85: Chapter 85

"Rest assured!" Chen Xuan glanced over and instructed!

"Yes, Sect Master!"

Chen Xuan picked up the booklet and flipped through it casually, seeing the dense list of power names, which gave him the feeling of looking through a dictionary sequence.

Invincible Divine Fist Gate, Zhengyang Sect, Great Yan Royal Family, Ethereal Palace, Sword... hmm... Great Yan Royal Family, isn't that the emperor who caused Wanqing's family to resign and return home only to encounter bandits?

Since wiping out the four major Sects, a large number of Sects wanted to visit the Dao Seeking Sect every day to get acquainted.

Chen Xuan was quite helpless about this; even though he had already had people announce that the Dao Seeking Sect was closed and not accepting visitors, thousands of people still waited outside the Dao Seeking Sect's mountains.

As the saying goes, "one does not hit a smiling face," and Chen Xuan did not want to use force to drive them away.

It would be great if there were a Disciple proficient in interpersonal relations to help handle these matters.

Vice Minister Mu asked with a smile: "Does Immortal Master Chen have important matters to attend to? Perhaps we should play this game of chess another day..."

"Hmm?!"

Chen Xuan paused upon hearing this and scanned the person in front of him.

Isn't he right here?

"There is indeed a bit of trouble, and I would like you to help me out."

Hearing this, Vice Minister Mu looked completely committed: "Immortal Master Chen overstates it, just give the order and I shall do it."

After briefly explaining the situation to Vice Minister Mu, Vice Minister Mu reached out to pick up the booklet and began to flip through it, his gaze scanning the rows of visiting forces.

Chen Xuan smiled and said: "The Great Yan Royal Family seems to have some history with you, just handle it as you see fit."

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Vice Minister Mu stood up and bowed.

After Vice Minister Mu bowed and withdrew, silence returned to the hall. Chen Xuan tapped the tabletop with his fingertips and then slowly clapped his hands; the crisp sound of his palms meeting echoed through the hall, carrying a faint ripple of Spiritual Qi.

A moment later, a pale white figure streaked in from outside the hall like a beam of light, her white sleeves brushing against the floor and creating subtle ripples. Qi Yue curtsied, her black hair falling over her shoulders, her voice as clear as a spring as she said:

"What are your orders, Sect Master?"

Chen Xuan looked up at her, his fingertips rubbing a chess piece: "I may be going out for a while in the coming days, so I'll leave the Sect's affairs for you to look after."

The efficiency of the four Disciples in producing contribution points was still too low. Chen Xuan planned to go out for a change of pace and see if he could encounter any more Children of Destiny.

Now that the Sect had a reputation, recruiting Disciples should be much easier, and there would be no need to resort to trickery like two years ago.

Qi Yue's brows furrowed slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes, yet she still bowed and replied: "Your subordinate obeys. However, I do not know the purpose of the Sect Master's trip? If there are any errands, your subordinate is willing to share the Sect Master's burdens."

Chen Xuan waved his hand, his voice calm and steady: "It is merely to find some promising talents and add some fresh blood to the Sect."

Qi Yue realized upon hearing this that the Sect Master wanted to recruit Disciples... she wondered who would be lucky enough to encounter such a heaven-shattering Opportunity.

"If the Sect Master wishes to find Prodigies, you might as well wait a few days and head to the Central Region."

"Central Region?" Chen Xuan was somewhat confused.

Qi Yue immediately explained: "The Heavenly Secret Pavilion in the Central Region holds a Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony every thirty years. Prodigies from all Five Regions will head to the Central Region. With Cultivators from all sides gathered, it is the perfect time to recruit Disciples."

"With the foundation of our Dao Seeking Sect, it should not be difficult to recruit Disciples."

Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony... this was the first time Chen Xuan had heard of such a thing.

"Is there something attractive about this Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony? Why do Cultivators from all sides go to participate?" Chen Xuan continued to ask.

Qi Yue lowered her eyes and replied: "The Sect Master may not know, but the most enticing part of the Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony is the selection by the Heavenly Secret Pavilion. Any Cultivator who performs excellently at the ceremony has a chance to be chosen by the Heavenly Secret Pavilion Elders and taken directly to the Profound Realm to cultivate."

