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Inside the magnificent and imposing Soaring Cloud Great Hall, over a hundred disciples had gathered, with more arriving from time to time.
As Ye Chen stepped into the great hall and looked up, he found that despite the gathering of over a hundred people, it still appeared vast and empty. The floor was paved with whole slabs of Blue Steel Stone. Near the walls on either side stood nine sky-piercing stone pillars, blue tinged with red, each carved with a soaring dragon riding the clouds and mist.
Further inside, a Jade Wall stood every thirty paces, each one covered with sheets of paper.
"Ye Chen, you came too." Someone entered from outside the hall. It was Wu Zongming. He had long known that Ye Chen had advanced to become an Inner Sect Disciple, so he showed no surprise.
Ye Chen turned around and said, "I've cultivated for nearly three months. It feels like I won't be able to improve any further in the short term, so I came over to take a look."
Wu Zongming laughed. "I can't compare to you. I cultivated for five months before I dared take on a task. Oh, right, this is your first time at the Soaring Cloud Great Hall, so you probably don't know much about sect tasks. Let me explain."
"Then thank you." Ye Chen truly did want to ask about it.
"Sect tasks are actually divided into two kinds. One is bounty tasks entrusted to the sect by other forces. For example, if some small lineage cannot accomplish something, it can spend a large sum of money to commission the sect. The sect then assesses the task's difficulty and issues it to the disciples below to complete.