Chapter 16 The Third Level of Qi Refining


    After Mo Hua entered the Tongxian Gate, the new year''s sect life began.


    Tongxian Sect is a first-class sect, and the first-class sect is the lowest-level sect in the world of Taoism.


    The sects in the Taoist world are of strict quality.


    At the beginning of the establishment of the sect, the first thing to do is to be determined, and the Dao Court reviewed and ruled.


    The requirements for fixed grades are very strict. They have strict assessments for the assets of the sect, the mountains occupied, the depth of the inheritance, whether the leader has lacked morality, the cultivation and number of elders and teachers in the sect, and the number of disciples they can accommodate.


    The sect’s promotion is even more stringent. There must be several high-level monks who are in charge of preaching for a certain year before they can apply for promotion to the Tianquan Pavilion of the Dao Ting.


    Upgrading grades is a top priority for any sect, and it takes years of preparation, and it is necessary to clear the relationship with the Dao Court, which consumes a lot of manpower and financial resources.


    In Tongxian Sect, only the old leader is a foundation-building cultivator, which is far from the conditions of a second-grade sect. And it is estimated that within a hundred years, there will be no qualifications to upgrade.


    In addition, Tongxianmen''s property only has three mountains, Tongling Peak, Tongxuan Peak and Tongming Peak.


    In the outer sect of Tongxian Sect, the disciples in the early stage of Qi Refining, that is, the disciples in the 1st to 3rd level practiced and learned Taoism at Tongling Peak, and the disciples in the 4th to 6th level of Qi Refining are at Tongxuan Peak. The few outer sect disciples in the late stage of Qi Refining are also at Tongxuan Peak. Because these disciples are too few, they are all settled.


    The inner sect and the disciples of the sect, including the heads, elders and teachers of the sect, are all at Tongming Peak.


    It is said that there was also a Tongxian Peak, which was used by the head and elders to live and practice. Later, because the sect was not well managed and insolvent, it was sold in tears.


    How can Tongxian Gate without Tongxian Peak be called Tongxian Gate?


    The heads of Tongxian Sect in all dynasties have been determined to redeem Tongxian Peak, but unfortunately this ambition has not been realized yet.


    The disciples of each peak of Tongxian Sect are divided into four classes: A, B, C and D. The degree of disciples'' pros and cons is reduced from Class A to Class A, and the same is true for the sect''s attention and training.


    The Class of A generally only recruits the so-called "proud sons of heaven". They must have good spiritual roots, high talent and understanding, and practice quickly.


    Of course, if you have a friendship with the head and elder of the sect, or are willing to donate a considerable amount of spirit stones to the sect, you can also enter the A-character class.


    In short, you are either talented, connected, or spiritual stones.


    Class B includes disciples with average spiritual roots, but good talent, hard work, and good grades.


    The disciples of the C-character class are average in spirit, and their understanding and grades are also average. The disciples of the D-character class are generally worse, and they can basically be gangsters.


    Ink paintings are divided into Class B, and are the kind of disciple who is just like spiritual roots, but they are hard-working and have good homework.


    Ink painting only has the second level of Qi refining, so food, accommodation and practice are all on Tongling Peak, which is also the mountain with the most disciples of Tongxian Sect.


    After entering the sect, he greeted his familiar fellow disciples, and Mo Hua began a year of study and practice.


    Even if the cultivators at the bottom are poor, they have to collect some spirit stones to let their children enter the sect to practice, at least lay some foundation for their practice, and they will not be too ignorant of various knowledge in the world of cultivation, so there are the most disciples in the early stage of Qi refining in the Tongxian Sect.


    As for whether you can continue to practice in the middle stage of Qi Refining, one can see the cultivator’s own talent and the other can see the cultivator’s family background.


