Jizhou South, Hua Xia Sect.
Since the sect entered its upgrade phase, this place has been undergoing earth-shattering changes every moment.
First, there was the Martial Arts Arena, located in the very center of the sect, about the size of four basketball courts, and raised high.
The entire Martial Arts Arena was made of some unknown material; it could automatically repair itself whenever it was damaged.
Above the left side of the sect, there was an ancient scripture pavilion, three stories high, where Chu Huaian placed all the books left by Xuantian Sect on the first floor.
The second floor contained books that came with the system, filled with all kinds of books, from introductions to the Nine Great Provinces of the Tianxuan Continent to encyclopedias of demonic beasts, everything imaginable.
The third floor only had a dozen ancient books, all of which were long-lost ancient cultivation techniques.
For example, 【Thunder Breaking Nine Heavens】, 【Nine Nether Through Heaven Staff】, 【Savage Art】, 【Purple Cloud Sword Art】, and so on.
These ancient techniques were products that once dominated an era, and now they were collected by the system in the scripture pavilion.
It was no exaggeration to say that if even one of these cultivation techniques were to leak out, the entire cultivation world would be plunged into a bloodbath.
For the sake of the bigger picture, Chu Huaian decided to seal off the third floor, and only open it later when players reached a certain realm or when his own strength was sufficient.
However, the cultivation conditions for these ancient techniques were extremely strict; they either required rare physiques or supreme variant spiritual roots.
For example, Chu Huaian’s talent was a supreme lightning spiritual root, and only a few cultivation techniques were suitable for him.
In addition to the scripture pavilion, the sect also gained two new buildings: one was the Alchemy Room, and the other was the Forging Room.
The two buildings were located on the upper right side of the sect, adjacent to each other, with spacious interiors that could accommodate thousands of people, and all kinds of tools were fully equipped.
Besides that, a mountain slowly rose in the backyard, forming a towering peak that reached into the clouds, with a waterfall flowing down its mountainside.
At the bottom, rocks stood upright, and in just two days, the area below transformed into a lake.
Around it, vegetation was dense, and in time, it would grow into towering trees.
And this place was precisely where spirit beasts were raised, though it was currently empty and awaited players to capture them.
These were what players often referred to as spirit pets.
To create an even better cultivation sanctuary, Chu Huaian transplanted an entire spirit vein to the back mountain, awaiting players to excavate it for the sect's development and their own cultivation.
As for the spirit vein manager, Chu Huaian already had someone in mind: that girl, Jiang Xiaoxiao.
After observing her for some time, Jiang Xiaoxiao was pure-hearted, meticulous in her work, and relatively flexible, making her the most suitable person to manage the spirit vein.
Overall, this sect upgrade filled Chu Huaian with immense satisfaction.
Although it couldn't compare to those mid-grade sects, its deep foundation meant that promotion was only a matter of time.
As for upgrading from a Level 2 sect to a Level 3 sect, many conditions needed to be met.
For instance, player levels required ten Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, thirty Qi Refining Stage cultivators, and one hundred Body Tempering Stage cultivators.
This condition alone could not be achieved in the short term, so Chu Huaian temporarily put it aside.
Currently, the most important tasks were to complete the construction of the main hall, side halls, and disciple residences, as well as the sewage system.
Previously, there were fewer players, so going to the secret forest for toilets was fine, but with more people in the future, it would be impossible to have all the players running to the wilderness to relieve themselves, right?
Although they wouldn't care, Chu Huaian did!
The thought of over a hundred people squatting in the secret forest was terrifying.
Especially for girls, it was too inconvenient.
Therefore, the most urgent task was to solve all the sect's basic necessities: food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
Once these were built, the sect could consider recruiting disciples.
Thinking of this, Chu Huaian stood in the center of the sect, spreading his arms wide, and roared with great ambition: “Hua Xia Sect is destined to become the number one sect in the cultivation world!”
