Chapter 9

Fu Yan flew on her sword the entire way. Only after putting five or six hundred li between herself and the Chihei Mountain Range did she finally slow down.

Now that she had some free time, she took out the two storage spirit rings she had just collected from the Zilan Sect disciples, preparing to see what kind of wealth the two of them had.

Storage spirit rings and qiankun pouches were both used in this world to store items. Each contained its own separate space inside. However, storage spirit rings were much more precious than qiankun pouches. After all, even an ordinary low-grade spirit ring had ten times more space than a qiankun pouch.

With Fu Yan’s identity, she definitely would not have had a storage spirit ring before this. She had only owned a tiny qiankun pouch. This time, she had really made quite a profit.

A storage spirit ring required a drop of blood to recognize its owner. However, Liu Chuanhan and Xu Yan were already dead, so Fu Yan easily erased their traces. Then she directly dripped her own blood onto them.

After carefully inspecting them, Fu Yan could not help clicking her tongue. These two were only ordinary inner disciples, yet their possessions were actually quite abundant.

After a rough count, the two of them had a total of three thousand and twenty-six low-grade spirit stones combined, and even ten mid-grade spirit stones. Putting everything else aside, just these spirit stones alone made Fu Yan feel as if she had struck it rich.

The original owner’s status had been too ordinary, so naturally, she had been dirt poor. Even if everything in her qiankun pouch was counted together, she had only had a few dozen low-grade spirit stones.

After happily counting the spirit stones, Fu Yan continued rummaging through the storage spirit rings. Aside from spirit stones, there were also some pills. Moreover, those two had probably gained quite a lot in the Chihei Mountain Range. There was a pile of precious medicinal herbs and heavenly and earthly spiritual treasures, among which there were even several ice-attribute and water-attribute treasures.

Fu Yan cultivated the Frost Tempering Body Art, so she could make full use of them perfectly.

The rest were basic cultivation methods, but they were all sword techniques and fist techniques from the Zilan Sect. Naturally, Fu Yan could not learn these techniques. Otherwise, Liu Chuanhan and Xu Yan’s deaths would definitely be traced back to her.

After sorting through everything inside the storage spirit rings, Fu Yan could not help smiling in satisfaction.

After taking two true qi pills, Fu Yan put everything away, then swallowed both pills in one go. The battle just now had nearly exhausted all her true essence, and by now, her body felt somewhat drained.

And so, Fu Yan continued flying in the direction of the Shuiling Sect while quietly regulating her breathing and recovering.

Because Fu Yan deliberately slowed down for the latter part of the journey, by the time she returned to Shuiling, more than half a day had passed.

The Shuiling Sect had a total of three mountain peaks. The one on the far left was where the outer disciples lived and cultivated. The peak on the far right belonged to the inner disciples. The largest peak in the middle was the face of the entire sect. Large-scale events were usually held there, and visiting guests were also received there.

At this moment, Fu Yan had arrived at the foot of the Shuiling Sect’s three mountain peaks. She raised her eyes and looked at the towering peaks before her, rising straight into the clouds, and her heart could not help stirring slightly.

In truth, thinking that she was about to truly step onto the path of immortal cultivation made Fu Yan somewhat excited. Looking at the grand scene before her, one could not help feeling a surge of passion.

After steadying her mind, Fu Yan did not think too much more. Very soon, she headed directly up the mountain peak on the left. Although she now had early Illumination-stage cultivation and could enter the inner sect, some procedures still had to be taken care of slowly.

After returning to the outer sect, Fu Yan first went to the Mission Hall.

The Mission Hall was where the sect issued missions to disciples. All disciples could freely accept missions for training. If they completed them, they would naturally receive some rewards. If they failed, aside from feeling somewhat embarrassed, no one would care too much.

It was currently just after noon, so the Mission Hall was naturally packed with people. All three floors were crowded full, and everyone was carefully checking the available missions while also weighing their own strength.

Fu Yan’s appearance naturally caused a small wave of discussion.

“Hm? Who’s that? She actually broke through to early Illumination. Doesn’t that mean she can go to the inner sect now?”

“I really want to go to the inner sect too. I heard the resources there are much better than in the outer sect. The outer sect is basically left to fend for itself. But my aptitude is ordinary, so who knows if I’ll ever get the chance.”

“Isn’t that Senior Sister Fu Yan? I remember she was still at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment before she went down the mountain. She actually broke through in just a few days. Looks like she must have encountered some opportunity down the mountain.”

“I’m so envious of Senior Sister. I want to go down the mountain for training too!”

“…”

The original owner and Fu Yan were both rather aloof by nature. They were used to coming and going alone, so she did not care about other people’s discussions.

