Chapter 18 Choice

"Forget it, let's do the things at hand first..."

Mo Hua thought to himself, and then he honestly looked through the middle- and low-grade techniques.

"Small Five Elements Technique": a middle-lower grade technique, suitable for the cultivation of five elements spiritual roots. It can cultivate spiritual power for seventy weeks. To complete the Qi refining period, at least one thousand spiritual stones need to be refined. It requires heavenly materials and earthly treasures: 100 years old. Soil etc.

"Rejuvenation Technique": a middle-lower grade skill, suitable for cultivating wood spiritual roots. It can cultivate seventy-five weeks of spiritual power. To complete the Qi refining period, at least one thousand one hundred spiritual stones must be refined, and it requires heavenly materials and earthly treasures: Evergreen trees or evergreen leaves that are more than ten years old, etc.

"Hundred Flames Technique": a middle-lower grade skill, suitable for the cultivation of fire spiritual roots. It can cultivate spiritual power for sixty weeks. To complete the Qi refining period, at least 900 spiritual stones need to be refined. It requires heavenly materials and earthly treasures: molten fire stone. wait.

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The spiritual stones required for practicing the middle-grade and lower-grade techniques are not that small, but they are much better than the high-grade techniques.

But there are gains and losses. The middle and lower-grade exercises consume less spiritual stones and the spiritual power they cultivate is also less.

The spiritual roots of the middle-grade and lower-grade ink paintings, and the cultivation methods of the lower-middle-grade spiritual root, at the same level, the spiritual power is only about half of that of the upper-grade and lower-grade spiritual root monks.

This is only the upper-level and lower-level skills. The spiritual power cultivated by the upper-level, middle-level and upper-level skills must be stronger. The further you go in your cultivation, the greater the disparity in spiritual power caused by differences in spiritual roots.

Moreover, spiritual roots are predestined and cannot be changed.

"Sure enough, some people are favored by God when they are born..."

Mo Hua shook his head, but since his spiritual roots couldn't be changed, there was no point in thinking about it.

Mo Hua turned to the last page of the "List of Exercises" and was completely stunned when he saw a line of small words below.

"Kung Fu inheritance fee... what is it?"

Mo Hua saw the following annotation:

The techniques in Tongxian Sect were painstakingly collected, researched and carefully improved by successive sect leaders and elders. They are the result of the painstaking efforts of previous generations.

Disciples in the sect need to pay a certain amount of spirit stones before they can obtain the qualification to inherit.

The specific inheritance costs are also marked below.

The inheritance fee for high-grade and low-grade techniques is 1,100 spirit stones. Since high-grade spiritual roots are rare, it only costs 998 spirit stones after the discount.

The inheritance fee for the middle-level skills is slightly lower, and the lower-level middle-level skills are even lower, but they still cost two hundred spirit stones.

Mo Hua was dumbfounded.

Why is there still inheritance fee?

He had never heard of it before.

Why does the sect charge so much? This is too dark! !

Mo Hua, who only had eight spirit stones in his body, sighed feebly.

This monastic world is too real and realistic...

"You have chosen the exercises and paid the inheritance fee, and the sect will teach you the exercises. The exercises are very important, so it is best to go back and discuss with your parents and elders before making a decision. Don't be too ambitious, and don't be too ambitious. Being shallow and missing out on the future of monasticism.”

After Yan Jiaoxi finished speaking, he left. Judging from his expression, he didn't seem to be happy to do such a thing.

After Yan Jiaoxi left, the disciples started chatting among themselves in groups of three or three, some with excited faces, others with sad faces, and the room suddenly became noisy:

"What is the inheritance fee? I have never heard of it before..."

"Who knows, if the sect accepts it, we can still refuse to give it..."

"The inheritance fee of "Xuanhuang Jue of Heaven and Earth" alone costs more than a thousand spirit stones, tsk tsk..."

"If you really learn it, you will probably sell yourself to the sect."

"Thank you, my spiritual roots are not worthy yet."

"Both my parents have middle-grade spiritual roots. Why do I only have low-grade spiritual roots? There are no optional techniques at all..."

"Read "The Evolution of Monks' Spiritual Roots" and you will know why your parents with medium-grade spiritual roots gave birth to you with low-grade spiritual roots..."

"By the way, can we really have high-grade spiritual roots here?"

"Yes, I have a distant cousin who has a high-grade spiritual root, but his father is a gambler, his mother is lazy, and the family is very poor, so he only chose a low-to-medium-grade technique, which was a waste of a good spiritual root. It's too awful……"

“Then even if I have high-grade spiritual roots, I still can’t cultivate them.

"You can get married..."

"I don't!"

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The disciples talked a lot, and Mo Hua also held his little chin in thought.

This sect inheritance fee exceeded his expectations.

There are actually exercises that Mo Hua can choose from in the "Exercise Catalog", but his parents have just gathered together his cultivation, and they can't come up with so many spiritual stones in a short period of time. Even if you borrow money from here and there to get it together, it will still be a heavy burden on the family.

"In this case, I have no choice but to choose the technique for the time being. Let's make do with the "Tu Na Gong" for the time being. When I accumulate enough spiritual stones by drawing formations, I can then choose one of the techniques to practice. Anyway, I will enter The third level of Qi Refining is still some time away from breaking through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.”

