Chapter 6
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Chapter 6
Back at her place, Yun Chuyou released a demon beast and a regular beast she had caught earlier. After eating the meat provided by the system, they looked lively and showed no signs of discomfort.
However, this only proved that the pork wasn’t highly toxic. What if it had side effects from long-term use? She marked off two areas in the empty space behind her house and constructed a pen with ironwood materials provided by the system. Then, she fed them another piece of meat from the system.
She decided to observe them for a month and compare their states before and after. Yun Chuyou had always been very careful, especially after her past experiences in the lab.
By the way, having only two animals was too few, and the sample size was too small. So, she went to knock on her Junior Martial Brother’s door.
The latter heard the familiar knocking sound and happily jumped out of the room, “Elder Martial Sister, what do you need from me?”
“I have an important task for you.”
Yun Chuyou said seriously, “Meng He, do you see the fence behind your house? I just built two animal pens. The one on the left is for ordinary beasts, and the one on the right is for demon beasts. Tomorrow, you need to catch a few more and bring them here. We need both spirit beasts and ordinary beasts for these pens.”
She didn’t have much experience taking care of children, but she knew she couldn’t do everything herself. Only by involving the disciples more in building the sect would they feel a greater sense of pride in being part of the group.
Yun Chuyou made it clear that she wasn’t just making Meng He do all the hard work. “The younger martial sister is too weak, and the Second Junior Brother is still sick. I can only rely on you now; I know you can handle it.”
Although this Junior Martial Brother seemed a bit silly and had a bump on his head, he was very strong. Being simple-minded wasn’t all bad; at least he was easy to guide.
Under the moonlight, the beautiful girl looked at him with complete trust. Her eyes shone brighter than the moon and sparkled more than the stars.
That’s right, the master is old, the junior brother is weak, and the younger martial sister is fragile; Elder Martial Sister is working so hard, and now they can only rely on themselves in Qingxu Sect.
Realizing that this family couldn’t function without him, Meng He’s heart filled with a sense of responsibility he had never felt before. A heavy weight settled on his shoulders, filled with Elder Martial Sister’s earnest hopes. The boy thumped his chest, his fist striking his strong muscles with a sound like a drum—thump thump, it echoed.
He confidently said, “Don’t worry, this task is on me. I promise I won’t let you down, Elder Martial Sister.”
Yun Chuyou nodded in satisfaction and was about to turn back when she suddenly thought about Meng He’s way of working. She wasn’t worried about whether he could complete the task, but rather about him possibly exceeding the requirements too much.
If she didn’t give clear instructions, this energetic wild wolf might fill both animal pens. Imagining those little animals crowded together, chattering in those small spaces, Yun Chuyou quickly added, “Catch 7 regular demon beasts each. Ideally, one pair of adult beasts and five baby beasts, and they need to be alive.”
Both animals in the pen were young. She thought that young creatures were a bit weaker, so if the meat was really harmful, they would show signs quickly.
“Is that all?” Meng He thought. He had expected a dangerous task, but it was just catching a few small beasts, which seemed too easy. How could he show his worth with such simple work?
“That’s all,” Yun Chuyou emphasized. She knew this would happen, so she stressed again, “Too much is not good, and the ones raised on the mountain taste better. These are for a little research.”
“Alright!” Meng He asked, “Is there anything else I need to do?”
He felt that he could finish such an easy task in half an hour.
“No, it’s getting late. You should head back to practice. These are just minor tasks; your practice is more important.”
The master can only lead one to the door, but the practice is up to the individual. Right now, she had little to teach Meng He, so she could only encourage him to practice diligently.
This time, Yun Chuyou really left. With a reluctant gaze from Meng He, she closed the wooden door to her room.
Realizing he couldn’t see his senior martial sister anymore, Meng He originally planned to return to his room to practice. However, after a quick nap, he sat up again, rushed out, and ran into the woods on the mountain to catch a demon beast.
The moonlight was so bright now; it was the perfect time to catch a beast. When Elder Martial Sister sees the demon beast in the pen tomorrow morning, she will surely be happy and praise him.
Most of the tasks of taking care of Yu Jiu have been assigned to Meng He by Yun Chuyou, after all, she is the Elder Martial Sister, and Yu Jiu is the junior male disciple. Activities like applying medicine or wiping down must be done by Meng He.
The two rooms were right next to each other, so Meng He could naturally hear any noise. Late at night, that silly dog next door ran out to play. He rolled over in bed with a cold snort, and before long, he heard the chirping of a young beast.
Looking outside through the window, the silly dog had one hand grabbing the long ears of several ordinary rabbits and the other holding two brightly colored pheasants, which were the demon beasts Yun Chuyou had raised in the woods.
“What a racket!” Yu Jiu, who is already very sensitive to noise, was woken up again. Not being able to sleep well, he cursed the troublesome thing next door while staring at the wall, “Catching chickens in the middle of the night, what’s wrong with you!”
