Human stumps.
Or rather, human trees. As the name suggested, humans were trees. They were planted one by one, allowed to grow, and then bear fruit.
From the moment Lu Sheng thought of this possibility, he could vaguely feel a faint aura rising from the bodies of the people around him.
This aura was like mist and smoke, and was ethereal. If he wasn't extremely sensitive to Devil Essence, he wouldn't be able to feel it.
Lu Sheng looked up. Everyone around him, including Cheng Kongzi at the edge of the cliff, was emitting an indescribable aura.
All of the aura condensed into a blurry lake above their heads, rippling and flowing.
"This is …!?" Lu Sheng stared closely at the lake.
The colorless and transparent aura lake covered everyone's heads. It was like a real liquid lake, and occasionally rippled.
"Now, visualize the rising sun, and absorb all rays of light …" Cheng Kongzi said.
As soon as he finished speaking, golden threads rose from the heads of some people below him. The golden threads shot into the lake above, and sucked in the mist like snakes.
Some people were unmoved. Faint golden threads appeared above their heads, but they couldn't condense at all. They were forcefully shattered by the other golden threads, and absorbed and digested.
'As expected …' Lu Sheng was shocked. Just as he expected, the people here and the cultivators here were even crueler than in the Great Song.
In the Great Song, those without talent or bloodline could only live their lives as normal people.
However, in the Great Yin, they stole other people's Essence Qi to strengthen themselves. The strong became stronger, and the weak became weaker. The difference between the levels was even greater.
He could faintly see that Cheng Kongzi swallowed the most mist. Almost half of the lake was swallowed by him. The rest was divided among the talented disciples.
The so-called talented ones were less than one-tenth of the people here.
The morning class ended quickly.
Zhong Yuan and the others all had talent. Although they couldn't sense Qi yet, they could already feel something strange in their bodies. Therefore, they were all excited and expectant. They stood together in high spirits, and discussed something in low voices.
The others without golden threads were mentally exhausted, as if they had been tired for a long time.
Lu Sheng stood alone at the side, looking up at the sky.
A faint golden barrier floated above the entire Spring Sun Sect. Before, he thought that this was a giant protective formation created by the Spring Sun Sect, but now that he saw it again, he realized that it was a formation that absorbed Essence Qi.
This formation would constantly absorb all the Essence Qi in the bodies of the living beings below.
"What a cruel world." When he first joined the sect, all he saw was a scene of harmony and harmony. But now that he knew the truth, he realized how evil the Spring Sun Sect was.
However, on second thought, he realized that these cultivators might not even know what the nature of this cultivation method was.
The strong sucked the weak, the weak sucked the weaker, and the even weaker sucked the ordinary people. As for ordinary people … if they failed to practice martial arts, they would become even weaker.
"Brother Lu, how are you? Do you feel that kind of numb and itchy feeling? "Zhang Kairong moved closer and whispered.
Lu Sheng ignored him.
"Of course Brother Lu will be fine. Isn't it unnecessary to ask this?" Zhong Yuan spoke for Lu Sheng.
"If you can sense Qi in three days, you can directly become an inner sect disciple." Chen Fengnan was a bit nervous, but more confident and expectant. "There are 132 inner sect disciples in the Spring Sun Sect. There's a test every year to eliminate the weak and promote the strong. Just sensing Qi isn't enough. Does everyone want to learn some self-defense skills? "
The few of them talked about all sorts of things as they headed back. It was almost noon, and it was time for lunch.
Lu Sheng, however, was still thinking back to the scene of the golden barrier covering the entire sky.
If he guessed correctly, the Great Yin … was even crueler than the Great Song.
After lunch, he didn't go back to take a nap. Instead, he pretended to take a walk and went to the Logistics Hall at the side of the Dao Palace.
This was the area for cooking, doing odd jobs, and fetching water. Newly joined disciples with mediocre aptitudes would also be assigned here to do odd jobs.
Those who could sense Qi had the right to become disciples. No matter if they were in the inner or outer sect, they wouldn't be odd jobs. If they couldn't sense Qi, they could only be odd jobs.
Lu Sheng first passed by the kitchen area. From the outside, he could see many people busy carrying water and chopping wood. It was very busy.
He wore a clean and neat green robe, which was very eye-catching in this smoky area.
Before anyone could ask him what he was doing, Lu Sheng left first. Then, he passed by the Discipline Hall, the Supply Hall, the Pill and Weapon Hall, and finally the Root Seeking Hall.
The Root Seeking Hall was very quiet. Occasionally, some disciples walked out with dejected expressions. These disciples carried bags and walked out of the Dao Palace under the watchful eyes of the guards.
"No! No! I don't want to leave!! "A shrill cry could be heard from inside the hall.
"Then go do odd jobs. You can enter the outer sect when you can sense Qi." A calm female voice came from inside.
Lu Sheng stood at the door. Soon, he saw a few dispirited gray-robed disciples supporting each other as they walked out. One of them was a girl. Her eyes were swollen from crying and her knees were covered in blood. Supported by her companions, her face was pale and she bit her lower lip. Obviously, she was the one who made the sound.
The few of them also saw Lu Sheng standing outside. Noticing the green robe and the symbol on his body, envy and respect flashed across their eyes. Then, they quickly lowered their heads, afraid that the others would notice the complicated emotions in their eyes.
Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes. He watched as the few of them walked past him and into the distance.
