From the sky, the Inner Sect's central district hadn't looked all that big, but once they actually walked through it, they discovered just how enormous it was.
The three followed the broad streets paved with bluestone slabs, passing one magnificent hall after another. They walked for a full two hours before finally reaching the Administrative Hall.
Chun Xiaobai stepped into the hall and looked up.
The man in charge was a white-haired old fellow with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, his face the very picture of spite and meanness.
The old man had been dozing with drooping eyelids, but the moment he noticed that all three were still wearing Outer Sect disciple robes, his cloudy eyes instantly gleamed.
"You three young friends, have you come to register your promotion to Inner Sect disciples?"
With his discerning eye, he naturally saw at a glance that Chun Xiaobai and the other two were genuine Foundation Establishment cultivators.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Chun Xiaobai hurriedly nodded.
"The three of us are here to register our promotion to Inner Sect disciples!"
The administrator nodded with a smile that never reached his eyes. He stretched out his thin, bony hand, palm up before the three, his tone measured to perfection.
"According to the rules, present your tinder Command Tokens for promotion to Inner Sect disciples."
"Uh!"
Bai Jin'er and Fang Yuan both looked at Chun Xiaobai.
Promotion Command Tokens?
What were those supposed to be?
They hadn't spent a single coin. They had gotten in entirely on their Great King's reputation. Where would they have gotten any Command Tokens?
Chun Xiaobai remained unruffled. He simply stepped forward and spoke in a voice neither too loud nor too soft.
"Elder Lu, Lu Qingshan, sent us."
"Lu Qingshan?"
Upon hearing that name, the administrative elder's gleaming, cloudy