Chapter 14: The Departure from the Radiant Light Temple

  Inside the cave of light, Xu Lin rode on a cloud and flew through the void. This feeling of being in a high place and looking at others or things made Xu Lin feel extremely excited. With the achievement of the Dao fetus, it meant that Xu Lin had officially become a Xian Dao cultivator and had the qualifications to pursue the Supreme Great Dao. Before achieving the Dao fetus, he was still just an ordinary person, only after achieving the Dao fetus could he be considered a Xian Dao practitioner. Because after achieving the Dao fetus, the true yuan would transform into magical power, allowing him to cultivate magical techniques, activate magical artifacts, and ride on clouds and fog. Doing things that were previously unimaginable even in dreams.

  However, wanting to roam freely in this world, the mere steps of the Dao fetus are not enough. After the Dao fetus, the Dao fruit is formed and merged with the Dao foundation, which can cast a mysterious palace. After the mysterious palace is formed, there will be a process of soul transformation, until the step of the mysterious palace reaches perfection, and then the yuan Shen will be born. And this step also truly means that one has become a powerful person. Because the yuan Shen is indestructible, it is immortal. Although the physical body is lost, in the Xian Dao there are still countless secret methods to maintain memories, enter the six paths of reincarnation, and be reborn as a human.

  Cultivation has nine steps, one step at a time to ascend to heaven, every step gives birth to a lotus.

  Throughout the ages, countless stunning talents have walked on this rugged and thorny road. Countless people have fallen on this road. Yet, still, there are innumerable people who have left behind numerous brilliant memories, legends, and myths in this world.

  Immortal Path, Heavenly Way.

  This is the most mysterious and deeply hidden existence in the universe. It is also what countless people pursue for a lifetime. "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, treating all things as straw dogs." But will the Way of Heaven be benevolent?

  In the void, on a white cloud, Xu Lin's eyes gazed in the direction of the Creation Heaven Palace, his eyes filled with a thoughtful expression.

  "Huh?" Suddenly, Xu Lin let out a low hum. He saw in the direction of the Causal Heaven Palace, a red light flashed by. A moment later, Xu Lin saw a hundred-zhang-long red silk ribbon, in the empty space, like a swift and agile dragon, rapidly flying towards him.

  "It's Shījiě's red silk." Xǔ Lín took a look and immediately recognized that the red silk was indeed Sū Jiànxiù's.

  As expected, from far away, Xu Lin heard Su Jianxiu's clear and crisp voice.

  "Little Linzi... Little Linzi..." The red silk flew rapidly, and after a few breaths, it flipped over several times before stopping in front of Xu Lin. The red silk unfolded, revealing Su Jianxiu's lovely little face.

  "Huh? Little Lin, you've already formed a Taoist embryo? Can you still ride the clouds and drive the fog?" As soon as he saw Xu Lin, Su Jianxiu immediately noticed the changes on Xu Lin's body, as well as the cloud under his feet. He was immediately shocked and exclaimed loudly.

  "Hehe..." Xu Lin smiled foolishly. "This is all thanks to my senior sister, she taught me well." Being able to take the second step in the shortest amount of time was largely due to Su Jianxu's credit. If it wasn't for Su Jianxu teaching Xu Lin everything that Su Mingyue had taught her, Xu Lin wouldn't have known the key to the two steps so quickly.

  "Haha...” Hearing Xu Lin's words, Su Jianxiu smiled proudly and raised her small fist at Xu Lin, threatening to say: "Since Little Linzi you have already achieved the Dao fetus, going to meditate again is useless, then accompany Sister Master to play."

  "Alright, I'll listen to you, Sister." Xu Lin also knew that Su Jianxiu was telling the truth. The Dao fetus had already formed, and simply sitting in meditation would no longer be of use. To make the Dao fetus complete and bear fruit, a vast amount of heavenly energy was needed. Even if he were to sit still in this cave, Xu Lin would need to meditate for five years without moving to possibly satisfy the requirement. But Xu Lin didn't have much time; not to mention the ten-year agreement with the Heavenly Rules, just considering his ranking on the True Transmission Heaven Board nine years later, he couldn't afford to waste any more time.

