by Feng Yise
The movements in the Human Barracks residences was the greatest because there were frequently people who were eliminated to the outer-sect among them.
The Earth Barracks was relatively stable. The strength of these people was around the middle among the core disciples. Zhang Jing was staying in the Earth Barracks.
The Heaven Barracks was the preparatory camp for elite disciples. Every one of the students here had the qualifications to aim for elite disciple!
Of course, it was just qualifications. Becoming an elite disciple was too difficult!
Even if there were elite disciples who were eliminated and entered core disciple, they could charge back very quickly. This was the gap between elite disciples and core disciples!
And within the Heaven Barracks, other than a few very monstrous peak Ninth Level Spirit Condensation Realm, virtually all of them were half-step Crystal Formation Realm existences!
This Ye Yuan was only Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm and was going to stay in the same camp as him? You got to joking!
"Junior Apprentice Brother Ye, you don't have any complaint about me placing you so, right?" Mo Yuntian asked.
"All according to Senior Apprentice Brother Mo's arrangements," Ye Yuan said.
"En, since that's the case, then I'll make a move first."
"Goodbye, Senior Apprentice Brother."
Mo Yuntian left leisurely, leaving Zhang Jing who was in an utter state of confusion.
Chapter 217 - The Terrifying Purple Center Soul Incantation
"Senior Apprentice Brother Zhang, shouldn't we go?" Ye Yuan reminded when he saw Zhang Jing still in a daze.
Only now did Zhang Jing startle like waking from a dream as he repeatedly nodded, saying, "Oh, okay, okay, I'll bring you all to collect your identity tokens first."
Zhang Jing swept a glance over the few people's faces and could not help being secretly dejected.
Could it be that these people did not know the difference between the Human Barracks and Earth Barracks? Or else, why would there be no reaction at all?
Ignoring Long Tang, even Nanfeng Ruoqing's niece was already Fifth Level Spirit Condensation Realm. Ye Yuan being assigned to the Earth Camp by Senior Apprentice Brother Mo, did they not have any thoughts about it at all?
Musing over it, Zhang Jing could only place this sort of abnormal reaction on their ignorance.
He even wondered if Ye Yuan had intentionally offended Senior Apprentice Brother Mo, which was why Senior Apprentice Brother Mo would use this kind of method to screw him over.
No matter what, since Senior Apprentice Brother Mo said so, he just has to do it.
Zhang Jing brought everyone to retrieve their respective tokens before sending Nanfeng Ruoqing into the Human Barracks first.
"You guys store the identity tokens well. Not only do they show your identities, but they are also an indispensable item when doing things in the sect. Not only are there detailed information about you on it, but there are also even sect contribution points belonging to you. In the Tranquil Cloud Sect, secular world wealth is utterly useless. All of your actions are closely linked to contribution points! Cultivation venue, medicinal pills, medicinal herbs, cultivation techniques, weapons, and so on, all require contribution points to exchange. In other words, without points, you'll find it hard to even move an inch forward!" Zhang Jing expounded.
Ye Yuan inserted his divine sense into the identity token, and as expected, he saw his personal particulars and points.
"En? There are 100 points in my token. Could this be the original points?" Ye Yuan inquired.
Nanfeng Ruoqing and Long Tang also inserted their divine sense into the token and as expected, saw that they also had 100 points.
Zhang Jing nodded and said, "That's right. No matter what rank of disciple one is, as long as you enter the sect, you'll have 100 points. But honestly speaking, these 100 points are only a little better than nothing."
"Oh? Why is that so?" Ye Yuan asked curiously
Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Take cultivation sites for example. The cultivation venues in the sect are divided into A-grade, B-grade, C-grade, and D-grade tiers. The lowest tier, D-grade cultivation room, requires the consumption of 10 points per day's use! C-grade cultivation rooms are 50 points per day, B-grade cultivation rooms are 100 points per day, while the highest A-grade cultivation rooms are 200 points per day! 100 points are only enough to cultivate in B-grade cultivation rooms for one day."
