19: Inner Disciple

"Get up!"

Lin Tianyue helped Liu Xuan up. The more he looked at him, the more satisfied he became. Liu Xuan had peerless talent in Talisman Drawing but lacked the arrogance of a Genius, and most importantly, he was obedient—much better than those Disciples of his!

Lin Tianyue was the Hall Master of the Outer Sect Talisman Hall, but he was only a First-Rank Low-Grade Talisman Master himself, having obtained this position entirely through his status in the Lin Family.

Not many young Genius Talisman Masters in the Talisman Hall were willing to pledge their allegiance to him; most chose to study under those few First-Rank High Grade Talisman Masters instead.

"Since you have successfully drawn a First-Rank Talisman, I will take you to register as an Inner Sect Disciple."

Lin Tianyue grabbed Liu Xuan's arm. A gust of clear wind circled beneath their feet, and Liu Xuan felt his body lighten as he flew into the air.

The Art of Flight! One of the most basic and commonly used Cultivation Techniques.

Liu Xuan had also studied it; it was not difficult to learn, but it had requirements for magic power. Generally, one needed to reach the Middle Stage of Qi Refining to perform it with ease, and the Late Stage of Qi Refining to use it as one pleased.

Riding the wind, a method of the immortals—Liu Xuan's desire to increase his cultivation grew even stronger!

In a moment, Lin Tianyue brought Liu Xuan down to a platform on the mountainside, where a grand hall stood in the center of a wide plaza.

The Inner Sect Talisman Hall—this was the true important area of the Inner Sect. Only Inner Sect Disciples and above could enter and exit at will; Outer Sect Disciples didn't even have the qualifications to come up here.

Faint Talisman patterns emerged on the white jade plaza, and the Spiritual Qi was so dense it seemed to be shrouded in white mist. There was not a single speck of worldly dust on the ground; it was even more filled with Spiritual Qi than the immortal dwelling Liu Xuan had imagined.

Lin Tianyue led Liu Xuan toward the grand hall. Along the way, they encountered many Inner Sect Disciples who all stopped to salute and address him as Senior Brother Lin.

Lin Tianyue was the Hall Master of the Talisman Hall in the Outer Sect, but in the Inner Sect, he was the grandson of the Foundation Establishment Ancestor of the Talisman Hall, Lin Qingyun, which was equivalent to being a Personal Disciple.

Lin Qingyun, with Foundation Establishment cultivation, was the only Second-rank Talisman Master in the Red Pine Sect, and his status was second only to the Golden Core Sect Master, Xiao Changfeng.

Inside the grand hall.

When the two of them entered, there was only a middle-aged man in a Daoist robe inside the empty hall, preparing Talisman ink.

Preparing Talisman ink was a branch of Talisman Drawing; high-quality Talisman ink could increase the success rate of drawing Talismans and improve their quality.

"Senior Brother Lin? Is something the matter?"

Lu Wuchen diverted a sliver of his attention to look at the two, his gaze pausing on Liu Xuan for two seconds.

"Junior Brother Wuchen, this is an Outer Sect Disciple, Liu Xuan. He has been initiated for less than a year and has already advanced to a First-Rank Low-Grade Talisman Master. I have brought him here to join our Inner Sect Talisman Hall."

"Advanced to a First-Rank Talisman Master in less than a year of initiation?!"

Lu Wuchen was shocked! Then, he was somewhat skeptical. He prided himself on having peerless talent in Talisman Drawing, yet it had taken him two years to become a First-Rank Talisman Master.

"Has he passed the Talisman Master assessment?" Lu Wuchen asked.

The First-Rank Low-Grade Talisman Master assessment required a sixty-percent success rate for a single type of First-Rank Low Grade Talisman.

The assessment process was simple: draw ten Talismans of the same type, and if six were successful, one would pass.

Many First-Rank Talisman Masters who had just passed the assessment had done so by taking it multiple times and relying on luck; in reality, their success rate was only fifty percent, or even thirty to forty percent.

"He can already successfully draw a First-Rank Low-Grade Arrow Talisman; passing the assessment is only a matter of time," Lin Tianyue explained.

"That is against the rules!"

There was a huge gap between occasionally drawing a First-Rank Low Grade Talisman and becoming a First-Rank Talisman Master.

The basic condition for becoming a Disciple of the Inner Sect Talisman Hall was to be a First-Rank Low-Grade Talisman Master, and a First-Rank Talisman Master with excellent talent at that.

Liu Xuan's talent was indeed fine, but since he hadn't passed the First-Rank Talisman Master assessment, according to the rules, he could not become an Inner Sect Disciple.

