Only through a day of travel on the ground, Altima and Ling Hu finally reach the lands belonged to the Spirit Beast Clan. Entering the huge gate which is guarded by two strong Cultivators of Kun Tier, and with their partner Demonic Beast, which is known as the Spirit Shadow Elder Leopard, the majestic strength of a well-organized clan could be seen without entering the Clan area.

As Altima pass through the gate, a total of 3 other Elders appeared before his sight and started to greet this young and potential Alchemist cum Martial Cultivator.

"Fellow Senior brothers, Ling Hu greets you and your time to receive this little child I told you all."

Elder Ling Hu greets the 3 "Senior Brothers" nicely and politely.

Only through the sight of the 3 senior elders, Altima could roughly deduce that their strength is comparable, or even a wide gap between them with Elder Ling Hu.

"What a good seed. Barely 12 years old, but already possessed a total of 3 Spiritual Body parts. If he was to be allowed to mature and groomed, perhaps in another 10 years, he will achieve the stage of our First Core Disciple before he ascends to the age to become an elder."

Said the first and oldest senior brother "Ling Kun".

"Even though this kid stopped concocting medicine weeks ago, but his hand still smell strongly with the residue from successfully concocted medicine! This can only proof the effort and the persistence of a person in his path of expertise. I believe if we give him more time in further his potential in concoction, I believe even if we spend all the wealth we have within the Clan would worth it!"

The second senior brother "Ling Wei" continued.

"Senior Brother Kun, Senior Brother Wei, and Junior Brother Hu, look at his well-trained flow of Zen Essence and the Yin Yang undulation flows that goes around his body, I believe that this child, spend no less in his Martial art practice as well. Even though he could not be labeled as a pure perfection martial artist, but I would say he won't be losing too much if he is given more time to refine his martial arts as well."

The third and last senior brother "Ling Qing" finished it with a praise as well.

"Senior brothers, you all had been praising this child so much, he must be halfway towards the heaven by now."

Elder Ling Hu laughed, and together, the 3 senior brothers of his too.

"Little Altima, Although it had been promised that you would be treated as the most respected guest within the Clan, but I believe that due to the current situation of yours, why don’t we start by allowing you to enrolled within the Clan, as our Core disciple and start cultivating together while you assist us in concocting the two special recipe ?"

Elder Ling Kun moves towards the main topic.

"Elder Ling Kun, Little Altima is grateful for all the conveniences that elder wished to bless this junior, but could this junior come out with a suggestion ?"

Altima speaks direct and honestly towards the four elder, due to the respect and praise he received.

"Sure, go ahead."

Elder Ling Kun agrees.

"This junior would like senior to give no benefits or advantages compared to other outer disciples, and wish to compete fairly with them to obtain the trust and confidence of the clan."

"Through this way, this junior will be able to face the different hardship accordingly, and finally tempering and refining himself and his mind as he improves."

"After facing this disastrous chain of events, Junior understand one thing. To survive within this world, not only strength is required. One would need more than strength to move forward, to obtain what he wish and create his own legacy."

"Previously, it is a rash decision to publically open and decipher the fact that the Pure YinYang Dan is readable and announcing it to the whole Primordial Ark that I am the solely worth person to inherit the scroll."

"because of this, I bring this calamity to myself, and forced to escape from my continent, and receive protection from Elder's Clan."

"This junior wished to be given the chances to temper his mind, his soul, and his cultivation, and obtain a further achievement before allows to roam freely within the world once again."

"Junior hope Senior will reconsider senior's decision and put faith in overseeing this junior's growth!"

Altima speaks honestly, and wish the elders to agree with his selfish decision.

"Marvelous!"

"Just by listening to your words, make me felt like it is worth taking a gamble on placing my hope on you!"

"Brothers! Shall we make a bet with this young Junior ?"

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"Ha Ha, Oldest Senior Brother, your habit comes out immediately, as usual!"

"Well, we'll take the risk together, then!"

The elders started to discuss and replied toward each other, and finally decided to make a bet with Altima.

"Young Junior, Shall we make a bet ?"

Senior Elder Ling Kun speaks.

"Senior Elder, Please tell the requirement."

Altima instantly replied.

"Within 1 year, you must be able to achieve the highest record of achieving most contribution points among the outer Disciple, and be promoted into the Inner Disciple."

"Within 3 years, you must achieve the Strength of at least Peak Dao Practitioner of Zen, and be placed within the Top 10 strongest Disciple within the Inner Disciple ranking."

"Within 5 years, you must be able to concoct this 2 special concoction the Clan required you to succeed, and also, you must pass the sacred ritual of (Human-Beast Torturing Trail) to ascend into the Core Disciple."

"and before you turn 20, you must be placed within the Top 10 strongest disciple within the Spirit Beast Clan, and obtain the Spirit Shaking Medallion!"

"Can you agree with this condition ?"

Senior Elder Ling Kun states the bets requirement to Altima, and slowly explain how difficult this task would be.

