Born with immortal seed

Chapter 27 Inner Sect Quotas
"This cultivation technique is of great significance to our sect... I'll give you 10,000 contribution points and grant your Bai family a chance to purchase Foundation Establishment Pills."

Sect Leader Wei stood with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth, causing the atmosphere in the entire Ancestral Hall to become heavy.

"Within ten years, the Bai family can purchase a Foundation Establishment Pill from our sect at any time for 15,000 spirit stones."

"But I require you to swear an oath from your hearts that the Bai family will not pass on the Desolate God Stealing the Sun Technique to any outsider."

For cultivators who have no heart for the Great Dao and do not pursue progress in cultivation, the oath of inner demons is just a bunch of nonsense.

You can make any oath, it won't have any effect.

However, the higher the cultivation level of a cultivator, the more cautious they are about this.

If you disobey, at best you'll be plagued by inner demons and your cultivation will stagnate; at worst you'll suffer from qi deviation, your meridians will be disordered, and you'll become a cripple.

"Any cultivator of the Bai family who dares to spread the Desolate God's Sun-Stealing Technique will suffer a backlash from their inner demons and have their Great Dao severed!"

Upon hearing that the reward included the right to purchase a Foundation Establishment Pill, Bai Xianzong felt a surge of excitement.

The transaction price of Foundation Establishment Pills is around 15,000 spirit stones, but apart from spirit stones, what is more difficult for ordinary cultivators is the purchase channel and how to keep them safe.

Being forced to make a vow against one's inner demons is indeed unpleasant, but circumstances are beyond one's control.

He originally intended to keep the Desolate God Stealing the Sun Technique as the family's top secret, known only to successive patriarchs and Foundation Establishment cultivators.

With a determined effort, he made the vow to overcome his inner demons.

If someone is determined not to comply, there are plenty of ways to circumvent it.

The simplest way is to pass on the cultivation method before passing away; what can Heaven do to me then?

Therefore, the vow to the inner demon can only have limited restraint.

What Qingfeng Sect wants is a matter of attitude.

"Good! That would be best. I believe the Bai family will become a close partner of our sect in the future."

Sect Leader Wei clapped his hands, signaling Elder Peng to see the guests out.

"Patriarch Bai, you can take a closer look at the exchange list. Twelve thousand contribution points... that's no small number. Even the families ahead of you combined can't reach that amount."

"Junior Brother Peng will explain the specific exchange rules to you."

Just as the three members of the Bai family were about to leave the Ancestral Hall with Elder Peng, Sect Leader Wei, as if just remembering something, added, "By the way, Bai Zichen, right? In five years, our sect will open its gates to recruit new disciples. If you are interested, you can directly join the sect, and I will grant you the status of an inner disciple. The same goes for that girl."

"I am humbled, but thank you for your high regard, Sect Leader Wei."

Bai Zichen, who had been acting as a spectator the whole time, was startled when his name was called. He quickly turned around and bowed, but did not give a direct answer.

Seeing that Sect Leader Wei had no intention of continuing to speak, the three of them slowly withdrew.

"The sect leader actually made an exception for the two of you. You're lucky, kid. As long as you become a disciple of our sect, your promotion to a true disciple is a sure thing!"

Elder Peng kept his eyes fixed on Bai Zichen. Although Wei Dao mentioned two people, it was obvious to anyone with eyes that the main target was Bai Zichen.

The disciples of Qingfeng Sect are divided into four levels: servants, outer disciples, inner disciples, and true disciples, with a clear distinction between them.

Each time the sect opens its gates, Qingfeng Sect accepts hundreds of disciples, most of whom are independent cultivators who already have a foundation in cultivation.

Those with a clean background and no past misdeeds, even if they have low spiritual roots and poor cultivation but are devoted to the sect, will not be turned away by the Qingfeng Sect and will become the lowest-ranking menial disciple.

As the name suggests, aside from the title of a Qingfeng Sect disciple, they don't enjoy any benefits and have to take on a lot of tedious tasks.

