Vol 2 Chapter 32: Guanhaitai

On this day, the wind is beautiful, the sky is high and the air is high, the sun is high in the sky, and the rays of light are so bright that Jinhong Mountain, the fairy mountain in the sea, shines like a dream, magnificent and magnificent.
There are many temples in the middle part of the mountain, which is where the daily activities of many direct disciples above the Lingxiaozong Ning Yuan realm are concentrated. There are many large buildings and pavilions. When he was on Qingyu Island many years ago, Sun You had already shown a strong talent for snooping news.
"...Although there are many halls on this mountain, after a long time you will understand that the most center is the sea-viewing platform under our feet."
Listening to Sun You's words next to him, Shen Shi looked around, and saw that at this moment the two had just stepped over the stone steps and boarded a wide and flat square. The ground was paved with large sapphire bricks. Ten acres of land are large, and the surrounding circle is surrounded by large and small halls standing in sequence. Several passages lead from the gaps between those halls and pavilions to farther on the mountain, connecting with more halls in the distance.
Including the Spirit Medicine Hall that Shen Shi had visited once yesterday, it was also in a conspicuous location around the observatory, but no one would explain it to him as carefully as Sun You today. At the moment, people on the Guanhai Platform are coming and going, most of them are dressed in the costumes of Lingxiaozong disciples, and their popularity is not low but not very noisy. Behind the two of them, there are dozens of large and small stone steps under the mountain connecting to this sea-viewing platform from all directions.
Looking back, this observatory is in a very wide area in the middle of Jinhong Mountain. There is no obstruction. You can see the sea and the sky at a glance. Looking at the sea and sky is extremely wide, and thousands of miles of blue waves are as clear as a mirror. It is really heartwarming. Be proud, no matter how much depression, it will dissipate.
In addition, the most striking thing on the Guanhaitai Square is the seven large Chinese watch pillars standing in the middle of the square, which are more than twenty feet tall and pure white. They seem to be carved from giant jade in one piece. There are dragons and phoenixes, lifelike, at a glance, they are like seven giants looking at the sea, swallowing thousands of miles.
Sun You saw that Shen Shi looked at the seven Huabiao jade pillars, and said with a smile: "These seven jade pillars are called'Hongjun Zhu'. The legend is that our ancestor Jingcheng, the founder of the Lingxiao Sect, was after the monster war, It was brought back from the Demon Emperor Hall of Tianhong City, and it has been erected here for ten thousand years."
Shen Shi looked at the seven huge jade pillars, nodded, amazed.
Sun You smiled and took him a hand, and the two continued to move forward. At the same time, Sun You turned his head and said to him: "I said stone, do you really remember the past few years?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Shen Shi's face, and he gave a dry smile, and said, "Yes, anyway, after the accidental explosion of the magic circle three years ago, I was confused. When I was really awake a few days ago, I remembered my identity and past, but realized that I'm already in the Guiyuan Realm."
Sun You sighed twice, looking very surprised and amazed. Shen Shi also sighed in his heart. This reason was told by Du Tiejian, so that he would deal with it like this whenever someone asked. At that time, Shen Shi felt a little unreliable after listening to it, and always felt a little too perfunctory, but Du Tiejian was carefree and authentic: anyway, it was not all lie, including the most important teleportation circle, plus Zong. The door here has recognized the real people from Huaiyuan, who can care about it? As for the tiny teleportation circle, it was an important discovery that was unheard of, but now that the circle has been destroyed, it is also unfounded.
In short, when facing Sun You's question in the morning, Shen Shi could only bite the bullet and repeat the reason. Although Sun You seemed very surprised, he did not have any more suspicions. They have not seen each other for three years. Although the two are of different ages, Sun You’s friendship with Shen Shi doesn’t seem to fade much. After the two met, they seemed to have returned to the days on Herring Island, and they were very cordial for a while. .
Sun You took Shen Shi all the way forward. He seemed to have as many words as before. He kept talking beside Shen Shi and said with a smile: "I was worried that you were trapped in the Qi Refining Realm, but I couldn't think of it. You guy, you actually broke the border on the first night back to the mountain. I never expected it, haha."
Shen Shi smiled and said: "Luck, yes, what happened to the people on the island after I left?"
