"It went quite well, everyone's attention was on your disciple — — - this trick worked quite well" Qing Rou also commented.
"It's just a trick, the real battle is coming up" Gu Qing Shan commented.
He looked around, observing the layout of the room.
Qi Yan was a Virtualized realm cultivator, and the son of the sect master, but his room was very ordinary.
Gu Qing Shan didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
The only thing that caught his attention was a spirit jade carving.
Gu Qing Shan walked up to the table and picked up the jade toad.
This jade toad was carved from top-grade spirit jade, with a small spirit formation carved inside to store spirit energy for a cultivator to absorb.
As Gu Qing Shan held it in his hand, he felt countless strands of spirit energy seeping into his pores.
"Good stuff," he praised.
This was the only thing in the entire room that caught his attention.
"Isn't it impossible to get spirit stones in this world?" he doubtfully asked.
"There are still some good things that Qi Yan doesn't want to use up, like this jade toad, it's his most treasured collection" Qing Rou answered.
Gu Qing Shan put the jade toad down and picked up a fan.
Unfolding the fan, he saw a painting of snow-white hair and beautiful jade.
Qing Rou and Wan Er looked at him, wanting to see his expression.
Gu Qing Shan casually held the fan and started fanning himself.
"Yes, that's him" Qing Rou praised.
"That's not me" Gu Qing Shan sighed dejectedly.
At this point, a noise came from outside.
The noise was very light, as if afraid of disturbing Qi Yan.
Gu Qing Shan released her inner sight through the window to see a few cultivators putting a box in front of the yard.
They bowed and retreated.
Gu Qing Shan recalled the records and asked: "The day of the sect's salary distribution has arrived?"
"Yes, that's great, we'll have pills to use now" Wan Er looked at Qing Rou with an expectant expression.
"Who would've thought we'd get something good as soon as we arrived" Gu Qing Shan smiled.
Wan 'er said, "I'll go get it."
She pushed the door open and slowly walked across the yard, putting the box away in front of the gate.
Soon, the box opened in front of the four of them.
Several bottles of pills.
A small bag of spirit stones.
A jade scroll.
That's all there is to it.
Wan-er picked up the bag of spirit stones and weighed it in her hand.
"Not bad this time, there seems to be 60 low-grade spirit stones." She was pleasantly surprised.
Sixty spirit stones …
Gu Qing Shan stared blankly at these things for a long time.
Qi Yan was a Virtualized realm cultivator, one of the three Hallmasters of Guang Yang sect, and yet he only received so few spirit stones every month?
Back in the cultivation world, every time Hundred Flowers Fairy gave out spirit stones to her disciples, she wouldn't stop until her entire storage bag was filled.
That was a hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
As for elixirs, common formation plates, talismans, spiritual food, and even clothes and weapons, Hundred Flowers Fairy would prepare them for her disciples.
Qin Xiaolou always complained that his Master allowed him to go out and show off.
Of course, this complaint couldn't escape a beating from Hundred Flowers Fairy or white goose.
But this also showed how well Bai Hua sect was treated, as well as how abundant the cultivation world's resources were.
Compared to that, Qi Yan's situation was a bit too shabby.
Gu Qing Shan sighed: "Has this world's resources been depleted to this degree?"
"That's right, even the ground doesn't exist anymore, let alone cultivation resources" Qing Rou answered.
"All the sects are now relying on their looting and reserves to survive" Wan-er also commented.
Gu Qing Shan was speechless.
She originally thought that this world's cultivation level would be high enough to see a glorious civilization, but that wasn't the case at all.
This was a barren and dying world.
And the reason for that was a True Demon Lord.
Before the realm demon came, this world must have been prosperous and powerful, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to conquer so many worlds and give birth to so many powerful cultivators.
But when a realm demon came to this world, it destroyed everything.
If the realm demon appeared in my world, would the outcome be any different?
Gu Qing Shan sighed and shook her head.
He suddenly noticed that Qing Rou was staring at a bottle of pills with a hesitant expression.
Gu Qing Shan took the bottle of pills.
Opening it, she took out a few pills and sniffed them. They were normal healing pills.
"Do you need this?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Wan-er took the initiative and spoke for Qing Rou: "Big sis was too softhearted, she once tried to save a few slaves, but Qi Yan found out and punished her to kneel on top of a cold Yin flame for a very long time"
"Her spirit energy was sealed, and she didn't have any healing pills, so big sis still hasn't fully recovered"
Gu Qing Shan nodded, understanding.
