Chapter Nineteen Cultivating in the Cave Abode

  The outer sect's senior brother is named 'Chang Tong', as an outer sect disciple, he has not yet qualified to receive a Taoist name and is still addressed by his secular surname.

  Just now, he saw the famous 'Xuanji Yiqing' personally send Su Che to this place, which can explain that this new junior brother who just entered the door is also a person with background and backing, so when speaking to Su Che, his attitude was still relatively polite.

  After a few pleasantries, the two became slightly familiar with each other. Chang Tong asked: "Su Shidi, you've just entered the sect and need to choose a quiet place on the mountain for meditation. Do you prefer a house or a cave?"

  "Dongfu." Su Che immediately replied.

  The house is more comfortable, with better lighting and ventilation; but the cave is safer and more private. Su Che thinks that having a secret treasure in his mind is still more suitable for the cave.

  "Alright..."

  Chang Tong nodded, turned around and took a wooden ruler from the shelf, handed it over: "Su Shidi, this cave mansion is already the highest position in my outer gate area, with excellent spiritual energy density, and also the closest to Yu Qing Shixiong's inner gate area."

  Beyond words, this cave is absolutely the best location in the outer disciple area, and it's considered a favor to Su Che.

  "Thank you, senior brother."

  Su Che handed over the wooden token and at the same time passed over a small bag containing ten pieces of low-grade spirit stones, which were just received as this month's allowance a few hours ago.

  This kind of courtesy, Su Che would not be petty and offend people. Moreover, in another Qiankun bag, there were more than 110 low-grade spirit stones, which was enough for the time being.

  A small pouch made of ordinary velvet, containing ten low-grade spirit stones, was something that Chang Tong often held in his hand, and he could sense the spirit stones inside without needing to open it.

  He chuckled and smiled, feeling satisfied in his heart, and politely said: "Su Shidi, you're being too polite."

  "It's only right, it's only right. From now on, I'll still need Master Brother to support and guide me a lot." Su Che said sincerely.

  "Alright, alright!"

  Chang Tong naturally agreed, and then went on to explain some routine matters in detail, such as: coming to collect the next month's monthly allowance at the end of each month; auditing the door faction's contribution value every six months; assessing personal cultivation every three years; completing designated door faction tasks on time...

  Everything was settled, and it was already evening. Su Che walked out of the building with a burst of true energy, and the wooden token in his hand actually floated automatically, quickly floating forward like a guiding lantern, leading Su Che to his cave mansion.

  Mystic Peak was really too big, and just this section of mountain road took Su Che more than half a day to walk. Of course, the real reason could only be said that his cultivation was too low...

  In front of the cave, there was a fairly wide platform, over 100 steps long and wide, enough to accommodate dozens of secular warriors practicing their martial arts skills. This was just one of the landing places in front of the cave.

  It's not just the vast area, but also the beautiful scenery. On the left side of the entrance to the cave, there is a mountain spring flowing gently from the stone crevice, below which is a pool of water, where colorful fish swim leisurely and green lotus leaves resemble exquisite carvings...

  To the right of the entrance, flowers and fruit trees are scattered high and low, undulating in an orderly manner. The delicate flowers and crystal-clear fruits are all extremely enticing, showing that the plants and living things here enjoy the nourishment of the rich spiritual energy, which is vastly different from the same species in the secular world.

  "What a wonderful paradise on earth!"

  Su Che took a deep breath, and apart from this, he really couldn't think of a more suitable evaluation.

  Bang!

  The wooden token automatically embedded itself into a recess in the stone wall, beginning to glow with a faint aura, indicating that this cave already had an owner and no one could enter without the owner's consent.

  Su Che used the wooden token to record the method of opening the door, and opened the stone gate of the cave. He went in and turned around, and found that there were halls, bedrooms, kitchens, practice rooms, alchemy rooms, breeding rooms, etc., all complete with dust-proof, lighting and ventilation arrays, so no matter how long he stayed inside, he wouldn't feel stuffy.

  The sky was already late, and it seemed that today was not enough to go to the Transmission Hall to receive the method. Moreover, after a day of this, Su Che also felt a bit tired in his heart, so he sat down as usual for a while, and tried to communicate with the small tower in his brain, but didn't get any response from it for a long time, and went to bed early to rest.