His first-year task would be to obtain the highest total contribution points, which is obtainable by providing ingredients harvested throughout the continent, hunting the demonic beast, obtaining precious material, or even through concoction or other specific tasks.

But to complete the task, time is required. Harvesting required luck and knowledge, hunting required strength and abilities, material searching required luck and time, concoction or production even required relevant skills and abilities.

To divide the time of Cultivation, Martial art practice, and still obtaining the points to exchange for further usage, this would make the disciple to goes crazy with unstoppable pressure. Only through this way, one could refine their mind, and make it strong and firm to face any obstacles in future when they grow stronger.

And before the third year's end, Altima would be required to reach the strength of Peak Dao Practitioner of Zen Tier, and to be the top 10 disciples within the Inner disciple ranking.

Once again, the competition for materials and cultivation resources would be heavily sought after, so internal fight and competition wouldn’t be easy to handle through strength alone.

Within the Inner Disciple area, one would need to slowly choose his faction, as well as being a leader or a sufficient team player to cooperate in order to successfully obtain the group recognition when performing task and disciple missions.

While on the term before the 5th year ends, Altima would require to be qualified for the Human-Beast Torturing Trail, where only to be deem worthy, would require one to achieve the highest points in either being top in Leadership, Martial Strength, Special Profession, Skills, or in cultivation.

And Altima still needs to obtain the time to perfectly concoct the two unknown recipes.

Only with passing this 2 task, he would finally be able to achieve the right to ascend to the Core Disciple rank and enjoy the privileges of being the Clan future elders and even younger patriarch.

And within four years after he rises into the Core Disciple rank, he would still need to achieve the task of being placed within the top 10 disciples among all the Core Disciple, and have the right to obtain the Spirit Shaking Medallion!

One need to know, that this Spirit Shaking Medallion, is a proof of the strength of the Spirit Beast Clan!

When one medallion holder face with the most dangerous moment, the holder could request aid from the Medallion, to mobilized the whole swarm of Demonic Beast lead by the any of the 108 Leaders of the Demonic Beast Leaders throughout the 16 Continents.

In example, if the Medallion holder is faced with a life and death situation within the Blue God Continent, through a shake from the Medallion, the continent few main Demonic Leaders, such as the newly crowned Vespa, from the Monarch Stone Wasp Tribe, and even Amarak, the Queen Weevil, would lead their swarm to defend the Medallion holder without any hesitation.

Which means, Altima have a total of 8 to 9 years to complete this Bet and win against the 4 Elders!

"Elders, what would I receive if I manage to win this bet, and win against all this challenge ?"

Altima looked seriously in the elder's eyes, and wish to take this bet.

"Ha Ha Ha, not even started, and he is already fired up to win this bet."

"Young Junior, if you manage to win this bet, I will pass you my inheritance."

"Same here!"

"Me too."

"So that’s a total of 4 different Inheritance, and by winning this bet, you will most likely to become not only the youngest person alive to be crown strongest disciple within the Spirit Beast Clan, you will also be titled as the most Inheritance in your hand cultivator."

Elder Ling Hu explained.

"Inheritance ?"

Altima wondered for a while, and still having many questions running within his mind.

"We could say, Inheritance comes in many forms, such as weapons, equipment, worn treasures, and even specialized items such as Cauldrons, Dragon Scales, or even organs of certain cultivators."

Senior Elder Ling Kun explained.

And with this, the conversation ends, where Altima had been transferred into the main hall of the Outer Clan area.

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"Alright, Monkeys!"

"From today onwards, you are the 951st intake of the Outer Disciples for the Spirit Beast Clan."

"You will be given Ten Boosting Zen Pill, five Raising Zen Pills each week as your cultivating resources."

"If you would like to obtain more cultivating resources, you have few different choices to choose from."

"First, hunt your own ingredient, and exchange it with the Medicine Pavilion for the pills."

"Second, Contribute in the Clan request and task, obtain points and exchange for pills."

"Third, participate in the daily martial Square, and challenge other Outer Disciple for more pills and resources."

"Fourth, Rent your own or share a Farming Realm, and start your own ingredient farming and concoction."

"This is the four basic ideas on how to receive more cultivating resources."

"Of course, you are allowed to use any other methods to obtain more resources."

"Next, as you all can see, this is your own Residence Tag. There will be 30 different Residence Building scattered around the Outer Clan, and each tag has their own needle to direct you to your own room."

"The room will have charges of 5 Contribution Points daily, and to upgrade or get a better room, you would need to pay more."

"This is the Mission Hall, you can participate, and take the task posted here to accomplish, rewards is based on the type of mission, as well the threat level."

"This is the Martial Pagoda, within consist of all Martial arts from Spiritual Stage to King Stage Cultivators martial art that is allowed to be learned by the outer Clan disciple."

"And lastly, this is the Elder's Hall. Research yourself if you need to know more regarding deeper information as an outer disciple."

"That’s it for today, The Outer Disciple Ranking Placement would be conducted at the end of the month."

With this introduction reach its end, Altima moves accordingly to his arranged residence and started his first day as an outer Disciple of Spirit Beast Clan.