Yun Chuyou didn’t hear the noise made by the two martial brothers that night. For the sake of convenience in communication, her place wasn’t too far from her younger martial siblings. However, tonight she needed to focus on studying her special ability, so she set up a soundproof magic array outside her room.
Although Yun Chuyou is known as a sword cultivator, she has dabbled in various paths of cultivation, including alchemy, medicine, artifact refinement, and formation arrays. However, she is not a master in any of these fields; she only has a basic understanding. The soundproof array, a very simple formation, lies well within her limited expertise.
She chose to use the master’s cultivation time and tried to channel her energy. Sure enough, the speed of absorbing Spirit Qi was several times faster than before, and her mind felt especially clear as if she had received a boost.
Yun Chuyou chose a special incense that could assist in her cultivation and increase her cultivation speed; the effects of the two could stack together.
By the end of the hour, her cultivation level had risen from the early stage of the Golden Core Stage 1 to the early stage of the Golden Core Stage 2. It is well known that as one progresses in cultivation, the difficulty increases, and the time required to improve also grows longer. Even though she had accumulated some progress before ascending, rising to a small realm in just one night is quite impressive.
The reason Yun Chuyou did not plan to take many disciples in a short time is that she herself has a Single Spiritual Root, and it is a mutated Wind Spiritual Root, which is just not pure enough and is still a bit away from the best Heavenly Spiritual Root.
Besides the five elements of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, other types of Spiritual Roots must rely on mutations, such as Ice Spiritual Root, Wind Spiritual Root, Thunder Spiritual Root, and the very rare Light and Dark Spiritual Roots.
If it were not for her outstanding talent, Yun Chuyou would not have become a golden core cultivator in just ten years from being an ordinary person.
The cultivation world relies too much on talent; although diligence and mindset are very important, the difficulty of cultivating with a good Spiritual Root compared to a poor one can be ten, a hundred, or even a thousand times greater.
Most ordinary cultivators do not have strong enough willpower to compete at that level. And if their talent is too poor and they cannot break through their bottleneck, they will age and pass away early, losing their chance to surpass those geniuses.
When there was only her as a disciple in the sect, Xie Fuzhi found ways to give her many good things for her training. He spent almost all the wealth he had saved before on this great disciple of his.
So even when she later realized that her talent could take her to a better sect, Yun Chuyou never thought of abandoning Xie Fuzhi as her master.
The conversation went off track. She strengthened her skills and started to open more gift boxes.
The beginner gift box can be opened once at the Foundation Establishment Stage and once at the Golden Core Stage. The next time it can be opened is only at the Nascent Soul Stage.
Even though she possessed a Single Spiritual Root, advancing from the Golden Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage would normally take around a hundred years. In the cultivation world, very few Nascent Soul cultivators are under a hundred years old, and those who typically have either a Heavenly Spiritual Root or a Chaos Spiritual Root. One thing they all share in common is that they are supported by large sects or powerful cultivation families and possess immense wealth.
Yun Chuyou decided not to dwell on distant matters for now. Instead, she began counting the wealth she could access from her backpack.
The beginner gift box provided three types of fixed materials. The higher the cultivation stage, the more materials were granted. For the Foundation Establishment Stage, the basic materials were 5,000, while for the Golden Core Stage, it increased to 10,000.
Having used some food, wood, and iron, she now had 15,400 units of wood, 15,800 units of iron, and 15,996 pieces of meat. These three items took up 9 slots in her backpack.
After all, 999 units would take up one slot. Considering the capacity of the system’s space, she decided not to use the basic materials from the last two gift boxes and kept them in their original state when opened. Who knew what might happen if she used them? They could fill up the slots and cause the materials to disappear.
Even the smallest mosquito is still meat. These wooden and iron things can be exchanged in the human city for resources.
“Isn’t this storage setup a bit unreasonable? Basic materials take up so much space.”
There are only twenty slots in the storage space, and materials occupy nine of them. Spirit stones are directly credited to personal assets upon use, so they do not take up any slots. However, the Building Foundation Pills and the disciples’ long swords given by the system earlier occupy two slots.
The basic hand seal was given to younger martial sister Zhong Wei, and Yun Chuyou took out the Building Foundation Pill and the remaining long sword and put them into the system’s backpack.
Yun Chuyou asked a question, but the system remained as unresponsive as a lifeless object; it only reminded her when tasks were released. Thinking back to how it had sounded like thunder, she suspected that the system had been damaged inside the calamity cloud, causing numerous bugs. That would explain its strange behavior now.
Thinking about the sect’s assets on the page, Yun Chuyou began to explore the system page and found a page that could jump to other scenes.
After searching for a long time, by recharging spirit stones into the sect’s wealth, Yun Chuyou finally activated a new page.
[Successfully activated sect function. On the long road of cultivation, finance, partners, methods, and land are all necessary. A powerful sect needs both the soft power of disciples and enough hard facilities as resources for cultivation. Come and build your sect!]
Yun Chuyou: …
She said it early on; the system must have been struck by lightning!