When he saw Wu Tian's eyes wandering, the middle-aged man could not help but think that this kid was just trying to fool him. "If you want to be my disciple, you must respect the rules of our sect. If you dare to kill innocents, betray your master, and slaughter fellow disciples, hmph! Even if you escape to the ends of the universe, I can still destroy you completely." Seeing Wu Tian's frightened expression, he repeated himself.
"Do you think that everything will be fine just because you have become my disciple? Let me tell you, you have already reached the middle stage of the Qi refining realm, and this secular world is no longer suitable for you. You're really abnormal, you only slept for three years and have already reached the Qi refining realm, while it took me eight long years to reach the same level. Sigh...the Water Spirit is such a good thing," he said with a pained expression.
"Ah...um, I don't know about Qi refining and all that, but I want to ask when I obtained your Water Spirit?" This was what Wu Tian wanted to ask.
The middle-aged man shook his head in regret and looked at Wu Tian with fiery eyes. "It was the moment you jumped into the water."
"Oh...no wonder I felt something hit me when I jumped down, but then I passed out and didn't feel anything. And how can you say that thing belongs to you?" Wu Tian asked in confusion.
"Hmph! I have been chasing it for more than four hundred planets, and I encountered this little thing on the Jima Star. I've been chasing it ever since and ended up on this planet. I must say, the 'lake' on this planet is really big. The Water Spirit was transformed from the water essence of heaven and earth and has spirituality, and it can be cultivated. I laid a nine-cage formation in this large 'lake' to capture the Water Spirit, and it was already exhausted when I caught up to it. I was planning to force it onto the shore and use my magic weapon to capture it, but then you suddenly jumped into the water, and the Water Spirit, already exhausted, ended up on your body," he continued, looking at Wu Tian's stunned expression.
"If I hadn't sealed your bloodline with true qi, you would have been exploded by the huge spiritual energy. Hmph! Seeing that the Water Spirit had washed your muscles and bones and turned you into an upper-level cultivation material, I decided to take you as my disciple. Later, I brought you to the bottom of this 'lake' and used the Foundation Building Pill to help you build the foundation, which led to your current middle stage of Qi refining."
Wu Tian smiled awkwardly, calming down now. After three years, he had not been killed yet, so he probably wouldn't be killed now. Besides, wasn't his master planning to take him as an apprentice? He shouldn't harm him. "Jima Star?" Wow, isn't that an alien in front of him? Damn it, he never thought he would be the first human to talk to an alien. It's something to be proud of. "Hmph, only a weirdo like you would call the Pacific Ocean a 'lake'."
Wu Tian sat cross-legged in front of his cheap master, asking curiously, "Master, you just mentioned something about washing bone marrow and something else. Is it the main reason why my injuries healed and my overall abilities have improved, like being able to hit a rock and be unscathed?"
"Yes, of course. Although the Foundation Pill is not a precious elixir, not everyone has it," the middle-aged man said calmly, looking at Wu Tian with an air of superiority. "Now you know how powerful your master is, right? I can easily make you stronger. Your expression earlier was as if you had seen a ghost."
"Thank you, master. I already knew you were amazing before," Wu Tian said gratefully. "By the way, what level have you reached, and can you tell me about cultivation? Is it more fun than being in a mafia? I mean, it's more powerful...hehe..."
"Cultivation is divided into Foundation Building, Refinement, Valley Opening, Enlightenment, Integration, Golden Elixir, Nascent Soul, Soul Separation, God Transformation, Body Fusion, Tribulation Crossing, and Great Perfection. Each stage is further divided into early, middle, and late periods. I am currently in the Tribulation Crossing stage," Wu Tian's master said proudly, shaking his Daoist robe.
"Wow...then you're at the top of the pyramid," Wu Tian thought to himself. Following his master was much better than following his previous boss. He always had to be the scapegoat, which made him very angry.
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If his master knew that Wu Tian had compared him to a master of cultivation and a mafia boss, would he be so angry that he would kill Wu Tian?
"Why did you give me this jade? Is it a magic treasure?" Wu Tian asked when his master handed him a piece of jade.
"This is called a Jade Slip, commonly used in the cultivation world to record and pass on messages," his master explained.
"Wow! Isn't this just like a CD? But this thing is much more powerful than a CD," Wu Tian said, looking at the Jade Slip for a while but not seeing anything. "Master, how do I read the Jade Slip? My eyes are good, but I can't see any words on it."
