Kapitel 134: Can't Find the Sea in Eyes
The days of the preparatory disciples were really tough now.
The amount of spirit stones collected had increased, and they couldn't afford it. Sometimes, they would be beaten by the formal disciples.
Well, being beaten was okay. It wasn't a big deal anyway. After all, it wouldn't kill anyone. Everyone had been beaten before, right?
However, the formal disciples not only beat them but also took their belongings. As long as something was valuable, they would take it all away. You could redeem it with spirit stones five years later.
If you didn't come to redeem it after five years, they would just sell it directly.
The preparatory disciples had grievances but couldn't voice them. Even asking the minor elders for help was useless. They just said it was the sect's rule and told them to endure it.
Once you came to the Heavenly Sword Sea and became a preparatory disciple without much ability, you could only abide by this rule.
When you became a formal disciple in the future, you could turn around and collect spirit stones from the next batch of preparatory disciples.
There was no right or wrong in this matter. It was just a matter of different positions.
Among them, Li Yang was probably the one who suffered the most.
Because she had openly challenged the formal disciples before, she was targeted the worst.
Although it was not allowed for potential Great Emperors to fight each other in the sect, Liu Qing, who was close to Li Yang, was not a potential Great Emperor.
The Fourth Law Elder directly demanded that Liu Qing pay five thousand spirit stones, with half used as protection fees and half as an apology.
If she couldn't pay it, they wouldn't fight her. Instead, they would ask a group of preparatory disciples to stand at the entrance of her cave and play the suona.
From time to time, they would also put wreaths on her cave and keep knocking on the door.
Although these were all low and mean methods, it had to be said that they were really effective.
Under this kind of mental torture, Liu Qing completely lost the mood for cultivation. Her divine sense was a bit chaotic. Even when she closed her eyes to rest, the sound of the suona would ring in her head.
But Liu Qing really didn't have that much money. The spirit stones she had earned before had all been returned to the preparatory disciples.
Now, after scraping together, she only had a little over two thousand spirit stones.
The formal disciples who came to collect the spirit stones didn't accept it. They said that she must gather three thousand spirit stones.
Liu Qing frowned and said softly, "I'll gather three thousand spirit stones. Could you give me some time and come back to get them in twenty or thirty years?"
"That won't do. You must pay it all at once. The elder has given the order. We'll wait until you gather it all."
The formal disciples didn't show any sign of being flexible in their words.
But where could Liu Qing find five thousand spirit stones? She and Li Yang had taken out all the spirit stones they had, but there were only two thousand.
Since she couldn't take out the money, the harassment from the formal disciples continued, and they didn't let Liu Qing cultivate in peace.
Finally, Li Yang couldn't bear it anymore. She caught a disciple who was playing the suona and crushed the suona in her hand.
And at the moment she took action, the Supreme Seed in the black robe with gold inlays, who had shown courtesy before using force that day, walked out of the crowd.
"Rank twenty-three among the formal disciples, a Supreme Seed at the second level of the Sea-Reversing Realm, Hei He."
The Supreme Seed stretched out one hand and introduced himself.
He had been waiting for Li Yang here all along.
Li Yang put down the disciple she was holding, clenched her fists, golden light flashed in her eyes, and the light dot between her eyebrows shone brightly, like the sun hanging there.
"Come."
She just said this in a low voice.
The fight officially began.
Li Yang's injuries hadn't fully healed before, and her realm was too low, just at the initial stage of the Mountain-Moving Realm.
Not every potential Great Emperor could fight across a major realm and five or six minor realms.
Li Yang was far from being able to do that.
The outcome of the fight appeared quickly. Hei He suppressed Li Yang with an overwhelming advantage.
"Being a potential Great Emperor only means having higher talent. It doesn't necessarily mean having high combat power." Hei He said calmly.
Li Yang wasn't seriously injured. She just couldn't win and was suppressed. She gritted her teeth tightly and didn't say a word.
"Collecting five thousand spirit stones is a punishment for your disobedience and arrogance. It can also help you recognize yourself."
