C91 The Situation of the Sect
"Nie Zhen, how is it? Have you chosen anything?" Great Sect Master asked with a smile on his face when he saw Nie Zhen's return.
Wu Tie nodded and took out the top-grade Yellow Essence from his chest to show to Wu Great Sect Master. He said at the same time, "I have obtained the ingredients."
Great Sect Master nodded. Only the Second Sect Master was slightly surprised. Obviously, he had some doubts as to why Nie Zhen would take this "useless" medicinal herb.
"Since the rewards have already been given out, Nie Zhen, you should officially become my Duobao Sect's disciple from now on. Great Sect Master Yan gestured for the Second Sect Master to bring Nie Zhen to adapt to the new environment.
"Sigh... Disciple, Master is useless, I didn't even get you a seat as a core disciple … " After leaving the main hall, Duan Rong sighed helplessly at Nie Zhen.
Nie Zhen did not care about this at all. He did not think highly of the title of core disciple in the first place, not to mention that he immediately conferred the title of core disciple as soon as he arrived here. It was indeed inappropriate.
Nie Zhen said magnanimously, "Master is worrying about that. I don't care about that, not to mention that the Annual Examination is half a year from now. Half a year from now, I will rely on my strength to obtain the title of core disciple. Wouldn't that be better?"
"Hmm? Good! Haha! Right, speaking with strength, that would save some people from feeling indignant! Good disciple, in half a year, you must obtain the title of a core disciple, so that these old fellows can shut up! I'll leave it to you to honor your wish! " Seeing Nie Zhen be so open-minded, Duan Rong felt happy in his heart. Indeed, he could say that, but if Nie Zhen was also being petty, then it would seem petty. So far, Nie Zhen's temperament and personality were very much to Duan Rong's liking.
"Don't worry, Master. This disciple will definitely give Master face in half a year!" Nie Zhen had always been an emotional person. Although Duan Rong was not his relative, but he treated him like an elder. There was nothing to say about this.
"Oh right, disciple, why did you choose the best quality Yellow Essence?" Are you able to use this medicinal herb? " Duan Rong asked as he thought of Nie Zhen's reward.
Nie Zhen nodded. He saw Duan Rong and thought to himself, "Oh wow, if I knew that my beloved disciple needed this medicine, I wouldn't have given it to Hundred Herbs!"
Seeing Nie Zhen's confusion, Duan Rong explained, "Actually, this top-grade Yellow Essence was unintentionally acquired by me on a trip out of the mountain." Seeing Nie Zhen's confusion, Duan Rong explained, "Actually, this top-grade Yellow Essence was unintentionally acquired on a trip out of the mountain by me.
Saying that, Duan Rong took out a sword from his Storage Ring and said to Nie Zhen: "Disciple, Master knows that you don't have any weapon with you, this sword is my sword when I was young, it's called the One Yang Sword, so I will give it to you, hmph..." The sect's reward for you is a sect's matter. As a master, can't you give some things to your disciple? "
Nie Zhen knelt down on one knee and said, "Thank you, Master!"
Nie Zhen could tell with a glance that the Single Sun Sword was a spirit artifact from Sixth Level of the Earth Stage. If Duan Rong said that it was his sword when he was young, then it would be somewhat exaggerated. It was probably because he was afraid that Nie Zhen would refuse.
Nie Zhen was a man of deep understanding of human nature. Since his master said this to make him accept the sword, he might as well reject it. He might as well accept the sword and repay the sect's kindness.
However, what Nie Zhen did not know was that Duan Rong's own Spirit Weapon was actually only a First Level of the Heavenly Stage. Eastern Royal Great Empire was rarely seen, and the Yang Sword in Nie Zhen's hand was ranked third in the Second Sect Master's line of Spirit Treasures.
In the world of cultivation, cultivators often used spiritual tools that would lower their cultivation by at least a level.
Including the Wu Wu Steel, all the weapons used were around the Sky Realm. On the other hand, Expert of the Heavenly Stage was lucky enough to obtain a Earth Stage Level spirit artifact, like Nie Zhen, which could already obtain a Earth Stage spirit artifact at the time of the Earth Stage.
Duan Rong did not know why, but he really liked Nie Zhen as his disciple. In the short span of two days, he loved Nie Zhen more than many other disciples, perhaps because Nie Zhen was especially interested in him, besides First Senior Sister, Duan Rong would reward Nie Zhen the most.
"Disciple, this is the room that you belong to, every disciple of the Duobao Sect has a secret room, so if you normally train here and don't want anyone to disturb you, you can stay there, but I don't recommend that you stay here forever." Disciple, this is the room that you belong to, and every disciple of the Duobao Sect has a secret room, and if you normally don't want anyone to disturb you, you can stay here.
