: Leave the room, hurry to the temple, get half a year's spirit stone, then hurry back to the room.

This time, along with the spirit stones, there are two fasting pills..

Fasting pill is used to keep people away from hunger. It can last for a month without eating or drinking. It is the most suitable pill for closed door cultivation..

Lin Jingzhe prepared to enter seclusion, and these two fasting pills became the key items..

As soon as he swallowed the fasting pill, there was a knock on the door..

"Who?"

Lin Jingzhe cleared his throat and shouted.

"It's me, Xiaowu..

"The voice of Xiao Wu came from outside the room..

Lin Jingzhe was delighted and hurriedly opened the door and shouted,"Brother Xiaowu!".

”

"I haven't seen you for half a year, Little Jingzhe. You've grown taller again..

"Little Wu walked slowly in." Are you still complaining that Brother Wu moved his residence and did not inform you?.

”

"No," he said..

”

"Little mud, little mud..

"Little Wu gave him a white look..

"Yes.

The red face of Lin Jingzhe said,"There was still a little injustice just now, but now there is no more.".

”

"That's all right. There's no barrier between brothers..

Xiao Wu patted him on the shoulder and added,"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I'm afraid it will affect your cultivation.".

”

"I know..

"The forest is quiet..

"You have to know that we are children from the mountains, and our aptitude is mediocre. We must definitely work harder than others..

"Little Wu said..

"Brother Xiao Wu, I understand..

”

"Yes, you are the smartest child in the village. Your cultivation will definitely be higher than ours in the future..

”

"I know, Brother Xiaowu. I will definitely work hard to cultivate..

”

"Little Jingzhe, this winter solstice half-year competition has risen by five places..

”

" Winter Solstice? What level is he at now?"

"four layers.

”

"Ah!.

Lin Jingzhe was shocked and his face was full of disbelief..

"At first I didn't believe it either, but it turned out to be true that he was the most talented of the three of us..

”

"Winter solstice is the son of heaven, which is doomed to us and he is not on the same road.".

"Little Wu is very sad..

Brother Xiaowu, what level of Qi Cultivation are you at now?"

"Level three, and it hasn't been long since I broke through..

Xiao Wu smiled bitterly..

"Jingzhe, what about you?"

"Two levels. I've used up four spirit stones for today's breakthrough..

”

" Hmm? You used four spirit stones to break through two levels?" Xiaowu asked curiously..

Lin Jingzhe was stunned." Aren't you?"

" Is this my spirit stone?" Xiaowu spread out all his belongings and vaguely saw five or six sparkly irregular stones..

" This? The spirit stones you allocated back then are still unused?"

"I used two of them, and the other two were accumulated from the ranking of Xiao Bi..

”

" Doesn't that mean that I used twice as many spirit stones as Brother Xiaowu to break through to the first level?"

Realizing that something was wrong, Li Jingzhe was shocked. If he wanted to break through to Foundation Establishment, wouldn't he need countless spirit stones to bake?

"Give it your best shot and let me try it out..

”

"Okay, I've long wanted to try. Where did these spirit stones go?.

”

After saying that, Lin Jingzhe put on a horse stance on the ground and clenched his fist.

"Bang!.

”

An air-piercing sound exploded, and a vague fist shadow smashed into Xiaowu, who was not hiding..

Xiaowu also threw a punch and smashed it up..

Boom!

：.

: A loud noise, the shaking of the shabby hut, dust flying.

Two fists collided under the counter-shock, Xiaowu retreated two steps, Lin Jingzhe but only retreated one step.

"As expected, your fist strength is double that of others, and the spirit stones you absorbed were not wasted..

Xiao Wu patted him on the shoulder and took out four more spirit stones and handed them to him..

"Brother Wu, this can't be done..

”

"You absorb twice as much spiritual energy as others. If you really don't have spirit stones, won't you be standing still and hoarding the ground?.

”

He said,"Don't be afraid, brother, to ask.".

”

" Brother Xiaowu, what's the matter?" Lin Jingzhe asked curiously..

"When I am promoted to Eldest Senior Brother, I will leave the mountain gate and go out for training. I may have to go to a far, far place. Please take care of my father..

”

"Eldest Senior Brother?"

"I've asked around before, male disciples of our sect must rank first and become Eldest Senior Brother before they have the right to go down the mountain for training..

He added,"But don't worry, the eldest brother's position in the mountain gate can also be an old disciple.".

”

" Does our sect's Eldest Senior Brother's position change frequently?" Lin Jingzhe was puzzled..

"What's wrong? Becoming Eldest Senior Brother can return to the secular world..

”

Brother Xiaowu, don't you think it's strange? Becoming a senior brother means you'll enjoy the highest treatment from your sect. Why do they want to return to secular life?"

"At first, I thought it was a little strange. I asked my senior brothers in the sect and they said that although Eldest Senior Brother's position was good, it was not as good as freedom..

”

"Freedom?"

"Yes, as long as you become Eldest Senior Brother, you can return to secular life. You don't have to be tied to the sect's interests. The key is that after returning to secular life, you can also receive the reward for returning to secular life..

”

"What reward?"

"A middle-grade artifact..

”

"Artifacts?"

"You're cultivating in a dormitory, so you probably don't know how valuable a middle-grade artifact is..

Xiao Wu explained,"A low-grade artifact is worth ten low-grade spirit stones, while a medium-grade artifact is worth hundreds of low-grade spirit stones.".

”

"So expensive?"

"Otherwise, why would everyone prefer to give up the position of Eldest Senior Brother?.

Xiao Wu said,"We don't eat or drink hundreds of spirit stones, but we can only save enough after staying at the mountain gate for fifty or sixty years.".

”

"So that's how it is. Eldest Senior Brother's position is indeed a hot one..

”

Lin Jingzhe's face was full of longing. He wished that he was also Eldest Senior Brother now. He would return to the secular world and descend the mountain. He would hold his sword in the sky like the protagonists in those stories. Why not?.

However, when he thought about how many spirit stones he would need to cultivate to the position of Eldest Senior Brother, he was all troubled. With his poor aptitude, it would be decades before he could become Eldest Senior Brother..

Xiao Wu patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him,"Work hard and cultivate. When you become a senior brother, I will come to celebrate with you even if I am far away.".

”

"Thank you, Brother Xiaowu..

”

"Brothers, no need to thank you. Let's go..

”

Before Xiao Wu left, he put down four spirit stones and did not forget to pat him on the shoulder, continuing to encourage him..

Grabbing the spirit stone in his hand, Lin Jingzhe felt extremely depressed..

He didn't participate in the semi-annual competition this time either, and his ranking was still Lu Qi..

Half a year passed quickly.

During this period of time, he had never met Xiaowu again..

Xiaowu didn't come to participate in the semi-annual competition, and the winter solstice also disappeared..

But he couldn't, because he didn't have enough spirit stones..

In the small competition, he obtained five places, rose to Lu Er, and received a spoils of war,"low-grade spirit stone".

During this period of time, there were a lot of new faces in the mountain gate..

When he returned to his room, he quickly swallowed the fasting pill and went into seclusion..

In the blink of an eye, another half year has passed.

His cultivation still hadn't broken through, and he was still at the second level of Qi Refinement Realm..

In this semi-annual competition, he only obtained two rankings, becoming Lu Shi and one low-grade spirit stone as spoils..

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