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Xu Mu sniffed helplessly and rubbed his nose, only he knew how he had cultivated up to this fourth level of qi cultivation.

To give you an example, a disciple of the outer sect could receive a pill of the sect's Marrow Cleansing Dan every month, this kind of dan was only useful for cultivators below the fourth level of qi cultivation, after taking it, it could increase their cultivation, which was very valuable.

Even after completing the sect's normal tasks, the average number of marrow-cleansing pills an outer disciple could receive every month was only about two.

Xu Mu, on the other hand, was able to take one pill almost every day, and if he hadn't taken too many pills to weaken his potency, Xu Mu would have been able to take even more every day.

As it was, he was still only one level higher than Shi Yu, which showed how poor the qualifications of the Five Spirit Roots were.

On the side, Shi Yu saw Xu Mu smile bitterly and said with a twinkle in his eye, "It's no wonder, who let you worship a good master, I've heard that Uncle Liu used to be a Master Ancestor at the JieDan stage!"

"And I've also heard that this Master Uncle has a very bad temper, he likes to scold the disciples of Red Flame Peak the most, Xu Mu, you didn't get beaten up, did you?"

"Is that so?" Xu Mu remembered his experience at Red Flame Peak last year and said incredulously, "Xiao Yu, where did you hear all those words from, Master Teacher, he usually treats people quite nicely!"

What Xu Mu didn't know was that before he appeared, Liu Yan's temper was actually very bad, and scolding his disciples was a common occurrence, because at that time, he had completely despaired of the path of Immortal Cultivation.But Xu Mu's appearance sparked the last glimmer of hope in Liu Yan's life.

It was only in the past year that his temper had improved.

If it wasn't for the fact that Xu Mu had too little contact with the outer disciples of Red Flame Peak on weekdays, and the fact that they didn't dare to talk about Liu Yan at Red Flame Peak, I'm afraid they would have heard the rumour a long time ago.

Shi Yu had only joined the sect a year ago and knew very little about the sect's affairs, so when he heard Xu Mu say that, he thought that the rumours he had heard were just empty, so he also smiled and dismissed the matter.

After the two of them chatted for a while, Xu Mu suddenly asked, "By the way, Xiao Yu, how did you know that someone from my family sent a thousand taels of silver?

"Yes, all outer disciples can go down the mountain, and there are missions that need to be carried out outside the sect, but I don't go back very often, the last time I went back was three months ago," Shi Yu nodded and said.

"So that's it." Xu Mu nodded and smiled helplessly and bitterly.He did not expect that he, an inner disciple, would be treated less favourably than Shi Yu, an outer disciple.

Seeing this, Shi Yu asked curiously, "Aren't you allowed to go down the mountain?"

Xu Mu nodded and said, "Not bad, Master and I said that there is a difference between immortals and mortals, and I am not allowed to go down the mountain."

"That's right, our senior uncle from Yunling Peak often says that too, but they don't know if I go back secretly, why don't you sneak back for a trip too, I've heard that your mother still misses you quite a bit," Shi Yu said callously.

Xu Mu froze for a moment when he heard this, then he still shook his head, his master was so good to him, if he disobeyed his master's order to sneak down the mountain, it was really a bit unfair to him.

Besides, he knew that his master did not allow him to go down the mountain because he was afraid that the worldliness under the mountain would interfere with his cultivation.

The five-year period had already passed by for one year, and his own cultivation progress was just barely able to catch up with his master's requirements, so it was better not to cause any trouble."In just four more years, you will be able to visit your family," Xu Mu secretly thought in his heart.

When Shi Yu saw that Xu Mu suddenly stopped talking and showed a pensive face, he stopped encouraging Xu Mu and turned around to say, "Xu Mu, you've reached the fourth level of qi cultivation, do you want to participate in this year's sect competition?"

"Sect Competition?" Xu Mu was stunned by the words, completely unaware of what was going on.

It was only after a long time that he learned from Shi Yu's explanation that the so-called Sect Competition was an annual event for the lower-ranked disciples of Tailing Mountain.

At this time of the year, the clan's disciples who had been initiated the previous year had just completed one year of cultivation.

In order to test the cultivation progress of this group of new disciples, and at the same time to encourage the new disciples of that year to cultivate seriously, the Cult Competition was born.

All the disciples who took part were only one year old, including both outer and inner disciples.

According to the situation in the past, the highest cultivation level of this group of people was only around the fifth level of qi cultivation.Xu Mu's current cultivation was at the fourth level of qi cultivation, which was actually higher than most people.

Moreover, since a person at the fourth level of Qi cultivation was already able to cultivate Spirit Harnessing techniques, as long as there was a suitable high-level magic weapon, it was not impossible to challenge people at the fifth level of Qi cultivation across the ranks.

Upon hearing this, Xu Mu was also a bit fascinated, after all, he was still a teenager at heart.

He had been cultivating at Red Flame Peak for a year before, living the life of a bitter cultivator in general, and had been longing for the outside world for a long time.

With such an opportunity to meet a large number of fellow cultivators, he certainly did not want to miss it.

Unfortunately, Liu Yan happened to be going out at this time of the year, and there was no place for him to ask, even if he wanted to ask for instructions.

As he was thinking, he heard Shi Yu exclaim, "Ya! It's already dark, Senior Sister should probably scold me!"

Xu Mu looked up and realised that the sky had long since gone dark, and that he had actually been talking to Shi Yu on the mountain for a whole day!"Let's go!" Shi Yu tugged on Xu Mu's sleeve and headed straight for the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, with Xu Mu following hastily.

After a short while, the two of them returned to the Scripture Collection Pavilion.

"Wow, I thought Senior Brother had kidnapped Senior Sister and actually managed to send someone back to me, it's really surprising!" said Yan Huo with a smile when she saw the two of them come in.

Shi Yu's pretty face reddened at the words and glared at Yan Huo.

Yan Hui, on the other hand, pretended not to see it and rushed over to Xu Mu, "Senior Brother, you are supposed to come here today to exchange the tome, right? If you don't pick one quickly, my senior sister and I will have to leave!"

Xu Mu smiled bitterly at his words, and after saluting Yan Huo, he turned around and entered the scripture pavilion, taking out a volume of antique coloured books in a short time.

"Hmm?" Yan Huo froze at the sight and said confusedly, "Senior Brother is actually redeeming these ordinary worldly techniques?"

"That's right, and I'd also like to ask Senior Sister to make a copy for me," Xu Mu nodded and said.Yan Huo smiled and said, "No need, you can just take it directly, I really envy you inner disciples, you can have a free borrowing opportunity once a year before you can waste it so much!Give me your disciple token!"

Xu Mu rubbed his nose, didn't explain to Yan Huo and handed over his token, only to see Yan Huo cast a spell on it, confirming that he had enough borrowing opportunities and deducting one before returning it to Xu Mu.

"Little Yu, I'll go first, see you next time!" Xu Mu waved at Shi Yu and said rather reluctantly.

"Hm! Bye!"Shi Yu smiled and waved at Xu Mu.

Seeing this, Xu Mu rushed over to Yan Huo to say goodbye to him again before harnessing his Green Leaf Phantom to return to Red Flame Peak.