Rebuild the Xiuxian Family

In fact, Li Zhirui still doesn't understand why the spiritual root in his body only appears when he is six years old. Even if it is only a day, an hour, or a quarter of an hour later, the spiritual root will not appear!

He could only interpret it as a rule engraved in the very foundation of the universe.

So it's not that he doesn't want to, but that he can't do it himself.

"Don't worry, I'm about to open my sect here, and I definitely won't leave. I'll come back with my disciples next year at this time."

Of course, since the Tongtian Sect had just been rebuilt, he still needed to personally handle some matters. Once his disciples had grown up, Li Zhirui would no longer have to work so hard and would instead delegate some trivial matters to his disciples.

Furthermore, as the Tongtian Sect grows stronger, it will be impossible for them to recruit disciples every year. In the future, they may only come once every few years, and even ordinary people will need to travel to the mountain gate on their own.

Meanwhile, he did not wait idly here for those three days. Instead, he went to several other mortal cities in advance to inform all mortals about the establishment of the Tongtian Sect and to announce when he would come to recruit disciples.

At Li Zhirui's speed, who knows how far he could travel in three days.

But he didn't go too far because he didn't need to control such a large territory right now, and he couldn't manage it all by himself.

So, in addition to notifying the mortal cities, he was also searching for decent spiritual mountains and lands within a radius of three thousand miles, thinking that he could cultivate spiritual fields or use them for other purposes in the future.

At the same time, Li Zhirui also went to the nearest immortal city and bought some low-level spiritual seeds, spiritual objects and magical artifacts for his future disciples to practice and use.

As for the spiritual objects he possesses, he will not take them out.

Even a first-tier spiritual object is unique in the Dao Spirit Realm, and high-level cultivators can develop a large number of spiritual objects from it if they are willing to spend the time.

Moreover, don't be fooled by the low price of low-level spiritual items; the demand is extremely high. As long as they have exceptional qualities, there's no need to worry about them not selling.

……

Sunrise and sunset, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Zhirui returned to the city where he first arrived, and by this time, a large number of mortals had gathered there. Regardless of whether they had children who met the criteria, they all came to join in the fun.

Fortunately, the people from the city lord's mansion, fearing to offend this rare immortal master, had organized the people in advance to maintain order at the scene, so it wasn't too chaotic.

The reason these mortals trusted Li Zhirui so much, without even needing to verify whether he was a cultivator or a demonic cultivator, was not because he helped kill the monsters that were wreaking havoc, but because they had no idea that demonic cultivators existed!
This is something Li Zhirui only learned later: the Dao Spirit Realm is not without demonic paths and demonic cultivators, and their strength is quite formidable.

However, the Demonic Path is located in the far west, and it is separated from the Immortal Path by alien forces such as the Yuanling Clan, the Demon Clan, and the Ghost Clan.

Therefore, there is very little contact between the immortals and demons. These mortals who live in remote areas rarely see even cultivators, let alone demon cultivators.

"Children who meet the requirements, please come forward." Of course, Li Zhirui couldn't test each child's spiritual root one by one; he could simply set up several spiritual testing arrays to quickly resolve the issue.

The reason they don't recruit older ordinary people, but instead go through the trouble of selecting children under fifteen to nurture them slowly.

Naturally, being younger makes it easier to cultivate their identification with and loyalty to the sect, and the likelihood of them betraying the sect in the future will be lower.

Of course, he wasn't afraid of anyone betraying the Tongtian Sect, as long as he could withstand Li Zhirui's pursuit.

"Let's all go in."

With a hum, the formation was activated.

The array can test five hundred children at a time, but because he set high standards, only one in a thousand qualified children actually meet the requirements.

So, out of all the tests, only ten people passed!
Moreover, even among these ten people, most barely met the requirements; not a single one could be considered truly outstanding.

'No wonder the surrounding forces are too lazy to recruit disciples in this area...'

Even Li Zhirui was surprised by this ratio.

It's important to know that in a high-level world like the Dao Spirit Realm, the proportion of mortals with cultivation aptitude is quite high, and their aptitude is generally excellent.

