Chapter 48: The Old Fragrance Pavilion

  Tian Xuan Sect, Tian Yang Pavilion!

  The hall is not very large, and there are not many decorations inside. In front of the wall, there is a shelf with a chair underneath it. An old man in gray robes sits on the chair, dozing off on the wooden table in front of him.

  At this time, three figures walked in: an old man, a young boy and a young girl.

  "Shi Sheng, the new disciple, has now reached the stage of Huahai. Elder Wang, please arrange a place for him to stay!" The red-robed old man slowly spoke up, who was indeed Xiao Lao, and the other two were naturally Shi Sheng and Lin Wan'er.

  The old man in grey robes lifted his head drowsily, hastily stood up respectfully, turned around to rummage through the shelves for a while, and then took out a token and a map.

  "Since it's someone brought by Elder Xiao himself, let's give him a superior residence. You can choose two ordinary disciples from the two doors to stay with him and help take care of the place!" Elder Wang said, putting the map and token on the table.

  "Ah, this girl is his fiancée. Now that she has reached the Wu Ling realm, she can be accepted as a formal disciple. You might as well give her a disciple's waist badge and uniform." Elder Xiao glanced at Lin Wan'er.

  "Good!" Elder Wang responded with a single word. Before long, he took out another package and placed it on the table.

  "The disciple's uniform, the disciple's waist card, the rules of the sect, and the residence are all here. Of course, you can also go to Shi Sheng's residence." Elder Wang instructed.

  "Thank you, Elder Wang!" Shi Sheng was no stranger to Elder Wang, as he had received the Xuanjing Jade here last time.

  "Is there anything else you'd like to instruct me on regarding this matter, Elder Xiao?" asked Wang.

  "Nothing more!" Elder Xiao nodded: "Let's go!" Shi Sheng picked up the package and the map of the token, and followed Lin Wan'er with Elder Xiao leaving Tianyang Pavilion.

  "It's just a new junior apprentice, yet Elder Xiao personally came to visit. Could it be that this person has some relationship with Elder Xiao? Never mind, I'll try to take care of him more in the future!" Elder Wang said casually, and then lay back down on the table. For Elder Wang, who was old and hadn't made much progress in his cultivation, the usually deserted Tianyang Pavilion seemed like a suitable place to sleep and slack off in his old age.

  ……

  After a while, Wang Changlao led Shi Sheng and the others to a cluster of buildings. Shi Sheng noticed that each building was spaced about ten or more zhang apart, looking somewhat sparse, unlike the densely packed buildings in villages and towns.

  However, there are many buildings in this area, and they are very standardized. Most of them are ordinary one-story buildings, with only a few two-story buildings, and even fewer three-story buildings.

  Looking at the green-tiled, ancient-style buildings, Shi's heart was filled with anticipation and longing. He had finally left his thatched hut behind and no longer had to squeeze in with many fellow disciples.

  "This area is the residence of junior disciples, separated from the middle and high-level disciples' residence areas. Normally, you will hardly meet each other, even among junior disciples, the distance between each other is very far, and normally there won't be any mutual interference. The sect actually looks more like a city, with divided residences and special buildings that are more standardized." Elder Xiao introduced.

  At this time, everyone stopped on a small road according to the map markings.

  A large, one-story building appeared before Shi Sheng's eyes. The building had a green tile roof and was made of bluish-green bricks, with an ancient style that gave off a strong, rustic feel. Although it wasn't a new building, it was far superior to some ordinary one-story buildings, and its area was much larger than before. Compared to some two-story buildings, it seemed a bit smaller, but compared to the previous thatched hut, it was many times stronger.

  "Gu Xiang Zhai!" Shi Sheng looked at the signboard on the building, and finally his eyes fell on a stone lion under the building, but the stone lion was a bit strange, with a long mouth and tongue sticking out about a foot long.

  "Although it's not the best or top-notch architecture, the residence allocated by the sect is considered high-end. Those buildings with two floors or more are all personally funded and purchased. The stone lion was originally a restricted area, you can activate the spiritual power on the token to open the building door." Elder Xiao smiled.

  "Good!" Shi Sheng nodded secretly, believing that one day he would have the ability to build a better home with his own funds. With this thought, he poured it into the command plate and immediately waved at the stone lion.

  Whoosh!

  The stone lion's tongue was about a foot long, and it rolled up slightly. The light of the setting sun flickered through the gaps, and the door to the Gu Xiang study quietly opened. It seemed as though there was some sort of connection, although Shi Sheng couldn't see any passageway, but he could guess that it was likely a type of restricted array formation.

  Three days later, there will be a trial for the disciples who have newly advanced to the Sea Boundary within the past three years in the sect. Among the hundreds of fellow apprentices who entered the sect together with you, only about twenty or so have advanced to the Sea Boundary.

  "After comparing with some older disciples, the top ten have different rewards. Calculating this time's Huahai boundary people number, it should be around fifty or so, but generally, people have a longer promotion time than you. You want to get the top ten reward, the pressure is still not small." Xiao Lao said with a serious face.

  "Are there about twenty people from the same batch as Disciple who have also advanced to the Sea Boundary?" Shi Sheng was somewhat surprised, not expecting that apart from himself, there were such terrifying geniuses who could advance to the Sea Boundary in just three months.

  "Hehe, this might be unimaginable for ordinary people like you, but apart from you, a little monster, almost all the new disciples who have advanced to the Sea of Realization are from families with some background and power."

  These people were all from some prefectures and counties, even city gate famous families, some were repair intention families, in the family originally resource rich, actually before entering the door some had already been promoted to spiritual realm existence, and some had already been transformed into sea boundary.

  "These people and the ones from your small village have a big difference in their starting points. Of course, the gap between you may be very obvious at first, but later on it will depend on each of your efforts." Elder Xiao explained.

  "Disciple understands!" Shi Sheng's face turned serious as he replied, others may have capital or a higher starting point than oneself, but as long as one works hard, it's not necessarily impossible to surpass those rich second generations.

  "That's good, take these three days to rest well. With your waist badge, you can go to the Scripture Pavilion to receive the Five Elements Basic Spell Cultivation Method. Try to learn as much as possible within these three days, and you'll have a chance of winning in the trial. As for the spiritual instrument, new disciples like you who have just advanced to the Hua Hai realm are not qualified to receive one. You need to make a certain contribution to the sect or exchange it with enough Xuanjing Jade." Elder Xiao warned.

  "I don't know how to get more Xuanjing Jade? We can only receive a few pieces every month, and it's probably impossible to buy a spiritual device?" Shi Sheng asked with some helplessness.

  "Heh heh, the Sea of Transformation and the Ascension Realm are different. Every month, you can receive 10 pieces of Xuanjing Jade, but if you want to exchange it for a spiritual artifact, it's indeed not enough. However, you can go to the Tianyang Pavilion's Wang Changlao to receive sect tasks or make some contributions to the sect, and you can also get Xuanjing Jade as a reward." Elder Xiao smiled slightly.

  "I see, thank you Elder Xiao for the explanation, I will remember it!" Shi Sheng said after finishing speaking, Elder Xiao again entrusted some matters before leaving this place. Shi Sheng and Lin Wan'er exchanged a glance, then looked at this new home that was about to be moved into, smiled slightly, and entered Gu Xiang Zhai! (End of chapter, next chapter is even more exciting!)

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