Cultivation: Starting with Sterilizing My Own Father

The four characters for "washing" and "bathing" have different meanings. Although Wei Zhiying often couldn't distinguish between them due to her time travel, according to the book, "wash" means washing feet, "bathing" means washing hands, "bathing" means washing hair, and "bathing" means washing the body. The Book of Rites says that when taking care of one's parents, one should wash their hair every three days and bathe them every five days. Rice water should be used to wash their face, and warm water should be used to wash their feet.

Although the sect's houses aren't like those in the village, which are drafty, and they have a daily supply of warm water from the spiritual spring, bathing twice a day isn't a problem. However, convenient bathing doesn't mean there's no rest. After all, even cattle and horses need rest. Although the courses aren't complicated, in my previous life, 250,000 robots would break down after working for 20 hours. Therefore, Taoli Academy stipulates that there are four days of classes followed by three days of rest. I experienced the four-day work week followed by three-day rest, something I couldn't experience in my previous life.

Wei Lanyin was very confused because her younger brother had been pinching her face non-stop since early this morning, and Wei Zhiying's face was red from being pinched.

"Xiaoying, what are you doing? You've been pinching your face nonstop since you woke up this morning. If your body is still sore, you shouldn't be pinching your face."

When asked by her sister, Wei Zhiying simply shook her head, then excitedly pinched her own cheek, as if trying to confirm something.

Wei Lanyin frowned, puzzled, and asked, "What was the reason? Was it because on the second day of the ninth month, Master Ying suddenly punished you by making you copy the Three Character Classic ten times and run twenty extra laps every day? But the extra running ended today, and didn't you finish writing the Three Character Classic before going to bed last night?"

Wei Zhiying shook her head again, but Wei Lanyin had lost patience, and the bloodline suppression from her sister descended upon Wei Zhiying's ears.

"Hey! Sister! Oh my, I'm so excited because I get to work four days on and three days off!"

Hearing this explanation, which seemed illogical to her, Wei Lanyin's eyes flashed with doubt. She released her grip on her younger brother's ear: "What's there to get so worked up about? Isn't this what you should do?"

Wei Zhiying looked at her older sister. Although her sister was still young, she was clearly beautiful and adorable. Wei Zhiying had taken good care of her since she was little. Her sister had fair and delicate skin, and two sweet dimples when she smiled. She radiated a glow that seemed untouched by the harsh realities of life. "Sister is right," she said. "Let's go have breakfast. Didn't we agree to go down the mountain today?"

Wei Lanyin nodded slightly: "You're right, we need to come back early. Although there are no classes, you and Ruosheng still need to go to the training ground for extra practice this afternoon. After all, Teacher Xiaoen said that you two should practice until your bodies don't hurt anymore."

"I really envy you guys, you can learn physical skills when you go to school."

"I envy you. You only practice physical exercises during practical classes and only cultivate after class, yet you've already reached the second level of Qi Refining."

As Wei Zhiying walked out, she held up her finger: "If I hadn't practiced body cultivation, I would be at the fourth level of Qi Refining by now."

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Although the town at the foot of the Guiyi Sect isn't exactly a market exclusively for cultivators, it's a place where independent cultivators or disciples from other sects who are out on training might sell their acquired rare treasures, spirit beast cubs, or homemade elixirs and talismans for a little money. The town's restaurants, clothing stores, and other large shops also hire cultivators looking to earn a living. Of course, they don't hire people like Wei Zhiying, since child labor is illegal; the minimum requirement is that they be at least fourteen years old for holiday work.

As soon as the siblings descended the mountain, they went straight into the Jinxiu Pavilion in town. The shop assistant, upon seeing that they were dressed in Guiyi Sect attire, immediately beamed with smiles and warmly greeted them, "Immortals, please come in! Would you like to buy fabric or ready-made clothing?"

Back in their hometown, adults usually address girls as "little girl" or "little boy," while in the sect, they naturally use terms like "fellow disciples" or "sisters" or "by their given names." Suddenly, an adult bowed and spoke to them politely, which made Wei Zhiying and her brother a little uncomfortable: "We want to buy some fabric to make cloth tigers for our friends."

Upon hearing Wei Zhiying speak, the shopkeeper immediately recommended enthusiastically, "If you're making a cloth tiger, the fur of this fierce tiger cub is perfect. Combined with glass needles and celestial silk thread, the finished product will be incredibly lifelike. Add a little spiritual energy, and it can even move! Only fifty mid-grade spirit stones!"

