Chapter 63: Great Love
The sword moved like lightning and reached Zhang Sheng’s abode in the blink of an eye. This was Wei Yuan’s first visit to his master’s residence. The courtyard looked somewhat messy, stacked with all sorts of strange tools and materials. It looked nothing like what he thought an immortal’s abode should look like, and definitely not as wealthy as Bao Yun’s.
Zhang Sheng instructed him to take a seat at the study before carrying a box from somewhere. He grew absent-minded for an instant when he opened it and saw the stacks and stacks of jade papers inside.
“It’s been ten years…” The scholar let out a sigh before covering up the box. Then, he picked up an empty piece of jade paper from the table and placed it in front of his disciple.
“Sign your name and drip three drops of blood on this,” Zhang Sheng said expressionlessly.
“What is this?” Wei Yuan felt vaguely uneasy for some reason.
“It’s the amount of cultivation resources you’ve used in the past decade. Now that you are one step away from becoming a Dao Foundation cultivator, it is time you start paying your debt. Your due as a Skyblue Hall disciple has already been deducted from it.”
Wei Yuan thought that this was a reasonable arrangement. According to the Palace’s regulations, disciples at the same cultivation stage enjoyed more or less the same benefits. Not every hall treated their disciples the exact same way, but overall, the difference was insignificant.
Generally speaking, every disciple in the Palace of Absolute Beginning received a monthly stipend. It was nothing to write home about and just enough to maintain their basic cultivation needs. If a disciple wished to progress faster, then they would need to seek help from their own families. Bao Yun and Xiao Yun, scions of aristocratic families, were two such examples.
Another method was prioritizing support for gifted disciples. Each hall would contribute a portion of their cultivation resources to these disciples. Zhang Sheng, for instance, enjoyed a monthly stipend that rivaled that of an Avatar Trueman.