"Rotating patrol duty?"
Wang Ba was mildly curious.
He had devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation and studying the Beast Taming Scroll, and still knew little about many matters in the sect.
Tian Fu had been following Wang Ba for some time and understood this, so he explained:
"Rotating patrol duty means leaving the sect and heading out on patrol in Great Jin, or even beyond it, according to the patrol assignments issued by the sect. Every sect disciple has to go through this. Everyone is randomly selected once every sixty years, with Lesser Yin Mountain overseeing the selection."
He added, "Of course, peak masters and those at the rank of protector or minister don't need to go, unless the Sect Master personally names them."
"Patrols... are they dangerous?"
Wang Ba asked curiously.
"They weren't particularly dangerous before."
A worried look appeared on Tian Fu's face.
"But ever since the Three Great Continents collapsed and cultivators from the Outer Continent began coming ashore through our Great Jin, patrol assignments have become considerably more dangerous. So we generally go out together with cultivators from the Longevity Sect and the Qin clan."
"The Longevity Sect and the imperial family go too?"
Wang Ba was a little surprised.
"Qin clan cultivators" was what Great Jin's cultivators called the Great Jin Imperial Clan.
"They do. Everyone does. We've always been branches sharing the same breath with the Longevity Sect, Wandering Immortal Temple, and the Great Jin Imperial Clan, advancing and retreating together. But Wandering Immortal Temple has few members, so they generally don't participate. The Great Jin Imperial Clan isn't very numerous either, but they're the nominal rulers of Great Jin, after all, so sometimes there are direct-line imperial descendants taking part in assignments like these."
Tian Fu explained.
Wang Ba nodded slightly.
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