4: Chapter 4 Top-Tier

"Cough..."

Lin Ming feigned a cough and turned his head to look at Su Lianxue.

"Junior Sister, Revered Master is in seclusion. For now, you will Cultivate with me."

Lin Ming said.

"Yes, Senior Brother."

Su Lianxue nodded.

Her gaze shifted toward the white mist; this Peak Revered Master of Zichen Peak was indeed as obsessed with cultivation as the rumors suggested.

It seemed she had truly made the right choice in picking Zichen Peak.

"However, most of the time, you will have to rely on yourself."

Lin Ming said to Su Lianxue with a solemn expression.

He didn't want to waste his time teaching his Junior Sister; he was very busy every day with things like sunbathing and watering flowers.

"Mhm, I understand, Senior Brother."

This suited her perfectly; she had joined Zichen Peak specifically because she didn't want to be restrained.

Now, her nominal Revered Master was in seclusion, and her Senior Brother didn't want to bother with her, letting her Cultivate alone—this was exactly what she wanted.

"Follow me, let's go to your residence first."

Lin Ming led Su Lianxue back to the mountainside.

"In this row of wooden huts, the first one is mine. You can pick any of the others."

Lin Ming said, looking at the row of wooden huts.

This row of wooden huts had all been painstakingly built by Lin Ming alone.

Back then, he had believed his Revered Master's words about more Disciples joining in the future and built the houses for them in advance; yet after all these years, Su Lianxue was the only one who had come.

"Then I'll choose this one."

Su Lianxue chose the third room, leaving one empty room between her and Lin Ming.

"Junior Sister, what is your current cultivation level?"

After the room was settled, Lin Ming returned to the topic of cultivation.

"Second-stage Body Tempering."

Su Lianxue answered truthfully.

On the path of cultivation, Body Tempering is the beginning.

When Su Lianxue was reincarnated into this world, she had nothing; before joining Yuanxu Mountain, she had barely managed to enter the Body Tempering Realm and reach the first stage.

During her ten or so days at Yuanxu Mountain, relying on the food provided by the Sect, she had reached the second stage of Body Tempering.

"Then Senior Brother will take you to collect your cultivation resources for the Body Tempering Realm."

Lin Ming said.

For Disciples of different Realms, the cultivation resources they receive each month also vary.

"Thank you for the trouble, Senior Brother."

A faint smile appeared on Su Lianxue's beautiful face.

The two then went down the mountain. Led by Lin Ming, they headed to the place where the Sect distributed stipends and also processed Su Lianxue's identity verification.

Zichen Peak had finally received its second Disciple; Lin Ming was no longer the only one.

Thinking of this, Lin Ming felt a strange sense of emotion.

"Junior Sister, you certainly turn a lot of heads."

Lin Ming teased her along the way.

After all, Su Lianxue was too beautiful; her looks were among the best of the Sect's female Disciples, so many Disciples stared at her along the way.

"What does 'turning heads' mean?"

Su Lianxue asked with a serious expression.

"It means they are all looking at you."

Lin Ming was taken aback for a moment, then explained with a laugh.

"Mhm."

Su Lianxue nodded upon hearing this.

"Senior Brother, what is your current cultivation level?"

Su Lianxue asked.

"Your Senior Brother is only at the Spirit Platform Realm right now."

Lin Ming replied.

Body Tempering, Spirit Guidance, Sea Opening Realm, Spirit Platform, Spirit Treasury, Bitter Sea, Other Shore, Nirvana, Feathered Ascension.

These were the nine cultivation Realms Lin Ming currently knew of. There were higher Realms above them, but Lin Ming didn't know much about them; perhaps he would only find the answers after he ascended to the Upper Realm.

Currently, the limit of the Qingyuan Realm was the Nirvana Realm.

Lin Ming naturally wouldn't reveal his Nirvana Realm cultivation, and there was absolutely no need to.

For now, the Spirit Platform Realm was sufficient; reaching the Spirit Platform Realm at twenty years old in Yuanxu Mountain was considered an above-average level.

After all, he was the Disciple of True Monarch Yunhua and couldn't look too pathetic, but Lin Ming didn't want to stand out too much either; the Spirit Platform Realm was just about right.

A twenty-year-old in the Spirit Platform Realm—not bad.

Su Lianxue had previously learned Lin Ming's age; a twenty-year-old at the Spirit Platform Realm would be considered decent in the Upper Realm, though not exactly a Genius.

Of course, compared to herself, there was no comparison at all.

"We're here."

The two arrived at the place to collect stipends.

Entering the main gate, they could see many Disciples there to collect their stipends.

"At the Body Tempering Realm, you can't use a Storage Pouch yet, so just carry it yourself."

Lin Ming said.

The monthly stipend for the Body Tempering Realm is one Low Grade Origin Stone, plus two bottles of Blood Qi Pills.

Each bottle of Blood Qi Pills contains ten pills, making twenty in total.

As for the Low Grade Origin Stone, it only had one use for cultivators in the Body Tempering Realm: to be exchanged for cultivation resources. There was no other option.

After all, cultivators in the Body Tempering Realm cannot channel the Origin Qi of heaven and earth.

Additionally, as a new Disciple, she could choose one Body Tempering Cultivation Technique.

For Su Lianxue, who didn't lack techniques, she just picked one at random since she wouldn't use it anyway.

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Su Lianxue said after taking the package.

After getting these items, Lin Ming took Su Lianxue back up the mountain.

"Give me the Medicinal Pills and the Origin Stone."

Lin Ming said to Su Lianxue.

Su Lianxue looked at Lin Ming with some surprise.

Could it be that her Senior Brother had his eye on her cultivation resources and wanted to keep them all for himself?

"Don't get the wrong idea; your Senior Brother has no interest in your meager cultivation resources."

Lin Ming saw through Su Lianxue's thoughts at a glance and spoke expressionlessly.

He wasn't bored enough to rob his Junior Sister of her cultivation resources; besides, Lin Ming truly didn't care for such trifles.

Seeing this, Su Lianxue handed the Medicinal Pills and Origin Stone to Lin Ming.

After taking Su Lianxue's cultivation resources, Lin Ming immediately took out three bottles of Blood Qi Pills and tossed them to her.

"Medium Grade Blood Qi Pills have too many Impurities; taking too many will hinder your path of cultivation. These are top grade Blood Qi Pills."

Lin Ming said.

top grade Blood Qi Pills?!

Su Lianxue then took out a bottle of Blood Qi Pills and poured one out; upon closer inspection, it really was a top grade Blood Qi Pill.

The quality of a Medicinal Pill is categorized by its impurity content into Waste Pills, Low Grade, Medium Grade, High Grade, and top grade.

top grade pills have an impurity content of nearly zero, so taking them won't lead to the formation of Pill Toxins due to excessive impurity accumulation.

"Senior Brother, did you refine these pills?!"

A hint of surprise appeared in Su Lianxue's beautiful eyes.

These were top grade pills; even if they were just Blood Qi Pills, they were still top grade, and top grade pills weren't something just any Alchemist could refine.

If her cheap Senior Brother really refined them...

...then this cheap Senior Brother of hers had quite a formidable talent in the Dao of Alchemy.