My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me-Chapter 119 - 24: Yang Five Lightning, Five Elements Sword
"Not at all, Senior Brother Cao. I’ve only just joined and I’m not sure how things work here at the Library Pavilion."
Yang Jing, of course, wouldn’t get carried away and act all high and mighty just because Feng Tianyi had shown him some goodwill. As the saying goes, it’s easier to deal with King Yama than the minor demons that serve him.
Even a guard at the Library Pavilion like Cao Xiuguang could easily make things difficult for someone.
"You’re too kind."
Cao Xiuguang had a sharp eye and had already guessed Yang Jing’s background. The thirty members of A Class had been decided long ago, and he was sure he had seen all of them.
Yang Jing must be someone from the Chen Kingdom who missed the Sect’s entrance ceremony, and his origins were likely humble.
A Foundation Establishment Great Race would have records of all the important matters for joining one of the Six Great Sects, and wouldn’t be completely ignorant of the Library Pavilion’s rules.
But he didn’t dare show the slightest hint of looking down on Yang Jing.
A Cultivator from the Border Chen Kingdom with no foundation in the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, yet who could squeeze into A Class and push someone else down to B Class, clearly possessed irrefutable Talent.
Not to mention Yang Jing’s humble attitude; even if he were an arrogant and conceited person, Cao Xiuguang would have swallowed his pride to get on good terms with him.
"Junior Brother Yang, there’s no need for such politeness. You’re giving me too much credit."
He continued:
"The first floor of the Scripture Pavilion holds over two hundred thousand volumes of various books, primarily different Cultivation Techniques and Magic, supplemented with various historical annals, travelogues, and atlases."
"To borrow and copy any volume, you need Merit Points. The amount required varies. New Outer Disciples can choose any two volumes for free, without spending Merit Points. This benefit is very important for the other classes, but A Class Disciples receive sixteen Merit Points every month, which is enough to come and select at least two volumes monthly."
"After copying a book from the Scripture Pavilion, you must make a Dao Heart vow not to gift or sell it, nor can you teach it to others after you’ve mastered it."
Yang Jing’s heart sank. This rule was very disadvantageous for him. If he copied a Cultivation Technique from the Scripture Pavilion, he wouldn’t be able to teach it to his Guardian Beasts.
After all, if one broke a Dao Heart vow, their Cultivation would stagnate.
"I’ve heard that some Foundation Establishment Clans pass down Cultivation Techniques and Magic from the Six Great Sects. I wonder how they manage that."
"Is Junior Brother Yang also interested in establishing a clan? It’s not difficult to take a legacy from the Sword Storage Pavilion out of the Sect. You just need to spend twenty times the original price in Merit Points, but this is limited to legacies from the first and second floors. This is usually done by disciples whose Cultivation has stagnated and whose futures are bleak. Junior Brother, you have a bright future ahead. You should focus on your own Cultivation," Cao Xiuguang immediately advised.
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother Cao. I understand."
Although the Library Pavilion was lined with rows of bookshelves, searching the catalog was primarily done using a Restriction on a Jade Table to the side.
One simply had to place their Identity Jade Token on the Restriction and activate it with Magical Power to search for all the books stored in the Array, which was very convenient.
After joining the Five Elements Sect’s Outer Sect, although one could switch their Cultivation Technique, Yang Jing naturally had no intention of changing his. He opened the Sword Technique and Magic categories and, before long, had selected two books.
As a veteran player of the Nine Heavens World, he had a good idea of which Sword Mantras and Magic were more suitable for him. He wouldn’t be like the other disciples, overwhelmed by the choices and not knowing where to start.
One was the Ren Water Thunder Technique.
The Ren Water Thunder Technique was a Water Yang Thunder technique from among the Five Elements Thunder Techniques.
The Five Elements Thunder Technique was a legacy found in all Six Great Sects, with only minor differences. Among them, the Five Elements Thunder of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect was the most powerful.