However, the average person living on this land is far below this average level.

After some thought, Li Zhirui did not lower his standards. Instead, he used another method to take some of the children under his wing.

"The Tongtian Sect still needs to recruit a group of menial disciples. I wonder if you would be willing?"

In fact, even if the children who meet his requirements pass the subsequent tests, they will only be outer disciples. However, with the sect currently being rebuilt, the distinction between these is not very obvious.

The main purpose is to establish the rules as early as possible, so as to avoid having to go back and modify them later, which would be troublesome.

"May I ask, Immortal Master, what's so special about these menial disciples?"

"You'll just need to do more work, but otherwise there's no difference. You'll still receive cultivation techniques and start cultivating."

“My child is willing, and I hope the immortal master will have mercy and accept him as a disciple.” Some farmers from poor backgrounds did not hesitate to bring out their own descendants.

On the contrary, officials and gentry were reluctant to let their children suffer, and hesitated.

But Li Zhirui didn't give them much time to think. With a wave of his hand, he took the willing children onto the spirit ship and then sailed away.

The children left behind were completely bewildered, unaware of the immense opportunity they had missed. Even their parents and elders were oblivious to the fact that their hesitation had led them down two drastically different paths.

He then led these children to the next city and recruited disciples once again.

For the next day, he was busy running back and forth, bringing back to Dengxian Mountain all the hundreds of children who met the requirements and were willing to become handymen disciples.

In addition, there were ordinary people such as cooks, servants, and helpers who were responsible for taking care of these children, as well as a large amount of grain and meat.

Li Zhirui had already abstained from grains, but these children, who hadn't even reached the level of Qi cultivation, couldn't be allowed to go hungry.

Meanwhile, during the days he was away from the mountain, Wan Sheng was not idle. Instead, he began to build various buildings in the mountain, such as dormitories, canteens, and lecture halls, and spent a very fulfilling time.

Most importantly, it greatly improved the grade of the spiritual veins in the mountains, making the spiritual energy even more abundant.

"These children will be entrusted to you, Wansheng, for care and initial instruction."

Many of them don't even know how to read, let alone understand the meridians, acupoints, and other things necessary for cultivation. At the same time, they also need to undergo preliminary physical training, not to mention the daily care required for them.

In short, it's extremely complex and troublesome, consisting of many trivial and time-consuming tasks. Creating a faction from scratch is indeed that troublesome and difficult.

Moreover, this is under the condition that Li Zhirui has extremely strong strength, complete inheritance, and abundant spiritual objects. If he were to start from scratch, the difficulty would increase several times, or even more than ten times!
However, he didn't have time to do these things because he was busy perfecting his own cultivation techniques and trying to improve his realm so that his cultivation could advance further!
After all, the main reason he was willing to accept the inheritance was that it could help his cultivation, rather than taking up his cultivation time.

Fortunately, Li Zhirui had a very capable assistant who didn't need to rest or cultivate, could handle these trivial matters around the clock, and possessed enough strength and insight into cultivation to guide the children in their path of cultivation.

"Okay, Headmaster!"

Wan Sheng readily agreed, but then asked with some doubt, "But didn't the sect leader say that it's better to have none than to have bad ones? Why did you bring back so many disciples?"

In fact, in principle, when a sect recruits disciples, in addition to the initial test of spiritual roots, there are several other tests, such as testing willpower and character; and checking whether they are spies sent by other forces.

However, in the early days of the Tongtian Sect's reconstruction, they couldn't afford to worry about these things and simplified everything.

If there really are ingrates or undercover agents, with Li Zhirui's strength, he can simply eliminate them as soon as they are exposed.

"Most of them are menial disciples, but don't discriminate against them. Treat them all the same. The sect doesn't lack a few basic spiritual items."

As he spoke, he took out several jade slips and a few storage magic treasures, and instructed them: "The jade slips contain the basic body-forging method, breathing method, and visualization method. After they have mastered the three basic methods, I will teach them the 'Shangqing Tiangang Disha 108 Diagrams, Volume 1'."

