716: planning

Rong Feng looked at the expressions of the crowd and smiled.

"Of course you can leave. After all, some people are used to being rogue cultivators, and joining a sect is not mandatory. However, if you leave, you need to first pay back the hundred thousand years of living expenses and other consumed fees."

After saying this, he explained it to everyone.

The hundred thousand years of free residency was a rule for all humans in the Primal Ancient Continent, meant to provide basic protection for newcomers to the Primal Ancient Continent.

As for after the hundred thousand years, they would have thoroughly familiarized themselves with the Primal Ancient Continent, and their cultivation would have improved.

At this time, they would have one opportunity to choose to leave their initial welcoming sect.

After all, when they were initially welcomed by a certain sect, they had no choice.

Therefore, they had one chance to leave the sect and choose freely.

However, once they chose to leave, they would basically only be able to become rogue cultivators.

Of course, they could also choose to join other sects.

But joining other sects would not be so easy.

Because only the initial welcoming sect was obligated to unconditionally accept the batch of newcomers it welcomed as its disciples.

After leaving the initial welcoming sect, if they wanted to join another sect, they would have to undergo some entrance trials.

At that time, they might not be selected.

If they failed, they would be forced to become rogue cultivators.

And rogue cultivators did not have an easy time surviving in the Primal Ancient Continent.

Therefore, in most cases, except for some special circumstances, very few people would choose to leave their initial welcoming sect after a hundred thousand years.

As Rong Feng explained, everyone understood the reason and then expressed that they would not leave.

There were also some who were not so quick to declare their stance.

Since they had a hundred thousand years to thoroughly understand the situation here, they naturally had to make good use of it.

Lin Yang said nothing and followed Rong Feng to a residential mountain range.

The mountain range was filled with circulating Dao Rhythm. Rong Feng said, "This is for those of you who are not yet official disciples to live in. The living environment here is uniform; there is no good or bad."

"However, after a hundred thousand years, upon officially joining the sect, you can exchange sect merits and contributions for better living quarters. The better the place, the richer the Dao Rhythm."

"Within these hundred thousand years, you can also take on sect missions to accumulate contributions, but generally, better missions are only given to official disciples."

"At the same time, except for the Dao Collection Pavilion where you are limited to the first floor, there are not many other restrictions."

"Now, we will distribute your temporary disciple identity tokens. For the rest, you can explore and familiarize yourselves."

After Rong Feng finished speaking, he gave an identity token to everyone.

With this token, they could freely enter and exit certain Moon Shadow Sect locations and go outside.

Only then did everyone choose a cave dwelling to settle in.

Lin Yang chose a cave dwelling near the foot of the mountain.

Anyway, there was no difference, and being near the foot of the mountain meant fewer steps to walk when going out.

The cave dwelling was also a self-contained space, with a courtyard, several rooms, including a specialized cultivation chamber. The Dao Rhythm in the cultivation chamber was even richer, and the conditions were quite good.

Lin Yang sat on a stone bench in the courtyard, contemplating his future path.

He had no other acquaintances in the Primal Ancient Continent, so he could consider directly joining this Moon Shadow Sect.

"As for cultivation..."

Lin Yang murmured, "After the nine levels of Dao, one needs to ignite the Dao Fire to further transform, condense, and enhance the Dao power within the body."

"According to what Senior Brother Rong Feng said, one can use Dao Fire Pills to increase the success rate of igniting the Dao Fire. Usually, before the Dao Fire Realm, the main goal is to gather Dao Fire Pills."

"And Dao Fire Pills... either they can be exchanged with contributions within the sect, or purchased outside in places like merchant associations, but the price is not cheap."

"Or one can gather the materials and refine them, but for refining, aside from those who are extremely proficient in refining Dao Pills, the success rate for others is not high."

"..."

Lin Yang pondered, gradually forming a clear plan.

The currency in the Primal Ancient Continent was Yuansha, which cultivators could absorb to cultivate and enhance their Dao power.

Yuansha was relatively difficult for newcomers to obtain in large quantities.

For example, when joining a sect, cultivators above the Dao level received a subsidy of only one hundred Yuansha every hundred years.

Otherwise, they had to sell various resources in exchange.

However, most resources from High-Level Spacetime were not valuable in the Primal Ancient Continent.

To obtain sufficiently valuable resources, one needed some luck and strength.

Among these, completing sect missions was one of the best common ways for newcomers to acquire Yuansha.

But as Rong Feng said, good sect missions would not be given to unofficial disciples like them.

This made things very difficult.

"Perhaps I can consider joining the sect early and becoming an official disciple."

Lin Yang thought.

Although there was a hundred-thousand-year selection period, one could also join early.

As long as he made up his mind.

However, before that, he still intended to understand the situation here better.

"First, I'll find an opportunity to visit Baichi City and see."

Besides sects, there were naturally cities formed by human cultivators here.

After all, in addition to those from within the Spacetime Tree, there were countless people born directly in the Primal Ancient Continent.

Baichi City was the closest city to the Moon Shadow Sect.

However, going to the city also carried some risks.

Because it required passing through wilderness areas, one might encounter Specters.

After Lin Yang made up his mind, he walked out of his cave dwelling and followed the directions to the Foreign Affairs Hall.

Here, there were irregular flying ships going to Baichi City.

Taking a flying ship with Moon Shadow Sect members to Baichi City was not only safer but also faster.

Subsequently, Lin Yang inquired and learned that the next flying ship to Baichi City would depart in one hundred and twenty-six years.

This was not long, and could even be considered quite lucky.

Because sometimes one had to wait for several millennia or even longer.

"Junior Brother, there's something I need to inform you in advance. This flying ship to Baichi City will be led by Senior Brother Zhan Ning of the Dao Fire Realm. No additional fees are required, but if you encounter an unexpected situation and are outmatched, Senior Brother Zhan Ning has no responsibility or obligation to fight to the death to save anyone."

"This means that if you encounter danger during the journey, you may need to escape on your own. Please be aware of this."

"Alternatively, you can wait for a paid flying ship to Baichi City, which would have a higher safety factor, but the wait might be longer."

Just as Lin Yang was about to return to his cave dwelling to wait, the disciple from the Foreign Affairs Hall suddenly said to him.

Lin Yang paused, then nodded, indicating he understood.

Going to the city required passing through the wilderness, where one might encounter Specters, Specter groups, or other dangers.

The sect's flying ship did not necessarily guarantee everyone's safety.

Especially since he was not yet an official disciple.

Naturally, they had even less obligation to protect him to the death.

As for the paid flying ship services.

Those were often organized by several Senior Brothers in the Dao Fire Realm within the sect, specifically to earn travel expenses, specializing in taking newcomers to the city.

Since they charged a fee, the safety level would naturally be higher.

However, for Lin Yang, there was no need to wait for that.

After all, if he truly encountered an insurmountable danger, things would unfold as they would.

Moreover, since newcomers did not have much Yuansha, to allow them to have enough Yuansha to pay, those Senior Brothers would wait a long time before forming a paid service to jointly escort newcomers to the city.

He did not want to wait that long.

He wanted to go to Baichi City sooner, sell all the resources he could, and then decide whether to immediately join the Moon Shadow Sect based on the situation.

This concerned the progress of his cultivation. (End of Chapter)