Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 243: Treating The Elements Like A Toy Part Two

As they landed on the fifth peak, Mei looked up above here to see the long winding path up ahead. There was no short cut up the mountain and some parts were very narrow. Along the way, Mei could see many holes in the side of the mountain. "Master Bai, what are those holes for?"

"Those are immortal caves. They are for the top ten inner sect disciples. Those caves were created by the first sect master of the Souring Cloud Sect. Each cave has its own spiritual qi gathering array. The strength of the array differs per immortal cave. Each immortal cave is numbered between one and ten. Ten being the lowest rank. Cave number ten's array gatherers less spiritual qi then cave number one. But cave number ten still gatherers two times more spiritual qi than you can get if you were to cultivate outdoors." Bai Hong explained.

"So if you want to gain entry to cave number one you would need to become number one of the inner sect disciples in the sect or just on this mountain?" Mei asked.

"Just this mountain. The top ten in the sect get extra resources and only the top inner sect disciples can fight for them. Everything goes by a ranking system even the outer sect has a ranking system. Although the top outer sect disciples do not get immortal caves they do get to have their own small courtyard. Otherwise, each courtyard has a maximum of one hundred people. It's to promote healthy competition between disciples. While fighting is allowed, killing or crippling a disciple is not. For disputes that can not be rectified easily, they can be settled in the life or death arena where your life is up to you." Bai Hong answered, putting Mei into deep thought.

Mei sighed when she thought of how violent this world was. Even people of the same sect would kill each other over a simple dispute. Besides wars, Phantasia was a lot less violent, where people live their everyday lives doing the things they want. But the culture here was based on trying to become an immortal where fighting was necessary for cultivation. Mei let out another sigh as she walked up the mountain following after Bai Hong. 

"I wonder if I will ever get used to all the killing..." Mei mumbled to herself.

"Did you say something Elder Sister?" Tang Yu asked.

"No, I was just talking to myself." Tang Yu might not have heard Mei but Bai Hong did. He also did not like all the killing. Although he had killed many himself, he had no choice. Not in this world where killing others was normal. He also knew that he would need to change Mei's mindset at some point. For now, he will just allow her to slowly get used to her new surroundings. 

Mei looked at the scenic view in front of her. The top of the mountain that seemed to be floating above the clouds gave a breathtaking view. Besides the sea of clouds that surrounded the peak, there was a lush forest and greenery. One section of the peak even had a blue bamboo forest with a small river running through it. "This place is beautiful!" Mei exclaimed.

Bai Hong lifted his nose high into the air, he was proud of his peak as well! "I spent a few hundred years getting this peak to where it is now. On the other side is a large training ground as well." 

"Master Bai really has good taste." Tang Yu said as she looked around. The whole area was very vibrant and colorful. 

"Okay, you two come I will take you to your immortal caves." Bai Hong took the lead and led the girls down a grassy ledge with a small wooden bridge that went over the small river. 

Mei could feel the spiritual qi in the air was very dense here which made her happy. She hoped to reach the qi gathering realm as soon as possible. Only then would she finally be considered cultivator. Mei was brought to a rocky section of the peak that had two caves. Bai Hong stopped in front of the first cave and said: "Mei'er you can take this one on the left and Yu'er take the one on the right." 

Mei and Tang Yu both nodded and walked into their respected immortal caves. Mei had expected it but still wished things would not be so made of stone. Everything in the cave was made out of stone, even the bed. She did not understand why Bai Hong felt things needed to be made out of stone all the time. There were two rooms, a main hall with a stone table and chairs, a back room that had a stone door on it and a stone bed inside. Mei walked into the bedroom and felt that the spiritual qi was much denser inside. She looked around and saw a few piles of dimly glowing stones. She could only guess that those stones had something to with how dense the spiritual qi was in this room. But as her eyes wandered they landed on the only object in the room that was not made of stone. A chamber pot. Mei frowned as she muttered: "I will need to make a proper toilet once I can use spiritual energy!"

She also noticed that there was no bathtub which she would need to bring up to Bai Hong later. With nothing much else left to do Mei went and sat in a lotus position. She held out her hand and created a ball of wind in her hand. "I wonder if I can use this to fly. I am able to apply the elements to my body so if I were to use wind to lift my body off the ground, I could use fire to propel me around. This would at least allow me to travel around the sect faster. I will have to test this out later on."

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