  The lowest cultivation on the True List is already at the fifth step, the existence of the Divine Step. For Xu Lin to reach this step in just nine years, he must have an extraordinary encounter.

  "Ah, Xiao Linzi, I know that the Treasure Pavilion of another sect has several heavenly treasures and earthly jewels, each containing immense magical power. If you ingest any one of them, you can provide the massive amount of yuanqi needed to form a Dao fetus and bear a Dao fruit in the shortest time possible." Su Xianxiu suddenly spoke up at this moment.

  Xu Lin's eyes lit up, Su Jianxiu was right. A cultivator needs to absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth, not just sit in meditation. Dan medicine, heavenly materials and earthly treasures all contain vast amounts of primordial energy, as long as there is enough quantity, it's easy to make the Dao fetus produce Dao fruit in the shortest time possible.

  "Go, Master Sister, let's go to another courtyard." After reading "Xian Dao Zhong Men", Xu Lin knew that the disciples of Yao Guang Dong Tian wanted to enter the cave heaven was harder than going to heaven, but for the true transmission disciples inside the cave heaven who wanted to come out, it was simpler than simple.

  "Alright, let's go to another courtyard." Upon hearing that Xu Lin wanted to go to another courtyard, Su Jianxu's small face revealed an excited expression once again. With a wave of her hand and a tender shout: "Hong Chu, let's go."

  The red silk immediately shook, wrapping Xu Lin in it, and then flew all the way to the entrance of the cave.

  Yaoguang Courtyard, although called a courtyard, is actually another towering mountain peak. On the mountain, there are countless pavilions and buildings, including hundreds of millions of Yaoguang disciples practicing in the surrounding mountains.

  Just like the Dongtian, the disciples in the other courtyards who want to live on the big mountain also need to have corresponding cultivation. The higher you go, the higher your cultivation needs to be. Because at the top of the mountain, there is also a palace called Canghai Heaven Palace. It's a projection of the instrument spirit of Canghai Heaven Palace, a virtual image cast here. Although it's just a virtual image, it also contains some spatial and temporal rules. Cultivating inside, one month equals one day outside.

  Xu Lin and Su Jianxiu stood on the red silk, after leaving the cave, they flew directly to the top of the mountain in another courtyard.

  "Huh..." A red ribbon flashed, and the two of them landed steadily on a huge square. The red ribbon naturally shrunk and wrapped around Su Jianxu's small waist.

  Unlike the quietness inside Dongtian, this place is bustling with people coming and going. After all, only true disciples and elders have the qualifications to live in Dongtian, while there are hundreds of thousands of disciples here in Bieyuan.

  As soon as Xu Lin and Su Jianxiu came down, they immediately attracted a large crowd of attention, and the voices of discussion also came in droves.

  "Two little kids, where did these two little kids come from..."

  "Look, they have a crystal jade pendant at their waist, they are true disciples..." A disciple saw the crystal jade pendants hanging from Xu Lin and Su Jianxiu's waists and shouted out in shock.

  That person shouted loudly, and all the disciples who noticed the two of them fixed their eyes on the crystal jade wall. Suddenly, shocked voices rose up one after another.

  "Lapis lazuli jade wall, a symbol of true transmission disciples! These two children are actually true transmission disciples!" someone exclaimed.

  "That little girl I know who she is, she's Zhēn Rén's precious daughter Su Zǐ Jiàn Xiù. Who's that boy? Does anyone know?"

  Xu Lin felt a bit unnatural facing the surrounding gossip, his eyebrows also furrowed, being gossiped about by so many people was an experience Xu Lin had never had before.

