"If you are Disciple Kai Ren, I have been assigned to show you around the sect," the boy replied with a charming smile.
The boy had blue eyes, grey hair, and a beautiful face that would surely make several girls fall in love with him.
Hearing the boy's words, Kai Ren cupped his hands toward him and said, "Junior Kai Ren greets Senior Brother."
Although Kai Ren was introduced to the cultivation world not long ago, these greetings were typical even among mortals based on their seniority. It's just not as strict in the cultivation world.
"There is no need to be so formal with me. My name is Jian Li, but you can call me Brother Jian." Jain Li introduced himself while still holding the smile from before.
"Then I'll be in your care, Brother Jian." Kai Ren replied with a nod after hearing Jian Li's words.
"Then Shall we get going, The sect is huge and we don't have much time to explore all the places." Jain Li said, and after getting a nod from Kai Ren, they started walking in a particular direction.
"Since this is your first time inside the sect, let's start from the outer sect and make our way toward the inner sect. What do you say?" Jain Li asked after walking for a few minutes.
"We'll do as you say, Brother Jain." Kai Ren replied.
After walking for some time, they again reach the bottom of the mountain. After arriving at the place where Kai Ren first entered, Jian Li stopped and said,
"Brother Kai, from here to seven thousand meters upward is the outer sect where disciples from the low stage of the Qi apprentice realm to the peak stage of the Qi adept realm stay."
"Of course, there are exceptions to this. If a person is extremely talented, they can directly join the inner sect regardless of their cultivation stage, such as you."
While saying all this, Jian Li started walking while gesturing to Kai Ren to follow him with his hand.
"From seven thousand meters to fifteen thousand meters is the inner sect where disciples from the low-stage Qi disciple realm to the peak stage of the Qi grandmaster realm stay, again, with a few rare exceptions like you. As for the above, you will learn about it when the time comes."
During all this conversation, they arrived at a pagoda that said Alchemy Hall.
"As you already read, this is the Alchemy Hall, where all the disciples who want to become alchemists come to work. The other disciples can also exchange contribution points for all kinds of pills for their cultivation and journeys."
"There is a similar place in the inner hall, but the quality of the pills is better than here. Do you have any questions?" Jian Li asked after explaining the purpose of the alchemy hall.
"Yes, Brother Jian, What are contribution points, and how do I get them?" Kai Ren asked a question about what had piqued his interest.
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"Ehh, you don't even know about contribution points."
Jain Li asked, and upon seeing Kai Ren shaking his head in negative, a surprised expression came on his face. "Don't tell me the elders did not explain anything to you?"
Jain Li once again asked, to which Kai Ren shook his head.
"So that's how it is, then let's start from the beginning, okay?" Jian Li said.
After that, Jian Li explained several of the sect's basic rules for some time.
"So that's about it. Do you understand?" Jain Li asked after explaining the basics about sects for several minutes. After seeing Kai Ren shake his head, he smiled and said,
"Now that you know the basics, I won't have to explain everything to you one by one; I won't have to just show it to you."
After getting a nod from Kai Ren, they start their journey around the sect again.
Jain Li showed him the talisman refining hall, the forging hall, the scroll engraving hall, the training area, the technique hall, the cultivation chambers available for rent, the living quarter, and the duel arena in the outer sect.
"So that's almost all the essential places in the outer sect. Now, let's move on to the inner sect. Shall we?" Jian Li said that after getting to the boundary between the inner and outer sects.
"Halt!!!"
A voice came behind them as they entered the inner sect. After turning around, they saw a disciple in inner court robes walking toward them.
"Greetings, Senior Brother Jian. What are you doing here? Who is this outsider?"
He said this while pointing toward Kai Ren, who was still in his regular clothes. He had not had enough time to change into the robes that Elder Bleda had provided him with.
"Junior Brother Ye, I know that you have a great sense of duty, but you don't always need to get so worked up on small matters."
Jian Li replied amusedly, "As for what I am doing here, well, I am giving a tour to the newest disciple of the sect. And he's junior brother Kai Ren, and he just joined the sect today with the recommendation of Elder Liu and Elder Han."
"Junior Brother Kai Ren greets Senior Brother." Kai Ren cupped his hands toward Xiao Ye and said a standard greeting.
Even though Jian Li said Kai Ren was a sect disciple, there was still doubt on Xiao Ye's face. When Jain Le saw this, he turned toward Kai Ren and said,
"Just show him the token that Elder Bleda gave you, or this upright idiot will not let you take a step inside the inner court even if an elder came here."
Hearing Jian Li's words, Kai Ren took out the inner sect token Elder Bleda had given him and showed it to the disciplinary hall disciple.
After Xiao Ye looked at the token in his hand, he nodded toward both of them and said,
"My apologies, senior brother, but you should know that it is my job to make sure no one enters the inner sect without sufficient permission."
"Don't worry. I like how you are always focused on your duty and do not give leeway to people just because they have a strong backing."
After hearing Xiao Ye's apology, Jian Li laughed out loud and told him not to mind it.
"Thank you!" A smile appeared on Xiao Ye's face after getting praised by Jain Le.
"Well, then, see you around. I must show the entire inner sect to the junior brother here." Jain Le said this to Xiao Ye and walked into the inner sect. Naturally, Kai Ren followed him.
After that, Jian Li showed Kai Ren several locations in the inner sect. Almost everything here was the same as in the outer sect, with the buildings being more magnificent and the quality of products being several times better.
By the time they finished touring the inner sect, the sun was already setting on the horizon, so Jian Li turned toward Kai Ren and said,
"We've covered almost everything now. Only the mission hall and the living quarters remain, but since it's already getting dark, why don't I just show you the living quarters, and we can go to the mission hall together tomorrow?"
"Okay, Brother Jian." Kai Ren replied with a tired expression as he walked from one place to another for the last ten hours.
So they approached the living quarters, where Jian Li asked Kai Ren to show him the key to his quarters that he had been given in the ring.
He noticed that 1940 was written on it when he took it out. This means his quarter number was 1940, so he started walking in the living area, skipping several small villas and trying to find his own.
"What the...?"
It took him almost twenty minutes to find his villa, and when he did, he was astonished.