Riding on the Heavenly Quadrant Sword Formation, Shu Han was heading south alone.

Crossing over mountains, rivers, and vast plains, Shu Han finally saw a range of mountains exuding a spiritual purple aura. From afar, countless black spots were rising and falling amongst these mountains. These were all cultivators riding the wind. At first glance, there were at least several hundred cultivators moving in and out of the mountain range enveloped by purple aura. After a five-day journey with the cultivation level of the 12th level of Qi Refining, he finally arrived at a major sect north of the Great Cloud, the Purple Sun Sect.

According to Shu Han's investigation, the head of the Purple Sun Sect is at the peak of the late Core Formation stage. There are thousands of disciples in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, and there are also several elders in the Core Formation stage. It is indeed one of the six major sects in the north of the Great Cloud. The Immaculate Realm, which will open in half a year, is jointly initiated by these six major sects.

Shu Han, bearing the face of Xu Zimo, recalled Xu Zimo's life while riding his sword towards the Purple Sun Sect. For the external incarnation, he had used the Purple Sun Sect's inheritance method - Purple Cloud Ascending Art. When refining the external incarnation, he used this method as a foundation. After the external incarnation was completed, this method naturally reached the peak of Qi Refining.

This incomplete method was obtained from Xu Zimo's storage bag. It only recorded the cultivation methods of the Qi Refining stage and had the high-level spells removed. Shu Han realized that in this cultivation world, methods are easy to obtain, but spells are hard to find.

In terms of power, this method was far inferior to the Mystical Dragon Triple Rotation Divine Art. However, Shu Han dared not use this method for his external incarnation. Firstly, he was afraid that the people of Purple Sun Sect would find something amiss. Secondly, he was afraid that this method would directly burst his external incarnation. After all, the cultivation of the external incarnation cannot grow.

Approaching the Purple Sun Sect, Shu Han put away his Heavenly Quadrant Sword Formation and switched to Xu Zimo's usual high-grade magic tool, the Black Gold Folding Dragon Saber. To Shu Han's professional eye, this saber was absolute garbage.

Even if without the Mystical Dragon Triple Rotation Divine Art and numerous top-tier magic tools for protection, Shu Han's incarnation was not weak in combat power. It was basically not flustered when encountering an ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

The reason was the twelve bottles of Seven-Poison Water he had refined and stored in his storage bag, along with two hundred Fire God Talismans, and the Flame Sun Talisman he had begged from Shangguan Ruolin.

His combat power was lower than when Shu Han first arrived at Great Cloud, but his spiritual sense now was genuinely at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, far surpassing his perception and sensory abilities during his Qi Refining days.

Just as he was about to enter the Purple Sun Sect, a man in purple with thick eyebrows approached him with a smile, starting a conversation, "My name is Ren Tianyi, a cultivator of the 11th level of Qi Refining. May I ask if you are also returning from an external assignment?"

Shu Han looked at Ren Tianyi, feeling something strange with his newly trained Clear Bright Spiritual Eye, but he could not see anything specific due to his insufficient cultivation. He cautiously replied, "My name is Xu Zimo, are you also returning from an external assignment?"

Ren Tianyi laughed, "That's right. I received a mission from the sect three years ago to collect Sunflower Water Lotus Leaves in the Blue Wave Pool. I have now completed the mission and am preparing to return to the Purple Sun Sect. I noticed that you are also alone. Why don't we join each other?"

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Joining each other?

During his conversation with Xu Zimo, he had never mentioned Ren Tianyi. Presumably, they did not know each other. Someone he did not know came up to strike up a conversation.

Then, Shu Han thought that he was new here and unfamiliar with everything. If he followed behind him, he might be able to learn more about the rules and details of the Purple Sun Sect.

"That sounds good, after you, junior brother."

So, Shu Han and this suddenly appeared Ren Tianyi flew toward the Purple Sun Sect together.

From what he remembered, Xu Zimo had once said that returning disciples from outside assignments needed to first check the completion of their tasks at the Destiny Pavilion. Those who had not completed their task quota were not allowed to return to the sect.

