Normally, at this speed of flight, the strong winds would have blown the children away, but the flying boat was silent, with no wind at all.
Looking at the raging wind outside the flying boat and the calm within, Fang Ming immediately knew that the boat must have an invisible protective shield set up in the air, blocking the wind.
On the flying boat, the two cultivators did not pay much attention to handyman disciples like Fang Ming, giving them no instructions. However, they did give some instructions to the four young boys and girls who possessed three white clouds and were destined to become outer disciples.
This was not an open area like before, so Fang Ming could not get close enough to hear what they were discussing.
However, these instructed young boys and girls clearly did not intend to conceal what the cultivators were discussing with them. They spoke loudly on the flying boat, and thus Fang Ming learned some things about the Baiyun Sect.
The Baiyun Sect had internal and external divisions, with handyman disciples at the very bottom.
Upon entering, handyman disciples were usually bestowed the "One Qi Technique" by the Baiyun Sect.
The "One Qi Technique" did not hold much promise. It had nine levels, cultivating a pure internal stream of qi. Although it was a form of pure qi and could be considered cultivation, most of its abilities were directed towards cultivating spiritual plants and herbs.
The "One Qi Technique" also came with accompanying spells, but they were all for dealing with pests in spiritual fields, and their power was naturally not high. One could imagine how powerful a spell to deal with pests could be.
It was only that because these were spiritual fields and the pests were of spiritual plants, they were still more formidable than the pests of ordinary fields in the mortal world.
Being able to cast a few pest-control spells still counted as magic, and naturally, it was not a problem for dealing with mortals.
Of course, this was limited to mortals. Dealing with cultivators who were genuinely pursuing cultivation and not just working as laborers would be very difficult.
Even if one cultivated the "One Qi Technique" to the ninth level of great completion, it did not amount to much strength. At most, one would be a top-tier spiritual farmer in the cultivation world.
And with the aptitude of two white clouds, even if they cultivated higher-level techniques, it was usually extremely difficult to get started, so they could only cultivate the "One Qi Technique" to the end.
These words came from the mouths of the four aspiring outer disciples with the aptitude of three white clouds.
To show off their pride and sense of superiority, these individuals were surrounded by a group of young boys and girls, like stars accompanying the moon.
Fang Ming also went with the flow, following them to play along with their display of pride and superiority.
Even though Fang Ming had already realized that even if these individuals joined the Baiyun Sect, they would only be outer disciples, and being their follower would not bring much benefit.
However, he still had to outwardly show a willingness to follow and a look of admiration.
Showing such an expression and attitude might not bring any benefits.
But not showing such an expression and attracting attention would be almost certain.
The possibility of incurring the malice of these individuals then would be somewhat high.
For some people, flattering them is useless, but if you don't flatter them, they will come after you.
To avoid being noticed and targeted, Fang Ming decisively chose to go with the crowd. His mind, surpassing that of these children, naturally understood the importance of not being isolated. If he, with his knowledge from his past life, did not go with the flow, it would likely lead to trouble.
This would be counterproductive and would not reflect the wisdom of a transmigrator.
The rest of the journey was normal and smooth.
As Fang Ming went with the flow, nothing happened to him. However, some of the youths who thought their minds surpassed others, standing alone and not flattering these aspiring outer disciples, had already brought trouble upon themselves.
Fang Ming clearly saw that one of the aspiring outer disciples already had a look of disgust in his eyes towards several youths who were not flattering him.
Clearly, there would be some good shows to watch next.
Fang Ming silently followed the crowd, remaining silent.
The journey was smooth, and it wasn't just the interactions among the children on the flying boat that went without a hitch.
The two cultivators piloted the flying boat all the way to Baiyun Mountain without any errors. They did not encounter any demonic cultivators or risks along the way and arrived directly at the Baiyun Sect.
Baiyun Mountain was a continuous mountain range with numerous peaks. The highest peak completely surpassed the clouds, appearing to be several thousand meters high.
Fang Ming and the other disciples thus arrived in this mountain range.
As there were many restricted flight zones within Baiyun Mountain, they could not fly by boat. The two cultivators also disembarked directly in the mountain range and began to walk towards the peak where the registration roster was located.
Thus, Fang Ming began his mountain climbing journey again.
Although this peak was not the highest one reaching thousands of meters, it was still very tall. Fang Ming felt a bit strained just walking.
This was not surprising.
This body was only that of an eight-year-old child, with little advantage in terms of endurance. It was normal to perform this way climbing such a high peak.
Looking back, many children older than Fang Ming had fallen behind, resting in the rear.
Fang Ming could be considered to have perseverance.
Even one of the two cultivators glanced at him with a hint of surprise. Such performance from an eight-year-old child was rare even in their extensive experience guiding disciples.
However, it was only a glance.
Cultivation valued aptitude the most. While perseverance was also needed, it was secondary.
True geniuses could achieve in one year what others took ten years to achieve.
With such a vast difference in cultivation efficiency, perseverance, though useful, did not play a significant role.
After being escorted to register and receive their sect uniforms,
Fang Ming became a handyman disciple of the Baiyun Sect and was assigned to work in the numerous spiritual fields within the sect.
Looking at field after field of spiritual crops,
Fang Ming knew that this was the "spiritual rice" that cultivators ate.
Unlike mortals, cultivators, upon embarking on the path of immortality, possessed pure qi within their bodies.
If pure qi were to continuously come into contact with mortal flesh and rice, it would gradually lose its vitality and consequently have adverse effects on the cultivator.
In the mortal world, ordinary rice was food for mortals, but for cultivators, it was actually harmful.
And achieving abstinence from grains was something only cultivators of a certain realm could accomplish; low-level cultivators could not do so.
So, what should they do when they first started cultivating and had not yet reached a certain realm?
The answer was, naturally, to eat spiritual rice.
Mortal grains and miscellaneous items were filled with turbid and impure energy, which would be harmful to a cultivator's progress.
However, spiritual rice produced from spiritual plants, filled with pure qi rather than turbid and impure energy, would naturally not harm a cultivator's progress; instead, it would be beneficial.
Precisely because of this, corresponding positions were created – the bottom-tier farmers in the cultivation world, specifically responsible for cultivating spiritual plants and providing large quantities of spiritual rice to the formal disciples of the sect.
The purpose was to support the cultivation of the formal disciples of the sect.