthened and expanded at a speed dozens of times faster than usual.

  The elixir is always the best choice for cultivators to quickly improve their cultivation. The elixirs are also divided into nine grades and three levels.

  The first, second and third items are called spiritual elixirs.

  Four, Five, Six grades called Tao Dan

  Seventh, eighth and ninth grades are called elixir.

  On the Xuan Yuan planet, the legendary elixirs like the Sān Dān had been extinct for thousands of years. Even among the nine major sects, the Dan Ding Sect, which was most skilled in refining elixirs, could only refine elixirs up to the quality of sixth-grade Dao Elixirs at present. The consumption required to refine a furnace of sixth-grade Dao Elixirs was also shocking to hear.

  The alchemy skills of the Supreme Mysterious Yang Sect may not be comparable to those of the Dan Ding Sect, but they are also considered to be quite good. And Chunyangzi is one of the top ten alchemists in the Supreme Mysterious Yang Sect.

  Ordinary Jindan cultivators' "Three Yang Rebirth Dan" usually only reaches the quality of second-grade spiritual dan, while Chunyangzi's refined ones barely reach the quality of third-grade spiritual dan. The difference in quality determines the different effects of the same kind of dan medicine.

  Generally speaking, if a congenital initial-stage cultivator takes "Three Yang Rebirth Pill" every day, 100 spiritual pills can quickly bring him to the ninth stage of congenital cultivation. This is also what Chunyangzi and Chuyi said before.

  Chu Yi took the "Three Yang Pure Yang Pill" refined by Chong Yangzi, and he didn't need a hundred pills. Relying on the high quality of his three-product spirit pill, it would take about forty pills to achieve the effect of a hundred second-grade spirit pills, allowing him to enter the Ninth Realm of Innate.

  But all of this was established at a point in time, before Chu Yi had cultivated the "Divine Punishment Heavenly Decree"…

  The divine origin granted Chu Yi an unparalleled sacred root and spiritual bone, the divine origin gave Chu Yi a powerful force that transcended ranks, and the divine origin also allowed Chu Yi to possess an extraordinary ability to perfectly match and exert various techniques...

  At the same time, Shenyuan's power also made Chu Yixiu's cultivation progress and accumulation ten times that of an ordinary cultivator. At least this was true for the Xiantian stage; as for the changes after each subsequent advancement, they were still unknown.

  That is to say, ordinary cultivators can use 100 pills of "Three Yang Rebirth Dan" to advance from the initial stage of Xiantian to the ninth stage of Xiantian, while Chu Yi needs 1,000 pills of "Three Yang Rebirth Dan" to achieve the same result.

  Even if the effect of the "Three Yang Rebirth Dan" refined by Chuyangzi is better than that of others, a mere hundred pellets are still not enough for Chuyi to enter the Ninth Realm of the Innate.

  It's been ten days, and Chu Yi has not taken half a step out of the quiet room. The improvement in his cultivation is also rapid, ordinary people can only take one "Three Yang Rebirth Pill" per day, after all, the medicinal power is fierce, and the meridians in the body cannot withstand the continuous impact of the strong medicinal power.

  But Chu Yi was not limited to this, he simply treated the "Three Yang Rebirth Dan" as if it were sugar beans, absorbing the medicinal power completely before swallowing another one, refining the medicinal power, and so on. In just ten short days, a hundred "Three Yang Rebirth Dan" had been consumed clean.

  When Chu Yi was indulged in his cultivation and his strength was rapidly increasing, he habitually wanted to pour out a "Three Yang Rebirth Pill" from the green jade gourd to take it, but instead poured out an empty one.

  "It's gone...... It's all gone......"

  Previously, because his mind was completely immersed in cultivation, Chu Yi had not noticed the consumption of the elixir. At this moment, he finally came to his senses and felt that his cultivation power had approached the sixth realm of Xiantian. In just ten short days, he had made such progress, and Chu Yi was overjoyed, but also greatly worried.

  "This 'Xiu Shen Lie Tian Jue' is simply the most expensive cultivation technique in the Xiu Zhen realm. Now that I've only reached the sixth level of Xiantian, the remaining three levels require even more consumption, especially the ninth level of Xiantian, which requires as much as the total of all previous levels from the first to the eighth. Without the help of spiritual pills to speed up my progress, relying solely on spiritual stones would be insufficient, I'm afraid that even a thousand mid-grade spiritual stones wouldn't meet my needs. Not to mention that using spiritual stones to boost my cultivation is much slower than using pills, at least ten times slower..."

  With a worried mind for a while, and unable to find a solution for the time being, Chu Yi took out the "Wu Shang Xuan Yang Zong Bian Nian Shi" from the Qian Kun bag, which was said to have recorded the many major events that had occurred since the founding of the Wu Shang Xuan Yang Sect over 98,000 years ago, and also compiled various things that had happened in the Xuan Yuan Star Cultivation Realm over the past 100,000 years.

  Unexpectedly, Chu Yi spent two days and nights reading it, completely immersed in it.

  "This is no longer just a chronicle, it's actually an alchemy encyclopedia!"

  Two days and two nights later, Chu Yi finally finished reading the entire article, marveling at how much he had gained, his horizons broadened by who knew how much.

  It's no wonder that Chu Yi had such a sigh, the original author of this chronicle traveled extensively for a hundred years to write this book, recording everything he saw and heard, and explaining all kinds of records in the Xiuzhen world.

  After that, this chronicle will be recompiled every five hundred years, adding many contents that were not excerpted before. The vast world, the mysterious origin of all things, everything is recorded in it, and all things are answered by the cultivation of truth.

  After reading this book, for Chu Yi, who is ignorant of the path to immortality, the benefits gained are really unimaginable.

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