JSCMU-Chapter 124: First Disciple

Once the second-generation disciple token was officially issued and received in hand, Ye Cheng’s apprenticeship under Yun Jin was settled.

Outside, people speculated that Ye Cheng must be feeling deeply humiliated, forced to accept this arrangement out of helplessness.

Inside Heavenly Sword Peak, however, Ye Cheng was surprisingly calm, even starting early on to work in the spiritual field.

In the past, Yun Jin handled this spiritual field herself. The others didn’t understand botany at all, so Yun Jin couldn’t delegate it to anyone.

Now that a professional arrived, she could finally hand over the work.

Standing beside the spiritual field, Yun Jin looked at her first disciple and felt very satisfied!

Even though she was only at Foundation Establishment Stage and this first disciple was already at Golden Core Stage.

Is there a problem? No problem at all.

However, Yun Jin also began to feel a slight sense of urgency.

She needed to hurry up and reach Golden Core Stage.

Whether it was the Heaven Mending Pill her master needed or advancing in various skills, without reaching Golden Core, the number of simplification attempts required was too large.

With this in mind, Yun Jin took out a box of pills and began eating again.

Gu Jinghong should’ve been used to this sight by now, but the corner of his mouth still couldn’t help but twitch.

Pills are extremely rare!

Alchemists are incredibly precious!

He dared say that even in Xuandan Sect, no one consumed pills like this.

Whether it worked wasn’t even the main issue.

The key point is that there was no need!

The two words “no need” had just crossed Gu Jinghong’s mind.

In the next moment.

There was a surge of spiritual energy from Yun Jin’s body.

She broke through to late Foundation Establishment Stage.

Gu Jinghong. “???”

Wait, she broke through to late Foundation Establishment just like that?

He never even saw his master cultivate!

Just relying on eating pills?

Maybe it would be a bit more convincing if they were the right kind of pills, but wasn’t she eating Rejuvenation Pills? When did Rejuvenation Pills start increasing spiritual power?

Yun Jin was very calm. She instantly mastered the realm of late Foundation Establishment, and then…

Took out another bottle of pills.

Gun Gun looked at Yun Jin with envy, then also took out a bottle of pills and hid in a corner to start eating.

Gu Jinghong looked at this spirit beast and was momentarily at a loss for words.

It was another bottle of Rejuvenation Pills, but Yun Jin frowned, looking a bit displeased.

“Master, what’s wrong?” Gu Jinghong observed her expression and couldn’t help but ask.

“It just feels like the speed of increase in spiritual energy has slowed down,” Yun Jin said.

Gu Jinghong. “……”

He really wanted to say something to comfort her.

But he had a bit of a conscience left, so he couldn’t.

“Don’t you think so?” Yun Jin looked at Gu Jinghong. “Why did one Rejuvenation Pill only increase my spiritual energy by a tiny bit?”

Gu Jinghong immediately abandoned his conscience and responded seriously, “Indeed. This Rejuvenation Pill is outrageous.”

Even though it’s a healing pill, if it can’t rapidly improve master’s cultivation, then it’s unacceptable.

After a while, he added, “Or, maybe master could switch to pills that specifically increase spiritual energy? Within Foundation Establishment, Yellow Dragon Pills, Jadesap Liquid, Purple Sun Pills, etc., are commonly used to increase spiritual energy. However, any pill that boosts spiritual energy is extremely rare, and as soon as someone gets one, they use it immediately. If master wants to buy some, it might cost a great deal.”

If not, then why is it that everyone knows taking pills is a shortcut to advancement, but so few people actually manage to take them?

Is it because they can’t afford them?

Or because they don’t work hard enough?

The main reason is that these pills are just too expensive.

Even Gu Jinghong, a Sect Master’s personal disciple, only earned ten Yellow Dragon Pills during his Foundation Establishment Stage. After that, he couldn’t afford any more.

“Pills that increase spiritual energy,” Yun Jin’s eyes lit up.

That might really be the case.

Right now, she mainly consumes two kinds of pills. Foundation Establishment Pills and Rejuvenation Pills.

However, both of them are functional pills, not ones that directly increase spiritual power.

The reason she could raise her cultivation level by eating them was entirely due to the system’s setting, where eating food increases strength. Pills were classified as high-energy food, so they had that effect.

But what if she directly consumed pills that increased cultivation?

Then the medicinal effect of the pill and the system’s function would work together. Wouldn’t that mean her breakthrough to Golden Core would be around the corner?

Once she reached Golden Core, she could take the third-rank alchemist certification and begin simplifying the Heaven Mending Pill.

The time for the Grand Sect Tournament was approaching, so these were all urgent matters.

“You’re actually a bit useful,” Yun Jin said, glancing at Gu Jinghong.

Gu Jinghong was instantly a little flattered.

Looking toward the spiritual field, Ye Cheng just finished working on one plot of land and was about to move to the next.

Yun Jin called out, “Ye Cheng, come here.”

Ye Cheng paused for a moment, then walked over to Yun Jin and respectfully called out, “Master.”

In terms of cultivation, Yun Jin was indeed inferior to him, but Ye Cheng willingly addressed her as master.

Firstly, because she saved his life.

Secondly, because what he truly valued were botany techniques. In terms of talent and skill in botany, Yun Jin far surpassed him. She was more than qualified to be his master.

Yun Jin cleared her throat and tried to put on a solemn and serious expression.

After all, as someone’s master, she had to show some authority.

“You’ve been under my tutelage for two days now. There are some things I haven’t had a chance to explain. I’ll explain them all to you today,” Yun Jin said.

“Yes,” Ye Cheng listened respectfully.

Yun Jin first took out a token, “This is the second-generation disciple token of Heavenly Sword Peak. From now on, our master-disciple relationship is officially confirmed.”

“Yes,” Ye Cheng calmly accepted it, feeling nothing inside, and even wanted to return to tending the field.

Originally, Yun Jin was just following procedure. She didn’t expect that the moment she handed over the token.

A prompt sounded in her mind.

“Ding. Host has accepted a disciple. Initiating Master-Disciple Mode.

First Disciple. Ye Cheng (click to view detailed status)

Master-Disciple Bond Level. 60.”

“Ding. Activating ‘Master Has Tasks, Disciple Will Complete’ mode. Ye Cheng can perform certain daily operations on behalf of the host. Since the bond level is 60, 60% of Ye Cheng’s results will be reflected onto the host. That is. 60% of the Emotion Points Ye Cheng earns will be awarded to the host. 60% of the skill proficiency Ye Cheng gains will be transferred to the host… and so on. Higher bond level results in higher return rate.”

Just because she accepted Ye Cheng as a disciple, the system unlocked a new feature.

Yun Jin couldn’t help but laugh.

She took in Gu Jinghong as a servant mostly out of personal reasons.

But for taking in Ye Cheng as a disciple, although there were also personal reasons, it was more so because she didn’t want to see him die.

The system’s upgrade was a completely unexpected bonus.

Did this prove that people should do more good deeds?

Well, not necessarily.

She took in Gu Jinghong too, wasn’t that a good deed?

Besides.

Making someone a servant meant a 100% return rate.

Making someone a disciple came with a bond-level condition.

Yun Jin started to wonder if the system was actually encouraging her to be a villain.

Good thing she, Yun Jin, was born beautiful, gentle, kind, and considerate. Otherwise, with this system, nine out of ten hosts would’ve turned evil.

Feeling proud of her own character for a moment, Yun Jin finally started to speak about serious matters.