He did not intend to pass on Nie Zhen's cultivation technique to him. After all, even though he was not clear about Nie Zhen's cultivation technique, it was clearly more suitable for Nie Zhen. Not to mention, the level of the cultivation technique was not low, so he did not want to pass it down to Nie Zhen, allowing Nie Zhen to develop freely.
Immediately after, Duan Rong took out two Jade Token and gave them to Nie Zhen. One of them was the Jade Token that represented the identity of a Duobao Sect disciple, and Nie Zhen's Jade Token indicated that it was a high ranking disciple.
The other was a communication token. Han Fei had used it before. Duan Rong added his own consciousness to it and instructed Nie Zhen to send a message to him no matter where he was if there was any trouble.
Duan Rong was like a father who could never be at ease with his children. Seeing that the Storage Ring in Nie Zhen's hands was still Cai Saangzi's, he quickly took out a spare Storage Ring and gave it to Nie Zhen.
It had to be said that the Storage Ring that Duan Rong gifted him was better than Cai Saangzi's. Whether it was the width of the Storage Ring or the stability of the space, they were all incomparable.
"Oh right, Master, Great Sect Master said before that Duobao Sect wouldn't give disciples too much of a reward, and he also said that you would tell me about it. What's going on?" Nie Zhen suddenly remembered what Great Sect Master said in the main hall and asked casually.
Nie Zhen did not intentionally ask for a reward. Instead, he felt that the Duobao Sect had been arranged well, but the reward disciples were given to their disciples. This way, they could rely on their own ability to obtain resources and work even harder.
Unexpectedly, Nie Zhen's unintentional question made Duan Rong feel rather helpless, and he let out a long sigh: "Disciple, I won't hide it from you anymore, but actually, the wealth that my Duobao Sect has now, after hundreds of years of consumption, isn't that thick anymore. It can only hold on, but it can't be squandered as wantonly as before. That is why the sect would place restrictions on disciples' rewards, and instead allow disciples to use their own efforts to obtain the resources. "
"However..." Duan Rong said solemnly: "The lack of resources is still not the most important, but the most important thing is the gap between talented people. The progress of the disciples in the Duobao Sect has gradually become slower, and they seem to have encountered a bottleneck, and fresh blood cannot be absorbed within a short period of time, so even if we absorb it, it will not be able to quickly progress to the extent of what the current disciples are capable of. This is the current problem, which is why we are trying to break through.
"This is also the reason why the sect has directly pulled you into the ranks of high ranking disciples this time around. They are hoping that you can cause some changes to the disciples of Duobao Sect."0
As long as there was someone, they could continue to expand their resources, but if they encountered a bottleneck in the development of talent, it would be troublesome. Once the progress of talent was slowed down, it would inevitably affect the development of resources, and if the development of resources lagged behind, it would affect the progress of talent. This was a vicious circle.
"Haha, why would I talk to you about this? This is an entire sect's business, and it is not something that can be changed overnight, nor is it something that will change just because of a single person. Disciple, right now, what's most important is individual cultivation, after half a year, it will be the disciple's annual examination.
Duan Rong suddenly realized that he was putting too much pressure on his disciple. He clearly said that he would give him freedom, not to mention that these words were digested and absorbed by a young person, it was definitely not a good thing. The result of being too stressed was that the young people were unable to cultivate in peace.
However, it was obvious that Duan Rong was overthinking things. Nie Zhen was not the kind of person who would care about the gains and losses of a city and a pond.
However, this wasn't to say that he was a person without sense of responsibility. On the contrary, Nie Zhen valued emotions the most. Someone like him, who had transmigrated through the soul, should have no feelings for anyone in this world.
However, due to being an orphan in his previous life, Nie Zhen did not hold back in killing people, but he was extremely persistent towards people who were tied to him due to his feelings. He was concerned about his father Nie Zhuang, his sister Nie Xiaoqi, as well as many friends and relatives from Yutang Country, including his companion Geng Geng, and now also had Duobao Sect and his Master Duan Rong.
Although Duan Rong did not give Nie Zhen any pressure, Nie Zhen had set a goal for himself in his heart. While he was improving in the martial way, he also needed to bring along the Duobao Sect sect, so it was hard to say how far Nie Zhen could take him. However, Nie Zhen did not care about the Duobao Sect once Nie Zhen improved.
Of course, Nie Zhen was very confident in his expectation of martial arts cultivation. After all, the cultivation technique he practiced was at the top of the universe, it could be said that it was not the structure of this world. His eyes were always on the top of the universe, this world was just a stepping stone for him.
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