Sun You shrugged, and said: "The group of our disciples at the beginning seems to be a round of elite gatherings. The first to break through to the Ningyuan realm is of course the monster Ganze. He is also our group now. The only one among the people who broke through to the middle level of the Ning Yuan realm in just three years. In addition, in the following six months, 19 people have cultivated to the Ning Yuan realm, including Zhong Qinglu and Zhong Qingzhu. Of course, this young master is also a genius."
Shen Shi laughed, slapped him on the shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "I can't see it, great."
"Hehe." Sun You chuckled, then he shook his finger and said casually: "It was about 20 people who arrived at the Ningyuan Realm the first time, and then in the next three years, another 40 or 50 people broke the realm, eh... …The He Xiaomei you met before went up the mountain in the second year, and Jiang Hongguang, one year later. In short, there are quite a few people who have succeeded in those new disciples. I have said that such a high number of talents is extremely rare, and I am afraid it will take three to four hundred years to see it once."
Shen Shi smiled and nodded, and he couldn't help but feel a little sigh in his heart. When he was on Qingyu Island in his last year, his Taoism was not bad, and it might not be possible to squeeze into the first batch of broken disciples, but ... Well, anyway, it's useless to think about this anyway.
He shook his head slightly, put this useless thought behind him, and said to Sun You: "Where are you taking me now?"
Sun You smiled and said, "Take you to get the money."
Shen Shi was startled, and Sun You smiled and pulled him forward, and at the same time began to explain to him in detail, and told him all the rules on the Golden Rainbow Mountain in the Lingxiao Sect.
Once the outer disciple on Qingyu Island breaks through the realm and successfully cultivates into the Ningyuan realm, he will be eligible to board Jinhong Mountain and become a direct disciple. After becoming a direct disciple, there are no more restrictions and rules on Herring Island. In contrast, the rules of Ling Xiaozong for these Ning Yuan realm disciples are much more relaxed, and at the same time there are many corresponding benefits.
One of these is that each person can receive fifteen spiritual crystals from the sect each month.
Shen Shi thought carefully. After hearing this, he thought about it for a while and then reacted. The number of these fifteen spirit crystals should be just enough for the minimum guarantee for the cultivation of the Ning Yuan realm disciples every month. The Lingxiao Sect is indeed a famous school in the world. This handwriting looks inconspicuous, but when you think of the thousands of disciples on the mountain, the number of spiritual crystals spent on this monthly expenditure is absolutely not cheap, let alone listening to Sun You’s meaning, this is just condensing The treatment of disciples in the Yuan realm, the higher spiritual realm of the Dao Xing realm in the Zongmen and even the great real people of the Yuan Dan realm, the number of spiritual crystals received per month is several times or even dozens of times this.
Such a huge expenditure of spiritual crystals must be based on the huge spiritual veins in the depths of the Golden Red Mountain Range. Sure enough, the spiritual veins are the foundation to support a cultivation sect.
However, it is absolutely impossible for a monk to cultivate by relying solely on this little spirit crystal, should I eat the spirit pill? Do you want to use a spiritual tool? Do you want to learn marvellous techniques? There are many treasures of heaven, material and earth in front of the wealthy family, making you do more with less. Are you greedy?
Therefore, even the direct disciples of the Ling Xiaozong sect still have to work hard for the spiritual crystal and many spiritual resources for cultivation.
Unlike when he was detained on Qingyu Island and could not go out, once he reached the Ningyuan realm, Ling Xiaozong did not prohibit his disciples from going out and marching in the clouds. In fact, Ling Xiaozong encouraged this. Every day there is an immortal boat crossing the sea under Jinhong Mountain. You can send those disciples who can't fly over the sea to Haizhou. Of course, every time you take a boat, the cost is indispensable, a spiritual crystal.
When he heard this, Shen Shi suddenly remembered some memories of his time on Herring Island, and a trace of unpleasant premonition passed in his heart. He hurriedly followed up with Sun You, and he heard Sun You continue to say that this Lingxiao Sect needs The places where the spirit crystals are spent can be seen almost everywhere.
