Mission Hall

Outer sect disciples are taught by outer sect elders, while outer sect deacons are responsible for managing outer sect affairs, and handyman disciples are responsible for miscellaneous tasks.

Inner sect disciples are taught by inner sect elders, and inner sect deacons are responsible for inner sect affairs.

Core disciples are taught by Supreme Elders, and affairs on the core peaks are handled by core deacons.

As for the Dao Child, their mountain peak is where the Palace Master and Old Ancestor reside.

Generally speaking, the Palace Master has the greatest authority, followed by the Old Ancestor, and then the Dao Child.

Old Ancestors are usually Supreme Elders or previous Palace Masters who have advanced a step further, then sealed themselves beneath the core First Peak, relying on blood sealing stones to remain dormant and uninvolved in worldly affairs.

Unless the sect faces a life-or-death crisis, they will not appear.

The Dao Child, although not taught by elders, is equivalent to a disciple of the Palace Master and is usually directly taught by the Palace Master.

This is similar to the Divine Dynasties. For example, the Qianyuan Divine Dynasty has, in addition to the ten Quasi-Emperor sisters of Gu Changge who are openly acknowledged, four Quasi-Emperor maidservants, and over a dozen Quasi-Emperor level divine ministers, generals, and princes and marquises, as well as the patriarchs of affiliated families. Furthermore, there are hundreds of Quasi-Emperor peak Old Ancestors sealed in the imperial city's underground palace.

Unlike other forces, Tianyuan Academy does not care about your background, whether it is pure or if you have joined other forces. As long as you are successfully recruited on enrollment day, you can enjoy the academy's cultivation resources and guidance from elders. After achieving success in your studies, you can choose to continue staying at the academy and become a deacon, or you can choose to leave and return to your original force.

Just this broad-mindedness of Tianyuan Academy has garnered the favor of many people and forged good relationships with many former young Emperors.

Moreover, disciples of the academy, unlike those in other forces, are not required to serve the sect. The academy's primary focus is to cultivate the disciples who come to it, rather than demanding that disciples work for it.

Furthermore, Tianyuan Academy, unlike other Divine Dynasty Sacred Lands and Eternal Families, does not command many small sects, small families, or small countries.

On the outskirts of Tianyuan Academy, there is a mountain peak called "Ren Peak," which, as the name suggests, is where missions are posted.

Gu Changge arrived at Ren Peak.

On Ren Peak, a majestic great hall stood before him, with a golden plaque above it inscribed with the words "Mission Hall."

Within Tianyuan Academy, besides the secret vault that stores precious items and the Mission Hall for issuing missions, there is also the Alchemy Hall for alchemists to refine pills, the Artifact Refining Hall for artifact refiners to forge items, the Formation Hall for formation masters to set up formations, and so on.

However, those places were not what Gu Changge needed to consider at the moment.

Gu Changge directly entered the Mission Hall.

The Mission Hall, while called a hall, is actually a magnificent pavilion, imposing and extraordinary.

People came and went in the Mission Hall, and many disciples' figures could be seen. Some were there to accept missions, while others had completed missions and were there to collect rewards.

Inside the Mission Hall, there was a huge screen made of the rare Emperor-tier spiritual material Star Secret Silver, displaying lines of golden characters flowing with light.

The screen displayed various missions.

The missions in the Mission Hall are divided according to the Cultivator's level, into Blood Refining Level Missions, Bone Forging Level Missions, Tendon Lengthening Realm Missions, Skin Stripping Level Missions...

Gu Changge looked at the dazzling array of missions and chose a Tendon Lengthening Realm mission.

Tendon Lengthening Realm Mission: Hunt three Vajra Apes, extract their Demonic Cores, and deliver them to the employer.

"This mission is quite suitable for me at the moment, so I'll choose it."

Gu Changge said, looking at the mission.

He then took out his identity token, placed it on the screen, and used his spiritual power to communicate with the screen, selecting and accepting the designated mission. His identity token then refreshed, glowing with spiritual light, indicating successful mission acceptance.

Just as Gu Changge was about to leave the Mission Hall after accepting the mission, a rather discordant voice suddenly sounded.

"Stop right there, you're the new Dao Child appointed by the Palace Master, aren't you?"

"That's right, and who are you?"

Gu Changge replied.

"You should have heard my name, Huo Yuzhe."

The person said with an unfriendly expression.

"So it's the coward who hid and didn't dare to come find me."

Gu Changge said dismissively.

"Brat, are you looking for death?"

Huo Yuzhe narrowed his eyes and said sternly.

"So what if you've broken through your realm? A mere trash at the first level of the Tendon Lengthening Realm dares to speak so boastfully?"

"Exactly, exactly."

Behind Huo Yuzhe followed several disciples who had challenged Gu Changge on Hidden Peak last time.

"I'm talking to your master, do you subordinates who have been defeated have the right to speak?"

Gu Changge said coldly.

"Hmph, a silver-tongued brat, remember this: the position of Dao Child can be challenged by all core disciples. If I win against you, the position of Dao Child will be mine."

Huo Yuzhe said.

"I'll be ready anytime."

Gu Changge said.

"If there's nothing else, please step aside, junior brothers."

Gu Changge particularly emphasized the words "junior brothers."

According to the academy's rules, disciples of a higher level are considered senior brothers to disciples of a lower level, regardless of how long they have been at the academy. This is why Gu Changge spoke as he did.

"Hmph, let's go."

Huo Yuzhe said with a cold expression.

Gu Changge shrugged his shoulders and strode out of the Mission Hall, preparing to take on a mission.

To hunt a Vajra Ape, it seems I'll have to check out the other peaks in the Tianyuan Mountain Range.

Gu Changge thought to himself.

Thus, he left Ren Peak and headed for the other peaks of the Tianyuan Mountain Range. Aside from the sixty-one main peaks of Tianyuan Academy, the other peaks in the Tianyuan Mountain Range had no disciples or Elders from Tianyuan Academy, nor were there any clusters of palaces. These were the most likely places to encounter Demonic Beasts.

"Roar!"

As soon as Gu Changge ascended this nameless peak, he heard a tiger's roar.

Gu Changge quietly climbed up and took a closer look. It turned out to be two Forest Tigers fighting over territory.

"Sigh, it seems that no matter where you go, Demonic Beasts will fight to claim territory,"

Gu Changge remarked upon seeing this.

The strength of the two Forest Tigers was similar to Gu Changge's, both being at the first or second level of the Tendon Lengthening Realm. Therefore, Gu Changge could easily discern their cultivation levels.

They fought back and forth, not only biting each other and swiping with their tails, but also using the innate demonic arts of Demonic Beasts.

One of the Forest Tigers gathered a green light in its mouth and shot it towards the opposite Forest Tiger, which was somewhat similar to the Daoist Methods of human cultivators.

The other Forest Tiger was not to be outdone. It mobilized the wood spiritual energy between heaven and earth, then attached the wood spiritual energy to its claws and swiped at the Forest Tiger in front of it.

The tiger claws collided with the green light, erupting with a powerful aura.

Just then, Gu Changge heard a human voice.

"Haha, I was just about to refine a Jade Spirit Pill, and I didn't expect it to be so easy! I've encountered two Forest Tigers. This is perfect, I'll take your Demonic Cores and bodies."