Early in the morning, the sun was bright and beautiful, and everything looked quite beautiful.
Under the illumination of the faint sunlight, the surroundings were bright and spacious, giving people endless reverie.
Within an ordinary household in the Flowing Cloud Sect's territory.
A young man said goodbye to his family and headed towards the Flowing Cloud Sect.
As he walked, his neighbors hurriedly came up and gave him their blessings.
"The Liu family's second son has been chosen by the Flowing Cloud Sect's Immortals and is about to go cultivate."
"I heard that not only did he have talent, but he also passed the examination. After studying, he can be sent out to become an official in another county …"
"Ai, my boy also passed the examination, but it's a pity that he doesn't have talent and can't cultivate, so he can only become an official …"
"This is already quite good; it's much better than us farming for our entire lives."
Everyone whispered to each other, and not too far away, there would be envious gazes looking over at the young man.
Liu Yang calmly accepted these envious gazes, feeling quite pleased.
The Flowing Cloud Sect had unified the Yue Kingdom for decades, and they had made many changes to the Yue Kingdom.
The most obvious change was that they had unified the examinations for cultivators and officials.
In the past, whether it was cultivators or officials, the examinations and examinations were quite crude.
Due to the limitation of resources and manpower, cultivation sects would only recruit disciples from cultivation clans, and only from those clans that had the bloodline of cultivators.
This was because the chances of ordinary people having talent for cultivation were too low. Moreover, compared to people from cultivator clans, ordinary ordinary people did not have much of an advantage, nor did they have enough wealth to support their cultivation.
As for the officials, it was the same. They only looked at the recommendations of the officials, and it was extremely chaotic.
After the Flowing Cloud Sect unified the Yue Kingdom, they had completely changed this situation.
Under Chen Heng's actions, the Flowing Cloud Sect had set up magic formations in every county, leaving behind Spirit Formations that could be used to examine one's talent.
The people nearby only needed to go to the Spirit Formation to examine whether they had talent or not.
Moreover, it was free.
Of course, it was only free the first time; after that, they would have to pay.
However, normally speaking, testing one's aptitude was enough. Testing it again would only be a waste.
This had taken up a large amount of resources, and if it wasn't for the fact that the Flowing Cloud Sect had already suppressed the entire Yue Kingdom and possessed the wealth of the entire Yue Kingdom, it would have been impossible for them to do this.
After that, the Flowing Cloud Sect spent a few more years to create a set of basic tuition fees for the children of the right age to go and study.
Compared to the previous matter, the efficiency of this matter was relatively low, but it also created opportunities for many mortals.
A large number of mortals had the opportunity to make a name for themselves. The benefits that originally belonged only to cultivator clans were now open to most people.
At the very least, for most mortals, as long as they lived within the State of Yue, they could test their aptitude.
Even if one did not have the aptitude, as long as they were willing, they could still study in the academies established by the government and change their destiny.
After dozens of years, the number of disciples in the Sky Cloud Martial School had already expanded.
A large number of mortals benefited from this and changed their own destinies.
Liu Yang was one of them.
His ancestors were all mortals, and his father was just an ordinary shepherd.
If it was in the past, with his family background, he wouldn't have had the chance to cultivate, nor would he have had the chance to study. He could only spend his life at the bottom of society as a shepherd.
However, the Flowing Cloud Martial School had changed all of this.
When he was young, he had been tested to have aptitude, so he had successfully entered the academy established by the Flowing Cloud Martial School.
Now, he had officially stepped onto the path of cultivation, becoming a Spirit Cultivation Level 1 cultivator.
Only after reaching this step, according to the rules of the Flowing Cloud Sect, could he truly enter the Flowing Cloud Sect and become a true disciple.
Liu Yang had long since been looking forward to this.
"According to the Flowing Cloud Martial School's newest rules, as an official disciple under the age of 20, I can receive an extra allowance. Every month, I will receive a spirit stone and three spirit pills."
Thinking back to the information he had obtained, Liu Yang could not help but feel excited.
A spirit stone and three spirit pills.
This might not be much for others, but for low-level cultivators who had just entered the Spirit Cultivation Level, it was quite a lot.
These things were the allowance given to new disciples, and only official disciples who were under the age of 20 and had entered the Spirit Cultivation Level could receive them.
Calculating the time, Liu Yang just happened to meet the conditions.
He was only 15 years old, and he could receive this allowance for another five years.
