The Qingyun Sect’s Scripture Library stood halfway up the main peak, not far from the treasure vault. On foot, it would only take about half an hour.
Even so, Sun Yi could not help sighing over how much time walking wasted. He had to learn to fly through the air as soon as possible. Not only would it be fast, it would look cool too.
The problem was that learning to fly through the air required at least the fifth level of Qi Refining. Sun Yi was still far short of that. He felt he had to raise his cultivation as quickly as possible, but first he needed to choose a better cultivation method.
“Greetings, Sect Leader!”
On the road not far from the Scripture Library, Sun Yi ran into two young cultivators walking together. Their cultivation was not high; they were only at the fourth level of Qi Refining and still could not fly.
When they saw Sun Yi, the two hurried forward and respectfully saluted him, their attitude extremely sincere.
“Mm, hello.” Sun Yi smiled and nodded.
The two young cultivators nodded happily and were about to leave, but Sun Yi called out to them. “Wait.”
“Does the Sect Leader have any instructions?” one of the cultivators asked respectfully.
“I want to ask what you think of the sect’s reforms, and I also want to understand what problems you have encountered in your cultivation,” Sun Yi said with a smile.
“Of course we fully support your reforms, Sect Leader! You have no idea. In the past, our status as miscellaneous disciples was low, and the inner and outer disciples did not put us in their eyes at all. Now it is different. Everyone’s status is equal, and the former inner and outer disciples no longer dare to look down on us miscellaneous disciples,” the young cultivator on the left said, his face full of excitement.
The young cultivator on the right immediately added, “That’s right. Not long ago, an outer disciple who used to bully me came to apologize and even compensated me with spirit stones. This is all thanks to you, Sect Leader. You gave us dignity in the sect. You gave us someone to rely on. We are all very grateful to Sect Leader Sun.”
Sun Yi smiled and waved his hand. “All of you are disciples of Qingyun Sect, so there should be no distinction of noble or lowly. I only did a trivial thing. For the sect to become strong, relying on my effort alone is not enough. Everyone must work with one heart. What difficulties do you have in cultivation?”
The young cultivator on the left complained, “The spiritual energy on the secondary peaks is too thin, which is not good for cultivation. We also lack cultivation resources, and our methods are not very good, so our cultivation speed is very slow.”
“But after your reforms, Sect Leader, our situation will be much better. We can cultivate better methods and obtain more resources. I believe cultivation will become much easier in the future,” the other young cultivator said happily.
Sun Yi nodded. “Do not worry. As long as I remain in the position of sect leader for even one day, I will make sure every member has a fair opportunity. Everything in the sect will get better. I believe that even with trash spirit roots, as long as one is willing to work hard, one can still become an expert, and one’s achievements will not necessarily be worse than those cultivators with supreme-grade spirit roots.” Get faster updates on NovelPing.
Sun Yi’s words made the two young cultivators clench their fists in excitement. In their hearts, they silently swore that they would work hard at cultivation to repay the new sect leader’s expectations.
“By the way, if the sect advanced you points ahead of time, would you be willing to accept them? Of course, you would have to pay some price,” Sun Yi suddenly asked.
“If we could get points in advance, that would be wonderful!” The two young cultivators’ eyes lit up, and they looked at Sun Yi excitedly.
Sun Yi asked them again, “You can receive points in advance, but you will need to pay a certain amount of interest. Could you accept that? For example, the sect advances you one hundred points, but one year later you need to return one hundred and ten points to the sect. Would you be willing?”
The two young cultivators thought about it. One of them slowly said, “I would still be willing. I would only hope the advance period could be a little longer.”
Sun Yi nodded. “All right, I understand. Go make your preparations first. In a few days, the Scripture Library will open for free viewing, so be ready.”
“Yes, Sect Leader!” The two saluted Sun Yi again, then left in satisfaction.
After the two left, Sun Yi lowered his head and fell into thought. Luo An quietly followed behind him. Suddenly, Sun Yi stopped, turned back to look at Luo An, and asked, “Can you take me directly to the Scripture Library by flying?”
“Yes,” Luo An nodded.
“Damn, then why did you not say so earlier? You made me waste so much time for nothing.” Sun Yi rolled his eyes and complained.
“You did not ask before,” Luo An answered honestly.
“Fine. Take me straight there. Stop wasting time. If we can fly, who would still walk? Are we supposed to learn from that ‘fighting energy turns into a horse’ nonsense? That is purely a joke.”
Luo An nodded. With a wave of his large hand, true qi caught hold of Sun Yi, and they instantly shot into the sky, flying directly toward the Scripture Library. Since Sun Yi had already experienced being carried through the air before, he did not panic.
Watching the scenery below constantly retreat, Sun Yi became even more eager to learn how to fly through the air. He could not always have someone carry him. It made him feel like dead weight, which was really embarrassing. This story is hosted at novelping.com.
In only a dozen or so breaths, Sun Yi and Luo An descended from the sky and arrived before the Scripture Library. At this moment, the doors of the Scripture Library were wide open, and a group of disciples were cleaning the jade slips inside.
Sun Yi’s appearance immediately drew the attention of the disciples inside. Everyone put down what they were doing and came forward to salute him. “Greetings, Sect Leader.”
Sun Yi smiled and waved to everyone. “I came to the Scripture Library to read. Go on with your own work. You do not need to mind me.”
“Yes!” Everyone withdrew and returned to their tasks.
“Sect Leader, why have you come? Are you not busy turning resources into points?” A figure suddenly flashed beside him. Elder Han Yun appeared strangely at his side, and Sun Yi had not seen clearly how he had arrived.
Sun Yi smiled. “Elder Qin Chu is overseeing things at the treasure vault, so I will not be of much use if I stay there. I wanted to come to the Scripture Library to enrich myself. Also, I plan to choose a new cultivation method. I wonder if Elder Han Yun has any suitable method to recommend?”
Han Yun looked at Sun Yi with a troubled expression. Of course he knew about Sun Yi’s trash spirit roots. Recommending a method for Sun Yi really was not simple. If the method was too powerful, he worried Sun Yi would not be able to cultivate it. If it was too low-level, it would not match Sun Yi’s status.
Seeing Han Yun’s conflicted expression, Sun Yi asked directly, “I have metal, wood, and fire spirit roots. What is the strongest method here that I can cultivate?”
“The strongest method here that you can cultivate is the Five Elements Art, but this method is very difficult to cultivate. The people most suited to cultivating it are those with supreme-grade five-element spirit roots. Sect Leader, you…”
Before Han Yun could finish, Sun Yi directly made the decision. “Good. Then I will switch to the Five Elements Art and try it. Trying it will not cost me anything. If it truly does not work, I can change later. Elder Han Yun, please find someone to prepare a cultivation room for me, along with the Five Elements Art.”
“Very well. I will make the arrangements now.” Seeing Sun Yi’s firm attitude, Han Yun no longer tried to persuade him. He quickly finished arranging everything for Sun Yi.
Inside a spacious cultivation room, Sun Yi took a deep breath, picked up the jade slip before him that recorded the Five Elements Art, and began to read it seriously. He remembered that in the novels he used to read, protagonists who cultivated five-element attribute methods were all extremely awesome. Perhaps he could be awesome for once too. But as soon as he read it, he was stunned.