Chapter 3 Spirit Slave
Chapter 3 Spirit Slave
There is a pool of blood on the top of the nine twisted and colliding peaks. A nine thousand foot blood waterfall flows out and falls on the ritual track, filling up all the hollow patterns on it. In the center of the ritual track is a purple-red palace.
It is extremely magnificent and majestic. There is a large amount of open space at the bottom of the Nine Peaks, dotted with quaint buildings. There are almost no houses or attics built of ordinary bluestone and wood.
The floor was paved with golden bricks, the walls were as white as snow, and there were carvings of dragons and paintings of phoenixes. Everything looked exceptionally refined and elegant, and was completely different from the eerie and terrifying place that Wang Yu had imagined.
The Shihu City Lord's Mansion is just an ordinary building here.
Only the rays of light in the sky fit Wang Yu's stereotype, either it was rolling black fog or surging blood.
There are various kinds of flying magic tools, including skulls, spine swords, corpse clouds, paper people carrying sedan chairs, coffins... and so on. A large number of foundation-building monks travel back and forth in the sky.
The situation for Qigong cultivators is much simpler, basically just a piece of black cloth, which should be the standard magic weapon distributed uniformly by the Nilingxue Sect.
Wang Yu's heart was burning with excitement. As long as he could get access to the cultivation method, it didn't matter even if it was a demonic cultivation method. He had no discrimination or likes or dislikes towards power. As long as it was useful, it made no difference.
Since the evil cultivator had bribed the cultivators stationed at Black Mountain Pass, he felt that he would not let them die directly. At the very least, they had to create the value they deserved.
There was no stopping.
The black-robed demon cultivator led them to the foot of the third peak from the left. The environment here was obviously different from the bottom of the nine peaks. It was fenced off and guarded by cultivators everywhere.
"Brother Xu, you are finally back. Did you only get a hundred people this time?"
Hearing this, the leading man in black robe finally took off his hood, revealing an old face with wrinkles all over it.
"There's nothing we can do. The spiritual veins in Shihu City are too poor, so the number of cultivation seeds produced is naturally much smaller. If we go to Qianqiu City, there will be at least 500 spiritual slaves."
"Count them and take them all away."
Spirit slave?
Without hearing any more conversation, Wang Yu's car was pulled to a stone house, and he was released after his shackles were removed.
A chubby, round, middle-aged man spoke in a sinister tone.
"My last name is Duan, you can call me Manager Duan.
"From today on, you are the spirit slaves of the Nilingxue Sect. You cannot leave until you pay back the money you paid for your bodies.
"If you perform well, you can leave your status as a spirit slave and become an outer disciple of the Nilingxue Sect. Work hard."
Manager Duan spoke for a while and left without explaining anything. Wang Yu and his group of mortals who had not yet stepped into the threshold of cultivation were naturally powerless to resist.
According to the order, he moved into stone house No. 83.
There are beds, tables, chairs, stools... all the necessary furniture, and a small compartment that serves as a toilet. The bedding and pillows are all made of the finest brocade, and the living standard is no worse than that of the Wang family.
Although the windows and doors could be opened, they were locked with iron bars and one could only reach out with one's hands, just like a prison cell.
It didn't take long.
A disciple of the Nilingxue Sect walked along the way, throwing a basketball-sized cloth bag into each stone house he passed. He soon came to stone house No. 83, gave Wang Yu the same thing, and left without saying a word.
Open the bag.
The first thing that caught his eye was the food and water bags. The twenty buns were still steaming. Wang Yu was very hungry as he had not eaten today, so he ate five of them in one go.
The fillings include both meat and vegetables, and are salty and fragrant with a rich flavor. Each one has a thin skin and full fillings, which is even better than the ones made by the pastry chefs in Shihu City.
This kind of treatment made Wang Yu have more expectations for the identity of a spiritual slave. After all, he was a cultivator. Even if he was a demon cultivator, he was not the monster image of eating raw meat and drinking blood in novels and biographies. Stereotypes were not allowed! As long as you are human, you have desires. To put it more bluntly, demon cultivators are actually a group of cultivators who take extremes and shortcuts. Their desires are stronger, and material enjoyment is more prominent than the righteous way. They are not ashamed to express it.
Even the treatment of spirit slaves is better than that of most mortal families.
In addition to today's meals, there are also two books, one thin and one thick.
The thin book records a lot of common sense in the cultivation world, explaining the rules here and what spirit slaves need to do.
And each person is given a "self-purchasing money" target. Once achieved, they can become an outer disciple of the Nilingxue Sect.
Wang Yu pondered each one carefully and memorized them deeply in his mind.
The first thing written is the rules of the Stone House area.
[5. Every day from 9: to :, for two hours, twenty Qigong practitioners will be responsible for answering questions.]
No matter whether it is doubts about cultivation or problems such as illiteracy, they can all be answered. This is also the only time of day when the spirit slave can leave the stone house.
[2. After breaking through the first level of Qi training, the spirit slave needs to consume his own cultivation and condense one or two spiritual sands every month to give to any manager in the Stone House area.]
This is the value of Wang Yu and others.
Spiritual stones are the essence of heaven and earth formed by natural sedimentation where spiritual energy between heaven and earth converges. The higher the level of the spiritual vein, the more likely it is to produce accompanying spiritual stone veins.
There are four levels of currency: low, medium, high and top quality. It is also the most widely circulated currency in the cultivation world. However, due to its high consumption, the output of mineral veins alone is far from enough.
So the character of Lingnu came into being.
If a cultivator is willing to sacrifice his own cultivation, he can also rub spirit stones with his hands and print money by himself.
A cultivator in the early stages of Qi training can only condense "Spirit Sand", and the price of two pieces of Spirit Sand is equivalent to one low-grade Spirit Stone.
The spiritual energy that is extremely pure for Qi-cultivating monks seems extremely mixed for foundation-building monks. Therefore, the higher the level, the higher the price of spirit stones.
[3. After the soul slave has paid back the "self-purchasing fee" of 100 soul stones, he can apply to become an outer disciple of the Nilingxue Sect at the steward's office.]
The spirit stones referred to here are naturally low-grade spirit stones.
Based on the conversion of one ounce of spiritual sand to one spiritual stone, under the most ideal conditions it would take 100 months to pay off the debt, which is more than 8 years. If one adds the time for learning, entering the Dao and making a breakthrough, it would take at least 10 years.
"I can only pay it back when I'm 26..."
Closing the booklet that contained a lot of common sense about the cultivation world, Wang Yu took a deep breath and exhaled after a long time.
Although the living conditions were good, he didn't believe that the Nilingxue Sect would be so kind when it came to spiritual stones and other valuables. Theoretically, it would take ten years, but it might even take twenty years to really get the hang of it.
As for the other thick booklet, it was the Qi training technique given by the Nilingxue Sect. It was very generous and gave nine levels, and the highest level that could be cultivated was the great perfection of Qi training.
It gives all the spirit slaves a psychological comfort that they are optimistic about you.
The thing he wanted most was right in front of him, and Wang Yu gave up all unrealistic fantasies. This was the base camp of the Nilingxue Sect, where the mountain gate was located. Even though the stone house area was in a remote location, there were still a large number of cultivators stationed here.
The probability of escape is very small, and the only way to survive is to obey the rules of the Blood Clan and become an outer disciple to have the possibility of freedom.
Even if it's just a piece of cake, you have to work hard for it and move forward. There is no other way!
(End of this chapter)