Chapter 103: Entering the Gate

  Xuanwu City, Tianji Palace.

  The Tiān Jí Gōng is located at the foot of the main peak of the Jiàn Zōng, and corresponds to the Shàng Tiān Chéng in the distance. It is also the largest and most magnificent building complex within the Xuán Wǔ Chéng, with a history dating back over a thousand years.

  The Tiān Jí Gōng has facilities such as the Zōng Shì Yuàn, Early Lesson Hall, Performance Martial Arts Arena, Taoist Temple, Scripture Storage Pavilion, Alchemy Room, and Smelting Workshop, etc. It is a place where tens of thousands of inner and outer sect disciples of the Sword Sect often come and go.

  The mountain gate is crowded with people, and the heroes gather like clouds, the prosperity of Jianzong converges here!

  On this day in October, at the Central Martial Arts Arena of Tianji Palace, the Sword Sect Entrance Ceremony officially began.

  Three thousand new disciples gathered together under the leadership of the sect's elder Feng Menglong to worship heaven and earth, and pay homage to their ancestors.

  Tens of thousands of disciples from within and outside Jianzong watched from the stands.

  The entrance ceremony of the Dharma Hall is grand but not cumbersome, and the process is solemn and majestic, fully revealing the magnificent style of the sect. All new disciples are intimidated and respectful.

  Feng Menglong, the host of the grand ceremony, is one of the oldest seniors in the Tiancheng Sword Sect. As a strong man in the Tongshen Great Boundary, he has a reputation throughout the vast nine states.

  It is said that his age has exceeded two hundred years, but from the outside, he looks like a fifty-year-old man, with a ruddy complexion and full of energy. The momentum of a top strongman naturally reveals itself in every move he makes.

  After worshiping the heaven and earth and the ancestors of the sect, Feng Menglong stood proudly on the altar, facing the three thousand new disciples and shouted in a deep voice: "From now on, you are all disciples of the Sword Sect, entering the Heavenly City, with no regrets even if you die a hundred times!"

  "To enter heaven's gate, I'd gladly die a hundred times!"

  Tens of thousands of Jianzong disciples raised their arms and shouted in unison, their voices surging like a tidal wave crashing into the sky, shaking everyone's eardrums like thunder!

  In the center of the martial arts arena, three thousand new disciples including Qin Yun were extremely excited and stirred, with a surge of hot blood rushing to their heads, unable to help but follow the lead of their senior brothers in unison.

  "To enter heaven's gate, I'd gladly die a hundred times!"

  For thousands of years, the Tiancheng Sword Sect has been stationed in the southwest of Yanyun, making great contributions to blocking the southern invasion of the northern witch tribe. Countless sword sect disciples have shed their heads and hot blood, not allowing the power of the witch door to cross the Manglong Mountains.

  Needless to say, Tiānchéng had sent many powerful experts to the Great Yàn Imperial Court. It can be said that the honor and safety of Yānyún Province and Jiàn Zōng are now inseparable.

  Although Jianzong has been established for thousands of years and has developed into a powerful force today, the internal struggle within the sect has never ceased. However, when external enemies attack, generation after generation of Jianzong disciples have always stood up and sacrificed themselves, writing countless stories of passionate and stirring legends.

  This sense of honor and pride forged in the blood of a thousand years is something that families like Qin and Wu can never match. The three thousand new disciples, no matter where they come from or what their background is, have only one identity here.

  Disciple of Jianzong!

  The introductory ceremony ended after a period of time, and the Tianji Palace opened its doors to all new disciples. The Zongshi Institute, Early Class Hall, Cangjing Pavilion, and almost every other place were open for visits.

  Such days occur only once every three years, so no one will give up such an opportunity.

  Qin Yun was also among the new disciples visiting Tianji Palace, accompanied by Lü Liu who had entered at the same time.