"Cold Yin flame? That thing can cause a lot of pain, so this bottle of healing pills … isn't suitable for you "Gu Qing Shan spoke in a low voice.
Wan-er froze.
The hope in Qing Rou's eyes slowly dimmed, but she nodded: "That's true, right now is the most crucial time, you should keep these pills for later use"
"That's not what I meant" Gu Qing Shan said.
He threw the bottle of healing pills back into the box, then tapped his Inventory Bag.
A small blue bottle was given to Qing Rou.
"Use this" Gu Qing Shan said.
Qing Rou was a bit surprised.
However, Wan'er rushed to open the cork.
A thick medicinal scent came out from the bottle.
The room was filled with the fragrance of medicine.
"Such a high-grade pill, it's been a long time since I've seen one — — what kind of pill is this?"
Saying so, Wan-er's nose twitched, trying to absorb as much of the medicinal scent as possible.
Her actions didn't seem like that of a Tribulation realm cultivator, in fact, she looked a bit cute.
As maids, the amount of cultivation resources they received was almost non-existent.
Gu Qing Shan answered: "Seven Life Transformation Pill, able to cure all fire poisons, heal all 5 elemental wounds, replenish vitality"
Qing Rou's expression was calm as she pushed the blue bottle back into Gu Qing Shan's hands.
"This pill must be extremely precious, you should keep it for yourself, I can handle it" she said.
"Just keep it, I can get as many of these pills as I want" Gu Qing Shan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The first time Gu Qing Shan faced the Pope, he barely managed to use [Seven Stars Flowing Dragon] and was heavily wounded.
After entering Shen Wu world, his wounds hadn't fully healed yet, so he had to stay inside the medicine barrel to heal himself.
It was also at that time that Bai Hua Fairy filled his Inventory Bag to the brim.
After that, sensing that she was going to die, the Hundred Flowers Fairy put everything in Bai Hua sect into the bag and gave it to him.
The Hundred Flowers Fairy was one of the most powerful people in the entire cultivation world, the amount of wealth and resources she had wasn't something a normal person could imagine.
That's why this bottle of Seven Life Transformation Pill wasn't even a drop in the bucket for Gu Qing Shan.
Qing Rou looked at him uncertainly, trying to discern his true thoughts.
Gu Qing Shan gave her the blue bottle without any hesitation: "I hope we can work together and get through this crisis together"
"Alright, if you're serious, I'll keep this pill" Qing Rou said.
Wan Er happily said: "Big sis, just look at how he risked his life to save his Shifu, you should know that he's a good person"
Qing Rou nodded.
Gu Qing Shan took out the jade tag from the box.
Reading it with her inner sight, she found out about the sect's most recent happenings.
The only remaining great sect in the world, Rakshasa Peak, was about to pay a visit.
The Grand Elder was still in seclusion to heal himself, only appearing when Rakshasa Peak arrived at the sect.
The sect master was facing his Tribulation in the space vortex.
— — -no one dared to face their Tribulation in this world, otherwise the realm demon would immediately notice.
All of these important matters were still the same, without any changes.
But what caught Gu Qing Shan's attention was a small matter.
Xiang Ji Hall, which was in charge of the sect's resource reserves, and Ning Yue Hall, which was in charge of the sect's disciples' cultivation, made a joint announcement.
The sect's disciples' monthly spirit stones would be distributed a bit later.
This was because Rakshasa Peak was about to pay a visit, so the sect decided to hold a welcoming ceremony.
Because of the welcoming ceremony, Xiang Ji Hall had to focus on preparing everything, so they didn't have time to arrange the spirit stones distribution.
Because of the arrival of the esteemed guests, Ning Yue Hall also organized a sect competition.
For this competition, they prepared quite a few decent prizes, enough to attract all the disciples to come and compete.
After that, the sect would return to normal operations, only then would Xiang Ji Hall arrange the monthly spirit stones distribution.
As Gu Qing Shan carefully read through the sect competition, she found that it wasn't what she thought it would be.
Most of the competitions here were aimed at testing cultivators on the six arts.
Divination, Formation, Talisman, Smithing, Alchemy, and Food were the 6 arts.
Of the 6 arts, the one that the sect favored the most was Formation.
As for cultivation and winning in battle, they weren't even part of the competition.
Gu Qing Shan thought about it for a bit and quickly understood.
The sects of this world no longer care about their disciples' cultivation.
What's so good about having a high cultivation?
For the sect, they have to spend more spirit stones to support you, as well as prevent you from trying to seize power.
On the other hand, only those who excel in the 6 arts can better contribute to the sect.
The most important of them all is Formation.
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