Profound Realm... the Profound Realm again!

As a person from Blue Star, Chen Xuan had a faint suspicion.

Why did a mere Golden Core dare to call themselves king in this Eastern Region, where there wasn't even a single Nascent Soul Stage Expert? He always had the illusion that the Cultivator's Realm was being suppressed by the Heavenly Dao of this world.

Even in that Central Region, one couldn't even find a single Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique, and even a Nascent Soul Cultivator of Qi Yue's level had never even come into contact with a saint-grade pill.

This made Chen Xuan feel that there was something strange everywhere.

"What kind of place is the Profound Realm?" Chen Xuan continued to ask.

"Your subordinate does not know either, only hearing that the Spiritual Qi concentration in the Profound Realm far exceeds this world, making it the immortal cultivation Holy Land that all Cultivators dream of." She paused and added, "Even those in the Golden Core or Nascent Soul Realm can only keep a low profile in that Profound Realm."

Chen Xuan nodded slightly and put down the chess piece in his hand; it seemed he really needed to find an Opportunity to visit that Central Region.

"Since Cultivators who perform excellently in the Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony will be taken to the Profound Realm by the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, wouldn't that be a huge loss for the Sects?"

Qi Yue shook her head gently and explained: "Once a Sect Disciple is selected by the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, the Sect can receive a generous amount of cultivation resources from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, including Medicinal Pills, Cultivation Techniques, Divine Abilities, Magic Treasures, Talismans, and so on.

The Sect not only suffers no loss but actually makes a huge profit."

"There are only sixteen spots in each Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony, and the Ten Great Sacred Lands of the Central Region will also send their own Prodigies to compete."

Chen Xuan's eyes lit up upon hearing this, "So to speak, this Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony is not only a testing ground for Prodigies but also an Opportunity for the Sect to accumulate foundation?"

"Exactly!" Qi Yue nodded, "Many Sects do not hesitate to spend decades of savings to cultivate Prodigies just to have them stand out at the ceremony, all for the sake of that Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony."

Cultivating Prodigies was just to earn cultivation resources, not to lead the Sect to glory. This was truly... truly realistic enough.

The person who took over the position of Sect Master might not be a heaven-sent genius, but they would definitely share the same surname as the Sect Master. A Sect's Legacy of several hundred years would certainly not be handed over to a Cultivator with a different surname.

After coming to this cultivation world, this was Chen Xuan's only observation.

Chen Xuan pondered slightly; it seemed he really had to find an Opportunity to go to the Central Region. Firstly, he could try his luck to see if he could meet a Child of Destiny. Secondly, he would have the chance to investigate what that black jade stone actually was.

If he let Pingan and the others win this Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony, he wondered if it would increase the Dao Seeking Sect's reputation points. Based on the experience gained in the Spirit Void Secret Realm before, Chen Xuan felt it was worth a shot.

As for the Profound Realm, he would wait until he broke through to the Void Refining Realm before going to see what was going on!

After making up his mind, Chen Xuan continued to ask: "How much time is left before that Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony?"

Qi Yue replied: "About three months."

Three months... fortunately, it won't be long.

If it were three or five years, Chen Xuan would have planned to travel through the Southern Region or Northern Region to find a Child of Destiny... Three months later!

Inside the Dao Seeking Sect.

Ding~

[Congratulations to the Host's Eldest Disciple Mu Wanqing for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer, rewarding sect prestige points * 3250]

Ding~

[Congratulations to the Host's second Disciple Li Pingan for breaking through to the Martial Dao Third Layer, rewarding sect prestige points * 15000]

Ding~

[Congratulations to the Host's third Disciple Ye Hao for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, rewarding sect prestige points * 4000]

Ding~

[Congratulations to the Host's fourth Disciple Xiao Lingxian for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, rewarding sect prestige points * 3750]

With three months of bitter cultivation, the Realms of Mu Wanqing and the others rose as if they had boarded a high-speed train, surging upward relentlessly.

If the outside world knew, they would probably be shocked to the point of speechlessness, feeling that their own years of cultivation had truly been wasted on nothing.

Comparing products leads to them being discarded; comparing yourself to others leads to death!