Chapter 52: The True Transmission of Poverty and Whiteness

  After discussing with He Yan about the follow-up matters, Nan Ruo Li bid farewell and took Zhang Shan back to her residence.

  Her residence is a mountain ridge one hundred miles away from the main peak of Qingmu, named Cangwu Ridge, and there are many tung trees planted on the ridge, hence the name.

  On the top of the mountain, in front of a spacious courtyard, stood a giant green paulownia tree that pierced the blue sky, its crown swaying gently and covering half of the sky above the courtyard.

  "This is the Qingtong Temple where the master lives, which has been built for more than 2,000 years. However, if you say that the age is old, then the Qingtong tree outside the door has exceeded 3,000 years of tree age."

  Nanruo flew over from one side of the green bamboo forest, carrying Zhang Shan with him, and said as he went along. Later, he landed in front of the Fengyi Building in the backyard where he lived.

  A woman with a cold expression was waiting in front of the small building, and when Nan Ruolei returned, she reported respectfully: "Master, I have followed your instructions and taken back all the sect's belongings for Young Master. They are placed on the case in the hall."

  Nan Ruo nodded and said to Zhang Shan, "This is Shifu's servant girl Nan Ya. She takes care of Shifu's daily chores. If you have any questions in the future, you can go ask her."

  Zhang Shan hastily and politely bowed to Nanyi, knowing that although this woman was nominally a servant, she must be the master's confidante. He couldn't gauge her level of cultivation, but assumed she had already entered the True Martial Realm, so he didn't dare show any negligence.

  "You wait here, and later I'll take Zhang Shan to Qingchen Temple, where he will live from now on."

  Nan Ruo Li led Zhang Shan into the building after giving instructions to Nan Ya.

  She walked into the hall and sat down on a high-backed chair in the middle of the room, and Nan Ruoxi casually flipped through a few things on the side table.

  "This set of clothes is the attire of a true disciple of Ben Zong, with purification and automatic repair arrays refined on it. No need to wash, damaged can be automatically repaired."

  "These two jade tokens are the identity token and life token of our sect's disciples. The identity token is carried on one's person, and when entering or leaving the mountain gate, the guarding array will not attack you. The life token can sense the life and death of a disciple, and is normally stored in the Life Temple within the sect, with someone specifically in charge of watching over it."

  Following Nan Ruoxi's instructions, Zhang Shan dripped two drops of blood onto the two jade tokens. A flash of light passed, and the tokens returned to their original state. Zhang Shan faintly felt a strange connection between his heart and the token of fate.

  Nan Ruoxi put away his nameplate and continued, "This Jade Book is the Continental Compendium, which records the heavenly treasures and earthly wonders of the continent, as well as the customs and cultures of its people. It also contains detailed introductions to various cultivation sects, big and small. You should take a look when you have time."

  Finally, Nan Ruoli picked up a ring and rubbed it with her jade fingers for a while before putting it down.

  "This is the Xumi Ring, inside there are some Dan medicine and Ling stones, it's a monthly allowance that only true disciples have, but except for the ring, I took away other things earlier, in the future, every month the sect gives you a monthly allowance, I will take it away too."

  She blinked, and the strange color in her eyes flashed and disappeared: "The master hopes that you will be like the newly promoted outer door disciple, starting from scratch, wanting whatever you want to take with your own skills."

  "As for how to obtain the door contribution to exchange for Gongfa Dan medicine and other cultivation needs, there is an explanation in the "Qingtian Sect" section of the mainland Tongzhi."

  "Alright, take these clothes and the jade pendant, go outside and find Nan Ya, she will lead you to Qing Chen Institute. I will examine your cultivation progress every month, you are on your own."

  Zhang Shan agreed and took the things away, backing out.

  Nan Ya saw him come out and stepped forward, saying: "Young Master, please follow me. I'll take you to the Feng Zhen Institute."

  Zhang Shan nodded and smiled: "Ya Jie is being polite, you can still call me A Shan, this young master really doesn't dare to accept."

