24: Chapter 24 Sect Mission

The next morning, Su Yi woke up quite early. With the 1,600 experience points gained from a night of hard Cultivation, combined with the remaining 1,100 points, he casually leveled up to Level 3.

In an instant, the aura of Su Yi, originally at the second level of Qi Refining, changed and ascended to: "Qi Refining Third Level"!

Su Yi smiled proudly; Cultivating immortality was just that easy!

But when Su Yi saw Ling Yao and Xiao Tian at the fourth level of Qi Refining, he was immediately struck by a blow.

"Wait, how did you two level up again?"

"Who exactly has the System, me or you two?"

In the storyline, it was only mentioned that Gu Wanquan advanced one level per day and achieved Foundation Establishment to enter the Inner Sect in one month.

It did not mention other Prodigies.

It turns out everyone living in this courtyard is a big shot who advances one level per day!

Feeling deeply discouraged, Master Su expressionlessly cooked two large buckets of white porridge and placed them in front of the wide-eyed Ling Yao and Xiao Tian.

As for the others' breakfast, Su Yi placed it in a steamer with the fire extinguished to keep it warm, waiting for them to take it themselves when they were hungry.

After the two little piglets were full, Su Yi was finally able to take Ling Yao and Xiao Tian to the Outer Sect to accept missions.

There were many missions in the Outer Sect of the Luoxia Immortal Sect, including monster extermination, investigations, errands, and farming.

Su Yi left the choice of missions to Ling Yao. After looking for a long time, Ling Yao chose a daily monster extermination mission with some disdain.

As the Luoxia Immortal Sect was located in the Luoxia Grotto-Heaven, one of the Thirty-Six Grotto-Heavens, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was naturally exceptionally dense.

This exceptionally dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was not only beneficial for Cultivators to Cultivate, but the accompanying trouble was that it easily caused plants, trees, birds, and beasts to awaken their intelligence and become Essence Spirits.

These things were as common as mosquitoes in summer; after clearing one batch, another would emerge before long.

Over time, these Essence Spirits would attack passing Outer Sect Disciples, posing a certain level of danger.

Therefore, the Sect would issue regular cleanup missions, distributing rewards based on the number of Essence Spirits killed. This served the dual purpose of clearing out Essence Spirits and training the Sect's Disciples.

Looking at the mission Ling Yao chose, Su Yi couldn't help but feel a bit expectant. Upon taking the mission and looking at it, it indeed suited the taste of the violent Empress:

"Outer Sect Mission: Spirit Creek Monster Extermination!"

"Mission Content: In the Outer Sect's Qingyun Mountain, mist swirls all year round. In a stream that winds down from the mountaintop, Essence Spirits breed year-round and require regular clearing."

"Mission Requirements: Ten right eyeballs of Spirit Frogs (0 / 10)"

"Mission Reward: 3 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"

The mission was very easy, and the reward was naturally lackluster.

Su Yi felt it didn't matter what mission they took, because the main purpose of this trip was to follow Ling Yao, this koi fish, to encounter the unique Opportunities of the Luoxia Immortal Sect!

After accepting the mission, the three of them took the map and set off leisurely along the mountain plank road toward their destination.

Along the way, Ling Yao skipped and hopped, sometimes thirsty, sometimes hungry, and sometimes wanting Su Yi to carry her.

It didn't look like they were on a mission at all; instead, it seemed like they were on a spring outing.

As for his former role as the number one lackey, Su Yi half-habitually and half-coaxingly agreed to all of Ling Yao's requests.

Xiao Tian, who was learning to read on the side, looked enviously at Ling Yao acting coquettishly in front of Su Yi.

Xiao Tian also wanted to be carried by Su Yi and act coquettishly, but Senior Brother Su always refused him on the grounds that he wasn't a child.

So what if he was nearly two meters tall? He was only twelve years old!

Why couldn't he act coquettishly!

Thinking of this, Xiao Tian felt sad again and wanted to cry.

As for why Su Yi was so certain that following Ling Yao would lead to an Opportunity.