Everyone came to a realization. Only now did they know that these 100 points were simply just to dismiss beggars.
It seemed like the first thing after entering the sect was not to cultivate, but to earn points.
Or else, without points equals no cultivation resources. No cultivation resources mean falling behind others. Falling behind others means being eliminated!
This was a vicious cycle!
"May I ask Senior Apprentice Brother Zhang how do we get points?" Long Tang who remained silent the entire time asked a question.
"After all of you settle down, you can go to the Support Star Pavilion to take a look. There are detailed lists of how to obtain points. One look and you'll know. All in all, if you want to obtain points, then you have to perform a certain level of contribution to the sect and use your contribution to exchange for points. To us, Martial Hall disciples, the way the majority of the people get points is to receive sect missions. After completing the mission, there will be a certain point reward." Zhang Jing did not get annoyed but explained patiently.
Nanfeng Ruoqing asked with a smile, "I wonder how many points Senior Apprentice Brother Zhang has?"
Zhang Jing had a faint smile as he said, "My points aren't considered much among core disciples, just barely 10 thousand points only."
Even though Zhang Jing said it very modestly, anyone could sense that pride.
Although Ye Yuan did not know if 10 thousand points was a lot or not, he could tell from Zhang Jing's tone that this was already quite a number.
Points was a consumable, meant to be spent. For Zhang Jing to be able to save so many points, it was already evident that he was very amazing.
Ye Yuan suddenly thought of something and asked Zhang Jing. "Senior Apprentice Brother Zhang, I wonder how many points are needed to exchange for the Purple Center Soul Incantation?"
Zhang Jing was stunned, but he still answered. "The Purple Center Soul Incantation and the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Art, these two sets of cultivation skills are the supreme treasures of the sect. The points required are extremely terrifying! The Purple Center Soul Incantation is split into upper and lower volumes. In total, it requires two million points!"
Everyone s.u.c.k.e.d in a cold breath. Even if they did not have much of a general idea towards points right now, they also knew that these two million points were a horrifying number.
Ye Yuan's eyes narrowed and asked again, "Does it mean that the lower volume of the Purple Center Soul Incantation requires one million points?"
Zhang Jing shook his head and said, "Not one million, but 1.4 million! The second half of the Purple Center Soul Incantation is extremely profound, therefore, the points to exchange for it is even more!"
Ye Yuan finally understood why Jiang Yunhe stayed in that sort of place like the State of Qin for over a decade.
"Many thanks to Senior Apprentice Brother Zhang for resolving my doubts."
"No need to be courteous."
Even though he did not show anything on the surface, Zhang Jing was still rather critical towards Ye Yuan's questions.
This young man was reaching way beyond his grasp. Only at the Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm and he was already thinking about exchanging for the lower half of the Purple Center Soul Incantation. One had to know that it was because there were many Alchemy Grandmasters in the sect who were unable to come up with the points, that was why they remained stuck in that realm!
Furthermore, as a Martial Hall disciple, shouldn't he exchange for the Azure Dipper Purpl
e Yang Sword Art? Could it be that this Ye Yuan was even thinking about becoming an alchemist?
Typical case of ignoring one's proper occupation!
He obviously did not know that Ye Yuan had long integrated the Azure Dipper Purple Yang Sword Art into his own sword intent.
In a blink, they arrived at the Pill Barracks. Zhang Jing brought Nanfeng Ruoqing and Nanfeng Zhirou to settle the relevant matters, and the group got up and left.
Then after, they sent Long Tang to the Human Barracks. Zhang Jing, Ye Yuan, and Lu-er, the trio reached the Earth Barracks at last.
But once they entered the Earth Barracks, many curious eyes started to size up Ye Yuan.
"Junior Apprentice Brother Ye, that south-east room will be your residence in the future. The Earth Barracks have always been more tensed. The location of that house is not great, but you just make do with it first," Zhang Jing pointed to a courtyard in the south-eastern direction and said.
