As Ye Tian Yun and Zheng Xiang closed down to the entrance buildings of the Inner Court, Zheng Xiang said, "Brother Fang, I will go ahead to the Seventh level's entrance, let's meet after some time near the chain bridge and head to the Heaven's Grace banquet."
Ye Tian Yun nodded his head in agreement, "Alright."
They parted ways as Ye Tian Yun entered the building going for the Sixth Level, where he was assigned his cultivation abode for the next three months.
The building wasn't anything out of the ordinary; in fact, if not for eight other similar buildings standing in succession, none would have even noticed them let alone guessing that these buildings were entrances to the Inner Court.
The building's inside structure was also normal, with an average-sized hall and on the opposite, were the stairways heading towards the inner region of the peak.
He could see disciples going in and coming out of the stairway, though there weren't many disciples.
Besides the stairways were a set of tables and chairs, on which an old elder was relaxing while sipping his tea. On the table was a small placard that stated that newly promoted disciples need to report there first.
Ye Tian Yun moved towards him, and as he took out his identity token and placed it on the table, he said, "Greetings, Elder. I am newly promoted Inner Court disciple, Fang Chen."
The Elder raised his eyes, stared at the token of a moment, and nodded his head, giving Ye Tian Yun permission to enter the Inner Court.
Just as Ye Tian Yun stepped on the first stairway, he heard a prompt.
[Congratulations, Host, you have completed the side quest: Enter the Inner Court of the Gracious Sword Sect. Please receive your rewards.]
Ye Tian Yun halted for a moment as a calm smile appeared on his face. Taking a deep breath, he headed towards his new cultivation abode.
Although the entrance wasn't lavish but was quite ordinary, the inner region was well kept and maintained. As he walked through the dim stairway, he noticed a green glow at the opposite end. This intrigued him as few answers came to his mind.
As expected, as soon as he stepped inside the Inner Court, Ye Tian Yun was greeted with a greenish light all around him.
Ye Tian Yun's sight adjusted to the surroundings after a few moments, and now he was able to see the Inner Court's structure clearly.
The Inner Court was on the inner part of the hollowed peak. Everyone's cultivation abode was at the border of the peak wall. And in front of the cultivation abodes was a circular hallway, which seemed never-ending because of the huge radius of the mountain peak.
Standing on the circular hallway, he saw an unending adjacent line of cultivation abodes and on the other side was the railing, which served as a balcony for the disciples.
Ye Tian Yun stepped closer towards the railing and was astounded by the view.
He could see hundreds of disciples from a different floor, walking around, going in and out of their cultivation abodes.
And at the bottom, deep below the first floor, was a sparkling green lake. Ye Tian Yun knew what it was.
Staring at it, he took a deep breath as he thought, 'So this is the Spirit Vein of the Seventh Peak.'
The 'lake' at the button wasn't actually a lake, but rather it was a complex connection of small spirit veins, which were so much in number that it felt like there was a lake at the bottom.
'I should have guessed it,' Ye Tian Yun nodded his head for a moment before continuing, 'No wonder there's no big deal regarding these spirit veins. It's just a Green Spirit Vein. They are not a rarity even on the Lower Heavens, even though they can be considered a treasure for low-level clans and sects.'
After a few seconds, a frown appeared on his forehead, 'If this is only a green spirit vein, then why was there a mention of higher-ranked spirit veins in the report that I read in my previous life? And if I am not wrong, the spirit veins are divided into four types, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. Green being the one with the least Qi density, it is quite common. Blue Spirit Veins were only present at few places, while the Indigo and Violet Spirit Veins were a rarity even in the Middle Heavens.'
Ye Tian Yun took a deep breath and sighed at the calm spirit vein at the bottom, 'Looks like those informants missed many important things, thinking that these will be irrelevant. I wish I knew I would go through rebirth; I would prepare and investigate everything beforehand.'
He then raised his head after staring at the mesmerizing spirit veins, looking at the floor above him, and noticed somethings that surprised him a bit. The first is that the Inner Court didn't resemble a cone as he had thought, but it was more like a well. Cylindrical in shape, with the spirit vein at the bottom and at the top, it was actually open. He could see the sky.
This was the second thing that surprised him. How was he able to see the sky? There was no indication of an open area at the top of the mountain peak. In fact, it was called a peak because of its pointed tip and huge size,
'This Gracious Sword Sect has a lot of arrays. How are they even functioning so many of them at once? Where are they getting so many resources from?'
He then turned around and went to look for his cultivation abode. As per the ranking board, his cultivation abode was numbered Abode 43.
It wasn't very hard to find as he followed the numbering of different abodes, and soon, he was standing in front of his own cultivation abode.
Pushing the door open, he stepped inside his abode and was met with a serene and simplistic room. An ideal place to cultivate, in his opinion. And as he closed the doors, the room suddenly lit up with array-powered lights. There weren't many things here except for the stuff which someone needs daily.
After sitting on his bed for some time, he called out, 'System, show me my status.'