"Hmm, Yin Soul Slash has reached initial mastery. It'll take another half month of refining. If I use Yin Soul Slash in battle, anyone at Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer will have their Divine Soul shatter instantly! Someone at Seventh Layer would go mad, and even Eighth Layer might suffer heavy damage to their Divine Sense!"

Lin Chang'sheng gripped the Immortal Slaying Saber, satisfaction glinting in his eyes.

Yin Soul Slash gathers numerous Yin Souls together, sending them charging into an enemy's Sea of Consciousness in an instant, tearing apart their Divine Soul. Of course, to refine Yin Soul Slash, the first condition is that the Yin Souls must be willing!

This Yin Soul Slash was one of his trump cards.

Even if someone of the eighth layer took the hit, there'd be a brief moment of shock and disorientation—and that'd be fatal!

The only downside: Yin Soul Slash can only be used once.

"There's actually a barrier inside this Jade Scroll, blocking off my Divine Sense!?"

Lin Chang'sheng pulled out the palm-sized Jade Scroll again, enveloping it with Divine Sense, fiddling with it for a long time. He still couldn't get in, so he gave up and put it away.

"If only this Black Sword was a saber, that would be perfect!"

Lin Chang'sheng took out the Black Sword, inspected it for a bit, and started the ritual refinement.

Even though he didn't like swords, he still had to refine it—this was a middle grade magic sword, after all, powerful enough to come through in a pinch.

.....

Five days later.

Lin Chang'sheng in a black robe, a white fox peeking out from behind him, craning its neck to look curiously at the scenery.

Lin Chang'sheng rubbed his hands together, opening up his panel.

[Great Dao is Simple: Qi Cultivation Level]

[Lin Chang'sheng: 19/123]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Stage (Sixth Layer 13/32000)]

[Cultivation Technique: Five Elements True Flame Technique (Ninth Layer Perfection), Golden Bell Shield Ninth Stage (13238998/15625000), Barbarian Blood Technique, Fragment (Sixth Transformation Perfection)]

[Magic: Meteor Fire Rain (Perfection), Yin Soul Slash (Perfection), Purple Thunder Wind Blade (Great Success 1294/8000)]

[Body Technique: Wind God Scroll (Great Success 4512/8000)]

[Alchemy: Energy Storage Pill (Perfection), Qi Replenishing Pill (Perfection), Dragon Blood Pill (Perfection), Nourishing Spirit Pill (Perfection)]

[Consume certain Spirit Stones to simplify cultivation techniques, magic, divine powers, etc.]

[Status: None]

"Nice. Advanced to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, lifespan cap increased by another eight years."

"It's time to head back to the Sect."

Looking at his panel, Lin Chang'sheng was full of anticipation.

Within the Sect, even if the sky falls, the elders are there to hold it up. But out here, running into a demon cultivator by accident—things get dangerous fast.

Another thing—

His panel could simplify cultivation techniques. The Sect's Scripture Pavilion had tons of techniques for him to fuse and improve with, way safer than wandering around outside.

With that thought, Lin Chang'sheng sped up, heading straight toward Liuyun Immortal Sect.

.......

Four months later.

A handsome young man in black, a cage slung on his back, stood about ten miles from Liuyun Immortal Sect.

"No wonder it's called the Great Immortal Sect—the atmosphere is overwhelming, spiritual energy here is at its peak!!"

Lin Chang'sheng gazed at the twelve towering peaks in the distance, awed beyond words.

After a year and five months on the road, he'd finally reached the gates of Liuyun Immortal Sect—it was no easy feat, all just to learn from a major sect.

The twelve peaks of Liuyun Immortal Sect right now—

Unimaginably vast, ancient trees covering the mountains, spiritual mist curling around the midsections like flowing clouds.

Every now and then, graceful figures soared up controlling their swords, flying into the deeper mountains.

Lin Chang'sheng employed his body technique, moving at a steady pace toward the mountain gate.

"What? You're the disciple who went missing a year and a half ago after being attacked, and you made it to Liuyun Immortal Sect by yourself?"

"Took you a year and a half to find your way here—brother, respect! Seriously, respect!"

"........"

Along the way, plenty of outer sect disciples heard that Lin Chang'sheng was the missing disciple who had returned—they were shocked, gossiping nonstop, and quite a few escorted Lin Chang'sheng toward the main gate.

At the gate of Liuyun Immortal Sect, a ten-zhang tall and wide White Jade Monolith stood on the left, emblazoned with four gold shimmering characters reading [Liuyun Immortal Sect], radiating Daoist charm.

Foreign Affairs Hall.

