Daily life of a cultivation judge

Chapter 569 Woes of the outer sect (2)

Yang Qing's brows rose in intrigue when he read this.

The case was brought forward by one of their outer sect disciples by the name of Ma Qi. He is 17 years old, in the second stage of the qi refinement realm, and an outer sect disciple of the sect.

He joined the sect three years ago when he was still in the body refinement stage more specifically the silver body stage.

Analysis done shows there was no improvement in his body refinement stage, and broke through to the next stage as a a silver body.

"Fourteen years old and he had a silver body, even though he is not a genius at the very least his aptitude should be above average but you want to tell me someone with those abilities only managed to reach the second stage of the qi refinement realm in three years?" Yang Qing muttered with furrowed brows.

About a week ago during one of his sect missions, he reached the Green Sparrow branch and requested the services of the Order.

He has filed a case against the Striding Falcon Sect for the mistreatment of its members, this is a bulk of the outer sect disciples, and failure to deliver on the promises given to said disciples before they joined just as they were taking the entrance examination.

The basis of his claims is on the sect's current treatment of a portion of its outer sect disciples.

'As per his testimony, the sect has been overburdening the outer sect disciples with various chores all over the sect that leaves little to no room for them to cultivate, and some of those chores are even hazardous to them such as the care of the green malachite caterpillar.

He has reported that in a month about a dozen outer sect disciples get maimed during the feeding of the caterpillar.

Those that get maimed, if their torn limb is still intact, do get reattached, but the potions used are usually of the lowest caliber that barely do the job and even the technique behind the reattachment is low.

Their limbs never quite feel the same and are usually defective while those who get maimed either get expelled from the sect or decide to volunteer to be lab rats for the various alchemy test potions in the alchemy division of the sect.

From the account of Ma Qi, the fate of those who choose the latter is far worse than losing a limb and getting expelled..'

"Green malachite caterpillar.." Yang Qing muttered with a strange light in his eyes.

The green malachite caterpillar was a common spirit beast, that most organizations would have as a measure of self-sustainment. It was like the way mortals kept chicken.

The green malachite caterpillar was a humungous caterpillar about the size of four anaconda stitched together. It was green and with spiral blue wing-like markings all over its body.

The reason most organizations kept them was for a few reasons one of the being they required little to no skill to rear them. You only needed to feed them, and their feed wasn't anything special, and earth-rank herbs would do.

Once properly fed, they would produce finger-sized malachites from the various pores of its body.

The malachites were filled with gentle wood energy that had mild healing properties in and by themselves. The malachite mixed in with a healing potion would elevate its properties, and it was the go-to ingredient to be used as a stabilizer in most potion recipes that were at the rank of sky grade and lower due to its gentle properties.

Pouring ground malachite during potion brewing would reduce the level of volatility during the brewing process which increases the odds of success in the completion of the potion or pill.

Its gentle and mild nature made sure it wasn't triggering or negatively reactive with most ingredients, and it wasn't strong enough to alter the properties of a potion, which was why most organizations whether they were an alchemy-centered organization or just a regular sect, clan, or organization with an alchemy hall, they would have malachites in their alchemy repository. It was a must-have as it helped reduce the costs of potion or pill creation.

Since green malachite caterpillars were not hard to rear, most preferred rather than buy, they would produce it themselves by rearing the green malachites and reduce the costs.

The caterpillars were docile in nature and not averse to human beings. Other than food, they didn't concern themselves with anything else. They were voracious eater, and as long as you kept them well-fed, there would be no issues.

lightsnοvεl.cοm However, if one were to name one issue was their impatience when they were hungry, the first person to feed in that state was likely to be attacked, and getting sliced apart was not an impossibility since their mandibles were sharp enough to slice through iron like a hot knife through butter. But even then it was not much of an issue, since the green malachite caterpillar lacked agility, and immediately after the attack, their attention would be drawn back to the food. 

A qi refinement cultivator with a red-grade movement art even a low-tier art would be able to easily dodge its attacks, and someone with a gold body and no art would be able to easily dodge or even face off directly at its attacks without fear of being maimed since their bodies would be able to withstand it. 

The fact that there were a dozen maimings among the outer sect disciples of the Striding Falcon Sect spoke to the lackings of the outer disciples or negligence of the sect towards the nurturing of their disciples.

'Other than taking care of the green malachite, they do almost all the chores of the sect that would normally be handled by servants which leaves them exhausted and little to no room to cultivate.

In addition, when it comes to cultivation resources, they were given a low tier red grade meditation art to cultivate with as the only cultivation art, and they barely receive any guidance on it, whenever classes are held they have to compete against each other for the opportunity to join the class which per Ma Qi's judgment isn't worth the trouble because they get their monthly resources deducted every time they receive healing from the sect.

Ma Qi is filing a case against the sect in the hopes that it will let him go so he can join another sect, rather than remain and waste his best years at the sect which he claims betrayed their promises.

He hopes for the Order's intervention. He was given a recording talisman to record the happenings of his sect when he went back. We had agreed to meet in a week's time which is today.

Ideally, the Green Sparrow Branch would have handled the situation, however, since the sect itself has a palace realm expert and the branch chief is only at the core formation stage, the matter has been sent to you.

When they bring over Ma Qi, they will bring over any and all information they have about the sect, including its relationship.

The resolution of the matter now rests in your hands, Branch Chief Yang Qing.'