Usually, when one came to an unfamiliar place, they would think of huddling together for warmth. It was inevitable that they would overlook things if they were alone. They would rarely refuse help and stay alone.
Such people were either very confident or had a huge secret that they did not want others to find out.
However, Jing Zhen did not seem to be confident, unlike Jing Xue who had excellent aptitude. Jing Zhen's aptitude was inferior to Chu Li's.
Among the three, Jing Xue had the best aptitude, followed by him and Jing Zhen.
Chu Li said, "I'll pick first."
He pointed at the innermost courtyard. "That one."
"That one." Jing Xue pointed at the one next to it.
Su Xin looked at Jing Zhen with a smile.
Jing Zhen pointed at the farthest one. "I'll pick this one."
"Very good." Su Xin nodded. "The three rooms you chose are all unoccupied. You have a good eye."
She was also looking at the three's intuition and senses.
Although they were far apart, those with keen intuition could already tell which courtyards were occupied and which were empty. If they could not, it meant that their intuition was slow and they had to be careful.
The most important thing in a fight was one's cultivation level, followed by intuition and experience. If one's intuition was not accurate, one's reaction would be weaker and they would not be able to defeat the strong. One had to be steady and not take risks.
Jing Xue asked, "Master's Junior Su Xin, what are we going to do next?"
"You'll consume a golden lotus," Su Xin said. "This is a generous treatment for new official disciples. It can save you a hundred years of cultivation."
The three of them looked at her in silence.
Su Xin said, "After you consume the golden lotus, you'll follow the team to fight and accumulate merit."
"And then?" Jing Xue asked.
Su Xin smiled sweetly. "Once you have enough merit, you can consume another golden lotus to increase your cultivation level."
"Master's Junior Su Xin, are we going to keep fighting?" Jing Xue frowned.
Su Xin said, "If you don't want to be enslaved by the Deity Race and become their slave, you can only do your best to resist. If one day, you can eliminate the Deity Race or expel them from this side of the world, then there will be peace. At that time, if you want to cultivate, you can cultivate. If you don't want to cultivate, then don't cultivate.
Jing Xue frowned. "The Enlightened Deity Clan is powerful?"
"We humans struggle bitterly while the Deity Clan oppresses the world." Su Xin lightly nodded and said, "But fortunately, our Lotus Flower Sect has the Goldpool. Even if we die in battle, we can reincarnate from the Goldpool."
"Then we're also undying and indestructible?" Jingxue asked, "We're no different from the Deity Clan. Why can't we defeat them?"
"They are born with divine might, and their vertical pupils can freeze people's souls." Su Xin shook her head and said, "Up until now, we still haven't found a way to restrain them, so once we fight with them, being able to escape is already a fluke. And Jinchi's reincarnation will wash away his past life's memories and cultivation. If we want to recover our past life's memories, we must cultivate to the ninth layer of the Secret Lotus Method."
"Lotus Flower Mystic Technique Ninth Heaven?" Jingxue asked, "Is it very difficult?"
"Difficult!" Su Xin lightly shook her head and said, "The Lotus Secret Technique is easy to cultivate but hard to master. The further you go, the more difficult it becomes. You need the assistance of the Golden Lotus. One Golden Lotus can increase your cultivation by 100 years. If you want to reach Ninth Heaven, you need at least 100 Golden Lotuses, and you also need enough comprehension. In short, there are only a mere nine people in our Lotus Flower Sect who have reached Ninth Heaven!"
Jingxue lightly nodded and said, "So in order to recover your past life's memories, everyone desperately cultivates and accumulates merit in order to obtain the Golden Lotus?"
"Exactly." Su Xin sighed and said, "You guys have just reincarnated, and your cultivation is shallow. After you consume a Golden Lotus in a while, you'll have the power to fight and obtain the Golden Lotus from there."
"How much merit to exchange for a Golden Lotus?" Jingxue asked.
Su Xin said, "Nobody knows. It depends on your own fate. As long as you have enough merit, a Golden Lotus will naturally condense on top of the Golden Lotus of Merit. Each of you can plant a Golden Lotus of Merit in your own courtyard."
"Are we going to plant our own Golden Lotus of Merit?" Jingzhen said in a deep voice.
Su Xin lightly nodded and said with a smile, "Do you guys think we're exchanging merit from the sect? If our Lotus Flower Sect really had so many Golden Lotuses, we would've long since beaten the Deity Race into fleeing! "
"So that's how it is …" Jingzhen slowly nodded.
Su Xin said, "Alright, let's go to your courtyard."
Supported by the lotus, she gracefully moved forward and arrived at Chu Li's small courtyard. After pushing the door open, she saw a small pond in the center of the courtyard. There was a slender and elegant lotus bud in the pond.
There was also an antique gazebo beside the lotus pond. There was a square table in the gazebo with a zither on it and a few plates of snacks. It was exquisite and tempting.
They were all people with sharp senses and could smell the faint fragrance. Their saliva involuntarily increased.
"This Golden Lotus of Merit is yours. Junior Nephew Jingru, use the secret lotus technique to stimulate it. When you feel it coming to life, throw it into the pond." Su Xin fished out a small purple box from her sleeve.
It seemed to be a purple jade with a faint flowing light. After opening it, there were three dazzling golden seeds the size of a fingernail. Su Xin picked one up and passed it to Chu Li.
Chu Li received it with both hands. "Thank you, Junior Uncle!"
Su Xin smiled and said, "This kind of lotus also pays attention to intuition. Heat control is the most important, so you have to stop when the sun first moves. If you stop your inner energy too late or too early, it will prolong the growth of the Golden Lotus of Merit."
Chu Li nodded lightly and placed it on his palm. Then, he activated his inner energy according to the secret lotus technique and continuously injected it into the seed.
The small seed was like a black hole that continuously devoured inner energy. Chu Li felt that his inner energy was almost completely devoured. Only when two more waves of inner energy surged from the lotus wheel did something strange happen.
His senses were sharp. Once he noticed the abnormality, he immediately stopped and threw it into the pond.
"Bang!" It was like a boulder falling into the lotus pond.
However, there was only a small ripple, as if a small stone had fallen into the pond.
Everyone stared at the pond.
After a while, the budding lotus flowers suddenly bloomed. The pond was filled with lotus flowers and a faint fragrance filled the air.
"Good!" Su Xin clapped and praised. "The heat control is the most suitable. Junior Nephew Jingru, you have a good comprehension!"
She was full of smiles and looked delicate and alluring.
Chu Li smiled and said, "Which one is the Golden Lotus of Merit?"
He did not find the Golden Lotus of Merit.
"All of them are and none of them are," Su Xin said. "The Golden Lotus of Merit is invisible and traceless. It lives on the lotus. As long as there is enough merit, one of the lotus flowers will naturally bear a golden lotus."
Chu Li nodded in realization. In that case, he would not be able to destroy the Golden Lotus of Merit.
Jingxue said, "Come to my place."
"Let's go." Su Xin smiled. "If there's anything you're not used to living here, you can tell the attendants. There's no need to be restrained!"
"Yes." Chu Li nodded.
"Come with us. Let's take a look at their Golden Lotus of Merit." Su Xin said, "Junior Nephews Jingxue and Jingzhen might not be as lucky, but there's no need to rush. They might only be a few days late."
Chu Li followed them to Jingxue's courtyard. Jingxue picked up a lotus seed and focused on channeling it for a while before throwing it into the pond.
"Bang!" After a dull sound, the lotus flowers in the pond bloomed. It was not inferior to Chu Li's.
However, when it came to Jingzhen's place, it only bloomed after two hours.
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