Tasks such as patrolling mortal cities, drawing mountain and river maps, feeding spirit beasts, watering spirit plants, and mining veins are all extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive.

But for these independent cultivators, obtaining a decent cultivation technique, a safe and peaceful environment, and a cultivation environment rich in spiritual energy, all with just a little labor, is already an immense stroke of luck.

Becoming a servant disciple and joining the Qingfeng Sect is the biggest dream for many low-level rogue cultivators in the Black Mountain, jokingly referred to as "ascending the dragon gate."

As for outer disciples, they are generally children with excellent spiritual roots who have not yet begun cultivation and are like blank sheets of paper.

If a rogue cultivator comes to a master with prior skills, they must at least be at the mid-level of Qi Refining and possess a respectable skill in one of the various cultivation arts to qualify as an outer disciple.

In the eyes of the Qingfeng Sect's higher-ups, only those who reach the level of outer disciples can be considered their true disciples.

They have basic sect benefits, and every month there are deacons at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining who give lectures and impart cultivation experience. They may even have the opportunity to be noticed by Foundation Establishment elders and taken as disciples.

Once you pass the preliminary competition, you can become an inner disciple of Master Wei's sect.

Disciples of the Qingfeng Sect rarely stay in the inner disciple stage for more than a few years. They either make a breakthrough and enter the ranks of true disciples, or they reach the age limit, change their status, become ordinary managers, and then develop towards the direction of stewards and elders.

As for true disciples, no more than ten are accepted per session, with a strict policy of quality over quantity, and there are often vacancies.

Each true disciple is regarded as a potential Foundation Establishment seed and receives intensive training from the Qingfeng Sect.

The Foundation Establishment Seeds in the eyes of the Qingfeng Sect are different from the titles that can be casually given out by other cultivation families; they truly have a very high chance of successfully establishing their foundation.

To become a true disciple, the first requirement is to have the cultivation level of the late stage of Qi Refining before the age of twenty-five.

"Sect Leader Wei is just being polite. Elder Peng, let's take a look at the exchange list first."

Bai Xianzong began by steer the conversation back to the matter of exchanging contributions.

"Humph!"

Receiving no direct response, Elder Peng snorted coldly in displeasure and unfurled a long scroll, on which were listed line by line the treasures that Qingfeng Sect could exchange for.

The very first line of the scroll contained the Foundation Establishment Pill!

Foundation Establishment Pill, required contribution points: 10,000.

"The Azure Maple Sect is truly so trustworthy, even offering Foundation Establishment Pills as a reward—what a generous gesture!"

Bai Zichen's eyes lit up, but considering that even the Bai family only contributed 12,000, other families could only sigh in despair even if they saw this Foundation Establishment Pill.

"The contribution is enough to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill, but there are currently no members under fifty years old who have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining within the clan. Furthermore, Sect Leader Wei has granted our clan the right to purchase one Foundation Establishment Pill, so we can wait and see; there's no need to rush into action."

Clan Chief Bai Xianzong must have had similar thoughts. After a brief moment of rapid breathing, he looked down and began browsing the other items on the list.

The Great Barrier-Breaking Pill requires 1,500 contribution points to exchange.

An upgraded version of the Breakthrough Pill, intended for Foundation Establishment cultivators, it has a certain effect on breaking through the bottleneck of the early stage of Foundation Establishment...

One bottle of Spirit Enhancement Pill, exchangeable for 600 contribution points.

A second-tier pill that enhances cultivation, effective up to the late Foundation Establishment stage, and highly sought after by Foundation Establishment cultivators...

Golden Scale Heavenly Dragon Slash, a superior-grade spiritual weapon, requires 5,000 contribution points to exchange.

Dark purple agarwood, third-tier spirit wood, requires 2,000 contribution points to exchange.

Crimson Fire Copper, a third-tier ore, requires 3,000 contribution points to exchange.

……

The list of treasures for exchange is diverse, ranging from various elixirs to magical artifacts and materials, totaling no less than a hundred items.

Several lines were marked with missing characters, presumably because they had been exchanged by the previous families.

(End of this chapter)