    Some casual cultivators really can''t get out of spirit stones, so they can only let their children drop out of school, help people refine weapons and do chores, or learn to go up the mountain to hunt monsters, so they can barely make a living. The slightest amount of one hundred spirit stones a year is not a small number. Otherwise, before the child can become successful, the family will starve to death.


    And even a few people can continue to practice in the sect in the later stage of Qi Refining.


    Several of the fellow disciples who were familiar to Mo Hua disappeared. After inquiring, they found out that the few of them were poor and encountered difficulties, so they could not afford to pay Shu Xiu and had to drop out of school.


    The practice of Taoism is complex and profound. If no one teaches you, I don’t know how many detours you have to take. If you drop out of school in the early stage of refining Qi, unless you have the opportunity to splash the sky, it will be difficult to make any progress in practicing Taoism. Mo Hua sighed slightly, feeling very regretful, but his own situation was not very good, so he didn''t have much time to sigh.


    Ink paintings are practicing while attending class, and draw formations in their spare time, and live a busy and fulfilling life.


    A few months later, before I knew it, ink painting broke through to the third level of Qi Refining.


    The practice of Qi Refining Period depends more on persistence and accumulation. If you persist in practicing every day, over time, the spirit stone flowers will naturally be able to make breakthroughs.


    But what free cultivators lack the most is always spirit stones.


    Breakthroughs in small realms rely on accumulation, while breakthroughs in medium realms will lead to bottlenecks. These bottlenecks require some corresponding treasures or pills to help break through.


    As for breakthroughs in the great realm, such as refining qi to building a foundation, it depends more on life. For most low-level cultivators, it is a natural barrier that they can''t cross in their lifetime.


    Every time the realm is improved, it is of great benefit to the monks.


    The ink painting with the third layer of Qi refining feels more spiritual power, and naturally the spiritual consciousness becomes stronger.


    I used to draw a hard-working open flame array, but now I can easily do it, and I don’t even need to rest for a long time after drawing it.


    Although expected, ink painting was still very surprising.


    No wonder so many monks endure boring practice and are determined to improve their realm. This simple and unpretentious happiness obtained after boredom is the real happiness.


    Mo Hua is ten years old and has three levels of Qi Refining. This level of cultivation is in Class B, and it is a middle-class and top-level.


    When we reach the third level of Qi Refining, we have to choose the technique of ink painting.


    After one day of class, the teacher of the Qi Refining School allowed several disciples to stay, including ink painting.


    Teacher Yan left the ink paintings and then said straight to the point:


    "This was originally a matter of Mr. Zhou''s teaching, but he was a little uncomfortable, so I worked hard to tell you about the martial arts."


    "The most important thing for a monk is spiritual power. Whether it is physical cultivation or spiritual cultivation, whether it is drawing arrays and refining alchemy, or refining weapons and talismans, you must use spiritual power. If you have strong spiritual power, you will be superior to others. If you have weak spiritual power, you will be inferior to others. The most fundamental difference between monks is the difference in spiritual power."


    "The spiritual power of a monk is determined by his skills, and the skills are determined by his skills. What kind of spiritual roots, what kind of skills to practice, and what kind of skills to practice determines the amount of your spiritual power."


    "The spiritual roots are born, destined in nature, and they cannot be more unfair. If you cannot choose your own spiritual roots, what kind of exercises can you choose to practice."


    "Please choose a suitable exercise will be of great benefit to your future practice. If you have a spiritual root, you will have a relatively long-term path to practicing Taoism. If your spiritual root is of the best but you practice the exercises incorrectly, it is basically equivalent to self-destruction of the path to immortality."


    "So no matter the quality of spiritual roots or the practice, you must be very careful..."


    "Is it a skill..." Mo Hua murmured silently in his heart.


    Ink painting is a middle-grade and lower-level spiritual root with a low-level five-element attribute. Among the peers in Tongxian City, it is considered a medium-grade and lower-level spiritual root qualification.


    I don’t know what kind of exercises he can learn with his spiritual roots.


    (This chapter ends)