After a brief tea time, the flying carpet slowly descended onto a large martial arts training ground, and everyone stepped off.
"This is the Lianshan Peak. From now on, you are all outer disciples of the Lianshan Peak. Someone will take you to the Transmission Pavilion shortly, where you'll be arranged a place to stay. Since you've joined the Danxuan Gate, your actions must not harm the interests of the sect. Brothers and sisters must unite sincerely, and disciples within the sect are prohibited from killing each other or betraying the sect. Otherwise, your cultivation will be revoked, and you'll be expelled from the Danxuan Gate. For serious offenses, you may face severe punishment. Also, every month, during the last five days, there will be elders at the Transmission Pavilion to teach you basic cultivation knowledge. If you have any problems during cultivation, you can ask here. However, each question requires some task points. The elders will explain it to you once. You can also use task points to consult the elders at the Transmission Pavilion at other times. This is allowed. You can even exchange some genius treasures for the elders' guidance to clear doubts."
"Task points are what you're most concerned about. They can also be exchanged for the cultivation resources you need, including pills, refining materials, and even spiritual weapons. You can also exchange task points for cultivation time in the Xuanhuang Tower."
"Also, I'm sure you all want to acquire martial techniques and skills. They are also available in the Transmission Pavilion, with various martial techniques and skills listed, along with the required task points. As long as you complete the tasks, you can obtain what you want. Before you're familiar with it, we will provide you with basic martial techniques and skills, which you will receive at the Transmission Pavilion. The Transmission Pavilion also explains how to complete tasks. Before you start, it's best to check the task's level and not rush into it blindly. Don't risk your life on unfinished tasks. Alright, I'll stop here. Two months from now, there will be a major competition between outer and inner disciples of the sect. I hope you can all come back by then. Participation is optional, but there will be many rewards for the top ranks. You can decide for yourselves. Wang Bing, please take them to the Transmission Pavilion!"
The peak master made a brief introduction and then flew away, leaving behind a group of new disciples.
"Alright, everyone, follow me to the Transmission Pavilion!" Wang Bing said to the group.
Following Wang Bing, everyone arrived at the Transmission Pavilion of the Lianshan Peak. The entire pavilion covered several acres, leaving Chen Xuan in awe. Building such a large pavilion must have required a considerable amount of manpower and resources, and it seemed that each peak had such a Transmission Pavilion.
"Wang Senior Brother, what did the peak master mean by being able to cultivate in the Xuanhuang Tower?"
Chen Xuan understood most of what was said, but he was confused about the Xuanhuang Tower, so he asked.
Chen Xuan wasn't the only one puzzled; other disciples also looked at Wang Bing.
"The Xuanhuang Tower is the highest-level cultivation place of our Danxuan Gate. It has nine floors, and its origin is unclear. It seems to have existed since the establishment of our sect. The uniqueness of the Xuanhuang Tower lies in its time rules. The cultivation time on the first floor is double that outside, the second floor is four times, the third floor is six times, and so on. Outer disciples can only enter the first and second floors, with the first floor having the largest cultivation space, with about a thousand rooms. However, each day of cultivation on the first floor requires many task points. Unless you have made significant contributions to the sect and receive rewards, you can also cultivate in the Xuanhuang Tower. The third and fourth floors are for inner disciples. The cultivation rooms on the third floor are half the number of the first floor. The fifth and sixth floors are for core disciples, with even fewer cultivation rooms. The seventh floor is for some elders' cultivation, and even I don't know what's above it. As for the seventh floor and beyond, I'm not sure. I've heard that some powerful core disciples spend a lot of task points to cultivate on the seventh or even eighth floor."
"The ninth floor is the cultivation place for the Sect Master and the Grand Elders," Wang Bing explained to everyone.
After hearing Wang Bing's explanation, Chen Xuan had an idea. What he lacked most now was time. If he could cultivate in the Xuanhuang Tower, he could make up for the side effects of compressing his true strength.
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Everyone quickly arrived at the Transmission Pavilion. Inside, there was a large area with various tasks posted on the walls, divided into four levels: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. Chen Xuan glanced at them and saw tasks such as killing demon beasts for their cores, finding materials, hunting down bandits, and killing demons in the Demon Battlefield. There were all sorts of tasks available.
"Alright, everyone, stand still. These are a hundred boxes. Each of you take one; inside are the things you need. Take them, and I'll lead you to where you'll be staying," Wang Brother instructed.
Each person quickly grabbed a box. Inside, Chen Xuan found clothes for outer disciples.
"From now on, you must wear these at all times to show that you are a disciple of the Danxuan Gate. There are also some basic cultivation resources inside. Now let's go to where you'll be staying!"
Squeak...
