"Uh, where am I" Arjun woke up on a bed and there were a series of beds lying in this room, Varun was also on one of these beds, and only 7 of the twenty beds were occupied.
"This room seems to be an infirmary" Arjun sat up and then prepared to leave. Just as Arjun got out of bed he saw a person approaching him.
Arjun then bowed and said "Good evening elder". The person who approached Arjun was one of the elders who organised the competitions at the dojo.
"Ok boy, you can relax. Here take this storage bag, it contains 100 spirit stones and a 1st tier low-grade sword, the sword could be said to be the best in quality among the low-grade weapons, and it also contains a token which can be exchanged for sword secret arts" The elder handed over a storage bag and left.
Arjun then looked at the bag in his hands and said "The Sect provided them in a storage bag which mortals can't open unless they reach the Qi cultivation realm 1st stage for two reasons, first, it is also a part of the reward, and second, the sect doesn't want to support mortals"
Arjun went out of the room and found Gopal and the others waiting for him and Siri was also there. All of them inquired about his health worriedly.
Arjun looked at them and said with a smile "Gus, don't worry, I am fine, I was just a bit tired".
After that Arjun and the others went home, and while Siri went to her house, she shared one with four girls.
The Sect provided them with dinner also, Pavitra and Ahalya took some of the dishes and stored them for Arjun to eat. After eating dinner they all went to sleep.
The next day morning Arjun had a surprise, when Arjun tried to cultivate he was able to feel the Qi during sunrise but he wasn't able to control it and bring it into his dantian, Arjun tried to move the Qi around him but he wasn't able to and after that, he went down to prepare breakfast.
Today they had compulsory cultivation classes. Arjun and the other four occupied some places in the third row and Siri also sat with them. Today Elder Chow talked about how to draw Qi into dantian.
"In the last class, we have completed how to sense Qi. In this class, I will teach you how to understand Qi and how to draw Qi into dantian. First, you should observe the Qi in your surroundings, Qi is very fragile at the same time very dangerous also, you should all ...."
After two hours the class was completed and Arjun then went to the Alchemy hall and then to the formation classes. After that Arjun went home and tried to cultivate, this time he did not try to draw it into the dantian but observed it, Arjun wanted to observe it and learn about it, like how elder Chow said.
After one week, Arjun was able to move the Qi. After another week Arjun was able to bring it close to him but could not perform the Qi circulation method in the cultivation technique. After another week, the sect ended the compulsory classes, and Arjun was able to perform half of the circulation method.
Finally, today, four weeks after Arjun joined the sect Arjun was able to complete the circulation method mentioned in the technique and successfully became a cultivator.
Arjun then informed his friends about this, and they all congratulated him then he said "I will go join the outer court disciples today, so I will have to leave you all don't worry about me"
Arjunspen some time with his friends and then went to the disciple management hall to report it. On arriving there Arjun was surprised to find Varun and some other girls were also there to report about there to report about their cultivation.
Three of them were waiting at the reception. After 5 minutes an elder came to them. Three of them bowed and greeted the elder. The elder was satisfied with their behaviour and said "You three are the first disciples to cultivate it up to the Qi refining stage, so you three can receive an extra secret art and one hundred low-grade spirit stones as a reward".
"The sect rewards everyone who enters the Qi cultivation stage with three low-grade spirit stones and secret art. Here take this storage bag, it has a space of 10 cubic metres inside. It contains your rewards and also 2 pairs of outer court disciples' uniforms. Now you will have to choose one of the outer peaks you want to stay in."
"There are 169 outer peaks 13 inner peaks and 3 core peaks in the sect. All the outer peaks have 1st-grade spirit veins from low to top grade, while the inner peaks have 3rd-stage high to top-grade spirit veins. You can choose one of the outer peaks to stay in, there is a map and book about the sect in the storage bag, you will have to choose a peak and then inform it in the reception they will handle the following matters."
After handing over the spirit bags he left, and then Varun started to introduce himself "Hi, I am Varun Sha, I am from Brave Empire's Silver Kingdom's Sha family, a Qi cultivation stage family. I hope we can all be friends "
Varun introduced himself and then the girl also introduced herself "Hello I am Avantika Jolt from the Dream Empire's Ruther kingdom's Jolt family, a Qi cultivation stage family." Avantika was a beautiful-looking girl with shoulder-length hair and a somewhat tall body.
"I am Varun from the Brave empire's silver kingdom. I am an orphan and do not belong to any cultivation family" Listening to Arjun the other two were shocked but didn't show any disdain.
Varun and Avanthika were both proud of themselves for being the first ones to become cultivators but they didn't know that Arjun cultivated only for two hours a day, while they cultivated for at least six hours a day.
Varun was very well aware of Arjun because almost a month ago he was defeated by him in the competitions held in the dojo.