Just as Shu Han was wondering which building outside the mountain was the Destiny Pavilion, Ren Tianyi swaggered towards the sect gate. Shu Han hurriedly stopped him, surprised, "Junior brother, don't you need to submit the task materials at the Destiny Pavilion? If you enter like this, I'm afraid you will be stopped by the law enforcement disciples."

"Ah?"

Ren Tianyi immediately laughed, "Haha, I've been in the mortal world for so long that I forgot the rules of our sect. Thanks for the reminder, senior brother!"

Seeing Ren Tianyi's behavior, Shu Han couldn't help but suspect something was off about him. Unfortunately, his external incarnation was not his true body, and his Clear Bright Spiritual Eye was just beginning to develop, so he could not see Ren Tianyi's ulterior motive.

However, Shu Han didn't want to meddle, his main goal was to compete for the qualification to go to the Immaculate Realm. Who Ren Tianyi was and what he wanted to do was none of his business.

So Shu Han looked at the crowd and saw a pavilion with the most people coming and going. He focused his gaze and sure enough, he saw the three characters of Destiny Pavilion. He then led Ren Tianyi towards the pavilion.

The pavilion was bustling with people, like a checkpoint, checking disciples entering and leaving the Purple Sun Sect.

Shu Han and Ren Tianyi arrived at a checkpoint. The disciple at the checkpoint, who was at the 12th level of Qi Refining, sat bored and said, "Returning from an outside assignment? Hand over your mission token and materials."

Ren Tianyi took out his mission token and three hundred Sunflower Water Lotus Leaves and handed them to the disciple. The disciple took the token, glanced at it, and read, "Three hundred Sunflower Water Lotus Leaves, hmm, but you've only handed in two hundred and fifty. The amount is not enough, mission uncompleted, not allowed to return to the sect."

What?

Ren Tianyi was stunned, "Senior brother, please look carefully, these are indeed three hundred."

The disciple glanced at Ren Tianyi impatiently, "Is this your first day?" With that, he waved his hand, and seventy Sunflower Water Lotus Leaves directly went into his storage bag, he said, "Now there are only two hundred and thirty, hurry up and get out!"

Damn!

Shu Han couldn't help but curse inwardly, this was outright extortion!

Ren Tianyi was trembling with anger, slamming his fist on the table, "Say that again! It was clearly you who swallowed my seventy lotus leaves and now you're falsely accusing me!"

The man snorted coldly, "Humph!"

Immediately, he stood up and shouted, "Someone come. There's a demonic cultivator trying to infiltrate our Purple Sun Sect! Quickly, someone gets him..."

Before he could finish his words, he was stopped by Shu Han, who quietly handed him a small bottle of Qi Gathering Pills, "Senior brother, my junior brother here doesn't understand the rules, please accept this token of our appreciation, there's no need to make a big fuss, we're all brothers of the same sect."

The man looked at the Qi Gathering Pills in his hand. His anger subsided, laughed, "It's okay, it's okay, it's you, junior brother, who understands the rules, are truly from our Purple Sun Sect. As for this guy, you have to manage him better in the future, or it won't be so easy to talk next time."

"Understood, understood!"

Shu Han pulled Ren Tianyi over, handed in his token and snow lotus, "Here are my materials, senior brother, please count."

However, the man didn't even look at them, handed over two purple tokens directly, and played with the Qi Gathering Pills, "Enough, no need to look. Junior brother, you've returned from an external assignment, you might not know. Recently, there have been quite a few demonic cultivators trying to infiltrate our sect. In the future, when you move around within the sect, you must carry this token. Otherwise, if you are caught by the law enforcement team, it won't be easy to handle."

Shu Han saluted, "Thank you for the reminder, senior brother."

Then, he led Ren Tianyi out of the Destiny Pavilion and into the Purple Sun Sect.

Ren Tianyi was still fuming, "Letting such a petty man get away with it! Purple Sun Sect is even worse than the demon cultivators!"

Shu Han sighed, "Ah, just bear with it for a while, one has to bow their head under someone else's roof."