Chapter Eighteen: Official Entry

  Inside the Mysterious Machine Fairy Destiny Temple, Yu Qing found the temple's executive officer and had Su Che go through the formalities of joining the sect. This included verifying his identity jade symbol, re-examining his origins and background, dripping heart blood to make a vow, recording all information on file, and so on.

  Identity confirmed, Su Che received a complete set of equipment that belonged to him, which was the basic configuration issued by the Tianxuan Sect to each outer disciple.

  A qiankun bag, with contents including:

  Three brand new white Taoist robes, with a silver line at the collar and cuffs, representing the identity of an outer door disciple. This Taoist robe has limited defensive power and can only withstand ordinary sword attacks. However, it comes with a dust-repelling array that can avoid dust and dirt, and under normal circumstances, you don't need to wash clothes or take a bath for a very long time.

  A white jade waist token, with the words "Xuan Ji" engraved on the front and temporarily blank on the back, to be later engraved with one's own name or Taoist title. This token can be seen as another form of identification besides the identity jade symbol, or used as a temporary transmission jade symbol lent to others, or in times of crisis, to seek help from the sect... Apart from this, there are several other small functions, which will naturally become apparent after being infused with blood and refined.

  One bottle of wound-healing medicine can cure internal injuries; one bottle of golden wound medicine can cure external wounds; one bottle of detoxifying medicine can cure all poisons.

  Huǒ Fú (Fire Symbol), Yùn Shuǐ Fú (Water Storage Symbol) and Chuán Xùn Fú (Message Transmission Symbol) each five pieces, are the most basic living necessities, solving problems of food, clothing, shelter and transportation, without any lethal force.

  Finally, there are also ten pieces of low-grade spirit stones, which is the prepaid monthly allowance for this month.

  As for the monthly allowance, the outer disciples of the top ten main peaks can receive ten low-grade spirit stones each month, while other ordinary outer disciples can only receive five.

  "Similarly, as outer door disciples, just the monthly treatment alone differs by a whole factor of two. No wonder those people guard the outside plaza every day, hoping to be recruited by one of the top ten main peaks..."

  Su Che once again felt grateful for Yu Qing's kindness, otherwise he might have become one of the people waiting for their fate on the square outside the palace.

  After that, Su Che had to bathe and change into a brand new Taoist robe, then return to the front of the hall, make three bows and nine kowtows to the statue of Tian Xuanzi, the founding ancestor of the Tianxuan Sect, only then was he considered to have formally entered the sect.

  After spending almost an hour, Su Che and Yu Qing finally walked out of the Xianyuan Grand Hall.

  Whoosh!

  As soon as he walked out, countless eyes on the square were fixed on Su Che.

  An hour ago, these outer sect disciples waiting for their fated encounter saw Su Che wearing the casual attire of a secular martial artist walk into the grand hall, and he was only a first-level rookie at the Qi Refining stage.

  At this moment, seeing him again, he had actually changed into a brand new outer door disciple's Taoist robe, and moreover, there was still a waist card of Xuanji Peak hanging from his waist!

  Looking back at the square, among the thousands of disciples, there were not a few who had reached the sixth level of Qi training. Those with the most perseverance had already been waiting here for over ten years...

  After waiting for more than a decade, he still couldn't wait for the long-awaited fate, but he, just a little kid who had only practiced one layer of Qi, simply followed behind Senior Brother Yu Qing's butt and easily obtained everything! This is what it means to compare people, it's infuriating!

  So, in the countless gazes directed at Su Che, there was a lot of admiration, but even more jealousy...

  Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Su Che's eyes observed his nose, and his nose observed his heart, trying to maintain calmness and stability. However, in his mind, a hint of speculation arose: "With so many people waiting with bated breath, Yu Qing Shixiong should have been accustomed to it, or even numb to it, why would he be so considerate towards me?"

  A faint sense of doubt flashed across his mind, but he thought to himself that he was just a insignificant person, not worth Brother Yu Qing's effort to plot against. Even if the secret in his mind was discovered by him, it wouldn't be necessary to go through so much trouble, just one slap on the head would do, and the secret would be taken out easily.

  ……

  Next, it should be going to Xuán Jī Peak. However, the range of Xuán Zōng's radiation was too vast this day, and the distance between the ten main peaks was at least a thousand miles apart. Yù Qīng brought Sū Chè along with her flying sword, and they flew for three whole hours before finally arriving at Xuán Jī Peak.

  With Yu Qing's cultivation of refining her Qi and achieving a great perfection, the journey should have taken two hours. However, since she brought someone along, their flying speed would definitely be slightly slower.

