At this moment, under the setting sun, the afterglow fell on the mountain path, as if covering the stone steps with a layer of orange tulle, adding a bit of sacredness.
It seems that walking on it and stepping on the sun can lead all the way to glory.
On both sides of the mountain road, green leaves and flowers can be seen everywhere. The fragrant and earthy breath blends into the mountain breeze blowing, and with the humidity hitting the face, it soaks into the mind and permeates the whole body.
The surrounding green trees and the crisp birdsong from time to time seem to be composing music for the future of all those who have walked this mountain road, including the group here at this moment.
A group of five people, at the forefront was the round-faced middle-aged man, he walked with his hands behind his back, introducing the sect to Xu Qing and others behind him.
"Since you have successfully worshipped the Seven Blood Boys, then I will also explain the sect to you, in fact, in my opinion, the Seven Blood Boys are not a sect."
"It's more like a huge profit industry in the name of the sect!"
The round-faced middle-aged man spoke calmly, and his words fell into the ears of the four people behind him, causing these young men and women who had just entered the seventh peak to be shocked.
Among the four, in addition to Xu Qing, the other three are Zhou Qingpeng, Li Zimei, and a girl.
The girl's name is Xu Xiaohui, she wears a ponytail and dresses ordinary, obviously not from a wealthy family, but she is much better than a scavenger, and she should be from a small town.
On the way, she had shown favor to Xu Qing, but Xu Qing was not good at sociability, and she didn't like people getting too close to her, so she just nodded, so soon the girl began to please Zhou Qingpeng.
Zhou Qingpeng's smile was gentle, contrary to Xu Qing's reticence, which made the girl feel closer and closer, and the two occasionally whispered on the road.
As for Li Zimei, she seems to be very restrained and has some inferiority, so she is at the bottom of the team and keeps a certain distance from everyone.
However, Zhou Qingpeng pays great attention to her and Xu Qing, so he sometimes takes the initiative to smile, which makes Li Zimei's restraint seem to be less.
At this moment, the mountain wind blew, lifting everyone's hair and passing on the words of the middle-aged man with a round face in front of him.
"The Seven Blood Boys are divided into mountains and mountains, you can see them as two worlds, and in fact they are indeed two worlds, and you...... It is the people at the foot of the mountain."
"Only by building a foundation can you have the qualifications to go up the mountain and have the right to distribute the benefits of the Seven Blood Children, while the people below the mountain live in cruelty and hardship, and can only struggle."
"So for those who go down the mountain, going up the mountain is the greatest desire in this life. Do you know how many people are in the main city at the foot of the mountain?" The round-faced middle-aged man glanced at the four young men and women behind him.
"Three million people!" He raised his right hand and stretched out three fingers.
"These three million people, including civilians, also include all the low-level disciples of each peak, you will also be one of them, you need to survive under the rules of the Seven Blood Boys."
"The rules of the Seven Blood Boy's main city are very simple, that is, contribution points, everyone under the mountain, whether it is civilians or disciples, the cost of staying in the main city every day is thirty contribution points, that is, thirty spirit coins."
"Every day is deducted all the time, once the number of the jade slip token reaches zero, you will be expelled from the Seven Blood Boys, civilians are like this, and so are disciples."
"If you force yourself to stay, you will be wiped out by the formation after an hour."
The words of the round-faced monk made Xu Qing's faces change even if Zhou Qingpeng understood something, and when he heard this rule again at this moment, he was also afraid in his eyes.
"This is just the basic residence fee, as for food and accommodation, it depends on your own choice, survival of the fittest, and the prices in the main city of the Seven Blood Boys are extremely high, but the highest is the cultivation resources."
Listening to the words of the round-faced monk, Xu Qing was silent, and the other three were also shocked by this harsh statement, Xu Xiaohui hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice.
"In that case, why are there so many civilians coming, thirty spirit coins a day...... A month is a spirit stone, which is too expensive, and if I have to pay contribution points when I get discipleship, what is the use of being a disciple?"
The round-faced middle-aged man glanced at Xu Xiaohui.
"The civilians who can be teleported at any cost are all capable people, and the reason why they are scrambling to arrive is because the main city of the Seven Blood Boys protects civilians, and disciples are not allowed to kill innocents indiscriminately, in addition...... There is a formation here to isolate the heterogeneous and increase the lifespan."
"Compared with the heterogeneity outside, where fierce beasts and desperate people are everywhere, the main city of the Seven Blood Boys is naturally their dream place."
"As for what is the use of becoming a disciple?"
"First, cultivation resources are only open to those who have obtained disciple qualifications, others can't buy them, and it is strictly forbidden to circulate them.
