Chapter 68 - A Hard Decision Made Easy
The next twelve days passed with excruciating slowness as the wagons creaked slowly along the rutted dirt path. On a positive note, all nineteen of Benton’s newest disciples advanced from Qi Gathering minor realm one to minor realm two in that time, earning him nineteen more points.
Benton spent much time viewing his status and watching those Sect Points tick up as various disciples reached that milestone. There was, after all, little else to do. Even running through the forest hunting game got boring after a while.
Making a mental note to somehow use qi to invent the internet as soon as possible, he pulled up the blue box once again.
Sect Name:Not ChosenSect Members:0Disciples:33Sect Points:44Shop Points:37Host Cultivation:Foundation Establishment - Minor Realm OneQi Available:1,110Host Body Cultivation:Bronze - Minor Realm TwoHost Techniques:Analysis - Large Success Basic Archery - Large Success Basic Spear Combat - Large Success Pill Basics - Large SuccessMenus:[Cultivation Method][Technique][Quest][Perk][Advancement][Shop - LOCKED]
As he’d anticipated, his Sect Point total had rapidly ascended, and he expected another nineteen points in the next few weeks or so just from his new inductees. On top of that, it was starting to get close to time to see another round of increases from the disciples back at the village.
“I’m in the money. I’m in the money,” he sang quietly.
The fact he was rapidly increasing his total was a really good thing. For one, he needed techniques to be able to truly make use of being in the Foundation Establishment Realm, and he was still two points in the negative for personal use.
The more major issue, though, was that he needed, at minimum, twenty-five points for a general body cultivation method that any of his disciples could use and twenty more for personalized ones for Yang Xiu and Yang Ru. That was already one more point than Benton currently had.
In an ideal world, he’d give individual methods to each of his talented disciples, but that would be another thirty points, which he honestly didn’t know if he could afford. Moreso, he didn’t know if the benefit would be worth it. Body cultivation shined when a cultivator fought. Yang Xiu and Yang Ru definitely would be the sect’s main method of projecting force. Shi Long and Wan Ai, on the other hand, would only ever be put in any real danger in the direst of circumstances.
Zou Tian presented a more interesting question. A body cultivation method restricted to shadow qi would probably make it easier for him to manifest his qi, and he was more likely to be in enemy territory where enhanced stamina and toughness might save his life.
Yeah. Benton really needed fifty-five Sect Points to spend.
Of course, if things worked out the way he hoped, he’d get those points back relatively quickly.