The Church Sends Envoys

Level 9 Warriors are simple to improve, and Karl never intended to boost their Mage aptitude anyway. After all, with the Ernst Magic Academy around, it is difficult for Karl to recruit any high-quality magic students.

Soon, the Wind Shadow Pavilion emerged in Tianfeng Prefecture. While the residents of the territory were still marveling at their lord achieving the Saint Realm, some sharp-eyed individuals had already begun arriving from other places.

After all, the Wind Shadow Pavilion established by Karl is somewhat different from other Saint Realm forces.

In Karl's plan, he continued some of the concepts from fantasy sects.

Among them, those below Level 3 Warrior are considered Outer Disciples. If they cannot break through from a Level 1 Warrior to a Level 3 Warrior within ten years, they will be graduated early. However, it is guaranteed that they can join the territory's Security Team after graduation, which is considered a good destination.

Being able to improve one's strength to a Level 3 Warrior within ten years means that both talent and diligence are quite good, and only such talents possess the conditions to become Inner Disciples of the Wind Shadow Pavilion.

To become an Inner Disciple, Karl will unconditionally provide a maximized cultivation speed boost. This is a long-term provision that can improve their strength as much as possible.

As for those above the Inner Disciples, Karl did not set up any elite disciples or the like; instead, they can directly become Karl's Nominal Disciples.

Outer Disciples are Karl's way of screening for aptitude and diligence. They possess a passive minimum 1% cultivation speed bonus. Ordinary people might need ten or twenty years to reach a Level 3 Warrior, but Karl's Wind Shadow Pavilion does not need ordinary people; it needs geniuses.

Walking the path in ten years that others need twenty years to complete—only with such aptitude can one be considered to have the possibility of becoming a Level 7 Warrior.

Only with such talent will Karl provide them with the maximized cultivation speed bonus, allowing them to grow faster. As for being a Nominal Disciple, this is already considered a special honor.

After all, the Wind Shadow Pavilion is, at the end of the day, just a force established by a Saint Realm powerhouse. Just like the Ernst Institute, those who graduate from there can at most say they graduated from the Ernst Magic Academy. After graduation, only those who continue to display genius aptitude among a group of geniuses have the possibility of staying at the school, while others must leave. These people might only remember a few close friends from the same period for the rest of their lives.

But the Wind Shadow Pavilion is a bit different. As long as one can reach Level 7 strength, they can become Karl's Nominal Disciple. This means that someone who was originally just a member of the force will become the disciple of the controller and can later become a high-level member of the Wind Shadow Pavilion.

Even after obtaining the status of a Nominal Disciple, with Level 7 strength, I am afraid that even most Level 9 experts would not dare to underestimate them. This is the weight of a Saint Realm powerhouse.

As for the Official Disciples above that, they all require Level 9 strength. This is also Karl's positioning for the Wind Shadow Pavilion: a high-end force independent within his own territory.

As long as you can become Karl's Nominal Disciple, Karl will purchase a Level 9 Aptitude Enhancement Talisman for you. Once these people truly step into the Level 9 sequence, Karl will then purchase a Saint Realm Aptitude Enhancement Card for them.

Layer by layer, the screening goes on: excluding those with poor talent from the outer sect, and those with average aptitude from the inner sect. In this way, being able to cultivate to Level 7 strength means they are not bad themselves. Providing Level 9 aptitude during the Level 7 stage will make their progress even faster.

For the sake of his so-called century-long plan, Karl can spare no expense.

Just as the human traffic in Tianfeng Prefecture increased dramatically due to the appearance of the Wind Shadow Pavilion, Karl stopped his cultivation in his mansion.

The morning sunlight spilled through the gaps in the leaves, and the lingering mist made those with weak strength feel a bit cold. A few servants couldn't help but shiver while sweeping up the fallen leaves.

"You may all step down."

Watching the courtyard that was almost finished being cleaned, Karl's gentle voice rang out. The servants, whose strength didn't even reach Level 1 Warrior, stopped what they were doing and left the courtyard in an orderly fashion.

After these servants had left, Karl looked toward a certain spot in the sky and smiled calmly: "A guest has arrived. Since you are here, why not show yourself?"

"Hahaha, they all said you were just a lucky person who happened to break through to the Saint Realm, but I, on the contrary, think highly of you. Seeing you now, this is clearly the foresight of a veteran statesman."

A thin, short middle-aged man suddenly appeared in the sky, his body suffused with silver-white Battle Qi. Under the enhancement of this Battle Qi, his short hair looked like steel needles.

Seeing the person who arrived, information flashed rapidly through Karl's mind, and he immediately identified the man.

Steller, one of the five Peak Saint Realm powerhouses of the Radiant Church, and also a legendary figure of the Holy Alliance. The number of his biographies could drown a small town.

However, facing such a powerhouse, Karl felt no worry in his heart. After all, Steller became famous relatively late, and he had only achieved the Saint Realm seven or eight hundred years ago.

If it were the Ascetic known as Luo Ye, Karl would still fear him by three points. But if it were anyone else, although Karl had a lower understanding of the Mysteries, relying on his Saint Realm physical body, it was not impossible to put up a fight.

Seeing that this Saint Realm expert named Karl had no fear in his eyes, and even a hint of eagerness to try, Steller felt a bit puzzled. After all, after achieving the Saint Realm, one would more or less understand the gap between Saint Realm experts.

Before entering the Saint Realm, seeing a Peak Saint Realm expert is like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky; once you enter the Saint Realm, you realize you were just a mayfly looking at the blue sky.

The gap at every step between Saint Realm experts is greater than the sum of all levels from Level 1 Warrior to Level 9 Warrior. Yet, this person had a challenging attitude toward him, so Steller couldn't help but perceive him cautiously.

As a warrior, Steller's Mental Power naturally couldn't be very strong, but as a Saint Realm expert, no matter how low his Mental Power was, it was still stronger than the vast majority of people in the world.

Following Steller's perception, he noticed the strange aura around Karl and couldn't help but be shocked.

"You have already stepped into the Peak Saint Realm?"

Steller couldn't even maintain his arrogant expression at this moment. As a Peak Saint Realm powerhouse, Steller himself had cultivated for nearly a thousand years before he finally understood the Mysteries and stepped into the Peak Saint Realm. His original intention in coming here was just to recruit this person as an asset for his own office, but once it involved the Peak Saint Realm level, it was no longer something he could decide on his own.

"Senior Steller, I am just lucky."

Since the five Peak Saint Realm powerhouses of the Radiant Church believed he was lucky to have broken through to the Saint Realm, Karl also replied to Steller by saying he was lucky.

Hearing Karl's answer, Steller knew that this matter had been botched.

However, he was still unwilling to give up and wanted to extend an invitation.