"Rules are rigid, but people are flexible!"

Lin Tianyue said impatiently, "Stop the nonsense, hurry up!"

"You..."

Lu Wuchen was so angry that he lost his focus, almost causing the Talisman ink spiritual liquid in the Pill Furnace to be ruined.

Calming his mind, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said bluntly, "I cannot do this. For such matters of bending the law for personal gain, you should go find some of the Great Masters!"

Lu Wuchen and Lin Tianyue had an ordinary relationship. If he participated in such bending of the law for personal gain, when it came to light later, Lin Tianyue would be fine, but he would be the one left to take the blame.

Lin Tianyue took a Medium-Grade Spirit Stone from his sleeve and threw it to him, becoming even more impatient: "Liu Xuan is my son-in-law. If you can't handle this, shall I go to the Old Ancestor and request a Talisman Decree for you?"

"Son-in-law?"

Lu Wuchen remembered that Lin Tianyue didn't seem to have a daughter with a Spiritual Root. Thinking of this, his gaze toward Liu Xuan became strange.

To curry favor with the Lin Family, he was actually willing to marry a worldly woman, give up his future on the Dao, and throw away the dignity of a Talisman Master.

Either his Spiritual Root talent was inferior, or he was a cunning and slippery person!

Lin Tianyue was also regressing as he aged; to think he would look favorably upon such a petty person.

'Fine! Since he is a member of the Lin Family, if any problems arise, they won't find their way to me!'

Lu Wuchen said no more and directly registered Liu Xuan as an Inner Sect Disciple. He gave him an Inner Sect Disciple token, a set of First-Rank Low-Grade Talisman Master magic robes, a First-Rank Low Grade magic sword, and an Inner Sect Disciple Immortal Cave on the mountainside.

In addition to these basic supplies, Lin Tianyue also led Liu Xuan to leave a Soul Lamp in the inner chamber of the grand hall.

"From now on, you are a true Disciple of our Red Pine Sect. Within the entire territory of the Red Pine Sect, no force can touch you at will. When out and about, remember not to lose face for the Sect."

Liu Xuan nodded solemnly: "Father-in-law, rest assured, I understand!"

Finally, he was in the System! Watching the rows of quietly burning Soul Lamps, Liu Xuan felt a sense of having made it ashore.

Cultivating immortality was difficult, and Breakthroughs in Realms were extremely slow. The System's period of effectiveness was also quite late. Having become an Inner Sect Disciple of the Red Pine Sect, his life now had an extra layer of protection.

Outer Sect Disciples of the Red Pine Sect were equivalent to temporary workers; even if they were killed outside, the Sect would not pursue it too much.

But Inner Sect Disciples were different. All Inner Sect Disciples left Soul Lamps within the Sect; once they died, the Sect would definitely investigate the cause of death and punish the murderer.

Lin Tianyue took Liu Xuan for a tour around the Inner Sect area, introducing the functions of various places, and finally brought Liu Xuan to the Immortal Cave assigned to him.

The Immortal Cave was a simple small courtyard with one Cultivation Chamber inside, a few empty rooms, and nothing else.

It looked simple, but it was actually the greatest benefit for Inner Sect Disciples. The concentration of Spiritual Qi in the Cultivation Chamber reached First-Rank High Grade, enough to support the daily cultivation of a Late Qi Refining Stage cultivator.

Moreover, the small courtyard had a defensive Formation to isolate the inside from the outside, so he would not be disturbed when cultivating or doing important things.

The only drawback was that it could only be used by himself; otherwise, Liu Xuan would have moved his Family in directly.

To occupy a large area in the Inner Sect as Family territory, one had to be at least a First-Rank High Grade Talisman Master.

Lin Tianyue left after dropping Liu Xuan off at the Immortal Cave. He had made the decision about his daughter and Liu Xuan on the fly, and he still needed to inform his daughter in Red Pine City about this, and then get the matter settled as soon as possible.

Liu Xuan sat cross-legged in the Immortal Cave's Cultivation Chamber, simultaneously circulating the Three Yang Body Gathering Technique and the Kunpeng Heaven-Swallowing Body Refining Technique.

Spiritual Qi gathered around his body; one part merged into his Bloodline to strengthen his Physical Body, and another part entered his Dantian, where it was refined into magic power.

It was indeed worthy of being a First-Rank High Grade Immortal Cave! Without taking any Medicinal Pills, the cultivation effect was several times better than that of Lin Xue'er's small courtyard.