The old man stepped forward and looked at it carefully, and then said:

“These beast cores are of good quality, but the level of the monsters they belong to is low, so I’ll give them a fixed price.

Each first-level beast core is exchanged for ten low-level spiritual stones, and each second-level beast core is exchanged for ten medium-level spiritual stones.

Even in Zhongshengzhou, the purchase price is not much different from this, how about I guarantee that the young master will not suffer a loss?"

"As the manager said, I came to Derong City because I wanted to enter the cultivation sect. I wonder if Manager Chen can tell me which major sects are recruiting disciples? I would be very grateful."

"Haha, young master, you have to pay for asking for information in Qingfeng Pavilion, but the information you asked for is not very confidential, so I will give it to you for free this time." The old man said with a smile.

"Then thank you in advance." Jin Ziming bowed and saluted.

"Derong City only has the highest level three sects, and there are two in total, the Longqing Sect and the Daoxu Sect. In addition, there are two fourth-level sects.

Among the third-level sects, Daoxu Sect recruited disciples last month, but it has now ended.

The Longqing Sect will recruit outside disciples in the near future, and monks who are in the late stages of Qi refining or who have reached the Great Perfection can come and give it a try.

As for when the fourth-level sect will recruit disciples, I'm not sure.

Later, I will ask Hongling to give Young Master a local cultivation map, which marks the locations of all the third- and fourth-level sects in Derong City."

"Thank you so much, I just need this information." Jin Ziming said happily.

After he completed the transaction, he went to buy a booklet, which introduced a lot of common knowledge about cultivation in the Hongqing world.

Jin Ziming has always been worried about what state he is in now. He also has a dark eye on the world of cultivation and is in urgent need of this common sense.

After bidding farewell to the old man and Hong Ling, and returning to the inn, he quickly opened the booklet, hoping to completely clear up the many doubts in his heart. After reading it in one breath, he understood an overview of the world of cultivation.

There are six continents in the Hongqing Realm, and humans occupy five of them. According to their directions, they are Dongwu, Xijin, Nanfeng, Beikui and Zhongshengzhou.

Various spiritual stone mineral deposits are extremely abundant in the territory of the human race, which has laid a solid foundation for the birth of many sects and top masters.

There are many mortal kingdoms in the five continents, but they all rely on different cultivation sects to survive.

Continuing westward from Xijin Continent, you will enter the vast forest, and after going deeper, you will reach the Honghuang Continent where monsters inhabit.

Although the beast race is slightly inferior to the human race in terms of mid-to-high-level combat power, it clearly surpasses the latter in terms of the number of low-end monster beasts.

The common prosperity of the human and animal races has promoted the Hongqing Realm to become a higher realm in the Chaoyang River System.

The cultivation realms of monks are divided into seven major realms: Qi refining, foundation building, golden elixir, Yuanying, integration, Mahayana and transcendence.

Each major realm is divided into four smaller realms, namely the early stage, the middle stage, the late stage and Dzogchen.

Seeing this, Jin Ziming lamented in his heart. The mastermind behind the murder of Lao Jin was said to be the old monster Yuanying. It seemed that he would have to endure it for a long time before he could take revenge.

Keep reading and understand that the ultimate state of each small realm is called "peak".

For example, the peak level of the middle golden elixir means that the monk has reached the peak of the middle golden elixir and is about to break through to the late golden elixir.

The book also has the identification criteria for each realm. Jin Ziming compared it and found that if he did not take into account the dense network of channels in his body, he was indeed in the late stage of Qi refining and was close to the peak level.

He couldn't help but think: "What kind of cultivation level is Fairy Ye? She seems to be relatively high."

He had no idea that he was in two realms higher than him, and the gap between the two was nothing short of a chasm.

The next step is to introduce the realm of the soul, which is also divided into seven levels. The Qi refining stage requires at least the blessing of the first level of the soul. You can close your eyes and detect things five feet away;

The foundation building stage requires the blessing of the second level of Yuanshen, which can detect at least fifty feet;

In the golden elixir stage, three levels of soul are required, and a five-mile range must be detected;

By analogy, transcendence requires the blessing of the sevenfold soul.

He checked the standards and confirmed that he was already at the early stage of the second level of Yuanshen.

Regarding the cultivation sect, it is divided into five grades, which is a tower-shaped structure.

The seven super sects are all located in Zhongshengzhou;

On the five continents, there are sixteen first-level sects, thirty-seven second-level sects, more than one hundred third-level sects, and more than 600 fourth-level sects.

Except for the super sect, each sect has its own superior sect, and in addition to the fourth-level sects, each sect also has several lower-level sects.

Theoretically, the highest level four sects are headed by Golden Core cultivators, the third level is headed by the True Master Nascent Soul, the second level has the Great Power of Combination, and the first level has the True Lord Mahayana.

As for the super sect, in addition to more true kings, there are also transcendental semi-immortals who have been in seclusion or traveling abroad all year round, and their strength is extremely terrifying.

Although there are few monks who upgrade from lower sects to higher sects, it is quite common.

