Five Aggregates Sect's Seven Hundred Warriors

Over the past three years, they had also added their Longevity Points to their mana. Their current Longevity Points were: Strength, 21. Speed, 21. Essence of All Things, 20. Mana, 11.

But the moment he saw the disciples, a warm smile immediately spread across his face. Wearing a straw hat, he looked utterly harmless.

Chen Xun led Black Bull to the edge of the disciples, his gaze searching through the crowd for someone—Ji Kun.

He had now broken through to the Qi Refining Ninth Level and was brimming with high spirits. It was as though he had found his organization, surrounded by stars like the moon at the center of a crowd amid ceaseless conversation.

Chen Xun smiled faintly and did not go disturb him. Instead, he looked toward the Sect Master Hall, and he and Black Bull were deeply drawn in once more.

People steadily arrived before the Sect Master Hall. There were seven hundred Qi Refining Realm disciples in total. Chen Xun led Black Bull to stand at the very back, entirely inconspicuous.

Several figures flew out from behind the Sect Master Hall. They walked through the air, their auras powerful, with faint glimmers of light trailing around them.

"Golden Core Realm great cultivators! They can walk through the air."

Chen Xun was shocked inwardly. He now knew what realm lay above Foundation Establishment—it was the Golden Core Realm. Their lifespans could reach a thousand years; they were true old monsters.

Before the hall, every disciple stood solemnly. The silence was so complete that a needle could have been heard falling. They stood straight in all directions, not daring to act rashly.

Black Bull's entire body went limp with fright, cold sweat breaking out. Its spiritual senses were stronger than everyone else's, and these great cultivators were absolutely capable of killing them.

Sect Master You Yuanhua stood in the air before them all and said in a deep, resonant voice, "The journey to South Dipper Mountain is an opportunity hard to come by. I hope all disciples will uphold the might of our Five Aggregates Sect."

You Yuanhua possessed a calm, steady bearing. He swept his gaze over everyone one by one, then waved a hand. Ethereal immortal music drifted forth, followed by several piercing eagle cries from the distant valleys.

"This journey will be led by Peak Master Wei Shan, a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator. This also shows the sect's regard for all of you disciples."

As soon as those words fell, the seven hundred disciples were overwhelmed by the honor. The sect had actually sent a Golden Core Realm peak master to escort them. Their hearts grew even more fervent, determined to contribute to the sect.

Wei Shan's white hair flowed in the wind, yet he showed none of the frailty of age. He truly had the hair of a crane and the face of a child, exceptionally handsome, making the female disciples' hearts flutter.

"We obey the Sect Master's command. Greetings, Peak Master Wei."

The disciples cupped their hands and lowered their heads. This was respect for a senior, as well as acknowledgment and yearning for strength.

"No need for such formalities, disciples." Wei Shan's spring-breeze-like words rang beside every ear, carrying none of a senior's hauteur.

Everyone felt a force gently lifting them up. Chen Xun was left dumbfounded. Why was his body moving on its own?

Roar!

Roar!

At that moment, several earth-shattering shrieks rang out. Five enormous spirit beasts flapped their wings as they arrived from the distant horizon, casting the entire space before the hall beneath a vast shadow. Chen Xun and Black Bull's scalps went numb at the sight.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Several ground-shattering impacts rang out as the five massive spirit beasts landed before the hall. Their eagle eyes were incomparably sharp, and the feathers on their wings looked harder to Chen Xun than his Mountain-Splitting Axe.

"These are Azure Cliff Condors, with cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. There is no need to worry."

Wei Shan smiled faintly and stepped through the air onto the Azure Cliff Condor in the middle. "Come aboard."

Chen Xun hurriedly led Black Bull to the Azure Cliff Condor at the very edge. Big—enormous! They looked like tiny dwarfs before it.

"Old Bull, get on the sword. We'll fly up." Chen Xun took out an immortal sword from his storage pouch. With a whoosh, it carried him and Black Bull into the air.

An unexpected change occurred. The Azure Cliff Condor actually turned its head to glance at Black Bull, its eyes carrying a hint of mockery, as though it were looking at prey.

Black Bull grew enraged. If Chen Xun had not held it back, it would have kicked the thing with a hoof. It thinks I'm food?!

"Old Bull, don't get worked up. Do me a favor." Chen Xun hurriedly soothed it in a low voice. "Can it outlive you? When the time comes, we'll steal its eggs and make it cry itself to death."