Steward Qian Feng sat in the rear hall, checking which outer sect disciples had advanced their cultivation and qualified for the inner sect—adjusting resource levels, handling news of any disciples who'd fallen, and so on.

Suddenly, a young man in white at the ninth layer of Qi Refinement hurried in, bowing in salute, "Martial Uncle Qian, just got word—a youth from Great Yu Kingdom claims to be a disciple who went missing after being attacked a year and a half ago. He's arrived on his own!"

"What? A disciple missing for a year and a half found his own way back?"

On hearing the report, Qian Feng's eyes went wide with disbelief.

Back then, plenty of disciples had been killed by demon cultivators, and a lot had disappeared—later, the Sect Leader sent elders to search, but many were never found.

It's already been a year and a half.

And yet a missing disciple just showed up!

"Where is he? I'll go take a look."

Qian Feng jumped to his feet, unable to contain his curiosity.

"He's waiting at the Foreign Affairs Hall."

Tong Jin bowed in reply.

.......

Outside the Foreign Affairs Hall.

"Amazing! He actually spent a year and a half crossing the land to get here!"

"He's at Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer! Decent talent, for sure!"

"......"

Once word got out that a disciple missing from the demon cultivator attack a year and a half ago had made it back, crowds of disciples came to see who he was.

Steward Hall, rear chamber.

"This Nephew, what is your name?"

The sturdy, round-faced Foreign Affairs Hall steward, Qian Feng, sat in a high-backed chair, eyes scrutinizing Lin Chang'sheng, flipping through a thick registry as he asked.

"Reporting to Martial Uncle, disciple Lin Chang'sheng!"

Lin Chang'sheng bowed respectfully to Qian Feng.

Qian Feng thumbed through the thick registry, nodded, "Hmm, yes, there was indeed a disciple called Lin Chang'sheng who went missing back then. Tell me what happened at the time."

"Yes!"

Lin Chang'sheng nodded, then continued, "That day, Elder Li Jiantang and Elder Ji Ruyan were bringing in new disciples. We took Uncle Lu Chen's flying boat, and another Uncle Li was on board guarding us."

"Less than a day after boarding the flying boat, Uncle Lu Chen reported demon cultivators attacking. He let all sixty-plus disciples off to fend for themselves. I found a place to hide. Three days later, I saw things had quieted down, so I started asking around, and after a year and a half, finally made it to the Sect."

"Hmm."

Qian Feng studied Lin Chang'sheng for a moment and nodded, "You've got luck. To persevere and make it here shows your Dao heart is strong. At Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer already—looks like you gained some opportunities!"

"Martial Uncle sees clearly—the disciple truly did encounter some fortuitous events on the way!"

Lin Chang'sheng answered honestly.

He hadn't hidden his cultivation at all. The Liuyun Immortal Sect had Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul cultivators—if he'd tried to conceal it, they might suspect him of being a demon cultivator in disguise. Best to show his real strength.

After verifying a few details and testing Lin Chang'sheng's Spirit Root, Qian Feng called out, "Nephew Tong, take Nephew Lin to register and assign him a place among the outer sect disciples."

"Yes, Martial Uncle!"

In white robes, Tong Jin entered, bowed to Qian Feng, and turned to Lin Chang'sheng, "Junior Brother Lin, come with me!"

"Alright!"

Lin Chang'sheng followed Tong Jin outside.

.......

Celestial Secret Peak.

For dozens of miles, from mid-mountain down, courtyards packed together.

This was where the outer sect disciples lived.

The higher your cultivation, the higher up you lived, with richer spiritual energy. Lower cultivation meant a courtyard at the foot of the mountain, where the energy was thinner.

Tong Jin led Lin Chang'sheng to claim his pale outer disciple robe, the hem embroidered with a cloud swirling around a towering peak, and arranged for him to stay in a mid-mountain courtyard for eight people.

The courtyard had a small censer yard in the center, with four rooms on each side—one per person.

Lin Chang'sheng learned that his room's previous occupant was a fifth-layer Qi Refining disciple who'd died during an outing, leaving it vacant just as he arrived.

"Not bad here. As an outer sect disciple, you need to complete monthly assignments to get your allowance."

"I'll rest a bit first. Tomorrow I'll see what tasks are available, then check out the Cultivation Hall."

Lin Chang'sheng was about to rest; he went to close his door, but suddenly a surprised voice sounded in the courtyard, "You… you're Wei Wuji, Daoist Wei?"

"Is it you? Daoist Zhu?!"

Startled, Lin Chang'sheng turned. He hadn't expected to see Zhu Zhishan here!

Zhu Zhishan was now at Peak of Qi Refining Third Layer.

He remembered that Zhu Zhishan had been on a different flying boat back then and had safely reached Liuyun Immortal Sect.

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