Chapter 14 Guiyuan Sect, Six Peaks.
Chapter 14 Guiyuan Sect, Six Peaks.
More than half a month later, Li Weixin sent a message again.
"Brother Li, what happened? You suddenly disappeared without a trace."
"Don't mention it. That saying is right, we can't mention them in the sect."
When I was discovered, I got a severe scolding from my master. You have no idea how I survived for the past two weeks.
"Don't worry, I didn't betray you. They don't even know who you are yet." Li Wei thought to himself, recalling the three people behind him staring at him with piercing eyes.
In the presence of three powerful figures, a nobody like him has no privacy.
I asked my master and found out that it's not a big deal to talk about the Grand Elder and the Sect Master normally, but for someone like him, it's already started to involve real people and real matters.
Once they reach the Dao Integration Realm, they begin to sense the Heavenly Dao. Especially when it comes to things they don't want others to know or discuss, the Heavenly Dao will constantly remind them that someone is talking about their privacy.
So the other party came to catch him red-handed. Last time he inquired, he also took a shortcut; it was Senior Brother Chang who brought it up while drunk.
He was only hinting indirectly; the sect leader and the others didn't know who asked. It was Senior Brother Chang who bravely took the blame and was punished by being sent to the Discipline Cliff for half a month.
So don't casually inquire about the gossip of powerful figures or speak ill of them, or you really will get arrested.
Cheng Jiu said he had learned another piece of common knowledge about the cultivation world.
"So you're alright now, it's over?"
"It's just my master's punishment, plus three months as sect leader and one month as grand elder." Li Weixin's mood soured when he mentioned this.
"Then why don't you betray me? Just say that I forced you to tell."
"Absolutely not." Li Weixin became extremely terrified. "If they really find out that I've spread their gossip to the outer sect, they'll definitely skin me alive."
Cheng Jiu expressed his understanding, and Guadazi hurriedly logged off after explaining.
The brothers Gongcheng and Gongyu have also returned; it seems we should head to Tifeng tomorrow.
The main peak is larger and is divided into three parts: the inner gate, the outer gate, and the main peak.
Unlike Sword Peak, Body Peak is located near the Qingli Mountain Range, occupying a large area of Body Peak and accounting for 1/5 of the sect's territory.
Each person sleeps alone in a cave, and training takes place on the same large plain with many training facilities.
But they are all quite far apart. This place not only has waterfalls, but also volcanoes, deserts, and extreme ice fields—a wide variety of environments.
Physical training is essentially the process of forging the body into a weapon. The training is extremely rigorous, and the more hardship you endure, the stronger you become.
Not only are there more male disciples at Tifeng, but female disciples also make up nearly one-third of the student body.
The body cultivation lineage is relatively fair; it doesn't look at whether you are male or female, but rather at how hard you work and whether you can endure hardship.
In the lineage of physical cultivation, the gap between men and women has been infinitely narrowed.
There have also been quite a few female body cultivators. For some women who have aspirations but lack other talents, turning to body cultivation is a very good choice.
Not everyone seeks comfort and ease; some are always ambitious and want to reach new heights and compete with everyone else!
Body cultivation thus came into being, especially after the first master of body cultivation created the cultivation method based on his life experience, and the body cultivation lineage became very popular.
Initially, the cultivation world valued slenderness as beauty, and even imposed many restrictions on female cultivators, requiring them to be dignified, knowledgeable, gentle, and have a graceful figure.
Those who cultivate their physique through hardship and training might develop a bulky and muscular build, which is strongly opposed and could even be ridiculed by the entire social plane.
But at this time there was a woman who had practiced physical training since childhood and believed that what men could do, women could also do.
She endured ridicule along the way, but she fought back with her own fists until she broke through to the Mahayana stage and directly overturned the mountain with her own fists.
Anyone who mocked women practicing physical exercises, or who imposed various demands on women, was beaten by this powerful being and made to swear an oath to Heaven.
Finally, under the suppression of this powerful being, the atmosphere of the cultivation world was swept away.
She used her own strength to show all women that women can also train their bodies and pursue great strength, even if there are many aesthetic limitations.
However, the core aesthetic will always be the same: the strong are respected. As long as you are strong enough, their restrictions are a joke.
It is precisely because of this senior's guidance that many women have chosen to practice physical fitness!
That powerful figure was also the 70th generation leader of the Wuji Sect, and the first female leader in the cultivation world. Many women became sect leaders after her.
Besides the large square for regular physical training, there is also a fighting arena on the summit, where those who train often have short tempers and frequently engage in competitions.
The senior brother who came to pick them up introduced the three of them to the various places on the Body Peak. Body cultivators do not have houses, but rather huge caves. The caves are relatively simple, but you can place whatever you want inside.
The peak master of Tifeng was a very strong and muscular man. Although he was wearing the peak master's robe, the muscles he inadvertently revealed and his piercing eyes showed that he was extraordinary.
