After her words that helped me realize my inadequacy compared to other cultivators, we quickly land on the balcony of one of the core disciples' towers

Something that I didn’t really internalize when I first arrived here is just how large these towers are. Just a single floor has a round at a minimum 20,000 square meters of space. One floor.

From the little I could gather, Senior S… Sister Nuan would normally use these towers as her residence. Though I’m unsure of why.

Maybe because the atmosphere at the top of the sect is stuffy, and she was hiding parts of her condition from the others. Either way, it appears she regularly used this tower to work out of before moving on.

Surprisingly enough, all of her items and things that she kept here are already gone. Even when we arrived in the medical space, most of the items were gone, that normally would have been there.

My scan easily fills the gap in knowledge.

It’s likely that one of her personal servants moved it to her elders’ quarters on the mountain.

Now who that is and where they are is a different question.

“I don’t have the time to give you a full tour of this place, but I will show you the basics that you will need to know.”

Quickly, we move towards the center of the building, and then, like before, we shoot up to the top of the tower, with the walls and floors moving around us.

My best guess is that it is like the elevators in my world. Once we reached the top, which doesn’t take long, despite this being 200 floor building. She explains yet again.

“The top floor is an excellent cultivation spot.

“I would recommend using this as your typical place for cultivation. Most of the Qi in this area will congregate here.

“Staying here will also allow you to quickly react and move to other areas if needed. As you already likely know, the Revolving Heavenly Light Sect focuses on light-based cultivation techniques. They optimized the building for those abilities and also for anyone using them.

“Those who practice those methods here will receive twice the cultivation boost from the natural light abundant in the area.”

If I’m not incorrect, while there isn’t light Qi or darkness Qi in this world, Qi does flow differently depending on the environment. That can cause a variety of styles to receive boosts are have more trouble cultivating, depending on the area.

Next from there, she moves us down to the bottom of the pagoda tower. Deep down within the foundation, to the very base of the mountain that they formed this tower upon.

Still using the elevator like transport, we soar past large structures of rock within the mountain, as well as areas that seem almost like an underground palaces.

It’s absolutely absurd that all of this is just for this tower.

Considering there are two others and that this is apparently standard for these types of towers, just seems like an exercise in extravagance.

Unlike the trip to the top, this takes a few moments to reach, despite the high speed of the transport. All until we finally reach a room that seems brighter than any other I’ve seen near the surface.

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“This is where I recommend you go into closed door cultivation. The formations and structure of the building direct all Qi and light down to this area, increasing it as it goes deeper and deeper.

“Unlike the one at the top, this will give you vastly more gains than anything else. But as this is so deep, unless it’s me, most cultivators won’t be able to contact you or reach you easily down here. Even in the event of a direct attack, you would likely not feel anything down here. Always have someone trustworthy be keeping an eye out for you, that has permission to come down here.

“With that said, there are restrictions on who can come into this area, as the benefit is high. “

She pauses and considers something.

“If you need, you can make it so the light doesn’t reach here, while still pumping the Qi down. That would likely be very useful for darkness technique users.”

“Feel free to explore and examine the building as necessary. There are plenty of places to check into.

She looks up for a moment before snapping her head back down.

“Hmm… I think there was such a thing for disciples.

“I hadn’t chosen any since becoming an elder, so I almost had forgotten.”

Reaching into her sleeve, much like Elder Gu did, she pulls out a worn jade slip.

“This should give you all the knowledge you need to know, as master of these towers.”

I grab it and check it for safety before activating it.

All the knowledge I need about the building, including secret rooms, basic rooms, and even some special functions of the tower, floods into my mind like water. It seems somewhat like a watered-down version of a cultivation method jade scroll, filling in the dots for me.

Giving me everything I need to know to direct people once they get here.

I even quickly discovered that the underground palace areas are actually the training areas for any sect servants or disciples contained within. Something that will be crucial when I bring all these people here.

Considering everything that was contained in this jade slip, was she seriously thinking of just telling me this much without giving me this?

I’m not given any time to Mull over this, as just as soon as I recognize this information, she indicates for me to head back the elevator with her.

Soaring back to the surface, we walked back out to the balcony.

“Alright, it’s time we head over to the contract maker's place. We don’t want to make him wait any longer.”

Before she summons the swords, she turns to look at me.

“After we left, Elder Gu set some opportunities up for us that could be extremely beneficial to us. Especially with your abilities, they would be critical to making sure that you don’t get taken advantage of in the future.”

She pauses before continuing.

“Weigh your choices when we arrive, as I will allow you to decide on this. Although I think you should go through with it.”

The way she's looking at me reveals she will not tell me anything about it until I see it myself. I can feel my curiosity rise, as well as my wariness.

As I hop on the sword and we take off, she looks away and thinks aloud.

“It should also be getting somewhat close to when your future followers will probably be pressured to leave. This is good. This will test to see who will be worth keeping and has the dedication to stay.”

… I get where she’s coming from with that. However, not everyone has the luxury of being able to trust someone to word. Just because I promised them something doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be allowed to pursue other options.

Depending on the situation, of course.

It is a good opportunity to see the different situations involved. But that will come after I deal with this contract master.

Contract masters are notoriously difficult to work with. Even within the realm of cultivators, who are consistently difficult to work with, they stand out.

And why not? They have the position that is able to enforce a rule upon almost anyone in the cultivation world.

It’s like pissing off a lawyer.

Not only do they have the money and power to do something about it, but also the knowledge to make it sting most, where you least expect it.

Adding to that, everyone wants to work with them, so eventually you’re going to have to deal with them, anyway.

Like before, we fly quite the distance for a bit of time before reaching the inner city.

But I notice something strange.

Unlike what I was expecting, we begin heading to the growingly poor districts of the inner city. All until we reach a slum.

At the side of us, many of the people in the area scatter immediately.

It’s never a good thing when a cultivator comes to areas like this.

With Sister Nuan here, I’m not too worried about being hurt.

… But what am I getting into here?