The magical combat between Shao Zhongguang and Zha Wenxun caused quite a stir within the Five Elements True Spirit Sect. This was especially true after the True Martial Hall issued a decree stating that any Outer Disciple who cultivated the Blood Spirit Scripture and served for twenty years at the Eastern Army Governor’s Mansion could be promoted to an Inner Sect Disciple.

If they performed meritorious service at the Eastern Army Governor’s Mansion, they could also receive a Foundation Establishment Pill.

The power of the Blood Spirit Scripture, and particularly the eeriness of the Blood God Child, left a deep impression on the members of the Five Elements Sect.

Accomplished Inner Sect Disciples would not take the huge risk of changing their cultivation technique. But the Outer Disciples did not have so many reservations, especially the older ones who had already lost their chance for promotion.

They were all willing to seize the opportunity presented by the Blood Spirit Scripture and take the gamble.

With the Sect’s encouragement, the number of Outer Disciples coming to Yang Jing’s Cave Mansion to have the Restriction tattooed on their skin increased dramatically.

Yang Jing acted as a hands-off manager, delegating the task of tattooing the Restriction with the Skinning Needle to Iron Head and Yinjiao.

As the creator of the Blood Spirit Scripture, the True Martial Hall made a special provision for Yang Jing: for every Sect disciple who completed the Restriction, he would receive five hundred Merit Points.

Although Yang Jing’s Merit Points were immense, he spent them like water. Sooner or later, he was bound to run out.

Moreover, he was preparing to construct a Blood Pool. Creations like a Spirit Pool, much like large Flying Boats, were typically something only Sects and Golden Core Immortally Cultivation Clans had the resources and dedication to build.

If he wanted to independently build two Blood Pools, he would probably have to sink all his Merit Points into the project.

The ability to now earn a steady income of Merit Points through the Blood Spirit Scripture was good news for Yang Jing.

Yang Jing sat on a Meditation Cushion, calmly looking at Shao Zhongguang, who sat before him.

After defeating Zha Wenxun in magical combat, Shao Zhongguang instantly became a prominent figure among the Inner Sect Disciples. The Outer Disciples who cultivated the Blood Spirit Scripture rallied tightly around him, forming a sizable faction within the Inner Sect.

Leveraging his connection to Yang Jing, he had even joined the Master-Disciple lineage directly.

Shao Zhongguang knew perfectly well who he had to thank for his current success, having risen from being an obscure Outer Disciple.

"Master."

The way he addressed Yang Jing was even more deferential.

"Have you seen the True Martial Hall’s decree?"

Yang Jing asked.

"I have, Master. Do you wish for me to go to the Eastern Army Governor’s Mansion?"

Shao Zhongguang asked respectfully.

Yang Jing nodded. The True Martial Hall had issued the decree at the urging of Fiery Fire True Monarch and Bai Shui True Monarch.

However, Outer Disciples who were only at the Qi Cultivation realm had a limited impact on the war. It was also extremely difficult for them to unleash the Blood Spirit Scripture’s suppressive power against Demons.

Naturally, Yang Jing’s attention turned to Shao Zhongguang.

"Serve at the Eastern Army Governor’s Mansion for ten years. When you return, I will accept you as a Named Disciple."

Shao Zhongguang’s eyes lit up when he heard Yang Jing’s promise.

Within the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, rumors had long been circulating that Yang Jing possessed the potential to reach the Divinity Transformation realm. After he captured Zhou Boyi with the Pure Yang Qi Grand Capture, these claims grew even louder.

As a cultivator of the Blood Spirit Scripture, Shao Zhongguang was thoroughly convinced of this.

Many Golden Core Cultivators in the Master-Disciple lineage wanted to take him as their disciple to probe the intricacies of the Blood Spirit Scripture, but Shao Zhongguang had refused them all.

After all, if he could become Yang Jing’s disciple, he would be the disciple of a future Nascent Soul Master, at the very least. The difference in status would be like night and day.

"I will not fail you, Master!"

Suppressing his excitement, Shao Zhongguang gave Yang Jing a deep, respectful bow.

Yang Jing waved him away and took out the Sect’s records on Spirit Pools to study.

Over the next two months, perhaps inspired by Shao Zhongguang’s success, three more of the remaining Outer Disciples cultivating the Blood Spirit Scripture used the Foundation Establishment Pills from Yang Jing to achieve Foundation Establishment.

A total of four out of the nine had now completed Foundation Establishment. The success rate for the Blood Spirit Scripture was even slightly higher than that of the Five Talisman Scripture.

This completely put the minds of the hesitant Outer Disciples at ease, and many chose to switch their cultivation technique.

Yang Jing made the same promise to these three new cultivators: if they served at the Eastern Army Governor’s Mansion for ten years, he would accept them as Named Disciples.

After the incident with Zhou Boyi, Yang Jing realized that even though the Great Five Elements Divine Light Prohibition granted him extraordinary status among the True Disciples, it didn’t mean he could now cultivate in peace.

’In this recent conflict, I strongly suspect the Zuoqiu Family was sowing discord, inciting the fight between me and Zhou Boyi.’

’If I had capable people on my side, I wouldn’t have been used as a pawn.’

’These Blood Spirit Scripture cultivators, especially the four who reached Foundation Establishment, are perfect to groom as my own faction. With them as the core, I can exert influence over the growing number of Blood Spirit Scripture cultivators within the Sect.’

Pushing these thoughts aside, he focused his attention on the records.

With the comprehension of a Golden Core Cultivator, Yang Jing had long since committed the contents of most of the records to memory.

The Five Elements True Spirit Sect’s collection contained fifty-four types of Spirit Pools, which had been gathered and cataloged by generations of disciples over many years.

Forty-two of them were Tier One and Tier Two Spirit Pools, which were of little use to Yang Jing. The remaining twelve were all Tier Three Spirit Pools.

From these twelve, Yang Jing selected three types of Tier Three Spirit Pools to serve as a basis for his Blood Pool.

These three Spirit Pools were the Spiritual Abyss Pool, the Evil-Transforming Pool, and the Flying Spirit Pool.

The Spiritual Abyss Pool was built upon a Spirit Vein and had the effect of accumulating Spiritual Qi and raising its effective tier. If built on a Tier Three Spirit Vein, the concentration of Spiritual Qi within the Spiritual Abyss Pool would reach the level of Tier Four. If built on a Tier Four Lower Grade Spirit Vein, the concentration could be boosted to Tier Four Upper Grade.