The azure treasure ship soared into the sky, carrying everyone through layers of clouds and mist, heading towards a certain direction with astonishing speed. Days later, through the distant, mist-shrouded clouds, a fiery red sun cast its light. Beams of golden light illuminated the entire sky. In the distant horizon, a vast range of undulating mountain peaks rose, with a verdant peak piercing the sky, surrounded by ethereal clouds and mist. The mountain peaks and golden sun formed a beautiful painting. Faced with such a fairyland-like spectacle of cloud seas, Zhang Ling and the others were in no mood to meditate. They stood up one after another, their hearts filled with excitement, their faces beaming with joy. The treasure ship's speed was incredibly fast, shuttling through the clouds and mist, instantly blending into them. A quarter of an hour later, the giant ship stopped on a flat, massive bluestone plaza. "Fellow disciples, you've worked hard." A yellow-robed Confucian scholar stood in the center of the plaza, seemingly waiting for them. Behind him were several black-robed disciples, standing straight and upright. "Sect Leader Brother." The silver-haired elder and the other five Foundation Establishment cultivators greeted the man with smiles, cupping their hands in respect.
"Sect Leader Brother, we are merely fulfilling our duties." After a few words of small talk among the Foundation Establishment cultivators, the yellow-robed middle-aged man turned his attention to the disciples. "Have you not seen the Sect Leader?" A Foundation Establishment cultivator lightly scolded the crowd. Zhang Ling and the others hurriedly bowed and paid their respects. "Disciples greet the Sect Leader." The yellow-robed middle-aged man, with a slight squint in his eyes, scanned over everyone one by one. This Sect Leader of the Hao Yuan Sect was not weak, and his divine sense exerted great pressure on everyone. His gaze lingered mostly on the newly joined rogue cultivators like Zhang Ling. Another powerful cultivator, Zhang Ling thought inwardly. "Good, you have managed to emerge from the Blazing Flame Valley and secure spiritual herb resources for my Hao Yuan Sect. The sect will naturally not mistreat you. In three months, the sect's rewards will be distributed to you. Those who have handed in enough spiritual herbs will certainly not be stinged on Foundation Establishment Pills," Sect Leader Wang said to everyone before ceasing to look at them, leaving with the five Foundation Establishment cultivators. "Little brat, you follow them for now, I will find you later myself." The silver-haired elder lagged behind a step, glancing at Zhang Ling. His voice echoed in his ears. At this time, the original disciples of the Hao Yuan Sect were led away by a black-clothed disciple. Only a dozen or so newly joined rogue cultivator disciples were left on the plaza. "My name is Lin Feihu, you can call me Senior Brother Lin. I will now lead you to familiarize yourselves with the sect." A black-clothed deacon disciple walked up to them, a broad face with a smile as he looked at them. This person was also at the peak of Qi Refining stage. After looking at everyone, he led them down the mountain. "This place is Sky Yang Peak, behind it is the Sect's Main Hall. This is where the Sect Leader and elders discuss matters. Generally, no disciples come here." "Little Sister Cai Yanyan, greets Senior Brother Lin, where are we going now?" A female rogue cultivator in a red dress smiled charmingly, asking Lin Feihu. "Greetings, Junior Sister Cai, we are now going to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, where your identity tokens and other items are processed." "We need to speed up, there are still several places to go next." Lin Feihu replied to the woman before saying loudly to everyone, then he pinched a spell, a flash of azure light appeared under his feet, and he took the lead in leaving the plaza. Zhang Ling and the others also quickly activated their spells, adding Wind Control Technique to their bodies, closely following this Senior Brother Lin Feihu. At the same time, they could hear his voice in their ears.
"There is still some distance to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, while we have some time, I will tell you about the sect rules." "Our Hao Yuan Sect is a first-class force, with a Nascent Soul Ancestor sitting in charge. The location of the mountain gate is called the Hao Yang Mountain Range, and the main peak, Hao Yang Peak, is an intermediate-grade spiritual vein. The surrounding hundreds of miles of large and small mountain peaks all have spiritual veins, and cultivation here is several times faster than outside." "Among them, there are more than twenty mountain peaks with rich spiritual veins, which are divided into inner and outer sects. Several of them are the secluded cultivation places of Golden Core elders. We Qi Refining disciples cannot enter without being summoned. These places all have powerful formations and restrictions. If you accidentally enter them, you will either be trapped by the great formation or directly killed by the killing formation." "We Qi Refining disciples generally do not enter these places either. Our activity range is mostly on several outer sect mountain peaks. The Miscellaneous Affairs Hall we are going to now is on a Chaoyang Peak." With Lin Feihu's explanation, everyone had a basic understanding of the Hao Yuan Sect. The Hao Yuan Sect has a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge and is a top force in the Cangyun Kingdom. The location of the mountain gate is in Pingchuan County, the northernmost part of the Cangyun Kingdom. In addition to the Nascent Soul Supreme Elder, the sect also has more than a dozen Golden Core experts, who are in seclusion all year round and are generally not seen. There are also hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators. The number of Qi Refining disciples also remains at around three to four thousand all year round. All the affairs of the sect are operated under the leadership of Wang Chengfeng, Sect Leader Wang, and these people are mostly the sect's deacon disciples. Although their cultivation may not be high, they wield considerable power. Such as the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, the Mission Hall, the Law Enforcement Hall, etc., as well as various large and small spiritual herb fields, alchemy, weapon refining, and other miscellaneous tasks. A large part of these are managed by Qi Refining disciples, which is also an important means for Qi Refining disciples to obtain sect resources. After half an hour, they arrived at the foot of a thousand-zhang-high mountain peak. Looking at the side hall built of redwood in front of them, Zhang Ling revealed a strange expression. This side hall looked quite old, but the three large characters 'Miscellaneous Affairs Hall' on it were very eye-catching. "Is Uncle Huang here? This disciple has brought several newly entered disciples." Lin Feihu stood under the steps and shouted softly towards the hall. "Hehe, so it's Nephew Lin, why are you doing such a simple task?" After a few breaths, a hearty voice came from the house. "Uncle is well, isn't this to earn more sect contribution points?" "Come in." Lin Feihu laughed dryly twice, and then led everyone into the side hall. Entering it, at first glance, the space of the room was very large, but most of the space was occupied by various things. Everyone looked at the things in the room in surprise, rows of books, pieces of various jade slips, and piles of magical artifacts. It was dazzling. "Uncle Huang Ming." Lin Feihu saw a figure behind a black wooden table at a glance. This was an old man in gray robes and gray hair, hidden among various things. For a while, Zhang Ling and the others did not see him. "Greetings, Uncle." Zhang Ling and the others quickly paid their respects, but the gray-robed old man scratched his messy gray hair and raised his eyes to look at everyone. "To be able to come out of the Blazing Flame Valley and still arrive here, indeed, each of you has a not weak cultivation base." The gray-clothed old man waved his hand, and a red box flew out from the miscellaneous items behind him. "You all take out your Falling Star City tokens, this old man will now replace them with sect tokens for you." Hearing this, everyone quickly took out a jade牌. The old man flicked his finger and opened the red wooden box in his hand. Inside were placed yellow copper tokens.