Chapter 971: Chapter 120 Qi Cultivation Stage_2

Zhao Yu had also seen the Second Miss before, and even the Second Miss from his own Zhao family wasn’t dressed as flamboyantly—she wore at most a pair of earrings and some bracelets on her wrists.

This indicated that the status of these individuals was no less than that of the Second Miss.

The only exception was the group of about ten male cultivators in their Medicinal Field.

Judging by how effortlessly they stepped on the herbs, their level progress had to be at the Qi Cultivation Stage six or higher.

As for Cai’er and the girl beside her, by the look of their level progress, they should be about the same as him, merely at the Qi Cultivation Stage one.

“Brothers, how do you think I did stepping on this herb?”

Just when those ten-plus male cultivators were suffering silently, Cai’er was the one to take the initiative to speak.

This suddenly made the ten-plus male cultivators beam with joy, and they all commended her enthusiastically, praising how well Cai’er did.

With several lifetimes of experience, Zhao Yu was very knowledgeable—it only took him a blink to clear up the situation.

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This stepping on herbs, just as the person in charge had said, held little significance for common people.

Even for many at the Foundation Establishment Stage, the benefit of stepping herbs was practically negligible, akin to adding one point on top of a hundred.

After all, depleting spiritual energy does not increase it. Only through proper cultivation following the Cultivation Technique can one enhance spiritual energy and ultimately elevate one’s Realm.

Therefore, cultivating by stepping on herbs is worthless for a typical practitioner in the Qi Cultivation Stage, and it would only be a waste of time.

However, for scions of major families who lack neither resources nor certainty of advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage, cultivating by stepping on herbs becomes exactly the point of comparison.

In the secular world, the biggest comparison is naturally wealth.

But in the world of immortal cultivators, aside from money, the biggest comparisons are time, talent, and aptitude.

Stepping on herbs for cultivation brings together all these elements. Without money, leisure, aptitude, talent, and time, no one would dare to participate.

It’s like a luxury item—the more it features useless strength,the more precious and extravagant it becomes, and the more it’s worth showing off.

Of course, Zhao Yu knowing this had to do with the letters from Tiger Girl.

In these past three years, Tiger Girl had recounted many matters regarding the Shu Mountain.

The most crucial point was to stay steadfast on the path of cultivation and wholeheartedly pursue the way of the immortals.

From her letters, Zhao Yu understood that while a hundred arts of cultivation indeed existed, one must not indulge in them; otherwise, time would be wasted, and the path to seeking immortality would be severed.

Especially for sons of poor families like them, on the road to cultivation, they could only follow one path, focusing entirely on their Realm.

As for Alchemy, Artifact Refining, talismans, array formations, and so on, they’re like a flood or savage beasts, not to be trifly touched.

There’s no telling how many examples speak of young talents who were proud of their abilities, compared themselves with scions of great families, dabbled in the hundred arts of cultivation in their early years, and ultimately failed to grasp the great way, becoming lost among the masses.

Stepping on herbs is, in fact, a basic part of the hundred arts of cultivation, aimed at better controlling the input and output of spiritual energy and finely tuning the operation.

However, all this had nothing to do with Zhao Yu. His purpose here was to gain energy.

Seeing everyone engaged in lively conversation, Zhao Yu also joined in at the right moment.

“Merely at Qi Cultivation Stage one and still dreaming of soaring to the heavens…”

Some people expressed disdain, thinking that Zhao Yu, merely at Qi Cultivation Stage one, wished to take shortcuts like everyone else.

“Heh heh, Cai’er is not someone to be underestimated…”

There were also those who knew Cai’er. From afar, they snickered quietly, thinking these people had truly found the wrong target.

“They think because Apprentice Sister Cai’er is only fifteen, at Qi Cultivation Stage one, she’s easy to dupe…”

“But who could know, Apprentice Sister Cai’er also has a nickname of ‘little witch’…”

“Shush, keep it down, her sister is quite protective…”

The people in the other Medicinal Fields immediately quieted down, just watching the excitement and no longer interfering.

Meanwhile, Zhao Yu talked with the others for quite some time, yet there was no sign of movement, let alone a large amount of energy, not even a bit of energy entered his account.

This caused him to frown, looking towards Cai’er and the girl next to her, full of puzzlement.

After a moment, amidst a chorus of flattering voices, Zhao Yu suddenly understood.

The one named Cai’er was, as others meant, the granddaughter of an inner sect elder. She had been pampered since childhood, always surrounded by praise wherever she went, and had long grown accustomed to it, naturally showing no emotional fluctuations.

Unlike before, the women Zhao Yu had encountered were mostly servants of the same status as him, each filled with inferiority and not yet exposed to the world.

Praised by him, they were somewhat overjoyed, resulting in energy readily flowing in.

Zhao Yu stroked his chin, lost in thought.

“Brothers, see how well I stepped on this herb? Its shape is like a cloud, just like my name…” Apprentice Sister Cai’er appeared innocent, but a sly twinkle flickered in her eyes.

Those who knew her were aware that she was only teasing these men.

In the midst of compliments, an incongruous voice suddenly emerged.

“Why does it look to me like a lump of poop?”

As soon as the words fell, the whole place went silent.

People turned towards the source of the voice. Zhao Yu looked back with an innocent, naive gaze, naively saying.

This kid…

“What did you say?!”

“How can you talk about Apprentice Sister Cai’er’s herbs like that…”

Some people yelled with indignation, others were furious.

But there were also those who covertly glanced at the herb in Cai’er’s hand, indeed finding somewhat of a resemblance to a piece of poop.

[From Mo Cai’er’s anger, energy +99]

[From Kun’s astonishment, energy +699]

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