Chapter 81

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Chapter 81

The big competition among the hundreds of sects started with great excitement, but it was interrupted by demonic energy, causing the contest to end, and the lively scene gradually dispersed.

Those cultivators from the major sects could not stay long at Tianheng Sect. If anything big happened, the major sects could use a special version of the Spirit Calling King, the Hundred Sects Order, to quickly summon their direct disciples and elders.

The cultivators took their sect’s Cloud Boats to leave. Yun Chuyou took this opportunity to clear some stock and reached a friendly agreement with the leaders of the Five Palates Sect to outsource the Qingxu Sect’s cafeteria.

In addition to that, she also received some outstanding disciples from smaller sects, improving the quality of new students at Qingxu Sect.

In this competition, Qingxu Sect, being a small sect, really stood out, and its displayed wealth attracted many cultivators.

Among these disciples, the vast majority were young Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, with a few dozen Golden Core Stage ones, and two Nascent Soul cultivators. Of course, these two Nascent Soul cultivators came from small sects, not from the top two hundred, but reaching Naesent Soul at such a young age was impressive to Yun Chuyou.

Besides the well-known villains among the group, the disciples recruited later were at Qi Refining level. With Nascent Soul cultivators, they would consume less cultivation resources and enhance the overall strength of the sect.

However, disciples from the major sects would not easily leave their own sects, so Yun Chuyou mainly received those from lower-ranked sects.

The leader of the Fire Stone Sect, who had previously interacted with Xie Fuzhi, came eagerly to attach themselves to the Qingxu Sect.

In front of these smaller sects, which were willing to give up some of their disciples, Yun Chuyou generously offered a number of spirit stones as compensation, even more than some of the larger sects, creating a win-win situation for all three parties.

Many large sects, although they did not send out their disciples, actively provided Qingxu Sect with a few to ten spots for cultivator exchanges, effectively extending an olive branch for friendship to this newly emerging Qingxu Sect.

After finishing these tasks, Yun Chuyou completed a long list of advancement missions from the system.

[The sect has cultivators at the Astral Projection Stage]

[Qingxu Sect gained fame at the Hundred Sects Conference]

[Reputation reached fifty thousand]

[Established friendships with over ten sects]

[Has disciples ranked in the top ten of the Genius List]

[The disciple who is in the top five of the Genius List.]

[The disciple who is number one on the Genius List.]

That’s right. Although we still can’t see what fate holds for Yun Chuyou, her performance is truly outstanding. At her age, reaching the Astral Projection Stage is an accomplishment that hasn’t happened in the history of spiritual cultivation for thousands of years.

The Genius List has been updated, and Yun Chuyou has moved to the top spot.

Since they are performing so well, many major sects are interested in recruiting them.

However, knowing that Yun Chuyou is the leader of the Qingxu Sect, they quickly abandoned this idea. Joining a major sect would only offer a guest position or leadership of a peak; they would never give up the position of leader.

More importantly, Yun Chuyou’s teacher and husband, Xie Fuzhi, is the unique Phoenix God, not just any bird demon beast with a bit of phoenix blood, but a true ancient great monster with a pure bloodline from ancient times.

Those major sects, despite their envy of such talent, do not want to provoke a powerful ancient great monster in their ranks.

Besides offering exchange student spots, these sects also sent many congratulatory gifts and tokens of appreciation, all delivered to Yun Chuyou, the leader.

The gift is to congratulate Yun Chuyou for successfully reaching the Astral Projection level as the leader of the Qingxu Sect. Even if this level seems unreal, it is still considered the Astral Projection Stage.

The thank you gift goes without saying; she saved many talented people, and they, as the sects behind those talents, should offer a generous thank you.

Before Yun Chuyou left on the Cloud Boat belonging to the Qingxu Sect, the cheerful notification of completed tasks rang out more than ten times.

Seeing the barrier rise around the Cloud Boat as it flew quickly towards the direction of the Qingxu Sect, Meng He asked, "Elder Martial Sister, aren’t we using the teleportation array on our way back?"

