[You decided to set out for the Tianjian Sect.] [Based on the location displayed on the True Disciple Token, you felt there were three suitable ways to travel.] [Please choose...] [1. Cross straight through the Qingxia and Lanxia mountain ranges, then pass over the Central Plains to arrive. This was physically the shortest route, but there was a risk of encountering powerful demon beasts.] [2. Head to the capital of Tianyun Kingdom, where there was a teleportation array. After several transfers, you could reach the Tianjian Sect, but it would cost a great number of spirit stones.] [3. Carefully skirt around the two mountain ranges and travel on foot, which would require a great deal of time.]
"Option two." Su Yang glanced over it and made his decision.
The first was far too dangerous. There were surely third-rank demon beasts deep within those mountain ranges, perhaps even fourth-rank ones.
If he ran into one, he could very well kick the bucket.
Demon beasts would not recognize the Tianjian Sect's True Disciple Token.
The third option was far too slow. It might take seven or eight years, perhaps even over a decade.
Even the simulated Su Yang could not wait that long.
It would affect his cultivation speed.
[You headed to the capital of Tianyun Kingdom and discovered that their teleportation array would only activate once a hundred people had gathered. Sixty-eight more people were needed before the next activation.] [You waited three months before enough people finally gathered.] [You arrived in Huoyun Tower's territory through the teleportation array. Their teleportation array was the same as Tianyun Kingdom's and required enough people before activation, except they only needed eighty people. Thirty-seven more were still needed.] [Two months later, you teleported once again!] [At eighteen years old, after several transfers and selling many of the gifts given to you by the Huaye Sect Master, you finally arrived at the shores of Qijian Lake. By then, your cultivation had reached the fifth level of the Qi Refining Realm.]
"The fifth level of Qi Refining!"
"A genuine spiritual root is really fierce. Even cultivating while traveling, I advanced this quickly."
"Once I formally join the Tianjian Sect, with the sect's resources and full focus on cultivation, won't I reach Foundation Establishment before long?"
Outside the simulation, Su Yang did some quick calculations and gave a start.
At this cultivation speed, he would at least reach the Golden Core Realm in this simulation.
If his opportunities were good enough, even the Nascent Soul Realm was not entirely impossible.
Then he might even be able to afford this identity purely with Simulation Points.
Wouldn't that mean the voucher could be saved?
Su Yang reconsidered.
He felt as though his brain had nearly short-circuited.
Save it? Save my ass.
Weren't vouchers meant to be used? Why save them? The same number of Simulation Points was far more flexible than a voucher.
After looking down on the intelligence of his previous self, Su Yang continued the simulation.
[You displayed your True Disciple Token and boarded a boat for free, arriving at Tianjian Island in the middle of the lake.] [The instant you took your first step onto Tianjian Island, a rumble suddenly swept across the entire island.] [This was the Tianjian Sect's ceremony. A single toll of the bell signified the birth of another True Disciple.] [Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Countless Tianjian Sect disciples surged out from the island's buildings.] [Before long, they had surrounded you, looking you over with curiosity.] [Their stares gave you goosebumps.] [At that moment, they all clasped their hands in salute. "Welcome back to the sect, True Disciple."] [You were moved by their enthusiasm. Was this the atmosphere of the Tianjian Sect? They were a little too friendly, weren't they?] ["Move aside, all of you." A graceful young woman who appeared to be in her twenties emerged and drove them all away.]
A scene slowly unfolded before Su Yang's eyes.
Several hundred Tianjian Sect disciples stared at him with burning gazes.
Then they saluted him in unison.
Immediately afterward, a tall, beautiful woman appeared and drove every one of them away.
Only then did she walk toward him with a smile.