Most of the elixir in the elixir hall that can play various enhancement and auxiliary effects on Taoist practice, they all need to be purchased with spiritual crystals, and they are expensive; of course there are some spiritual pills that are not purchased with spiritual crystals, but they are Because these spirit pills are of higher grade, Ling Xiaozong will not sell them directly, but raise the threshold. The disciples under the clergy who want these powerful spirit pills must use another special kind of "Xuan Talisman".
"Xuanfu?" Shen Shi was taken aback, took out the Yunfu from his wishful bag, and said, "Does it have anything to do with this?"
Sun You glanced at the Wishful Bag hanging on his waist, then shook his head, and said, "It's not the same as the Yunfu, it's like this." As he said, he reached out to his waist and touched it. He was holding a Wishful Bag, but it was yellow. After a while, a piece of black jade with a black color but shimmering faintly appeared in his hand, which looked about the size of a cloud symbol.
Afterwards, through Sun You’s explanation, Shen Shi roughly understood the purpose of this Xuan Talisman. In fact, it was among the disciples who passed it down. Just like on Qingyu Island, there will still be many tasks assigned to the Lingxiao Sect, some easy tasks. Some spiritual crystals will be rewarded, and some important and difficult tasks will be rewarded with a special mysterious talisman count, which is specifically accumulated on each unique mysterious talisman. And this kind of mysterious talisman count has accumulated to a certain number, and you can exchange for some excellent things in the Lingxiaozong, such as pill, spiritual weapon, magic weapon, and even powerful Taoism and supernatural powers.
At first glance, it seemed to be a little troublesome and cumbersome, but after thinking about it carefully, Shen Shi faintly felt that this rule seemed to be aimed at those wealthy and enemy families. If they all use spirit crystals, ordinary disciples of mortal origin can compare to them. Have you passed those family children? With this mysterious talisman, at least the distribution of spiritual resources, which is at the higher level and the most important, will be relatively fair.
But this is the case. Presumably, once the rules on Herring Island are completely released, after the children of the aristocratic family can immediately obtain the complete support of the family after they reach the Ning Yuan realm, they will definitely be a distance from the ordinary disciple in the realm of cultivation. ?
In this world, where is there true and complete justice?
Shen Shi shook his head and stopped thinking about this. Anyway, it is useless to think about this kind of thing. After carefully reviewing what Sun You said just now, he took a little bit of caution and said: "According to you, let's On Jinhong Mountain, is the Taoist magical powers to be earned on their own?"
Sun Youdao: "Not at all. First, a disciple who has just entered the Ning Yuan realm can go to the study hall to choose a Taoist magical power for free. Of course, there is only one chance, and it will not be the kind of peerless fairy method, but it should be enough to defend yourself. Secondly, it depends on your chance. If you are lucky enough to be favored by the great elders of the Yuandan realm and accepted under the sect, then the Taoism and supernatural powers taught by them are naturally based on the relationship between the teacher and the disciple, not the spirit crystal. Besides, probably we can only rely on our own efforts."
Shen Shi nodded, and then smiled: "In that case, it seems that most people are fair. By the way, those elders in the Yuandan realm don't have many apprentices. Have you been attracted by anyone?"
Sun You sneered, and said in an angry manner: "Don't mention it, the elders of the Yuan Dan realm are all aloof. They are either traveling around the world or practicing in retreat all day long, and they have been in retreat for more than ten or twenty years. Not to mention the laborious task of accepting disciples. More than 90% of the direct disciples of thousands of people on this mountain have to cultivate on their own, and I am no exception."
Shen Shi laughed and said, "Was there any luck in that batch of disciples?"
Sun You said: "Yes."
Shen Shi said "Hey" and said, "Who is it?"
Sun You said: "Two people were officially accepted by the elders, one is Gan Ze, and the other is Zhong Qingzhu." He paused, and then suddenly added, "But I heard that he presided over Dan Tang. Elder Yunni loves Zhong Qinglu very much, maybe she will be the third."
Shen Shi nodded, but his mind was reminded by the other fame mentioned by Sun You just now, and said: "That's right, if you don't tell me, I forgot it. Zhong Qingzhu had a good relationship with us back then. Now she... …how was it?"
Suddenly, Sun You frowned for no reason, saw a trace of unhappy expression passing between his expression, snorted, waved his hand, and said:
"Don't mention her!"