chsdbacks Chapter 29 Adjusting Mindset, Scripture Pavilion
Chapter 29 Adjusting Mindset, Scripture Pavilion
Having witnessed the exaggerated atmosphere inside the gate and reviewed the information on the jade tablet, Li Qingshan finally understood that Wang Xiao's statement about only caring about interests was simply literal.
There is no master-disciple system within the sect.
There are only three levels: disciples, elders, and sect leaders.
If a disciple survives to the Meridian Opening Realm, they will automatically be promoted to Elder, barely able to sit at the table and join the exploiting class.
There's only one sect leader.
As for disciples wanting resources and cultivation techniques... that's easy too.
Learn it yourself, then redeem it.
For example, if you want to learn martial arts techniques, you need to go to the Scripture Pavilion, exchange contribution points for a memory stone, and receive the most original version of martial arts instruction.
For those seeking cultivation resources, the sect has also established a treasure pavilion, allowing members to purchase them independently, with daily delivery provided.
I want to find someone to give me some guidance.
As long as you have contribution points, the elders can personally come and teach you.
I want to find someone to practice with.
Contribution points...
I want to know some special information.
Contribution points...
As long as you have contribution points, you can solve 99% of the problems.
The only thing that can't be solved is service.
Every member who joins the Iron Legs Sect must enter the Bitter Realm within six months and serve for at least ten years.
The only difference is that the true disciples have greater potential and will have an extra three years of development time after reaching the Bitter Realm.
This is not the magnanimity of a sect.
Rather, passing on the true teachings is equivalent to signing a contract of servitude.
If it doesn't develop properly, its maximum value cannot be extracted.
Of course, after entering the Bitter Realm, Li Qingshan guessed that if he had enough contribution points, the safety issue should still be resolved.
There's also the issue of prohibition.
Every member who joins the Iron Legs Sect, after signing their oath of allegiance with blood on a jade tablet, is automatically placed under a restriction to prevent them from revealing these details of the sect to outsiders.
Of course, this thing is probably useless for people who are about to die.
Before Wang Xiao died, he told Li Qingshan these details, but not in the same detail that Li Qingshan now knows.
In summary
Iron Leg Sect is a sect that can give you opportunities to grow, but it's obsessed with money and you're prone to falling into consumer traps.
If you're not one of those exceptionally talented individuals, in this system, if you're not careful, you'll end up as a worker ant accumulating resources for the sect leader.
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"At least it's better than that kind of dark, cannibalistic style..."
Li Qingshan takes a rather easygoing view of this.
If you want to make the most of someone, you'll be given reasonable time and space to develop so that they can create greater value.
His cheat ability clearly makes him stronger as the game progresses.
In the early stages, it's fine as long as you can develop steadily.
What he fears most is the kind of weak, cannibalistic, and exploitative culture.
Adjust your mindset.
Li Qingshan hung his identity jade pendant around his neck and ran towards the location of the Sutra Repository.
On the way, you might occasionally encounter fellow disciples who are also traveling.
The differences between them can be seen from their modes of transportation.
Li Qingshan, who relies entirely on brute force and has no sense of agility, is a complete novice who hasn't been practicing for very long.
Those with graceful figures, leaping across rooftops and scaling walls, are the old men.
The latter is far more numerous.
After leaving the residence.
Everywhere you look, you can see figures moving about on the buildings overhead.
These people may not be that fast, but they are undeniably handsome.
It perfectly fulfilled Li Qingshan's fantasy of martial arts in his previous life.
He was very envious.
...
According to the information on the jade plaque.
Li Qingshan turned left and right, and arrived at the outside of a three-story building.
This is the library of the Iron Legs Gate.
Tiny.
The door was open, and there were no guards or anything like that in sight.
People come and go from time to time.
Aside from everyone hurrying along, there was no polite conversation.
Occasionally, a disciple dressed as a true master would pass by, but the surrounding outer and inner disciples would not even bother to bow or perform any other gesture.
At most, we'd run into acquaintances and exchange a few pleasantries.
"Why does it feel like there are so many more members of the Iron Legs Sect than I imagined? Where did all these people come from...?"
Li Qingshan was puzzled.
He followed the flow of people into the library.
This place was completely different from the library he had imagined; it was more like a series of mobile phone vending machines.
There was no one guarding it.
Each counter had labels indicating different types of techniques, such as weapons, movement techniques, fist techniques, and leg techniques.
Thinking about the name "Iron Legs Gate".
Li Qingshan first went to the leg technique counter.
Rows of black stones, neatly arranged.
Beneath the rock lay a series of books with titles: *Wind-Splitting Leg*, *Iron-Shattering Foot*, *Thousand-Layer Wave Leg*, *Mountain-Treading Steps*...
Each name is very simple.
If you didn't know better, you'd think he was some kind of farming expert.
Li Qingshan picked up a book at random and discovered that these manuals were all about cultivating martial runes, transforming internal energy into qi, and breaking through to the Qi Sea Realm.
These tips are more of an outline.
It is convenient for disciples to see whether it is suitable for them.
