New Function
Finally, before nightfall, everyone escaped successfully.
The moment they escaped, they went to the yard, sat cross-legged on the ground, and took out their food from their Storage Bag to eat heartily.
The only problem was that he ate the meat with a bit of gritted teeth.
Seeing that everyone had completed their first training course and even had dinner, Lin Xiao patted his bottom and got up to have everyone sweep and tidy up the house.
When the crowd first heard that the house needed to be cleaned, they were a little confused. The place was clearly very clean and tidy, and it was obvious that the Yuan Household had arranged for someone to clean and tidy it up.
However, after being taught a lesson, everyone quickly realized that this so-called cleaning and sweeping of the mansion was actually just them conducting a thorough inspection of the entire property.
Even if the Yuan Household is their good partner, this residence is located in a city full of cultivators, and there are no defensive measures in place. Who knows if someone might secretly set something up, just like their sect leader did just now.
With this in mind, everyone began to carefully search every corner of the house.
They split into two groups: one group was responsible for the investigation, and the other group was responsible for setting up defensive formations and restrictions around the mansion.
After finishing these tasks, everyone returned to their rooms to arrange their accommodations for the next period of time.
The night passed, and the next day, as usual, everyone got up early and went to the classroom in the backyard to prepare for the morning class.
Lin Xiao was naturally not as busy as he was when he was out of the sect, so he was in charge of everyone's morning lessons during his absence.
Mo Yuanjiao didn't care about his status as an elder or anything like that. He sat steadily in the classroom with the other Azure Cloud Peak disciples. It would be foolish not to listen to the sect leader's lecture.
Even someone as highly skilled as Senior Liao often discusses problems with his sect leader during his cultivation.
After finishing their morning lessons, everyone was eager to go out and explore Yuanling City.
Most of the people present had never been to Yuanling City before. Even those who had come to deliver goods in the past were always in a hurry, returning to their sects after delivering the goods and making purchases at the designated locations. They never lingered there. Even yesterday, they only made a brief visit. It would be impossible for them not to be curious.
This place could easily consume the entire output of the Mortal Realm's goods; their sect could transport such large quantities of goods here time and time again without causing any ripples.
Lin Xiao looked at the eager expressions on the faces of the disciples sitting in their seats, eager to explore Yuanling City, and said with a smile, "I know everyone is very curious about the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and also about this city full of cultivators. Since we're out here to train, we certainly won't let you stay cooped up in your rooms all the time."
"Starting today, our morning classes will be online, conducted via Lock Ring. If anyone is unavailable at the time, that's okay; I will back up the morning class content and store it in your Lock Ring. You can listen to the class when it's convenient for you. If you have any questions, you can also contact me through the Lock Ring or leave me a message. Starting today, there will be some phased projects that everyone needs to complete."
After saying that, he gestured for everyone to take out their Lock Ring and showed them how to unlock a new function within the Lock Ring. He continued, "This is the newly added exploration record function. It contains an area exploration record. Once opened, it will automatically record the terrain and area you have traversed. You can also collect environmental elements such as Spiritual Qi, vegetation, and soil along the way, as well as various information you gather along the way, including but not limited to local customs, traditions, and rules. This function can be shared with others to synchronize the content you have collected."
Ultimately, it will generate a corresponding regional map based on all the intelligence gathered by everyone.
"The first phase of this sect summer camp's mission is to explore Yuanling City within five days. You can act alone or cooperate. Everyone should try to unlock the complete map of Yuanling City."
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After the morning class ended, Lin Xiao left the classroom.
On the contrary, those who had been eager to leave just moments before remained in the classroom.
They looked at each other, and Han Weishu coughed lightly before speaking first, "Everyone... what do you say?"
Everyone immediately focused their attention on Mo Yuanjiao, who was an elder.
Mo Yuanjiao quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't look at me. Senior Brother Sect Master said that there are no sect identities in this summer camp. Everyone is a sect disciple. Just because I'm an elder doesn't mean I can give orders. I'm the same as you all."
Upon hearing this, the other seven immediately expressed their understanding.
After all, they're out here to gain experience; they can't expect someone to command and arrange everything for them.
After a moment of silence, Xuanyuan Haoyue spoke first, "The sect leader has already explained the mission very clearly. We need to explore Yuanling City within five days and submit a map of Yuanling City, which also needs to collect as much intelligence as possible about the Yuanling City. The sect leader just mentioned that our new Lock Ring feature can be shared, which means we can cooperate."
"Based on my limited understanding of Yuanling City from various sources, and considering the general characteristics of most cities, the information I can think of that needs to be gathered about Yuanling City, besides the city's layout such as its terrain and streets, includes information about local Aristocratic Clan, the regional power structure, and the distribution of people in each district."
With her starting, Han Weishu followed up, "And regarding the secret realms surrounding Yuanling City, although the sect leader said he wanted a map of Yuanling City, I think the secret realms surrounding Yuanling City should also be included in the map information."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
Bai Zhu said, "Different groups may have completely contradictory information. When gathering information, it's best to inquire from multiple sources and verify the information from various parties."
"But that would be quite a workload," Gu Yuxiao said after thinking for a moment.
Xuanyuan Haoyue nodded. "Yes, so it's best for us to divide the work and cooperate. However, we can't rule out the possibility that someone is more confident in doing it alone. So, what I mean is that we should express our intentions first and then discuss the details of cooperation and division of labor after we've confirmed our willingness."
After hearing this, everyone shook their heads, indicating that they did not want to work alone and preferred to cooperate.
Once everyone's wishes were confirmed, the eight people took out paper and pens and listed out in detail the tasks that needed to be assigned.
The final decision was that the eight people would be divided into two groups of four. The first group would collect information throughout the city according to the four categories they had categorized. The second group would divide Yuanling City and its surrounding areas into four regions, with each person responsible for one region. Their main task was to record the layout of that region while also collecting information, in order to help the first group fill in any gaps in their knowledge.