For example, an outstanding disciple is chosen by the upper sect, or a monk reaches the highest level of the lower sect and takes the initiative to apply.

The book also describes the standards for recruiting disciples to various sects at all levels.

The recruitment standard for outer disciples of a third-level sect is the Qi Refining Stage, while the threshold for inner disciples is the Foundation Building Stage;

The thresholds of the second-level outer door and inner door are the foundation building stage and the golden elixir stage respectively, and so on.

Super sects have no outer sects and only accept inner sect disciples. They mainly select the best from the best through the selection of descendants of the sect, the elders going out to discover outstanding talents, or the lower-level sects recommending talents.

Jin Ziming fell into deep thought. He was only a monk in the Qi Refining Stage, and obviously had no chance of joining the second-level sect. Now he had to set his starting point as high as possible. Since he had no chance of joining the Daoxu Sect, he had no choice but to strive to join the Longqing Sect.

Xiaoyao Taoist Temple where Ye Xianzi is located ranks second among the first-level sects, second only to Xingguang Sect.

The Longqing sect is ranked at the bottom among the third-level sects, so I don't know if its strength is really at the bottom.

Jin Ziming felt bitter in his heart, "The distance is really far!"

However, he was not discouraged. He naively thought that with his own efforts, he could work hard step by step to reach the first level, or even become a super sect, catching up with Ye Xianzi.

The next morning, he took out a low-priced spiritual stone, held it in his hand and meditated. When his inner energy and spiritual thoughts entered the spiritual stone, he immediately felt a strong spiritual energy overflowing.

As soon as your mind moves, use Laogong point to inhale it into your body, and then merge it into your Dantian.

After carefully tasting its concentration and quality, it was much higher than ordinary external spiritual energy. After dozens of breaths, he completely refined it, leaving only a little powder in his palm.

Jin Ziming felt that the inner energy in his Dantian had only increased slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh that although the spirit stone was good, it was too ineffective to use.

Jin Ziming walked out of the inn and went straight to Long Qing Sect.

This sect is located next to a large lake in the southeastern suburbs. The lake scenery is beautiful, with large lotus flowers floating on the water and some large colorful fish chasing happily in the water.

A road beside the lake, shaded by willow trees, leads directly to the gate of Longqing Sect. The rich spiritual energy floats from the lake, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Jin Ziming followed the flow of people and slowly arrived at the gate of Longqing Sect. He found that the buildings here were mainly white and gray, with occasional red and green accents, and it looked more like an academy.

On the white wall on the side, there is a notice written in spiritual energy, which is the recruitment notice for the outer disciples.

Jin Ziming squeezed forward and saw that the recruitment requirements of the Long Qing Sect were under twenty years old and above the advanced stage of Qi refining. The official assessment time was still twenty-three days away.

He joined the long queue to sign up, and an hour later it was his turn.

The person in charge of registration tested his age with a magic weapon. After confirming that he met the standard, he recorded his name and handed him a candidate token.

After signing up and having nothing to do, Jin Ziming decided to fulfill his promise to meet Zeng Ze and went to his relative's house according to the address he left.

After receiving the notice from the concierge, Zeng Ze ran out all the way, grabbed Jin Ziming's hand, and said excitedly:

"Brother Jin, you are finally here. I was really afraid that you wouldn't come to me."

"Haha, if you promised, how can you break the promise?" Jin Ziming said with a smile.

Zeng Ze pulled him into his small courtyard and asked his servants to make tea.

"Zeng Ze, I also signed up for the Long Qing sect." Jin Ziming said with a smile.

"Ah, Brother Jin, that's great! Just call me Ozawa and don't tell anyone else."

"Okay, Ozawa. I don't know anything about the Long Qing sect. Can you tell me about it?"

"Hey, Brother Jin, don't be surprised, I'm a bit careless.

Since my second uncle said that everything has been arranged, as long as you don't do too badly on the exam, you will definitely be admitted, so I didn't ask any more questions. To be honest, I don't really understand the situation there."

"Oh, it doesn't matter. If you pass the exam, you will know it after you go there." Jin Ziming said helplessly.

"Brother Jin, don't worry. My second uncle said that the assessment in previous years was not difficult, and this time it is probably about the same."

After having lunch here, the two parties agreed to go for the exam together in twenty-three days.

Jin Ziming returned to the inn room and began to rethink his practice.

He remembered that before leaving the forest, he was attacked by a demon ape and a cat demon together. The reason why he could not detect them in advance was because the soul could not pass through obstacles. Now he could try to solve it.

Without practicing the exercises, for ordinary monks, there is nothing to talk about; but for Jin Ziming, it is commonplace to find a way out of no choice.

If this problem can be solved, wouldn't it be equivalent to finding a way to cultivate the soul?

He thought for a long time and suddenly thought that in order to absorb spiritual energy from the outside, he had torn the seal of the acupuncture point to the outside world.

So, when the soul encounters an obstacle, can it use its mind to tear a hole in it and let the soul get in?

Jin Ziming sat cross-legged on the bed and began to experiment with the next door. He used his mind to open a small hole in the wooden wall and let out a ray of soul from there into the next room.


Chapter completed!