Get Lost Already
However, the majority of the pressure still rests on Lin Xiao and Liao Pantu.
Their minds are practically never still; they're constantly thinking about these things, no matter when.
Sometimes Lin Xiao thought that it wouldn't be so bad if he just went through the trouble of using the system to Item Synthesis every day and made a simple synthesis machine. Over time, he could produce quite a lot.
However, each time, he was encouraged to persevere by the energetic and engrossed Senior Liao.
However, people's perseverance in different things is ultimately limited. Researching new things is indeed quite interesting for Lin Xiao, but this level of interest is not enough for him to support him to concentrate on doing this one thing for such a long time.
Because he has been extremely busy lately, he has temporarily canceled his lectures at Azure Cloud Peak.
Clearly, Lin Xiao is not the kind of scientific research talent who is suited to focusing solely on research.
At this moment, in the research room belonging to Lin Xiao and Liao Pantu, Lin Xiao was lying on his back on the messy floor of research materials, pretending to be dead.
Liao Pantu walked over to him in his slippers, kicked his leg, and said, "Alright, get up and stop slacking off. This is all work you came up with on a whim."
Lin Xiao opened his eyes weakly and looked at him sincerely. "Senior, to be honest, I'm starting to regret it."
Liao Pantu nodded. "Okay, I'll go tell your brother you regret it and quit, and tell him to stop all the projects as soon as possible." He then turned to leave.
Seeing this, Lin Xiao quickly sat up, grabbed his clothes, and said hurriedly, "Hey, hey, please don't! I was just saying it casually."
Liao Pantu had anticipated this, so he turned back, gave him a cold laugh, and then slipped back into his seat.
Lin Xiao hung his head and looked dejected for a while, then raised his hand and rubbed his face vigorously before standing up briskly to continue his research.
But then Liao Pantu suddenly waved his hand at him. "Didn't you say last time that you were planning to establish a base in the Immortal Cultivation Realm? Pack your things and get out of here these next few days."
Hearing this, Lin Xiao was intrigued. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "Then what about our research projects? Can you manage without me?"
Liao Pantu looked up and gave him a disdainful glance. "You're always so loud and boisterous. You always scare away any ideas that are just starting to form in my head. I'm much more peaceful without you."
Although he said that, Lin Xiao knew that his senior was just finding an excuse to give him a chance to get out and relax.
However, it didn't seem right to leave his senior alone here, working day and night on his research, so he reluctantly declined, saying, "Let's not. It's too much for you to work alone here."
Liao Pantu looked at him with a complicated expression. "You're just getting in the way of me, hindering my performance. Stop talking nonsense and get lost."
Seeing that Lin Xiao still seemed about to refuse, Liao Pantu quickly added, "You clearly want to go out, so why are you giving me these fake pleasantries? What, have you learned to be hypocritical after being a sect leader for a few years?"
"Tsk, senior is good in every way, except for his sharp tongue." Lin Xiao decisively swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue and changed the subject, saying, "Alright, since you're so kind as to accept, then I'll have to. To advance our sect's important matters, I'll trouble myself to make a trip to the Immortal Cultivation Realm. I hope that when I return, our research project will have made significant progress. Senior, good luck!"
His even more hypocritical remarks earned him a glare from Senior Liao.
After leaving the research lab, Lin Xiao began to ponder the itinerary for the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
He then took out the system task and looked at it again.
[Version 2.0 Sect Construction Series Quest (Part 1): Due to the sect's outstanding performance, it has gained great prestige in the Mortal Realm. However, an excellent sect cannot be content with its current position if it wants to continue to develop. It must dare to explore and forge ahead, taking its steps beyond the Mortal Realm and heading towards the Immortal Cultivation Realm. Please establish a sect base in the Immortal Cultivation Realm within ten years.]
[Note: The location of a sect's headquarters has a significant impact on its future development in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. Please choose your headquarters location carefully.]
Establishing a sect's headquarters is not a difficult task in itself.
Having learned from his experience of establishing his sect for the first time, Lin Xiao had no headaches at all.
For a sect's headquarters, a thatched hut will suffice.
The difficulty lies in choosing this location.
After all, the system had specifically given him a hint to choose carefully, so he should listen carefully to what the system said.
If you need to select an address, then you'll have to open as many maps as possible.
In reality, exploring a map isn't like flying over in a game. After all, you're establishing a sect's base, so you need to understand the local customs and culture, the power structure, and ideally, facilitate the sale of your sect's goods in the future.
These are all places that need to be explored during the map-making process.
Since that's the case, it's natural that I can't go alone; it would be too boring without anyone to accompany me.
Furthermore, Lin Xiao had another idea.
Could we take this trip to the Immortal Cultivation Realm to explore the map and also give some capable disciples some experience?
Because cultivating in the sect for so long has indeed led to some isolation and lack of progress.
Although disciples who reach the Foundation Establishment Realm can be sent to various departments of the sect for training for a period of time, that is ultimately just the Mortal Realm.
Although the Mortal Realm is currently experiencing rapid growth, its foundation in cultivation is far inferior to that of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, where cultivators have the opportunity to experience a broader, more comprehensive, and richer cultivation world.
Lin Xiao wondered if he should take a group of his most skilled disciples who were willing to go out and gain experience to explore the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
Although there are many high-level cultivators there, Senior Liao said that most of them would not easily harm others because they did not want to get involved in karma that would affect their cultivation. Moreover, most of them would go into seclusion for years at a time and would not have much time to cause trouble. On the contrary, it was the lower-level cultivators who were more likely to fight.
Oh, of course. He and Yin Xuanzi belong to a small group outside the majority, and in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, they are not considered high-level cultivators, but rather mid-level cultivators.
Furthermore, most areas are maintained by major sects, so there isn't an atmosphere of fighting and killing everywhere. Therefore, unless you specifically go to places where conflicts are likely to occur, you generally won't encounter any danger.
The people of the Lingxian Sect all have Lock Ring, and in the past two years, they have also created many life-saving Law Treasure based on various "Complete Collections of Certain Things" within the sect. In case of danger, they can contact someone to save their lives.
Generally speaking, going to the Immortal Cultivation Realm shouldn't be a problem.
Otherwise, I'll go talk to Senior Liao again later.
As the sect leader, Lin Xiao weighed the matter repeatedly in his mind for the safety of his disciples.