“It just so happens that my grand-nephew is about the same age as you, so you can cultivate together. Let him give you a proper introduction to Body Peak.”
He was also familiar with his three grandnephews, since they were in the same class when they became disciples. Cheng Jiu remembered that his name was Mao Maosheng.
"Mao Hongsheng, not Mao Maosheng." The boy said with a hint of helplessness.
"Oh, right, Mao Hongsheng!" Cheng Jiu clenched his fist and slammed it against his other hand, then met Mao Hongsheng's eyes. He was immediately embarrassed, realizing he had let something slip again.
"Cheng Jiu, please guide me in the future." She felt that as long as she wasn't embarrassed, it was others who would be embarrassed.
"Gongcheng/Gongyu." The two brothers also came over to introduce themselves.
"Haven't you guys explored the Sports Peak area yet? I'll take you there," Mao Hongsheng said, bringing up the topic.
The three were still very curious about Ti Feng and nodded hurriedly.
The senior brother patted Mao Hongsheng heartily and said, "Then, junior brother, I'll leave them to you. I'll take my leave now!"
"That's our senior brother Zhao Wenqi, at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage," Mao Hongsheng introduced. "Don't mind him, that's just his personality. I'll take you to see the training platform."
From a distance, it looked like a group of people carrying stones and cultivating. I have to say, it's truly worthy of being called the Body Peak.
A girl in pink fiercely smashed a stone, which was quite eye-catching and gave off a strong sense of a tough girl.
“She’s a new junior sister, and I’m sure you’ve all heard her story,” Mao Hongsheng said.
"What story?" The other two weren't as gossipy as Cheng Jiu, and at that time they barely had any rest time while learning spear and bow techniques.
"It's about the scandalous affairs of the Sword Peak Master's 130 disciples. Is she that younger sister or that fiancée?" Cheng Jiu only vaguely knew that one of them had entered the Body Peak and the other had entered the Music Peak.
"Of course it's my sister, and not just her. Look at the women around her who train with her, they're all his romantic entanglements."
Since she set an example, a steady stream of women have come to Guiyuan Sect demanding compensation, and almost half of them have ended up in our Tifeng.
The other party's confinement period has been extended to a century. Mao Hongsheng was still somewhat speechless.
"Because of him, our Tifeng Peak has become a must-visit place for female cultivators who love but cannot have him. Of course, my master is quite happy about it."
Because these women would give generous gifts as a "door-to-door" ceremony. However, their resentment was quite strong.
The other two learned about this scandal from Mao Hongsheng's introduction, exclaiming, "What a jerk!"
"And that's not all. I've heard that he's also deceived women in several other sects," Cheng Jiu complained.
"If it were me, I would cripple him if I encountered him," Gong Yu snorted.
Cheng Jiu looked at him with admiration. "That's right, that's exactly what we should do." But the other two were terrified.
Miyagi slapped him on the head: "You idiot, where did you learn that? How could you say something like that?"
"Brother, what if the other party provokes Junior Sister?" Gong Yu asked.
"Disable him!" Miyagi said without hesitation.
Cheng Jiu was moved: "We will always be good senior and junior brothers and sisters!"
Looking at the three people's excited expressions, Mao Hongsheng couldn't help but roll his eyes. What kind of nonsense is this?
I don't know why, even though he wasn't involved, he was doing something like picking his toes.
Awakening from his emotional state, Mao Hongsheng continued to introduce them to other cultivation sites. Under the waterfall, a group of people stood firmly in the waterfall or sat on the ground to cultivate, letting the thousand-foot waterfall wash over their bodies.
"Not only body cultivators, but also sword cultivators will come. I heard that they might comprehend the sword path under the impact of the waterfall."
Originally, this thousand-foot waterfall belonged to the former peak master of Shangshang Lefeng. He accidentally played a tune of clear spring water, which somehow stirred the heavens and earth, and that's how the thousand-foot waterfall appeared here.
This was an excellent place for cultivation, which is why the peak masters of Body Peak and Sword Peak fought over it.
In the end, of course, our ancestor won. And so, the title of Tifeng was awarded.
Those who cultivate here are primarily water-based body refiners. If Junior Brother Gong Yu is interested, he can come and cultivate here.
The volcano is primarily a place where female and male disciples with fire elemental roots cultivate.
The volcano was extremely hot. Without a fire spirit root, it would be suicidal to try to cultivate here. The scorching volcano slowly spewed out a wisp of fire essence, and nothing grew around it.
"This is actually an active volcano, but it has been suppressed by the array master. The fire essence is extremely beneficial to body cultivators who practice the fire refining method. Junior Brother Gongcheng can come and take a look."
Cheng Jiu felt a bit unwell here, and seemed listless. She had a wood spirit root, so she was really uncomfortable here. Mao Hongsheng knew this, so he didn't stay here for long.
The last stop was a forest, but unlike the rainforest she usually lived in, the forest here had an unusually rich spiritual energy.