  In order for Green Willow to qualify as a named disciple, Shui Wanying spent all 5,000 sect contributions she had accumulated with great difficulty. These past few days, she has been in closed-door seclusion, refining the spiritual medicine that repairs the dantian.

  Every place in Tianji Temple is very grand, whether it's the martial arts arena, the Taoist temple or the morning lecture hall, can accommodate thousands of disciples to listen and watch.

  From now on, as long as Qin Yun is willing, he can come to the morning class every day to listen to lectures, which is similar to the situation in the Qin family. Of course, the level of Jianzong is undoubtedly much higher than that.

  The most striking building in the Tiān Jí Gōng is still the Cáng Jīng Gé, a ten-story high-rise with an impressive momentum, each floor of which is comparable to the grand library of the Qin family's ancestral hall, storing no less than tens of thousands of books.

  Here are stored countless gongfa sword spectra and Daoist secret books. Although the top-level gongfa swordsmanship is hidden on the main peak, the foundation of a thousand-year-old sect is extremely astonishing. A person may spend their entire life studying it, but they may not necessarily be able to learn or understand even one percent of it.

  However, although the sword manual is tempting, you still need to use sect contributions to exchange for it. The same applies to elixirs and weapons.

  Qin Yun was of course very familiar with this, and in fact the Qin family's set was all learned from the ancestral temple, with many similarities.

  The Zongshi Institute of Tianji Palace is the place where the disciples of Jianzong receive their missions, and it is also the most popular place in the entire Tianji Palace, with countless inner and outer door disciples coming and going.

  Qin Yun and Lü Liu also went in together, watching the excitement while getting familiar with the situation.

  The core of the Temple of Affairs is a large hall supported by nine giant coiled dragon stone pillars, all tasks are divided according to difficulty and category, made into task cards suspended in different areas.

  Under the task card, there is a note with the task requirements, details and reward content. The disciples who come to do the task will take down the task card they are interested in and leave. After completing it, they can bring back the task product and the wooden card to receive the reward.

  However, tasks that can be taken directly are usually collecting spiritual medicine, minerals, and demon beast inner dan, etc., which have no time limit. Tasks with additional requirements must go to the Zong Shi Yuan management office for registration and confirmation. If the task fails in the end, it will receive a certain punishment.

  In addition, there are also emergency special tasks, and the Shinto Shrine Management Association will directly hang out flags on site for recruitment.

  Qin Yun and Lü Liu entered just as a steward held up a yellow flag and shouted loudly: "There is a low-grade upper-tier demon beast causing trouble at the entrance of Wuling Valley, recruiting a team of disciples above the 7th Heaven Refining Qi realm to go and eliminate it. The mission reward is 10 points of sect contribution for each person!"

  Dozens of disciples rushed up immediately: "I want to sign up, I want to participate!"

  There were also many disciples in the corner of the hall shouting: "Form a team to go down to Huo Long Dong and kill Yan Lang, there are only two water-based cultivators left, as long as you have cultivated Qi to the sixth heaven or above, cultivating water-based and metal internal energy is the best!"

  "In the Windy Gorge, collecting Revival Grass. Our team of five is only missing a Qi Master who can heal and ward off evil. Led by our senior brother, a top-level swordsman with nine layers of refined energy. What an opportunity!"

  "Whoever is a man, come with me to hunt down the witch tribe warriors, all swordsmen teams, no limit on numbers!"

  Everything here makes Qin Yun feel fresh and new, he never knew that sect tasks could be so diverse and interesting, he can't wait to join in immediately.

  Fortunately, he had strong self-control and suppressed the impulse in his heart.

  After all, he had just entered the Sword Sect, and Qin Yun was not familiar with many situations. Currently, there was no strong demand for contributions to the sect, and the most important thing was still to improve his own strength.

  With strength, all places can be reached!