"No worries. It's been tough on you along the way, Senior Apprentice Brother Zhang. Thank you very much," Ye Yuan said.
While Ye Yuan knew that this Zhang Jing was kind of looking down on him, he would not mind other people's looks. After all, he worked hard the entire time, giving thanks was still necessary.
Bidding farewell to Zhang Jing, Ye Yuan brought Lu-er along and was about to enter the house when several people blocked the path.
"I heard that our Earth Barracks has a newcomer. Looks like it's you."
The one speaking was an 18 or 19-year-old youth, peak Sixth Level Spirit Condensation Realm. This was already an exceedingly monstrously existence in the State of Qin.
However, Ye Yuan reckoned that his strength was likely at the bottom in this Earth Barracks.
"Move aside!" The other party clearly did not approach with good intentions, so he obviously did not need to be polite either.
"Hahaha! He's telling me to move aside? A brat that is even inferior to an outer-sect disciple actually told me to make way! Hahaha!"
Several people burst into laughter as they clearly felt that Ye Yuan's joke was hilarious to the max.
Chapter 218 - Sent Flying!
"Hahaha, could it be that nobody told you the first thing to do when you enter the Earth Barracks is to pay respects to our Senior Apprentice Brother Ceng? Want to enter ? Pay respects to our Senior Apprentice Brother Ceng first before talking!" somebody said by the side.
This Senior Apprentice Brother Ceng was called Ceng Yu, a local tyrant in the Earth Barracks!
Of course, his overbearingness was only targeted towards those disciples weaker than him, or those disciples that had just entered the Earth Barracks.
For disciples like Zhang Jing, he would obviously keep a respectful distance away.
Ceng Yu looked at Ye Yuan placidly and said mockingly, "Want to tell me to move aside? Sure. That will have to depend on whether or not you have the capabilities to tell me to move aside. If you don't have the abilities, then you'll stay in that house over there. That's the place you should be staying in."
Ye Yuan followed the direction he pointed to and looked over, but it was a hut. With any surprise, it should be the place for firewood and such.
Zhang Jing had not walked far away yet and naturally saw this scene. But he did not plan on going over to help Ye Yuan. He also really wanted to see just what areas he surpassed others in, to actually make Senior Apprentice Brother Mo send him directly to the Earth Barracks.
If things really became out of hand, he would naturally come forward to help Ye Yuan sweep away these flies.
However, if Ye Yuan was purely just a loser, then whether or not he came forward was another matter altogether. That would mean that Senior Apprentice Brother Mo was only just screwing with Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan shook his head and sighed lightly. He said with a helpless face, "Is there no third path that I can choose?"
Ceng Yu chortled with laughter and said, "Yes! Of course, there is! I'm the most reasonable!"
Ye Yuan did not speak but waited for Ceng Yu to continue talking.
"Looking at your appearance, you should have just entered, right? As long as you hand over 100 points, you can stay here tonight for one night. How's that? This price is still very reasonable, yeah? Not only today. It will be like this in the future too. Every 100 points, one night. If you don't hand it over, also not an issue. Stay in the hut!" Ceng Yu had a sincere face and looked as if he was a philanthropist.
Truthfully, students who just entered the Earth Barracks being bullied by this group of people was a recurring event.
Relying on extorting newcomers, Ceng Yu's and his gang's points had always been decent. Their lives in the Earth Barracks were rather pleasant.
Of course, only this sort of people like him that was the classical case of not desiring to move up and did not have much room for improvement would do this kind of things.
It was because Ceng Yu could not advance and could not move down that he would choose such a method.
On this aspect, the sect's management was not much different from the Dan Wu Academy. As long as one did not violate sect rules and did not cause death, nobody would bother with you being a little tyrannical.
The martial artist world had always been about talking with strength.
Ye Yuan did not get angry. On the contrary, Ceng Yu's words made his eyes light up as he asked curiously, "Points can be transferred privately?"
