The Spirit World

Chapter 56 Want to run away on the first day of training!
Throughout history, no one has been able to achieve real talent and knowledge overnight.

Whether it is cultivation, strategy and conspiracy, or the handicrafts of ordinary people, it requires years of experience accumulation and continuous learning. If you want to learn real knowledge or methods of cultivation, you can't hope to gain powerful strength while lying in bed all day doing nothing. No matter how good your family is, no matter how much suffering you have encountered, hard work and effort are the only way to improve yourself. You may not be the best, but you can't be lazy. You can spend time thinking about what is suitable for you, but you can't give up on yourself and belittle yourself. If you are born strong, cherish this gift from God. If you are too small, uphold the greatest will of mankind and strive for self-improvement!

【Dongyu Bailing Mountain】

There was a lot of noise in Bailing Mountain today. At three o'clock in the morning, the sound of busyness began to come. The sound was urgent and rhythmic. It was not yet dawn, but the whole Bailing Mountain was already agitated.

Today is the day when all the disciples of Bailing Mountain start their one-year study without distinction, while the Tianbu disciples start their three-year study. After they study in the Dao Sect, they must stay in the Dao Sect by practicing and studying at the same time. They need to pass multiple tests to go down the mountain and meet the standards of Bailing Mountain before they can be allowed to go.

On the first day, Chang Yufeng, who was still asleep, was awakened by strange noises at three o'clock in the morning. He moved from his family's house to the Tianbu. Other houses were occupied by other disciples of the Tianbu. To be honest, including the Wen Tijun trio, there were only eight people. And the three senior brothers from the Tianbu had not been seen for a long time, and there was not even a trace of them.

What would that sound be?

Chang Yufeng opened the door sleepily, and an agile figure flew over his head. It turned out that all the new disciples were awakened by the sound and were watching with him to see what was happening.

Almost all the senior brothers and sisters got up early. The senior brother who just flew over held his arms across, and there was not a drop of water leaking out of his two buckets of water. There was a blue spiritual power on the buckets. That was the reason. Almost all the senior brothers and sisters were like this. They jumped on the houses on Bailing Mountain, and some were running on the thousand-foot steps. The two buckets of full water were like toys in their hands. They went up the mountain in groups and went down the mountain in groups. Everyone was in high spirits. Maybe it was because it was the first day. All the new disciples applauded at the same time. They were like watching an acrobatic performance. The senior brothers would tease them with buckets of water from time to time, as if they were laughing at themselves for being so stupid and immature in the past.

Chang Yufeng found it really exciting to see them climbing walls and flying over rooftops, but if this was also their training program, then they would be busy. He found that a group of senior brothers and sisters were carrying water up the mountain, and another group were carrying water down the mountain. No matter whether they were walking on the roofs, running on the thousand-foot stairs, or jumping on the branches at the foot of the mountain, there were no empty buckets.

The noisy voices of the brothers and sisters were very regular. They even sang the same chant-like song to cheer themselves up. Aren't they practicing? Why are they carrying water?
The freshmen looked at each other, all at a loss.

Erica yawned and asked about the situation. The clapping sound just now woke him up.

"Oh, the chickens don't even get up so early, it's so strange! What's going on?" said a fat boy, who must have just got up.

"I don't know what happened, it seems like we will have to be like this in the future," a tall boy stretched.

Chang Yufeng looked at them. They came from the tribe at the foot of the mountain and probably wanted to see what was going on.

The team of senior brothers and sisters came from the top of the mountain. There must be a reason why they had to get up so early to fetch water. Many new faces seen yesterday also gradually joined their team. The new disciples who could not use spiritual power to seal the water surface not only carried less water but also could only walk slowly, stopping for a while to rest, and were not as fast as the senior brothers and sisters.

Chang Yufeng saw that Erica and Jin Lin'er had simply dressed up, so he said to them: "Shall we go and take a look too?"

"Okay! I'd really like to see what's in there." Lin'er fixed the hairpin and Erica nodded.