It was much faster to come here using the teleportation array, but returning by Cloud Boat would take at least two months.

Yun Chuyou glanced at the newly joined disciples of the sect and said, "There’s no rush to get back; the Cloud Boat is better."

If it were just a few cultivators, using the teleportation array would save time, but now that the sect has taken in around a hundred disciples, even if the cultivator in charge of the teleportation array offers a discount, she still thinks it is too expensive and feels embarrassed to take advantage of them.

Favors should be used wisely; using them hastily can harm the image of the Qingxu Sect.

The Qingxu Sect is no longer the small sect that was once ignored; its reputation has grown significantly, so they must act with caution and maintain their dignity.

Of course, Yun Chuyou was also preparing for the future. Their sect finally had many human cultivators, but among the elders, one was from the demon race and another was a ghost. If this information were to be revealed, it would seriously damage the reputation of the Qingxu Sect.

At that moment, Yun Chuyou did not expect that the chaos would erupt so quickly. She spent the whole day thinking about how to increase her reputation points.

There was another important reason for her to save spirit stones:

After achieving so much, the sect system leveled up, and in the forging room, additional melting and repair functions were added.

Melting allows Yun Chuyou to put the items she previously forged into it. By adding a few spirit stones, she can directly restore the original materials.

However, there is one condition for melting: it can only restore the magical tools that Yun Chuyou made using the system’s forging furnace; items made by others or items forged with other tools cannot be restored.

Even so, it can save a lot of those expensive forging materials. If Yun Chuyou is not satisfied with a magical tool, as long as she has enough spirit stones, she can keep remaking it until she is happy.

The amount of spirit stones consumed depends on the level of the magical tool. For example, a magical tool that can be used at the Nascent Soul Stage costs hundreds of times more spirit stones than a basic tool used at the Qi Refining Stage.

Moreover, repeatedly forging high-level magical tools can increase proficiency. For Yun Chuyou now, forging low-level tools does not increase any proficiency, but the number of high-level tools consumed in the market is limited in a short time.

A large number of items were put into the market, which would not bring more wealth. Instead, it could harm the current market, making items sell for less, and it could also affect the rights of other Alchemy Masters.

So in Yun Chuyou’s storage ring, there are still many magic items she has not taken out. Now that there is a smelting function, all these magic items can be reused.

Although a lot of spirit stones will be used, Yun Chuyou had previously earned a huge amount of spirit stones. Since those spirit stones do not earn interest, it is better to use them to improve her own abilities.

Recasting magic items consumes spirit stones like a bottomless pit, and the spirit stones she saved suddenly seem less enough, so Yun Chuyou naturally has to be more frugal than before.

Moreover, now the Qingxu Sect is no longer a small sect with just five people. With hundreds of members to support, it indeed needs to be careful with spending.

"If you feel bored, go guide our new disciples and challenge those two Nascent Soul Stage cultivators."

This time, when they return, the Qingxu Sect’s territory can also build several peaks like those large sects. Meng He, Yu Jiu, and Zhong Wei can each take a peak and gather some disciples.

The two newly recruited Nascent Soul cultivators will naturally receive treatment as peak masters.

Even among the peak masters, the resources they can access will be arranged based on the overall strength of their peaks. Because the competition ended early, these two Nascent Soul cultivators did not get a chance to spar with the Golden Core Stage disciples.

Yun Chuyou wanted Meng He and Yu Jiu to show their strength, to attract more students and to intimidate these two visiting Nascent Soul cultivators, so they wouldn’t think too highly of themselves and want everything good.

Hearing that they could fight, Meng He immediately became excited and rubbed his hands together, saying, "I will go fight, uh, I mean guide them."

Yun Chuyou reminded him, "There is a barrier inside, so be careful. Just give our people some pointers and don’t damage our Cloud Boat."

A big Cloud Boat like this would need many spirit stones to repair. Without relying on the system, Yun Chuyou can also repair damaged spirit tools, but sometimes the repairs may not be much better than buying new ones.

