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Chapter 457: Qingyun Peak
🕑 Added 2024-11-07 09:58:01 +0000 UTCNevertheless, when it came to fallen leaves, if the tree itself didn’t drop them, someone could help shake a few loose.
Every now and then, shaking off a few leaves didn’t hurt the flourishing Ten Mile Peach Tree, and new leaves would grow back quickly. No harm done.
After distributing the Peach Leaf Pendants, Liu Yunan asked Bai Shu, "How is the naming of your mountain coming along? Has everyone agreed on a name?"
Bai Shu, who had been diligently tracking the progress of this task, immediately pulled a small notebook from his storage pouch and replied, "Elder Liu, so far, we have three names that have received the most votes, but the one that stands out with significantly more votes than the others is 'Qingyun Peak.'"
"'Qingyun Peak'? That sounds good. Since it has the most votes, why not go with that?" Liu Yunan said.
However, it was clear he wasn't just asking Bai Shu's opinion. As soon as he finished speaking, he used a voice amplification technique to ask all the new disciples for their input once more.
Upon hearing his question, the crowd immediately responded loudly, "Yes!"
"With a favorable wind, I shall ascend to Qingyun," seemed to reflect the feelings of every new disciple who had experienced life as a cultivator for the past twenty days.
Even if some preferred other names, this one resonated with everyone.
With over a hundred people, it was impossible to please everyone, but as long as most found it acceptable, it was a success.
Besides, the naming process had already dragged on for twenty days, which was long enough.
Thus, the residential area of the new disciples finally had an official name: Qingyun Peak.
At this point, the housing construction on Qingyun Peak was nearing completion, with just the roofs left to be tiled.
The tiles were provided by the sect, ordered by Hu Liang through the village chief, Du Liushui, from the county. Once the supplier had finished making the tiles, they were delivered to the village, and Hu Liang, along with a few disciples, used their storage pouches to transport them back to the sect.
Currently, they were using ordinary tiles. If the new disciples—or as they would now be called, the disciples of Qingyun Peak—wanted more durable tiles in the future, they would have to craft them themselves at the Artifact Hall.
In fact, any future upgrades to their living conditions would rely on their cultivation progress, skills, and their ability to earn spirit stones to either buy or create what they needed.
Improving their living conditions through personal effort and cultivation was something all members of Lingxian Sect believed the newcomers should get used to.
After all, that’s how they had grown up.
This afternoon was the day of tiling for Qingyun Peak.
Now that all the disciples of Qingyun Peak had successfully achieved Qi Gathering, even though they hadn’t started learning any spells yet, their overall physical fitness had improved significantly compared to twenty days ago.
As a result, their efficiency increased day by day.
By the afternoon, their speed in finishing the roofing was impressive.
Before the sun had completely set, all the roofs were tiled.
Normally, after building a house, it would need time to dry, meaning the disciples would have to spend a few more nights in their temporary huts.
However, this was Lingxian Sect.
That evening, the disciples of Qingyun Peak watched as Elder Hu, who had guided them through the construction, took out something called a formation disk and placed it at the center of the housing area, infusing it with spiritual energy.
In the next moment, the disciples saw their houses dry out before their very eyes, with no signs of cracking as if they had naturally air-dried over time.
That very night, the disciples of Qingyun Peak were able to move into the houses they had built with their own hands.
After spending twenty days in makeshift shelters, the excitement of moving into sturdy, green-tiled houses they had constructed themselves was indescribable.
The disciples divided themselves into courtyards and rooms by gender, and soon began packing up their bedding from the huts to move indoors.
While the Qingyun Peak disciples were enthusiastically making their beds in their new rooms, Lin Xiao, who was in the middle of his cultivation, received a system notification:
Ding—Congratulations on the successful establishment of the sect’s first disciple peak, [Qingyun Peak]. Rewards have been sent to your personal vault. Please check to receive them.
Every group needs a leader. Please select an outstanding peak lord for Qingyun Peak as soon as possible to oversee the management of the peak.
Lin Xiao immediately checked what rewards he had received.
Opening his personal vault, he barely had time to register the various items before his eyes locked on the most significant one—an additional 5,000 spirit stones.
What?!
The system had actually rewarded him with 5,000 spirit stones!
Unexpectedly generous!
Did this mean there were no other rewards beyond the spirit stones?
Lin Xiao quickly searched through the vault and found that wasn’t the case.
In addition to the spirit stones, there was more.
It was... a full-grade first-tier spiritual vein?!
Lin Xiao was stunned.
He recalled all the tasks he had completed in the past, for which the rewards were typically fragments of first-tier spiritual veins. It took collecting three fragments to synthesize a complete spiritual vein.
Yet now, after completing the establishment of Qingyun Peak—without even being assigned a task—the system had directly rewarded him with a full first-tier spiritual vein...
And the rewards didn’t stop there.
As Lin Xiao continued to inspect, he discovered another item—a perfectly clear mirror called the Mirror of True Heart.
He took out the mirror for a closer look. It was incredibly clear, but it wasn’t made of copper or glass. The frame was silver, and the material resembled crystal.
The Mirror of True Heart was about three meters long and two and a half meters wide, a rather sizable piece.
However, it lacked a frame, making it seem a bit plain.
Returning it to his vault, Lin Xiao activated the system’s identification feature, which displayed the following description:
Mirror of True Heart: To correct one's self and heart, to perceive one’s nature clearly, only then can one understand the path ahead.
It was incredibly concise.
Perhaps due to Lin Xiao's elevated cultivation level, the system seemed to regard him more highly now, providing only brief and enigmatic descriptions.
Given the generosity of this reward and the system’s usually reliable track record, Lin Xiao didn’t bother arguing over the vague explanation.
Considering the existence of the sect’s Path of Reflection, he reasoned that the Mirror of True Heart’s function wouldn’t overlap with it. Based on the system’s consistent integrity, it was unlikely to provide redundant features.
He reasoned that, according to the description, the Mirror of True Heart might be related to the Path of Reflection, but a more advanced version.
The Mirror of True Heart might actually be better named Mirror of Enlightenment.
After some thought, Lin Xiao decided that since this mirror was likely a valuable tool for self-reflection and enlightenment, it should be placed somewhere easily accessible, where everyone could use it regularly.
With that decision made, the spirit stones and spiritual vein were temporarily set aside. Lin Xiao immediately took the Mirror of True Heart and placed it at the entrance to the sect’s mountain path, where all could see and use it as they passed by.
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