Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 193 The Sect Master's Mission

Upon hearing this, "Dog Bro" blushed and loudly protested, "I didn't! I'm not you! Don't talk nonsense!"
"Pursuing a Daoist partner doesn't count as lust...that's becoming Daoist partners!...Can matters between cultivators be considered lust?"

Then came incomprehensible phrases, such as "a gentleman admires 'Ai'" and "zhe hu," which made everyone burst into laughter, filling the room with a joyful atmosphere.

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Meanwhile, after the "Hot Pot Festival" ended, Murong Ruyan was discussing the compilation of "teaching materials" with Tang Xiaoyu, Ye Shuyun, and Huang Wu.

This was a task that Zhang Chengdao specifically assigned to several of his disciples.

He discovered that when Chang Ping'an was around, things were fine; he taught the disciples with a certain rhythm. However, after Chang Ping'an left, Murong Ruyan, who was in charge of teaching, always assumed that everyone's talent was the same as hers, which was a gold card. As a result, the courses were very rushed and disjointed, and many disciples couldn't keep up with the content at all. They all complained to Xu Ying!
Therefore, Zhang Chengdao, after much painful reflection, felt that the White Stone Immortal Sect could no longer be allowed to fall into such a state of disrepair!
We must develop a set of practical teaching materials that we can teach smoothly and systematically even if he were to teach it himself, guiding the cultivation process by volume and chapter.

For example, the first chapter of the first volume explains how to sense and guide Qi into the body, the second chapter talks about some common knowledge of the Qi Refining stage, and the third chapter teaches some simple techniques and supernatural abilities that can be practiced during the Qi Refining stage...

By proceeding at this pace, step by step, we can even directly transplant the teaching materials to the newly built Shiraishi Sendo University in the neighboring Zhou Kingdom region, where they are being used smoothly.

It's so convenient!
As for the task of compiling teaching materials...

Of course, disciples should serve others when there is trouble!
We can't possibly let a sect leader do such a trivial matter, can we?

As the second senior sister, Murong Ruyan naturally took on the core role of the team. With a stern face, she emphasized, "Master has asked us to do this in his busy schedule, which is also for the cultivation of the disciples in the sect. We must not let Master down!"

Ye Shuyun smiled and agreed, "Senior Sister is right."

Huang Wu scratched his head and said, "But my fourth senior sister and I have only been disciples for a short time. We are at about the same level as the outer disciples. We don't know much about the immortal path, so I'm afraid we can't be of much help!"

Huang Wu was still not used to the shock of an old woman with white hair suddenly turning into a young girl, especially since this young girl was his senior sister.

This feeling of unease was like when a lively and lovely girl suddenly turned into a wrinkled old lady, leaving him at a loss.

"That's not how it works. Fourth Junior Sister, for example, is now more powerful than Senior Brother in terms of cultivation level; she's at the Core Formation stage! She might have some different insights that could be of great help!"

Murong Ruyan raised her head, seemingly pleased that Tang Xiaoyu's cultivation level was actually higher than Chang Ping'an's.

Huang Wu had also heard about Tang Xiaoyu's unexpected good fortune in suddenly becoming a Core Formation cultivator, so he simply grinned—this time he didn't have big yellow teeth, but his porcelain-white teeth looked like a row of bricks, which looked particularly comical against his dark skin.

He said, "Then I'm useless. All I can do is carpentry, and I can't even read properly!"

"What are you afraid of! I think you're very suitable for weapon crafting!" Tang Xiaoyu got excited and switched back to her Sichuan accent, saying, "Even Master praised the things you made! When it comes to the weapon crafting section, we'll definitely need your help!"

"Hey hey hey..."

Hearing everyone praise him, Huang Wu scratched his head and grinned foolishly.

Actually, what Tang Xiaoyu said wasn't just polite talk.

Huang Wu initially picked up carpentry in the sect, intending to earn some extra money. However, he became better and better at it, to the point that even his master asked him to customize some small gadgets. This made him increasingly interested in hammering and banging, and he even spontaneously studied many new gadgets.

The craftsmen hired by Ye Shuyun had also considered similar ideas. One old craftsman, not believing in such things, bought a scrap piece of wood from Huang Wu at a high price. Wanting to compete with Huang Wu in craftsmanship, he tried his best to carve it, but he couldn't even carve a mark on the wood.

Huang Wu used only spiritual wood, which was a spiritual material. Of course, ordinary tools couldn't carve it!
Even Huang Wu borrowed tools from the workbench at Tiangong Peak and, without a teacher, learned to use spiritual power to assist in carving and polishing, which enabled him to successfully create one "spiritual artifact" after another.

That's right, the things he made could barely be called "spiritual artifacts," as Zhang Chengdao himself certified!
This brings us to the point that the so-called "spiritual artifact" is actually a general term.

"Spiritual artifacts" refer to all background items that contain spiritual power or are made of spiritual materials, whether they are everyday utensils such as tables and chairs or various magical weapons.

Of course, magical artifacts can be called spiritual weapons, but spiritual weapons are not magical artifacts.

Because magical artifacts are generally things that can be nurtured and continuously "strengthened", and they usually have very powerful functions. Some extremely precious weapons can also be considered magical artifacts, such as the Night Talk Sword that Zhang Chengdao gave to Chang Ping'an and the Thunder God Hammer that he gave to Murong Ruyan.

Similarly, most magical artifacts can also be used as weapons, such as Ye Shuyun's Zhenlong Chess.

However, "spiritual artifacts" are different. Spiritual artifacts that do not meet the standards of magic weapons are usually just more powerful than ordinary mortal items, such as tables made of spiritual materials that are more durable, or clothes made of spiritual cloth that are impervious to water and fire.

This is similar to how students from Tsinghua and Peking Universities generally don't refer to themselves as "first-tier universities"—it's a generally accepted "common sense."

In addition, in order to distinguish between spiritual artifacts that can be used in battle and those used in daily life, cultivators are accustomed to calling daily spiritual artifacts "spiritual tools," which, as the name suggests, are tools made of spiritual materials.

Huang Wu, for example, is already skilled at using the spiritual materials sold in various sect markets to make all sorts of everyday utensils. What he makes are naturally "spiritual artifacts," or "spiritual tools."

Well... and in the market, demand far exceeds supply, with orders already booked for two months in advance!

The main reason is that those with better craftsmanship than Huang Wu are not disciples of the White Stone Immortal Sect; they haven't cultivated and don't know how to use spiritual materials. And among the White Stone Immortal Sect disciples who can use spiritual materials, none have exceptional craftsmanship.

This is why Huang Wu was so popular among his disciples. One of the richest disciples, Murong Ruyan, even commissioned dozens of items from Huang Wu, ranging from a chaise longue to a dressing box. She alone took up a whole month of Huang Wu's time to complete some of the larger items.
(End of this chapter)