"You have to use your spiritual sense to read it. Just hold the Jade Slip and explore it with your spiritual sense, and you'll know what's inside," his master explained.
Wu Tian scratched his head and asked embarrassedly, "Master, what is spiritual sense?"
The middle-aged man looked at him coldly, estimating that he was the only one in the entire cultivation world who had just entered the Qi Refining stage and had no idea what spiritual power was. He reached out his hand towards Wu Tian's head and said, "Master will take you to have a look. After this, you will know what spiritual power is. Do you see it?"
"Wow..." Wu Tian exclaimed excitedly. "So characters can be 'seen' like this? It's so amazing." If schools used this method, learning would be so much more fun, but remembering everything would be the biggest problem. However, he felt strange because he remembered all the content up to the Mahayana stage after just reading it once. He didn't have such a good memory before... Wu Tian wondered.
"You'll see more amazing things in the future. There's no need to be so surprised about this jade slip," Wu Tian's master said, still a bit upset about the Water Spirit incident. He also took the opportunity to deflate Wu Tian's ego.
However, as an apprentice, he couldn't let himself fall behind. "Kid, this is the Qifan Ring, a commonly used storage ring in the cultivation world. As the name suggests, once you have this ring, you are no longer an ordinary person but a cultivator, shedding your mortal body," the middle-aged man said.
Wu Tian carefully examined the Qifan Ring, made of a material he didn't recognize. It was round and had some characters on it, or so he assumed, since he didn't know what those symbols meant.
"Master, is this also seen with spiritual power?" Wu Tian asked eagerly.
"Yes, the Qifan Ring is a relatively common type of storage ring in the cultivation world, with an internal space of about 100 kasai, which is roughly 100 square meters compared to Earth. I think you should be able to use it for a while, as long as you don't get bored and start stuffing stones inside. When we return to the sect, I'll give you a better one, since I didn't prepare for this trip," the master explained.
"Master is really good to me, hehe... Huh? Master, why are there so many jade slips and stones in here? Stones? Hey...hey. Old man, you told me not to stuff stones into the ring, but why did you stuff so many stones into mine?" Wu Tian hummed at his unscrupulous master.
But instead of his master's embarrassed face, he was greeted by...
"Boom..." the sound of something hitting a stone.
The middle-aged man roared, "These are immortal stones that countless people in the cultivation world fight over. You called them stones? If anyone finds out, they will laugh at you. When you go out, don't say that you're the disciple of Southern Huazhen. "Southern Huazhen scolded his disciple.
"Master, I didn't know. Why are you so angry?" Wu Tian said weakly.
"Master, there are also several flying swords and armors in here. But Master, these flying swords are too small, are they supposed to be used as throwing knives for sneak attacks? But I like them...hehe..." Wu Tian grinned.
"Boom..." another loud noise shook the stones around them slightly, and the result...
"This three-foot flying sword is not something anyone can practice. You call it a flying dart? Are our destinies against each other? I will make you regret it sooner or later. You just came and took away my treasure, and now you are still trying to provoke me, hmph..." Nanhua said angrily.
After being taught a lesson by his master twice, Wutian became cautious and sat cross-legged in front of his master, waiting for him to introduce the flying sword. He didn't want to say anything wrong again, otherwise his clothes would be torn apart and he would be left with nothing.
Seeing Wutian innocently sitting opposite him, Nanhua knew what he was thinking. So he introduced the flying sword to Wutian.
"This flying sword needs to be tempered with the spiritual energy. You can use it now since you have opened up your spiritual channels. I will teach you how to use it later. The armor inside is called Xianjia in our cultivation world. What you just saw was Bingchilan Armor, which is also a somewhat famous Xianjia in our world. It's enough to save your life from a full-force attack from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, based on your current cultivation level."
Looking at Wutian's strange expression, Nanhua immediately knew what he was thinking.
"You can wear it by guiding it with your spiritual energy. Don't be fooled by its palm-size, it can expand to a larger size," Nanhua shouted again.
Under the "guidance" of his master, Wutian took out the Bingchilan Armor, and with a movement of his spiritual energy, a magnificent armor appeared on his body. The Xianjia was pure white with unknown patterns engraved on it, and it felt like he was wearing nothing at all. Wutian couldn't help but marvel at the high-tech nature of the armor.