When you demonstrate your own excellence to the point where you become irreplaceable, you will naturally be revered and supported by those around you.
In this process, resources, power, and other things will follow, further propelling you to higher positions.
Conversely, if you are mediocre, dull, or even foolish, easily replaced and dismissed by anyone…
Then in the future, you will have the least resources and do the hardest, most tiresome work. This is your fate.
Meanwhile.
Within the vast palace, only Liang Jingru and Qi Heng remained.
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"You are truly remarkable."
Liang Jingru’s lips parted slightly as she spoke, her willow-like eyebrows, curved like crescent moons, gazed at the composed Qi Heng, a hint of admiration on her face.
"Master, you flatter me."
Seeing that the outcome was decided, Qi Heng seized the opportunity, calling her "Master" with great enthusiasm.
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He appeared obedient, cupping his fists with both hands, and respectfully said, "As a new disciple, I am not yet familiar with many matters within the palace. I ask for your guidance, Master."
"If I make any mistakes, I beg for your indulgence, Master."
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"It's alright. These useless things don't need to be taught. You'll naturally understand as you spend more time in the Yin Yang Immortal Palace."
Liang Jingru shook her head, unconcerned by Qi Heng's words. Her lips parted as she continued to remind him, "What you need to focus on are not these tedious formalities. As someone with the Innate Dao Body, you only need to know how to become stronger."
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As Qi Heng pondered this with his head lowered, a faint fragrance suddenly filled his nostrils. It was incredibly alluring and intoxicating.
Qi Heng looked up and saw Liang Jingru smiling at him.
Having never been this close to a woman before, Qi Heng's face blushed, and he became somewhat flustered.
The next moment, Qi Heng felt his lips being pulled apart by Liang Jingru's jade-like hand. Liang Jingru took this opportunity to stuff the Heaven Mending Immortal Pill directly into Qi Heng's mouth.
Seeing that Qi Heng had swallowed the Heaven Mending Immortal Pill, Liang Jingru nodded, then began to instruct Qi Heng on how to refine its medicinal power.
Qi Heng, without a word, sat down cross-legged and began meditating to refine the medicinal power.
The Heaven Mending Immortal Pill was incredibly miraculous, containing boundless celestial energy.
As the Heaven Mending Immortal Pill was absorbed and its celestial energy dispersed, with each of Qi Heng's breaths, a thin layer of pale purple mist emanated from his body.
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The condensed, unscattered pale purple mist enveloped him. However, with another breath and practice, the purple mist retracted back into his body, leaving no trace.
Liang Jingru observed that the celestial energy had completely fused with Qi Heng's body. Qi Heng's face, with its babyish fullness, wore a look of profound peace. She nodded, relieved.
After Qi Heng had fully digested the celestial energy from the Heaven Mending Immortal Pill, Liang Jingru briefed him on the basic rules and taboos of the Yin Yang Immortal Palace.
Qi Heng immediately knelt and respectfully kowtowed three times to Liang Jingru.
"Alright, from today onwards, you are my eighty-third generation disciple of the Alchemy lineage. The eighty-third generation belongs to the 'Yun' (cloud) generation. My Dao title is Ziwei. As for your Dao title, it shall be Yun Jun."
"If you wish, I will also assign you dedicated medicine boys and maids as attendants for your disposal."
"As for the remaining sect rules and precepts, you needn't worry. There will be someone to explain them to you in detail."
"For now, what you need to consider are other matters."
Liang Jingru looked at Qi Heng with an implied meaning in her words.
Upon hearing this, Qi Heng understood immediately and put on an obedient expression. "Please instruct me, Master."
"When you enter the Immortal Palace, many people will likely send you gifts. Do not be surprised then."
Liang Jingru looked at Qi Heng and said calmly, "Regarding these gifts, do not be polite. Accept anything that is useful to you. Do not concern yourself with what is useful or not."
"This is the way of the immortal world. If you are strong, others will respect you; if you are weak, others will trample you. Do not blame the world for being cruel, for this is the real world. Those who cannot adapt to this are already dog food..."
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The master-disciple relationship is extremely important in the immortal world, both for the master and for the disciple themselves.
If the master errs, even the disciple will be implicated and fall with them. The reverse is also true.
One prospers together, one suffers together. It is always so.
Subsequently, a female medicine attendant in white slowly approached and led Qi Heng to his own dwelling.
"This is my residence?"