"Second, only disciples who practice the Seven Blood Boy Technique can have the right to go up the mountain and obtain the distribution of benefits after the Seven Blood Boy practices to the foundation, so in the future, you have to work harder, although the sect does not allow cannibalism on the surface, but every month...... There are still quite a few disciples who have disappeared inexplicably in the city, in this regard, most of the sects turn a blind eye, raising Gu, it is normal to die and injure."
"But once an external foundation building monk does something to you condensing disciples, then those who do it will be severely punished, this is a violation of the rules of the Seven Blood Boys, of course, the sect doesn't care about the foreign condensation."
The round-faced monk smiled meaningfully.
Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, this was one of his purposes for coming to the Seven Blood Boys.
At this moment, Li Zimei was on the side, and after hesitation, she asked.
"If that's the case, then how can the sect give the disciples who grow up in such an environment a sense of belonging, and how can the sect itself be cohesive?"
The round-faced monk laughed.
"Cohesion? What is cohesion? Friendship is a kind, gratitude is a kind, and awe is also a kind, but these are not strong, in this cruel troubled world, the true sense of belonging, the real cohesion, is the benefit!"
"As long as you are a disciple of the Seven Blood Boy and break through to the foundation building with the Seven Blood Boy Technique, you can obtain the qualification to go up the mountain, and you can also have the right to distribute the profits of the Seven Blood Boy."
"The monthly income of the Seven Blood Boys is public, from everyone's living expenses, cultivation resource trading, and port transactions, almost 500 million spirit coins are credited to the account every day, which is 500,000 spirit stones, and 15 million spirit stones in a month.
These income, according to the rights and interests of different cultivations, except for a part of the daily expenses retained by the sect, the rest will be distributed to all disciples who have built a foundation and above."
"The higher the cultivation level, the more it will be distributed, and the disciples in the early stages of foundation building can distribute about 5,000 spirit stones a month, and if they reach the elixir, they will be at least tens of thousands of spirit stones per month."
"That's why I say Seven Blood Boys are more of an industry. All the foundation-building disciples who have been promoted to the mountain are equivalent to investing in this industry, as long as the Seven Blood Boys exist for one day, there will be a day's gain!"
"So, do you think that when a foreign enemy wants to plunder your property, you will watch your own interests be taken away and not take action?"
As the round-faced monk's words came out, Xu Qing's eyes showed a deep light, he had a complete understanding of this seven-blood boy at this moment.
Cohesion in troubled times, perhaps...... As the other party said, interests can bind everything.
Li Zimei was also silent and stopped talking.
The round-faced monk smiled lightly, he brought many batches of introductory disciples, such as the words just now, and he also said it many times, in troubled times, interests are an eternal truth, and at this moment he pointed to the bottom of the mountain.
"Let me tell you about the prosperity of the Seven Blood Boys, look over there, it is the largest port in the entire Nanhuangzhou, and there is an endless stream of ships coming and going on weekdays. No matter which force outside the world transports, or the disciples of other peaks of the sect go to sea to complete the task, most of them have to go from us, and the seventh peak controls this port area."
"So, the boat...... It is the key to my disciple's practice on the seventh peak, and we call it the Dharma boat."
Xu Qing looked in the direction of his finger, and at this moment, in the sunset, at this position on the mountain, he could clearly see the main city port below.
Near the sea, a number of horseshoe-shaped harbors have been carved out, each of which is very large and seems to be able to accommodate a large number of boats, and there are many such harbors, hundreds of them.
While it is vast and spreads far away, the overall color is also different, half of which is white, most of which are huge merchant ships, and half of the harbor, and most of the buildings inside are purple.
From a distance, the boats in the purple area were very small and densely packed.
In addition, there are gates in each harbor and a lighthouse erected high.
"The white area is outside, and the purple area is the residence of my seventh peak disciple."
"The boat inside is the Dharma boat I just mentioned!" The round-faced monk's words came.
"My Dharma boat of the seventh peak is famous in the entire Nanhuangzhou capital, and it is also the core and soul of the disciples of the seventh peak."
"It is not only your cave house, but also your mount, your battle partner and the necessity for obtaining resources, you can completely regard the Dharma boat as a ...... magic weapon!"
The round-faced monk said this, Li Zimei and Xu Xiaohui's eyes widened, obviously knowing the existence of the magic weapon, and Zhou Qingpeng also had a strange look in his eyes, with strong expectations.
Xu Qing was also like this, his heart was shocked, he knew very well the value and rarity of the magic weapon, so he looked at the purple area of the port again, but there were dense boats there, which made him feel that it was a bit contrary to the rarity of the magic weapon.
