Since the draw had already been made, Jin Lingfeng's master directly told the waiting crowd which person was assigned to which peak and asked them to stand behind their respective masters. After everyone had been arranged, they each left with their own people.

  Only then did the master of Danling Peak release a flying boat, calling on everyone to enter before flying away, and the others also used similar tools to take the disciples of this peak away. After all, the distance between each peak is still very far, if relying solely on the foundation-building period disciples walking, it may not be possible to reach the top of the mountain until tomorrow, and relying solely on one person would be too strenuous with six people, so there was no choice but to use a spirit boat instead.

  After waiting for half a time on the flying law instrument, it stopped in front of a palace gate. The plaque above the palace gate had several large characters that danced with dragons and phoenixes: Dan Ling Hall.

  After everyone got off the airship, Peak Master spoke up and said: "My name is Dan Daozi. As the Peak Master, I need to tell you some things. Firstly, don't think that just because you've joined the sect, everything will be fine. In fact, you've only entered a more competitive environment. After all, what allows a sect's disciples of the same age to surpass ordinary cultivators is not just luck, but rather the cultivation resources provided by the sect. What allows sect disciples to transcend their limits and challenge higher levels is not just talent, but also high-level techniques and high-grade spiritual instruments. And where do these come from? You'll have to fight for them yourselves.

  Secondly, you must follow the sect's rules. I'll have someone send over the sect's regulations tomorrow, but here, I want to tell you about the consequences of violating them. If it's minor, we'll deal with it on a case-by-case basis. If it's serious, you might be stripped of your cultivation and expelled from the mountain. In severe cases, you could even be put to death. So when the regulations arrive, remember them well and don't dare to break them, or no one will be able to save you.

  Lastly, regarding your living arrangements... today is already late, so I'll have one of my registered disciples take you to the outer sect disciples' quarters." He finished speaking and beckoned a man in his thirties over, then nodded at him.

  The man hastily bowed and said to the six people: "Fellow disciples, follow me, I'll take you to your residence." After that, he led the way in front.

  After crossing several bridges and walking a short distance, the crowd arrived at a place filled with rows of small wooden houses. The crowd was amazed when they saw it, whether it was the simplicity of the rooms or the large number of houses, or both, it didn't matter anymore.

  "Hehe, don't be surprised, fellow disciples. All outer sect disciples live here, only inner sect disciples have their own small courtyards. Core disciples even have their own places to cultivate medicinal herbs and raise magical beasts. As for all these small wooden houses, they're because they're inhabited by generations of outer sect disciples. There are already over a thousand people now. You know that every few years our sect recruits new disciples, and a cultivator in the foundation stage has at least two hundred years of lifespan. Some even get demoted to outer sect disciples due to injuries and whatnot. The higher you go, the more intense the competition gets, and those who get eliminated lose their right to compete. That means there will be more and more disciples here, perhaps after recruiting one or two more batches of disciples, we'll have to expand again. This is also why Peak Master spoke like that earlier. After all, if you want to stand out, you need to learn how to survive in intense competition first. He's seen too many cases of people giving up and falling behind, and he doesn't want you to repeat the same mistakes." The senior brother said with a tone of comfort and encouragement.

  "After everyone reluctantly accepted, he continued: "As for those who want to leave and don't want to be outer sect disciples, you can only wait 100 years later. After 100 years, the sect will automatically send you out, let you create your own cultivation family, so that one day your family has excellent talents to supplement new blood for the sect. Some well-developed families may even have a few quotas for inner and outer sect disciples, but it's extremely rare, and only large families are eligible. Sending foundation-building period disciples down the mountain is also the origin of today's cultivation families."

  "What about us going back home to take care of our parents, is that not allowed either?" a girl said sorrowfully, the others also looked like they were in mourning, except for Ye Tianfan.

  "Of course not, you have two chances to go back and visit your relatives every year, but you need to report to the registration office of the sect first, and you must hurry back within a month at most." The senior brother said with a smile.

  Knowing they could go back, everyone felt relieved and their mood improved a lot.

  "Alright, I've told you all that. You think about it yourselves. Also, get some rest early, choose your own rooms, I'm leaving." After saying this, he didn't give anyone a chance to respond and left with a flourish.

  The crowd, having just received so much shocking information, became much quieter and didn't have anything to say, each of them randomly choosing an empty room to enter, then closing the door behind them. After all, they were just teenagers, young people with hot blood and dreams.

  Ye Tianfan casually chose a room, and after pushing open the door, he found that the room was not as simple as he had imagined. As the saying goes, "a sparrow may be small, but it has all its internal organs", this wooden house also had everything from tea-drinking tables and chairs to writing desks with pens and ink, and of course, beds were a given. The other people who had just arrived discovered this as well, but they hadn't yet digested the shocking news and didn't pay attention to it.

  Ye Tianfan carefully turned around in a circle and nodded in satisfaction. The layout of the room was reasonable, and the spiritual energy was still abundant, which was suitable for the foundation-building period. However, for Ye Tianfan, it was a bit thin, after all, his cultivation had already reached the late stage of the Yuan Ying period. But even if it was scarce, it was better than nothing, and even a small mosquito was still meat, so Ye Tianfan sat down on the bed to meditate and cultivate.

  The night was silent, and the sun on the horizon also shyly revealed half of its red face.

  Ye Tianfan had just stepped out of the door after finishing his cultivation when he saw that everyone else was already outside, and there were also some unfamiliar faces around, apparently they were outer disciples from previous years. Of course, the most noticeable thing was that they were all wearing uniform green robes with a seal script character on their shoulders. The other people had obviously arrived not long ago and were thinking about how to get close to the 'old-timers' to ask for advice, but because of unfamiliarity, no one paid attention to them, so they just kept circling around anxiously.

  Finally, the senior brother who came yesterday broke the siege. As soon as he arrived, he said: "You few newly arrived junior brothers, this is the welfare of joining our sect. Here are the jade slips that record the sect rules and the knowledge of the cultivation world, as well as the Daoist robes for outer sect disciples. The Daoist robe must be worn in the sect to show distinction. Although it doesn't look good and has no defensive ability, it has a very good dust-repelling effect." He took out six storage bags from his ring and gave one to each of them, reminding them to remember the sect rules before leaving.

  That senior brother left, and the previously cold outer sect senior brother suddenly became enthusiastic, because they knew that the first welfare sent by the outer sect disciple was always the best.

  A few people thought for a moment and knew what the enthusiastic senior brother was up to. If it were usual, they might have made some polite remarks, but now they were eager to know what was inside, so after apologizing politely, they went back to their room. Only a group of regretful outer sect brothers were left behind, thinking in their hearts how they could not be enthusiastic earlier.

  Ye Tianfan also hastily returned to the house, but he wasn't for those rewards. Instead, he wanted to thoroughly understand the Xiu Zhen Realm. After all, he still only knew the surface of it. Unfortunately, his family didn't have a deep foundation and was just a newly risen Xiu Zhen family in the past thousand years. They didn't know many secrets, and they couldn't compare with the foundations of the three major sects of Tian Xing Star that had been around for tens of thousands of years.