The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

The basic meditation diagrams are now fully developed.

This is the perfect opportunity to showcase our skills and rake in spirit stones.

If Xiang and Sui are unwilling to organize large classes anymore, Zhu Yu is also prepared to try to run his own classes. At most, he will not hold large classes but will focus on teaching small classes. With his achievements in basic visualization diagrams, he will not have to worry about customers.

Upon hearing this...

Xiang Sui nodded hurriedly and said, "We'll do it! We definitely will!"

Although he reached the late stage of Qi Refining immediately after breaking through, this did not mean that his subsequent cultivation would be worry-free. On the contrary, his cultivation would become increasingly difficult.

Whether it's seeking advanced visualization techniques, spells, or alchemy, these all require a huge investment of resources, which is far from sufficient with the resources provided by the family.

Xiang Sui paused for a moment, then said somewhat awkwardly, "My visit with Junior Brother Liang to see Junior Brother Zhu is one reason, and the other is to discuss the Grand Lecture."

"I've already chosen the location. It's a house in the disciple market area, equipped with a magic array to isolate auras and prevent new disciples from being affected by them..."

After speaking, the two looked at Zhu Yu at the same time, waiting for his response.

"I'll follow my senior's arrangements."

Zhu Yu was short of spirit stones, so of course he agreed. After nodding in agreement, he had a slight thought and asked, "By the way, Senior Brother, do you know someone named Mu Ruo?"

"Mu Ruo!"

Xiang Sui's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "He came to see you? Did he say anything? Junior brother, you mustn't fall for it. Their so-called 'scholarship' is ruthless..."

Without Zhu Yu asking, he rattled off Mu Ruo's background.

Mu Ruo, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, is rumored to be skilled in illusion techniques and is a member of an organization called "The Society".

According to Xiang Sui's explanation.

The "Association" was originally a loose alliance organized by a few novice disciples with the aim of learning from each other.

It has existed for nearly a hundred years now, and has long lost its original purpose of mutual learning. It has become an organization that earns spirit stones by teaching new disciples basic knowledge.

They often use the promise of promotion to lecturer in the "Lecture Hall" and entry into the Buddhist canon as bait to deceive disciples who are proficient in a certain basic knowledge.

Simply believe what they say and join the "lecture hall".

What awaits you is not a lecturer position, but a disciple responsible for cleaning up clutter and serving the lecturer.

Not only do you not get any spirit stones every day, but you also have to do a lot of chores. Furthermore, because you cannot change your spiritual cultivation site for three years, once your ambition is worn down, someone from the "academy" will appear with a lecturer to give a personal account.

Sign a 60-year contract and give yourself the opportunity to become a lecturer in the future.

Once the contract is signed, there will be numerous overseas training courses, and day after day, there won't even be enough time for practice. In addition, 90% of the earnings will be taken away.

It was like being constantly sucked blood by someone clinging to you...

"hiss..."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yu gasped, instinctively asking, "Doesn't the sect care about what they're doing?"

"Isn't this a good thing? Why should we interfere?"

Xiang Sui looked at him with surprise and explained, "Although the 'Academy' is highly exploitative, it does have lecture halls within it. If you work hard for ten or twenty years, you might actually become a lecturer."

As if afraid that Zhu Yu might be tempted, he quickly added:

"Although the lecturers at the 'Lecture Hall' are well-paid, they are evaluated every three months, and those who fail twice are eliminated."

"Think about it, to avoid being eliminated, you definitely have to study the basics. If that's the case, where will you find the energy to cultivate further? Becoming a lecturer is practically the same as cutting off your path to immortality."

Xiang Sui solemnly said, "With your talent, Junior Brother, you must not let a small matter cause you to lose a greater one."

"Senior brother, you misunderstand. I didn't mean to go."

Seeing his expression, Zhu Yu waved his hand and told him about meeting Mu Ruo and giving him the mark.

"Wouldn't that cause problems for professors lecturing in large classes?"

"so…"

Xiang Sui's expression relaxed immediately. He nodded, then shook his head and smiled, "There is indeed some trouble, but you don't need to worry about it, Junior Brother. Junior Brother Liang and I are here."

He then explained it to Zhu Yu.

After breaking through to the Qi Refining stage, Xiang Sui relied on his own talent, along with a little help from his family, to successfully enter the Pill Pavilion, which was independent of the Yinming Palace and belonged to the Tiandao Sect.

Its power is immense and complex; not to mention the small "School of Learning," even the Underworld itself would not want to provoke it.

If the spiritual ground Xiang Sui entered surprised Zhu Yu but wasn't entirely unexpected, then the spiritual ground Liang Kuan chose shocked him.

Looking at the simple-minded Liang Kuan, it's surprising that he didn't follow in his father's footsteps and cultivate as a spiritual plant master. Instead, he joined the extremely dangerous Demon Slayer Guard!

His increasingly enormous body and the waxy sheen on his face, he said, were due to refining a body-refining "seed" passed down from his ancestors!

Although Xiang Sui did not refine the seed of the method, he did refine a spiritual flame that was of great benefit to alchemy.

"Is this the foundation of a cultivation family...?"

I have to admit, Zhu Yu was a little jealous.

Whether it is a seed of magic passed down from ancestors or a spiritual flame, it will have a certain power after initial refinement. Moreover, if it is very compatible with oneself, it will gradually recover its former power as it is nurtured by spiritual energy.

Cultivation families place the greatest importance on inheritance.

The fact that the two of them were able to obtain the seed of magic and the spirit flame suggests that, even if they are not perfectly compatible, they are at least seven or eight parts compatible.

It is foreseeable.

With such assistance, they can quickly pass through the initial stage of cultivation and gain a firm foothold in their respective spiritual cultivation grounds.

Zhu Yu sighed inwardly, raised his teacup, and said with a smile, "Then I'll have to rely on my two senior brothers from now on!"

"Relying on us?"

Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan exchanged a strange look, then raised their teacups in unison and replied, "We hope that you will not forget us when you achieve success in the future."

Zhu Yu was able to sense their presence; their cultivation levels were higher than his, so how could he not sense their presence?

In just half a month, he mastered the "Corpse Control Technique" unique to the Underworld, which further deepened the two people's impression of Zhu Yu's extraordinary comprehension.

With such comprehension, not to mention advancing to Foundation Establishment, achieving Qi Refining Perfection in the future is a sure thing.

"Perfecting Qi Refining" requires mastering advanced visualization techniques to initially establish one's own foundation. If one were outside, with such strength, it would be enough to establish a cultivation family.

"Ha ha…"

The three exchanged a glance, then drank their tea in one gulp, everything understood without a word.

After setting a date three days later to go to the disciples' market to teach a large class.

The three of them started chatting.

Most of the stories recounted their respective spiritual cultivation sites, while others discussed their subsequent cultivation journeys and the disciples' trials scheduled for six months later…

Upon learning that Zhu Yu was working on cultivating a corpse tiger and planned to focus on cultivating "beast path corpse species" in the future, the two men's eyes lit up, and they clamored to cultivate a living corpse mount for each of them in the future.

Zhu Yu naturally agreed, and then expressed his anticipation for the elixirs that Xiang Sui would refine in the future, as well as the corpses of the demon beasts that Liang Kuan had killed.

The two readily agreed.

For a time, both host and guests enjoyed themselves immensely, and the conversation became increasingly lively.

Not long.

The outlines of two crescent moons appeared on the horizon.

Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan bid farewell and left.

Below the mound.

Watching the two disappear at the end of the path, Zhu Yu looked around and when he saw the spirit field/beast pen not far away, he suddenly let out a soft "Eh".