Borrowing a sword

Chapter 242 The Position of Abbot
The bamboo houses where the outer disciples lived were actually not very big, so much so that Chu Huaixu's room and Xiao Xu's room were very close to each other.

His place is like a giant furnace, so Chu Huaixu's room will definitely be affected as well.

To be precise, the living environment of the Taoist community is actually quite good. Everyone lives in a detached villa, and the bamboo house is considered a single-person residence.

The room where Xiao Xu lived was basically just a storage room.

"How come I've started body tempering too?"

Chu Huaixu glanced at his body, feeling the body-tempering energy within him.

If Xu Ziqing is currently at the very center of the [Heaven and Earth Furnace], then Chu Huaixu is currently at the very edge of the furnace.

The body tempering effect won't be as good as Xiao Xu's, but it's still somewhat useful.

As for the burning sensation, given Chu Huaixu's pain threshold, he simply ignored it.

Now, he gains over a hundred skill experience points every so often.

It may not seem like much, but over one night it can be quite substantial, probably reaching several thousand points.

More importantly, it's about accumulating knowledge over time!

"It seems that its effects are similar to, or even slightly better than, my body-tempering jade pendant." Chu Huaixu looked down at the jade pendant at his waist.

Chu Huaixu simply got up, pushed open his own door, and moved closer to Xiao Xu's room.

Once outside, the burning sensation intensified.

However, his skill experience points have increased from 105 to 179.

"What kind of communal body-refining furnace is this?!" Chu Huaixu was speechless.

Xiao Xu's "Heaven and Earth Furnace" can actually be used as a public furnace!
In other words, as long as body cultivators practice around him, they can all receive body tempering effects and their progress will be accelerated by one level!
However, the prerequisite is that you can endure the endless pain of being in a furnace.

Other body cultivators don't have such abnormally high pain thresholds.

Of course, these people wouldn't suffer the same torture as their fellow disciples during the Qi Refining stage, enduring such a slow and agonizing death.

Chu Huaixu roughly estimated that as long as Xu Ziqing's [Heaven and Earth Furnace] is the center, the body tempering enhancement within ten meters is quite considerable.

Rounding off, in a way, Xiao Xu could be considered a unique kind of furnace for him.
After circulating his internal energy for one cycle, Xu Ziqing, whose entire body was flushed, slowly opened his eyes.

A blazing flame flashed briefly in his pupils.

The young man was very satisfied with his current body tempering efficiency.

He still has a blood feud to avenge and desperately craves power!

Besides, he already knew the dangers of the Origin Spirit Realm, and he wanted to try again, hoping to defeat his senior brother so that he could risk his life.

As for the spoils inside, they're all for my senior brother! He can arrange them as he sees fit!

"Too weak, I'm still too weak!" The handsome young man looked unwilling and told himself that he needed to work harder.

But soon, Xu Ziqing noticed that her senior brother was standing outside her room.

Because of the faint, unspoken connection between the two.

"Xiao Xu," Chu Huaixu said.

"Hey, senior brother." He immediately got up, not even bothering to regulate his breathing, and hurriedly went to open the door.

Chu Huaixu looked at him and felt that Xiao Xu was radiating a fiery aura.

"Bring your prayer mat," he ordered.

"Okay." The boy didn't ask any questions and ran back to the house to get the prayer mat.

Chu Huaixu pointed to his door and said, "Put it there."

Xiao Xu immediately jogged over and placed the prayer mat at his senior brother's door.

"From now on, you'll practice your body-tempering techniques here," he said.

The handsome young man didn't ask why, figuring his senior brother must have his reasons, and immediately agreed.

"it is good."

After finishing his speech, Chu Huaixu prepared to return to his room.

But seeing that Xu Ziqing was about to sit down on the futon to continue practicing, he stopped and said immediately, "Don't practice tonight."

"Tomorrow I need to find a formation master to add a layer of protection to our bamboo house, lest it burn down one day because of your big furnace!" Chu Huaixu said irritably.

Unaware of his own extraordinary abilities, Xiao Xu lowered his head in slight shame, his mind only thinking:

"I've already caused trouble for my senior brother as soon as I got home."

In the main hall of the Taoist temple, everyone gathered.

The reason everyone gathered together was because of Chu Huaixu and others.

The reason is simple: Han Shuangjiang has already broken through to the third realm.

Given Chu Huaixu's cultivation speed, it won't be long before he breaks through to the third realm.

In fact, everyone thought that when this kid would enter the third realm depended entirely on his mood.

When he desires the third realm, then he will be in the third realm!
As for the last savior mentioned in the Dao Ancestor's admonition—the sword attendant Xu Ziqing—his talent is too low and his cultivation speed is too slow, but with the help of the Holy Body from taking medicine, he should be able to enter the third realm soon.

According to the sect rules, outer disciples who cultivate to the third realm meet the basic requirements for entering the inner sect.

If a few more conditions are met, one can be promoted from an outer disciple to an inner disciple.