"Hey, isn't this the young master of the Ning family?" He heard such a sentence just as he was about to go out. It was the half-demon boy who looked at him displeased. At this time, he was wearing the clothes of the Tianbu, but his wild hair made people wonder if he was a savage.

"..." Chang Yufeng ignored him. The three of them were walking on the stairs. The half-demon boy jumped in front of them, intending to stop them.

"We are all from the Heavenly Department, why are you being so disrespectful?"

Chang Yufeng ignored him and brushed past him. He really didn't like this half-demon boy. His arrogance disgusted him. They went to the top of the mountain together. As a Tianzi-level disciple, there was no need to bother with him.

Lin'er and Erica followed Chang Yufeng and glanced at the half-demon boy with displeasure. They clearly felt that Chang Yufeng, who had a kind face just now, suddenly frowned. He walked obviously faster, and the two of them needed to speed up to keep up with him.

At the top of the mountain, a super huge Qilin-shaped water tank that was several adults tall was brought up at some point. The brothers on one side poured water into it frantically, while the brothers on the other side used their spiritual power to direct the water. The water flowed into the bucket like long blue rivers. There was only a slight amount of water in the huge water tank. As long as there was water in it, it would be directed out by another brother with spiritual power. Ning Tang stood solemnly beside them, supervising them. There was no trace of water on the ground around the Qilin water tank. Such a requirement required very high accuracy of spiritual power, which was a small part of the practice in Bailing Mountain. Chang Yufeng looked at the brothers who were sweating profusely. He didn't know what the consequences would be if a drop of water spilled, but it must be very serious. It was just a waste of time to carry water in and out like this. It just depended on which side was faster.

"Brother Yufeng, isn't that your uncle? Go ask him what's going on?" Lin'er pulled his clothes and looked at his back. Chang Yufeng looked much better. "I... okay..." Chang Yufeng came to Ning Tang's side, and Ning Tang spoke first: "The Qilin jar of the Heaven Department is at the foot of the mountain. There is no food until the cock crows!"

"Ah?" Chang Yufeng thought he had heard it wrong. Even if he took two of them to lift those buckets, he wouldn't be able to lift them!

Ning Tang didn't say anything else. The water tank next to him was still only a little bit in volume due to the increase and decrease of water flowing in and out.

The half-demon boy followed behind them and said with some amusement: "This kind of useless work, when will it be finished? And there is no wooden bucket, how can we draw water?"

Ning Tang ignored him and waved his hand, asking him to go down the mountain. Chang Yufeng and Lin'er slowly went down the mountain as the senior brothers and sisters ran fast. Almost all the senior brothers and sisters seemed not to see them. The blue spiritual power covered the barrels, and everyone was focused on their own things. This massive "useless" action seemed to have been experienced by all the senior brothers and sisters, and only the new disciples were at a loss.

"God knows what kind of big water tank is waiting for us at the foot of the mountain!" Erica complained, a little dejected.

"And there are only five new disciples at the Tian level! One more hasn't come yet!" The half-demon boy walked behind them and spoke unintentionally.

Erica looked back at him and stopped talking.

To be honest, the self-righteous attitude of this half-demon boy is shared by even many adults, and if it weren't for the need to practice together, no one would be willing to work with such a person, especially since he doesn't even know that he's particularly annoying.

If they really wanted to practice like the brothers and sisters, it would be fine, but that was completely useless. The brothers and sisters who carried water from the river up the mountain poured the water, and the brothers and sisters who went down the mountain used their spiritual power to guide the water and then poured it into the river. That would only be possible if the speed of going up the mountain was faster than the speed of going down the mountain. But along the way, except for the new disciples, basically the brothers and sisters who went up and down the mountain were faster and more ruthless than each other, flying over eaves and walls, stairs, and doing everything they could, without any intention of letting the people down the mountain go. Aren't they for the same purpose?
Chang Yufeng and his group walked very slowly on the thousand-foot steps going down the mountain. On the one hand, they had to avoid the senior brothers and sisters who were passing by, and on the other hand, they had to observe what was wrong with their senior brothers and sisters. They were sweating profusely, and even their sweat had to be supported by blue spiritual power, so that some of the senior brothers and sisters were glowing with blue light.

