Killing God - Chapter 28

Chapter 28 Rules
At this moment, the path they were walking along was built along the beach. The clear and undulating sea water was less than ten zhang away from them. The road ahead was still winding, and the mountain range was undulating. It was like a pair of slender arms that held the curved sea water in their arms, forming a natural calm bay.

The rookies here weren’t the only ones. On the contrary, there were quite a few rookies brought over by senior apprentices like Su He. It seemed that many people were arranged to stay here.

Su He brought Shen Shi and the others to a certain place in the middle of the bay. At this time, those houses were already exposed in front of the youths. Almost all of the houses were identical. The white walls of the glass and green tiles were divided into front and back. The one in front was actually a small courtyard with flowers and trees. Although the area was small, it had its own elegant breeze, causing one’s heart to feel peaceful. Behind them was a rookie disciple, or perhaps they could become the living quarters of the current outer sect disciples of Lingxiao Sect. Because they were close to the foot of the mountain, they directly dug caves in the mountain. After being renovated, they became cultivation caves.

There was a stone door in front of each cave. The door was tightly closed, and the number of characters were engraved on it. Su He led them to a cave with the words “A 40” written on it. “From here on, from A 40 to A 49, these ten caves are where the ten of you live.” He paused for a moment before pointing at the stone door. There was clearly a heavy stone door carved out of a large piece of stone. In the middle of the door was a circular wheel with the Eight Trigrams Array Mark carved on it. Cloud Qi was slowly flowing.

“After you go over, take out your cloud talismans and stick them here. The Eight Trigrams Lock will recognize you as its owner. From now on, other than you who can open the stone door of the cave with cloud talismans, no one else, including me, will be able to enter.”

Shen Shi and the others widened their eyes as they looked at the Eight Trigrams Lock on the stone door. Apart from the complicated array patterns, there didn’t seem to be anything special about it. They hadn’t expected it to have such a wonderful use.

Su He smiled faintly and waved to them, “Now which one of you will give it a try?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun You, who was standing beside Shen Shi, jumped out with an excited expression and said, “I’ll do it, I’ll do it.”

As he spoke, he quickly ran to the stone door, took out the cloud talisman from his bosom, and carefully approached the Eight Trigrams Lock. Shen Shi and the others beside him looked carefully. At the beginning, there seemed to be no change. Friend Sun was a little stunned. He turned to look at Su He. Su He smiled and shook his head, saying, “It’s close.”

Sun You laughed and sent the cloud talisman forward. This time, he directly pressed it on the Eight Trigrams Lock. Sure enough, a moment later, a cloud flashed on the cloud talisman. The Eight Trigrams Lock seemed to have been stimulated by something and slowly rotated. Under the gazes of everyone, those complicated Eight Trigrams Formation Patterns actually started to flow. They began to rearrange their order at an extremely fast speed. At the same time, they emitted a deep and faint cracking sound. Not long after, the sound fell silent. After the word “Sun You” faintly appeared in the center of the Eight Trigrams Lock, it quickly disappeared.

Then, a deep rumble came from the foot of the stone door. The entire stone door slowly retreated to the side, revealing a spacious and bright cave.

Sun You cheered and laughed. He was the first to run in. Everyone was also curious. Including the Zhong sisters, they couldn’t care less about the nasty conversation with Sun You. They followed Su He and the others into the cave and looked curiously at the cave behind the stone door.

The cave was carved into the mountain. The walls were covered in hard gray rocks. However, it had been repaired very smoothly. At the same time, the skylights were opened to allow the sun to shine. Therefore, the cave did not look dark and cold. Instead, it was extremely bright and comfortable.

The tables, chairs, and bedding were all complete. Especially on the wall of the cave, three layers of stone frames had been carved out. At this moment, of course, they were all empty. However, after cultivating for a long time in the future, there must be many things that could be placed here, such as spirit materials and other things. It seemed that the seniors who built these caves were very thoughtful.

Su He stood in the cave, letting the excited and curious youths look around for a while before calling them over. He gathered at the only table in the room and smiled, “Alright, your cave will be like this later. There will be time for you to see it in the future. There are still a few urgent matters that I have to explain to you first.”

The youths saw that his expression became serious for the first time and immediately gathered to listen honestly. They only heard Su He pointing at an iron box that had been placed on the table at some unknown time and saying, “Each of you has already placed such an iron box on the table of your cave.” There were two sets of outer sect disciple costumes in the box. One was a sketch of the six islands of green fish, and the other was a sketch of Ling Xiao. On the sketch were the sect rules and some rough information about the current sect. They were clearly written. Junior brothers and sisters, I would like to solemnly remind you once again that this sect is a famous sect that has inherited for 10,000 years. The rules of this sect are the most strict. Although it seems to be lenient to cultivate normally, some things that are forbidden by the rules of this sect must not be violated. Otherwise, the punishment will be light, and the punishment will be expulsion from the wall. It will not be merciless. Do you understand? ”

Shen Shi and the others were shocked and nodded in agreement.

Su He smiled slightly and his expression slowed down. “Junior brothers and sisters are all talented people. Otherwise, they cannot have such immortal fate to join the sect. In the future, cultivate properly and the Grand Dao can be expected.”