She took her mission guide and went straight to bailiantales.com the elder in charge of the Mission Hall, then said honestly, “Elder Lin, I’m here to hand in a mission.”

Elder Lin had originally been lying off to the side sleeping. Hearing a voice, he finally raised his eyes like a lazy cat. After seeing Fu Yan, he showed no particular expression. He merely reached out to take the mission guide and began registering it.

“Mission to kill the lecherous thief in Heiquan Town with ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivation, completed.”

After finishing the registration, Elder Lin took out three hundred low-grade spirit stones and counted them. After confirming there was no problem, he directly tossed them to Fu Yan. “Your mission reward.”

After saying that, this lazy Elder Lin closed his eyes again.

Fu Yan held the three hundred low-grade spirit stones somewhat unexpectedly. She had thought this mission had not been completed, but she had not expected that lecherous thief to have already died. In that case, regardless of whether she had killed him or not, this mission still counted as completed.

She had picked up another three hundred low-grade spirit stones for no reason, Fu Yan thought.

After leaving the Mission Hall, Fu Yan directly returned to her residence according to her memories. In truth, she did not have many belongings. Her basic possessions were all inside her storage spirit ring, so she very quickly finished packing.

After that, she went straight to the Administrative Hall.

“Mm. Since your cultivation has already broken through to the Illumination stage, then follow me to the inner sect for registration.” An elder in the Administrative Hall looked at Fu Yan and nodded in satisfaction.

Early Illumination at sixteen years old—although read the original at bailiantales.com it was not astonishing, her aptitude could still be ranked around the middle.

After briefly registering her information and removing Fu Yan’s outer disciple identity token, the elder directly led her to the mountain peak on the far right.

As soon as she landed, Fu Yan could sense the serious atmosphere of the inner disciples’ peak. On the vast square, there were hardly any figures to be seen. Instead, waves of true qi fluctuations came from the forests in various places. Presumably, everyone was cultivating diligently.

After arriving at the Administrative Hall, the outer sect elder directly handed Fu Yan over to an inner sect Elder Li, then returned to the outer sect.

“When did you break through?” Elder Li stared at Fu Yan and asked.

Fu Yan paused slightly. She could not actually see this Elder Li’s cultivation level, which showed that the other party’s cultivation was at least one full realm higher than hers. As expected, the inner sect was full of first-rate experts.

“Replying to Elder, I broke through while training down the mountain a couple of days ago,” Fu Yan said honestly, without hiding anything.

Elder Li nodded and did not say anything more. He simply took out a new wooden identity token and handed it to Fu Yan. “This is your inner disciple identity token.”

Fu Yan hurriedly accepted it. Her name was neatly carved onto the identity token. She did not know what kind of wood it was made from, but it felt as light as thin paper in her hand.

“The rules in the inner sect are more or less the same as those in the outer sect.” Seeing Fu Yan staring curiously at her wooden identity token, Elder Li explained, “All disciples cultivate on their own. The difference is that the inner sect has its own strength ranking. Inject your true essence into the wooden identity token, and you’ll be able to check it.”

After he finished speaking, Fu Yan curiously injected read the original at bailiantales.coma wisp of true essence into the wooden identity token. A stream of information suddenly appeared before her like a projection.

First place: Bai Yueli

Second place: Yu Heng

Third place: Lin Zihao

Fu Yan only glanced at the top three names before swiftly searching for her own. As expected, her name was indeed in last place.

Eight hundred thirty-second place: Fu Yan

Fu Yan: “…”

“If you want to raise your ranking, you need to challenge other disciples. If you win, you obtain their rank. In a single challenge, you cannot challenge someone more than thirty ranks above you. Of course, the inner sect’s annual competition is about to begin, and this challenge rule can be ignored then. At that time, opponents will be decided by drawing lots.” Elder Li slowly explained some of the rules regarding the inner sect rankings.

Fu Yan nodded and quickly understood. If there were no such rule, then wouldn’t she, as the last-place disciple, be able to challenge the first-place disciple? Who would even pay attention to that?

The inner sect was indeed cruel enough. After all, being able to enter the inner sect meant everyone had a certain degree of talent. No one would be willing to serve as someone else’s foil. Naturally, everyone desperately wanted to raise their ranking.

“All right. These are your inner disciple robes. Go find an empty courtyard on ​stolen content​your own and settle down there.” After handing the clothes to Fu Yan, Elder Li casually waved his hand.

Fu Yan accepted her clothes and said, “Disciple thanks Elder.”

Very soon, Fu Yan slowly walked out of the Administrative Hall.

When she returned to the square, Fu Yan suddenly discovered that a group of disciples were all hurrying in one direction. Before she could even ask, she heard the discussions.

“Hurry to the arena! I heard Senior Brother Yu Heng is going to challenge Senior Sister Bai Yueli!”