The "Illustrated Explanation of the 108 Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends of Shangqing" is a cultivation method that can lead directly to the realm of the Scattered Immortal. It also includes various matching spells, supernatural powers, and natal magic treasures.

Volume One only contains content on cultivating to the Nascent Soul stage.

"These storage magic treasures contain some basic spiritual items to accelerate the disciples' cultivation. You can decide how to use them as you see fit."

The quantity he purchased this time was enormous, enough to last for several years.

Once we've used them all up, the low-level spiritual plants that the sect cultivates should also be mature enough to be self-sufficient and we won't need to buy them from outside anymore.

"I'll be relying on you for the next period of time."

After explaining everything, Li Zhirui entered the cave with the richest spiritual energy and began his secluded cultivation.

What he needs to do now is to use the Golden Immortal Realm cultivation technique, "Shangqing Daojing, Volume One," to perfect his own creation, "Jinglian Yundao Jing."

Compared to the Xuanxian realm cultivation technique "Changming Daogan Zhenjing" that he had previously obtained, "Shangqing Daojing" is more comprehensive and complete. Most importantly, it is insightful and easy to understand, allowing him to quickly resolve the problems he had encountered before.

Previously unable to integrate the key to strengthening the soul from the "Eternal Radiance Daoist Scripture" into his own cultivation method, Li Zhirui now has a clue.

Moreover, his spiritual realm also improved considerably during the process of comprehending the Shangqing Daojing.

at the same time.

On Mount Dengxian, Wansheng also began to teach the children, laying a solid foundation for their future cultivation.

This process is very tedious and boring for young children who lack self-control, and most of them cannot persist for long.

But those who can persevere are, in a sense, more suited to the path of spiritual practice than others.

Of course, this is only the current stage and does not mean that things will not change in the future.

However, Wan Sheng still paid close attention to these few people, intending to see how they would perform in the future, as they might become the leading figures of this generation of disciples.

After a period of teaching and training, he began to teach some children breathing techniques and visualization methods, guiding them onto the path of spiritual practice.

It took the first child to become a Qi Refining cultivator for nearly two days.

Is it a lot? Yes, it is!
In a vast world like the Dao Spirit Realm, and on Mount Dengxian after the spiritual veins have been upgraded, the spiritual energy is quite abundant. This cultivation speed is indeed considered relatively slow.

It is evident that the first batch of disciples recruited by Li Zhirui were indeed not very talented.

After the first one, Qi Refining cultivators were quickly born one after another.

With this, the Tongtian Sect finally took its first step.

Although it's a small step, at least we've started.

……

While the Tongtian Sect was developing in a low-key manner, many cultivators in the nearest cultivation world had already learned about this suddenly established force and were quite curious about it.

"Liang Kingdom?"

Upon hearing this news, one cultivator exclaimed in astonishment, "That place with its sparse spiritual energy, where even mortals are less talented than elsewhere, actually has a force choosing to establish a sect there? What were they thinking?!"

"There are always some cultivators who think they are extraordinary and dare to challenge the heavens and earth."

"However, there aren't many suitable places to establish a sect or family now, so they're probably thinking of taking a gamble."

After so many years of development by various factions, there are almost no unclaimed places left in the Dao Spirit Realm.

Therefore, most people who want to establish a sect or family nowadays spend spirit stones to rent a spirit vein. Wanting to occupy an unclaimed spirit vein? That's almost impossible.

Even if such places exist, they are in places like Liang, which have inherent flaws and are not places that others would want to come to.

"Should we open a betting pool and see how long this force can hold out in Liang Kingdom?" a busybody cultivator shouted.

Unexpectedly, someone actually did it, and did it very quickly.

The time frame is divided into several tiers, with the lowest odds being ten years, slightly higher being thirty years, and even higher being fifty years.

There are only two tiers with a value exceeding 100 years: 100 years and 300 years, with odds of 1 to 10 and 1 to 20 respectively.

However, no cultivators chose to place their bets on these two levels. The reason was simple: no one believed that this force could last for so many years.

The final result will greatly disappoint all the cultivators who participated in this betting scheme, because the Tongtian Sect has indeed established a foothold here, and permanently so! (End of Chapter)