"As expected of a scion of one of Chenglong Heaven's five great aristocratic clans. He even has his own spirit beast mount here in the Profound Elixir Sect."
On the way to the cultivation grounds, Xu Taiping, who was borrowing Beiguo Xiao's body, sat cross-legged on the back of a spirit crane of no low rank.
This spirit crane was Beiguo Xiao's mount.
"This Profound Elixir Palace is quite imposing, too."
Standing on the spirit crane's back in his Spirit Travel form, Blade Ghost looked around before offering his praise.
Xu Taiping nodded in agreement.
"Judging by the layout alone, this Profound Elixir Palace does bear quite a few similarities to the Zen Meditation Sect in Outer Heaven."
Blade Ghost said:
"Barring any surprises, the predecessor of this Profound Elixir Sect should, like the Zen Meditation Sect, have been a sect with an ancient heritage. It has simply fallen on hard times."
Xu Taiping gave a wry smile.
"The Profound Elixir Palace is still Chenglong Heaven's foremost sect, after all. How can you say it has fallen on hard times?"
Blade Ghost shook his head, pointing at an enormous stargazing platform on a mountain ridge below.
"Look at that platform on the summit. It was clearly prepared for setting up a large Spirit-Gathering Formation. Now the entire platform is covered in gray gloom. One look tells you that the Spirit-Gathering Formation hasn't been activated."
Xu Taiping took a closer look and found that it was indeed as Senior Blade Ghost had said. There were unmistakable traces of formations on the stargazing platform itself, as well as on several other platforms arranged around it.
Blade Ghost withdrew his hand and continued:
"For a Spirit-Gathering Formation of this scale, a truly great sect would start with ten."
"For some larger sects, even