These outer sect disciples actively seek out their favorite inner sect disciples to show their loyalty.
Other outer disciples sneered at these people, thinking that they were following a crooked path and had lost the enterprising spirit of monks.
But later, after seeing these first followers successfully building foundations, they realized how cruel the road to cultivation was.
No matter how conceited you are about your genius, in the end you will only be able to stop practicing Qi and reach perfection, waiting for your lifespan to run out, without any chance of building a foundation.
Correspondingly, the number of people choosing to become followers is increasing year by year.
The outer disciples just bear the name of the sect, while the inner disciples are recognized by the sect and receive support and cultivation from the sect.
The situation is stronger than the people, and the actions of those followers are looked down upon, but some of them have successfully built a foundation and become inner disciples. This is an indisputable fact.
Therefore, more and more people have taken the initiative to become followers, until now, it has gradually evolved to the point where outer disciples need to take exams before they are qualified to become followers.
Moreover, becoming a follower of an inner disciple, also known as a retinue today, will not only prevent you from being looked down upon by others, but will instead become a symbol of glory.
The sect neither approves nor objects to this.
The sect has always had a free-spirited attitude towards its outer disciples. As long as they pay the sect's contribution and do not violate the sect's rules, the disciples can do whatever they want.
However, in order not to destroy the balance of the outer sect, the sect stipulated that an inner sect disciple in the Qi refining stage could only choose two followers.
This is why everyone attaches great importance to major exams.
Having the opportunity to become a follower of an inner sect disciple and thus enter the inner sect is a very rare opportunity for many outer sect disciples.
Not only can he obtain more cultivation resources, but he also finds a backer for himself.
After all, it is too difficult to enter the inner door from the outer door through the normal way.
Only the top ten in the outer disciple competition can obtain the Foundation Building Pill.
However, the outer sect disciple competition only happens once every five years. Under normal circumstances, on average, only two disciples can successfully build the foundation to enter the inner sect every year.
This also makes it difficult for ordinary outer sect disciples to enter the inner sect, which is tantamount to climbing to heaven.
To become a retinue is to reach the sky in one step and enter the inner gate.
Unlike outer sect disciples who have no way to seek the truth, inner sect disciples can exchange their contribution points for foundation building pills.
Foundation Building Pills are extremely precious and rare, and an inner disciple can only redeem three of them in his lifetime.
Although each Foundation Establishment Pill requires a large amount of contribution points to redeem, the redemption qualifications for each Foundation Establishment Pill are always in demand.
Most of the inner disciples have dual spiritual roots, and they often only need one or two Foundation Establishment Pills to break through the Foundation Establishment.
In exchange for qualifications, they would either sell the extra foundation-building pills or give them to the followers who followed them.
This is also the reason why the outer disciples are trying hard to be chosen as followers.
What they were looking for was just a chance to build a foundation.
After establishing the foundation, these followers will automatically be relieved of their status as followers and become inner disciples.
But the so-called retinue, to put it bluntly, is a relationship of subordination. To put it harshly, it is almost the same as a slave in the mortal world.
The retinue obeys the orders of the inner disciples, and the inner disciples will distribute resources and provide protection to them.
Although the subordinates have inner disciples as their backers, correspondingly, their freedom is in the hands of others.
Even if the subordinates make serious mistakes, they may be killed by the inner disciples.
However, under normal circumstances, the inner disciples would not kill their followers easily.
Inner disciples in the Qi training period can only choose two retinues in total. Once the retinues are selected, they cannot be replaced, and the vacancies cannot be filled even if they die. Excellent retinues are of great help to the inner disciples.
Therefore, the inner disciples are extremely cautious in choosing their followers.
The followers are simply and directly divided into two categories by the inner disciples, namely combat type and auxiliary type.
Combat type followers are more popular, but auxiliary types are also indispensable. These inner disciples usually choose one of each type.
There are also a small number of people who will choose two combat classes or two auxiliary classes.
Xu Chunniang was never interested in becoming someone else's concubine. In her opinion, selling one's freedom was tantamount to selling one's soul.
Since embarking on this path of cultivating immortality, she has become stronger day by day. Xu Chunniang is confident that she will one day be able to step into the inner gate on her own without being someone else's follower.
She was a little happy and looking forward to seeing Wei Dawu soon.
Wei Dawu was her only acquaintance in the sect. She didn't know how far his cultivation had reached in the past three years.
Just because Xu Chunniang has no intention of becoming a follower does not mean that others are not interested.
After all, in the eyes of this group of new disciples, the hope of obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill from the outer sect is too slim, and it is far less promising than following the disciples from the inner sect.
They are gearing up one by one, striving to perform well today so that they can attract the attention of those inner sect geniuses.
"I heard that the inner sect disciples from the same class as us will come to watch our competition today in order to select the best followers. I must perform well today and strive to be selected to enter the inner sect."
"Sigh, it's really difficult to be chosen by those inner sect brothers who have high aspirations. There are only a hundred or so of the inner sect brothers who have entered our class this time, and we can only select more than 200 retinues at most. And we
There are three thousand outer disciples."
"Just be content!"
A person next to me advised, "At least five thousand people participate in the Outer Sect Competition every year, but only the top ten are selected each time. This is much easier than the Outer Sect Competition."
"That's right. You must seize this opportunity, otherwise you may be trapped in the outer gate for the rest of your life."
"The martial arts test is about to begin. Why haven't those inner disciples arrived yet?"
But at this moment, a disciple pointed to the side excitedly, "Look over there, it's the inner sect brothers, they are coming!"
The inner disciples wore white robes that were different from the outer disciples, so everyone recognized them at a glance.
There was a touch of pride in their expressions, and their white robes were spotless, which was in sharp contrast to the thousands of outer disciples wearing cyan robes around them.
Seeing that all the inner disciples had arrived, Steward Mu, who had been resting his head with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and said calmly, "Let's begin."
The rules of the martial arts test have been established long ago, and the assessment will be conducted in batches according to the results of the literary test. Disciples who have obtained first-class scores in cultural scores will be given priority for the competition.
Among the three thousand outer disciples, there are a total of 400 who have achieved Double A. They will compete in three competitions. The winner will be promoted, and the loser will be directly disqualified.
In the end, out of these four hundred people, there will only be fifty disciples left.
According to the usual situation, if nothing unexpected happens, these fifty people will be selected by the inner disciples.
Even among the top 100 people who are not in the top 50, there are still many who will be selected.
After all, double-A results are, to some extent, a proof of strength.
As the first batch of people to participate in the competition, Xu Chunniang came on stage and drew her own number, No. 327.
There are a total of ten arenas in the assessment venue, which can accommodate twenty people for competition at the same time. At this rate, it will probably take a while before it is her turn to take the stage.
Xu Chunniang looked in the direction of the inner disciples, trying to find Wei Dawu.
Coincidentally, the other party was also looking in her direction, and their eyes met for a moment.
Wei Dawu smiled slightly and made an effort gesture to her. Xu Chunniang showed a big smile and nodded heavily.
Although she has never thought about becoming a retinue, she just doesn't know how to give in during competitions.