Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Chapter 67: Chapter 67: The Cruel Competition Among Outer Disciples

The disciples were shocked when they heard Chen Qiao’s words.

They immediately reminded themselves to be more cautious in the future since handling Sect tasks wasn’t always safe.

In the midst of their conversation, the group had followed Chen Qiao to the Deacon Room.

There, Chen Qiao handed them over to the disciples of the Deacon Room, who registered their identities one by one. He then distributed Identity Jade Tokens to them, instructing them to imprint their Spiritual Power and Divine Sense into the tokens to prevent others from impersonating them.

Afterward, Chen Qiao took them to the storage room to collect the standard benefits reserved for new disciples, including a Magic Robe, a Storage Bag, and a Spiritual Beast Bag each.

Moreover, there were special Detoxification Pills and Snake Repelling Pills from Spiritual Snake Peak; essentials to prevent the disciples from being accidentally bitten by Spiritual Snakes.

Qin Feng closely examined his newly-acquired Storage Bag and Spiritual Beast Bag several times, discerning that they were only Low Level and weren’t worth many Spirit Stones. It seemed these items were mainly intended for youngsters from commoner backgrounds.

However, Qin Feng wouldn’t refuse such benefits from the Sect, as he wasn’t yet in a position to turn them down.

After receiving their items, the Deacon Room had already arranged the miscellaneous tasks they were responsible for.

Qin Feng and a dozen other youths, because they had emerged from the Illusion Array during the testing in the plaza, were afforded some preferential treatment, resulting in relatively lighter duties.

Qin Feng reviewed the tasks he had been assigned and saw that he was responsible for feeding the Cold Ice Pythons in the Cold Pond to the west of Spiritual Snake Peak.

Though it was called “taking care of,” it essentially meant delivering other birds and animals raised on Spiritual Snake Peak to feed them every few days.

These Spiritual Beasts didn’t fall sick and had no natural predators under the protection of the Beast Taming Sect, so there was no need for him to care for them attentively. He just had to ensure they were fed regularly without starvation.

Every few years, these Cold Ice Pythons would lay a clutch of eggs, hatching more juvenile Cold Ice Pythons, ensuring a steady supply for Spiritual Snake Peak.

Additionally, there were several Snow Jade Lotus plants growing in the Cold Pond, a rare type of Spiritual Medicine. He was required to harvest them when they matured, as these were special plantations the Sect didn’t allow disciples to take for themselves.

Qin Feng found this to be an extremely easy task and he was more than capable. He only needed to visit every few days, which left him plenty of time for cultivation.

Their Identity Jade Tokens were custom-made by Spiritual Snake Peak, ensuring that the snakes within its domain would generally not attack them upon detecting the Token’s aura.

As for Chen Qiao’s earlier warning about the possibility of being devoured by angered Spiritual Snakes, it served more as a caution to the new disciples not to intentionally provoke the snakes.

In the past, there had been a few reckless disciples who, relying on their Identity Jades, provoked Spiritual Snakes, thinking they wouldn’t be attacked. Eventually, they encountered a few particularly vicious ones that ended up swallowing them whole.

Thus, he reminded the disciples to avoid making similar mistakes.

“There are one hundred and eight peaks within the Outer Sect of the Beast Taming Sect, and each one possesses its own Preaching Pavilion,” said Chen Qiao. “Every day, disciples with Foundation Establishment Cultivation lecture there, and on the first and fifteenth of each month, Golden Core Elders come to preach and resolve your doubts.”

“You’ve just joined the Sect, and you won’t be assigned overly complicated tasks. Each of you will have at least half a day of free time to attend lectures at the Preaching Pavilion.

I urge all of you to seize this opportunity to cultivate diligently, for after one year, you won’t be new disciples anymore and will have to take on various tasks just like the older disciples. @@novelbin@@

And some of those tasks require great focus and might not leave you any free days throughout the year, to say nothing of attending lectures.”

