Mortal Transformation into Immortal

"You, a menial servant, have quite good cultivation; I never expected you to have such wicked intentions!"

Anger flashed in the young man's eyes.

"Senior brother, I was wrong, I will never dare to do it again."

Yu Ling was so frightened that she apologized repeatedly.

"Apologizing to me is useless. Go and talk to the elders yourself."

The young man snorted coldly and said, "Now come with me to see the elder."

Yu Ling followed nervously behind.

The two soon arrived at the outside of a small courtyard.

Inside, an elderly man with a full head of white hair was sitting cross-legged on a stone in front of the pavilion, meditating with his eyes closed.

"Greetings, Elder."

The young man bowed with his hands clasped in greeting.

"What is it?"

The old man slowly opened his eyes and looked at him.

The young man said, "Elder, this servant deliberately damaged the medicine basket and lied to me, saying that someone else did it."

The old man frowned, looked at Yu Ling, and muttered, "A lowly servant at the fifth level of Qi Refining is quite rare."

At sixteen years old, he had already reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, which was no less impressive than those outer sect disciples with superior mortal spirit bones. Few menial servants with superior mortal spirit bones could reach the fifth level of Qi Refining at this age.

Yu Ling cultivated very diligently, but because he could not establish a connection with the "immortal spirit" of the Ziyang Sect, he could not become a formal disciple of the sect.

Only those who successfully establish a connection with the "Immortal Spirits" can join the Ziyang Sect.

Once a connection is successfully established, the "Immortal Spirit" can receive feedback and grow, thus generating more resources for the sect. Those who do not establish a connection simply consume the sect's resources.

Seeing the old man looking at him, Yu Ling lowered his head and remained silent, awaiting his fate.

The old man reached out and grabbed the medicine basket, which flew over.

He then asked, "Why did you vandalize it?"

The young man said, "He wanted to obtain the spiritual herbs inside to break through his cultivation level. After breaking the restriction, he tried a foolish trick to destroy the medicine basket as well, claiming that someone else had stolen his spiritual herbs and damaged it. I used the Aura Detection Technique to investigate, and there is only his magical aura on this medicine basket."

"These servants are getting bolder and bolder," the old man said, somewhat angrily.

"Elder, how should we punish him?" the young man asked.

The old man said, "According to regulations, they are sent to the blackfish mine to mine for two months."

Going to mine is a sect rule. This punishment applies to servants who make mistakes or fail to complete their tasks, and even formal disciples who make mistakes will be punished in this way.

"Elder, two months is too harsh, isn't it?" the young man said in surprise upon hearing the punishment.

"Intentional damage is one thing, but failing to confess the truth is another, so the crime is compounded."

"He brought this on himself," the young man said with sympathy, glancing at Yu Ling.

"Young man, how long have you been at Ziyang Sect?" the old man asked him.

"Replying to the elder, it has been three years and two months," Yu Ling answered truthfully.

"There are about two years left."

After pondering for a moment, the old man said, "How about this? If you agree to mine in the mine for a year, you can leave Ziyang Sect directly after that and won't have to continue doing herb-gathering odd jobs. What do you say?"

"Elder, let me go and see what mining is like first, and I'll give you an answer once I've adapted to it."

Yu Ling replied respectfully.

"Alright." The old man nodded.

So he instructed the young man, "Take him to the Blackfish Mine later."

"Yes, ma'am."

After bowing, the young man left with Yu Ling.

The old man closed his eyes and continued his cultivation.

For him, this was just another ordinary little thing to deal with.

"Two months, that's alright. I can hide in the mine for two months first," Yu Ling thought to herself.

Two months later, when he came out of the mine, the disciple might have given up because he couldn't find him.

He was actually quite interested in the elder's suggestion, but since he knew nothing about the mine, he didn't agree immediately. He decided to go and take a look first. If it was just a bit tiring, he could agree to work there for a year and then leave Ziyang Sect early.

"I don't know what you were thinking, using such a stupid trick." After leaving the courtyard, the young man was very puzzled by Yu Ling's behavior.

Yu Ling remained silent, her face showing a dejected expression.

"However, even though I have to work in the mine for two months to successfully break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, it's not a bad deal," the young man continued.

Aside from destroying the medicine basket, he could understand Yu Ling's actions in breaking the restrictions on the medicine basket.

Because some of the finest medicinal herbs in the mountains are difficult to store after picking, and their spiritual essence is greatly lost if they are not placed in medicine baskets, they cannot fetch a good price in the market. If they are handed over to the sect, the reward is too small, which is not worthwhile.

"Senior brother, I know I was wrong," Yu Ling said softly.

"It's no use knowing you were wrong now. Just behave yourself when you get to the Blackfish Mine. Two months isn't a long time." The young man led him outside.

"Senior brother, where is the Blackfish Mine?" Yu Ling asked.

The Ziyang Sect, a type of immortal sect, owns many mines.

He knew a few, but this blackfish mine was the first time he had ever heard of it.

"I'll take you into the sect's blessed land this afternoon," the young man said, walking ahead.

"Not going outside the sect?" Yu Ling asked in surprise.

The blessed land is located inside the sect.

The young man said, "The mines outside are deep underground, with flowing lava. The environment is harsh and uncomfortable. Usually, only menial disciples who have made serious mistakes are sent there. You only damaged the medicine basket, so there's no need for that."

"Senior brother, blessed lands and grotto-heavens aren't places that just any disciple can go to, are they?" Yu Ling asked.

"Naturally, apart from outer disciples who help with errands, only inner disciples are allowed to enter freely."

"That's good."

Yu Ling was relieved. In the Ziyang Sect, only those with Yellow-level spiritual roots could become inner disciples, all of whom had the potential to reach the Foundation Establishment realm.

Those with superior mortal-level spiritual roots can only become outer disciples, and among outer disciples, only a very few outstanding individuals have the potential to be promoted to inner disciples.

In fact, whether they are inner disciples or outer disciples, they are insignificant in the Ziyang Sect. The real pillars are the true disciples and core disciples, who will grow into the sect's top forces in the future.

"Go back first, and come back at dusk."

Once outside, the young man spoke to him.

"Senior brother, I'll wait here." Yu Ling dared not run around now. If that disciple found him, not to mention whether he would lose his life, he would definitely lose his weight.

Judging from the amount of spiritual herbs consumed, he estimated that the weight was worth at least a hundred low-grade spirit stones. That outer disciple would definitely not let it go, and if exposed, it would even arouse the covetousness of other outer disciples.

The safest thing to do now is to stay obediently on Jingzhe Peak.

"what ever."

The young man went off to do his own thing.

Yu Ling found a place to sit in the corner.

"Black-twig Technique".

He began to recount the little adventure he had in the mountains, including this superior-level mortal-grade martial arts technique.

This is far, far better than the Cold Nether Force. The Cold Nether Force only barely reached the middle-level mortal realm. After reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining, he clearly felt that the power of the Cold Nether Force was somewhat insufficient.

It was much weaker than the earthworm technique of the previous disciple.

If others just stand still, the Cold Nether Force won't pose any threat to them.