At that time, there was no examination for abilities, nor could one exchange Immortal Dao achievements for skills or elixirs as cultivation provisions.
Everything within the sect was allocated by the elders of various halls and the masters of the cultivators. Although everyone had their own say in how much was allocated, Miao Yin saw no real standard for it. There was only one criterion—closeness and rank.
For those ascended practitioners without backgrounds or foundations who wanted to learn various skills and inheritances or acquire more elixirs, they had to seek out different elders within the sect.
Back then, life-extending elixirs weren't mass-produced like they are now. Each one was invaluable, and only those favored disciples and the elders of the sect could obtain them.
The process of acquiring various provisions was interspersed with so-called trials.