The group looked at each other upon hearing this.

One asked, “Senior Brother Chen, if the Sect’s tasks are so burdensome, then how are we, the Outer Disciples, to practice cultivation?”

Chen Qiao glanced at the disciple who asked and answered, “It’s not as severe as you think. Some tasks do require constant attention, but you can take turns with others. You can work during the day and still cultivate at night as long as you manage your time wisely.

Besides, the more you give, the more you receive. The Sect provides various resource rewards for these tasks, and the more time-consuming tasks yield greater rewards.”

“With resources, cultivation becomes much simpler,” he said.

He chuckled, then continued, “Of course, if you don’t wish to take on the cumbersome chores, you can opt for relatively easy tasks.

Such as guarding the palace or sweeping the courtyard.

However, although these tasks are relatively easy, they won’t earn you many Spirit Stones as rewards.

Whether you want to earn more cultivation resources or to have more free time for meditation and cultivation, the choice is up to you, unless it’s a chore that really can’t be filled. Generally speaking, the sect won’t force you to do anything.

Additionally, within the first ten years after entering the door, as long as you have confidence, every disciple can participate in the sect’s annual competition. If you stand out and defeat numerous opponents to rank among the top hundred disciples, you can directly join the Inner Sect.”

With these words, all the disciples were stirred, for joining the Inner Sect was their most fervent desire.

Chen Qiao had explained things so clearly, and everyone understood the implications.

To join the Inner Sect, mere hard work in cultivation wasn’t enough; one needed ample cultivation resources.

With resources, you can progress faster, cultivate to a higher level within ten years, train powerful Spiritual Beasts, sweep through the ranks of the Outer, and earn a promotion.

And to acquire cultivation resources, one must be willing to work and earn them.

Of course, that applies to ordinary disciples.

For those disciples from noble families, the resources provided by their families are substantial and allow them to engage in lighter duties to pass the time while using the family resources for cultivation.

Qin Feng was no different. His family provided him and Qin Xi with a sum of Spirit Stones every year to enable them to carve out more time for cultivation in the hopes of bolstering their chances of reaching the Foundation Establishment and, with some luck, joining the Inner Sect—a cause for great celebration for the entire family.

Ordinary disciples, lacking such family backgrounds, had to rely on their own hands to earn their cultivation resources, a challenge incomparable to theirs.

After explaining all the necessary details, Chen Qiao didn’t say much more, and led the new disciples to their accommodations directly.

These quarters, located near the foot of the Spiritual Snake Peak, were made up of rows of small courtyards. Though not large, they were quite elegant.

More importantly, all these courtyards were built upon the branches of the Spirit Veins beneath Spiritual Snake Peak, so the concentration of Spiritual Energy was plentiful, much to their satisfaction.

Qin Feng used his Identity Jade to open the prohibition on his own courtyard and entered. After briefly inspecting the few rooms, he felt no need to look further.

Apart from some simple furniture, there was nothing else, and nothing particularly intriguing.

He walked into his bedroom, lay down on the bed, placed his hands behind his head, and stared at the ceiling with squinted eyes, his mind preoccupied with thoughts.

The competition in the Outer Sect of the Beast Taming Sect was incredibly fierce, even brutal.

After all, there were simply too many disciples in the Outer Sect.

With the sect’s reach extending across nine neighboring countries, even if each country only recruited a little over a thousand people every year, the total would still be tens of thousands.

Over ten years, this would equate to well over a hundred thousand.

Yet within these multitudes, only around a hundred places were up for contention each year. If the struggle wasn’t intense, it would be truly bizarre.

It wasn’t only during the sect competition that disability could occur from a moment’s carelessness; even on regular days, there was severe rivalry among the Outer disciples.

PS: The protagonist believes that to stand out from such fierce competition, recommendations from everyone are crucial. To be admitted into the Inner Sect and learn more profound techniques, Qin Feng has decided to shamelessly ask everyone for their recommendation votes.