Chapter 546 - 380: A Series of Reforms
Chapter 546: Chapter 380: A Series of Reforms
"Steward, these are the Qi Nourishing Pills I refined for the mission."
In the Dan Cloud Pavilion on Dan Cloud Peak, Duan Lingxiao had come to submit his refining mission.
"Let me see." The Steward carefully inspected the Qi Nourishing Pills. "Mm, very good. You’ve reached the third-tier reward. Give me your Token."
The rewards for Alchemy missions were usually a combination of Sect Contribution Points and Spirit Stones.
"This reward..."
Duan Lingxiao noticed that the third-tier reward the Steward gave him was incorrect.
Both the Sect Contribution Points transferred to his Token and the Lower Grade Spirit Stones he received were higher than the standard third-tier reward.
"Steward, about this...?" Duan Lingxiao quickly realized what was happening.
"That’s right, it’s just as you think." The Steward looked at Duan Lingxiao, nodded with a smile, and then continued, "Work even harder from now on. Don’t let the sect’s expectations of you down."
"Thank you, Steward!"
"No need to thank me. This has nothing to do with me," the Steward said, shaking his head with a smile.
After leaving the Dan Cloud Pavilion, Duan Lingxiao took a deep breath.
He knew the extra rewards were a form of investment from the sect, and that there would be more in the future.
For a disciple like him with no background, these extra rewards were incredibly important.
Six months ago, before he had broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining and was still an Outer Sect Disciple, he had heard about the sect’s special cultivation support.
After becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, if one wasn’t taken in as a Direct Disciple by an Elder, the sect’s upper echelons had a list that would influence how the sect invested in them later on.
Most Inner Sect Disciples didn’t receive this extra support from the sect; he was one of the lucky few.
This system of sect investment had only appeared in recent years.
Besides the sect’s annihilation of the Celestial Demon Sect, the other major event in recent years was the appointment of the new Sect Leader.
Many of the senior brothers and sisters in the Inner Sect said that this cultivation support was definitely related to Sect Leader Fang.
From some of the older Stewards, one could hear stories about Sect Leader Fang’s time as a disciple.
It was said that Sect Leader Fang had made it through his disciple years step by step on his own. That was the most difficult time for him; things only got easier after he started to distinguish himself.
Therefore, Sect Leader Fang was very sympathetic toward certain disciples, which led to the emergence of this extra sect support.
’From what I know, all the senior brothers and sisters who receive these extra sect rewards are those without backgrounds. That matches the stories I’ve heard about the Sect Leader’s time as a disciple.’
There was a huge difference between disciples with backgrounds and those without.
Disciples without backgrounds found things much more difficult than those who had them.
’With these extra rewards, as long as I work hard, I have a good chance of saving up enough Spirit Stones and Contribution Points to buy a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill before I even reach the peak of the Qi Refining Tenth Layer.’
After receiving the sect’s extra rewards, Duan Lingxiao was even more hopeful about his future.
With his Three Spirit Roots, he had a high chance of successfully reaching Foundation Establishment with the help of a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
The faster he accumulated the Spirit Stones and Contribution Points to buy a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill, the younger he would be when he became an Elder, which would affect his future chances of attempting to reach Core Formation.
After returning to his residence, Duan Lingxiao quickly shared the good news with his friend, Wang Erxiao.
While Wang Erxiao was happy for him, he also complained.
"Why don’t we disciples from Battle Peak get that kind of treatment?"
Having become an Inner Sect Disciple, Duan Lingxiao’s decent talent in Alchemy naturally led him to become a disciple of Dan Cloud Peak. His friend, Wang Erxiao, had tried many of the Hundred Skills of Cultivation but showed no real aptitude for any of them. Fortunately, his talent for learning magical techniques was quite good, so he became a disciple of Battle Peak.
The disciples of the sect’s four peaks, three halls, and two institutes weren’t actually that clearly divided.
Which place you claimed to be a disciple of mainly depended on what kind of missions you frequently undertook. It was only after a disciple became an Elder that things really changed.
"Doesn’t Battle Peak have a leaderboard? The senior brothers and sisters who make the list each year get some pretty hefty rewards."
"Lingxiao, by that logic, the Spirit Field Institute has a leaderboard too."
"That’s different. To get on the Spirit Field Institute’s leaderboard, you have to plant Spirit Medicine. For the Battle Peak leaderboard, you just need to be strong enough; you don’t have to do anything else. The senior brothers and sisters on the Spirit Field Institute’s list spend an unknown amount of energy every year just planting Spirit Medicine."
"You guys can get on our Battle Peak leaderboard too, as long as you’re strong enough."
"You Battle Peak disciples have too big of an advantage in Magical Combat. I’m already at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, but I probably couldn’t even beat a junior brother or sister at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer."
"Fine, I’m not going to argue with you."
Although Wang Erxiao could easily defeat his friend in a fight, he was no match for him in a verbal spar.
Unable to think of a rebuttal, he just dropped it.
The two friends’ conversation then shifted to other matters.
Time flew by.
「Six months later.」
Wang Erxiao came running over excitedly to tell Duan Lingxiao some good news.
Seeing his friend Wang Erxiao’s excited expression, Duan Lingxiao was very curious about what had happened.
"Lingxiao, there’s been a change on Battle Peak!"
"What change?"
"Six months ago, you started getting those extra sect rewards, right?"
"Yeah," Duan Lingxiao nodded.
The rewards were continuous, and he had saved up all the extra ones to prepare for buying a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill in the future.
"From now on, Battle Peak won’t just have a leaderboard for strength—we also have a new one for potential!" Wang Erxiao grew more and more excited as he spoke. "And unlike the strength leaderboard, which gives rewards once a year, the potential leaderboard gives them out once a month!"