After a brief conversation, the second elder, Qi Baicang, also accepted the fact that his descendant had suddenly become a true cultivation genius. That night, he personally prepared a table full of spiritual food, and the two celebrated well.
Later, Qi Chuan returned to his room, calmed down, cultivated for a few hours, and then lay down for a good sleep.
The next day, he got up relatively late. When Qi Chuan came out of his room, just as he was about to go busy himself in the spirit field, he saw in the distance a flying carpet heading toward their isolated mountain peak, with a figure on it.
"Is someone here to visit?"
Seeing this, Qi Chuan was somewhat curious, not knowing whether it was for him or the second elder.
Under Qi Chuan's gaze, the flying carpet finally landed on the open ground not far away, and a figure stepped off the carpet.
This figure looked like an ordinary elder, with a slight smile on his face as he looked at Qi Chuan.
However, upon seeing this figure, Qi Chuan was slightly alert because he had seen this figure more than once in the discussion hall. The person was always by the clan leader Qi Wuyou's side, positioned among the elders, reputed to be the Great Elder of the Qi Family!
In the Qi Family, apart from the clan leader in the Foundation Establishment Realm and those elders in the Qi Refining Late Stage, there was also a Great Elder.
It is said that the cultivation realm of this Great Elder has reached the Qi Refining Tenth Layer, which is the Qi Refining Perfection Realm.
However, he has always been low-key, assisting the clan leader in handling some matters.
"Qi Chuan, I greet the Great Elder!"
Immediately, Qi Chuan stepped forward to pay his respects.
At this moment, the second elder heard the commotion and came out as well. Seeing the Great Elder's arrival, he was taken aback and quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.
"Hmm..."
The Great Elder nodded slightly, then looked at Qi Chuan and smiled, saying, "I came this time not for anything else but to bring you a family reward."
"Family reward?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Chuan and the second elder exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised, having never heard of such a reward.
"That's right, Qi Chuan, you secured the Wind Moon Sect's allocation for our family's inner sect quota, and hence the family naturally cannot give you no support as you enter the Wind Moon Sect to cultivate and compete with the talents of the sect." The Great Elder smiled.
Then, he patted an inconspicuous storage bag on his waist, causing a grayish dagger and an embroidered small bag to float in mid-air.
"This is an upper-grade magical artifact and a hundred pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, bestowed to you by the family."
The Great Elder wavered his sleeve, causing the grayish dagger and the embroidered bag to float before Qi Chuan.
Staring at the items before him, Qi Chuan had a look of delight in his eyes.
Unexpectedly, for securing the inner sect quota, the family would provide such a reward, and quite a substantial one at that.
He was finally going to own his first magical artifact, and an upper-grade one at that.
And a hundred pieces of lower-grade spirit stones. By his previous rate, at the Qi Refining Early Stage, with an annual stipend of two pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, how many years would he need to save? Now, as he has reached the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, being in the Qi Refining Middle Stage, his annual stipend is four lower-grade spirit stones.
"Thank you, Great Elder!"
Immediately, Qi Chuan cupped his fists and then accepted the magical artifact and spirit stones.
Seeing this, the second elder, happy for Qi Chuan, also revealed a hint of emotion in his eyes.
He also possessed a magical artifact, but naturally, it was nothing like an upper-grade magical artifact, just a common lower-grade magical artifact. As for a hundred pieces of lower-grade spirit stones, he had never held so many.
His descendant was now suddenly well-off; when he enters the Wind Moon Sect in the future, he wouldn't be constrained everywhere, and would have some foundation to rely on.
"There is one more thing."
Having bestowed the reward, the Great Elder looked at Qi Chuan and said solemnly, "In the future, when you enter the Wind Moon Sect, you will be cultivating as an inner sect disciple. However, above the inner sect, there are the True Disciples."
"Becoming a True Disciple gives you the opportunity to access the Foundation Establishment Pill, greatly increasing your chances of achieving Foundation Establishment. Therefore, after joining the inner sect, you should cultivate diligently and strive for the True Inheritance if you have the chance."
"If you cannot become a True Disciple, you can look for information on the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects in the inner sect and notify the family if you find any."
Qi Chuan nodded, "Understood, Great Elder, I will remember."
Since there is a True Inheritance above the inner sect, he would certainly strive for it if he had the chance, not to mention that being a True Disciple might mean access to the Foundation Establishment Pill. Successfully achieving Foundation Establishment would double his lifespan, allowing him to live over two hundred years.
