Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 1: Years of Cultivation

Eight hundred and sixty years of Qiantian.

Qingzhou Qingzhu Taoist Temple.

Under a bare jujube tree, a young man of ordinary appearance, dark complexion, and medium build sat at a stone table, put down the letter paper in his hand, and fell into deep thought.

I don’t know how long it took.

A strong young man walked into the yard and spoke to the boy sitting under the tree.

"Adong, why didn't you come to the class just now? Our grades are already at the bottom. If this continues, our year-end assessment will be in jeopardy."

Yi Dong collected his thoughts, looked at his friend Gu Jie who was sitting down, and said:

"Ajie, do you think that with our grades, can we really get into the upper-level Taoist academy in three years?"

Gu Jie was silent.

Although their academic performance was not always among the last one or two among their classmates in every assessment, it was not far behind.

This is not because the two of them have low talents and understanding, but because they have no resources.

Qingzhu Taoist Academy is an intermediate Taoist academy in Qiantian Taoist Cultivation Country. On the surface, everyone takes the same courses.

But in reality, there are countless cram schools in the Taoist temple, but there are only two regular classes a day.

The cram schools are all run privately by teachers in the Taoist temple and charge extra fees.

Obviously, for the sake of the cram school's reputation, the teachers will not present the useful information in the regular classes.

A long time ago, the main classes in Qingzhu Taoist Temple were based on self-study, supplemented by self-learning.

It is very normal for new students to not attend remedial classes and not even meet the main subject teachers throughout the year.

Gu Jie sighed.

"We can't help it. The tuition fee of Qingzhu Daoyuan is low. We are not valued at home. We have to endure it. Although the library doesn't have any advanced knowledge, if we don't enter Qingzhu Daoyuan, we won't even be able to get in touch with this basic knowledge."

Yi Dong was speechless for a moment.

When I first traveled through time, I thought my life would be spent in blood and gore.

But unexpectedly, a year has passed.

I haven't even killed a single chicken, but my monthly exam results for Xiuxian Baiyi are still steadily declining. I was at the top last month, and now I'm at the bottom. It's so embarrassing.

Of course, Yi Dong didn't think it was all his fault.

The main reason was that firstly, he didn’t have a golden finger, and secondly, the world of immortal cultivation was not what he imagined.

I originally thought that the main theme of the world of immortal cultivation was killing people for treasures, taking risks for opportunities.

The reality is that the world of immortal cultivation has been peaceful for 100,000 years, and the laws in each world are strict. Various magical instruments and "cameras" are installed on the rivers and lakes, and even the natural treasures in the mountains and deserts are always watched by "space cameras". Sometimes, you dig up a precious medicine deep in the mountains, but when you come out of the mountains, what awaits you is not a surprise, but a compensation agreement from the relevant department.

In this situation, there is basically no space for adventurers, at least no space for adventurers with low cultivation levels.

Yi Dong has always believed that if the world were not like this, even without the golden finger, he would be able to collect the first raw resources quickly and start a life full of sparks and lightning.

"By the way, what did your family tell you?"

Gu Jie looked at the letter that Yi Dong placed on the stone table.

Yi Dong came back to his senses.

"By the way, Ajie, there is one thing you must help me with."

Gu Jie patted his chest.

"No problem. We are not related at all. We grew up together. We are brothers, but better than brothers."

After thinking for a while, Yi Dong said:

“I sold my spot.”

Gu Jie was stunned and didn't react for a moment, and suddenly his face changed drastically.

"You sold your qualification as a student at Qingzhu Taoist Academy?

You are crazy. This is the qualification that your Yi family has inherited for a hundred years and is to be passed down from generation to generation. As far as I know, your Yi family only has six admission qualifications to various Taoist academies in Qingzhou. If your family knew about this, they would kill you. "

Gu Jie couldn't believe it.

You know, to become an immortal official, one needs to be from a higher-level Taoist temple, at least that's the case for people like them who come from small and medium-sized families.

