Jiang Liu walked into the huge courtyard and immediately saw a huge square. It was a square, at least a thousand square meters.
No wonder this courtyard looks so big from the outside. The entire square is empty, without even a single tree. Luckily, the floor has already been laid, otherwise it would be a muddy mess.
Five houses were built next to the square, which was quite a lot. Jiang Liu saw that there was nothing interesting to see, so he walked directly towards the houses.
The house was fully equipped with all the daily necessities, so Jiang Liu didn't need to worry about that.
Jiang Liu chose a furnished room on the side as his bedroom, thus settling down in the Flowing Cloud Sect.
Jiang Liu quickly realized the problem: he didn't know where the Dining Hall was!
However, Jiang Liu soon stopped worrying, because someone came to visit him.
It was the disciples patrolling the Back Mountain who saw Jiang Liu's courtyard gate open and came to see what was going on.
Jiang Liu handed over his identity token to explain, otherwise he might have been arrested and taken to the Discipline Hall.
Jiang Liu then found out the location of the Dining Hall, and the patrolling disciples kindly explained the layout of the Back Mountain to Jiang Liu.
As for Luo Qingxiao from before, she was unaware of the layout of the Back Mountain; she only knew the location of the True Inheritor Disciple' Courtyard.
After the patrolling disciples left, Jiang Liu glanced at the sky. Realizing it wasn't the time for cultivation, he strolled towards the Dining Hall.
They soon arrived at the Dining Hall, Jiang Liu to find Dining Hall completely empty. Well, not exactly empty, but no one was eating; the only people there were servants and disciples.
Although Jiang Liu found it strange, he didn't think much of it and simply went inside. As soon as Jiang Liu entered the Dining Hall, a Servant Disciple immediately came up to him and asked what Jiang Liu wanted to eat.
The Servant Disciple probably knew he was new, and patiently explained to Jiang Liu that the Dining Hall was specifically for True Inheritor Disciple.
You can eat here, or you can instruct these Servant Disciples to deliver your meals to your courtyard at fixed times.
Jiang Liu then realized why no one was eating here; they were all eating in their own courtyards!
Jiang Liu then ordered the dishes according to the menu. Everything was made to order and served very quickly.
After Jiang Liu finished his meal, he left. When he left, he set a time for his next meal and had the food delivered to his courtyard. It was indeed not a pleasant feeling to be watched while eating by a group of people.
Jiang Liu returned to his courtyard and sat cross-legged on the square to begin his cultivation.
Since practicing the Star Moon Flowing Fire Art wasn't going so well, Jiang Liu started practicing his previous cultivation method. He planned to go to the Flowing Cloud Sect's Technique Repository tomorrow to take a look at the Flowing Cloud Art.
The next day, early morning,
Jiang Liu slowly woke up from his meditation, ate breakfast, flew out of the courtyard, and headed directly towards the inner chamber of the Technique Repository.
Before long, a two-story building appeared before Jiang Liu's eyes. It has to be said that the Flowing Cloud Sect is really not much different from the Star Moon Sect, even the architecture of the inner pavilion of the Technique Repository is similar.
As soon as Jiang Liu approached the inner chamber of the Technique Repository, he was enveloped by a Divine Sense, and then a figure flew out from the inner chamber of the Technique Repository.
An old woman with a full head of white hair and a weathered face, wearing a gray robe, stood in front of Jiang Liu with her withered hands clasped in her sleeves. She asked, "Who are you? Why have you come to the forbidden area Back Mountain?"
"Reporting to the Elder, this disciple Jiang Liu has come to cultivate the Flowing Cloud Art," Jiang Liu said hastily, bowing.
The white-haired old woman pondered for a moment, looked Jiang Liu up and down, and said, "Jiang Liu? You're the newly recruited True Inheritor Male Disciple?"
Jiang Liu handed over his identity token and said, "This disciple is indeed the one in question. Please take a look, Elder."
The white-haired old woman took Jiang Liu's identity token, confirmed it, nodded, and then returned the token to Jiang Liu.
"Come with me!" the white-haired old woman said, then turned and went into the attic. Jiang Liu quickly followed.
Jiang Liu entered the pavilion and saw more than a dozen portraits hanging in the hall on the first floor. The inscriptions on them were all from the various sect leaders of the Flowing Cloud Sect.
All the portraits on the wall were of women, each one smiling and graceful, each one a stunning beauty. Jiang Liu then realized that the successive sect leaders of the Flowing Cloud Sect and the Star Moon Sect were all women.
Jiang Liu thought to himself, no wonder the two sects didn't recruit male disciples before, this must be the root of the problem.
The white-haired old woman stopped and waited for Jiang Liu when she saw Jiang Liu examining the portrait, without urging him.
Jiang Liu looked at each of the portraits carefully, and finally saw the portrait of the current sect leader, Flowing Cloud Matriarch.
Just as Jiang Liu was looking at the portrait, two figures appeared in the sky above the inner pavilion of the Technique Repository.
"Nangong, is this your newly accepted True Inheritor Disciple?" Flowing Cloud Matriarch asked.
Nangong Yun nodded and said, "Yes, Sect Master. This boy is only twenty years old, but his martial arts strength is already at the level of Minor Grandmaster, and his spiritual power cultivation is about to break through to the Grandmaster. In the Martial Arts Tournament, he directly defeated twenty-four opponents and won first place."
Flowing Cloud Matriarch nodded and said, "His talent is certainly there, but I don't know about his character. Have you investigated his background in detail?"
"It has been investigated, and so far there is nothing suspicious. However, he went to the Star Moon Sect yesterday."
Flowing Cloud Matriarch frowned slightly. "Went to the Star Moon Sect? What happened?"
"He went to collect his prize from the Martial Arts Tournament, but we don't know what kind of martial arts technique he learned."
"Is that so? Then let him be! As long as he doesn't do anything to harm the interests of the Flowing Cloud Sect, we don't need to worry about him for now."
However, you should keep a close eye on his movements. After all, recruiting male disciples as True Inheritor Disciple this time is against tradition, and I'm afraid some people will try to make things difficult for him.
"Yes, Sect Master, I will." Nangong Yun replied.
Flowing Cloud Matriarch nodded and turned to leave.
Nangong Yun looked around, found nothing that required attention, and turned to leave.
After Jiang Liu finished looking at the portraits, he turned to the white-haired old woman and asked, "Elder, have these portraits been with our sect since its inception?"
The white-haired old woman nodded and said, "Yes! More than a thousand years have passed, and all the sect leaders have been here. Now that we've finished looking around, let's go upstairs!"
After the white-haired old woman finished speaking, she turned and led the way up to the second floor. Jiang Liu quickly followed.
Upon reaching the second floor, Jiang Liu discovered that, like the Star Moon Sect, there was only one room.
Jiang Liu looked around the room and found that it had much more things than the Star Moon Sect had, including a tea table, chairs, and a screen.
The white-haired old woman led Jiang Liu behind the screen, where Jiang Liu found only a futon with a book in front of it.
The white-haired old woman looked at Jiang Liu and said, "You can cultivate here! You can rest up ahead if you get tired. If you need anything, just call me and I'll have someone get it for you. My name is He Yun."
Jiang Liu thanked He Yun, who then turned and left the room, closing the door behind him.