Meng He waved his hand, saying, "Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing!"

When checking the rewards, Yun Chuyou noticed that some of the materials were related to the Fate Mirror.

[Restoration Material One for Fate Mirror]

[Restoration Material Two for Fate Mirror]

[Restoration Material Three for Fate Mirror]

The materials for restoration are each a ninety-degree slice, and just four pieces are enough to make one mirror.

After the system upgrade, the melting function starts immediately, while the repair function remains inactive until enough materials are collected to unlock it.

The repair for the Fate Mirror can only be done through the system’s repair function.

In the side quest, unlocking the repair function and fixing the remaining special materials of the Creation Realm can only be given after completing that quest.

As for the materials needed for the repair function, Yun Chuyou only has Xie Fuzhi’s Phoenix Feather. The rest of the materials come from the Ghost Realm, Demon Realm, and another part of the Demon Realm.

The material from the Demon Realm is manageable; she needs to find it in the Blue Mountain Fox tribe. With Hu Xiao Bai there, it shouldn’t be too difficult to obtain the materials.

For the materials from the Ghost Realm, perhaps she can politely ask Yu Jiu by posting a task in the guild.

He is always considerate and understanding, so he should be able to get the materials for her.

The most troublesome materials are from the Demon Realm. Yun Chuyou has researched the trade market and found that items from the Demon Realm are actually very expensive in the spiritual world. They mainly come from the spoils that spiritual world cultivators obtain from demon cultivators.

After all, the territory where the demon cultivator resides is filled with a lot of demonic energy. It is very difficult for spirit cultivators to go there, and everyone generally stays on the outskirts, not daring to venture deep inside.

By the time the war broke out, Yun Chuyou was still missing one material needed for the repair function.

At this moment, Meng He and Yu Jiu, thanks to their extraordinary training speed, successfully reached the Nascent Soul Stage.

Zhong Wei did not fall behind this time; instead, she advanced, catching up with the two cultivators from the early stage of the Golden Core Stage and also successfully condensing her Nascent Soul.

Before parting ways, Zhong Wei, with Yun Chuyou’s support, personally went to the Beast Control Sect to present evidence of what Xuandaozi had done back then.

To avoid any connection with the demon cultivator, the Beast Control Sect ruthlessly abandoned Xuandaozi and chose to sever ties with him.

However, Zhong Wei’s elder sister was highly valued in the Beast Control Sect. She advised against this decision repeatedly and was willing to compensate with a large amount of resources, not wanting to trade back the items.

Yun Chuyou remained unmoved by those resources, "Our sect is willing to offer double the resources to buy her life."

She was Zhong Wei’s strongest support for revenge and absolutely did not want to see her younger martial sister swallow her pride for those resources.

Moreover, the Spiritual Root sealed inside the other person by dark magic still longs for its true master.

Zhong Wei forcefully dug out the original Spiritual Root from her older sister’s body, but she did not rush to put it back. Instead, she took it back to her sect and soaked it in the thousand-year Cold Pool in the sky to clean it before reattaching it.

After the Spiritual Root returned, her cultivation soared and she quickly reached Nascent Soul.

The demonic pill has been completely digested; however, influenced by the Spiritual Root, Zhong Wei’s demon race bloodline awakened a little. She could not turn into a fox like Hu Xiao Bai, but only stayed in human form, with uncontrollable ears and a tail appearing.

The current Demon Realm and spiritual world are barely maintaining a peaceful relationship, and it is not surprising to see demon cultivators appear in the spiritual world sects.

Compared to those who dig out people’s Spiritual Roots, the demon race may be less harmful than the human race cultivators in some ways.

While Zhong Wei was working hard to practice the spell to hide her tail and ears, demon cultivators invaded the spiritual world through various sect pathways.

Surprisingly, the first to fall were actually those sects ranked in the top hundred.

The demon cultivators claimed to come to welcome their young master of the demon race.

Meng He from Qingxu Sect is their young master who has wandered outside the demon race.