  Xuanji Peak is as majestic and vast as Xianyuan Peak that Su Che had seen before, reaching directly into the clouds.

  At this moment, if someone said that the ten main peaks of Tianxuan Sect were the ten pillars supporting the sky, Su Che would believe it without any doubt.

  Yu Qing brought Su Che down to the middle of Xuanji Peak and explained, "The entire Xuanji Peak is divided into four levels in terms of height. The middle section is where the outer disciples live, with over 6,000 people; further up is where our inner disciples live, about 500 people; even higher up is where the true transmission disciples live, only a mere ten people, which means that the entire Tianxuan Sect has only one hundred seats for true transmission disciples."

  Su Che mentally calculated: The Tian Xuan Sect has more than 200,000 outer sect disciples, and the inner sect disciples belonging to the ten major peaks total 5,000 people. The entire sect only has one hundred true transmission disciples...

  Yu Qing looked up at the peak and said in a low voice, "No need to say more, you should have guessed that the highest peak is where our benefactor 'Xuanji Zunzhe' resides, Xuanji Golden Temple!"

  "Senior brother." Su Che asked cautiously: "I just joined Xuán Jī Peak, shouldn't I go pay respects to the master?"

  "You can't see it."

  Yu Qing shook his head and said, "As an inner disciple like me, if there's nothing important, it's rare to see the master even once in a while; only true disciples can regularly listen to the master's teachings."

  "Personal instruction is the true transmission!"

  At this point, Yu Qing's eyes also shone with an unutterable longing, just like when a self-cultivating disciple talks about the identity of an outer sect disciple, their eyes are full of envy and admiration.

  Su Che also had an epiphany: "One mountain is still higher than another, the path of cultivation must be pursued endlessly like this!"

  "Su Shidi, by sending you here, my original promise has also been fulfilled." Yu Qing said calmly: "Newly admitted outer door disciples need to go to your outer door master brother to report and go to Zheng Guan Shi in the 'Transmission Hall' to exchange their skills... these things, I won't bother to ask about them."

  "I understand." Su Che bowed again: "The great kindness and virtue of Master Brother, Su Che will never forget."

  Yu Qing smiled and waved his hand: "No need to be so serious, it's not like we won't meet again in the future. I've said before, once you enter Xuanji Peak, I can be your half-teacher. From now on, if you encounter any difficulties in your cultivation, feel free to come find me."

  The words fell, and the flying sword was urged on, flying in an even higher direction.

  As he watched his figure disappear into the misty clouds, Su Che finally turned around and carefully observed his surroundings.

  Here is a platform built halfway up the mountain, with an area of hundreds of square meters, extremely spacious. Inside the platform, near the mountain wall, a tower was built with a height of tens of meters.

  The horizontal inscribed board above the building reads "Xuanji Peak Outer Sect" in five large characters.

  Such a building, placed in the secular world, Su Che would definitely comment "magnificent and majestic", but here, this scale is just ordinary, and can be seen everywhere on the main body of Xuán Jī Peak.

  The large gate of the building was open, and Su Che walked in slowly. The hall on the first floor was empty, with only hundreds of tatami mats laid out on the ground, but there wasn't a single person.

  "Come on."

  A thick voice came down from the staircase on the left.

  Su Che stepped onto the stairs and walked up quietly.

  The second floor space seems a bit smaller, possibly because it has been divided into many small rooms. In front of a certain window, a middle-aged Taoist turned around and looked at Su Che, his voice low: "I just saw that you are the new disciple sent by Master Yuqing, right?"

  "Yes." Su Che said with a bow: "Junior Brother Su Che greets Senior Brother."

  Su Che felt that this outer sect senior brother's strength was unfathomable, seemingly even more formidable than Yu Qing senior brother. This suggested that he might already be a foundation-building cultivator.

  Building foundation in the later stage is still an outer door disciple, which is not uncommon in Tianxuan Sect. It can only prove that this person's talent is ordinary and must be over 50 years old to successfully build the foundation. During this period, due to the limitations of his talent, he must have lost many opportunities to become an inner door disciple.

  However, after all, it is also the foundation-building period of cultivation, and in the sect, one can get a certain status, holding some official position. In the future, if you are lucky enough to enter the Golden Elixir stage, you will be promoted to an even higher position such as 'Golden Elixir Guardian'.

  But building the foundation is already difficult, and the probability of condensing the golden elixir is less than one in a hundred, with countless obstacles that cannot be described!

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