  Nan Ya's cold face softened a bit, but he said while leading the way forward: "You are the master's inner disciple, naturally you are the young master, with distinction between superior and inferior, of course you can't call out randomly."

  As they walked out of Qingtongyuan, there was not even a single person in sight. Zhang Shan couldn't help but ask: "Is it really just Master and you, Yajie, living in such a large compound?"

  "The Qingtong Institute only houses Master and us three spirit servants. As for outsiders, they are not allowed to enter without permission." Nanyan replied.

  From her mouth, I learned that the other two spiritual servants went out to do things today and were not in the yard. Their names are Nan Feng and Nan Song, both of whom followed the surname of Nan Ruoli.

  Soon after, Nan Ya led him to a separate courtyard halfway up the mountain.

  There are maple trees all over the yard, a two-story small building in the yard, and not far from the yard there is also a considerable-sized lake, with beautiful scenery.

  Nan Ya took out a jade card and opened the seal of the courtyard's forbidden array, then asked Zhang Shan for his identity jade card and transferred the permission to open the array to his identity jade card.

  "From now on, except for Shao Zhu, no one else can enter this courtyard without permission." She returned the identity jade card to Zhang Shan.

  Nan Ya then took Zhang Shan on a tour of the small building, explaining the function of each room after telling him about the method of manipulating the law array.

  The small building also has a basement, where the earth fire is drawn out of the earth's veins, and there is also a tripod furnace that can be used for alchemy and refining equipment.

  Zhang Shan clicked his tongue in wonder, but secretly shook his head. He himself didn't understand this way and was afraid that he wouldn't have the chance to use it until later when he had learned how to refine pills and instruments.

  After finishing all this, Zhangshan came back outside the small building and unexpectedly found Fang Yiru standing in the yard.

  "Fang Shi Jie, how did you come?" Zhang Shan exclaimed with surprise and delight.

  "Let me see if there's anything I can help you with, junior brother."

  Fang Yiru said, then smiled slightly at Nanyi and said: "Sister Ya, let me handle the rest."

  Nan Ya rarely showed a smile on her face: "In that case, I'll have to trouble Miss Yi Ru."

  After she left, Zhang Shan hurriedly invited Fang Yiru into the building and sat down.

  "I didn't expect Master Shibo to give you the Maple Spring Courtyard, it's clear that she has high hopes for you. This was where she lived when she first entered the sect, and only moved to the Green Peach Courtyard after becoming the head of this peak."

  Fang Yiru smiled and said: "However, it's been a long time since anyone lived here, so Shidi will probably need to buy some daily necessities."

  "I was just about to ask Ya Jie about this too, but I don't know where to get these things." Zhang Shan chimed in.

  "Two thousand miles outside the sect's gate, there is a town called Le Tian. Various cultivation resources and daily necessities are sold there, and the disciples inside the sect basically go there to purchase supplies at regular intervals."

  "Fang Yiru began to explain to Zhang Shan: 'The only difference from the mundane world is that everything in Le Tian Town requires spiritual stones for transactions. Later, I'll take my junior brother out for a stroll and buy what we need for half a year, then we can focus on our cultivation.'"

  Zhang Shan was taken aback and asked, "Does buying things require spirit stones? What if you don't have any spirit stones?"

  "Junior brother, when you entered the sect, didn't you receive a true transmission identity? When you received your identity jade card and other things, wasn't there also a spiritual stone elixir that came with it? And afterwards, every month, isn't there still more? Did Master Shu not send someone to help you retrieve them?" Fang Yiru asked curiously.

  Zhang Shan bitterly smiled and told Nan Ruoxi what he meant by letting him start from scratch.

  Fang Yiru burst out laughing after hearing this, and it took her a long time to stop. Shaking her head at Zhang Shan, who was still confused, she said: "I reckon Lisi Shu was so badly hounded by creditors that he used your share of the spiritual stone to pay off his debts."

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