  "Don't mind them, don't forget that we are authentic disciples, and as authentic disciples in other institutes, our status is extremely noble. Let me introduce you to the details of this institute." Seeing Xu Lin frowning, Su Jian Xiu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she spoke to Xu Lin with a nonchalant tone amidst the surrounding murmurs.

  "In the other courtyard, there are five palaces. The Zhenyang Palace is where the elders of the Dongtian teach and explain the Tao to the inner and outer disciples. The Cang Palace is the treasury of the Dongtian, where dan medicine and supplies are distributed. The Jiayang Palace is where the disciples of the other courtyard cultivate their instruments and dan, with tens of thousands of dan rooms and instrument rooms inside. The Daluo Palace is where the elders of the other courtyard assign various tasks. And the last palace is the Xuanwu Palace, which is where the disciples of the other courtyard engage in combat and test their skills." Su Jianxiu said to Xu Lin. After all, Xu Lin had never been to the other courtyard before and didn't know the details.

  "Alright, let's go to the Zang Palace." Xu Lin nodded, but his eyes turned towards Su Jianxiu, because he didn't know where the Zang Palace was.

  "Alright, follow me." Xianxiu nodded and pulled up Lin's small hand, walking forward. Wherever they went, all the disciples showed respectful faces when they saw the crystal jade pendant hanging from their waists, giving way to them.

  The Zang Palace was on a mountain peak southeast of Bieyuan. Su Xian'er led Xu Lin and they arrived at the Zang Palace in just a moment.

  The Zang Palace, just by the name, one can tell it's a palace. However, Xu Lin saw that this palace was not as good as his Purple Cloud Pavilion in the Dongtian. He didn't feel surprised and followed Su Jianxiu into the Zang Palace.

  As soon as the two of them walked into the palace, they appeared in a very spacious hall. At the far end of the hall, there were over a thousand windows, and in front of each window stood long queues.

  Another courtyard has tens of millions of disciples, and every moment there are disciples coming to the palace to exchange materials and elixirs. Therefore, there are thousands of windows, and each window is lined up with a queue, which is not surprising at all.

  "We'll go find the administrator of the Cang Palace directly, Yu Feng and Yan Ding, two senior brothers." Su Jianxiu said, leading Xu Lin into a passageway on their right.

  "Are they Gongfeng and Yanzheng, two of our senior brothers?" Xu Lin asked Su Jianxu.

  "En, the five palaces of the other institutes are all managed by true disciples from the Dongtian. They change every ten years, and each completion can earn a lot of Dongtian contribution points." Su Jianxiu nodded and said another word that Xu Lin had never heard before.

  "What's the contribution value of Dongtian?" Xu Lin furrowed his brow.

  "Dongtian is a major sect of the Xian Dao, with 200 true disciples and over 50 elders, as well as hundreds of thousands of disciples in other branches. Everyone's cultivation requires dan medicine and materials, which are needed in large quantities every day. Dongtian doesn't have that many dan medicines and materials, so it relies on all its disciples to go out and gather materials or refine them into dan medicines to submit to the sect. The sect only has things to give to people because of these disciples' continuous submissions. After submitting something, you can get contribution points of equivalent value, which can be exchanged for what you want in the treasure hall. This includes dan medicines that enhance your magical powers, law-imbued materials, magic treasures, and magic clothes." Su Xiu explained to Xu Lin as they walked.

  "If we really want to exchange for those heavenly materials and earthly treasures that can provide you with a vast amount of spiritual energy, then contribution points are also needed."

  "What?" Xu Lin was stunned as soon as he heard it.

  "I don't have contribution value!" Xulindao said.

  "You don't have it, I do." Su Jianxiu said with a bright smile at Xu Lin.

  (PS: Thanks to the great god Meng Ruoshen for setting a numerical standard for the high and low settings of Fa Li. A thousand horses, a hundred million horses' strength, very standardized. Luo Yue can learn from this. First update!)