After saying those polite words, he pondered for a moment and said, “Apart from that, there is also a spirit crystal in the box and a copy of the Starnet Technique. This is the most basic technique of our sect and also the foundation of your cultivation in the Qi Refining Realm. From tomorrow onwards, Senior Brother Wang Gen will teach you the Starnet Technique in the Morning Star Palace on this island. This is a rare opportunity for you all to go.” After these seven days, if you want to enter the Morning Star Hall again, you will have to pay for the spirit crystals to enter. ”

“Ah?” All of the youths were confused, and one of the youths directly asked, “Senior Brother Su, why is this?”

Su He smiled and said, “The Morning Star Palace was built by our ancestor with a great divine ability in the place where the spiritual energy on this island is most abundant. His Highness secretly set up a magical array that can collect and purify the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Cultivating in the Morning Star Palace can increase the cultivation speed of Qi Refinement cultivators by 10%, right?”

“That’s why.” All the youths were discussing, but Shen Shi thought of something. He couldn’t help but ask, “Senior Brother, didn’t you say that we humans can only absorb spiritual energy from spirit crystals? We can’t absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth in the Morning Star Palace. How can we increase our cultivation speed?”

Su He was stunned for a moment. Obviously, he was also stunned by this question. After thinking for a while, he said, “I’m not particularly clear about this point, but all the senior brothers who have cultivated in the Morning Star Hall over the ages have such feelings. I’m sure it’s not fake.” “Perhaps it’s because the spiritual energy in the Morning Star Hall is abundant, and it’s more or less beneficial, allowing us to absorb more spiritual energy from the spiritual crystals?”

The youths nodded in agreement. Although Shen Shi was still a bit puzzled, he didn’t think too much about it. The Ling Xiao Sect was such a famous sect, and all sorts of miraculous techniques and divine abilities were unimaginable. A small palace that only focused on the Qi Refining Realm was beneficial. What was so strange about it? He quickly forgot about this thought.

Seeing that he had already explained everything, Su He let out a long sigh. Then, he looked at the youths and smiled. “Alright, now it’s the last thing.”

Shen Shi looked at his solemn expression again. It was strange, but Su He took out a strange thing from his bosom. It looked like a bird cage. However, there was not much space in the cage and there were no birds in it. Instead, there was a small animal lying on its stomach, looking lazy. From this shape, it looked like a gray toad.

Su He’s expression turned serious. “This sect’s sect master, Ancestor Cen Huaiyuan, “Since taking over the sect position thirty years ago, it has been the sect’s grand plan for a hundred years to bring along and discover the true geniuses among the new disciples. The sect has set down an iron rule: All new disciples who enter our sect to cultivate are not allowed to bring their own spirit crystals into the island during the first five years of the six islands of green fish, so that all disciples can discover the true geniuses after cultivating fairly.”

As he spoke, he pointed at the gray toad in the cage in his hand and smiled. “Everyone, please come closer. Unless you have the mustard seed bag, Cosmos Bag, and other magical artifacts that can only be used when you have reached the Origin Condensation Realm, it is impossible for you to avoid the feeling of the Crystal Swallowing Toad, which is naturally fond of devouring spirit crystals.”

Shen Shi was instantly stunned. There were indeed spirit crystals on his body. It was given to him by Shen Tai when he separated from his father in Xilu City, Yin Province. He had bought one small pot in Floating Cloud City the day before yesterday, and now there were two left. He didn’t expect that the High Firmament Sect would actually have such a rule here.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Shen Shi was more delighted than worried. He had panicked for thousands of kilometers. Although he had spirit crystals on him, they were pitifully rare. However, Sun You, Zhong Qinglu, and the other disciples from the local aristocratic families were completely different. It could be imagined that without this rule, the amount of spirit crystals that these disciples, who were valued by their clans, could obtain was practically uncontrollable.

The so-called cultivation depended to a certain extent on the number of spirit crystals, and then on the level of talent of each person. With this level of family background, it was not fair to begin with, and it was difficult to see the true level of talent of everyone. Never would he have imagined that Adept Cen Huaiyuan, Lingxiao Sect, would have such foresight and courage to set such a rule. At the very least, during the most crucial five years, all the rookies’ disciples had begun to cultivate in a generally fair situation.

However … Shen Shi was overjoyed, but he also quietly thought in his heart, although this rule was good, I’m afraid that Adept Cen Huaiyuan must have offended many of the aristocratic clans under Lingxiao Sect to death. After all, this rule was clearly aimed at these subordinate aristocratic clans. However, Shen Shi smiled and threw away this pointless thought. Who was that?

That was the current Sect Leader of Lingxiao Sect, and he was a famous top figure in the cultivation world. He probably wouldn’t care about the reactions of some aristocratic clans, right?

Er, it should be like this. After a thought flashed through Shen Shi’s mind, he walked forward and took out the only two spirit crystals on his body and placed them on the table. At the same time, the Crystal Swallowing Toad in the cage suddenly moved as he approached, as if he felt something and slowly opened its eyes.

(One day and two shifts has actually lasted for so long … It feels like a very long period of tim