Because of travelling with his disciple Huang Jun, his speed had decreased drastically. But after a week of traveling, they finally arrived within the territory of a new sect. But Ying Ce wasn’t content with that, wanting to go even further.
‘But for now, I should teach my disciple some tricks so he doesn’t run away.’
Even a rock could see Huang Jun was slowly becoming more and more annoyed.
“it’s finally time Huang Jun, I will teach you some cultivation.”
“Really, Master?”
“Yes, cultivation in the beginning isn’t very hard. It’s mainly about having talent. Just sit down, close your eyes, and follow my words.”
“There exist 3 planes. The physical plane, the spiritual plane and the intermediary plane, which is less of a plane itself but a place that exists in both. We exist in the physical plane and our souls exist in the spiritual plane. And Qi exists in the intermediary plane, existing in both planes at once.”
“And to control Qi, we use our Spiritual Vein, which also exists in the intermediary plane. So you just need to try to sense the Qi.”
After a while, Huang Jun ran out of patience and complained. “Master, I can’t feel it. How am I even supposed to feel it?”
“Be patient disciple, do you think it is that easy to start cultivating? It can take days before you even sense Qi for the first time, and weeks before you can start properly cultivating.”
“I’m sorry Master, I just really want to become a cultivator.”
“Don’t worry, that’s understandable. But one of the most important qualities for a cultivator is to know when to strike, and when to wait.”
“Thank you for your guidance.”
“Don’t focus on me, keep trying to sense that Qi. I will give you 3 hours a day, the remaining time we use to travel.” Ying Ce looked at the boy, his eyes closed. “If you have questions, just ask me?”
“Thank you, Master.”
Ying Ce, having full control of the artifact, opened it in front of him. He then mentally clicked on both {View} and {Claim}.
‘I’m almost jealous of him.’ A 30% increase in cultivation speed was nothing to laugh at.
‘Isn’t this artifact to be mine, when will I get such upgrades?’ Ying Ce almost started doubting what was even going on. ‘Currently, the most important thing is to create a headquarter.’
But Ying Ce found himself at a crossroads. A headquarter would be great, but it would also tie him down. If he wasn’t constantly traveling, finding disciples was much harder.
He took out his map, looking at the 500km x 500km map. While He saw countless small squares for cities and small dots for villages.
There were also many circles that Ying Ce had drawn himself, marking territories of The Blood Mirror Sect. There were only a few spaces not contained in any circle.
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And Ying Ce and Huang Jun were currently traveling to one. A small open space of 1 city and 7 villages.
‘I don’t exactly know why no sect has claimed it. Let’s just hope it because it’s too far.’ The only thing he knew about the area was that the city’s rules were the Lu Clan whose patriarch was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
They weren’t very far anymore. Yeng Ci guessed they would arrive in 2 or 3 days at the first village.
‘Since I still have some time to kill, I should also cultivate.’ Yeng Ci was quite close to breaking through, something that could bring a smile to any cultivator.
3 Days Later
Ying Ce and Huang Jun kept traveling, finally arriving at Flower Fist Village.
“Disciple, remember it well. Don’t tell anyone we are cultivators, I want to explore the city before doing anything.”
“Of course, Master, you have already told me several times.”
“Well then, don’t disappoint me.”
“Don’t worry Master, I won’t,” Huang Jun said rolling his eyes.
Ying Ce could see that Huang Jun had become accustomed to him. If any other disciple treated their master like this, they would be severely punished. But currently, Ying Ce wasn’t in a position to do that.
When they entered the cities, there were some eyes placed upon them. But only those travellers received.
“Travelers, is there anything I can help you with?” An older woman kindly asked.
“Yes, I would like to buy a house in the village to settle down. To who do I speak for this?”
“Ah, the best person for that is the Village Chief. You can find him if you follow this street and then take the second right. His house is the biggest.”
“Thank you, kind lady. For your trouble.” Ying Ce handed her some coins, her eyes sparkling, not refusing them.
“Master, are you sure you want to create the sect here?”
“Of course, I’ll recruit more disciples from nearby villages while you can train here.”
They soon arrived at the largest house in the street, belonging to the Village Chief.
Ying Ce knocked on the door, waiting a while before the door opened, revealing an old man.
“Can I help you 2?”
“Dear Village Chief, me and my brother wish to buy a house. Am I right to come to you for that?”
“Sure, enter and I’ll show you what we have.” The house interior was simply but nicely decorated.
The old man gathered several scrolls, around 5 of them.
“There are 5 houses empty in the village, you can look at each profile.”
The houses were all on the bigger side, clearly made for families. But despite the options, Ying Ce was quickly sure which house he wanted.
A large house, 4 bedrooms and also a nice courtyard. But what he especially liked was that the house was located on the outskirts of the village.
“I’ll take this one.”
“Alright, the price is 80 silver taels.” The old man looked at them with doubt in his eyes.
But Ying Ce didn’t care, he only opened his pouch which was full of silver teals. He had arund a 100 of them and they had been increadibly heavy during his journey.
“Haha, who would have expected you youngsters to be so rich.” The aura around the man immediately changed when he saw the silver taels.
“Here is the land deed, welcome to Flower Fist Village.”
-[Quest Completed: Create A Sect]-
“Thank you Village Chief, I’m very happy with the house.” Ying Ce waited for the man to count the 80 taels before departing.
“Since we now have a home, you can spend more time cultivating.”
“How great of you Master.”
“Don’t complain, soon you’ll be happy you followed me.”
“Of course thank you, Master.”
They soon arrived at the house, finding it a bit run down but looking mostly intact. Another great advantage of this house was that there were still some pieces of furniture inside, including beds.
“Go train, I have some things to do.”
Huang Jun went to choose a bed while Ying Ce mentally opened his artifact
He {Claim}ed his reward and then clicked upon {Expand}, something he had been wanting to do for months.
Before going through his new quests, Yeng Ci opened the Sect Overview, Sect Level, Sect Master Shop and Headquarters.
He then opened every new quest, curious what awaited him now.