Hei He said again. The black robe with gold inlays flickered slightly. His expression was calm, as if suppressing Li Yang was just an ordinary thing for him.
"But we can only gather two thousand spirit stones now. Isn't five thousand a bit too much for you to ask for?" Li Yang gritted her teeth and questioned.
"That's none of our business." Hei He replied calmly. "Just like you wanted to take over all the business of the preparatory disciples before. You didn't consider us either."
Li Yang had nothing to say. She lowered her head and clenched her fists tightly.
"If you can't gather it all, then don't cultivate for now. Actually, the methods we use on you are relatively mild."
Hei He patted his clothes to straighten out some wrinkles and finally said a sentence.
"Recognize yourself."
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Pan Da Dao came back.
He was thrown back by two formal disciples. Fortunately, he wasn't injured much. He just got a lot of dust on him.
He immediately found Chen Xia and said with a bitter face.
"The Fourth Law Elder didn't agree."
Chen Xia was puzzled. "I'm doing my own business. What does it matter whether the Fourth Law Elder agrees or not?"
"When I killed Qiong Qi before, Qiong Qi didn't agree either. Did it work?"
"But... but..." Pan Da Dao stuttered a few words but couldn't say a complete sentence.
Because he thought what Chen Xia said made sense.
He was doing his own business. Why did he need the Fourth Law Elder's approval?
It had to be mentioned that Chen Xia was really good at coming up with odd reasoning.
"Then what should we do now?" Pan Da Dao asked curiously.
Chen Xia crossed his arms and started giving ideas. "Just go and tell those disciples. Publicize more of my heroic deeds. Then naturally some people will come to pay the spirit stones."
"When publicizing my deeds, it's better to add a touch of fantasy to make me into a positive character."
"For example?" Pan Da Dao asked curiously.
"For example, I took off Old Devil Qiong's head with two strikes, returning a clear sky to the preparatory disciples. And I didn't hesitate to go to prison for five hundred years for this."
Chen Xia gave an example.
Pan Da Dao felt something was wrong when he heard it. No matter from which angle you looked at it, you seemed more like the old devil.
"Then how many spirit stones should we collect?" Pan Da Dao asked again.
"See how much they can give. There's no specific requirement for this. One is okay, and a hundred is also fine." Chen Xia was very casual.
It didn't matter how much they gave, but they had to give something.
"Okay, okay." Pan Da Dao nodded. After being silent for a while, he suddenly asked curiously.
"Why... why do you need so many spirit stones?"
He quickly added, "You don't have to answer. I'm just asking casually. It's up to you."
Logically speaking, cultivators were usually short of spirit stones. But Chen Xia was willing to fall out with the Fourth Law Elder just to get spirit stones. There must be a big reason behind it.
And it was really a big reason.
After all, each spiritual energy bead cost three thousand spirit stones.
Pan Da Dao would never have thought that the reason why Chen Xia was so eager to collect spirit stones was to buy spiritual energy beads to decorate his cave.
This was a bit beyond the understanding of cultivators nowadays.
Chen Xia stretched his body and stood up. Suddenly, he asked.
"Have you ever seen the sea?"
"Does the Sword Sea count?" Pan Da Dao asked.
"Of course not." Chen Xia shook his head and continued. "I've seen it. It's blue, with moisture and a gentle breeze. There are beaches, rock walls, seagulls, etc. You don't know when the waves will rise, and the sunset will be reflected in the evening."
Pan Da Dao shook his head. "I haven't seen it."
"Yeah." Chen Xia nodded. "I once kept the sea in my eyes."
"But after going around and around for hundreds or thousands of years."
"Slap."
Chen Xia clapped his hands, with a deep look in his eyes and said in a slow voice.
"I haven't seen it again either."
"Then... then we're about the same." Pan Da Dao replied softly, with his head slightly lowered.
The two of them rarely stood side by side.
After a long while, Chen Xia's calm voice came again.
"You know I'm not talking about the sea, right?"
"Yeah."
It was the first half of their lives.
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