To be admitted to a higher-level Taoist academy, one needs to become a student of an intermediate Taoist academy.

More than three hundred years ago, the Taoist temples in Qiantian Xiuxian Kingdom basically changed to recommendation-based admission.

The admission qualification became a possession of each family or force and could be passed down from generation to generation.

Becoming an immortal official is the way to heaven.

The qualification to be a student in the Taoist academy is the foundation or even the lifeblood of a family’s inheritance.

Gu Jie really didn't expect Yi Dong to do such a foolish thing.

For a moment, Gu Jie's face turned red and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment.

Yi Dong knew that Gu Jie was angry because he was worried about his own safety.

Yi Dong was slightly moved, but he still spoke:
"Don't worry, just listen to me."

After a while, Gu Jie was stunned after listening to Yi Dong's explanation.

"In other words, you have been communicating with your family frequently over the past six months. On the one hand, you wanted to confirm your great grandfather's critical condition, and on the other hand, you asked your brother to steal the student qualification certification materials of Qingzhu Taoist Academy from home bit by bit. After receiving the news that your great grandfather had passed away last month, you completed the student qualification in less than a month?"

Yi Dong nodded calmly.

Gu Jie really didn't know what to say. He really didn't expect his good brother to be so brave and so proactive. You know, to transfer the qualifications of a Taoist student, one has to go to many departments, invite many people to witness, and sign countless documents during the process.

You know, half a year ago, Yi Dong’s great grandfather was in danger. There are many rare treasures in the world of immortal cultivation that can prolong life. If Yi Dong’s great grandfather stands up again, Yi Dong’s fate will probably not be too good.

No wonder my good friend has been missing so often during this period.

“Who did you sell it to?”

"Xia County Mu family."

Gu Jie's heart moved.
"Purple air coming from the east to Ziyun Mountain?"

Yi Dong nodded.

There are always families coming to the Taoist temple to seek qualifications to purchase the temple. Among them, the Ziyun Mountain offered by the Ziyun Mu family is not only the most valuable, but also quite rare.

Because there is a Taichu Purple Apricot spiritual tree on Ziyun Mountain, this tree absorbs spiritual energy and exhales purple energy. It is said that purple energy has infinite magical uses. Ziyun Mountain is often filled with purple energy, so it has the beautiful name of Purple Energy Coming from the East.

Of course, Gu Jie didn’t think that the Taichu Purple Apricot was really a precious spiritual plant.

There are so many spiritual plants like purple apricot and ginkgo in Qingzhou. Some of them are called Chaos Ginkgo, Hongmeng Mongolian Jujube, and Xuantian Weeping Willow. They all have very impressive names, but they are actually just first-level spiritual plants.

Most of the high-level spiritual plants of the aristocratic families are hidden away.

Gu Jie thought about Yi Dong's spiritual root attributes and understood a little, but he still couldn't help but said with concern:

"Even if I help you keep this a secret, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep it a secret for long."

"It won't take too long, at most three months, for the formation of Ziyun Mountain to be completed. Once the formation is completed, everything will be settled."

"But.".

After Yi Dong sent Gu Jie away.

He glanced at the sky.

"Well, while you are still a student, take the free spiritual beast. Even if the spiritual beast with low-grade bloodline is rubbish, it is still spiritual stone. You will no longer have the family to support you in the future, and you will have to rely on yourself for everything."

When Yi Dong thought about how a lot of his brothers and sisters were on their way to him and would be "sucking" his blood for a long time in the future, he couldn't help but feel a little tight on money.

Those brothers and sisters not only made great efforts in planning the affairs of Ziyun Mountain, but also used many tricks.

Yi Dong secretly thought that if he was kicked out with nothing, his brothers and sisters would probably use the evidence in their hands to sue him and make him lose everything, or even send him to the Immortal Prison to learn mining skills for a period of time. He had long known that the Tao was ruthless and had cut off worldly cause and effect. However, the Tao was ruthless and the law required him to be compassionate.

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