"Of course, it is not a magic weapon in the true sense, but the Dharma boat of my seventh peak has the potential to grow, and as your cultivation level improves, and continues to refine, sooner or later, it is not impossible to become a magic weapon."
"Therefore, having your own Dharma boat is the greatest dream and pursuit of every disciple who has just entered the seventh peak."
"It's just that the most basic Dharma boat also needs to be exchanged, and it requires 100,000 contribution points, that is, 100 spirit stones to be exchanged."
"In addition, only disciples with Dharma boats are eligible to be randomly assigned to work and practice in the harbor."
"As for the disciples who do not have the Dharma Zhou, they can only find ways to make money on their own, limited to three years, if they cannot accumulate enough contributions to exchange for the Dharma Zhou within three years, they will have their cultivation retracted and expelled."
"Because, the exercises of my seventh peak are related to the sea, and with the practice of the Dharma boat, with the help of the spirit gathering array in it, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
Listening to the words of the round-faced middle-aged man, Xu Qing's heart fluctuated, and while he was attracted by the special Dharma boat of the seventh peak, he gradually learned more about the seventh peak.
The Dharma boat is the key thing for the disciples of the seventh peak.
Disciples who have Dharma boats will be assigned duties and are eligible to live in the purple waters of the harbor, so they said before the round face that the boat is a cave house, but if you want to live there, you will have to spend contribution points.
Disciples without boats can only do chores on the shore, struggling to practice, and need to work hard to accumulate contributions every day.
Moreover, because most of the other peaks and even the entire Nanhuangzhou have to go to sea, they often need to rent the boats of the disciples of the seventh peak, which is also a way to earn contribution points.
The entire Seventh Peak, basically the vast majority of disciples, are like this, everyone is trying to survive, wanting to break through to become a foundation builder and obtain the qualification for the distribution of the benefits of the Seven Blood Children.
"Therefore, the Dharma boat and cultivation are the key to whether we can survive in this seventh peak, before building a foundation and cultivating the foundation."
"We must exchange a magic boat as soon as possible!" Xu Qing's eyes showed a brilliance, and there was a strong sense of urgency in his heart.
In this way, all the way under the introduction of the round-faced monk, Xu Qing and his party followed halfway up the mountain, which was the place to open the full function of the identity token for the new disciples, and at the same time, there was also the distribution of exercise Taoist robes.
There is only one kind of Taoist robe, and that is the gray Taoist robe.
The gray Taoist robe is the basic clothing of all the peak disciples of the Seven Blood Boy, as long as the disciples who open the identity token, they will be distributed free of charge.
Just open the token, you need 1,000 contribution points, and the opened token records everyone's basic information and contribution value, and can also be used for communication.
As everyone got the exercises and turned on the identity tokens one after another, they obtained the gray Taoist robe, Xu Qing held it in his hand, feeling the faint spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from it, and knew that the material of this robe was not bad.
It is very soft to the touch and will not easily form wrinkles, if it is placed in the outside world, the value of this robe is probably a lot.
Li Zimei on the side was similar to Xu Qing, and she was also stroking her Taoist robe, showing firmness in her eyes, while Xu Xiaohui next to her was looking at Zhou Qingpeng.
Zhou Qingpeng blinked, his eyes swept over the round-faced monk and the seniors of the sect who were distributing supplies, and suddenly spoke softly.
"Senior, junior wants to buy a Dharma boat."
The round-faced monk smiled when he heard this, and the person distributing supplies on the side was a thin old man, he rolled his eyelids and swept Zhou Qingpeng, and spoke calmly.
"One hundred thousand contribution points, or one hundred spirit stones." As soon as the thin old man's words came out, Li Zimei and Xu Xiaohui both took a breath, a hundred spirit stones were an unimaginable huge amount of money in their cognition.
At this time, Zhou Qingpeng hurriedly stepped forward, took out a golden paper ticket, and respectfully handed it over.
"The spirit ticket of the second peak? Yes." The old man took it and looked at it, put it away, took out a purple brocade box and pushed it over, and then looked up at the others.
"Which of you still wants to redeem?"
Li Zimei and Xu Xiaohui both lowered their heads, Xu Qing thought for a while, endured the pain, stepped forward and took out a hundred pieces of spirit stones from the leather bag, and placed them in front of the thin old man.
The old man didn't say a word, and in the envy of Li Zimei and Xu Xiaohui, and in Zhou Qingpeng's sideways eyes, he also gave him a brocade box.
Xu Qing took it and opened it, there were only two items in the brocade box, a jade slip and a transparent vial.
The vial was very strange, only the size of a palm, and it contained half a liquid, like seawater. And on that sea water, there is a small boat with a black canopy!