[The graceful woman told you that her name was Yuanyang and that she was the current senior sister of Sun Sword Peak.] [This time, you had been assigned to Sun Sword Peak upon joining the Tianjian Sect. Of course, if you were dissatisfied, you could apply to transfer within three months.] [You indicated that you understood.] [She continued introducing the sect's circumstances to you.] [Before long, you had gained an understanding of the sect.] [The Tianjian Sect had four great peaks: Tianjian Peak, Earth Sword Peak, Sun Sword Peak, and Moon Sword Peak. Among them, Tianjian Peak was the Tianjian Sect's main peak.] [Besides those, there were twelve lesser peaks and one hundred and twelve unranked outer sect peaks.] [Only the great peaks were qualified to recruit True Disciples. Even a peak master's disciple on a lesser peak could not be considered a True Disciple and could only be called a personal disciple.] [As for those unranked peaks outside, they were even less worth mentioning. Their peak masters were merely Golden Core True Persons who had failed to make much of themselves, while their disciples did not even qualify as inner sect disciples.] [That group from earlier were actually outer sect disciples from the outer peaks, a motley mix of fish and dragons. Most of them had taken advantage of your unfamiliarity with the sect to follow you and become your servants, hoping to worm their way into a great peak.] [Yuanyang led you deeper into the sect.] [Half a day later, you arrived at Sun Sword Peak.] [You saw a mountain peak rising from the ground, its height unknown but surely tens of thousands of zhang. At its summit, a blazing great sun shone brilliantly, radiating scorching firelight.] [Yuanyang explained that this was a divine ability cast by a Spirit Transformation patriarch long ago, over ten thousand years in the past.] [You marveled at the might of Spirit Transformation cultivators.] [Three days later, after the sect-entry ceremony, you formally joined Sun Sword Peak to cultivate!] [You discovered that, given equal resources, your cultivation speed had improved greatly.] [You looked at the great sun overhead. Under its radiance, cultivators with yang-aspected and fire-aspected spiritual roots would experience increased cultivation speed. As long as one's body could withstand it, the closer one cultivated to the peak's summit, the greater the effect.] [With your current strength, you could only cultivate at the foot of the mountain.] [This was the reason that Spirit Transformation patriarch had cast this divine ability in the first place.] [The other three great peaks also possessed corresponding treasures or blessed lands.] [This was one part of the foundation of the four great peaks.] [At twenty years old, you broke through to the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm.] [You took third place in the Qi Refining Tournament!] [Gu Changfeng, the Third Elder of Sun Sword Peak, took a fancy to you and wished to accept you as his disciple.] [Please choose...] [1. Agree immediately and enter under the Third Elder's tutelage.] [2. Refuse. If you were going to become a disciple, it would be under the strongest one. Your goal was the peak master.] [3. Neither agree nor refuse. Find a way to hook the Third Elder and turn him into a simp.]
"Is option three a joke?"
Su Yang's mouth twitched.
The peak masters of the Tianjian Sect's unranked peaks were all Golden Core True Persons. On an absolutely core great peak like Sun Sword Peak, an elder would at least be a Nascent Soul True Lord.
Turn him into a simp?
The man had lived for over a thousand years. Could a twenty-year-old youngster like him really hook him into becoming a simp?
Su Yang did not want his simulated self to die young.
"Then I'll agree. Having a master means having someone to rely on. If I don't understand something in cultivation, I'll have someone to ask!"
"System, choose option one."
[You happily agreed and immediately bowed your head to become his disciple.] [Gu Changfeng was also very satisfied with your attitude. On the spot, he gave you a life-saving Talisman Treasure and many High-grade Magic Tools suitable for you, arming you to the teeth.] [That night, Gu Changfeng analyzed your path of cultivation for you.] [With your talent, your future goal had to be at least becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord.] [Therefore, you needed to lay a solid foundation while still in the Qi Refining Realm.] [You had to reach at least the eleventh level of Qi Refining before breaking through to Foundation Establishment. Of course, reaching the twelfth level would be best.] [You nodded deeply in agreement.] [Based on the Blazing Sword Technique you had already learned, he recommended eight additional first-rank sword arts that suited you extremely well, and guided you through the crucial points of cultivating them.] [According to him, if you cultivated any three of those sword arts to the level of a Spell Seed, you could lay the foundation for one divine ability in your future cultivation.] [If you mastered them all, you would have the hope of cultivating the sect's top-tier divine abilities, or even Great Divine Abilities.]
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