Mo Hua threw the "List of Exercises" into his storage bag. He had no intention of taking it back to his parents in the short term. The top priority was to draw formations and earn spiritual stones.

The following days of Mo Hua were the same as before. He continued to practice every day, attended classes, and drew formations after class.

The life of the sect is quite comfortable even though it is monotonous.

The scenery of Tongling Peak is beautiful, shaded by green trees, shrouded in light clouds and mist, with birds often flying around and the fragrance of flowers lingering around.

The outer disciples often play in the mountains after class. The female disciples are pretty and enjoy the flowers together.

The male disciples chased the spiritual beasts all over the mountain. There were male nuns who had just begun to love each other and were whispering among the flowers in the mountain stream. There were also jealous disciples fighting.

But these have nothing to do with Mo Hua. Mo Hua is devoted to the formation. Except for eating and attending classes, he spends all his time studying the formation. Even when he sleeps at night, he practices drawing formation texts on the stone tablet.

Among the familiar fellow disciples, Da Hu is at the fifth level of Qi Refining, Shuang Hu and Xiao Hu have already reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. They are all practicing in Tongxuan Peak. Although the two peaks are not far apart, they know that Mo Hua is studying the formation attentively, and generally they will not disturb Mo Hua if they have nothing to do.

Mo Hua has a well-behaved and smart face, a harmless look, and treats people kindly. He has a good relationship with people in Tongling Peak, and no one would think of bullying him.

Moreover, Mo Hua's performance in the formation is very good, and he is highly valued by the strict instructor. If someone wants to bully him, once the strict instructor knows, the consequences will be serious. The strict instructor hates the disciples to cause trouble and not concentrate on practicing. Once the instructor knows, the punishment will be extremely severe.

Besides, Da Hu and the other two have always taken care of Mo Hua. They are tall and take the path of physical cultivation. In the future, they plan to enter Dahei Mountain and become demon hunters.

On weekdays, they will find ways to fight with others. Once Mo Hua has something to do, he will roll up his sleeves and run over from Tongxuan Peak.

Mo Hua practiced without distraction. The only time he had an intersection with other disciples was with An Xiaopang.

Mo Hua returned the ten spirit stones he borrowed from An Xiaopang years ago.

When Mo Hua gave him the spirit stones, An Xiaopang was stunned. He obviously forgot about it and remembered it after thinking for a long time.

The An family is a big family in Tongxian City. He really doesn't care about these ten spirit stones. Of course, it is also possible that he simply has a bad memory.

An Xiaopang frowned and recalled for a long time, and then his expression was a little complicated and said: "You are the first one who borrowed spirit stones and thought about returning them to me since you grew up."

Mo Hua sighed in his heart, this is the stupid son of the landlord.

Some of the spirit stones he lent out may have been forgotten by him, and some may have been deliberately not returned by others. He really didn't lack spirit stones, so he got used to it over time.

"You are so stupid... kind, be careful of being cheated by others."

Mo Hua said half of the word "stupid", temporarily changed the word, and patted An Xiaopang on the shoulder and said tactfully.

An Xiaopang's expression became more complicated, and even a little touched:

"Little Brother Mo, others say I am stupid, only you know that I am kind-hearted. Among all the disciples I have met, you are the smartest. No wonder you draw the formation so well!"

Mo Hua didn't know what to say for a while.

More than a month passed, and the sect was on a two-day holiday.

Mo Hua left the sect and went to Youyuanzhai on North Street. He handed the Minghuo formation he had drawn to Wang Guanshi, and then asked:

"Is there a formation that is more difficult than the Minghuo formation that can be exchanged for more spirit stones?"

Wang Guanshi glanced at Mo Hua, "Did your brother ask you to ask?"

"Yes!" Mo Hua nodded.

"Yes, there is," Manager Wang lowered his head and flipped through the table, then pulled out a formation diagram with several unfamiliar formation texts on it.

"Solid Earth Formation, which can solidify soil and rocks. Generally, cultivators will use it to build houses and caves and strengthen doors and windows. The Solid Earth Formation is more difficult than the Open Fire Formation. The reward for each Solid Earth Formation is two spirit stones."

Two spirit stones... is twice as much as the Open Fire Formation.

"Can I see the formation diagram first?"

Manager Wang rolled his eyes at Mo Hua, "What's the use of seeing it? I need your brother to see it."

However, although he said so, he still gave the diagram to Mo Hua. These basic formation diagrams are not too scarce, so it doesn't matter if you show them to others.

Mo Hua flipped through the diagram and found that many of the formation texts were indeed things he had never seen before, and the sect's teachers had never taught them.

"I don't know how long it will take to learn this formation..."

The inheritance fee of the sect's skills is too expensive, and it takes a long time to earn spirit stones by relying on the Open Fire Formation.

Mo Hua wanted to draw a new formation, but he was a little hesitant. If he didn't draw well, he might lose spirit stones. If he couldn't learn it and didn't finish it within the deadline, the Formation Pavilion would deduct all the deposit.

"Forget it, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child!"

Mo Hua made up his mind that even if he didn't learn it within the deadline, all 20 spirit stones would be deducted, and he could earn it back by drawing the Bright Fire Formation.

To become a formation master, the formations he would have to draw in the future might be much more difficult than this. He couldn't just draw a Bright Fire Formation for his whole life.