Wei Lanyin had five high-grade spirit stones, which would amount to five hundred mid-grade spirit stones, making her incredibly wealthy. Moreover, because of Wei Zhiying, her family's wealth and her own wealth were completely different things from childhood. If she wanted a new hair tie or something delicious, her younger brother could take out the money he had saved up from his hiding place. Therefore, although she knew that saving money was not easy, she would buy it without hesitation when she had a lot of money!

Before she could even take out her money, her younger brother stopped her. Wei Lanyin looked puzzled.

Wei Zhiying looked at the shop assistant with a forced smile, certain that the man was trying to rip off customers. Regardless of whether the ingredients were genuine, anyone with spiritual power could make wildflowers dance! This shop assistant clearly thought the two children were easy to fool! He'd heard from Senior Brother Yu Xian… no, he'd heard that the area down the mountain was a mixed bag, and since the age for accepting disciples had been lowered to five, all businesses had prospered, including robbery.

Wei Zhiying didn't speak, but instead picked up a blade of grass from the roadside and had it perform a little dance for the shopkeeper: "Ten mid-grade spirit stones, how shall I pay?"

The shop assistant's face was a mix of emotions. First, the other person was a child, so he couldn't lay a hand on him. Second, it was normal for a child to speak innocently. Third, according to what he had just said, being able to move with a little spiritual power was precious, so for the immortal to personally perform for him was even more precious.

Finally, and most importantly, the other party is a cultivator, and even if he were a five-year-old child, he wouldn't dare to offend him, let alone the fact that he was in the wrong first.

I was hoping to earn some commission, but now it seems like that's not going to happen.

"Fifty low-grade spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, not only was Wei Lanyin stunned, but even Wei Zhiying couldn't help but widen her eyes. Good heavens, this is a hundred times more greedy!

The Fierce Tiger Beast, although it is a high-level and quite precious one, is rare because it is difficult for such a common fire-type spirit beast to advance. Once it does advance, it becomes a top-quality beast.

However, the cubs are different. Although the Fierce Tiger Beast can open its eyes less than a quarter of an hour after birth, it must be raised by its mother for the first month. The most difficult thing for cultivators is to lure away the demonic beasts, but once the demonic beasts are lured away, there is no danger. The little guy's teeth haven't even grown in yet. Unless you are a very bad cultivator, you can't be burned by the flames spewed by the little guy.

Moreover, a female beast can give birth to two to five offspring at a time, and there are three breeding seasons a year, so it is not a difficult spirit beast to obtain.

It can be said that cubs less than a month old have little value other than their high-quality fur, because it is very difficult for these little guys to advance, and they may even suddenly explode during the advancement process, injuring their owners.

"What if I can't sew it up and it doesn't look lifelike?"

When Wei Lanyin was about to pay, her younger brother stopped her again. Upon hearing Wei Zhiying's words, the shop assistant raised his hand and roughly grabbed two handfuls of his hair: "Ten low-grade spirit stones."

Wei Lanyin's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. She felt her younger brother was amazing; he had broken something with just a few words.

Wei Zhiying watched with satisfaction as her sister took the money and picked up the goods.

The so-called "lifelike" sewing means that if you are good at needlework, you can sew a rag into a butterfly, and it will be lifelike, just like your mother. At that time, not to mention the whole village, you couldn't find a second person in the whole town who was better at needlework than her.

and……

When Wei Zhiying saw the items brought over by the shop assistant, she couldn't help but smile. The fur was genuine; after all, not to mention the warm feel, the unique texture and color, like flames, made it no ordinary tiger.

As for that glass needle, it's just a glass needle! As for the silkworm thread, it's the lowest quality silkworm thread, which is better than other silkworm threads in every aspect, but it has no spiritual power at all.

The fur and silk threads are not the kind that contain a strong spiritual energy. After all, meat might contain some spiritual energy when eaten, but once it leaves the body, things like fur and silk threads will no longer contain spiritual energy.

Although there are good ones, they are currently on the first floor; the better ones are generally on the second floor or above.

Although the waiter was somewhat disappointed after they paid, he still politely saw them out.

The siblings had planned to go to the market to buy some wine or cosmetics for their parents and grandmother. However, as they passed the Heavenly Fire Alchemy Furnace, they saw a familiar face.

"Helian?"