The Path to Immortality

After a moment of silence, another disciple asked: "Excuse me, Deacon Liang, if the disciples who are in the early stages of Qi training can follow us?"

When they first heard that the disciples in the early stage of Qi training could continue as usual, they were secretly relieved.

But then, after hearing that participants could receive generous rewards, some third-level Qi-training disciples who thought they were pretty good couldn't help but worry about gains and losses, thinking that this might be a rare opportunity.

Deacon Liang had obviously considered this issue, and said: "Disciples who are in the early stage of Qi training can also accompany them, but in principle they are not allowed to participate in hunting monsters. They can only do some chores in the stronghold."

His explanation made some early-stage Qi-training disciples with ideas brighten up their eyes and show their eagerness to give it a try.

Next, several more people asked questions one after another.

After Deacon Liang answered the questions one by one, and seeing that no one asked any more questions, he said: "Okay, all disciples, go back and prepare quickly. This time, the sect has reserved three days for you to prepare. In the early morning of three days later, come outside the other courtyard. Gather in the open space.”

………

Knowing that the preparation time was limited, the disciples present left the chore hall in twos and threes.

They either try to get information and find out what happened; or they start to make preparations for the next action.

Anything that is known to more than two people can no longer be classified as top secret.

With the disciples' various investigations, the matter of the depletion of the medium-sized spirit stone veins could no longer be concealed no matter what.

Although the two deacons of the miscellaneous hall had tried very hard to cover it up for a while, the relevant news spread like wildfire in the outer courtyard that afternoon.

For a time, people were panicked.

"Has it finally been made public?"

Fang Ping, who had been prepared for a long time, naturally would not be as panicked as many disciples who had just learned the news. Instead, he felt as if his boots had finally landed.

However, although he is fully prepared, if he can get some inside information in advance, he will undoubtedly be more confident by then.

"I didn't expect that the token given by Senior Brother Liu would be put to use so quickly."

Fang Ping immediately stood up and flew his sword towards Luoyun Peak, the main peak where the inner gate of Luoyang Sect is located!

In front of the mountain gate of the inner gate, two mountain guarding disciples who were strong enough to reach the eighth level of Qi training glanced at the outer disciple identity token hanging around his waist and blocked his way.

"This outer sect junior brother is an important place in the inner sect. If there is nothing important, it is best not to enter at will."

One of them reminded.

Feeling the tyrannical aura from the two of them, Fang Ping handed over his identity token and asked the two mountain-guarding disciples to confirm their identities.

Then he took out Liu Wuchen's token and said: "Reporting to the two senior brothers, I have something urgent and want to pay a visit to senior brother Liu Wuchen who joined the inner sect not long ago. I would like to ask the two senior brothers to be accommodating."

Liu Wuchen?

The two of them had obviously heard of this one of the Three Outer Sect Masters, a former outer sect disciple who unfortunately failed in the competition and missed out on the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The senior brother who reminded me before thought for a while and said, "Well, since I have something to do, I can allow you in temporarily. But you need to go back quickly, and you can't just wander around at will, so as not to bump into the foundation-building master uncles."

"Junior brother knows!"

In this way, after registering his identity and purpose, Fang Ping was able to enter the inner mountain gate.

The moment he passed through the second-level mountain guarding formation, a rich spiritual energy hit his face.

Just in front of the mountain gate at the foot of Luo Yun Peak Mountain, the concentration of spiritual energy far exceeds the level on Tiandu Peak.

If we proceed further into the mountain gate and reach the cave opened by the Foundation Establishment Masters halfway up the back mountain, the concentration of spiritual energy will probably be more than twice as high!

"This is the second-order high-grade spiritual vein!"

Fang Ping sighed in his heart, but he quickly suppressed his emotions, identified the direction, and headed to the cave at the foot of the back mountain of Luo Yun Peak, where senior brother Liu Wuchen lived temporarily.

All the way.

Everywhere you can see disciples who are in the late stages of Qi training, or even those who have completed Qi training, passing by, and it is not uncommon for Master Establishment Master Uncle to be there.

The spiritual fields and medicinal gardens opened on the way can be seen everywhere, with auras lingering and auspicious auras.

All kinds of rare medicinal materials and spiritual flowers that outside casual cultivators would never dare to think of were planted on the roadside at will, with only simple restrictions imposed to prevent them from being accidentally destroyed and eaten by the spiritual birds and auspicious animals that roam inside the mountain gate.

The foundation of the Jindan Sect and the atmosphere of the Immortal Sect can be seen from this.

Fortunately, Fang Ping had not forgotten the purpose of coming to the inner gate. After asking two patrolling disciples along the way, he finally found Liu Wuchen's cave.

This senior brother who has recently moved into the inner sect has also been given the opportunity to redeem a secret skill for free, and is now meditating on a spell.

When he learned that Fang Ping had come to visit, he thought for a moment and understood Fang Ping's intention. He opened the restrictions outside the cave and enthusiastically let him in.

Half an hour later, when Fang Ping came out of the inner door, he already felt confident.

"I'm afraid it will take a long time to go out this time. I just took the opportunity to go to the Sutra Pavilion and change the [Spirit Eye Technique] needed to understand the formation."

Thinking of this matter, Fang Ping made a special detour and went to the Sutra Collection Pavilion first.

Spiritual Eyes is only an auxiliary spell, and it is not easy to practice. Since it is useless in most cases, there are not many monks who specifically exchange and practice it, so its exchange price is not high.

After almost all the remaining sect contributions were spent, Fang Ping obtained the jade slip that recorded the [Spiritual Eye Technique].

………

Early morning three days later.

The mid- to late-stage Qi-training disciples in the outer sect, as well as about a hundred early-stage Qi-training disciples who wanted to take some risks, gathered in the open space outside the courtyard.

As they waited eagerly, ten foundation-building monks flew from the inner gate with their escape lights.

These foundation-building monks were divided into groups of five, and each group was followed by many large camel cloud beasts.

Fang Ping and other disciples had experienced similar scenes when they were looking for the white-feathered spiritual crane, and they were relatively calm.

But many disciples who had just entered the sect a few years ago were surprised to see so many foundation-building monks and camel cloud beasts for the first time.

Perhaps they wanted to keep the survey area secret. Until now, the foundation-building monks had not announced the destination of the next trip, but only asked the disciples to hurry up and board the camel cloud beasts.

Ordinary outer disciples who had no source of information could only randomly choose one of the two groups of foundation-building monks.

But Fang Ping was not in a hurry and looked at the foundation-building monks who were divided into two groups.

A few days ago, he visited Liu Wuchen, and the information revealed by this inner sect brother let him know the four areas tentatively selected for the first round of exploration of the sect.

The first one is Tianling Mountain at the junction of Luoyang Sect and the medium-sized sect Liuyun Temple, led by Yu Xuan, a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building.

The second one is Xiaofeng Grand Canyon located in the northwest of Luoyang Sect, led by Guan Ru, a female cultivator in the early stage of foundation building.

These two areas are relatively less dangerous, so they are in charge of the outer disciples.

The third area may be related to the Xu family, a vassal force of Luoyang Sect and a cultivation family. Liu Wuchen did not find out the specific situation, but he suspected that it should be in Jueyun Valley near the Xu family.

The last one is Guimian Cliff deep in the mountains in the south of Luoyang Sect, led by Duan Xiu, a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building.

The latter two areas are much more dangerous than the first two, and there is a high possibility of encountering the combat power of the foundation building period, so they are in charge of the inner disciples.