“There is a level 12 demon here. It was captured by Master’s senior sister. Then the array master modified it and turned it into a natural cultivation array for body cultivators. It is very suitable for a wood spirit root like yours, junior sister.”
Cheng Jiu enjoyed the environment, squinting his eyes to savor it. "Thank you, senior brother, I really like it."
"Haha, you're welcome, you're welcome. Although you've all come to Body Peak to train, your spiritual roots are different, so the methods that suit you are also different. Therefore, you need to separate."
“Okay, senior brother.” The three indicated that they understood.
We've explored the remaining areas one by one. The desert is far from peaceful; quicksand comes from time to time, which really tests one's reaction speed. The Arctic Plains are where many people undergo freezing training.
After a brief look, Mao Hongsheng clapped his hands and said, "Now we're getting to the main event."
He led the three of them to a huge palace.
"Senior brother, this is!"
"The cafeteria! Our Tifeng cafeteria is very famous. Junior brothers and sisters, you'd better eat faster in the future, or there won't be any left if you come late."
The Body Peak does not restrict cultivation levels; even senior uncles who have mastered the art of fasting will come to eat.
However, you are not allowed to arrive early; if you do, you will be blacklisted.
"We can only come back to eat when the blacklist is removed." Mao Hongsheng slowly counted, "Five, four, three, two, one! Charge!"
With that, he grabbed the three of them and rushed towards the cafeteria. They quickly occupied a window.
Upon closer inspection, one could see rows upon rows of small stalls, with a dining window right in the center. "Master Uncle, ten bowls of braised pork, please!"
"Alright, Xiao Hongsheng, you've arrived early today, haven't you?" The handsome uncle smiled and served the four of them ten bowls of braised pork, ten bowls for each person.
"No, Master asked me to introduce Tifeng to some of my junior brothers and sisters, but it just so happened that I introduced them to the cafeteria!" Mao Hongsheng refused to answer this question with a loophole. He didn't want to be blacklisted if he got caught.
"Heh, trying to be clever. Make way, someone else is coming. Don't block the way." The uncle quickly served the four of them their food and waved his hand dismissively.
Mao Hongsheng didn't mind and led the three of them to a table for a meal.
"Hurry up and try it. It's rare for Uncle Nan to cook today. He's a level nine spiritual chef, and his cooking is the best in our canteen." Mao Hongsheng invited, "We didn't know he only cooks for seven days a month, and the time is not fixed. I went to great lengths to find out and specially brought you here."
"Delicious, delicious, it's comparable to my master's cooking." Cheng Jiu nodded. Apart from her master's alchemy and medicine making being unpalatable, her master's cooking skills were actually quite good.
The other two ate without even looking up, their master's skills were nowhere near as good as Master Cheng Jiu's.
No, it should be said that they had no skill. According to their master, he had lived a life of luxury and had never done such rough work since birth.
So their food was brought over by their master from the canteen on the main peak.
After finishing their meal, the four of them lay back contentedly on their chairs, while outside, disciples from the Body Peak swarmed into the dining hall like locusts.
The entrance was quite elegant; the elders used the "shrinking earth to an inch" technique to enter, and they were polite to each other.
The remaining disciples were almost all sorts of strange characters. For example, there was the baseball-throwing type. A strong disciple would throw a rather thin disciple into the cafeteria from the air like a baseball. The thin disciple would roll a few times after landing and then rush straight to the window.
There were also flying ones, thrown directly into the cafeteria from the air, and those that crashed around wildly—all sorts of things.
Moreover, because the disciples of Tifeng have a large training volume, they also have a large appetite. For example, Cheng Jiu and the other two had not yet cultivated, so they only ate a few bowls of braised pork, and Mao Hongsheng finished the rest.
These disciples are basically big eaters; they sit at the stall and eat as many portions as the other party makes.
No wonder the canteen is so big, like a seven-story palace, and it occupies the area of a mountain. If there weren't so many stalls making food, there simply wouldn't be enough to feed so many disciples.
After having a meal and resting for a while, the three of them continued to explore. The Tifeng Mountain was really huge. For example, the martial arts hall was full of martial arts techniques, openly displayed in the open field.
You can enter and stay for an hour by paying 100 contribution points. Whether you can comprehend the skills depends entirely on your comprehension. The martial arts skills in the training hall are basically at least of the Heavenly Rank.
The three of them strolled around until evening before preparing to rest. The next day, they were to go to the Kung Fu Hall to choose a Kung Fu technique, and then to the Martial Arts Hall to see if they could learn a martial art.
The master covered all the expenses for the three of them, and Ti Feng wasn't that generous.
Not long after returning to the cave, disciples carried in a foul-smelling bath tub filled with rare medicinal herbs, which were very beneficial for body tempering.
According to the disciple, this is the highest-grade medicinal bath, costing 10 contribution points per tub.
Body cultivation is indeed expensive; having a good master in this cultivation world really gives you a huge advantage.
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