Spiritual power activated the jade slip, which then led the way.
Li Yu and Meng Hao followed the jade slip floating before them, proceeding along the mountain path.
Passing through cliffs shrouded in clouds and mist, they headed downward. After more than an hour, the two arrived before a towering yet ancient hall.
"Eh? Two junior brothers were promoted to outer disciples today? Congratulations!"
Just as Li Yu and Meng Hao reached the entrance, a chubby young cultivator emerged from the hall.
His face was wreathed in a sincere, amiable smile. "Junior brothers, come, come, this way!"
Following the fat cultivator into the hall and then into a room within it, Li Yu and Meng Hao were handed several items.
"Junior brothers, these are the robes of outer disciples, this is your identity token, and this is a storage pouch."
A dark green robe, a jade token, and a palm-sized pouch. These were the benefits granted to outer disciples!
"They even give us storage pouches? Official disciples really do receive much better treatment than menial disciples!"
When Meng Hao saw the three items, specks of golden light flashed in his eyes again.
After the two put away their things, the fat cultivator smiled warmly once more. "Junior brothers, the main hall here is the sect's Treasure Pavilion. Every outer disciple is entitled to choose one magical artifact from the Treasure Pavilion upon joining."
"They even hand out magical artifacts? Great!"
The golden light in Meng Hao's eyes shone even brighter!
Over this period, Meng Hao had learned quite a bit of common knowledge about the cultivation world and was no longer an ignorant outsider. How could he not know about treasures like magical artifacts?
Of course, in Meng Hao's eyes, the greatest value of magical artifacts was... that they were