"Moo~!" Black Bull answered viciously, giving Chen Xun face.

Other than Chen Xun still holding Black Bull back, all the other disciples calmed their minds and sat cross-legged, beginning to conserve their strength. Yet their eyes remained filled with tension.

With a mere point of Wei Shan's finger, pale cyan mana barriers enveloped the sides of the five Azure Cliff Condors.

He cupped his hands toward the Sect Master Hall in farewell, while the few people before the hall smiled and nodded back.

"May you have a smooth journey." A voice rang beside every disciple's ear. It was the Sect Master's voice.

Buzz—

Buzz—

Buzz—

The Azure Cliff Condors spread their wings and soared, letting out several piercing eagle cries. Gale winds swept dust from the ground into the air, and the scenery below grew smaller and smaller. Even Chen Xun's heart became uneasy.

The Azure Cliff Condors flew across the heavens and gradually vanished into the depths of the mountain range. Countless disciples on the ground cried out in amazement. They truly were the Five Aggregates Sect's seven hundred warriors...

"Old Bull, this time we're really going to see something grand."

Chen Xun looked somewhat excited as he gazed at the clouds and mist around them. The ground below was filled with unfamiliar colossal peaks thrusting into the sky, only to be swiftly swept past by the Azure Cliff Condors.

This speed was far too fast. Chen Xun kept marveling. They were several times faster than the flying boat from back then.

"Moo~ Moo~" Black Bull looked exhilarated. They had finally left Little Mountain Village to see the wonders of the outside world.

Chen Xun looked into the distance. They were ready to face anything. Over the past half year, they had also learned quite a bit about the Nandou Mountain Secret Realm.

The Ten Great Immortal Sects each sent fifteen hundred disciples. Their strength was formidable and their allotted spots numerous; they were the true winners of South Dipper Mountain.

However, South Dipper Mountain was vast—the most magnificent colossal mountain in Gan Kingdom. Within it, strength was not the only thing that mattered. Luck mattered as well.

Though many small sects sent fewer than a hundred people, quite a few sects struck it rich every time, bringing out countless Spirit Medicines.

"Old Bull, we must be careful of the demonic beasts and spirit beasts inside. They are not friendly toward humans."

Chen Xun spoke in a low voice. The spiritual energy within South Dipper Mountain was suppressed, preventing these demonic beasts and spirit beasts from advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Their tempers had become exceptionally violent, and they killed people on sight.

This was what he had heard from the elders in the sect. Some of these demonic beasts and spirit beasts even possessed strength beyond the Qi Refining Tenth Level, bordering on the Foundation Establishment Realm.

"Moo!" Black Bull nodded heavily, understanding full well.

Over the past half year, they had heard countless rumors. Most disciples who died had been killed by these demonic beasts and spirit beasts. Foundation Establishment Spirit Medicines were guarded by them all.

Gradually, Chen Xun and Black Bull also settled their minds and stopped chattering.

The Azure Cliff Condors crossed one region after another. At times, they were attacked by other demonic beasts, but Wei Shan only had to release his aura for those flying demonic beasts to flee in defeat.

Half a month later, the Azure Cliff Condors began to slow. South Dipper Mountain consisted of nineteen magnificent colossal peaks connected as one, like a winding, coiling giant dragon soaring straight into the clouds.

Like a giant, it stood amid ten thousand mountains, mercilessly looking down upon the earth and the cultivators who came before it. Even the Azure Cliff Condors appeared incomparably tiny beside it.

"My heavens, such a breathtaking sight actually exists in this world." Chen Xun was deeply shaken as he murmured and rose to his feet.

Black Bull was likewise stunned into a trance, standing motionless. So they were this insignificant.

Looking into the far distance, strange mountains rose abruptly, ranges stretched without end, verdant and steep. Clouds and mist shrouded them, all enclosed within a great formation.

Chen Xun marveled without end. It truly took countless great cultivators to seal this place. Even Elder Wei was likely not worth mentioning before them. He had no idea what heaven-reaching cultivators had accomplished it.

The five Azure Cliff Condors descended onto an open stretch of land. Cultivators from various sects filled the distance, a sea of heads surging about. They all looked toward the Five Aggregates Sect with unfriendly eyes before withdrawing their gazes.

North of the open ground lay South Dipper Mountain itself. Inside stood towering ancient trees thousands of years old, dark and silent, carrying an ancient aura that inspired involuntary awe.