187: Chapter 187: A Bountiful Harvest

Lin Qing's group moved quickly. By the time they arrived at the open space in front of the Scripture Pavilion, none of the Cultivators who had gone to participate in the assessment had returned yet.

At this moment, outside the main entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, two Cultivators were using various methods against the gate.

Clearly, they were true Loose Cultivators who hardly knew anyone else in the Secret Realm, and thus had not received the news about going to the mountain gate to obtain identity tokens.

Watching Lin Qing's large group descend onto the open space, these two Loose Cultivators consciously retreated to the side, watching Lin Qing and the others with vigilance.

Lin Qing led his team to the entrance, then turned and nodded to everyone, saying, "Go in!"

Ling Shu, holding her Disciple token, stepped forward toward the gate first. After the gate rippled like water, Ling Shu entered the Scripture Pavilion with ease.

The others followed suit, and soon all the Disciples had disappeared in front of the Scripture Pavilion. Lin Qing turned his head to look at the two Loose Cultivators who seemed to have something to say, raised his hand to point in the direction of the mountain gate, and said, "Fly about nine million li in this direction, and you will find the mountain gate of the Kunxu Immortal Sect. Go there to participate in the assessment, and they will give you identity tokens, which are used in many places."

After speaking, Lin Qing did not wait for their reaction and also stepped into the Scripture Pavilion.

One of them thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "He... surely has no reason to lie to us, right?"

It was not that he took others' kindness for granted; it was just that throughout his journey, he had experienced too much deceit and treachery and had long been living on thin ice.

Now that someone had suddenly kindly reminded him, he found it hard to believe for a moment.

The other shook his head gently. "It shouldn't be. I know him. His name is Lin Qing, and he is ranked fourth on the young master ranking. If he wanted to harm us, he wouldn't need to go through such trouble; he could simply obliterate us with a wave of his hand."

Thus, the two took flight and hurried toward the direction Lin Qing had pointed out.

As soon as Lin Qing entered the Scripture Pavilion, a gentle, aged voice sounded in his ears. "Ninth Rank Cultivation, Dao Child Token, all floors accessible."

Although he had expected this, Lin Qing still could not help but nod. Going all out at the mountain gate earlier was indeed a correct choice.

At this moment, there was nothing within thirty zhang in front of Lin Qing; clearly, it was an open area specially arranged because of the high foot traffic at the entrance.

Looking up, the Scripture Pavilion had indeed not been affected by the great war fifty thousand years ago.

Beyond the thirty zhang, there were rows of neatly arranged bookshelves filled with dense stacks of books, with Disciples already weaving through them.

Lin Qing also stepped forward to browse. The books here were all Stance Training or Martial Arts used in the Mortal Realm. Just like in the Chuyun Immortal Sect, items at this level were provided to Disciples for free, so there were no Restrictions on the bookshelves.

The Disciples wandered around this area, and after realizing that the items here were indeed of little value, they went up to the second floor one by one via the stairs on both sides.

It was the same for Lin Qing. His Stance Training and Martial Arts had long reached the perfect level and had now even solidified into innate talents. No matter what Stance Training or Martial Arts it was, Lin Qing could create them with a flick of his hand; these things held no meaning for him.

Arriving at the second floor, various Elementary visualization maps were placed here, intended for Mortal Realm Disciples to awaken their Divine Thought.

The following third to sixth floors corresponded to the four Realms of the Spirit Realm, with each floor housing Cultivation Techniques and Spells for the corresponding Realm.

However, the items here were not so easy to obtain. Except for the five types of Pulse Opening Method on the third floor, everything else existed in the form of Jade Slips.

These Jade Slips were protected by Formations within small compartments, each with a booklet in front providing a brief introduction to the Jade Slip. To actually exchange for the Jade Slips inside the compartments, one needed something called Merit Points.

Merit Points should be similar to the Contribution Points of the Chuyun Immortal Sect. Lin Qing probed his Dao Child Token with his Divine Thought; it indeed contained some quite complex Formations, but there was no information about Merit Points.

He stopped a Disciple from the Duchuan Sword Sect and asked, "Junior Brother, do you have any Merit Points?"

The Disciple was somewhat excited. Although they were both Disciples of the Three Sects, he was very ordinary and usually could not get a word in with Lin Qing.

"Replying to Senior Brother Lin Qing, yes. After obtaining the identity token, there is an initial amount of Merit Points. Our Outer Sect tokens have one thousand, while Inner Sect and Personal Disciple tokens have five thousand and twenty thousand, respectively."

Lin Qing nodded. "Mm, that's all."

After that Disciple walked away, Lin Qing imitated their actions of exchanging Merit Points for Jade Slips and placed the Dao Child Token in front of a small compartment.

As expected, the Formation inside the compartment unlocked directly. Lin Qing tried a few more times, and each one unlocked easily.

He nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that the Dao Child Token had higher authority than he had imagined; the Merit Points were likely infinite, or rather, he did not need Merit Points at all.

He called out to the Disciple from just before again. "Tell them, if they see something they want but don't have enough Merit Points, write it down, and I will help you retrieve it when I come down."

Then, Lin Qing continued to head upstairs. The items on these floors were no different from the first floor to Lin Qing; they were all things he could create with a flick of his hand.

The seventh floor was the same as the second, housing various visualization maps for Disciples to condense their Primordial Spirit.

Starting from the eighth floor, one entered the God Realm level.

The Kunxu Immortal Sect was worthy of being the former number one power; there were over twenty Ninth Rank Spirit Refining techniques. Outside the small area where the Cultivation Techniques were placed, tall stone steles stood upright.

Some steles bore palm prints, while others had sword marks. Lin Qing felt the power of will on them; these were for Disciples to Cultivate the power of will.

With the help of the Dao Child Token, Lin Qing directly collected all the stone steles and Cultivation Techniques into his Storage Ring.

Anyway, the Disciples of the Three Sects could not reach the eighth floor; leaving them here would only benefit those God Realm Cultivators from the super powers.

Lin Qing followed the same procedure for the subsequent ninth and tenth floors. The ninth floor contained seven Tenth Rank Cultivation Techniques, while the two Cultivation Techniques on the tenth floor reached a terrifying Level 11.

Moreover, they were complete Cultivation Techniques that the Chuyun Immortal Sect did not possess. Jue Chenzi's purpose for coming to the Central Continent was to obtain Level 11 Cultivation Techniques. Now that Lin Qing had easily obtained two of them, Lin Qing himself felt it was somewhat dreamlike.

What Lin Qing did not know was that the grade of this Scripture Pavilion had also reached Level 11, making it a top-tier Divine Artifact on the entire continent. That was why the Kunxu Immortal Sect had placed such precious things directly here.

Now that the high-level members of the Kunxu Immortal Sect had all fallen, his Dao Child Token held the highest authority in the current Kunxu Immortal Sect. Not only the Scripture Pavilion, but other places like the Treasure Pavilion could also be easily emptied if he wished.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that everything in the current Kunxu Immortal Sect belonged to him.

Coming to the Central Continent to participate in the Secret Realm contention this time, the journey alone took a whole year. Now, this harvest could truly be considered a worthwhile trip.