"In five years, by the time I turn 20, I should be able to reach Spirit Cultivation Level 4 or 5. Perhaps I will be able to become an Outer Court Disciple …"
On the way, Liu Yang felt incredibly excited, and he had already made plans for the future. "As long as I become an Outer Court Disciple, I will be able to receive new allowances."
"Even if I can't, I can find opportunities to earn spirit stones."
The Flowing Cloud Martial School's Outer Court Disciples had not been so strict.
In the past, the Outer Court Disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect only needed to be at the Spirit Refinement realm. Spirit Refinement Level 1 cultivation was more than enough.
However, as the Flowing Cloud Martial School continued to develop, there were many disciples in the Flowing Cloud Martial School. As such, the requirements for disciples had become higher.
Even the most ordinary Outer Court Disciple would need to have Spirit Cultivation Level 4 or 5 to enter the Flowing Cloud Martial School.
As for those who were below Spirit Cultivation Level 4 or 5, they could only be servant disciples and be responsible for the most tiring work.
Now, all cultivators below Foundation Building could only work in the Outer Court; only true Foundation Building cultivators could enter the Inner Court.
As long as it was a level higher, the true inheritors had already been renamed to core disciples, and the requirements were even higher.
The requirements were incredibly strict.
The path to the Flowing Cloud Martial School was not too difficult.
Over the past few decades, under the Flowing Cloud Martial School's development plans, many of the Yue Kingdom's infrastructures had been improved.
A large number of cultivators were dispatched to various places to build roads. They built good roads and other constructions in various places.
Even though Liu Yang's disciple came from a small, remote city, the official roads there were not bad.
Walking on the road, Liu Yang could hear other people sighing.
According to the sighs of those peddlers, more than ten years ago, there wasn't such an easy path to walk on.
Not only had there not been good roads, but there had also been many dangers.
"What dangers?"
Liu Yang asked curiously, "The wild beasts outside?"
In front of him, the merchants looked at each other and could not help but laugh.
"The wild beasts are not much; the important thing is the people."
A boorish man came up and patted Liu Yang's shoulder before smiling, "In the past, the Yue Kingdom was not so peaceful."
Following this, they started to tell stories of the past.
In the past, the situation in the Yue Kingdom had been quite chaotic.
Of course, it was not just the Yue Kingdom, but the surrounding regions.
This was the background of the world. Mortals' lives were like grass, and they were cut off time and time again.
There were cultivators who killed people, and demonic cultivators who killed mortals to cultivate.
In the past, countless mortals in the Yue Kingdom had been killed or injured during the demonic cultivator's rebellion.
Even though the righteous cultivators did not view mortals as consumables, they did not pay much attention to them, nor did they view each other as the same kind.
Even among mortals, there was still inequality and oppression.
Nobles, Emperors … all sorts of people seemed quite good, but to mortals, they were all oppressors.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible to expect the lives of mortals to be wonderful.
At that moment, Liu Yang listened to these merchants talk about the past.
In the past, there were bandits running amok everywhere. If passing merchants encountered them, they would either lose their money or lose all their money.
"Did the government and the nearby Sects not care about this?"
Looking at the merchants in front of him, Liu Yang frowned and asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding merchants looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
"How could it be so easy?"
They said.
Liu Yang felt quite confused at first, but he understood after hearing the others' explanations.
In the past, those Sects were not the same as the Flowing Cloud Sect.
To the people in the past, mere bandits were not worth their time. In fact, some of them were even supporters of those bandits.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible to expect them to help these ordinary merchants.
Even though there were occasionally people who acted bravely for the sake of justice, they were in the minority and did not help the situation.
However, the situation was different now.
Now, within the Yue Kingdom, the Flowing Cloud Sect ruled over everything. The bandits that once filled the Yue Kingdom had all disappeared.
Even though there were some survivors, they could only leave Yue Country and move to other countries.
As for the passers-by, at least in the State of Yue, they would be able to obtain peace.
"It's a pity that we can only do this in Yue Country."
A merchant from another country sighed and couldn't help but say, "It would be great if other places could do the same."
As traveling merchants, they needed to travel to many places and deeply understand the differences and peculiarities of each place.
Compared to the situation within Yue Country, the situation in other places was not much different, just like Yue Country in the past.
It was not safe for mortals to walk on the roads, and they might fall into danger at any time.
In response, many people sighed.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