On one hand, it was because of Ling Yao's koi fish Physique, and on the other hand, it was because of a special regulation in the Outer Sect of the Luoxia Immortal Sect.

"Those who achieve a Foundation Establishment Breakthrough before the age of twenty have the Opportunity to enter the Inner Sect!"

This regulation was intended to screen for young Disciples with good talent for the Sect to focus on cultivating, in order to uphold the reputation of the entire Luoxia Immortal Sect.

Although this regulation was as if it didn't exist for Prodigies like Gu Wanquan.

But for ninety-nine percent of the Outer Sect Disciples, this regulation stood like a natural chasm across their path to seeking immortality.

The Luoxia Immortal Sect recruited hundreds to over a thousand Disciples every ten years, but the number of Outer Sect Disciples remained stable at five or six thousand.

This was because after Disciples entered the Outer Sect and began Cultivating, they either had no hope of Foundation Establishment or were already over twenty years old by the time they achieved a Foundation Establishment Breakthrough.

Most of these ordinary Disciples, who made up ninety percent, chose to descend the mountain on their own and return to the Mortal World.

Although they were merely ordinary Outer Sect Disciples within the Luoxia Immortal Sect, who wouldn't call them a Heavenly Master when they were in the outside world?

There were also some who, after achieving a Foundation Establishment Breakthrough, grew old and came to love life in the Sect. Until their Lifespan was nearing its end, they would find a piece of geomantically auspicious land within the Outer Sect's immortal mountains and blessed sites to go into secluded death meditation.

And the possessions that these Cultivators who went into secluded death meditation had accumulated over their entire lives naturally went into seclusion with them.

This became a minor Opportunity in the Outer Sect; of course, this kind of Opportunity unique to the Outer Sect was also commonly known as grave robbing.

Not everyone liked the idea of becoming an Incarnation of an Opportunity and having their grave robbed by descendants after death, so some Cultivators who chose to go into secluded death meditation would select extremely hidden or dangerous locations for their seclusion.

This could also be considered an Opportunity and a test given by the Seniors of the Luoxia Immortal Sect to the Disciples of later generations, and it could also be considered a meeting across time between the Disciples of the Luoxia Immortal Sect.

Over the thousands of years, those simple and obvious graves had long been dug up by Outer Sect Disciples as Opportunities, leaving only the graves of those cunning old foxes who hid them deeply, which had not yet been found.

The Sect allowed this behavior and did not manage it, only requiring Disciples who obtained an Opportunity to properly bury the remains of the Opportunity's owner.

Because in the eyes of the Sect, those Cultivators who chose to go into secluded death meditation in the Outer Sect might have lacked talent, but their decades or centuries of Cultivation in the Outer Sect had long since made them a part of the Luoxia Immortal Sect.

Since they couldn't take those things with them after death, it was better to let the future generations benefit from them.

This Opportunity of grave robbing also evolved into a Legacy unique to the Luoxia Immortal Sect.

Therefore, as it evolved later on, Inner Sect Disciples with no hope of a Breakthrough would also imitate the Outer Sect Disciples and go into secluded death meditation.

For Qi Refining Cultivators, this type of "Opportunity" was a great secret treasure within the grave.

It guaranteed a Foundation Establishment, and at the highest, it could be the entire fortune of a Golden Core Cultivator. For a Qi Refining Cultivator, they would be stuffed!

Before the Transmigration, according to a certain Empress who disliked Cultivating, she had relied on these Heaven And Earth Treasures, Spirit Stones, and Medicinal Pills from these Opportunities to directly pile her way to the Foundation Establishment Stage!

This kind of Opportunity, which an Outer Sect Disciple might not encounter in their entire life, was as simple as going home to eat for Ling Yao.

"Every time I go out to play, I get blocked by these graves; it's so annoying!"

Such a top-tier humblebrag shows the terrifying extent of the koi fish Physique!

But the Empress, who acted innocent after gaining an advantage, couldn't help but pout whenever she talked about this matter. After Ling Yao took all their possessions, it was as if those Cultivators in secluded death meditation had taken a huge advantage:

"It was really a bargain for those poor ghosts; a few pieces of junk and they wanted me to kowtow to them!"