"Of course! As long as you're willing, you can use soul force to transfer the points in your identity token to my token. Such actions are one-way and must be out of your own willingness. How about it? Let's begin?" Ceng Yu did not think too much and just explained away.
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, let's start!"
Ceng Yu smirked and fished out his own identity token. He said with a smile, "A man who can recognize the present situation is a great man. I admire you very much, boy! On the account that you're so forthright, I'll give you a 20% discount in the future. One night, 80 points!"
Ceng Yu initially thought that he would need to expend some effort, but who knew that this punk was a loser who directly conceded.
But thinking about it, Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm matching up with him, one fight was enough for him to lie in bed for half a month. It was naturally not more worthwhile than just directly giving the points.
Protecting one's interest and staying away from harm was the move of a wise man!
However, Ye Yuan did not take out his identity card. Instead, he said with a grin, "Senior Apprentice Brother Ceng, right? I think you're mistaken. What I meant was that you guys transfer me the points. Well, I'm a very fair person. One night, 200 points are enough."
Ceng Yu's face changed. He only knew now that he was being fooled by Ye Yuan. He said icily, "You're very daring, punk! To actually dare make a mockery out of me, Ceng Yu?"
"Punk, you're the one courting death. Don't blame Senior Apprentice Brother Ceng for not giving you a chance!"
"Turns out that it's a tough bone. Really misjudged! Senior Apprentice Brother Ceng, I'll teach this punk a good lesson for you!"
"To actually dare to trick Senior Apprentice Brother Ceng, heh heh, I think you won't even get to stay in the woodshed."
The few people by the side also reacted at this time. Each one of them was taking delight in others' misfortune and even rubbing their hands together, itching for a go.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "I also didn't say to begin transferring to you. It was your own wishful thinking that you thought that way. From today onwards, you guys can sleep in the woodshed for 100 points per night."
The group of people looked at Ye Yuan like they were staring at a fool. Could this punk have lost his mind?
But at this juncture, everyone could also tell that today's matter would not end well.
Especially Zhang Jing. He initially also thought that Ye Yuan was a loser, laying down his arms and surrendering right away. But he did not think that this matter would have a 180-degree turn. Ye Yuan
actually dared to ask protection fee from Ceng Yu!
Zhang Jing had no idea whether Ye Yuan really had some capabilities or was he simply soft in the head. If not, he was a spoiled young master.
"Heh heh, really won't shed tears until you see the coffin! Since you want to sleep out in the open, then I'll help you!"
"Wind Thunder Palm!"
Ceng Yu put away his token and attacked Ye Yuan with a lightning speed palm!
He was quick, but Ye Yuan was even faster than him!
Spirit Void Shattering Space was suddenly unleashed. Ye Yuan's sword finger arrived in front of Ceng Yu in a blink of an eye. He actually arrived first even though he moved later!
Ceng Yu's palm hit nothing while Ye Yuan's sword finger was in contact with his c.h.e.s.t!
Seeing this scene, everyone's pupils shrunk!
This was precisely deliberate in counsel, prompt in action! A moment earlier, Ye Yuan was still frail like a tiny blade of grass swaying in the wind. The next instant, his entire being transformed into a sharp sword!
It looked as if Ye Yuan's sword finger only lightly tapped on Ceng Yu's c.h.e.s.t and did not seem to have used much strength.
But Ceng Yu's body directly flew out like he collided with a spring, only stopping after rolling on the floor for over a hundred feet.
Ye Yuan looked at his sword finger and started frowning. He muttered to himself, "Got to make good use of my time to cultivate. This finger actually failed to even break the protective essence energy!"
Everyone collectively turned into stone when they heard this sentence from Ye Yuan.
A Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm sent the peak Sixth Level Spirit Condensation Realm Ceng Yu flying with one finger and was actually disgruntled with such a battle result?
Although Ceng Yu was kind of an a.s.s, his strength was not considered weak. If not, he also would not be able to stay securely in the Earth Barracks.
In the Earth Barracks, even if one wanted to become a local tyrant, they also need some skills!