To prevent disciples from overreaching, the Five Elements True Spirit Sect had split the Five Elements Thunder Technique into ten volumes. Since Yang Jing possessed the Pure Yang Body and Thunder and Lightning Control Talents, he naturally started with the Yang Five Thunders.
This one Thunder Technique volume required thirty Merit Points. If not for the Outer Disciple benefit, Yang Jing really wouldn’t have been able to afford it.
For the second book, he chose the Geng Metal Sword Technique.
This Geng Metal Sword Technique was a secret legacy of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect. There might be other Geng Metal Sword Technique legacies outside the Sect, but they only shared the same name.
This Sword Technique was also split off from the Positive and Negative Five Elements Swordsmanship. It was one of the few Sword Technique legacies in the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, but very few people ever managed to master it.
After redeeming these two secret legacies, Yang Jing didn’t leave right away, but continued to browse the books in the Library Pavilion.
The legacies collected in the Library Pavilion were generally more profound than those in the Marketplace, and they all had sequels.
Pill, Array, Talisman, and Artifact. Iron Head still wasn’t versed in the Talisman Dao or the Artifact Dao, which was a significant shortcoming. Yinjiao also lacked a suitable Qi Cultivation Technique.
’I wonder if there’s anything suitable in the Five Elements True Spirit Sect’s collection.’ 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
He sat in the Library Pavilion for two hours before finally copying the techniques and getting up to leave. In the first-floor collection, there were several thousand legacies for Pills, Arrays, Talismans, and Artifacts. But there were almost no Cultivation Techniques that were well-suited for Yinjiao.
The various Cultivation Techniques all had their own merits, but on the whole, most were inferior to the Five Talisman Scripture, and there were simply no techniques related to Flood Dragons.
Yang Jing sighed inwardly. ’I’ll just have to search the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion after getting promoted to the Inner Sect.’
All the disciples of A Class were assigned to a valley where the Spiritual Qi concentration reached Tier Three Lower Grade. Although this was only one grade higher than Tier Two Upper Grade, the difference was like that between heaven and earth.
This level of Spiritual Qi was even sufficient for Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators to practice.
Even A Class disciples had to farm the Spirit Fields for six months. The sky was already growing dim, and many disciples were still busy in their Spirit Fields.
The Outer Sect evaluated each disciple’s Spirit Field once a month. This evaluation directly affected the distribution of their monthly allowance, so even the A Class Cultivators didn’t dare to be negligent.
"Excuse me, Senior Brother, do you know where my assigned residence is?"
Yang Jing cupped his hands and asked a disciple who was casting the Spiritual Rain Technique.
Seeing Yang Jing greet him, the disciple hurriedly waved his hands.
"Junior Brother Yang, no need to be so formal. I’m Xu Mingbo. Let me take you there."
As he spoke, he enthusiastically showed Yang Jing his Spirit Field before leading him to a house.
Yang Jing thanked him before entering the house. This was the benefit of revealing his Refining Sword into Gang Cultivation.
His sharp Sword Qi was enough to make most people act calm and collected in his presence.
After all, no matter who you were, getting cut down by a sword meant death.
Without the Cultivation of Refining Sword into Gang, given his aptitude, he probably would have been assigned to D Class and might have even been ostracized for his status as an Independent Cultivator.
Even the residences for A Class disciples were quite simple, built plainly from Profound Cyan Stone with two rooms and a main hall. Besides the bedroom, there was only a Quiet Chamber for cultivation.
Yang Jing entered the Quiet Chamber, opened his Beast Taming Bag, and released Iron Head, Yinjiao, and Chi Yu.
At this moment, all of them except Iron Head had changed their appearance using the Inconstant Illusionary Form Technique. Yinjiao had turned into a white dog, while Chi Yu had taken the form of a Cyan Bird.
There were quite a few disciples within the Five Elements True Spirit Sect who raised Demons. There were even dozens of Demon lineages that had allied themselves with the Sect, often forming contracts with its disciples.
Yang Jing had seen several disciples in A Class with Demons, so Iron Head and the others wouldn’t be too conspicuous within the Sect.