  After leaving the Zong Shi Yuan, Qin Yun and Lü Liu continued to visit the Tian Ji Gong's Lian Qi Shi Dao Chang, Di Huo Dan Fang, and Zhu Qi Fang, among other places, until sunset before returning to the Cloud Water Pavilion.

  Starting from the second day, Qin Yun went into seclusion and used all his strength to charge towards the sixth layer of Qi Refining Heaven!

  Without borrowing external forces or taking elixirs, relying on the profound Nine Yang Xuan Gong true energy and the Seeking Dragon True Operation technique, he broke through one hidden aperture after another like a hot knife through butter, no longer encountering any obstacles.

  The true fire of inner alchemy circulates endlessly, unaware of the passage of time.

  ……

  Five days later, in the quiet room of Yunshui Xiaozhu.

  Qin Yun suddenly stood up, his eyes flashing with a captivating aura, his bare upper body muscles bulging, the skin beneath surging with energy, countless blue veins twisting and turning.

  "Cheers!"

  He let out a low, muffled groan and spat out the last mouthful of turbid air from his body, his eyes fading as his physique returned to normal.

  A faint smile appeared on his face.

  After five days of closed-door impact, Qin Yun successfully penetrated all 130 hidden cavities, completing the fifth small cycle of heaven and earth, and advancing to the sixth level of refining Qi!

  Advancement was originally within Qin Yun's expectations. With the Nine Yang Mystic Skill as a foundation, being unable to break through would be strange.

  It's just that in terms of both the speed and ease of his promotion, he created a small miracle, after all, from the fifth heaven to the sixth heaven is a very big threshold in the refining stage.

  After this successful promotion, the amount of true energy that he can accumulate in his body has greatly increased. The one hundred and thirty hidden holes being unblocked also brought about an all-around increase in strength. From now on, whether it is cultivating internal energy techniques or physical sword techniques, they will become much easier.

  Qin Yun's confidence greatly increased, and when he re-entered the Small Dry Universe to challenge that fearsome Soul Sword Guest, he had a few more reassurances.

  Of course, on the premise that he has cultivated the Floating Light Shadowless Skill.

  Changing into casual clothes and leaving the quiet room, Qin Yun saw the long-awaited sunlight again.

  Shui Wan Ning and Green Willow are having tea and chatting under the tree.

  Seeing Qin Yun come out of the room, Lü Liu immediately jumped up excitedly: "Qin Yun, you've finally come out, how was it? Did you successfully advance?"

  Shui Wanying smiled and said: "Qin Yun is working very hard, now he has already reached the sixth heaven of Qi refining, his progress is incredibly fast!"

  Qin Yun sincerely expressed his gratitude: "This is all thanks to Master's guidance and the Seeking Dragon True Technique!"

  Shui Wan Ning nodded slightly, but her eyes fell on Lü Liu: "Lü Liu, you must work hard in the future, don't fall too far behind Qin Yun!"

  Qin Yun's heart moved: "Has Shifu's dantian recovered?"

  Green willow smiled: "That's for sure, on the day you closed your door, Miss refined the elixir, just half a month from now I can cultivate internal energy to rush through the meridians and open up the holes, at that time I will definitely catch up with you!"

  "Liu'er has a good talent, and she is also a water-yin constitution that can inherit my learned skills... " Shui Wanying said: "However, her internal skill cultivation is still a bit late, I plan to let her take the Dan repair path, Qin Yun, you should take care of your master sister more in the future."

  Qin Yun replied without hesitation: "Qin Yun will remember it in his heart and will definitely not disappoint Master's trust!"

  The so-called Dan repair refers to the martial artist who relies solely on alchemy and medicine to improve his realm, which is a helpless choice for many people with poor endowments. Because choosing Dan repair not only consumes a lot of resources, but also has weak and small realm strength.

  However, there are also many women who dislike fighting with others and choose the path of Dan Xiu. For Green Willow, who missed the best time to practice martial arts, this is also her best choice.

  Shui Wan Ning finally said: "There's one more thing..."

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