  The next morning, Su Che walked out of the cave and had just closed the stone gate when he heard someone softly sighing behind him.

  Turning back, it was a young man who had cultivated to the second layer of Qi Refining, with a Xuanji waist token hanging from his waist, also an outer disciple of the Xuanji Main Peak.

  This young man looked two or three years older than Su Che, with an air of sixteen or seventeen years old. He walked up with a smile and asked: "Is this junior brother the new disciple of Xuanji Peak?"

  "It is." Su Che saw Li Dao: "Su Che has seen Shixiong."

  No choice, so far I'm the weakest and youngest outer sect disciple, having to call everyone "senior brother" or "senior sister".

  "My name is Leixiao." The young man laughed and said: "Su Shidi is not simple, just entering the door, he has already divided this cave mansion."

  Su Che smiled slightly and looked in the direction he came from, asking: "Is Master Lei's residence also nearby?"

  "Hmm." Lei smiled and pointed in that direction: "It's the building closest to you, our heights are about the same, only I prefer the openness of the building, as well as the refreshing feeling of gazing out at three thousand miles."

  Su Che's tone was affable and humorous, and from just a few sentences, it could be heard that this was a lively and somewhat over-familiar guy.

  However, as a second-level Qi-refining disciple who can get such a residence, it is enough to show that his background is not simple either. It's worth noting that the height of the residence also indirectly reflects one's status and background within the sect.

  Lei Xiao also viewed Su Che in the same way and raised the intention of making friends, so he asked: "Su Shidi, you're out so early, where are you going?"

  Su Che replied: "Just entering the door, wanting to go to the transmission hall to receive the method, and also, some rules in the sect, should be understood as soon as possible."

  "Chuan Gong Ge?" Lei Xiao nodded and said: "Just right, I'm also going there, let's travel together."

  "Okay."

  Two people walked side by side, all the way, Lei Xiao told him some rules he knew, chattering and talking very fluently, speaking also very logically.

  What is referred to as 'rules' here are not the sect rules of Tianxuan Sect, but some semi-public implicit rules. It's easy to understand the sect rules, just find a copy and memorize it, but these implicit rules are the most troublesome, if you're not careful, you might unknowingly offend someone.

  When they arrived at the Transmission Hall, Su Che and Lei Xiao had already become quite familiar with each other. The two made a promise to visit each other frequently in the future before parting ways and going their separate ways.

  Su Che first found the General Manager of Chuan Gong Ge, 'Zheng Guan Shi', and subtly expressed his intention to "ask for Yu Qing Shixiong on his behalf". He also presented a gift of ten low-grade spirit stones.

  Master 'Chang Tong' and the 'Zheng Guan Shi' of Chuan Gong Ge, are both important figures hinted at by Master Yu Qing. Su Che naturally didn't dare to neglect them. As the saying goes, "County officials are not as good as current managers", getting along with these people will absolutely have no drawbacks. Su Che had been in the worldly county government for four years and was extremely clear about these doors and paths.

  "Su Che ah." After receiving the gift, Zheng's tone was much more familiar: "It seems that those low-level kung fu methods that can be obtained for free are not in your eyes... But, slightly better kung fu methods require a contribution value from the sect..."

  Such a rule, Su Che had long known, took out the seven spiritual grasses that had been prepared in advance from the Qiankun bag and handed them all to Zheng Guan Shi: "Zheng Guan Shi, these few spiritual grasses are all over 100 years old. I don't know how much contribution value can be exchanged for?"

  "Ah, great, great!"

  Zheng's expression changed, and he carefully examined the spiritual grasses. After a moment of silence, he calculated and said: "These seven spiritual grasses are worth 2,500 contribution points. According to the rules, after passing through our hands, we can allocate 2,000 points to you, which is already quite good... However, considering Yu Qing's face, I'll allocate the full amount of 2,500 points to you."

  "Thank you, Manager Zheng."

  Su Che understood that Yu Qing's face was only one aspect, and the spirit stones he had just given him were also not to be underestimated. This way, it was equivalent to exchanging ten low-grade spirit stones for 500 contribution points, which was definitely a very good deal.

  Contributing value to Su Che's identity jade symbol, Zheng Guanshi pointed to a not-so-distant secret room and said in a low voice: "The kung fu in that secret room is the best among our Xuanji Peak's outer door kung fu..."

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