Chapter 7

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Inside the Forging Hall.

As one of the top halls of the Immortal Destiny Sect, there were dozens of disciples in the Forging Hall, with cultivation bases ranging from Qi Refining to Foundation Building. There were also supervising Golden Core elders with higher cultivation bases. The spirit items they forged range from the most common spirit swords to high-end spirit treasures. They would not just be used within the sect, but even marketed outside.

Within the hall, dozens of forges of different levels were blazing with flames of various colours. None of these flames were ordinary. They were all True Fires that even cultivators could only barely manage to control. The Qi Refining disciples generally only had access to the Samadhi True Fire, while Foundation Building disciples could try to control the Triassic Earthfire, and the elders could use higher-level spirit flames.

Since the flames were intense, the place naturally repulsed negative energy, so the hall exclusively comprised male cultivators. Forging spirit tools consumed both True Energy and physical strength, so after long-term exercise, every single disciple of the Forging Hall had become a muscular man.

With many people, the rules were strict, and a hierarchy was formed. Qi Refining disciples were mostly menial labourers; Foundation Building disciples were the core of the forging hall; the elders held the actual power.

“I heard that you were defeated by a disciple of the Immortal Herb Hall?” From the elders’ rooms, an old cultivator questioned with a sombre expression.

“Yes.”

Joe Bloggs knelt on the ground and replied respectfully. On the assessment arena, he had been sent flying by one punch from a new disciple. The news had quickly spread all over the sect.

“My strength was weak, leading me to embarrass the entire Forging Hall. Elder, please punish me!”

Thinking of his experience that day, Joe Bloggs felt as if he had betrayed his hall. He had already been practicing Savage Wind for some time, and he thought that even a cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining would have to treat it with care, let alone someone at the 5th Rank. However, the Savage Wind was directly resisted without causing the slightest injury.

What’s even worse was that the guy made him the joke of the whole sect! Now everybody knew that an examiner had been defeated by a newly enrolled disciple for the very first time since the new examination format was introduced!

“There will naturally be a punishment. However, you should first tell me about the situation at the time; don’t miss any details,” the elder said lightly.

Joe Bloggs nodded to confirm, and began telling the elder about the situation at the time without any abridgement, including Linglong’s arrival to watch the battle, how Ye Xing received the Minor Five-Elemental Spells, how he counterattacked, until the moment Ye Xing’s last punch broke his self-protection spell and beat him off the court.

After narrating for a while, Joe Bloggs’s mouth was dry, but he didn’t dare to be too presumptuous in front of the elder, so he could only swallow silently.

“Resisting Savage Wind unscathed, and being able to shatter Earth Wall with the body, he should be a relatively rare physique cultivator. Although he could resist the Minor Five-Elemental Spells of wind and earth, when facing inferior-grade but more damaging fire spells, he chose to avoid. From this, his cultivation base should not exceed Foundation Building.”

After thinking for a while, the elder gave his analysis.

The so-called physique cultivation was the practice of refining True Energy into the flesh and blood, so that the flesh would become incomparably hard like a spirit or immortal treasure. Legends said, by cultivating this way to the Mahayana Realm, one would gain infinite power, and could shake the sky with a clap and sunder the earth with a stomp.

Due to the titanic consumption of energy during physique cultivation and the extremely strict requirement for talent, the people who could practice it were exceedingly rare. Gradually, it had become regarded as an inferior cultivation path.

“The other person should have hidden his true cultivation base; the ranks of physique cultivation are different from those of ordinary cultivators. So, it turns out that he probably chose the Immortal Herb Hall to take advantage of the convenience of embezzling spirit plants for his own cultivation.” The elder shook his head, feeling sure of his own analysis. With his real Golden Core True Person’s vision, he could see the matter much deeper than the Qi Refining junior.

“The Immortal Herb Hall can be counted as lucky this time; who knows from where a physique cultivator randomly appeared. However, it will still be impossible to reverse the decline with just a mere physique cultivator A few days ago, I asked you to specially build a batch of flawed spirit tools, did you build them properly?”

“They have all been built. According to the instructions of the elder, after they infuse true energy, there will be a repulsive force in the material, causing damage to the spirit plants. We bribed the people from the Administration Hall when they sent the tools to the Immortal Herb Hall, and by this time, they should have already started using them.” Joe Bloggs said.

“Very good. Without the spirit tools, let’s see how those few people can farm? Is it possible to till the spirit soil, comparable in hardness to solid stone, by hand?”

The elder nodded in satisfaction, and Joe Bloggs sighed lightly. The elder of the Forging Hall was notoriously moody. If Joe angered him, he wouldn’t escape suffering.

“In any case, this time the Immortal Herb Hall must be closed, and its name removed from the Immortal Destiny Sect. As for the extra budget afterwards, we can contest for it normally. It doesn’t matter if we don’t get any, just don’t let our old enemies take it. Do you understand?”

“Disciple understands.” Joe Bloggs responded sycophantly. The elder’s temperament was highly unpredictable; only when dealing with the Immortal Herb Hall would he be extremely stubborn. Joe was a little puzzled as to why the Immortal Herb Hall, supported only by a female disciple at the peak of Qi Refining, and ranked last year after year, could let the top halls unite to deal with it.

He suppressed those thoughts. In short, there was a Golden Core-level elder overseeing the matter, so the Immortal Herb Hall had no chance of a lucky escape. This time, he made a mistake regarding the Immortal Herb Hall, which caused the elder to be unhappy.

“Joe Bloggs, among the Qi Refining disciples in the Forging Hall, you are the only one that’s comparatively intelligent. The others only know about refining equipment and don’t know how to communicate. I still have some expectations of you,” the elder said in a majestic tone.

“Disciple is terrified!” Joe Bloggs immediately grovelled on the floor, afraid to look directly at the elder.

“Since this is your first offense, you will only be punished to guard the Triassic Earthfire room for one month. Any objections?” The elder overbearingly proclaimed his punishment.

“Thank you Elder!”

Fortunately, it’s only guarding the spirit fire room, Joe Bloggs thought. After kowtowing respectfully, he left the elder’s room.

Immortal Herb Hall, I am waiting to see the day you close!