He left the dormitory and rushed to the temple. After collecting the spiritual stones for half a year, he hurried back to the dormitory.

This time, two Bigu Pills were distributed along with the spirit stones.

The effect of Bigu Pill is to keep people away from hunger, and they can persist for a month without eating or drinking. It is the most suitable pill for retreat practice.

Lin Jingzhe was preparing to retreat, and these two Bigu Pills became the key things.

As soon as I swallowed the Bigu Pill, there was a knock on the door of the dormitory.

"who?"

Lin Jingzhe cleared her throat and shouted.

"It's me, Xiao Wu." Xiao Wu's voice came from outside the dormitory.

Lin Jingzhe was overjoyed and hurriedly opened the door of the building and called out: "Brother Xiao Wu."

"I haven't seen you for half a year, little Jingzhe, you've grown taller again." Xiao Wu walked in slowly, "Are you still complaining that Brother Wu didn't tell you when he moved to another place?"

"No way."

"How can you achieve great things if you are petty and coy?" Xiao Wu rolled his eyes at him.

"Yes." Lin Jingzhe said with a blushing face: "There was still some grievances just now, but now there is no more."

"That's fine. There should be no differences among brothers." Xiao Wu patted his shoulder and added: "It's not that I didn't come to tell you, but I'm afraid it will affect your cultivation."

"I know." Lin Jingzhe nodded.

"You have to know that we are children from the mountains with mediocre qualifications, so we must work harder than others." Xiao Wu said.

"Brother Xiao Wu, I understand."

"Well, you are the smartest kid in the village, and your cultivation will definitely be higher than ours in the future."

"I understand, Brother Xiao Wu, I will definitely work hard to practice."

"Little Jingzhe, the winter solstice has increased by five points this time in half a year."

"Winter Solstice? What level of Qi training is he at now?"

"Fourth floor."

"Ah." Lin Jingzhe was startled, with a face full of disbelief.

"I didn't believe it at first, but it turned out to be true. He is the most talented among the three of us."

"Dongzhi is the emperor's favored son, which means that we are not on the same path as him." Xiao Wu said sadly.

"Brother Xiao Wu, what level of Qi training are you at now?"

"Third level, and it didn't take long to break through." Xiao Wu said with a bitter smile.

"Jingzhe, what about you?"

"Two levels, I broke through today, and the four spiritual stones have been used up."

"Huh? You used four spirit stones to break through two levels?" Xiao Wu asked doubtfully.

Lin Jingzhe asked in astonishment: "Aren't you guys?"

"Is this my spiritual stone?" Xiao Wu spread out all his belongings and vaguely saw five or six bright, irregular-shaped stones.

"Is this? The spiritual stones you allocated at that time are still unused?"

"I used two of them, and the other two were accumulated by Xiaobi's ranking."

"Doesn't that mean that the spiritual stones I use to break through to the first level are twice as much as Brother Xiao Wu?"

Realizing that something was wrong, Li Jingzhe was suddenly startled. If he wanted to break through to foundation building, wouldn't he need countless spiritual stones to bake it?

"Punch it with all your strength and let me test your power."

"Okay, I've wanted to try for a long time to find out where the spiritual stones I sucked in vain went."

After finishing speaking, Lin Jingzhe squatted on the ground, clenched her fists and raised her fists.

"boom."

There was an explosion of sound in the air, and a vague shadow of a fist hit Xiao Wu who was standing still.

Xiao Wu also swung his fist and hit it.

"boom!"

There was a loud noise, the simple dormitory kept shaking, and dust flew into the sky.

After the collision of fists, Xiao Wu took two steps back, but Lin Jingzhe only took one step back.

"Sure enough, your punching power is twice that of others, and the spirit stones are not in vain." Xiao Wu patted his shoulder, took out four more spirit stones, and handed them to him.

"Brother Wu, this is impossible."

"You absorb twice as much spiritual power as others. If you really didn't have spiritual stones, wouldn't you have to stand still and hoard the land?"

Xiao Wu continued: "Don't be too busy refusing, Brother Wu also wants to ask for something."

"Brother Xiao Wu, what's the matter with you?" Lin Jingzhe asked in confusion.

"When I am promoted to Senior Brother, I will leave the mountain gate and go out for training. I may have to go far, far away. My father will trouble you to take care of me."

"Eldest brother?"

"I have inquired that the male disciples of our sect must be ranked number one and become senior brothers before they have the right to go down the mountain to experience." Xiao Wu added: "But you can rest assured that the senior disciples in the sect can also take the position of senior disciples.

That’s right.”

"The positions of senior brothers in our school often change?" Lin Jingzhe was puzzled.

"What's wrong? If you become a senior brother, you can return to secular life."

"Brother Xiao Wu, don't you think it's weird? If you become a senior brother, you will enjoy the highest treatment in the sect. Why do they want to return to the secular world?"

"At first I thought it was a bit strange. I asked the senior brothers in the sect and they said that although the position and benefits of senior brother are good, they are not as good as freedom."

"free?"

"Well, as long as you become a senior brother and can return to the secular world, you don't have to be tied to the interests of the master. The most important thing is that after returning to the secular world, you can also receive the rewards of returning to the secular world."

"What reward?"

"A medium-grade treasure."

"Treasure?"

"You are practicing in a dormitory, so you probably don't know the value of middle-grade treasures." Xiao Wu explained: "A low-grade treasure is worth ten low-grade spiritual stones, but a medium-grade treasure is worth hundreds of low-grade spiritual stones.

stone."

"So expensive?"

"Otherwise, why would you rather give up your position as senior brother?" Xiao Wu said, "We don't need to eat or drink hundreds of spiritual stones. We have to stay at the mountain gate for fifty or sixty years to accumulate enough."

"I see, the position of senior brother is quite popular."

Lin Jingzhe's face was full of longing, wishing that he was also a senior brother now, could return to secular life and come down from the mountains, wield his sword like the protagonists in those stories, and live freely in the world, why not do it.

But when I think about the large amount of spiritual stones that I need to cultivate to reach the position of senior master, I feel distressed. My qualifications are so poor, and it may be decades before I reach the position of senior master.

Xiao Wu patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "Practice hard, and when you become a senior brother, I will come over to celebrate with you even if I am thousands of miles away."

"Thank you, Brother Xiaowu."

"Between brothers, you're welcome, let's go."

Before Xiao Wu left, he put down four spiritual stones and patted him on the shoulder, continuing to encourage him.

Holding the spirit stone in his hand, Lin Jingzhe felt extremely heavy.

He did not participate in this half-year competition, and his ranking was still Lu Qi.

Half a year passed in a hurry.

During this period, he never met Xiao Wu again.

Xiao Wu didn't come to participate in the half-year competition, and he was nowhere to be seen during the winter solstice.

But he couldn't because there were not enough spiritual stones.

In the small competition, he won five points, rose to Lu Er, and received a "low-grade spiritual stone" as a trophy.

During this time, there were a lot of new faces in the mountain gate.

Returning to the dormitory, he hurriedly swallowed the Bigu Pill and entered selfless seclusion.

In the blink of an eye, another half year has passed.

There is still no breakthrough in cultivation, and I am still on the second level of Qi training.
Chapter completed!