Lin Yu, two deacons, Ma Dong and Gan Yunhua, rode in the same carriage.
Along the way, the two kept introducing Lin Yu to some situations within the Chiyang Sect.
According to them, there are only eleven people in the entire Chiyang Sect who have cultivated yang inner energy.
The old sect master, the sect master, and the nine direct disciples of the old sect master.
In fact, the sect leader is also the direct disciple of the old sect leader, and he is the younger one among all the direct disciples.
The four or five older ones have half of their bodies buried in the ground and will return to the West in a few years.
In comparison, the old sect master not only lived the longest, but was also the strongest, ten and a hundred times stronger than any of his disciples.
The Chiyang Sect has been inherited for nearly a thousand years, and no one can catch up with the old sect master in terms of martial arts attainments.
"The old sect leader is an innate warrior. He has cultivated all the yang internal skills in the sect to a very high level. Not only that, he is also very accomplished in other martial arts, so he can be recognized by the family."
Ma Dong explained to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu asked: "Deacon Ma, what level does the old sect master correspond to as a practitioner?"
"It's almost between the middle stage of Qi Condensation Realm and the late stage of Qi Condensation Realm." Ma Dong replied.
"Oh?" Lin Yu nodded slightly, which was similar to his own judgment.
There are three major realms for practitioners. The strength of each realm is very different, and each realm has distinctive characteristics.
The realm of no leakage is the first realm for practitioners to enter the path of spiritual practice. After the source energy in the body is released, it can change the state of yin and yang, can defend and attack, and can also repair physical injuries.
In the second realm, the Qi Condensation Realm, after its source Qi is released outside the body, it can directly act on external objects. It can control objects through the air, sense the breath of life, etc.
Just like Ye Qiuling, after her Origin Qi is released, she can immobilize weak practitioners and crush them out of thin air with just a little force.
Lin Yu had no chance of winning against her, and it was difficult to even open his mouth and speak.
Even the old sect master would feel like he was stuck in a quagmire after breaking into her source energy range, unable to move forward and facing great resistance.
If you can't even get close, how can you defeat the opponent?
The third realm is the realm of pill formation.
After a practitioner enters the realm of elixir formation, a golden elixir can be condensed in the body to preserve the soul.
The golden elixir is unbreakable and the soul is immortal.
A practitioner in the Dan Formation realm is almost equal to immortality.
Even if the entire body is completely destroyed, as long as the golden elixir is still there, it can be restored to its original state in an instant.
So if you want to kill a practitioner in the elixir-forming realm? You must destroy his soul golden elixir.
These three realms? Each level is stronger than the other.
Every time a level is exceeded, the upper limit of cultivation level will be increased by one level.
However, it is extremely difficult to break through the realm.
For example, what about Jiang Penghai? He has been stuck at the peak of Wuluo Realm for so many years? He can't break through no matter how hard he tries.
As a result, its strength can no longer be improved even a little bit.
And if it can successfully break through, will the source energy in the body undergo a qualitative change? Its strength will suddenly leap forward, increasing by nearly ten times.
So for practitioners, the most troublesome thing is not to increase the strength of source energy, but to break through the realm.
If you cannot break through the realm, you will soon hit the ceiling, and no matter how hard you practice, it will be useless.
This is somewhat similar to a warrior practicing internal strength.
A warrior's internal strength is divided into multiple levels, and the strength gap between different levels is not small.
People with outstanding talents can quickly understand the essence of it and move up the level, while people with poor talents can only linger at low levels even if they practice hard every day. At most, the total amount of internal strength will increase, but the intensity will be reduced.
Not improved.
Lin Yu guessed in his mind? His current strength should still be inferior to practitioners in the early stage of Qi Condensation Realm.
After all, a practitioner at the early stage of the Qi Condensation Realm? Their strength is equivalent to eight to ten times that of a practitioner at the peak of the Wuluo Realm.
And even if his power is fully released, it is estimated that it will be equivalent to three or four times that of the peak of Wu Leak Realm? Five times at most, but it cannot compare with the early stage of Qi Condensation Realm.
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Four days later? The three of them arrived at Chiyang Sect.
