Purification Technique

But things were different in the sect status section.

There were only four clear and concise categories,

Namely: Outer Disciple, Inner Disciple, Elite Disciple, and Personal Disciple.

Lin Xiao then decisively changed Jiang Youfu's status from Outer Disciple to Personal Disciple.

He had to be kidding! Lin Xiao had taught him how to read every single word. Even though they were brothers, when it was time for him to be a junior, the rules couldn't be ignored.

So Lin Xiao opened his eyes and shared this good news with Jiang Youfu.

"Fuzi, in our sect from now on, you are the chief personal disciple under this sect master. How about it? Are you happy?"

Jiang Youfu had just finished eating a steamed bun and let out a satisfied burp. He pouted:

"Huh? Does that mean you'll be my master from now on, Brother Xiao? Are we not brothers anymore?"

Lin Xiao flicked him on the forehead.

"We'll still be brothers, but isn't our master and disciple status a fact? Look, I even taught you the cultivation mental technique word by word."

Jiang Youfu instantly cheered up.

"As long as we're still brothers, it's all good! Then, Brother Xiao, do I have to call you master from now on?"

Lin Xiao waved his hand. "We'll keep things as usual between us. We can worry about titles when we run into outsiders."

After breakfast, the two of them began to cultivate earnestly.

Strictly speaking, it was Jiang Youfu who began to cultivate earnestly. After going home last night, he had reviewed the section of the mental technique on drawing Qi into the body a few times and seemed to have gained some insights.

Today, he could already feel a faint sense of Qi, so he cultivated with great enthusiasm.

Meanwhile, a certain someone named Lin, who had reached the second level of Qi Condensation in less than twenty-four hours, was much more relaxed.

He leisurely opened the system shop.

Perhaps it was because he did not have any pressing needs at the moment, but the recommended items in the shop were actually all things like Heaven-tier magical treasures and Heaven-tier pills.

Not to mention whether they had any use for them, he simply could not afford them at all.

Leaving aside the sheer quantity of spirit stones required, the prices were all listed in supreme-grade spirit stones.

Lin Xiao had no choice but to check the categories below.

With just one glance, he lost the motivation to keep reading.

There were no fewer than a hundred categories.

Heh.

Rather than wasting time going through this massive list of categories one by one, he might as well test if this shop was an 'as you wish' kind of shop.

Where whatever he wanted would appear.

Lin Xiao recalled the five Spring Mist Grass seeds in his private storage.

Tsk, he wondered if this 'never-seen-before grass' needed special soil to grow. He also had no idea if there were any specific requirements for the planting environment or tools...

Immediately after, he tapped open the shop.

Sure enough.

The recommended list had shifted from a pile of luxurious Heaven-tier items to a Spirit Grass Planting Soil Synthesizer, a Spirit Grass Planting Tool Synthesizer, and a Beginner Spirit Grass Planting Manual.

It really was an 'as you wish' shop.

Lin Xiao was completely satisfied.

However, the two synthesizers and the planting manual each cost one spirit stone.

He currently only had four left. If he bought them, he would only have one spirit stone remaining, just enough to idle for another twenty-four hours.

Where was the system? He needed to do quests!

Ding—System quest issued: Host, please raise the sect prestige to 5 within ten days. If the time limit expires, the quest will be voided, and the rewards will be voided.

Seeing the quest details, Lin Xiao opened the sect panel to check.

Sect Prestige: 3

It actually wasn't zero.

Lin Xiao stroked his smooth chin.

Currently, excluding himself, the people who knew about the Lingxian Sect were Fuzi, his father, and his older brother—exactly three people.

So the sect prestige was simply the number of people who knew about his sect?

If that was the case, didn't that mean he just needed to go down the mountain, find two close friends, and tell them about it?

As for whether he could rope them into joining the sect... Sigh, there were very few youths who had as much freedom at home as he and Fuzi did. Their childhood friends of the same age had all been dragged off by their families to do chores.

If he went to someone's house and told them, "Stop working and come up the mountain to cultivate immortality with me," he would definitely be chased out by their family members with a large stick.

However, simply letting them know about the existence of his sect was doable. They probably wouldn't take it seriously anyway.

He would give it a try before heading home today.

With a new quest, he no longer had to worry about spirit stones.

After all, the previous quests had all rewarded him with spirit stones, so he figured this one wouldn't be an exception.

But Lin Xiao still did not buy those three items.

Because he had been keeping something else in mind.

The Spell Creation Function that had unlocked last night!

There was not much paper mulberry bark left in the thatched shed, so Lin Xiao picked up his hatchet and headed up the mountain.

By now, it was broad daylight.

The blades of grass on the mountain were weighed down by dewdrops, sparkling brilliantly in the sunlight.

While happily peeling tree bark, Lin Xiao suddenly sensed a very intense and extremely unfamiliar aura flash through the nearby forest.

He did not think his senses were playing tricks on him.

He had always been highly sensitive to the auras around him. Whenever a stranger approached, he could immediately sense them.

Not to mention that he was now a bona fide cultivator.

Lin Xiao did not stop what he was doing. Instead, he pretended not to notice anything and continued peeling the bark.

After that fleeting moment, the aura did not appear again.

It seemed whoever it was had merely been passing by.

After a good while, Lin Xiao finally stopped, stored the paper mulberry bark in his private storage, and returned to the sect.

It seemed that in this world where cultivating immortality was possible, even an isolated little place like Xiushui Village was not entirely peaceful.

He hoped that the aura he encountered today was truly just a passerby, rather than some impending danger...

Returning to the sect grounds, Lin Xiao sat under the Ten-Mile Peach Blossom Tree as usual.

Without hesitation, he opened the Spell Creation Function.

He then placed the paper mulberry bark and pine soot ink into the first and second slots respectively.

Next, he tentatively placed a spirit stone into the third slot.

It lit up green!

Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness it only required one spirit stone; he could afford that.

He then shifted his gaze to the final slot.

A spell concept, huh...

He pondered for a moment, but ultimately decided against inputting any overly overpowered concepts.

Putting aside what kind of spell those concepts would actually generate,

He was simply afraid that the resulting spell would be too incredible for him to use.

It would be incredibly awkward if he, currently only at the second level of Qi Condensation, couldn't even cast it.

He wanted to create a spell that was developmental, one that would provide him with appropriate variations to use at every stage of his cultivation.

He actually had a few ideas regarding a spell like that.

After organizing his thoughts in his head and concluding that there were no glaring issues, Lin Xiao tapped the final slot,

And began to input his spell concept.

Beginning spell concept input. Countdown: twenty seconds, nineteen, eighteen...

...Three, two, one. Input complete.

Commencing spell creation. Please wait.

With his previous experience of creating a mental technique, Lin Xiao sat calmly under the tree and waited.

Ding—"Purification Spell" creation complete. Host, please check and receive.

This time, the process seemed to be a bit faster than when he created the "Peach Source Myriad Void Incantation".