They understood! In the entire Bailing Mountain, not a single drop of sweat or river water could be dripped on it, otherwise the consequences would be very serious. Some new disciples were even asked to stop helping because their foreheads were already covered with sweat. If they couldn't control themselves, they would be severely punished. What was even more terrible was that the senior brothers and sisters had to send them back one by one to rest, wasting time and doing more harm than good.

The group looked at the huge army carrying water to practice and couldn't help feeling a little nervous. It is said that the Heavenly Department is the strictest, so what will be waiting for them?

Before reaching the foot of the mountain, Chang Yufeng saw water elves flying in the air up and down Bailing Mountain. This kind of scene had only been seen when he was in the Ice-Cold Wenti County.

It was not yet dawn, but the hazy stars had faded and the moon began to slowly fade. There was still enough light to illuminate the entire Bailing Mountain. Blue people were swaying up and down the mountain one after another, like fireflies all over the mountain, illuminating half of Bailing Mountain.

Sure enough, there was a large unicorn-shaped water tank at the foot of the mountain, separating the path that the senior brothers and sisters needed to pass through. The large water tank revealed a bit of majesty. If you hadn't seen it used to hold water with your own eyes, you would have thought it was a solid sculpture placed there. Moreover, this place was huge and very empty, with only one place.

"No way!" Everyone exclaimed in amazement. It was more despairing than they had expected. Even if the water was not released and five of them were asked to fetch water, it would probably take three days and three nights to finish the work, unless they could use spells or magic at will.

How could they possibly fetch all that much water? Whoever wants to fight can fight! Although I don’t have much power as the young master of the Ning family, I don’t have to fetch water!

The chief steward stood beside the water tank and looked at them with a smile. Chang Yufeng felt that this smile was even more terrifying than those of the ferocious beasts and monsters.

"You are finally here. If you were any later, I think you would have lost all your food for today." The chief steward jumped onto the water tank, put his hands behind his hunched back and continued, "You must fill the water tank at the third crow of the rooster today. There is no requirement! When the water tank is full, you can eat!" He said to the four people and stomped on the unicorn-shaped water tank with his foot: "Get to work! Balls!"

Chang Yufeng widened his eyes. No, this!
The unicorn-shaped water tank trembled slightly, and a thick blue light began to emerge from its eyes. It turned out to be alive, but there was a relatively small hole on its back facing the air. The general manager meant to fill it with water!
It moves! The giant unicorn's back is filled with water before its eyes!
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, the ball can attack. Don't get hurt by it, otherwise you will die!" The chief steward looked at the four boys and girls who were staring at the "ball" that was already swaying and ready to attack under their feet, and disappeared in a jump.

The Qilin was separated from the texture of the water tank and looked like a real Qilin, with a sturdy figure and flesh and blood. Inside its hollow body, there was a series of complex spell cores emitting blue light, making it look like a real Qilin with blue flames. Its whole body moved like a fighting bull, and its eyes were wide open, staring at the four tiny teenagers.

"This is too scary!" Erica hid behind Chang Yufeng, and the half-demon boy did not move forward. He looked at what Chang Yufeng would do, and Lin'er and Chang Yufeng stood side by side: "Brother Yufeng, be careful! Our goal is to fill the water." The purple fluid-like arms behind her were like a pair of wings, and she clenched her fists behind her.

"Hmm!" Sweat streamed down Chang Yufeng's forehead. This was totally different from what he had imagined! Where is the wooden barrel? I need to fetch water! Even if I were the young master of the Ning family! I would also fetch water! The kind of water fetching that really matters!
I’m Chang Yufeng, and I’m panicking like crazy!
(End of this chapter)