The Chiyang Sect is located in the Xining Prefecture of the Song Dynasty. The entire sect is hidden deep in the mountains. It will be impossible to find it without someone to lead the way.
After Lin Yu got off the carriage, he followed the two of them over the mountains and ridges before arriving at the gate of Chiyang Zongshan.
"Our sect is quite special and has to stay away from the mortal world."
Ma Dong smiled.
"It's okay, just be clean." Lin Yu didn't care. He just wanted to improve his strength quickly.
Gan Yunhua nodded and said, "Okay, let's go in then. I'll arrange a place for you to stay first."
The three of them walked into the mountain gate.
Climb up the stone steps.
At the end of the steps is the top of a hill, with a large circular platform on it and the ground covered with stone slabs.
Standing on this platform, you can see most of the scenery inside Chiyang Sect.
Lin Yu raised his eyes and looked into the distance. There was a huge valley in front of him.
In the center of the valley, there is a very large martial arts arena. A group of people lined up neatly in the martial arts arena and practiced martial arts with a martial artist who looked like an instructor.
There is a small river outside the martial arts venue that passes through the rows of buildings. The river surface reflects the setting sun from the mountains and has rugged waves.
In addition, there are also tall houses built on several surrounding hills, connected to each other by suspension bridges.
The whole place is like a fairyland on earth.
“The scenery is great!”
Lin Yu couldn't help but admired.
"Hahaha." Ma Dong said with a smile: "Although our Chiyang Sect is far away from the world, the quality of life is not bad at all. You will feel it soon."
"Let's go down quickly." Gan Yunhua suggested.
The three of them walked down the stone steps toward the hinterland of the valley below.
It didn't take long before we arrived at the buildings outside the martial arts arena.
"The new disciples who have just started all live in Guangmen Courtyard, so go this way."
Ma Dong and Gan Yunhua led Lin Yu east and west, leading him into Guangmen Courtyard.
"One person has one room, so you can live in this one."
The two of them quickly arranged a place for Lin Yu to live, and then after explaining some precautions, they left directly and went to find the senior management at the door to get back to him.
Lin Yu looked around and looked at his new residence, feeling very satisfied.
As Ma Dong said, although Chiyang Sect is far away from the world, the quality of life is not bad at all.
Everything you need is available.
The only problem is that there is no one to wait on you.
But for Lin Yu, this is not a big problem.
He came here to practice martial arts, not to enjoy himself. He had enough food for one person and the whole family was not hungry. There were no messy troubles. He just had a place to sleep and change his clothes.
Lin Yu walked to the bed, took off the package from his shoulders and put it on the bed.
When he came out this time, he only brought the essence pills he got from the practitioners and gold tickets worth more than one million taels of gold.
He has long understood that in the world of spiritual practice, only essence pills are hard currency, and gold and silver are not as useful as they are in the secular world.
Of course, the Chiyang Sect is a martial arts sect, which is inferior to the cultivation sect in all aspects and has very few resources.
Therefore, for ordinary disciples within the sect, gold and silver are still very attractive, and they can be taken outside to buy elixirs and other things.
But will he be an ordinary disciple?
It won't take long for him to stand out and become the old sect leader's direct disciple.
The time spent dealing with those practitioners will be far more than the time spent dealing with ordinary disciples.
As for why Essence Pill has become the hard currency among practitioners, it has to do with the practitioner’s cultivation system.
Practitioners improve their cultivation by refining essence into source energy. Among them, essence is divided into innate essence and acquired essence.
The innate essence is what one is born with, while the acquired essence depends on external intake.
This Essence Pill is pure acquired essence.
It is a necessary item for practitioners to practice.
The source of acquired essence was not mentioned in the previous practice manual, but now Lin Yu knew that its source was this essence pill.
As long as those practitioners complete the tasks within the sect or perform well in cultivation, they will be rewarded with essence pills by the sect.
Also, this essence pill can also be taken by ordinary people.
The acquired essence in it can strengthen the body after being absorbed by ordinary people.
Therefore, in this Chiyang Sect, the truly famous disciples do not care about gold and silver at all, and only have demand for essence pills.
The night passed quickly.
Early the next morning, as soon as Lin Yu got up, there was a knock on the door.
"Is Junior Brother Lin Yu here? I'll take you to the welcome ceremony."