If one is chosen by an elder or higher-ranking figure and accepted as a disciple, then one can instantly become a true disciple of the Gentleman's Temple!
Today, everyone has gathered in the main hall to discuss who Xu Ziqing and Han Shuangjiang should take as their master.

These three individuals will definitely be incorporated into the Junzi Guan (a school of thought for cultivating gentlemen), and will be trained as leading figures among the disciples of this generation.

The "ownership" of Chu Huaixu had already been "snatched up" by the Seventh Junior Sister and the Little Junior Sister.

Right now, this kid is a bit too extraordinary. His future achievements are limitless, and he may even become the second Dao Ancestor!
So much so that everyone wants to have such an apprentice. There's a saying: "A mother's status rises with her son's."

In fact, in the spiritual practice world, it is common for masters to gain prestige based on their disciples.

Most upright people are fame-seeking.

Isn't it wonderful to have your name recorded in history?

Moreover, Chu Huaixu is going to compete in the Eastern and Western Continents Grand Competition of the Third Realm. If he wins the championship again, what a magnificent feat that would be.
Who wouldn't want to have a top disciple? It would be so prestigious!

Unfortunately, if he tries to compete for it now, he can only get the title of "Third Master," and he'll have to be subservient to his junior sister, who is his second master.

Based on everyone's understanding of Chu Yinyin, they all know what kind of face she will have then!

Therefore, they could only reluctantly give up.

In this way, Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing, the two saviors mentioned in the maxims of the Taoist patriarch, became a "strategic location fought over by military strategists".

Xiang Yan coughed lightly. He had already recruited enough true disciples, and as the sect leader, he was in a good position to take charge.

"Han Shuangjiang's cultivation has already reached the third realm, and Xu Ziqing is probably close to it as well. I wonder if anyone wants to take them under their wing as true disciples?"

Unexpectedly, it was Chu Yinyin who spoke first.

The old woman sat on a large chair, so her short legs couldn't touch the ground, swaying in the air as she said:

"Both of them use swords. In our generation, only my seventh senior sister and I use swords, so I think it would be better for them to become my and my seventh senior sister's disciples."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately flew into a rage.

"Junior Sister! You're still not satisfied even with Chu Huaixu!"

"That's going too far, Junior Sister!"

"With your mere sixth-level sword cultivation, I can actually offer you some pointers."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yinyin immediately became anxious.

Here we go again! More of the same old personal attacks!

I'm so angry! Are those people in the sixth realm not even human?!

The scene immediately descended into chaos.

There's nothing we can do; the higher-ups in the Taoist sect just don't act like wise men in private.

Zhao Shuqi opened her squinty eyes wide, revealing her golden pupils to everyone.

“My eye technique can detect every detail during cultivation. I will teach these two. I'm sure even the Dao Ancestor in heaven would feel at ease.”

Nangong Yue then began to use her feminine advantages, saying, "Xu Ziqing is fine, but I think it would be better for Shuangjiang to find a female master."

"Moreover, I see that she has the idea of ​​refining weapons and has borrowed basic books on weapon refining from the library."

"More importantly, my lineage actually traces back to the second abbot, Yan Shen."

Everyone was arguing at the same time.

Xiang Yan and Lu Pan, both of whom were fully qualified to inherit the mantle, could only exchange a knowing smile, though they were secretly quite envious.

I shouldn't have taken in all my disciples so early! I regret it now!

Finally, Jiang Zhi couldn't help but snort coldly and said, "Enough!"

He was actually a little tempted by the prospect, but according to the sect rules, he was not allowed to take on disciples across generations.

Since Xiang Yan's generation is now in power, they are the only ones who can pass on the true teachings and become the successors to the next generation of leaders.

Jiang Zhi glanced around at everyone and said, "Since so many people are considering taking them as disciples, it seems that all three of them are eligible to join the Gentleman's Temple."

"However, according to the rules, they don't meet the requirements yet."

Grand Elder Lu Pan, who also served as the Enforcement Elder, immediately replied, "They still need to complete ten more outer sect support missions."

The so-called "rescue mission" is actually when outer disciples encounter a crisis requiring assistance while carrying out sect missions down the mountain.

If support is needed, then the situation must be fraught with danger.

Those who go to provide support must be elite members of the outer sect.

To be promoted to the inner sect, one must complete at least five rescue missions; a true disciple must complete ten.

Xiang Yan said, "The outer sect missions are probably not very difficult for them."

"But prestige among one's peers is built up one time and time again in this way."

If these three are to be cultivated as future leaders of the Taoist sect, then they must establish prestige among their peers.

After all, those who can stay by their side are not us old folks, but often their fellow disciples.

Simply winning a place in the Eastern Continent Competition is not enough.

There are differences between the two.

“Especially Chu Huaixu, he should go down the mountain more often to do some relief missions,” Xiang Yan said.

Everyone already knows the truth.

Chu Huaixu's current situation makes him perfectly suited to be groomed as the future abbot.

The position of abbot of the Junzi Temple has been vacant for many years.

I wouldn't mind taking a few more years off for him.

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