To redeem, you need to take out the jade token, swipe the token to deduct contribution points, and then remove the memory stones to practice on your own when you get back.
After reading a few books, Li Qingshan lost interest.
He needs some common sense now.
I asked around.
Li Qingshan then realized that the first floor of this scripture pavilion contained secret manuals for the Qi Sea Realm, the second floor contained secret manuals for the Qi Circulation Realm, and the third floor contained those common knowledge books that were everywhere.
"So, things that the sect deems worthless are actually valued at a high level..."
Li Qingshan went up to the third floor.
This place is more like a real library, with several rows of large bookshelves piled high with books of all sizes.
You can see five or six men and women, engrossed in reading books.
Li Qingshan arrived at the martial arts knowledge section, picked up a book at random, and began to read it.
This is a basic book explaining various health-preserving standing exercises.
He became engrossed in watching it.
With his exceptional comprehension, which is one in a million, he not only has a photographic memory, but can also quickly analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the content in a book by combining what he sees with his own personal experience.
No verification is required.
He can then absorb the useful elements from them and make them his own foundation.
This feeling is wonderful.
Li Qingshan had never felt that reading was such a joyful thing.
...
I don't know how much time has passed.
I flipped through the books one by one.
From basic health-preserving standing meditation to the transformative levels and details of the physical body realm, and then to the differences between the Qi Sea realm and the physical body realm...
pity.
The five realms of early martial arts development: Body Nourishment Realm, Physical Body Realm, Qi Sea Realm, Meridian Opening Realm, and Spirit Transformation Realm.
The highest level of common knowledge here is only the description of the Qi Sea Realm.
The subsequent Meridian Opening Realm and Spirit Transformation Realm are only mentioned in some other casual books such as storybooks and autobiographies.
Li Qingshan wasn't in a hurry.
Anyway, you don't need to contribute points to the books on the third floor.
He plans to read all the books on the third floor when he has free time.
...
I went through all the books on martial arts common sense in the bookcase.
In Li Qingshan's mind, a clear outline of the path of martial arts began to take shape.
His earlier speculation was correct.
When practiced to its limit, the body-cultivating standing meditation can be controlled to the greatest extent and with minute control over force.
It has reached this point.
The side effects of his self-healing ability will naturally resolve themselves.
As for the Transformation Stance Exercise, it does involve the number of times one undergoes a complete transformation, but there are some differences.
Once the Transformation Stance Technique is mastered, one can cultivate advanced stance techniques for those Qi Sea Realm techniques, condensing martial runes that are even more powerful than physical strength.
Simple body-transforming stance training is too low-level.
Even if one cultivates to perfection, the refined energy is still too inefficient for a body that has already undergone a complete transformation.
The martial insignia is different.
They can invoke certain rules of heaven and earth, imprinting them on the body, and can draw upon the power of heaven and earth to forcibly drive the body through a second and third transformation.
The limit is three times.
At this point, the power of heaven and earth drawn by the martial runes will transform into a sea of qi in the dantian of the human body, giving birth to true qi with miraculous effects.
Therefore, Li Qingshan will not only cultivate the Nourishing Body Stance and the Transformation Body Stance to perfection, but also choose a Qi Sea Realm cultivation method as his main practice.
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Back on the first floor.
After searching around, Li Qingshan finally found a training method that matched the Thousand Layer Strength: "Thousand Layer Wave Leg".
This is a universal, all-purpose exercise manual.
It can be used as a movement technique or as a martial art.
He was a little confused.
"The Iron Leg Sect, shouldn't it be something like Iron Leg Skill? Why isn't there a single technique involving iron in these manuals..."
Li Qingshan believes that each sect has its own characteristics, and following the mainstream will make it less likely to make mistakes.
He felt uncomfortable until he understood this.
Thinking about this...
He left the library and went to a small cubicle that resembled a confessional. He took out his jade token, swiped it to open the door of the cubicle, and sat down inside.
This place is shrouded in a special magic array and is where members of the sect ask questions.
Not just questions, but also inquiries about confidential information are welcome.
Those who come to answer the questions are at least elders within the sect.
moment.
A detached voice came from the other end: "What do you want to ask?"
Li Qingshan said, "I just joined the Iron Legs Sect and wanted to go to the Scripture Pavilion to find some more common martial arts techniques, but I found that there wasn't a single one that was related to Iron Legs..."
After a long silence, the other end spoke again: "This question concerns the sect leader, and an answer will require three hundred contribution points."
Li Qingshan was startled upon hearing this.
So expensive!
Keep in mind that with his potential, the total loan amount only contributes 1,000 contribution points.
For each problem, remove one-third.
It's too cruel.
Li Qingshan thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"
Wang Xiao once said that the system within the sect follows a distorted system of equivalent exchange.
The fact that the other party still agrees with this viewpoint despite harboring considerable resentment towards the Iron Leg Sect shows that the sect's higher-ups still have integrity in transactions.
You get what you pay for.
He might hesitate if the other party offers 100 or 50 contribution points.
Say three hundred.
Then he'll have to try the salty version.
Since this news is so valuable, figuring it out might be beneficial.