As for the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects, they might be inferior to the Foundation Establishment Pill and act as a substitute for those without an opportunity for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
After speaking a few more words with Qi Chuan, the Great Elder soon departed on the flying carpet.
Watching the flying carpet depart, both Qi Chuan and Qi Baicang revealed a touch of longing in their eyes - that flying carpet was a flying magical artifact, more expensive than ordinary magical artifacts.
"In two months, the time for the Wind Moon Sect's disciple recruitment will arrive. I assume I'll head to the Wind Moon Sect then, and I can take these two months to familiarize myself with this dagger magical artifact."
Qi Chuan pondered as he caressed the grayish dagger magical artifact in his hand.
This was an upper-grade magical artifact, quite valuable. Generally speaking, even Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators might not possess an upper-grade magical artifact if they were relatively poor, and would only have a middle-grade magical artifact as protection.
The upper-grade magical artifact possessed quite impressive power.
"However, the Great Elder did not tell me the name of this magical artifact, so I'll name it myself... Flying Ash!"
"After all, this is my first magical artifact, and it deserves a good meaning. Flying Ash means that all incoming enemies will turn to ashes."
To manipulate the magical artifact, one needs to master the Artifact Manipulation Skill.
Currently, Qi Chuan only knows basic Five Elements Magic and does not yet know the Artifact Manipulation Skill, so he needs to go to the family's Exchange Pavilion to exchange for it.
Thus, the next day, Qi Chuan came to the Exchange Pavilion and met the Exchange Pavilion Elder once again.
"What would you like to exchange this time?"
The Exchange Pavilion Elder didn't hold back a slight smile when he looked at Qi Chuan. Unlike before, the current Qi Chuan could be seen as a Foundation Establishment Seed of the Qi family, worthy of a little extra care, instead of being treated as just an ordinary family disciple as before.
"I would like to exchange for an Artifact Manipulation Skill." Qi Chuan said directly.
"Artifact Manipulation Skill? Planning to learn how to control a magical artifact?" The Exchange Pavilion Elder smiled and responded, apparently aware of the family's gift to Qi Chuan.
"Exactly." Qi Chuan replied.
"In that case, I recommend you exchange for a booklet of compiled Qi Refining Techniques by the family, which includes many commonly used magic techniques. In addition to the Artifact Manipulation Skill, there are the Soul-Stabilizing Technique, Wind Control Skill, Spiritual Eye Technique, Ice Freeze Technique, Quicksand Technique, Floating Technique, Sound Transmission Skill, Invisibility Technique, and others, all of which are very practical." The Exchange Pavilion Elder thoughtfully suggested.
"Is that so… okay, I'll take one booklet of the Record of Qi Refining Techniques." Finally, Qi Chuan nodded in agreement.
Currently, he had achieved great success in the Fireball Technique and Water Arrow Technique, and the Golden Skin Technique, Earth Wall Technique, and Wood Vine Technique were also nearing great success.
After reaching the Great Success Level with these techniques, breaking through to the Perfection Level requires a lot of time and accumulation, not something that can be achieved quickly.
Therefore, it would be better to learn some other magic techniques.
After all, as a qualified cultivator, these commonly used magic techniques should be mastered, as they have many applications in everyday situations.
The Record of Qi Refining Techniques required ten lower-grade spirit stones.
After submitting ten lower-grade spirit stones, the Exchange Pavilion Elder quickly brought Qi Chuan the Record of Qi Refining Techniques.
After briefly flipping through the not-too-thin nor too-thick Record of Qi Refining Techniques in his hand, Qi Chuan nodded slightly and, without further thought, accepted it.
Then, after a brief moment of thought, he added, "Right, Elder, please get me three Spirit Tempering Pills as well."
He had already run out of auxiliary cultivation elixirs, so it was time to replenish some.
The Spirit Tempering Pill was an elixir he had seen before on the exchange list provided by the Exchange Pavilion Elder, suitable for those in the Qi Refining Middle and Late Stage, with good effects.
However, they were relatively expensive, with one Spirit Tempering Pill costing five lower-grade spirit stones.
Now that he had been gifted a hundred lower-grade spirit stones, he could afford to buy the Spirit Tempering Pills.
The reason for exchanging only three was that Qi Chuan thought that after entering the Wind Moon Sect's inner sect, he might encounter better elixirs.
With only about two months until entering the Wind Moon Sect, these three Spirit Tempering Pills would serve as a transition. Later, Qi Chuan intended to seek better auxiliary cultivation elixirs within the inner sect.