Chen Xuan pushed open the door. This was his room. It seemed that the treatment for outer disciples was not very good. The entire half-mountain slope of the Lianshan Peak was filled with houses, with each outer disciple receiving a separate small house containing just a bed, a table, and some basic necessities. He would have to improve his situation by reaching the Spiritual Warrior Realm. It was said that disciples at that level would each have a cave mansion with abundant spiritual energy. Chen Xuan needed to work harder.
Opening the box, he found two sets of clothes, both yellow, with the Danxuan characters embroidered on the left chest. It seemed that yellow was the color for outer disciple's clothing. There were also a few books.
Chen Xuan picked up one and found it to be a Yellow-ranked cultivation technique, and the other was a Yellow-ranked martial technique, the Changchun Sword Technique. Chen Xuan wasn't interested in these, so he picked up the last book. Was this the miscellaneous record that Wang Brother mentioned?
There were also some bottles in the box. Chen Xuan opened one and found a dozen pills inside. The spiritual energy of these pills was much better than the Returning Yuan Pills he had on him, easily more than a hundred times.
"Lao Li, are these the Elemental Spirit Pills?" Chen Xuan asked.
"Yes, these are the Elemental Spirit Pills," Lao Li confirmed.
Chen Xuan took one and felt a surge of spiritual energy flowing from his abdomen to his dantian. He felt his dantian's power increase significantly, absorbing spiritual energy much faster than before and saving time on refining.
"Good stuff. Looks like I'll need more of these pills in the future."
Putting away the rest of the pills in his storage ring, Chen Xuan opened the miscellaneous record.
The author was Zhong Wuyan. Chen Xuan didn't know who Zhong Wuyan was, but almost the entire continent's folklore, various anecdotes, and the names of some genius treasures were recorded, including the levels of some artifacts.
Chen Xuan opened the first page and continued reading. Since he had been practicing soul projection, he felt that his memory and discernment had improved a lot. He was deeply immersed in the book, and the entire night passed with Chen Xuan reading the miscellaneous record.
"Huh."
Chen Xuan exhaled, closing the book. He realized how little he knew before. With this miscellaneous record, his knowledge was now much more comprehensive.
Above spiritual weapons were elemental devices. Chen Xuan knew that, but he didn't expect that above elemental devices were Dao artifacts, and above them were Immortal artifacts.
Immortal artifacts were just a legend; it seemed that none had appeared on the Land of the Spirits yet. Even the appearance of a Dao artifact could potentially attract the covetous eyes of all experts, possibly leading to attacks from all sides. A single Dao artifact was equivalent to a Spirit Realm expert, making it the highest existence on the Land of the Spirits.
The weapon he had on him was only a Postnatal-ranked one. He needed to find a way to gather more refining materials and upgrade his weapon to the level of a spiritual weapon, so he wouldn't be at a disadvantage in battle. However, he knew nothing about refining techniques.
"Lao Li, how much do you know about refining?" Chen Xuan suddenly remembered Lao Li, his ancient teacher.
"What are you up to? Do you want to refine your own spiritual weapon? It's not impossible. I can teach you a set of refining techniques, but you can only refine up to elemental devices at most. I have no idea how to refine Dao artifacts. If you want to refine your sword into a spiritual weapon, it will require a lot of refining materials. I'll give you a list of materials, and you can go find them."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xuan's mind was filled with various stones and other materials needed for refining, along with a refining technique.
"Demon Blood, what's this?" Chen Xuan asked.
"If you want to refine a better spiritual weapon than others, it's best to add Demon Blood to it. Demons devour human blood to evolve. If you add Demon Blood to your weapon, it might undergo a mutation, absorbing human blood as well. Then, as long as you absorb more human blood, your weapon might automatically upgrade to an elemental device, or maybe even higher. But these are just my speculations. After all, no one has tried it before. This belongs to the methods of demons. Enhancing weapons by devouring human blood would turn you into a demon hunted by everyone from the righteous sects. It's up to you to decide."
Lao Li explained to Chen Xuan.
"Never mind all that. I won't actively kill people. If someone provokes me, I won't hesitate to kill them. I'll follow your method of practice."
"Also, spiritual weapons require a spirit. You'd better capture a powerful demon beast and extract its soul to make a spirit. That way, your spiritual weapon can exert its greatest power. A powerful demon soul as the spirit will produce even better results," Lao Li added.
The night slipped away quietly, and a ray of sunlight shone through the door crack onto Chen Xuan's bed. A new day had begun, and it was time to plan for the future.
Knock, knock, knock...
There was a knocking at the door.
"Chen Xuan, it's me, Xiyun Sheng."
Chen Xuan opened the door, looking at Xiyun Sheng in different clothes.
"Xiyun Brother, what brings you here?"
"Chen Xuan, we are somewhat familiar with each other at the Danxuan Gate. I came here to discuss our plans for the future," Xiyun Sheng said.
Chen Xuan was also considering this question.