He looked left and right, then turned and slowly left.
In the afternoon, Lu Sheng was supposed to continue cultivating his True Qi and strive to sense Qi. But Lu Sheng did not mind at all. He could already control that kind of Qi. It was a variant of the inner Qi that he usually cultivated. It was purer and more powerful than inner Qi, but its essence was still inner Qi.
This kind of Qi was also called Qi by the people here, but its full name was True Qi. It was different from the Inner Qi cultivated by normal Inner Qi.
True Qi was stronger than Inner Qi, but not as liquid Qi, Devil Qi, or Devil Essence. It was a kind of intermediate energy.
But what shocked Lu Sheng was that this method of cultivating True Qi was created by stealing other people's Essence Qi.
He left the Logistics Hall and left the Palace alone.
The Spring Sun Sect didn't restrict the freedom of its disciples. They could leave and return as they pleased. They probably knew that no one would want to leave, which was why they were so relaxed.
Lu Sheng followed the address he knew and went to Sleeping Moon County. In a busy area, he found Wu Quansheng's Wu Manor.
On the way, he could feel that the people around him were looking at him strangely.
Envy, awe, fear, and all sorts of complicated gazes mixed together in a messy mess. For the first time, Lu Sheng felt like he was a spotlight, with all the light shining on him from all directions.
It was obvious how much influence the Spring Sun Sect's clothes had on ordinary people.
In front of the Wu Family's mansion, two servants were yawning lazily and chatting about something. As soon as they saw Lu Sheng approaching, they hurriedly stood up. When they saw the word "Spring Sun" embroidered on Lu Sheng's robe, they forced a flattering smile on their faces and approached him of their own accord.
"So it's the master of the Spring Sun Sect. What brings you here? If you're looking for my master, he went somewhere far away today and hasn't returned yet, "one of the servants said fawningly.
The door behind him opened, and a shadow ran to inform the people in the manor.
"I'm looking for Wu Quansheng," Lu Sheng said calmly.
"Young Master failed again … How does he know him …?" One of the servants couldn't help but mutter. He was immediately pushed by another servant and interrupted.
"Right away, please wait. We'll inform Young Master immediately!"
Lu Sheng was led into the mansion. Before he reached the main hall, he saw Wu Quansheng hurriedly jogging over, his face glowing. Even before he reached Lu Sheng, he was already bowing at the waist to Lu Sheng.
"Big Brother Lu! Thank you for helping me before! "
"It was nothing," Lu Sheng said calmly. "I'm here to ask you something."
"Big Brother, I'll tell you anything I know!" Wu Quansheng said excitedly.
It was obvious that he was very happy. After failing so many times, his status in the family had plummeted. He was much less important than before.
Now that Lu Sheng, a disciple of the Spring Sun Sect, had come to find him, his status in the family had risen quite a bit.
The two entered Wu Quansheng's courtyard. The servants brought over dried fruits and other snacks, and then brought over two cups of sour plum soup to relieve the heat.
"Big Brother Lu, just tell me what you need. As long as I can do it, I, Wu Quansheng, will do everything I can to help!" Wu Quansheng mistakenly thought that Lu Sheng was here to borrow money. However, most people who came to find him were here to borrow money.
"I'm not here to borrow money," Lu Sheng said casually. "I just want to ask some questions."
"Questions? Go ahead, Big Brother Lu, "Wu Quansheng said seriously.
"Don't worry, it's not a secret. I just want to ask. The Spring Sun Sect recruits new disciples every time, and many disciples are eliminated every year. How are these eliminated disciples doing? Do you know? "Lu Sheng said seriously.
"Eliminated disciples …" Wu Quansheng's expression froze. "On the path of cultivation, if you don't advance, you'll fall behind. It's like sailing against the current. If you succeed, you'll step onto the path of Dao. If you don't succeed, you won't have anything to say … If you don't cultivate Qi, then it'll have a bad effect on your body. If you don't die, then most of them will become weak and weak …"
"Weak and weak?"
"Yes. Before cultivating Qi, it's a drain on the body. Only after cultivating Qi can one replenish one's True Fate and recover one's lifespan. Not only the Spring Sun Sect, but many other sects are the same, "Wu Quansheng said seriously. "To tell you the truth, I've been to other sects before, but I'm stuck at this stage. If it weren't for the fact that my family is quite well off and that I eat a lot of tonics and train my body, I would've become extremely weak from cultivating."
"Can one cultivate Qi alone?" Lu Sheng asked again.
"This … I don't know, but all the sects are the same. In the beginning, one must cultivate at a designated place by the sect, or else it'll be useless. After cultivating Qi, one can probably cultivate alone. But without a spiritual land, progress will be very slow, "Wu Quansheng replied.
He was a bit confused. Wasn't this common knowledge? Did Big Brother Lu have some special reason for asking this? He had no way of knowing.
"I understand …" Lu Sheng nodded. "If there's any trouble, you can come find me at the Spring Sun Sect."
"Uh …" Wu Quansheng paused. He immediately saw Lu Sheng turn around and leave the yard, walking into the distance. He wanted to ask how he could find him, since the Spring Sun Sect had so many people …
But Lu Sheng didn't even give him the chance to ask. His figure didn't walk very fast, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Back at the Spring Sun Sect, Lu Sheng also began to formally cultivate the Single Morning Sun Qi.
The next morning, he and the others gathered at the cliff for the morning class.
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