You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

"What's going on? This good-for-nothing isn't here. Did he go out?" Zhang Hu couldn't find Chen Huai'an at his residence, and he couldn't help but frown.

"That good-for-nothing isn't here, and Wang Tong hasn't returned either. Could this guy be dead?"

"Let's go, let's go." Chen Zhanghu did not linger at Chen Huai'an's residence. Since he could not find anyone, he could not stay there all the time.

The Qingyun Sect does not tolerate idlers. Newly admitted miscellaneous disciples have seven days of cultivation time. These miscellaneous disciples have tasks every day, and they will be punished if they fail to complete the tasks assigned by the sect each day.

Chen Huai'an entered the Spirit Gourd Space. He didn't know how long Zhang Hu and the others would stay at his residence, and he didn't want to expose the secret of the Spirit Gourd Space.

So today, he spent a little more time in the space.

"It seems we still need to find a way to get a hoe, otherwise, farming in this space is simply impossible."

There are several medicinal herbs in the space, and Chen Huai'an must take good care of them. Judging by the speed, it won't be long before they can be cultivated into spiritual herbs.

These things in the space are his capital for future rise in the Qingyun Sect.

Through these two days of observation, Chen Huai'an had been worried that Wang Tong's corpse would undergo some kind of mutation in the space. However, the corpse did not evolve or mutate as Chen Huai'an had expected, and it seemed to have truly transformed into nutrients for the growth of Polygonatum.

He took a high-grade body-refining pill to aid his cultivation, and then ignored everything else.

Whether outside or in his own space, Chen Huai'an didn't want to fall behind in his cultivation.

After what seemed like several hours, around evening, Chen Huai'an finally emerged from the space.

Now, Chen Huai'an has opened up several blocked meridians, and he has taken another step closer to breaking through the first level of the Body Refinement Realm.

Upon arriving at the residence, Chen Huai'an discovered that, just as when he left, the other party must have realized he wasn't home before leaving.

However, hiding like this isn't a solution.

This scourge must be dealt with.

"If I could get Xu Qing's protection, would Zhang Hu still come looking for trouble with me?" Chen Huai'an looked into the distance.

Of course, this is not impossible to work out; if handled properly, it could indeed resolve his current crisis.

But he still understood the principle that wealth should not be flaunted. If he were targeted by the other party, crushing him would be as easy as crushing an ant.

Xu Qing is at the sixth level of the Body Refinement Realm. With the help of his high-grade Body Refinement Pill, he might be able to break through to the seventh level of the Body Refinement Realm.

Such a master is beyond his ability to outmaneuver.

No matter how you put it, the problem is that we are too weak. The weak have no voice.

Chen Huai'an stopped thinking about those messy things and decided to focus on his cultivation. He believed that improving his own strength was the only way forward.

Time flies. After a day and a night of cultivation, Chen Huai'an had opened up thirty meridians in his body, as well as two extraordinary meridians and three collateral meridians. He would then be able to form a perfect closed loop in the closed meridians in his body and reach the first level of body refinement.

Today is the day for the strength test of the newly recruited outer sect servants. All the newly recruited disciples have to go to the central square to be tested and then be assigned corresponding tasks according to their strength.

"How many meridians have you opened? I only opened one in seven days. Cultivation is really too difficult."

"That's right, cultivation is really too difficult. Even with the cultivation resources provided by my family, I've only managed to open two meridians."

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Chen Huai'an appeared in the square. Along the way, the thing he heard most often was that cultivation was too difficult.

Within seven days, the best among them managed to open up three blocked meridians in their bodies.

Of course, this is only what he heard along the way, not everyone.

Any one of these people has better aptitude than him; many of them have mid-grade spiritual roots and cultivate at several times the speed of him, yet they have only opened a few meridians.

As for Chen Huai'an, he had opened up thirty meridians, and it would only take a few pills to break through to the first level of the early stage of the Body Refinement Realm.

However, the thought of the cultivation resources he had consumed to open up so many meridians gave him a headache.

It takes more than twenty high-grade body-refining pills and a large amount of spiritual spring water to achieve such an effect. If converted into spirit stones, it would be worth two hundred low-grade spirit stones. If converted into worldly gold and silver, it would be more than two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Chen Huai'an really couldn't bear to think about the cost of two hundred thousand taels of silver.

There is a difference between immortals and mortals, it really is a difference between immortals and mortals. Just breaking through to the first level of the Body Refinement Realm requires so many cultivation resources. Such consumption is something that even imperial families cannot withstand.

Looking at those menial disciples who had opened up two or three meridians, they only needed a few low-grade body-refining pills, which cost a few hundred taels of silver, to achieve such results. Opening up all the meridians in their bodies would only cost a few thousand taels of silver. The difference in consumption between the two was truly enormous.

You don't know until you compare, and the comparison is shocking. In the world of cultivation, this kind of talent is really too important.

On the path of cultivation, Chen Huai'an is destined to put in several times, or even dozens of times, the effort of ordinary people.

It consumes so many resources even before breaking through to the Body Refinement stage. If it breaks through to the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, the cultivation resources consumed will be truly terrifying.

"After seven days of introductory training, it's time to test everyone's progress. Newly admitted disciples, line up in order and place your hands on the testing stone to assess your seventh-grade training results. Those who rank in the top three will be exempt from one month of miscellaneous duties, with the same pay and salary as outer disciples. The remaining disciples will be assigned tasks according to their strength." The presiding deacon's voice boomed across the plaza.

Qingyun Sect does not tolerate useless idlers. If you want to stay in the sect, you must prove your worth.

The sect's daily expenses are enormous. These menial disciples are needed to perform various tasks and manage some businesses to earn money and maintain the sect's operations.

These newly recruited apprentice disciples, each with the heart of a young man, couldn't keep secrets.

The first disciple went up to the testing stone to take the test, and then other disciples followed suit one after another.

Because Chen Huai'an arrived late, he was placed at the back of the line.

We need to divide the thousands of people into several groups; otherwise, if we test them all together, we don't know how long it would take.

During the long wait, Chen Huai'an discovered that some of the handyman disciples with mid-grade spiritual roots could only open up a dozen or so blocked meridians in seven days.

This time, he successfully navigated thirty channels, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.

There's a saying that goes, "The tallest tree in the forest is bound to be felled by the wind."

If he had better aptitude, a superior single spiritual root, his cultivation speed would be understandable. But he only has a mixed spiritual root of the five elements. With such aptitude, he is the worst of the worst, and yet he cultivates so fast. There must be something wrong with him.

For a moment, Chen Huai'an hesitated. Should he complete the entry test? If he did, his strength would be exposed and he would be targeted. If he didn't take the test, he would have to do menial tasks and waste a month of cultivation time.

"No way! This year, there are actually several promising talents. In just a few days, someone has already opened up twenty-eight meridians. Their cultivation speed is truly amazing!" Just then, an exclamation broke out from the crowd. Someone had opened up twenty-eight meridians.

Upon hearing this exclamation, Chen Huai'an's gaze was immediately drawn to it.

Twenty-eight meridians, only two fewer than his. This guy is definitely a genius.