C23 Loss of Blood Supply

The price of each Qi Condensation Pill was three Spirit Stone, and each Energy Accumulation Pill was worth six Spirit Stone.

In other words, the value of pill that an Iron Tablet disciple received each month was only equivalent to nine Spirit Stone, while a Copper Tablet disciple had eighteen Spirit Stone. They would be separated by nine pieces every month, and each year, they would make up for the difference of 120 Spirit Stone s.

Not to mention, there was no need for disciples with bronze tablets to take on chores, so there was a lot of time for cultivation.

So no matter how he counted, Ox King felt that he had suffered a loss in this transaction. After all, if there was such a difference in treatment at the beginning of the Qi Refining stage, then wouldn't the difference be even greater at the end of the middle stage?

"Mother, Sipi, that bastard Qi Yaoguang, he actually hid this from us!" When he thought of this, Ox King's heart was filled with displeasure. If he knew this would happen, he would definitely have asked this guy for three to four hundred Spirit Stone. No, I was the only one who cheated on others. Who would've thought that after playing with the falcon for more than ten years, the falcon would peck me in the face? No matter what, I have to get back at him.

Of course, he was in no hurry to get back at them, especially with the disparity in strength between him and them.

He secretly put this matter aside. Thinking that there were still five days before the gathering, Ox King didn't want to waste any more time. He found an inn and prepared to use the two bottles of Qi Gathering Pills that Wei Feiyan gave him to cultivate.

Although the Qi Gathering Pills were a grade lower than the Energy Accumulation Pill, the effect of the middle tier pill was not too bad. As a result, even though the time he had was short, with the help of the pill, Ox King's Cultivation Level improved by a bit.

Five days later, Ox King, in high spirits, rushed to the northern side of Celestial Spirit City and gathered there.

This time, the Controlling Beast Sect had recruited nearly seven hundred disciples. This meant that aside from the other three methods of recruitment, the Spirit Root Test alone had recruited nearly two hundred disciples. Although some of these two hundred disciples relied on their own talent to pass the test, from the looks of the examination, there weren't many of these cultivators. It might even be less than ten percent.

As a matter of fact, when all the disciples had gathered, Ox King discovered that there were only sixteen disciples with copper plates, including Qi Yaoguang.

Even among these people, it was unknown if there were still people who relied on relationships to get in.

Thus, it could be said that the disciples that the Controlling Beast Sect had recruited through their spirit root testing did not have any Heaven Spiritual Roots.

After everyone had gathered, a middle-aged Confucian Scholar walked out of the group of official disciples of the Controlling Beast Sect. The Confucian scholar seemed to have an air of elegance and indifference, but his eyes were filled with a cold chill. After he walked out, he only looked around at the 700 + disciples, but Ox King felt like he inadvertently glanced at himself, as if he saw through everything inside and outside of himself, and there were no more secrets in front of him.

Fortunately, this was just a feeling, but not a reality.

Just when Ox King was worried that he would see that he had the Five Ultimate Heavenly Beast on him and ask him, the Confucian Scholar gently waved his sleeve and threw out a small wooden boat. With a light shout, the Confucian scholar pointed at the small wooden boat and it rapidly expanded. In an instant, it had become a huge object with a length and height of at least three hundred feet and a width of several dozen feet!

"It's appeared, it's appeared! It's one of the five great sect treasures of the Controlling Beast, the Cloud Piercing Boat!"

Ox King was dumbstruck. He was secretly shocked that there was such a big magical equipment among them. Someone beside him had long lowered his voice and told him about the origin of this ship in excitement. Ox King's shock was slightly reduced after hearing these sounds.

So this is a magic treasure! No wonder! No wonder!

If it was a magical equipment, such a large item was enough to stun a person. After all, magical equipment were only the weapons that normal Qi Refinement Cultivator used. As for high-grade goods like magical equipment, they required Wu Steel level characters to control them. As for the greater power and effects, it was not hard to understand.

Wait, magical equipment?!

Ox King's pupils suddenly contracted. When he looked at the middle-aged Confucian scholar again, he wished that he could clearly see from head to toe just how many hairs there were on his body. This was Golden Pill Ancestor, who was said to be able to control the air and cause the earth to crack and collapse when he attacked, with a lifespan of five to six hundred years!

Waving his hand, he could probably kill all seven hundred of them with a wave of his hand!

After a few malicious guesses, Ox King followed everyone's footsteps and under the guidance of the official disciples of the Controlling Beast Temple, they headed towards the huge flying boat.

Not long after, when all the disciples had entered the flying boat, the Confucian Scholar leisurely walked over and controlled the flying boat to slowly rise up, and then directly flew towards the direction of the Controlling Beast Temple.