Qi Heng was instinctively stunned, looking at the spacious and expansive cave dwelling before him.
The cave dwelling appeared extraordinary, not just on the surface but in its essence as well.
Every brick, every tree, every blade of grass, and every flower here was subtly arranged according to profound orientations, causing spiritual energy to converge from all directions.
The spiritual energy was incredibly dense. A single breath cleared the mind and sharpened the senses, greatly benefiting one's spiritual power. It was truly a prime cultivation and advancement location that all immortals dreamed of and would go mad for.
The cave dwelling was built with a base of refined gold and a body of evergreen wood, constructed in the shape of the twelve star palaces and inlaid with a complete set of formations.
In the hidden corners of the cave dwelling, faint runes could be seen flashing, clearly in effect.
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This scene left Qi Heng utterly dumbfounded.
"Is the treatment in the Yin Yang Immortal Palace really this good? Or is this treatment unique to him..."
This thought flashed through Qi Heng's mind. He then turned to the female medicine attendant beside him and asked, "Beautiful sister, do other newly admitted disciples have the same kind of residence?"
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"How is that possible? Such a luxuriously appointed cave dwelling is only possessed by Golden Immortal realm Purple Robe Elders."
"Ordinary disciples live together in groups, and not even in cave dwellings, but in simple dilapidated rooms..."
Standing beside him, the female medicine attendant lowered her head and said softly.
"Immortals also live in such shabby places?"
Qi Heng was somewhat surprised.
"In the Yin Yang Immortal Palace, we, the handyman disciples, are crammed into small rooms with twelve or thirteen people. Not only is the space cramped, but the spiritual energy in the air is also very weak..."
"Outer disciples are slightly better off than us handyman disciples. At least they have their own rooms, which are more spacious, and the spiritual energy in the air is also richer than ours..."
"Only inner disciples can have their own cave dwelling in the Yin Yang Immortal Palace..."
"Even then, it's just a simple cave dwelling, but it's something we handyman disciples can only dream of..."
As she said these words, the female medicine attendant's expression changed slightly, tinged with a hidden envy.
Clearly, at this moment, she deeply envied Qi Heng.
Hearing this, Qi Heng nodded thoughtfully, stroked his chin, and muttered to himself, "So, upon entering the Yin Yang Immortal Palace, I have already received the treatment of an elder!"
This was just the cave dwelling before him, not to mention other benefits that had yet to be bestowed.
For example, earlier, Qi Heng had extracted a lot of useful information from this female medicine attendant.
According to the rules of the Yin Yang Palace, as the personal disciple of an elder's lineage, one could focus solely on cultivation without worrying about external matters, unlike outer and inner disciples who often had to go out to do tasks for the Yin Yang Palace.
While focusing on cultivation, the Yin Yang Immortal Palace would also provide monthly supplies, including immortal stones, as well as pills and elixirs.
These were all given freely by the Yin Yang Immortal Palace as benefits.
As for outer and inner disciples, their lives were far from as comfortable.
From what Qi Heng knew, outer and inner disciples, although they received some immortal stones monthly, were insufficient for their expenses.
To maintain their daily cultivation, they had to desperately complete missions to meet their basic needs.
As for the handyman disciples at the very bottom, they were even worse off. Not only did they receive no monthly allowance, but they also received no rewards for completing missions.
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Meanwhile.
After a good night's sleep on the soft, wide bed made of silver silk and nanmu wood in the luxurious top-tier cave dwelling, Qi Heng tidied himself up and prepared to leave his dwelling to pay his respects to his master early in the morning.
However, the moment he pushed open the door, he was startled by the scene outside.
Outside the cave dwelling's main entrance, immortals holding various items had already thronged the area.
Even if Qi Heng wanted to get through the crowd and leave, it wouldn't be easy.
Qi Heng stood frozen, looking at the scene.
"These people... are all here to give me gifts? This is too much!"
Looking at the sea of people, bustling and surging like a black tide, Qi Heng couldn't help but let out a wry smile, recalling his master's words from yesterday.
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Dealing with these people alone took Qi Heng a full three hours. It was already noon, and paying his early morning respects was no longer feasible.
"There's so much stuff, what am I going to do?"
Looking at the numerous gifts that completely filled the hall of his cave dwelling, Qi Heng touched his forehead, a headache forming.
Not to mention the various immortal pills and spirit herbs, he had received over a hundred immortal artifacts today alone, and the amount of immortal materials was beyond imagination.
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