33: Accepting new apprentices? First arrived in Zhongyi City.

Five months flew by in a flash, and with the efforts of all the Disciples, the Qingxuan Sect's movable range expanded by a full twofold!

The Sect's resource quantity also surged!

The Hall of Points has now clearly become the most important place within the Qingxuan Sect.

Even though the daily supply of Medicinal Pills was far from enough, everyone still went to the Hall of Points to submit and exchange resources.

Many treasures that were usually rare to see actually had stock in the Hall of Points!

And in order to obtain more resources and points, the people of Qingxuan Sect had continuously Advanced deeper into the Qingxuan Mountain Range.

Places that were once rarely visited and swarmed with Yao Beasts were now constantly being explored by teams from the Qingxuan Sect.

What followed was the discovery of Heaven And Earth Treasures, and one team even unearthed an ownerless Spirit Stone mine deep underground, stretching for nearly three hundred miles!

This news directly alarmed the Sect Master and all the Prefecture Lords, who all arrived on the scene.

Upon inspection, the Low-Grade Spirit Stone reserves within it amounted to over a hundred million!

And there were even thirty thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!

This was actually a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone mine! It shocked everyone present!

After the Sect Master and Prefecture Lords arrived, they directly combined their efforts to conceal the existence of the Spirit Stone mine with a spell, and then arranged for the Qingxuan Sect's Core Disciples to quietly mine it.

All informed individuals were placed under a gag order!

This matter must absolutely not be spread outside!

The Hong Family and others were naturally not qualified to know about this matter.

The Qingxuan Sect had not yet fully trusted them.

However, even with such a great harvest, it was still a drop in the bucket for the entire Qingxuan Mountain Range.

The Qingxuan Mountain Range stretches for millions of miles, and the deeper one goes, the more various Yao Beasts there are; it is rumored that in the deepest parts, there even exist Great Yao Beasts of Mahayana cultivation!

And the Qingxuan Sect was merely established at the entrance of the mountain range.

Previously, due to strength issues, the Sect could only stare helplessly at this vast mountain range, unable to obtain various medicinal herbs and Spirit Stones within it.

As the strength of the people within the Sect continuously improved, the degree of development of this mountain range also became increasingly high.

Qing Xuan Prefecture, Qingfeng Courtyard, this was a name Lu Hao recently gave his courtyard.

He had also been very leisurely these five months, busy with his small courtyard every day, simply enjoying himself immensely.

As for his cultivation, although a hundred portions of cultivation poured into his body every day, it was like a drop in the ocean for him; the improvement was truly pitifully small.

“It seems that only when people who are my beloved close friends Breakthrough can it promote the progress of my cultivation.”

【Ding! The System has issued a mission: Successfully take Dugu Litian as a Disciple and participate in the Five Cities Tournament! Reward: One System upgrade, ten thousand years of cultivation, and the opening of the Master-Disciple Cultivation function!】

Lu Hao was casually chopping firewood in his hand when a voice suddenly sounded in his ear—it was the System's mission notification sound!

This sudden sound instantly ignited the long-suppressed passion and desire deep within Lu Hao's heart.

Lu Hao stared at the System interface in front of him with an incredulous expression, his lips trembling slightly, as extreme joy surged into his heart like a tide.

He suddenly threw the firewood he was clutching tightly to the side, involuntarily raised his hands high, and laughed up to the sky, saying:

“Hahaha, finally a second mission! I’ve waited so long!”

After his excitement, Lu Hao calmed down and began to ask:

“System, what changes will a System upgrade bring?”

【Upgrading to Level 1 System will increase the daily upgrade limit to one thousand people, the number of beloved close friends the host can bind will all increase by one, and the System lottery prize pool will also undergo an upgrade, increasing the probability of drawing Advanced rewards.】

“Hahaha, I was just worrying that the Sect didn’t have enough Medicinal Pills to distribute; this is truly like getting a pillow when you’re sleepy!”

“Then what is the use of the Master-Disciple Cultivation function that will be opened later?”

【This function will accelerate the cultivation speed of Disciples already bound to the host.】

“How many times faster?”

【Ten thousand times!】

Lu Hao was stunned; didn't this mean that a day of Ling Tian's cultivation would be equivalent to ten thousand days! Equivalent to twenty-seven years!

When Ling Tian Breakthrough, his cultivation would be returned to him ten thousandfold.

Holy cow, a perpetual motion machine!

It was simply absurd beyond belief!

Lu Hao could no longer sit still and quickly asked:

“System, where is my Disciple whom I’ve never met?”

【Among the Five Great Cities, the host can go and find him himself.】

In the next instant, Lu Hao's figure had disappeared, not even bothering to eat, only a voice slowly came over.

“Lu Shisan, take good care of my Qingfeng Courtyard while I’m away.”

“Yes, Master!”

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The Five Great Cities are located in the southeast, northwest, and central positions under the Heaven Sword Sect's territory, tens of thousands of miles apart; ordinary Cultivators rarely have the opportunity to go to another city in their lifetime.

Only during the Five Cities Tournament will the major cities expend a large amount of resources to activate Formation and gather in Zhongyi City.

As the central hub connecting the Five Great Cities, Zhongyi City's power was inevitable.

Almost all inter-city transactions would pass through Zhongyi City as a transit point.

This allowed them not only to collect large transit fees but also to have a far greater quantity and variety of cultivation items than the other four cities.

Therefore, Zhongyi City gradually widened the gap with the other four cities.

However, for Lu Hao, a distance of tens of thousands of miles was not too far; it wasn't long before Lu Hao arrived at Zhongyi City.

Since he was looking for someone, he naturally had to start searching in the most prosperous place with the most Cultivators.

Lu Hao walked slowly through the city, spreading his Divine Sense, searching for a person named Dugu Litian while carefully observing the Cultivators and shops in the city.

Zhongyi City indeed lived up to its reputation as the head of the Five Cities; in just a quarter of an hour, Lu Hao had already encountered no fewer than ten Core Formation Cultivators, and Foundation Establishment Cultivators were as numerous as cattle hair.

This was an impossible scene in Nansu City.

Moreover, within Zhongyi City, the number of various shops was truly vast, including all kinds of medicinal herb shops, pawnshops, Artifact Refining shops, and auction houses.

The main types of business in each large shop varied; some targeted the Qi Refinement Stage, some the Foundation Establishment Stage, and some even the Core Formation Stage.

Some mainly sold healing Medicinal Pills, some mainly took orders for forging divine weapons of various grades, and so on; in short, there were too many to take in.

Lu Hao also saw some particularly stylishly decorated pavilions like Heaven and Earth Pavilion, Manjianghong, Mingyuelou, and so on.

He could vaguely see graceful figures dancing inside, and he didn't know what those places were.

There was nothing he could do; ever since Lu Hao's Transmigration, he had basically been slacking off in his Qingfeng Courtyard, and he truly hadn't seen much of the world.

This trip also opened a new world to Lu Hao; the outside world was indeed wonderful, places like auction houses and Heaven and Earth Pavilion, he had never been to them.

He thought to himself that after this important matter was over, he should definitely come back and take a good look.