The Celestial Spirit City was at the foot of the Seven Star mountain to begin with, so it was a little closer to the Alkaid Peak. In fact, it was said that the two places were less than a hundred miles apart. Even if they were allowed to go to the sect on their own, it would not take too much time. This kind of formation and posturing was quite big, and was indeed enough to shock countless people. But for someone like Ox King, who could do it with only half a Spirit Stone, he definitely wouldn't need to spend a piece of the Spirit Stone.

Especially after the flying boat had risen into the air, it only flew for a few breaths of time and very quickly landed on the open space at the halfway point of the Alkaid Peak.

However, since Ox King insisted on putting on such a show, it wasn't Ox King's turn to say anything.

They only talked about how, after the flying boat landed, everyone followed suit and walked down in a line. Halfway up the mountain, there were already many official disciples of the Controlling Beast Temple waiting. The official disciples first greeted the Confucian Scholar in unison. After the Confucian Scholar indifferently waved his hand and left, they began to distribute the new disciples.

Ox King originally thought that recruiting nearly seven hundred disciples at once would make the Controlling Beast busy for a while.

However, the entire process was so simple that he could not believe it.

First of all, those cultivators with the Nine Arts were all led away by a rough looking big man. The cultivator that passed the competition was then taken away by a horse-faced cultivator with a long scar on his face.

In the end, the Spirit Root Test ended up with a dispute over the distribution of disciples with a bronze token. Even if they could use it, it would only last a quarter of an hour.

After all the disciples were distributed, the remaining disciples like Ox King, who were branded with a bronze plate, and the disciples who were able to enter the Sect by contributing treasures all belonged to a white-haired old man.

The entire process only took about an hour.

After the allocation was over, even though Ox King was filled with doubts and did not know why there was such a distribution, he did not have the time to think or ask someone else. This was because the old man called Meng Daiyuan was already beckoning everyone to follow him.

Ox King counted the number of cultivators that were taken away. There were a total of 466 people, which meant that the remaining batch was only around 200 years old. These two hundred plus people clearly belonged to a category where they enjoyed different treatment. This was indeed the case, because under Meng Dayuan's lead, everyone was not like those who were taken away, walking away from the mountainside or directly towards the summit.

This group of people was directly brought to the foot of the mountain by Meng Dayuan, the closest place to the door of the Controlling Beast.

Reaching the foot of the mountain, Meng Daiyuan waited for everyone to line up before stroking his short beard and said, "Our sect occupies a total of seven peaks, a total of seven peaks. I will not talk about the uses of the other mountains. I believe that everyone should have known about them before entering the sect. But regarding my Alkaid Peak, there are some details that I need to give you all. Otherwise, if any of you were to be punished for violating the rules of the sect, you cannot blame me. "

After pausing for a moment, he then said formally, "All the new disciples were outer sect disciples at the beginning. According to the sect rules. Anyone who had passed the examination could be considered an outer sect disciples, and would be considered to be in the lower half of the mountain. Cultivators with nine skills could be considered disciples of the Hundred Herb Hall and were halfway up the mountain. As for the copper medallion disciples, they were taught by the outer sect elder, who stayed in the vicinity of the mountain top. As for you two … "Hehe!"

Meng Daiyuan looked around and said, "You are all disciples of my Servant Hall, staying at the foot of the mountain!"

"Hua!"

When he finished speaking, the two hundred or so new disciples instantly went into an uproar.

When they had passed the examination and gone to the sect together, they didn't think much of it. However, after hearing Meng Dayuan's explanation, they immediately realized that they had probably become the lowest level figure in the sect.

Although they were the same as the more than four hundred disciples that were taken away earlier, all of them were outer sect disciples on the surface, but thinking about how they were either Hundred Herb Hall, War Hall, and even the people following the elder, they were all looking at him …

Service Hall!

If one were to use their toes to think, they would be able to understand that this was the special home of the disciples who worked hard on the dirty jobs.

Even Ox King felt so regretful that his intestines turned green. If I knew this would happen, even if I wanted to attract attention, I could have switched out the Jade Plate. That Qi Yaoguang, he followed the elder to do meritorious service, but he became a service disciple.

This was no longer a matter of the difference in value of the pill, but a huge difference in treatment.

Even though following an elder and becoming an official disciple might not necessarily mean one's talent was lacking, the quality of the teachings they received differed greatly. The chances of success were also vastly different. This was like someone who had followed Golden Pill Ancestor's level of cultivation since young. Compared to people who were Masters, no matter what, the former had an unparalleled advantage and environment, and was more likely to become a high-level cultivator.

This opportunity originally belonged to Ox King, but he gave it to someone else instead.

It was one thing to not know when it was over, but now that he knew the difference between the two brands was so huge, it was impossible to say that Ox King did not feel annoyed or regretful at all.

After thinking about this, Ox King's face suddenly lit up: "This business, I've really made a huge loss!"