Chapter 142: Chapter 47: Pure Yang Apricot Tree

Most cultivators had keen senses. Even over the deafening roar of thunder and lightning, they clearly heard Yang Jing’s simple and direct personal attack on Ji Chengfeng.

Some of the True Disciples had seen more than their fair share of clumsy fights between Outer Sect Disciples, but only now did they feel this trip was truly worthwhile.

However, when Yang Jing unleashed the Ren Water Thunder Technique, the entire area around the Magic Battle Platform fell silent for a moment. To the average Outer Sect Disciple, Yang Jing’s talent was simply astonishing. He had somehow mastered both the Sword Dao and Thunder Techniques, the two disciplines with the greatest Power of Cultivation Technique in Magical Combat. But the Inner Sect and True Disciples had only one thought on their minds.

’Great Five Elements Divine Light Prohibition!’

Of course, Ji Chengfeng knew of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect’s famous Divine Prohibition. He was stunned for a moment, and in that brief instant, Yang Jing’s fully charged Ren Water True Thunder pierced through his scattered Bing Fire True Thunder.

By the time Ji Chengfeng reacted, it was already too late.

Before the referee could even intervene, Yang Jing had already withdrawn his Thunder Technique.

The once-terrifyingly powerful Ren Water True Thunder instantly dissipated into arcs of electricity across the ground, vanishing without a trace.

Ji Chengfeng’s face was a mask of astonishment. He was a miserable sight; from over-exerting his Bing Fire True Thunder, his skin was charred black and blood was gushing from his wounds.

“This is impossible!”

He found it hard to accept that he had been defeated by Yang Jing’s Thunder Technique.

Seeing him like this, Yang Jing only found it exceptionally dull. After the referee announced his victory, he walked off the platform without a backward glance.

In the crowd, Zhang Yanhao was so excited his face was flushed red. He said to the A Class disciples around him:

“Senior Brother Yang is from my Chen Kingdom! We came to the Sect on the same Flying Boat. The day we passed the Five Elements Dharma Platform test, we even sat at the same table and feasted together.”

He felt he would never forget that banquet.

Guo Chuanzhi, Xu Hongde, and Feng Tianyi were sitting on a small Flying Boat, drinking wine as they watched the Magical Combat on the Magic Battle Platform below.

After seeing Yang Jing use the Ren Water Thunder Technique, Guo Chuanzhi couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

“In the future, Yang Jing’s accomplishments might even surpass the three of us.”

Feng Tianyi was even a little dazed. He never expected to have such good fortune, that the A Class he instructed would produce a genius like Yang Jing.

After watching the Magical Combat between Yang Jing and Ji Chengfeng, the fights between the other disciples seemed rather bland, even though these disciples were all elites of the Outer Sect.

Until the end of the Outer Sect competition, not a single other person stepped forward to challenge Yang Jing.

Including the Outer Sect Disciples from other enrollment years, a total of three hundred Outer Sect Disciples were promoted to the Inner Sect this time. The number seemed large, but compared to the enormous population of the Outer Sect, it was practically a drop in the ocean.

A few who had been in the sect for the full twenty-year limit were overwhelmed with emotion, their eyes welling with tears. They had participated in the competition year after year, failing every time, and had finally succeeded on their last attempt.

There were a few others like Yang Jing who were promoted to the Inner Sect in their very first year, all of them from A Class. The one who left the deepest impression on Yang Jing, Shentu Ying, was among them.

As for Huan Qingwen, who had once offended him, she had been eliminated in the sixth round of the competition. Most of the disciples from A Class stayed behind to congratulate those promoted to the Inner Sect, but she simply didn’t show up.

After becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, the monthly stipend immediately increased to one Middle Grade Spirit Stone, and even the Spirit Tea was upgraded to Awakening Tea, which could enhance one’s Divine Sense.

In addition to thirteen pounds of Tier Two Spirit Rice each month, they would also receive one Three Yang Apricot.