This small boat was all black, seemingly simple, but if you look closely, you can find that every board on it is permeated with a large number of runes, and even if the entire boat is separated from the bottle, there are still bursts of good coercion spreading.
It can be said that both the bottle itself and this boat are worth far more than a hundred spirit stones, as for the jade slip, it records information about the canopy boat.
"Okay, you can go down the mountain, remember that the exercises and the Dharma boat cannot be passed on, otherwise...... It will be miserable." The round-faced middle-aged voice interrupted Xu Qing's observation.
"Xu Xiaohui and Li Zimei, you wait to work harder, take care of yourself, and strive to get the Dharma boat as soon as possible, as for Zhou Qingpeng and Xu Qing, your identity token has job information, go your own."
The four of them immediately clenched their fists towards the round-faced monk, Xu Qing was about to leave, but was stopped by the round-faced monk.
"Xu Qing."
Xu Qing turned his head and looked respectfully at the round-faced monk.
"Among the low-level monks, you are very strong, obviously only the seventh layer of body refining, but you have formed the shadow of qi and blood that only the Great Perfection of the body refining, it can be seen that your talent is good, it can be said that among the low-level monks, you are already a strong person, killing some miscellaneous cultivators and the ninth and tenth layers of condensation of qi in the small sect, it is also easy."
"However, body refining is relatively simple, it is just the accumulation of speed, strength and recovery, but this is not the great way."
"The great way of our monks is to cultivate the law! I advise you to practice more in the future, the power of the psychic technique in your body is too weak, it's okay to face miscellaneous cultivators, if you face a great disciple, you will suffer a lot!"
When Xu Qing heard this, his heart was shocked.
"In addition, I don't know where you lived before, but I think it must be full of dangers, so I have developed some instinctive habits of you."
"Habit?" Xu Qing was stunned.
"For the sake of my test for you this time, let me remind you, for example, your right hand is almost motionless when you walk, especially the index and middle fingers are always on alert.
Xu Qing's expression froze, it was the first time he had been seen through so clearly.
"But I advise you, it's best not to treat habits as natural, in this way, you can easily be seen by others, and thus suffer.
The round-faced middle-aged man opened his mouth with a smile, it didn't seem to have the slightest edge, this time he reminded the disciple in front of him, for him, it was just a casual investment, it was just a small investment.
But Xu Qing felt a chill behind him, stood there and took a deep breath, and bowed deeply to the other party.
He looked down at his right hand, trying to control it to make it more natural.
Under the control of this attempt, his right hand gradually changed, no longer stiff, but slightly more natural, but if you look closely, you can see that in this nature, every shaking seems to hide a sharp edge.
On the way down the mountain, in the wilderness very far away from the Seven Blood Boys, in a strange scavenger camp, the seventh master was squatting on a roof, looking with interest at a young man not far away, fighting with a wild dog.
Seeing this scene, the seventh master showed appreciation in his eyes.
Beside him, the servant was also squatting there, taking out the jade slip at this moment, checking it, and then speaking in a low voice.
"Seventh Master, the child has reached the Seven Blood Boy."
"What kind of child?" The seventh master looked at the young man in front of him and said casually.
The servant smiled bitterly and explained in a low voice.
"It's the boy who was reluctant to wear new clothes before killing him, and you also helped him talk to Master Bai, taught him the way of plants and trees, and later gave him a white token."
The seventh master looked dazed, nodded, recalled Xu Qing, and his eyes showed appreciation again.
"I remembered, he was a good boy with affection and righteousness."
"Do you need special care?" The servant asked.
The seventh master waved his hand.
"No need, in this troubled world, if you want to survive, you need to rely on yourself to work hard, if he can finally rely on himself and come to me, I will give him a blessing." Saying that, the seventh master pointed to the young man who was fighting with a wild dog not far away.
"You think this boy, compared with a child, who is more like a wolf cub?"
The servant glanced at the boy referred to by the seventh master and smiled bitterly, he had answered similar questions several times, this was already the ninth child that the seventh master had been optimistic about since the child along the way.
"It's almost the same."
When the seventh master heard this, he glanced sideways at the servant and suddenly laughed.
"I helped the child talk to Master Bai and gave him a white token, which is a favor I gave, but this does not mean that I must accept him as a disciple, and I don't owe him, I just give him a chance."
"And I did want to accept a fourth child, but when I first accepted the third child, I issued more than fifty white tokens before the third child came out.
"This time, I think more than fifty tokens are not enough for a fourth child, at least one hundred yuan."
"This boy, you go give him a white token, you still don't need to say anything." After the seventh master spoke, he got up and walked into the distance.
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The two chapters have a total of 9,000 words and nearly 10,000 words, and they are not forcibly divided into three chapters.
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