“Then, the first battle of Hua Xia Sect will begin with the Qingcheng Gang!”
During this time, the other party had not made any rash moves, clearly to investigate the Hua Xia Sect.
This was exactly what Chu Huaian wanted; what he lacked most now was time, and time for the players to develop.
Currently, his level was at the sixth layer of the Qi Refining Stage, which was still the result of his deliberate suppression.
However, with his foundation, ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators were no match for him.
As for the Qingcheng Gang, including their sect master, they only had three early Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators and over twenty Qi Refining Stage cultivators.
Such sects were countless in the southern region, and Chu Huaian did not even put them in his eyes.
【Sect upgrade complete, connecting player data...】
【Connection complete, players will enter the game in ten seconds...】
The system prompt sounded.
Chu Huaian stood with his hands behind his back, waiting quietly in the center of the Martial Arts Arena.
Soon, the ten-second countdown ended.
A total of thirty-five rays of light appeared before Chu Huaian.
The additional twenty people were all new players.
At this moment, they were extremely excited, howling incessantly, and one man even took off his pants in public, wanting to relieve himself.
Chu Huaian couldn't bear to watch, so he waved his hand and sent him flying out of the sect.
At first, Zhao Shijie and the others thought they had come to the wrong place, but the moment they saw Chu Huaian, they felt relieved and curiously looked around.
This was incomparably better than when they first arrived.
They remembered how the five of them didn't even have a place to rest, and they had to fight over a single axe.
Now that the sect had grown to this scale, their hearts were filled with pride and glory.
Chu Huaian roughly scanned the new players, and two of them caught his attention.
【Name: Luo Xi
Age: 24
Cultivation: Mortal
Talent: Peerless Spiritual Root, Body of Yuan Spirit】
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【Name: Li Yongxiao
Age: 28
Cultivation: Mortal
Talent: Supreme Spiritual Root, Pure Yang Body】
Again, two rare physiques, and among them, the woman named Luo Xi had an exceptionally outstanding temperament.
She stood in the corner, appearing extremely serene; although she was very curious about everything around her, she did not show much emotional fluctuation, merely watching everything before her quietly.
It was recorded in books that the Body of Yuan Spirit was one of the rarest physiques in the cultivation world, capable of communicating with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Their comprehension was also extremely high; any cultivation technique in their hands was basically learned instantly, and they were hailed by the world as the most suitable physique for cultivation.
The other player with a special physique was a man with a buzz cut and sharp eyes.
From his standard posture, this person should have been an old soldier, but his physique was a relatively common type.
The Pure Yang Body was quite singular, only capable of cultivating techniques of extreme rigidity and pure yang, with cultivation speed advancing by leaps and bounds, on some levels, comparable to the Innate Dao Body.
Aside from these two, the other players seemed much more normal, almost all having mid-grade spiritual roots, and three with low-grade spiritual roots.
After all the players quieted down, Chu Huaian calmly spoke: “Welcome, players. Let me introduce myself. I am the Sect Master of Hua Xia Sect, Chu Huaian.”
“To use the most popular saying nowadays, I am your direct superior.”
As soon as Chu Huaian finished speaking, someone below whistled, “Xian Ge, I love you~”
Chu Huaian looked at Fang Yuan with a face full of black lines, and just as he was about to continue, other players followed suit, cheering with raised arms.
“Xian Ge! Xian Ge!”
“Xian Ge, you are electricity, you are light, you are the only myth.”
Chu Huaian: “Get that person singing out of here!”
“To succeed, first go crazy, charge forward regardless of everything! Sleep on the floor today, be the boss tomorrow!”
Chu Huaian: “And this one doing pyramid schemes, get him out too!”
“Xian Ge, I want to be the Sect Master’s wife!”
Chu Huaian: “Are you dreaming?”
Everyone was laughing and having a lively time.
Facing this group of eccentric players, Chu Huaian had no choice but to play along with them.