The tree that bore this fruit was called the Pure Yang Apricot Tree. It had to be three hundred years old before it would bear fruit, and the fruits it bore were called Three Yang Apricots. Fruits from a nine-hundred-year-old tree were called Six Yang Apricots. To bear Nine Yang Apricots, the tree needed to be two thousand seven hundred years old.

It was rumored that the Five Elements True Spirit Sect had acquired this Pure Yang Apricot Tree by paying a great price in a trade with the Nine Yang Sect before it was annihilated.

After so many years of cultivation, the tree was now only sixteen hundred years old.

These Three Yang Apricots all came from new trees that the Sect’s Spirit Plant Cultivators had grown from offshoots over the years.

Because the vast majority of disciples in the Five Elements True Spirit Sect were Qi Cultivators who focused solely on Qi Cultivation, they often failed at the Physical Body Stage of the Foundation Establishment Three Gates.

The Three Yang Apricot was used by disciples of the Nine Yang Sect for Body Refinement. Even for those not versed in any Body Refining Skill, consuming a Three Yang Apricot and performing a set of Guiding Skills could still strengthen their physique.

Yang Jing wasn’t in a hurry to test the effects of the Three Yang Apricot. Instead, he first went to the Household Affairs Hall.

After becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, he no longer had to live in the A Class valley. He could choose a place within the Sect to establish his own Cave Mansion.

However, one had to be careful when choosing a Cave Mansion.

Once a location was chosen, it could not be easily changed. The next opportunity to change one’s Cave Mansion would be upon reaching Core Formation.

Therefore, many Inner Sect Disciples only selected a Cave Mansion after reaching Foundation Establishment, making do with a random place during their Qi Cultivation Stage.

After all, the higher one’s status, the better the location one could choose. Even the places with the worst Spiritual Qi in the Five Elements True Spirit Sect were sufficient for a Qi Cultivator’s needs.

The reason Yang Jing wanted to move was because the A Class residences were simply too small. They couldn’t fit a master and four disciples, and they also lacked privacy.

He had quite a few secrets to keep, after all.

“Senior Brother Yang, you’ve arrived.”

The moment Yang Jing stepped into the Household Affairs Hall, an Inner Sect Disciple respectfully came forward to greet him. He was far more deferential than the last time Yang Jing had visited.

“You’re too kind, Senior Brother.”

When he stated his intention to choose a Cave Mansion, an Outer Sect Disciple immediately brought over a Spirit Mirror as tall as a person.

He activated the Restriction, and a map of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect instantly appeared on the mirror’s surface, detailed down to the smallest feature.

“Senior Brother Yang, the best Spirit Vein an Inner Sect Disciple can choose is Tier Three Upper Grade. These are all the unoccupied Tier Three Upper Grade Cave Mansions.”

Dense clusters of light lit up on the map. Green dots indicated that a Cave Mansion was vacant, while red dots meant it was already taken.

The considerate Inner Sect Disciple from the Household Affairs Hall had thoughtfully highlighted all the Tier Three Upper Grade Spirit Vein locations.

Yang Jing looked for a long time before choosing a Cave Mansion that wasn’t too remote, yet had no other disciples living within several miles.

The disciple from the Household Affairs Hall even went so far as to manipulate the Spirit Mirror to display the scenery of the Cave Mansion. Only after confirming that Yang Jing was satisfied did he record Yang Jing’s name on that Cave Mansion’s location.

“Senior Brother Yang, that Cave Mansion has been unoccupied for twelve years. Let me arrange for some people to clean and repair it, and then it will be ready for you to move in.”

“Of course,” Yang Jing said, stuffing a bag of Spirit Stones into the disciple’s hand.

The Inner Sect Disciple tried his best to refuse but couldn’t, so he finally accepted the Spirit Stones.

Afterward, Yang Jing took Iron Head and his other three disciples to the Inheritance Hall to formalize their master-disciple relationship. The attitude of the disciples at the Inheritance Hall was virtually identical to that at the Household Affairs Hall.

Xu Hongde even had Yang Jing stay for tea, exchanging a few pleasantries and words of concern.

Tasks that would have taken an ordinary disciple several trips and still might not have been completed, he managed to finish easily in a single afternoon.

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