Chapter 70 - Games Cultivators Play
Benton really liked the whole knights of the round table thing he had going on, even if there was a clear king instead of everyone actually being equal. Lips were certainly loosening, and the disciples were starting to feel more comfortable around him and around each other.
That result was a win in and of itself.
But he still had a decision to make.
“Each of you made really good points,” Benton said. “Zou Tian, I always like hearing your thought process. You never disappoint. And Ye Zan, you struggled to voice your opinion, so I appreciate your bravery. Xun Wu, that was an interesting choice, one I hadn’t considered. Thank you for that.
“In the end, though, there are considerations most of you don’t know. It is my belief that getting more people to advance as fast as possible is the best thing for the sect. To that end, I’ll be distributing the five pills to the people around this circle as discussed and give the final pill to the first person among the other disciples who reaches minor realm three.”
Benton studied each person carefully. No one seemed upset at all about him overriding all of them to make his decision. If he would have pulled something like that back on Earth, he guaranteed someone in the group would have been upset.
“Next topic. I introduced the twins to their weapons upon reaching minor realm two. For the rest of you, I’m going to wait until minor realm three—four for those taking pills. In retrospect, I think that the small amount of practice you’d get in that interim period isn’t worth the effort compared to how much easier it is to learn weapons with your stronger body, higher stamina, and bigger qi pool at the higher minor realm.
“All that to say, Shi Long, it’s time to pick a weapon.”
Benton pulled both a spear and a bow from his ring. Both were relatively poor-quality weapons compared to the red spears or what the twins used, but they should serve fine for training.
From Shi Long’s expression, the former weapon shop attendant knew exactly how inferior the equipment was.
“This is temporary,” Benton said. “No reason to give a fresh trainee a great weapon. In fact, I plan to give every spear wielding sect member one of the Orange Vigor Spirit Wood spears once they reach Foundation Establishment.”
Shi Long frowned.